Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14972, Andrew Boynton, Vt.
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SERVICE
Vt.

Boynton, Andrew
or Boyington
or Bojinton

NUMBER
S. 14972

carded
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New York  28.633

Andrew Boynton
Allegany Co in the State of New York
was a Private in the Company commanded
Captain Wait of the Reg..t commoande
Col ____ in the Vermont Militia
line for 6 months ss  S20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 2.0 Dollars ___Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of May
1834 and sent to
Hon E Howell St. Pepo

Arrears to the 4th of Marcy 1834  $ 60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4'34  10.00
                                                         __________
                                                         $ 70.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Sam H Page Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 4  Page 116

[written vertically on left side of 2nd half of page]
He died July 28 - 1835
{ [illegible) A.Pd.)
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23406

In the matter of the
application of Andrew
Boyington-for a Pension
Declaration_and
aff.t of service_

I certify that the within papers
passed through the
hands of the Clerk in the
service state they [illegible]
Jaunuay 8th 1834
Howell
;oh le
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Allegany County Ss. David Boyington of the town of Grove in said county being duly sworn deposeth and says that he is sixty four years of age; that his is the son of Andrew Boyington whose age is ninety six; That he is acquainted and distinctly recollects of his fathers being in the service of his country during the revolutionary war; That he first enlisted for three years, left home early in the spring, returned again in the fall, had been taken a prisoner by the Indians, and returned home on getting away from them; the next spring or spring following he again enlisted for six months, went away from home for the purpose of going into the army and was gone about six months. again the next summer or the summer following went out another six months as a substitute for Samuel Campfield.
Sworn and Subscribed
this 31st day of Oct. 1832
before me.
[signed on left] Samuel C. Wilson.P.
[signed on right] David X his mark Boyington
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with David Boyington the above named
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Allegany County I Jason W Sherman
Clerk's Office
Clerk of said County
do certify that Samuel C. Wilson before
whom the within affidavit purports to have
been sworn was upon the date of the same
one of the Justices of the peace in and for
said County, And that I am well acquain
ted with his hand writing and verily
believe his name subscribed thereto to
be his own proper hand writing and
Signature Witness my hand
and seal of Office this 30th
day of October 1839,
Sherman
" D C.
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Allegany County Ss. Hugh McKeen of the town of Belfast in Said county, being duly sworn go deposeth and says that he is Seventy-seven years of age that he is personally acquainted with Andrew Boyington and personally knows he was in the revolutionary war in the year 1776, that he saw him at the Cedan in Canada about forty five from Montreal up the St Lawrence river, at Ticondarago and at Mount Independence, and thinks he was in the service during that year and thinks his age about ninety six
Sworn and subscribed the
31st day of Oct. 1832
before me
[signed on left] Samuel C. Wilson J.P.

[signed on right] Hugh McKeen
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Allegany County
Clerks Office SS
I Judson W Sherman Clk. of said County do hereby certify that Samuel C Wilson before whom the within affidavit purport to have been sworn, was upon the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County And that, am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed thereto to be his own proper had writing and Signature Witness his hand and Seal of Office this 31st day of October 1832
[signed on right] JW Sherman

[written upside down bottom of page]
and that his statement is entitled to full credit & belief
[signed] Samuel C. Wilson J.P.
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State of New York
Allegany County SS_
Personally appeared beforemethe undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Allegany Andrew Boyington who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades-Viz- for one year I served as a Serjeant commencing in the year 1775- for Six months as a Serjeant in the years 1777 and 1778 - and for such service I claim a pension -
[signed on right] Andrew X his mark Boyington
Sworn & Subscribed this 23rd
day of [August crossed out] October 1833 before me
the October written below
[signed on left] Henry Miller J.P.

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Andrew Boyington the above named deponent, that he is a respectable old man and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief -
[signed on right] H. Miller J.P.
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Allegany County
Clerks Office ss
I Judson W Sherman Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Henry Milton before whom the with affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & believe his name subscribed thereto to be his guenine handwrting & signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 8th day of November 1833
J W Sherman Clk
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State of New York
Allegany County - Ss
On this 31st day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Allegany now sitting, Andrew Boyington a resident of the Town of Angelica in the said County of Allegany and State of New York aged ninety six- years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 9th 1832_
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated Viz-
That he Enlisted for one year in the company of Captain Wait & Lieutenant White and was chosen a Serjeant and was to receive twelve Dollars per month, he cannot recollect the name of the Colonel who commanded the regiment to which his company was attached  This was in the year 1775-but he does not know whether he Enlisted before or after the battle of Bunker's hill_ but he thinks it was after_ that he went to Canada in the Army commanded by General Sulivan, and was at the retaking of Ticonderoga_ that he remained in the service until the expiration of his term of Enlistment when he was discharged_ but he cannot state the time he left the service_
That in the year 1776 he Enlisted for the term of six months, and was out under Guard Bellows at Lake George where they had some skirmishes with Indians and took upwards of forty Indians, and he was at the taking of Burgoyne
That he was in the service about ten months in the company of Captain Martin but he cannot state the year nor mentioned the
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particulars of this service as he is a feable old man and his recollection has about Entirely failed_ he was at one time sent to Rhode Island and was Employed in guarding the Country from the depridations committed by the Tories_ and that he served as the Serjeant of the company_
That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure of his service_
He was born on the Banks of Newfoundland on the tenth day of May in the year 1836_
He has no record of his age-
He lived in the Town of Pomfret in the State of Vermont when he first went into the service and that he continued there until after the was.  that since that time he has lived in various places in the State of New York, but he cannot state the particular places- that he lived a short time in the Town of Grove in the County of Allegany, and was removed from there to the Poor-house in the Town of Angelica in the said County where he has been for the last year_ he is so much disabled in his limbs that he cannot walk, and he has no means of obtaining a subsistance_
He never received a written discharge from the service_
He hereby relinquished Every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State_
Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid.
[signed on left] J W Sherman Clk
[signed on right] Andrew X his mark Boyington
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We Jonathan Post ~ a Clergyman residing in the Town of Allen - in the said County and Davide Boyington residing in the town of Grove: hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Boyington who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be ninty six years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood whence he resided to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
[signed on left] JW. Sherman Clk
[signed on right] Jonathan Post
David X his mark Boyington 

And the said Courts do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he States_ And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jonathan Pot, who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman residents in the said town of Allen_and that Andrew Boyington who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Town of Grove and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit _
[signatures on right] Judges of the Court of Com Pleas
John Griffin
Josiah Utter
Asa Allen

Clerks of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Allegany do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Boyington for a pension _
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office this 31st day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two _
[signed] JW Sherman
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Andrew Boynton
Allegany Co N York - Ass.t
23 406  Done -

C.L.j.
Admitted
Private 6months

Hon E Howell
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
June 3 1833
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Period when
1775
of
rendered.
A Statement, showing the Service of Andrew Boyington
Duration of the
claimant's service.
1
┃ abt
6
10 ┃
Rank of
the
claimant.
.
Lorge
Capt
Waits
and
Sollive
God
Bellow
┃ Barker
Will
┃ Linderogatake
Gage
Pompet
at the present
96 years.
Powfel
which the decla-
Roll, 1 month
6
┃ Names and Rank
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.
Capt
Martin ┃
Names and Rank ┃
of the General
and Field officers.
Battles in which ┃
the applicant was
engaged.
Country through
┃ which he marched.
March
for
to
Carida
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Place of abode
when he entered
he service, and age ┃
Verm
ration is supported
.
Fredition of
Clergyman
living
witnesses whose
files a
not arretty
authentic
the justice has
and certified
┃ to the credibility.
of the witnesses
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to the Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by a law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State Territory, or District of } 
County of                             } ss

On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

[Here set for the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of offices and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He herby relinquishes every claim (f) of whatever pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that o the Agencey in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant as a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal office (i) this day of &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in the note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B. a Clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to through light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate al the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propoand the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State Troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State Troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from the acquaintance with him, that they believe his is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Jude or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of Jun 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served, otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must sate, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words;
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot sear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For ---- year ---- months, and ---- days, I served as a ----. For ---- months and ---- days, I served as a ----; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pensions to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; tat the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the filed or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was  not employed by any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached there unto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule of note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This tradtionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Proof of service has been added to the application papers

Honorable [Unreadable]
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Mrs. Elsie B. White
208 East "H" St.,
Ontario, Calif.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 14972 it appears that Andrew Boyington (he signed by mark) was born May 10, 1736 on the Banks of Newfoundland. 

While a resident of Pomfret, Vermont he enlisted in 1775, served one year as Sergeant in Captain Wait's Vermont Company and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.

He enlisted in 1776 and served six months as private; was in service at the Cedars in Canada under General Sullivan, and at Mount Independence.

He enlisted in 1777 and served ten months as Sergeant in Captain Martin's Vermont Company, was at the retaking of Ticonderoga and capture of Burgoyne. 

He was also in service at one time on Lake George under General Bellows against the Indians, was in skirmishes with them and taken prisoner by them, but made his escape
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October 31, 1832 while living in Angelica, Allegany County,
New York, to which place he had recently removed from Grove
in the same county. He was pensioned as Andrew "Boynton". He
died July 28, 1835.
His son David Byington (he signed by mark) was living in
Grove, New York in 1832 aged sixty-four years. Name of soldier's
wife not stated.
The above history is that of the only soldier by that
name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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14972
1927-Feb-26-Hist to Miss Elise B White - MMSTF(?)
Reoham
INVALID.

File No. 14, 972
Andrew Boynton
Priv Rev War
---
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Ans 2/26/27
702 A. North Euclid
Ontario, Calif.
Feb. 12, 1927,

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs,

Please send me copy of pension of Andrew Boynton of Walpole, N.H
I am tracing my ancestors, my maiden name was Elsie M. Boyington
My fathers name Rwarizel De Forest b, Apr 8, 1833, 
His father Andrew Boyington b. Sept 1, 1808, in Highgate, Vt. And his

over
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father Andrew Boyington, was born in N. H.
Thanking your most kindly,
Elsie Boyington White
702A North Euclid
Ontario, Cal.

[round stamp] U. PENSION S. OFFICE Feb 16 1927
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208 East "H" St
Jan. 3 1927
Ontario Calif
to the Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Will you kindly send me a copy
of pension records of Andrew
Boynton of New Hampshire
He was my ancestor and
served in the Revolution.
He was born about 1755 and
died about 1843
Very truly yours
July one
Mrs Elsie B. White