Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,280, Boyington Joseph, Continental (Mass.)
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(S-1776)

SERVICE                                            NUMBER

Continental (Mass.)     Boyington, Joseph          W. 14,280
                                     Beal, Sarah
                                 Former widow

CONTENTS
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1489
Massachusetts
Sarah Beal
widow of Joseph Boyington
who died on the 8 November 1776 of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the company command by Captain Holding of the Regt commande by Col [slash] in the [illegible] line for six months
Mass

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars 0 Cents, per an to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Oct 1837 and sent to J H Lond Plymouth

Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $120.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 20 Sept 10.00
$130.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the

Recorded by Don Boyd Clerk
Book A    Vol. 2   Page 45
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V 2649
Sarah Beal
Mass.

Attn. J.Q. Adams
AR
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Plymouth } ss.  on this third day of August int he year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate for said county of Plymouth, Sarah Beal a resident of Hingham in said County aged eighty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836. That I am the widow of Joseph Boyington who was a private soldier in the army of the Revolution. I am the daughter of John Wheelwright and was born in Scituate in said County of Plymouth. My father removed with his family to Cohasset in the County of Norfolk when I was two years old. He lived to be a hundred years old lacking a month. Joseph Boyington was  a native of Cape Ann. He was at work in Cohasset when I became acquainted with him. I was a married to him before Esquire Samuel Cushing when I wanted one month of being twenty four years old. I was married on the last day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy one My birth day is on the first day of January after making the correction for New Style. I carried my second child to [illegible] to be baptized the Sunday before Lexington fight. My husband Boyington was there aboard on a whaling voyage on the Bacyils. He came home in July 1775, and then he farmed in till he enlisted which as in December 1775. Then
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was a Connecticut company sent to Cohasset to guard the shore. When their time was out they reenlisted. Since my said husband enlisted in the company for one year as a private. I think his service commenced January 1, 1776. It might have been in December 1775. I tried to stop him from going but I could not. The name of the Captain of the company was Holdridge. He was from Connecticut. The company marched to Roxbury in December and was there when they threw up that breast work in the night and drove old Howe off. He then went with the company to New York in which place and vicinity he served until he was taken prisoner in the fall. He was taken when going in about to take some regulars. He was sent in the boat because he was a good oarsman. He died in prison in New York or thereabouts November 8, 1776. I had a child born about five months after he was gone. Capt Holdridge came to Cohasset afterwards and told me of my husband's death. He brought me what money my husband had when he was taken prisoner. I had papers proposed to get my husband's back pay, but I never received it. I have never received any thing from the Government. Lot Joy a near neighbor of ours enlisted in the same company with my husband. We never heard from him. Ryan Oakes of Cohasset was one of the Sergeants. He came home and said my husband would be at home in a short time on parole, but I soon after heard of his death. I do not know to what Reg-
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iment Capt Holdridge company belonged. They were Connecticut troops. There is no person living that I know of that was in the Company. I had letters from my husband monthly when he was in the army. I have preserved two of them which are annexed to this declaration. One was written from the Camp in Roxbury in March 1776, and the other from New York in May 1776. After my said husband deceased I married Malcome Beal of Cohasset, and he died sixteen years ago. I have remained a widow ever since. 

Sarah her X mark Beal

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me and I certify the Declarant sustains a fair moral character and is a credible witness but by reason of age and infirmity is unable to travel to any Court to make her declaration.
Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate

Plymouth SS. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge of Probate for said Coun that the above is his true + genuine signature. The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of the Probate Court for said County this twentieth day of September 1837.
Jacob H. Lord
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W     To
Joseph Boyington
In Cohasset
This with Care and Speed
[Circular stamp stating THE [illegible] OF THE UNITED STATES]

BOYINGTON, JOSEPH
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New York May the 20th 1776
Dear and Loving Wife, I Take this opertunity to Lett you know that I am Webb By the Blessing of God and Hoping these few Lines will find you and all the family The Same. I have Been Brave and harty Ever Since we Left [illegible]. We got In to york the 20th Day of April and Like our Situation very well. Our Allowance Is very good only I Cant git No money I Could Not make out anof for No more than Half a Sheet of Paper. But we Expet to Be paid of Every Day. We Live In a Good house In the City Now But we are a going In to Tents In about 3 weeks out  Side of the Town If Not [illegible] Called away It Is pretty Helthy In the army att present I Should Be glad If you would Send Letters as often as possibel for I Long to hear 
Turn over
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from you as offen as I Can To know of your welfare I Shall Be Short In Writing I Remember my Love to All Enquiring friends So No more att present Butt I Remain your loving Husband untill Death Lot Joy gives his love to [illegible]
Joseph Boyinton
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To Joseph Boyington In Cohasset
per faver on is Lincoln

[circular stamp with illegible words]

BOYINGTON, JOSEPH
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[Circular stamp stating THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]

Roxbury Camps March 26th 1776
Loving wife this Comes with my Cind Love To you Hoping this will find you and all friends well Tho Itt Leaves me In a poor State of Health yet. I hope By the Blessing of God To get Better Soon I have Been porely for a week with a Bad purgen and a pain In my Bowels and Sik att my Stomarch I Intend To Come Down If I Can as Soon as I git abel So I would have you git my Close Ready as Soon as you Can and If I Can't Cme Down you must Send Them up I Dont know how Itt will Be about our marching I Should be glad If you Rite To me To Lett me know how you and the Boy Does and Father Well right To
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and all friends So no more att present But I Remain your Loving husband untill Death Joseph Boyington
This Is your paper you Sent up By Elijhe Joy
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 14,280
Sarah Beal widow of Joseph Boyington 
Pri Rev War

Act: Jul 4th 36

Index:- Vol. A, Page 51

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

NORFOLK ss. 
I, Ezra W Sampson, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that James C Doane Esquire, 
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to the annexed certificates is genuine and true.

In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth hereunto at Deham, this fifteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty Seven

Ezra W Sampson Clerk

{Faded image of seal on the left side of certificate}
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Solomon Lincoln
Kingham
Mall
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I Joseph Beal of Cohasset in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty four Do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Boyinton formerly, of Cohassett, was with him when he enlisted into Captain Holdridge's Company of the Revolutionary army and know that he was at that time married to Sarah Wheelwright that he was reputed to have died while in the army, that his widow the aforesaid Sarah afterward married Welcome Beal who died about the year eighteen hundred and twenty and that the said Sarah has ever since remained a widow.

Joseph Beal

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County    August 11th 1837    Personally appeared the above named Joseph Beal a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me

James C Coane, Justice of the Peace
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I Thomas Bourn of Cohasset in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty nine years do testify and Say that I was clerk of the town of Cohasset from the year Eighteen Hundred and twenty to the year eighteen hundred and thirty seven that I am perfectly conversant with the records of said town and that there were no records of marriage previous to the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight and that this declaration is made by me in consequence of the absence of the previous town clerk

Thomas Bourn

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County     August 19th 1837   Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Bourn and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed and I further certify that said Thomas Bourn is a credible witness
James C Coane Justice of the Peace
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Cons.       Oct 14 [Circular stamp seal Oct 9 MASS.]

Sarah Beale, 

Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

$20 per an
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Plymouth Masstts
Oct 9. 1837

Dear Sir

The Hon. Solomon Lincoln desires me to say "that Mrs. Sarah Beal will take the Certificate for "Six months, although there is no doubt that she is [illegible] "led to ten provided she could prove the time of her husbands death. That it is possible she may be able to do this "hereafter, when she would be permitted to surrender the " Certificate for six months + receive one covering the "additional amount proved."

The Certificate may be forwarded to me if you please + oblige

Your Obt Servant
J. H Lord

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington D.C.