Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,105, John Boylan, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | | NUMBER
New Jersey | Boylan, John | R. 1,105
| Eleanor | 
CONTENTS
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V2445.
Eleanor Boylan.
widow of John.-
N. Jersey
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2445
Deposition of 
Eleanor Boylan
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New Jersey. Somerset County: SS, On this fifth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. a court of record in for said County. Eleanor Boylan a resident of Pluckemin, in said County of Somerset, State of New Jersey aged Eighty six years, who being 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 4th 1836, That she is the Widow of John Boylan who was a Lieutenant in the militia in the revolutionary war, and likewise a commissary in the same war- that she was married to John Boylan in the fall of seventeen hundred and sixty seven by the Reverend W. McCrea a Presbyterian Clergyman residing in said County of Somerset- That they lived together until the death of John Boylan in the seventeen hundred & ninty [ninety] three- deponent knows that John Boylan in the summer of seventy five with Captain Gaston raised a company called the Granadiers of which company he was Lieutenant for the purpose of disiplining [disciplining] the militia of Somerset County and exercised during the summer & fall of seventy five at Pluckemin & Liberty Corner, In the fall of seventy five he was chosen a Lieutenant in Captain McCoys company of the regular Militia of Somerset County. in the spring of seventy six he was called from home into actual service, into the Counties of Essex & Bergen New Jersey. and served [illegible] [illegible] month until the capture of General Lee in November or December of the same year, from the time of being called out,- In the beginning of seventy seven, thinks in the month of January, John Boylan. was appointed by General Winans Commissary by and acted in that capacity deponent thinks for three years during most of the War- Deponent knows that John Boylan was out while acting as commissary, as guard and on alarms- deponent believes. John Boylan was out as Lieutenant in regular service and on guard & alarms at least eight months; deponent knows of John Boylan her husband furnishing at different times and at his own expense supplies for the army, and in the year seventy seven, in the winter particularly he furnished at one time furnished upwards of sixty Barrels of Beef & pork, and thirty firkins of butter, for which Beef, pork & butter neither himself nor his family ever received any compensation from the United States. or otherwise- and deponent know John Boylan to have been a true friend to
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his country, & to have acted always when necessity required- And deponent further declares that she was married to the said John Boylan in the seventeen hundred & sixty seven. that her husband the aforesaid John Boylan died in the year nineteen hundred & thirty three and that she has remained a widow ever since that period. 
Eleanor Boylan
Sworn subscribed to the day & year first above written before me
Jacob Losey 
New Jersey- Somerset County ss: This may certify that I Jacob Losey am well acquainted with Eleanor Boylan the above named deponent. & have been acquainted with her for upwards of twenty years. & from my acquaintance, pronounce her a person of veracity and entitled to full faith & credit- August 5th 1837
Jacob Losey Judge of the Court of the Common pleas
New Jersey- Somerset County ss: This may certify that Eleanor Boylan the above deponent by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend a court of record- August 5th 1837-
Jacob Losey Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
State of New Jersey
Somerset County SS
I John M Mann Clerk of the Court of of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Jacob Losey before whom the above affidavit was made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed and also to the above certificate was at the time of the date thereof a Judge of said Court duly commissioned & [illegible] In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
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and seal of office this Eighth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty seven
J. M. Mann
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Madam:
In reply to your request of Mch. 18th, received Mch. 20th, for a statement of the military history of John Boylan, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
R. File 1105
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | | STATE
 | | | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | 
1775 | | Lieutenant | Gaston's Grenadiers | | New Jersey
1775 & 1776 | 8 mos. | Lieutenant | Ganen McCoy | | 
Jany 1777 | 3 years | Commissary | | | 
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Somerset Co., New Jersey.
Date of application for pension, by widow; August 7, 1837.
Residence at date of application, Pluckemin, Somerset Co., N. J.
Age at date of application, she was eighty-six years.
Remarks: soldier's age is not stated; he married in Somerset Co., N.J. in the Fall of 1767 Eleanor Hodge. He died in 1793 at Pluckemin, and she applied for pension on account of his services, but the claim was never allowed for the reason that she failed to furnish satisfactory proof of alleged service, required by the pension law. In 1837, a witness aged 85 yrs, testified that John Boylan was about six years older than he.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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V
Suspended - No. 2445
See let. to W. B. Sloan, Oct 11, 1837
Eleanor Boylan - John
New Jersey-
1105
act 4 July 1836
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1912 Dec. 3. Hist. to Miss Ursula M.
Daniel inquiry in S. 7156 Arthur 
Litchford &
1919 Mch. 27. Hist. to Miss Mary R. Shaw &
Ex'r.
INVALID
REJECTED
1105
P. O. Eleanor Boylan
Service: , 18
Enlisted: , 18
Discharged: , 18
Application filed: , 18
Alleges: List of suspended claims printed in 1852 shows cause of suspension
Re-enlisted: as follows: "Not six months' service established."
Attorney:
P. O.
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[Stamp: PATERSON N.J. AUG 9]
FREE
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
2445
Aug 12
NJ
4 July 36
3 [illegible]
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Deposition of Joseph Annin
Dated Feb. 1. 1837
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss:
Personally appeared before me William B. Gaston one of the Justice of the peace in and for said County, Joseph Annin Esq. who being sworn according to law upon his oath saith, I am now in the Eighty seventh year of my age, was born and brought up in the County of Somerset & State of New Jersey, I was well acquainted with John Boylan long before the Revolutionary war. he was a little older than myself. always lived near each other, I remember the time, or about the time, that he was married to Eleanor Hodge, which took place some time previous to the revolutionary war, I am satisfied that I am correct in this particular, as I was married to my first wife some time before the war. and I remember they were married before I was. John Boylan departed this life upwards of forty years ago, having his wife said Elanor [Eleanor] a widow. who has not been married since. I have been well acquainted with her and her family from my earliest years up to the present time, and further saith not-
Josp Annin
Sworn and Subscribed this first day of February 1837
Wm B. Gaston
over
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Somerset County ss:
These may Certify that I have been well acquainted with Joseph Annin Esq. the within named deponent for Thirty years and upwards, and that he has always sustained an unblemished character for truth and veracity, whose evidence may be relied upon as substantially correct. his moral character being above reproach-
Dated February 1st 1837
Wm. B. Gaston J. Peace
State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss
I John M Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that William B Gaston before whom the within affidavit was made and by whom the above certificate and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the time date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty seven
J. M. Mann
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W. B. Sloan
Oct. 11, 1837
O C
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War Dep
Pen off
Oct. 11, 37
Sir
The claim of Mrs Eleanor Boylan widow of John Boylan decd has been examined and her papers filed in this office- The service alleged as a Commissary of the militia, should be more particularly detailed (showing his stations- duties &c.) and supported by the Executive records at Trenton- Agreeably to the statement he was in service as Lt of Capt McCay's Company from June to Dec. 76 alternate months and several times on alarms- It would not appear that he was in service as much as six months- This is also strengthened by the fact that he was paid as Lt in Lamington militia 18.63- say about 2 mo. 8 days- Unless the [crossed out] terms of service in the field or garrison amounting at least to 6 mo, shall be duly specified & established as the regulations require, no allowance can be made her under the act of 4 July 1836 -
Wm B. Sloan Esq
Paterson N.J.
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Deposition of Sarah Hodge
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State of New York- Kings County ss: 
Be it remembered that on this Ninth day of August AD Eighteen hundred and thirty seven. Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County- personally appeared Sarah Hodge who being duly sworn according to Law on her oath saith that she has been acquainted with Eleanor Boylan from her infancy up to the present time- that she was present at the marriage of John and Eleanor Boylan which took place in the year seventeen hundred and sixty seven, they were married by the Reverend W. McCrea a Presbyterian Clergyman settled at Lamington, Somerset County. New Jersey- Deponent knows that John Boylan and the said Eleanor lived together until the death of John Boylan which took place at his residence in Pluckemin Somerset County. New Jersey in the year ninty [ninety] three; And Deponent further knows that the said Eleanor Boylan has not been married since the death of the said John. But is still his widow These Facts deponent distinctly recollects having from her infancy been intimate in the family of the Said John and Eleanor Boylan- And further deponent saith not-
Sarah Hodge
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written Before me- Sarah Hodge who is a credible person
Joseph Dean Justice of the Municipal Court in the City of Brooklyn
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State of New York
Kings County
ss.
I Abraham Vanderveer Clerk of the said County Do hereby certify that Joseph Dean whose name is subscribed to the within Affidavit was at the time of Signing the within affidavit a Justice assigned to keep the Peace duly commissioned and Sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe that the Signature to the within affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 9th day of August 1837.
Abm Vanderveer
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Deposition of John Hall
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New Jersey Somerset County ss: Before me Nicholas C. Jobs- a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared John Hall who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith I was born and brought up in the Township of Bernards in the said County of Somerset and now in the Eighty sixth year of my age. I was a Soldier in the Revolution and am now a pensioner under the Laws of the United States. I was acquainted with John Boylan Esquire from his boyhood up to the time of his death. It was said he was married to Eleanor Hodge, I was intimate in the family of said Boylan and was present at the Baptism of the Eldest Child of said John & Eleanor Boylan at New Brunswick by an Episcopal Minister. This took place before the War. I Worked for John Boylan frequently & knew that they lived together as man and wife, and was believed such at the time I knew them John Boylan & his wife Eleanor lived together at Liberty Corner within a mile & a half of my place near a dozen years, when he sold his property there & removed to several places & last to Pluckemin where he died- he was about six years older than myself- John Boylan was elected a Lieutenant in September of the year seventeen hundred and seventy five in the regular Militia and Captain Gavin McCoy at the same time Captain and William Davison likewise a lieutenant all of the same Company- I voted for all the aforesaid officers- About the fifteen or twentieth of June of Seventeen hundred & seventy six. when the British landed on Long Island our regiment was ordered out & assembled at Boundbrook & all who had guns & Equipment went against the British. Lieutenant John Boylan was one- Lieutenant Boylan & myself served about month at this time at Buskirks [Buskirk's] point- Captain McCoy commanded is at this time, when the British was Landing Lieutenant John Boylan was detached with twenty men to watch their motions of which number I was one and fired the first gun at them. We drove off the stock. consisting of cattle & horses to prevent them from being taken by the British & joined our regiment which with the regiment from Morris County was retreating, Lieutenant John Boylan served [illegible] of the month from the fifteenth  or twentieth of June seventeen
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hundred and twenty six. until the Capture of General Lee in November of the same year, our business was principally to guard the lines- in the [illegible], that is the months from June to November when John Boylan was not in actual [illegible] he acted as commissary- deponent knows that John Boylan furnished supplies for the militia and acted as commissary though the War and Recollects well John Boylan's furnishing provisions for the French Troops- Deponent likewise knows that John Boylan served on other occasions & went out several times with deponent on alarms &c. John Boylan went out twice particularly with deponent on alarms once to Elizabeth Town one to Springfield. the other services rendered by John Boylan this deponent from failure of memory is unable to state & further deponent saith not- 
John Hall [his X mark]
Sworn & subscribed before
me this fourth of August AD Eighteen hundred & thirty seven-
Nicholas C. Jobs Justice of Peace
Witness
Witness
Wm B. Sloan
E P Parker
New Jersey. Somerset County ss. 
This may certify that I Nicholas O [C]. Jobes [Jobs]- a justice of the peace of said County- before whom the above affidavit was taken am acquainted with John Hall the above deponent, and from my acquaintance. and the candor and effort at truth [illegible] in his examination pronounce him a person of veracity & worthy of belief
Nicholas C. Jobs
State of New Jersey ⎬ Somerset County ss
I John M Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Nicholas C. Jobs before whom the above affidavit was made and whose proper signature is subscribed to said affidavit and the above certificate was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn: In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
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hand and seal this Eighth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty seven
J M Mann
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Revo 1-F.W.E
Have you any record or information of a Lieut John Boylan who served in the War of the Revolution?
(Miss) Mary R. Shaw
72 Joslyn Pl
Rochester, N.Y.
[Stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE K MAR 20 1919]
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Rochester
[illegible] 18th, 1919.