Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,129, Henry Boyer, New Jersey Penn. Penn. Sea Service
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
New Jersey
Penn
Penn Sea Service
Boyer, Henry
$22,129

CONTENTS
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N 18.703
Pennsylvania
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Henry Boyer
of Philad. Co. in the State of Penna.
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Sink of the Regt commanded
by Col. Bradford in the Penn. Milietia
line for 8 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 2/3 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25. day of Oct.
1833 and sent to Thos. Earle
Philad. Penn.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833        66.66 1/3
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 34. 
                                                               13.33 2/3
                                                              ________
                                                               $80.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7,1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E. Vol. 5. Page 4
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State of Pennsylvania
City & County of Philadelphia } SS.

On this third day of August A D One Thousand eight Hundred and thirty Three personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Henry Boyer a resident of Church Street near Christian Street District of Southwark in the County of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania ['Henry Boyer' crossed out] aged Seventy Four years who being first duly sworn according to laws doth an his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he who born at Lancaster Penna.  on the 28th day of May 1759 of which he has a record in a family bible at his residence: that his father removed to Philadelphia when he was an infant at which place deponent resided until the year 1776, when he went an a butcher under monthly wages to serve the American troops at Fort Lee
on the Jersey side of North River opposite Fort Washington and remained there in that capacity till Fort Washington was taken and the troops retreated. He came with them to Hackensack, Newark, Rahway, New Brunowick and Trenton, when he who discharged by the Commissary as he thinks, having served as a butcher four months.

In December of the yeur last mentioned he
began under direction of his father to ride express for the American Commanders and Continued to do so until the summer of 1777. He served as express ten months carrying dispatches for Gen. Mifflin, Gen. Gates, & Col. Dean, under the board of war: carried them on one occasion to Gen Washington at Morristown, once to Gen Lee at Moorestown N.J. &c.

In July 1777, he was engaged by a man who kept an office for employing substitutes in Arch near Front St to go as a substitute for a quaker, in a Southwark militia Company, which was drafted, called the Buttermilk Company from the employment of its Captain Jacob Sink who 
was a dairy man. Our colonel waso Mr Bradford of Philadelphia, printer;   We marched to Billingsport on the Jersey side of the Delaware
below the mouth of Mantua Creek.  I served in this company actively being stationed a.nd keeping guard at the above named place for two months, and then was discharged

In the month of September 1777, about three
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days before the British entered Philadelphia I was drafted as a militia man in the company of Captain Christopher Grover of Philadelphia County, grandfather to Thomas D. Grover now president of the Board of Commissioners of Southwark, and marched in the Said Company to the Valley Forge, thence to the Trap (Montgomery County) where we remained several weeks, thence to Whitemarsh, at which place we were discharged, our time having expired. I served in this company actively for two months, being engaged in no civil pursuit. Our Colonel was Robert Knox, our major Thomas Casdrop, and our General Irvine, I think.
In the early part of the following year (1778) I entered as a substitute at Haddonfield, New Jersey in Captain John Harrison's militia Company belonging to the neighborhood of Gloucester N.J.- We camped at Haddonfield, and marched  by turns to the Delaware River there to keep guard ay Kaighn's point, Camden, and that neighborhood. I served my time out, which was fully two months, and was discharged. A skirmish took place near Coopers Creek in which I was engaged. Gen. Anthony Wayne and Baron Steuben with a Brigade of Regular troops were with us at the said skirmish, and at Haddonfield. Our militia Col. was named Ellis, of Gloucester.
In about ten days after my discharge from the Company of Captain. Harrison, u was engaged in the Spring of 1778 to go as a substitute in captain Snells Company of Militia belonging to the neighborhood of Egg Harbour, Gloucester, N.J, then stationed at Haddonfield, where, and on the river shore, I performed the same duty as in Harrisons Company. Wm Ellis was still our Colonel . Our major was named Sparks. I served in this company two months and was discharged. 
Afterwards in the year 1779, I entered the Letter of Marque ship Flora, in which I remained upwards of four months and made two voyages to the West Indies from Philadelphia. I then entered the letter of Marque Brig Retaliation bound to Amsterdam. We were captured in the north sea and carried into the Orkneys, thence, and Leith. thence, to the Thames, thence, to Spithead where Admiral Kopperfeldt came and desired us to enter the British service. We all declined, except two Frenchmen and one Italian. We were then requested to sign a paper implying that we were prisoners under charge of piracy and treason, which we did except two.
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These two were discharged a a immediately impressed into the British Service. We lay in the Fortune prison, at Gosport opposite Portsmouth nineteen months.  In 1782 were dismissed and came home in a cartel. In December of that year I entered a private armed schooner called the Polly and Alice bound to Dominique.- We were captured on the voyage out by the Renown 50 gun ship, and carried to New York - were there put on board the Jersey prison ship and remained till the news of Peace -

During the eight months active service in the
form companies of militia above mentioned deponent was engaged in no civil pursuit.  The militia to the best of his knowledge & belief were called into service by lawful authority. He received no written discharge and has no documentary evidence. He is known to Thomas D Grover, Joshua Ash, David Allen, -- Chrystler,  Thomas Sparks, Joshua Humphrey, Saml Humphrey, John Douglass late sheriff, & many others in Southwark & its vicinity who will if necessary testify to his character.

From the war to the present time I have lived
in Southwark except twelve years from 1798 to 1810 when I lived at Barnegat in the business of Caulking vessels.--  I cannot tell the names of the individuals for whom I was employed as a substitute, having been engaged by other persons.

Henry Boyer

Sworn and Subscribed
in open count this 3d day of
August 1833
J M Raybold
Prothy.

I Susannah Myrtetus a resident of Christian Street Southwark Certify that Iam the sister
of Henry Boyer who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; and that I know and well remember that the said Henry was in active service as a soldier of the militia in the revolutionary war in the neighborhood of the Valley Forge and on the Jersey side of the Delaware river.

                 her
Susannah  X  Myrtetus
              mark

Sworn & subscribed in open court
this 3d day of August AD 1838
Jon Raybold
Prothy

I Sarah Loscomb a resident at no 38 Christian Street Southwark do certify that I lived at Camden with my father during a past of this
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Revolutionary War, that I am well acquainted with Henry Boyer who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing  declaration. that I saw the said Henry Boyer in service with the American troops at Camden at or about the time that the British forces were in possession of Philadelphia and that the said Henry Boyer is a person of good character, deponent having known him from the war to the present time.

          her
Sarah  X  Pascombe
         mark

Witness Present
Charles Reulin

Sworn & Subscribed
in open court the 3d
day August 1833
J M Raybold Prothy.

And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatorries prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states: Also that Susannah Myrtetus and Sarah Lascombe who have sworn & subscribed to the foregoing statements are credible persons residing in
Southwark and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward King]----
J B Sutherland

Philadelphia County SS
I Richard Palney Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings 
of the said Court in the matter of Henry Boyer
for a Pension -- and I do further Certify that Richard Ranshaw Esquire is an alderman for the District of Southwark and that the Revd Hay Ruton of the Swedish Church in & near to Philadelphia are Reputable witnesses-

In Witness Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of the said Court the third day of August AD 1833- 
P Walmer
Prothonotary
[seal affixed at left]
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State of Pennsylvania
County Philadelphia } SS

Before the Subscriber an alderman for the District of Southwark, the said County personally appeared the Reverendt John C Clay of the said District, and on his solemn Oath, according to lsaw deposes and says, that he
is acquainted with Henry Boyer, of he same placeM Shipwright, who is advanced in years and supports an honest and moral Character That it is the general Belief the Persons
residing in the neighborhhood of the said Henry Boyer, that he was a Soldier in the American Revolution, which is also believed by the Deponent To be the truth.

J.C. Clay
Rector of the Swedish
Church in & near to 
Philadelphhia

Sworn and subscribed the
first Day of August 1833
before me
Rich Renshaw
Alderman

Richard Renshaw  Esq is a highly respectable Alderman in the County of Philadelphia & Mr Clay is the Rector of the S. Church-
B Sutherland
August 4th 1833.

[Supplementary : Omitted before by mistake]
On this Sixth day of August 1833 personally
appeared before the subscriber a Justice of Peace for the Country of Philadelphia and prothonotary of the said Court of Common Pleas, the said Henry Boyer who being duly sworn deposeth that to the best of his knowledge and belief his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state, and that he hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present.

Henry Boyer

Sworn & Subscribed
as above before me
P. Walmer
Justice of the Peace
& Prothonotary of the C. C. Pleas
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26.785
Thomas Earle [badly smudged]
Henry Boyer

Admit with letter
8 months

Thomas Earle Esqr
Philadelphia, Pa.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:

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.


A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Boyer, Philadelphia Co. Pa.
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[table follows with 6 columns, headings are as follows:]
(1) Period when the service was rendered.
(2)  Duration of the claimant's service. {sub-heading. : a. Years. b. Months. c. Days.
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
(5) Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
(6) Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[text beneath column headings is as follows:]
(1) 1777-, --, 1778-, --, --
(2) a. --, --  b. 2, 2, 2, 2, 8.  c. - , -
(3) Pr
(4) Capt Sink, Col Bradford, Capt Grover, Col Knox, Genl Irvin, Capt Harrison, [illegible] Snells, Col Ellis
(5)  74 years., Lancaster Co. Pa.
(6) {blank}
[end of table]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
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 to 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 Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &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, mucicians  [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 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 [blank] }
County of [blank] } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank] , with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth 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 entered 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 officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an 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 of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  [blank]               A B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 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 [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
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 days 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 RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]  for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &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 throw 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 all 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be of 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 be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can and 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 propound 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 you were any 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.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was 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 your will see that the 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 their acquaintance with him, that they believe he 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
inquiry 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 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 Judge 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 June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration  herein required 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.
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[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 period or 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 state, 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 swear positively as to the precise length o 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank].  For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 pension 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 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; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in ay 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 thereto by piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which 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 (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary 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 seat to the War Department, with the declaration.:
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section MMHT aw
July 11, 1927
Mr. James R. Manafield
106 North Pitt St.,
Alexandria, Virginia
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension Claim S. 22129 it appears that Henry
Boyer was born May 28, 1759 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and
when he was an infant his father moved to Southwark District,
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Name of father not stated.
While a resident of said district in 1776 he hired as 
butcher and served the American Troops at Fort Lee opposite
Fort Washington for four months or until the last named fort
was captured.
In December 1776 at the direction of his father he 
engaged as Express Rider and served until the summer of 1777.
when in July 1777 he enlisted and served two months in 
Captain Jaoob Sink's Company, Colonel Bradford's Pennsylvania
Regiment. He then enlisted in September 1777 and served two
months as private in Captain Christopher Grover's Company,
Colonel Robert Knox's Pennsylvania Regiment .
He enlisted early in 1778 at Haddonfield, New Jersey,was
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and served two months as private in Captain John Harrison's
Company, Colonel Ellis' New Jersey Regiment, was in an 
engagement at Cooper's Creek, and about ten days after, 
reenlisted end served two months in Captain Snell's Company,
Colonel Ellis' New Jersey Regiment.
In 1779 he engaged on board the Letter of Marque
"Flora" in the Pennsylvania service and at the end of four
months engaged on the Letter of Marque "Retaliation* bound
for Amsterdam, was captured in the North Sea and confined
for nineteen months at Gosport opposite Portsmouth, England,
was dismissed and returned home in 1782.
In December 1782 he engaged on board the schooner
"Polly and Alice" bound for Dominique, was captured, taken to
New York and confined on the prison ship "Jersey" until news
of Peace.
He was allowed pension on his application executed 
August 3, 1833 while living on Church Street, in the District of Southwark, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier had a sister, Susannah Myrtetus, living on Christian Street, Southwark, Pennsylvania in 1833. There is no
further data as to family. The above noted is the only soldier
named Henry Boyer found on the Revolutionary War records of
this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
Date of death
 not on AB
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Revolution
22129
INVALID.
File No. 22,129
Henry Boyer
Pri Rev war
Act: June 7" 32"
Index :-Vol. 2 , Page 44
[ Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
1927 July 11 Hist to Mr. James R.
Mansfield three deeds of
Mr. Herbert C. Cady this [illegible]
eau MMNI
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Southwark August 1833. This may Certify that we have known Henry Boyer of Church Street many years: that we believe him to be a person of integrity and veracity: that he is generally reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 

Thos. [Thomas] D Grover
Thomas Moreen 
Jesse Turner

I am well acquainted with the signatures of Mssrs [?] Grover and Mercer [?], and have no doubt of the genuineness of the above. Thm. Grover is President of the Southwark corporation as Board of Commissioners. Phil. [Philadelphia] Aug [August] 7. 1833
[illegible letter] Walmer
[illegible]
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Pa. Aug 7
26.785
[stamp:] PHI [rest is illegible]

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner
Pensions Office
Washington D.C.
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Phil [Philadelphia] Aug [August] 7. 1833

Sir

I enclose you the papers of Henry Boyer a soldier of the Revolution desiring a pension. Dr. Sutherland intimated an impression that he was entitled to a pension on account of services in the Letters of Marques as well as an account of those in the militia. If it be so I will forward a more minute specification of the time with evidence on that point. The reason why Wm [William] Clay, the Clergyman, did not attend at Court but appeared before a magistrate was that he was going out of town on the only morning that the court would sit for some weeks.

Yrs [yours] very respy,(respectfully)
Thomas Earle

J L Edwards Esq [Esquire]