Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,297, Isaac Boynton, N.H.
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[In very small text in the far upper left corner margin]
(3-1776)

SERVICE
NH

Boynton, Isaac
Blower, Judith
Blowers

NUMBER 
W.10297
B.L.nt.61126-160-55

[In text, beneath the underline, on the far left side, below N.H.] CONTENTS

Former[?] Widow
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[Handwritten upon a covering sheet of paper on the left side of the document, horizontal]
Let. To. Levi Spalding Sept 4:
1835
'36 or '37

[Handwritten vertically, extraordinarily faded, on the right side margin of the covering paper]
Materials [Illegible] to Stephen Phillips by [illegible] 187[?]
[The rest is illegible.]

[There is scribbled out handwriting below Sept 4: which was written vertically. It is illegible.]

11961R
New York
Isaac Boynton
Of [Handwritten, where the words appear to have been smashed together.] Ontario City [End of Handwriting]
in the state of New York
who was a Private
In the regiment commanded by
Colonel Billey 
of the [Handwritten, crossing the margin, abbreviated to "New Hampse."] New Hampshire [end]
[Cut off by the accompanying page]-ne, for the term of Three Years
[Cut off by the accompanying page.]inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1^st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of June 1819
and [Handwritten] paid to Micah Brooks [illegible]
[Illegible]at[?] Bloomfield New York [End Handwriting]
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1819 Semi-annual. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819.
[Illegible] 4/31
[To the right of the writing, a calculation that shows addition] 81.03
48.00
$129.03
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
[Handwritten, barely legible] Continental 22 H.i 24
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6081
Michigan
Judith Blower, Formerly
Widow of
Isaac Boynton 
Who served in the revolutionary war, as a Private.
[Shown between "served" and "war"] N.H.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
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272.076 Act Mar. 3. '55
61.126 Issued
April 11th /57

Judith Blowers, Son. wid.
Isaac Boynton
Pri:

 : 160 Act Apl 9/57
(illegible)
Revy. war;

Revy. Pensioner Act 53 NH 6081

Special. April 7, '57
I. Cole
C.C.

C.I. Fox
Lansing

Vol B2, page 21.
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State of New York
Ontario County SS

On this first day of May AD 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in said County personally appears Isaac Boynton in the 98th year of his age resident in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for service certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States of America in the Revolutionary war" passed the 18th day of March 1818. That he is a citizen of the United States: that sometime in the month of May 1777, at the town of Hollis in New Hampshire, he enlisted into a company of foot soldiers commanded by Captain ___House attached to the regiment under the command of Col Joseph Silley of the New Hampshire line of the continental army, for three years (called the three years service). That he served during the whole term at Ticonderoga and other places in New York, in Pensylvania and New Jersey, that at the and of the three years he received a regular and honorable discharge in Connecticut; which discharge was burnt with his house in the year 1785. and this deponent further says that he bore a part in the battle at Hubbardtown, at the capture of Burgoyne, at Monmouth, and at a place called Newtown, with the Indians, and at a variety of minor skirmishes: and that by reason of his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support, and further this deponent saith not: 
sworn and subscribed before me this 1st day of  May AD 1818 Micah Brooks

Isaac Boynton
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State of New York 
Ontario County SS
Clerks Office  
I Micah Brooks one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that it has been proven by the testimony of hospitable persons ("the" is crossed out) to my full satisfaction that the within named Isaac Boynton is reduced to very low circumstances, and that he really needs the assistance of his country for support.  I have no reason to doubt that the services set forth in the within declaration have been by him performed. 

Bloomfield January 2d 1819 Micah Brooks 

State of New York 
Ontario County ⎬SS
Clerks Office
In testimony that Micah Brooks whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the name is his signature hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal of {illegible} this 2nd day of March A.D 1819

HU McNair Clerk


[sideways on page: Isaac Boynton 
Private
Colonel Cilley's Regiment
New Hampshire Line
1777 - 3 years 
Admitted].
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Re the matter of 
Isaac Boynton 
Cilly 

11961 

Sep 19
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twenty first day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the courts of Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Isaac Boynton aged sixty years, resident in the town of Victor in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
For the term of three years in Capt House's Company in Col. Joseph Cilley's Regiment New Hampshire Line commencing in the month of May 1777 and made application for a Pension on the first day of May 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 11961. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz. 
One Cow $12. one hog. 2. six chairs $2 - $16.00
One tea kettle 1.25 1 Bake pan 1.25 - 2.50
Spider 75. 2 dish kettles 1.87 and more 2. - 4.62
Chest. 1.50 Shovel 1.00 2 plates .10 - 2.60
2 cups & saucers .09 one platter .50 - .59
3 milk pans .37 3 Bowls .31 - .68
Tea pot .12 2 decanters .63 Sugar dish .19 - .94
Bread [illegible] .37 five spoons .31 6 knives & forks 1.13 - 1.87
2 pails .75 churn .13 3 Bols 1.50 sad iron .50 - 2.87
crock .25 creamer .06 tumbler .92 jugs .25 - .65
two mugs .19 Shoe making tools $2 1 ace 1.50 - 3.69
$37.01
/s/Isaac Boynton
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a Shoemaker and that by age and bodily infirmities I am unable to perform much labor of any kind and further that my family consists of Judith my wife aged 29 years Esther  6 years Emily 5 years Jonathan three years & Jane one year
/s/Isaac Boynton
Sworn to, and declared this  21st day of August 1820 in open court 
before me Wm Rogers ['Judge' crossed out] Judge of Ontario Com Pleas
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ONTARIO COUNTY, ss. I, John Van Fossen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is thirty seven dollars and one cent['s' crossed out]'
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of August 1820 - 
/s/J. Van Fossen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.
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Judith Blower 
Application for 
Pension
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Levi C. Aylworth 
{illegible}
Ontario Co
March 2.    N.Y. 
August 3rd

"D"
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[Michigan state seal: E PLURIBUS UNUM TUEBOR SI QUAERIS PENINSULAN AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE.]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF MICHIGAN. }ss. 
I, Edwin A. Thompson Deputy, Secretary of State of the State of Michigan, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that William H. Pinckney whose official attestation appears to the annexed Instrument was, at the time of signing the same, ['an acting' crossed out] Judge of Probate in and for the County of Ingham, in said State, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the Laws of this State to make such attestation: that to all his official acts as such Judge of Probate full faith and credit ought to be given in all Courts of Justice and elsewhere: And I do further Certify, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said William H. Pinckney and verily believe his signature to said attestation to be genuine. as well as the seal thereto attached. 
[official seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Michigan, at Lansing, this twenty fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
/s/E. A. Thompson
Dep Secretary of State
Attest /s/Kensley S. Bingham, Governor.
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State of Michigan
County of Ingham ss.
On this Twenty first day of March A.D. one Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty seven, before the Judge of the Probate court of said county the said Probate court being a Court of Record, expressly so declared by the statutes of this State personally appeared Judith Boynton to me known, a resident of the township of Meridian, County and State aforesaid aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of February A.D. 1853. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war:
That she is the widow of Isaac Boynton who served in the war of the Revolution in the New Hampshire Continental line. She further declares that she is unable to state the rank her said husband or regiment in which - and for what time, he served, but in evidence of the service of her said husband, in the said revolutionary war, she refers the honorable commissioner of Pensions to the evidence filed in the Pension office or other proper Department at Washington - her said
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husband Isaac Boynton being on the pension roll and having died a pensioner of the United States.
She further declares that she married to the said Isaac Boynton on the [blank] day of February A.D.  one thousand Eight Hundred & Twelve, ['by' crossed out] in the town of Victor, county of Ontario, and State of New York by one Heacocks a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county and State last aforesaid, that her said husband, according to her best recollection and belief, died in the month of February, A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty Four at Victor aforesaid, and in further evidence of the marriage of the said Isaac & Judith, she begs leave to refer to the affidavit of Zenas Macomber hereto attached, marked "A" - to the affidavits of Oliver Grow and Permela Grow hereto attached marked "B" and also the affidavit of Betsy Lewis, marked. "C". 
She further declares that she is the identical Judith Boynton, formerly Judith Macomber mentioned and referred to in said affidavits hereto attached marked respectively "A" "B" & "C".
She further declares that afterwards to wit, in the year A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine she was married to one Henry Blowers at Murray, Orleans County, State of New York. by one Tuttle a justice of the Peace
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and that her said husband, the said Henry Blowers died at Mendon in the county of Monroe state of New York aforesaid A.D. 1845. and that from the time of the death of the said Henry Blowers, at the time last mentioned she has remained a widow and is now a widow. 
She further declares that she has never before applied for or received a pension. 
She further declares that she is unable to establish her marriage with the said Isaac Boynton by family records, or other record evidence, after having made diligent enquiry and search for such record evidence, and that she has adduced the best proof of such marriage in her power. 
/s/X her mark Judith Blowers 
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & date above written. 
/s/Wm. H. Pinckney Judge of Probate
I, William H. Pinckney, Judge of the Court of Probate, (the said court being a court of record expressly so declared by the Statutes of this State) of the County of Ingham, State of Michigan do hereby certify that the above declaration was made subscribed & sworn to before me this twenty first (21) day of March A.D. 1837 - the said declarant, Judith Blowers, being unable to appear in open Court by reason of age
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and bodily infirmity. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate, this 21. day of March A.D. 1837. 
/s/Wm. H. Pinckney
Judge of Probate
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in New York, and that her name prior to her said marriage was Judith Macomber, that her said husband died, according to her best recollection and belief in the month of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred & twenty four - at Victor Ontario County aforesaid. And in proof of said marriage, and the death of the said husband, Isaac she begs leave to refer to the affidavits marked "A" "B" & "C" accompanying her application for a pension. which said application & affidavits are herewith enclosed. 
She further states that afterwards, to wit, in the year. A.D. 1829. She was married to one Henry Blowers at Murray, Orleans County, State of New York by one -- Tuttle a Justice of the Peace, and that her husband the said Henry Blowers died at Mendon in the county of Monroe, State of New York A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of attaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3 1855."
And she further declares that she has not received or applied for bounty land under this or ay other act of Congress. 
/s/her mark Judith Blowers
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We Caleb Thunden and Jacob S. Thompson residents of the township of Meridian County of Ingham and state of Michigan under oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Judith Blowers in our presence and that we believe from appearance and statements of the applicant as ['well' crossed out] also from personal knowledge that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and she is now a widow - 
/s/Caleb Thunden
/s/J. S. Thompson
Sworn & subscribed the day & date first above written 
The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn and subscribed above before me on the day and date first above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & is still a resident an that I have no interest in this claim.
/s/Wm. H. Pinckney Judge of Probate
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[Michigan state seal: E PLURIBUS UNUM TUEBOR SI QUAERIS PENINSULAN AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE.]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF MICHIGAN. }ss.
I, Edwin A. Thompson Deputy, Secretary of State of the State of Michigan, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Benjamin J. Harris whose official attestation appears to the annexed Instrument was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lapeer, in said State, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the Laws of this State to make such attestation: that to all his official acts as such Justice full faith and credit ought to be given in all Courts of Justice and elsewhere: And I do further Certify, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Benjamin J. Harris and verily believe his signature to said attestation to be genuine. as well as the seal thereto attached.
[official seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Michigan, at Lansing, this twenty fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
/s/E. A. Thompson
Dep Secretary of State
Attest /s/Kensley S. Bingham, Governor.
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Statement "A'
State  of Michigan
Lapeer County ss. On this Ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths personally came Zenas Macomber to me known who being duly sworn depose and says. That the said deponent is Seventy years of age, that he formerly resided in the town of Victor County of Ontario and State of New York. That he is well acquainted with Judith Blowers who at present resides in the town of Meridian County of Ingham, State of Michigan. That said Judith Blowers is now of the age of Sixty Seven years. that she is the daughter of Jonathan Macomber who was a soldier of the revolution and a pensioner until his death. That said Judith in the year Eighteen hundred and Twelve was legally married to Isaac Boynton in said town of Victor, Ontario county, New York, in the month of February by Harvey Heacocks. a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Ontario, duly authorized to perform the ceremony of marriage. That this deponent was present & witnesses the said marriage; and that the said Isaac Boynton and the said Judith lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Isaac Boynton, who died at Victor aforesaid in the month of February
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one thousand Eight hundred & twenty Five and this Deponent further says that said Isaac Boynton was a pensioner of the United States for services in the war of the Revolution & drew his pension at Canandaigua New York until his death. 
And this deponent further says that some years after the death of said Isaac Boynton, his widow, the said Judith, was married to Henry Blowers, viz: about twenty Six years ago. The said Henry Blowers died at Murray in the state of New York according to the best of his recollection. That the said Judith has not since married and that she is now a widow
/s/Zenas Macomber
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & date, first above written
/s/Benjamin J. Harris Justice of the Peace Lapeer Co. Mich. 
And I further certify that I well know Zenas Macomber, the deponent above named. That he is a person of veracity, and his deposition is entitled to full credence. Given under my hand this 9th day of March A.D. 1825
/s/Benjamin J Harris Justice of the Peace
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United States of America
State of New York
County of Ontario ss Before me, Levi C. Aylworth a Justice of the peace of in and for said County and authorised by the Laws of said State to administer oaths, On this 9th day of March A.D. 1857 personally appeared Oliver Grow and Pamelia Grow late Pamelia Deyer with whom I am well acquainted who being by me then and there duly sworn according to Law depose and say and Each severally says that the said Oliver Grow is of the age of sixty seven years and the said Pamelia Grow is of the age of sixty five years that they and Each of them reside in the Town of Victor in said county of Ontario ad have for the last 46 years and since the year Eighteen hundred and Eleven and continuously thereafter That They knew Isaac Boynton and Judith MaComber then Residents of said town That said Isaac appeared to be about sixty years of Age and the said Judith was a young woman Eighteen or twenty years of age that the said Isaac and Judith lived together as husband and wife for several years and until the death of said Isaac and their general reputation in the neighborhood was that of husband and wife that they cohabited as such and had several children and were regarded by their acquaintances as legally married and further these deponents say not - 
/s/Oliver Grow
/s/Permela Grow
Subscribed and sworn to by both Deponents The day and year first above written} /s/LC Aylworth Justice of the peace of Ontario County
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State of New York,
County of Ontario}ss. I, JOHN J. LYON, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County above mentioned, do hereby certify that Levi C Aylworth whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and seal of office, at Canandaigua, this 11th day of March 1857.
/s/John J. Lyon Clerk
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State of New York.
Ontario County ss. On this Ninth day of March A.D. 1857. before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally came Betsey Lewis last Betsey [illegible] to me known, who being by me duly sworn depose and says that she has resided in the town of Victor in said county for the period of forty Six years; that said deponent is Fifty five years of age. that she resided in said town in the year Eighteen hundred & eleven and thereafter. 
That she knew Isaac Boynton & Judith Macomber then residents of said town. 
That the said Isaac was about sixty years of age and the said Judith a young woman. that the said Isaac and Judith lived together for several years, until the death of said Isaac, as husband & wife and cohabitated as such; that they had several children, and the general reputation in the neighborhood was that the said Isaac & Judith were legally married, and further this deponent saith not. 
/s/Betsey Lewis
Subscribed & sworn before me the day & date first above written. 
/s/LC Aylworth Justice of the Peace. 
and I further certify that Betsey Lewis still
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State of New York}
Deponent of the above affidavit is personally known to me and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credence his reputation and character for truth and veracity being unquestioned
/s/LC Aylworth
State of New York
County of Ontario.}ss. I, JOHN J. LYON, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Levi C. Aylworth whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and seal of office, at Canandaigua, this 11th day of March 1857. 
/s/John J. Lyon Clerk
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[handwritten letter]
Statement "D"
Victor Ontario County NY
Feb 26, 1857

C. J. Fox Esqr
Sir
Yours of Feb 21. is rec'd & lyes before me There were no public records of Marriages in this state till 1830 see R.S. 3 Ed 2d 138 to 141 and amended 3d RS 3d Ed 151 A Hecox was a Justice of the Peace in 1811 and afterward & before. Sim Hecox was his son and fell in Buffalo in Lewiston Battle. I have made Enquiry for about 2 hours now Elapsed since the rec't of yours of people who resided here then and knew Isaac Boynton and Judith his wife an knew Judith McCumber (Macomber) in her girlhood who informs me that Boynton was about 60 & she a young girl 18, or when they were married and they knew them living together and are reputed husband and wife but I have not failed to find any person who was present at the marriage. Hecox was Long gone to his reward and during his time no such Records were required to be kept and now only by the Clergyman or magistrate and it would be hopeless to attempt to find Record Evidence among those who knew Isaac & Judith I refer to John Davis & wife Mrs Margery Hunt Mrs Darius J Lewis (Betsey) Oliver Grow & wife Pamelia cousin of Judith. Gregory Hill & wife John McLean & wife were near & intimate neighbor to Boynton Saul S. Richardson knew them all of whom with many others are still here and of sound mind and memory Jehial McComber a brothers son of Judith Otis Deyer is Brother of Pamelia Grow with others I will cheerfully & promptly comply with your further instructions
Your Respectfully
/s/LC Aylworth 
[margin notes: 1829 14+11=25 11.]
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⇨ In this is an application for B Land, joined to her application for pension - I though I would put the papers upon your desk that you might admit for Land. or require another declaration, if you deem it be so - 
Boynton) /s/Triplett
[seal affixed]
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1820-29=1791-1857=66
29=30
39=30
49=50
56 57
1857-1791=66
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[handwritten letter]
Lansing Michigan
Feb. 2. 1857.

Hon Geo. C. Whiting. Comr. Pensions
Dr sir. In behalf of the widow of the revolutionary soldier, I hereby apply to the Pension office to ascertain whether she is entitled to a pension. 
If upon the statement herein below annexed you should decide affirmatively, application will be made in due form. The widow is about 70 years old - can neither read or write. In computing time, she reckons backwards, by certain periods - Consequently she cannot fix definitely either the date of her marriage or the death of her first husband. The following is her statement
1st. She is the daughter of Jonathan Macomber who was a soldier in the revolution & died about 1835. He was a pensioner. & drew his pension until near his death. 
Is she entitled to any arrears or bounty as his heir?
2d. About the age of 21 - and subsequent to 1800. she married Isaac Boynton, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war. Boynton was also a pensioner and drew his pension at Canandaigua N York. He died about '36 or '37. The pension roll will discover whether he served "during the war" or for a less time. 
She must be entitled as his widow, and I
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desire to know under what Act. I discovered thereby the act of Feb. 3. 1853. the widows who were married subsequent to 1800. are entitled to pensions in the same manner as those married anterior to that date. She does not know the rank of her husband. 
3. Two years after the death of Boynton she married one Henry Blowers who served during the war of 1812. she lived with him about 12 years when he died - and has remained ever since a widow. 
Is she entitled to a pension or bounty as his wife?
Is she entitled under one or both husbands - and to what?
If she is entitled by virtue of her prior husband's services, what parol evidence will be necessary to establish the marriage.
Very Res
/s/C. J. Fox
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[addressed envelope]
Aug 31st free Aug 35
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
Derby Line V.T. August 25, 1835.

J L Edwards Esq
Sir The object of this communication is to inquire a few particulars respecting one Isaac Boynton a Revolutionary Soldier in the New Hampshire line during the War. Said Boynton was enrolled on the Pension list and died previous to drawing any money. - he left these parts and went to the western part of the State of New York about 25 years ago & deceased about 11 years since - When he left he had a family of which there is four remaining and they have received information that their father had a grant of Government land what is called a Soldier Right situated in Cleaveland Ohio and that he never in any way disposed of it
If you can inform any thing respecting it. whether he had such land - & whether ever did dispose of it. You will much oblige
Your Obt Servant
/s/Levi Spalding
N.B. his residence was in Hollis NH.}
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Copy
Commissioner of Pensions
February 10. 1857
In answer to the letter of C. J. Fox Esq of the 2d inst
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[handwritten letter]
Copy
Pension Office
February 10 1857

Sir
In reply to the letter of C. J. Fox, Esq. of the 2d inst, communicated through the Interior Department, I have the honor to state for his information, that Jonathan Macomber, a pensioner of the United States under Act of March 18 1818, appears by our records to have died August 17, 1821. His allowance was paid in full to that date. There could consequently, be no arrears due to his surviving children. He was not entitled to land from the General Government. 
Isaac Boynton, was also a pensioner of the United States on the New York rolls under said Act, at the rate of $96 per annum, and his allowance appears to have been paid to the date of his death. He served, as averred in his declaration, three years in the New Hampshire Continental line, commencing his service in 1777. His widow is entitled to pension, under act of February 3, 1833, if her statement be correct. I enclose form and instructions for the necessary papers. It must be clearly established that the applicant is the widow
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of the identical pensioner, in virtue of whose services her claim is asserted in her declaration; and, in this connection, the date of her husband' death should be satisfactorily established, as a means of proving the identity of the parties. 
Although Boynton was not entitled to bounty land at the  time of his death, his widow is now entitled to 160 acres, by the provision of the act of March 3, 1855. A person who has been married to two soldiers, and is now a widow, is not entitled to land in virtue of the services of both; but she may select the one under whom she may claim. In the present, case however the quantity of land due, would be the same under either, and if the statements of the widow referred to, be entirely correct, it would be advisable to apply for both pension and bounty land for the same service, viz:, that of her first husband. I herewith enclose form an instructions under the bounty land Act of 3. March 1855. 
Very respectfully Your Obdt servt
/s/Geo. C. Whiting 
Hon: Robert McClelland
Secretary of the Interior
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Brief in the case of Judith Blower, formerly widow of Isaac Boynton, of Michigan, 
Act February 3, 1853. 2 Sec - 
Her husband was pensioned under the Acts of 1818 & 1820 at $96 a year and died in 1825
Marriage proved by an eye witness to the ceremony. 
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her identity as the widow of the pensioner, his death, the death of her second husband, and her present widowhood proved agreeably to our Regulations. 
/s/Thornton Triplett
Examiner
Send to 
C. J. Fox Esq
Lansing Michigan
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[verso]
When certificate is ret'd please give me the papers that I may have show them to Boynton - 

[recto]
Judith Blower formerly widow of Isaac Boynton Michigan - 
adm'd 3 Feby 1853  
$96 a year from the passage of the Act
⇨over
Sent to 
C. J. Fox Esq, 
Lansing Mich
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[document appears to have been folded lengthwise into three panels.]
[Left  panel:]
Mil. Hist.  [squiggle] Miss Helen
[ton ?] 334 Jefferson St. [illegible]
M.E. [?}]

12-1897-History
Mr. James Kerr,
Clearfield Penna

[Center panel:]
Rev WIDOW, &c.
[illegible word written at an angle]
File No. 10297
Judith Blower
formerly Wid
Isaac Boynton
Privt Rev. War
Act:  Feby 3'd 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 67
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Feb. 26/93
M. Boyn
[Wrs. ?]
May 
to
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Page 39

[an emblem at the top of the page with the following words:]
E PLURIBUS UNUM

TUEBOR

SI QUAERIS PENINSULAM
AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE.

[along left edge of document:]
Attest, Kensley Bingham, Governor.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA} SS.
STATE OF MICHIGAN.}

I, Edwin A Thompson Deputy, Secretary of State of the State
of Michigan, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that William H Pinckney
whose official attestation appears to the annexed Instrument was,
at the time of signing the same, Judge of Probate in
and for the County of Ingham, in said State, duly commissioned and
qualified, and authorized by the Laws of this State to make such attestation :  that to all his offricial
acts as such Judge of Probate full faith and credit ought to be given
in all Courts of Justice and elsewhere :  And I do further Certify, that I am well acquainted
with the handwriting of the said William H Pinckney and verily believe
his signature to said attestation to be genuine. as well as the seal thereto attached.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
Michigan, at Lansing, this twentyfifth
day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven

E A Thompson
Dep Secretary of State.
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61.126.

160 acres.
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BOUNTY LAND.
Nt. [or Wt. ?] 61,126 - 160 - 55
Boynton, Isaac
Rev.

In Rev. Flat Files
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3-421.

ADMITTED FILES.

Certificate No.--- 334368
Series --- Child
Pensioner ---[blank]
Soldier ---J Morrisey
Service --- Pa.
------------ 1--
Drawn by ---[blank]
for ---[blank]
---[stamped:] CONGRESSIONAL CIVIL WAR. --- Division

Charged ---[blank]----,  191
to -----[blank]
on slip signed ----[blank]
-------------[blank]--------
6-287 / File Clerk.

[inked stamp at bottom of card:]
ADMITTED FILES
MAR 22 1911
PENSION OFFICE
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No 1692
Judith Blower formerly widow of Issac Boynton
Mich
Feb y 3, 1853
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[document is an envelope oriented so that the left-hand side is at
the top, the right-hand side at the bottom of the image. ] 

[writing from left to right as seen in image:]
Judith  Blowers
and
Isaac Boynton

[F ?]
Cole
Geddes
Land claim taken out

1853

[writing and stamps running from top to bottom as seen in image:]

[postage stamp:] 
LANSING
MAR
26
MICH

Hon. George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Official Business
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[document appears to be an envelope with 2 postal stamps and a
mailing address; no return address; with notations written at right
angle to the above from left to right.]

[original address and postal stamps written on long axis of envelope 
(seen here running top to bottom):]
[Hon.?] R. Mc Clelland
Sec [illegible]
[Washington ?]
[D. C. ?]

[round postal stamp:]
Lansing Mich.
Feb
2

[postal stamp:]
FREE

[handwritten, lower right]
free

[handwriting running perpendicular across the above from top to bottom:]
Let Mr. Whiting report as
favorably as he can.  Fox
is a [illegible] & a clever [fellow ?]
& if this old [lady ?] [has ?] [a ?] [illegible]
and her with [or wits ?] [illegible] [illegible]
Fox letter  [illegible] NY
Blowers
[illegible]  Henry 1812
[illegible] and
Geddes
Isaac Boynton Rev
and Daughter of
Jonathan Macomber Rev
Mr Geddes
Please examin
& [illegible] Fox at
[illegible] & let the
[letter ?] [illegible]
[illegible] so that he
may [illegible]
[three words illegible]
Return the [letter ?] [Fox?]
[address ?] [illegible]
[illegible signature]
Feb.9.1857






Geddes
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[document is an envelope oriented so that the left-hand side is at
the top, the right-hand side at the bottom of the image.  Most of the 
writing is therefore difficult to read.]

[writing going left to right starting at top of image:]
187837
Catharine Wearer
[wife?]
Frederick
G

Boynton

[writing going from top to bottom, starting at top right corner]
[illegible]
187,837 Rev War act [Mch '95 ?]

[Hon ?] Josiah  Minot
Com'r of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[handwriting in lower right corner illegible]

[circular inked stamp is mostly illegible:]
???ES BO??? 
SEP
?

[inked stamp:]  FREE
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[Stamped center, slightly ajar, a rectangle with text.]
U. F. OLD WAR & NAVY APR 22
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James Kerr, Clearfield, PA.

April 16, 1897
Hon. H. C. Evans, Pension Commissioner, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir: I am very desirous of knowing whether Isaac Boynton, of Vermont, drew a pension for service in the Revolutionary War.
Will you kindly advise, and oblige, Very respectfully yours, [Handwritten] James Kerr. [end Handwriting]
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[An official stamp of the Pension Office, placed at the bottom center of the page.]
PENSION USA FEB 5 1895 OFFICE
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[Handwriting starting in the upper right margin
Milwaukee Wisconsin 534 Jefferson St. 212-95 [Illegible Signature][Illegible] W. 
[End of the upper right margin]

To the Commissioner of Pensions [Illegible]-
Will you kindly tell me from what stats Isaac Boyington or Boynton enlisted- He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and the last pension papers were paid at Moscow, New York. Any information you can give me regarding this soldier will be appreciated- Thanking your jaw. Sincerely, Helen M. Boynton.
534 Jefferson St. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.