Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1016, Francis Boon, Mass.

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(3-1776)

Service: Mass.

Boon, Francis

Number: R. 1016

Contents:

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N 32,364

Francis Boon

H. J. Redfield

Collins

N. York

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State of New York 
Erie County SS }
On this third day of December in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Erie aforesaid now sitting Francis Boon a resident of the town of Collins in said County of Erie and said State of New York aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress & passed June Seventh A.D. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named offices and served as herein stated. 

That he was born in the town of Upton County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts on the 13 day of March A.D. 1751 that he resided in the Town County & State last aforesaid till he was forty three years old - 

That in the month [inserted: of May 6] 1775. He volunteered as a private and one of the Militia in the Company of Capt Benjamin Farrar which belonged to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ezra Wood which Regiment was under the command of General Putnam ; that he entered the company & Regiment aforesaid at the town of Upton aforesaid to serve for the term of eight months & immediately on enlistment he march with his company to the town of Roxbury near Boston Massachusetts when he was employed with the the company & regiment to which he belonged in watching the movements of the enemy then in possession of Boston - that he served out his eight months and was honorably discharged at this place & returned to the town of Upton aforesaid in the County of Worcester aforesaid - That during this

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term of service he became acquainted with General Putnam and General Warren who belonged to the Continental establishment-

that he remained in the town of Upton County of Worester & State of Massachusetts till the month of September  or October in the year A.D. 1776 when he again volunteered as a private in the militia at the town last aforesaid under Capt Thomas Baker Lieutenant Thayer, and Ensign Stearns on an alarm that was given. 

That immediately on joining said Company he march to the town of Providence Rhode Island when he was engaged for the space & term of forty days in making entrenchments and in protecting our military Stores at that place - 

That the Regiment to which his Company belonged [inserted: was commanded] by Colonel Ezra Woods. that on the expiration of this term of service he returned to the town of Upton aforesaid when he remained till he was called out again 

That some time in the month of October in the year A.D. 1778 he volunteered as a private in the militia at the town of Upton aforesaid & inlisted to have three months under Captain Thomas Baker Lieutenant Thayer & Ensign Stearns in the company which belonged to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ezra Woods-that immediately on enlistment he marched to Albany in the State of New York- that the next day after his arrival in Albany he with the company & Regiment to which he belonged marched six miles about Albany where he remained till the expiration of the three months- 

That he was employed during this term in watching the movements of the Tories & Indians that on the expiration of this time of service

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time in the month of January A.D. 1779 he returned to the town of Upton aforesaid where he lived till the 1st A.D. 1784 when removed to the town of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester aforesaid where he lived one year when he removed to the town of Andover County of Windham & State of Vermont where he lived six years when he removed to the town of Manchester County of Rutland & State of Vermont where he lived three years & then removed to the town of Kingsbury County of Warren in the State of New York where he lived two years when he removed to the town of Bolton County of Warren & State of New York when he lived eighteen years when he removed to the town of Galena County of Seneca & State of New York where he lived about five years when premons to the town of Otto in the County of Cattamaugus State of New York where he lived three years till the month of February A.D. 1855 when he removed to the town of Collins Erie County State of New York & that he now resides there

That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State 
Francis Boon (signed ) 

Sworn to and subscribed the day year aforesaid- 
Noah P. Sprague ( signed )

W. Asael L Wells a Clergyman, residing in the town & of Collins & County of Erie & State of New York and Benjamin Milk residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Francis Boon who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to eighty three years of age & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided & now resides to have to an a soldier of the Revolution and that to we concur in that opinion - 
Asael Wells ( signed )

Sworn and Subscribed  the day & year aforesaid 
Benjamin Milk ( signed )
Noah P. Sprague, ( signed ) Clerk

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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states- And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Asael L. Wells who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Collins and County of Erie and State of New York and that Benjamin Milk who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible [inserted: person] and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie, State of New York  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings  said Court in the matter of the of the application of Francis Boon for a pension- 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
 Noah P. Sprague ( signed )Clerk

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State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie ss}
Be it known that before the subscriber a justice of the peace, personally appeared, Martha Swails, wife of Edward Swails age 59 years, who being duly cautioned and sworn in due form of law, states that she is the daughter of Francis Boon, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, that the said Francis made an application for a pension at Buffalo New York about 1834 or 35 and before he died at Buffalo on the day of November 1836, and did not receive his pension, and that she believes that she is the only child no living of the said Francis and that he left no widow surviving him, that she believes that she is entitled to whatever is due, and that the United States are still indebted to her under the laws of Congress for a pension that was due her father, and for the purpose of investigating and establishing her claim as aforesaid she does hereby appoint James Hathaway of Charden, Geanga Co. Ohio her true and lawful attorney with irrevocable powers to examine all the papers on file or to ask of the Commissioner of pensions a statement of her father's alleged service & the requirements in the claim, and to do whatever she might do were she personally present to establish her claim.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 11 day of February, A.D. 1853
Marato Swailes  ( signed )seal
witness Wm Benson ( signed ) 
witness JM White ( signed )
Signed, sealed acknowledge, and sworn to before me and I further certify that the above applicant has always been known in this community as the daughter of Francis Boon, dated on this 11 day of February 1853.
Wm Benson ( signed ) Justice of the peace

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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Erie County, ss. 
I Samuel Perley Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do certify that Wm Benson Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit acknowledgment were taken is now and was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to take acknowledgments of Deeds, &c. in and for said County: regularly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and that the same is executed agreeably to the laws of Pennsylvania and further that the signatures of the said Wm Benson, Esq. to the said affidavit and acknowledgment are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Erie the 18th day of Albany A. D. 1833

Samuel Perley  ( signed ) Prothonotary

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State of N. York County of Cattaraugus S.S

On this fifteenth day of September 1854 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Augustus C. Boon a resident of the town of Franklinville in said County aged fifty three years and made oath according to law that he is directly interested in a claim against the United States for a Revolutionary Pension supposed to be due to Francis Boon deceased, who resided in Collins Erie County and who made an application for the same in his lifetime & which was suspended and he hereby appoint SAMUEL Lake, of Buffalo, N. Y. his Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for a pension or any arrears or increase of pension, or any information to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such pension as Deponent might or could do, were he personally present at the doing thereof; and he hereby revoke all former powers if any inconsistent with the above; hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written. The deponent is a son of the said Francis Boon deceased
Augustus Boon

SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I certify that I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and that I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution. Lewis. J. Mason J Peace

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State of New York 
Cattasaugus County Clerk's office

I Enos H. Southwick Clerk of said County and of the Court of Record thereof, do hereby certify that Lewis Mason Esquire before whom the foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed and whose name is subscribed to the Certificate thereof was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the in and for the County aforesaid duly cited sworn and authorized to administer oaths and affirmations.  well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signature above written to said certificate is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Ellicott in said County September 19. 1854 
E.H. Southwick Clerk

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R.137

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, April 8th 1836. 

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Francis Boon, as a private, is borne on a payroll of Capt. Benjamin Farrar's Company for services in the State of Rhode Island where he is allowed from Decr 8th 1776 to Sept 11th for service and served one month and nine days. 
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Francis Boon's name is borne on a payroll of Capt. Thomas Marshall Bowers Company, in Col. Saml Denney's regt where he is allowed from October to Nov 23 1779, for services and served one month and eleven days 
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Francis Boon claims for eight months services under Capt. Thomas Baker, in 1775 & 76 that the roll is not found in this Office. 
John P. Bigelow
Secy of the Com 'tts

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Francis Boon

1775 
May  - 0 8 0 - Capt Farrar Col Ezra Wood
1776 - 0 1 10 " Baker " " " 
1778 - 0 3 0 " Baker " " "

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Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio,
February 21st 1853.

I hearwith send to your office the affidavit and power of attorney of Mrs. Martha Swailes (Sawailes) the only surviving child of Francis Boon deceased, who was an applicant for a Revolutionary pension and made his application from the State of New York and died Nov. 1836, and did not receive his pension. I request a statement of his alleged service and the requirements in said claims.
Very Respectfully your most 
Obt Servant
James Hathaway.

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Buffalo Oct 5 1854 

P. Waldo Esq Comr of Pensions 
Sir
The Heirs of Francis Boon deceased, suppose the Father was entitled to a pension. In order to understand the validity of this claim, please inform me what service was claimed by the applicant to have been performed what was proved or appeared upon record and that further proof was required- 
Respectfully yours
Samuel Lake 

Please give the names of his company Office No of Col. Comd Regts

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NY Dec 23 Francis Boon 

J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.

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Enclosed I send you the Declaration of James Boon to obtain a pension under the Act of June 7 1852. If he served he wishes to draw his money at the City of Buffalo
Respctfully Yours 
Thomas Redfield

Any communications direct to me Collins Erie Co. N.Y. Dec. 12. 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq

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No. 32, 364
Francis Boon
Dec'd
N. York
Let: to H. J. Redfield 24 Dec. 1834
"     "   "   "   "             16 May 1836
"     "  Jas Hathway.    22 June 1853
Sam'l Lake 9th Act 1854

1016
7 June 1832

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Ex'r
INVALID

[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 [end crossed out]

1016

P.O. Francis Boon

Service

Enlisted:

Discharged:

Application filed:

Alleges:

Re-enlisted:

Attorney:

P.O.

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Revy
Frances BOon
11 May 
Pension Office 
NY
Hon. Davis 6 ofd
Secretary of War of the United States

Collins Ny May 4
Washington D.C.

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Collins May 1. 1836 

Sir enclosed I send you the Certificate of John Bigelow secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass. stating the services of Francis Boon in the was the revolution 

Something more than a twelve month service the declaration of Francis Boon for a pension under the law of 7th June 1832 was sent on to your office &  I was directed to apply to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass.  The enclosed is in result of that application. It will be seen upon letter  that this was a  claim for 6  months  of service. his declaration is not conaticated by any evidence in that office
 though I [illegible] let content of that Declaring so far as stated in his declaration and that he has stated; the courts of that period 

I believe repeating on stains, have been friends service,,have been performing the Caledien was required him of this office for the Secretary of Mass - to that office applications at the present time I do not full distant while they have urgent action under law of 1832 

I await further information on this subject from War Department
I remain with all due respect
J. Redfield

 Hon. L. Cass