Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,920, James Boyce, Navy N.H.

SERVICE
Navy N.H.
Boyce, James "Boice"
NUMBER
S 36,920
CONTENTS
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11.388 Q
District of Maine
James Boice or Boyce
of Lebanon in the state of Massachusetts  District of Maine who was a Manne  on board Ship Ranger in the regiment  Ranger commanded by Capt Simpsen of the U.S. Navy line, for the term of one year M.H.
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of June 1818 and sent to Benjamin Green Esq. South Berwick D. Maine.
Arrears to 4 th of Mar 1819 76.64 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48.00 9 Mo 18 31 $124.64
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Constance
Notification sent to David Sewall Esq. Kennebec Maine 31 st July 1820

18 th May 1818 James Price Lehman
Aug 1776 Rec d for 12 M th as Private in Col o P. Linge's A. Camp st Reg t
In Octob r 1779 Entered as a R m in the Ranger Capt s Robinson - Captured at Charleston & discharged in Aug t or Sept r 1780
18 May 1818
B Greene Col o
Amillaco

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. }
ON
this eighteenth
day of May
A. D. 1818,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears James Boice aged sixty six years resident in Lebanon in said county of York, who being by me 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 certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War:"—
That in the month of August A. D. 1776 he enlisted as a private soldier under Capt. Perkins of the Regiment commanded by Col. D. Long (New Hampshire line) for the term of twelve months, and continued to do his duty in said Company and Regiment until the expiration of the twelve months, the term for which he had enlisted, when he was honorably discharged at Stillwater in New York — And that in the month of October A. D. 1779 he entered as a Marine on board the United States Ship Ranger Thomas Simpson Esq. commander and continued to do his duty on board said Ship until she was captured at the siege of Charles Town S. C. in the month of May following — from whence he was sent in a boat to Philadelphia and discharged  on  the  15th  of  Sept  1780 upon an exchange of prisoners and was discharged in August or September A. D. 1780 & returned to his home in a very destitute condition — (And in proof of the foregoing declaration made by the said James Boice W th Morris late Lieut. commanding marines on board said Ship Ranger — and John Roberts Tss. disinterested and credible witness personally appears, being first duly sworn according to law, they upon their oaths do say, that the declaration of the said James Boice so far as relates to his serving on board the United States Ship Ranger is true) — And by the certificate of the selectmen & Overseers of the poor for the Town of Lebanon the said James Boice further proves,
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj: Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Boice did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
Thirty first
day of December
Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj: Greene

James Boyce
11.300
Sept 10/19
RECEIVED NO. 1744

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday being the fourth day of July and by adjournment as  Alfred from day to day, on the sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Ch: Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this sixteenth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County  James Boyce aged sixty three years, resident in Lebanon 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, viz. as a Marine in the company commanded by Capt.  in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Navy of the  in the line of the State of  Revolution — on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the sixteenth day of May — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11.388 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
James Boyce
Sworn to and declared, on the 18 th day of July — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj n Greene Ch. Justice { One of the Judges of the said Court. Atty Daniel Sewall Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Nothing
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me James Boyce who, by occupation am a labourer — which I am un able to pursue by reason of lameness — the loss of one leg
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     No family James Boyce  
STATE OF MAINE.
I, William B. Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further 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 nothing dollars and  cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
W. B. Sewall { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York