Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6293, John Howe Boardman, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Boardman, John Howe
S 6293
CONTENTS
Scarded

3019 Massachusetts
John Wood Boardman
of Ipswich in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the _____ commands
by Captain _____ of the _____ commands
by Col. Dill in the Mass s
time for 13 months
This application was in the one dated Dec 13 th 1832
Cancelled
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $6 Dollars 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Feb y 1833 and sent to _____
Andrew Ipswich Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $153.34
Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 Sept th 38.33
$191.67
12 Dec 1832
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { No June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by LL Coolidge Clerk,
Book 9 Vol. 2 o Page 9 o
Mass. and Continental. Records completed. May 20 th 1833

11551 John H Boardman Mass
Route 23 Marlts
40 80 355 96.17
Asa Andrews Gloucester Mass

BRIEF in the case of John A Doardan  Co. of Essex in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     May 17/5. entered 8. private Gen. Dodge Col Little   1st Bay 1796 1 " " " "   1799 1. " " " "   " " 2 " Gen. Fellows  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of L Isl?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ipswich Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

John H. Bowditch
124571

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS : COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this first day of January A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, at Salem in said County , a resident of Salem , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 78 years, 2 mo 14 days , 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 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: He enlisted on the first day of the A.D. 1775 in Capt. Abraham Dodge's Company of Infantry in Col. Moses Little's Regiment for eight months & served the whole of that Period at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, on the first Day of January A.D. 1776 at the end of the above Period I enlisted in the Company of said Abraham Dodge in said Col. Little's Regiment for one year, that I continued at Cambridge until the Spring of the year 2. when Boston was evacuated by the Enemy I with said Company & Regiment marched to the State of New York & was in the battle on Long Island & in the retreat from that place, that I continued in that vicinity & served out that whole year; and the army being reduced and a necessity for men on the first Day of January A.D. 1777 enlisted for one month more and served that whole month and was verbally discharged. I never had any written Discharge at the end of either of said Terms, and in the Summer of A.D. 1777, there being a call for militia to march into the State of Rhode Island I enlisted in Capt. [blank] Company & marched to Providence in that State & served the whole of said the two months, which was the term of my enlistment & was discharged verbally, I had no written Discharge. I was born in the year A.D. 1754 in Ipswich in said State. I have no record of my age. I was living in Ipswich when I entered into the revolutionary service & now reside in that Place. I enlisted as a volunteer each of the four times I entered the service I have above stated the officers I served under Col. Nathaniel Wade was in the same service in the above month but he is deceased. I am known to the deceased David & Nathaniel and their descendants & am a neighbor to them & to most of the citizens of Ipswich.

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. except the one dotted December 12th 1832 which is herewith returned John H. Boardman
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. H. White JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, David T. Kimball a clergyman, residing in Leicester aforesaid, and Asa Andrews Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Leicester aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John H. Boardman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 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.
David T. Kimball Asa Andrews
Subscribed and sworn to before Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that David Kimball who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Methuen and that the said Isa Andrews who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Methuen and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
N. H. White Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John H. Boardman for a pension. I further certify, that Charles Kimball (and) Isa Andrews Esquires, whose names are subscribed to the certificates of oaths to the affidavits hereto appertaining, are justices of the peace for said county of Essex, and the signatures of their several names to said certificates are their genuine signatures.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of January , A. D. 1833.
Nath. Lord Jr.

O. W. & N. Division.
F.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., October 31, 1894.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Howe Boardman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. May, 1775 8 mo. Pri. Abraham Dodge Moses Little Mass. Jan., 1776 13 mo. " " " " " Mass. ----- 1777 2 mo. " Heller Not stated Mass.
Battles engaged in,
LONG ISLAND.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Ipswich, Mass.
Date of application for pension,
October 14, 1819.
Residence at date of application,
Ipswich, Mass.
Age at date of application,
Born in Ipswich, Mass., in 1754.
Remarks:
Wm. F. J. Boardman, Hartford, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

St. 31 Mil. Hist. Co. Boardman, Hartford, Conn.
Per Wap
6293
1894 Oc Wm D. J. L.
✓ INVALID.
File No. 6298
John Howard Boardman Unit Rev War
Act: June 3rd 1837
Index: Vol. 11 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3019
Massachusetts
John Stone Boardman of Ipswich in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Little in the Mass * line for one year
Mass. * Continental Records completed. May 20, 1901. *
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec 1832 and sent to Andrew Ipswich Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 60 ~ Semi-ann. allowance ending Dec 31 20 ~ $ 80 ~
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. 6 Blair Clerk, Book D. Vol. 27 Page 95.
16:281 R
Massachusetts
John Stone Boardman of Ipswich in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Little of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year. Mass. * Continental Records completed. May 20, 1901. *
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of October 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Dec 1810 and sent to D. A. White Esq. Salem Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 of $ 37.67 _____ $ 37.67
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

21551
John H. Boaraman

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John H Doarman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yy XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yy Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yy XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yy XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yy XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yy
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 of 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; 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 qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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 any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. 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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

J H Boardman
50
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March, next, in the State of Mas- -achusetts, at the Branch Bank of the U.S. Boston.
Boardman

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Howe Boardman, of Ipswich, State of Massachusetts, —# _____ // _____ late a private — _____ // _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts —# Agency, at the rate of Eight — dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of October , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth day of December , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
E Vandeventer Acting Secretary of War.

Payments to be made at Boston / Mass by the Pay Master Br Brant Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of / Mass
Recorded by J. H. / B. Blair Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 2 nd page 95.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, John Horve Boardman of the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Forty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Five th - day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Secy of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Hon ble Lewis Cass. Enquire Summary of War -

Hurwich January 4 th 1833
Sir, I have received the Pension Certificate of John H. Boardman and now return it for your revision with the Supplementary evidence of his Services in the revolutionary War. at the time of his late application he verily supposed all his Services had been transmitted to your Department under the act of 1818 - But from the Certificate only one year is allowed, the mistake arose from the Court before, whom he applied we suppose the Judge certified one year only - It appears by the Evidence now transmitted that eleven months of his actual Service will be lost to him - he was a meritorious Soldier & did his Duty faithfully, he regrets giving you this additional labor, he will feel aggrieved if he is to be deprived of the bounty granted by Congress - he is a respectable & useful citizen - you are requested to revise the Subject & send him a Certificate for the twenty three months - if that cannot be done - you will please to return the Certificate enclosed. I am Sir with great respect - Asa Andrews -
Honble Lewis Cass. Secretary of the War Department -

John H. Boardman Petition

To the Honble Lewis Cass Esquire Secretary of War of the United States. John H. Boardman of Ipswich in the State of Massachusetts respectfully represents that heretofore under the act of Congress of March 1818 he was placed on the pension list but was after- wards stricken off and he further represents that at the time of his late application on which the enclosed certificate issued dated December 12th 1832 he verily supposed he had stated the whole time of his service in the revolu- tionary war, on his first application however as nine months was sufficient under the first act he verily believes & supposes the Judge certified only one year which is only allowed in this last certificate, your Petitioner further represents that he has actually served in the revolutionary war for the term of twenty three months as described in the Supplemental evidence herewith transmitted, he therefore requests the certificate & doings thereon may be received as a certificate for the term of twenty three months and be granted him instead of the certificate heretofore enclosed, with great respect Ipswich January 1 st 1833 - John H. Boardman

John Horve Boardman Private
on you
adm'd
$40.
John H. Boardman
Asa Andrews Esq. Spencer Mass.

I John How Boardman, of Ipswich in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts; named in the pension certificate, dated December 11 th , 1819 and numbered 16281, ——— do on oath declare that I was put on the pension roll of the Massachusetts agency and that I was struck off on account of property, that I was a private in col. Moses Little's regiment and capt. Abraham Dodge's company, and my present place of residence is Ipswich aforesaid, and my place of residence was the same when I made my first application as it now is and that I was a corporal in said company. John H Boardman
I David T. Kimball do swear that I am a near neighbor to John H. Boardman, that he is now living and is reputed to be a revolutionary soldier.
David T. Kimball
Subscribed and sworn to in open court by the above named John H. Boardman and David T. Kimball, respectively, before the honorable Daniel A. White, judge of the court of probate for the county of Essex, now sitting at Ipswich, August 7, 1832.
D A White judge of probate.
And the said court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier. And the court further certifies that David T. Kimball, who has signed the above certificate, is a clergyman resident in Ipswich.
D A White judge of probate.

I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of the court of probate for the county of Essex, aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John H. Boardman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this seventh day of August, A.D. 1832.
Nath. Lord Jr.

John H Boardman
Private
76 — 179
Little
Rep?
Admitted
The line, to which the Rep? was attached must be State

I John Have Boardman of Ipswich in the County of Essex, on oath declare that I enlisted as a private in Capt n H m Dodge's com- pany Col d Moses Little's reg t in May 1775 and served eight months, at Cambridge, in the revo- lutionary war. I further declare that I enlisted in the same company & regiment, in the first of January 1776 for one year, and served through the same, without intermission be- ing more than nine months service in the revolutionary war, on the continental establish- ment. At the close of said year, I volunteered one month's further service, & was then hon- orably discharged. - I declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of the assistance of my country for support. Oct r 14, 1819.
John H Boardman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss.
I Daniel A. White, Judge of the Court of Probate for said county of Essex, do certify that the above named John H. Boardman personally appeared

on this fourteenth day of October A.D. 1819 & made oath to the truth of the declaration afore written, by him signed, before me, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Boardman served in the revolutionary war as set forth in his said declaration, & that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand & seal of the said Court the day & year afore written.
D. D. D. D. D.
Essex ss: Nov. 27. 1819. I the said D. D. D. D. D. Judge as afore said, do further certify, that the said John H. Boardman personally appeared this day & made oath to the truth of the additional declaration by him signed & here to annexed D. D. D. D. D.

We Joseph Hodgkins Esquire Joseph Story and Benjamin Shimball all of Haverick in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts testify depose and say that the said Joseph Hodgkins was a Lieutenant in Capt Nathaniel Wade's Company in Col Moses Little's Regiment in the revo- lutionary war, and the said Joseph Story & Benjamin Shim- ball privates in Capt Abraham Dodge's Company in the same Regiment And we further say that we are well acquainted with John Howe Broadman of the same Regiment, and we know that he enlisted on the first of January 1776 for one year in said Dodge's Company and that he served one year under said En- listment in said Company and he volunteered his services one month at the end of said year and was honorably discharged - and we further declare that said Broadman is about sixty six years of age and unable to gain a support by labour and that his Property is insufficient to support him and that he stands in need of assistance from his country -
Joseph Hodgkins -
Joseph Story
Benj r Kimball
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss October 11 th 1819 Then Joseph Hodgkins Esquire Joseph

5 5 Story and Benjamin Shimbull appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, and I further certify that Joseph Hodgkins besides his being an officer in the Revolutionary war has been a Colonel in the Militia of Massachusetts and a representative in the legislature of the State of Massachusetts and is a person of good reputation & credit, and the said Joseph Story & Benjamin Shimbull a citizens of credit & that the testimony of the whole three Deponents is entitled to full faith & credit Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss: Octr 14. 1879 I Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the up: said Court of said State do certify that Asa Andrews Esq r abovenamed is a Justice of the Peace for said County: and the above is his signature: and the seal affixed is the seal of said Court.
Attest Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Additional - Evidence
We Joseph Hodgkins Esquire and Benjamin Shimboll named in the annexed affidavit testify and say that Abraham Dodge's Company and Moses Little's Regiment was in the Massachusetts line in said year 1776 in the revolutionary war, & that said John Howe Broadman belonged to said Company & Regiment. —
Joseph Hodgkins Benj. Shimboll
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Nov r 15 th 1819.
Exrs to then Joseph Hodgkins Esquire & Benjamin Shimboll appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace —
I John Howe Broadman do on oath further declare that said Abraham Dodge's Company & Col. Moses Little's Regiment named in my Declaration hereto annexed was attached to the Massachusetts line in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war during the year 1776 in which I served
John H. Broadman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Exrs to Nov r 15 th 1819 then John Howe Broadman appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Declaration before me Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace —

I Solomon Coleman of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & say, I was a private in Capt Abraham Dodge's Company of Infan- try in Col. Hovey's Middle Regiment & enlisted in said Com- pany in the Spring of the year of A.D. 1775 for eight months & served the whole time, I was then acquainted with John Howe Boardman of said Ipswich the same person who was made and subscribed the annexed Declaration and I well know that about the first of May in that year he enlisted in said Company for eight months and that he marched with said Company to Cambridge & there served out the whole of that Period, and on the first Day of January A.D. 1776 we both enlisted under the same Captain & Colonel for one year we tarryed at Cambridge until the enemy evacuated Boston which was in the Spring of that year, and then we were ordered for the State of New York the said Boardman marched with the Company to Long Island in that State, I saw him nearly every Day during the year, we were in the trenches on Long Island & narrowly escaped being taken by the enemy, the said Boardman continued in the service & did duty in the vicinity of New York in New Jersey the whole year, & I know he en- listed for one month at the end of the year as there was a great call for soldiers when the year expired, I did not enlist for the month but did not accompany the said Boardman, but have no doubt he served that time So with me God. Solomon Coleman
State of Massachusetts County of Essex ss.
Be it known that on this twenty ninth Day of December in the year A.D. 1832 the above named Solomon Coleman appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition & subscribed the same And I further certify, that said Coleman is a near Neighbour to me and that he is considered & believed to be a person of truth and

veracity & that full faith & credit is to be given him a testimony of which I hereto unto set my hand & seal the day & year abovenwritten Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace
Thomas Roberts of Hamilton in the County of Essex State of Massachusetts, testifying and saying that in the the year A.D. 1777 I enlisted in Capt. Hiller's Company of the 1st Regt. of Fitchburg's Brigade at the same time John Howe Broadman of Shrewsbury enlisted in the same Company, we both enlisted to serve for two months and he with the rest of the Company marched to Providence and in the State of Rhode Island, he served there the whole of the two months, I saw him almost every day & I know he is the same person who has subscribed the annexed Declaration so help me God - Thomas Roberts
State of Massachusetts County of Essex ss.
Be it known that on this twenty ninth day of Decem- ber in the year of our Lord 1832 the above named Thomas Roberts appeared and took & subscribed the above Deposition. And I further certify that he is a person of truth & veracity & that full credit may be given to him. In testimony of which I hereto set my hand & seal the day & year abovenwritten Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace