Display Patriot - P-119054

Jacob BOYER

SAR Patriot #: P-119054

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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service

DAR #: A013036

Birth: 01 Aug 1753 Frederick Twp / Philadelphia / PA
Death: 11 Feb 1796 Perkiomenville / Montgomery / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

PRIVATE, Captain MICHAEL DOTTERER'S COMPANY, 6TH BATT, PHILA CO. PA, 1777-1778
Paid Supply Tax and Pennsylvania State Tax 1777-1778

Additional References:

Burial locations of Pennsylvania Rev War soldiers. Golden Book. PASSAR
"History of Montgomery County Pennsylvania", 1884; pg 851-853
"Frederick Tounship", pg 845
'Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume III", pg 668
"Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIV", pg 586; "Pennsylvania Archives Third Series Volume XV", pg 25

Spouse: Catherine Schantz
Children: Henry; Samuel;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1942-05-27	SC	Unassigned	George Hewitt Boyer (61427)	Henry
2002-06-14	PA	12862	John Christian Freeland (145737)	Henry
2014-10-02	PA	60254	Miles K Dechant (101234)	Henry

Burial:

Old Goshenhoppen Cemetery_(C-0371383)

Location:

Woxall / Montgomery / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1992746

Grave Plot #:

Section B, Row 17, Lot 25

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

20201962

Marker Type:

SAR Stake

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:

Photo by permission: Michael Willis Freeland, Pennsylvania SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: John Christian Freeland
Boyer, Jacob, bap. 14 October 1753, d. 11 February 1796
Private, Philadelphia Militia, Revolutionary War

John Jacob Boyer (sometimes called Johan Jacob Bayer) was baptized 14 October 1753 in Old Goshenhoppen Church (Lutheran), Woxall, Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Catharine Schantz, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Schantz, They had children: Jacob, Henry, Samuel, Daniel, Magdalena, Catharine, Susanna, Elizabeth, John, Philip, and a daughter. He died 11 February 1796 in Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Old Goshenhoppen Church (Lutheran), Woxall, Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in grave 32, row M; his tombstone, inscribed in German, was still legible in 1973 and had a Revolutionary War marker. His Will was proved on 9 April 1796 in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Boyer was listed between 1779 and 1780 in Frederick Township, Philadelphia (Montgomery after 1784) County, Pennsylvania, paying the Effective Supply Tax (to support the Continental Army) and the Pennsylvania State Tax. He served in August 1779 as a Private in Captain Anthony Leghner's Company, Worcester Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Militia. He served in 1786 as a Private in Captain Michael Gaugler's Company, Fourth Battalion, 6th Class, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Militia.

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