The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Birth: 14 Jul 1751 Milford / / MA Death: 12 Nov 1793 Stockbridge / Berkshire / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
Private in Captain Thomas Williams's company of Minute-men, Colonel John Paterson's regiment, which marched 22 April 1775, in response to the alarm of 19 April 1775, from Stockbridge and West Stockbridge to Cambridge; service of 13 days; muster roll dated 1 August 1775
enlisted 5 May 1775; service of 3 months and 4 days; company return [probably October 1775]; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp No. 3, Charlestown, 23 December 1775
Additional References:
Secretary of the Commonwealth, MA Soldiers, and Sailors of the Rev War, MA. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, Vol 2, pg 377
"Boynton Family A Genealogy of Descendants of William & John Boynton", pg 174, 175
Spouse: Mary Robinson Children: George Benjamin; Jonathan;
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