John Boardman (1716 - 1803)

Born 1 Dec 1716 in Preston, New London, Conn., or Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elisabeth (Keigwin) Boardman — married 26 Jan 1736 in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1 May 1803 at age 86 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Title

Captain

Burial

APR 1780

Pine Grove Cemetery, Topsfield, Essex, Mass.

Marriage

26 JAN 1736/37

Preston, New London, Conn.

Imported only 26 JAN 1736 from Marriage Date and marked as uncertain.

Notes

NI02796They became members of the Topsfield Church on Nov 23, 1746.

He was a Revolutionary War soldier

Capt. John Boardman, born in Preston, Conn., Dec. 21,

1716, married Jan. 26, 1736, Elizabeth Cagwin, born Feb. 8,

1714— 15, daughter of John and Hannah (Brown) Kegwin, of

Stonington, Conn. Her ancestors belonged to a party of

colonists who settled in Voluntown, Conn., and organized the

first and for many years the only Presbyterian Church in the

State. He lived in Preston until after the birth of the fourth

child, which is recorded there in 1744, and then came to

Topsfield to live with his Uncle Nathaniel, who gave him

the homestead by will. The birth of the next child is

recorded in Topsfield. In the Preston church records among

the names of those who had "owned the covenant" were

John Bordman and Elizabeth his wife. They became mem-

bers of the church in Topsfield, Nov. 23, 1746. He held

town offices as tything man, fence viewer, constable, warden,

hogreeve, school committee, surveyor, overseer, committee

of safety and selectman. He espoused the cause of freedom

by becoming a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He died

Apr. 7, 1780, and is called "Capt. John Bordman, Gent.," in

the records. His widow died Feb. 3, 1789.

He died "in somthing of a sudden & unexpected manner" in his 64th year of age. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Topsfield Deaths)"

John was born in 1716. He passed away in 1803. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to David Budgell.

• Towne, Harriet Rosa. The Boardman family in Topsfield, Mass.. Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1902. pg. 16 https://archive.org/details/boardmanfamilyin00town/page/16?q=Waite+John+Boardman

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David McAvity for creating WikiTree profile Boardman-473 through the import of boardman-descend.GED on Feb 7, 2013.

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 December 2020), memorial page for Capt John Bordman (1 Dec 1716–7 Apr 1780), Find a Grave Memorial no. 61906711, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568) .