Peter Boice (1793 - 1833)

Born 23 Feb 1793 in Shokan, Ulster, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Winchell) Boice — married 28 Dec 1813 in Olive, Ulster County, New York

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1833 at age 40 in Olive, Ulster, New York, United States

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Biography

Poem written on his death by his wife (1833)

The following lines were written by Sister Boice, of Olive, Ulster Co., N. Y. on the death of her husband Peter Boice, who died on the 12th day of April last, aged 41 years, and published by her request.

Full five long months are past and gone,
Since I was left to weep and mourn,
For my companion on that day,
Was by Jehovah call’d away.

My weeks how sad they’ve past away,
And Oh! How sad each tedious day
All things around me seem to mourn
Since he is gone, ne’er return.

His smiling lips that once with me
Did banquit in prosperity,
That cheering voice which spake relief
No more consoles me when in grief,

When e’er I wander far, or near,
Lonely and widow’d, void of cheer;
Creation cannot give relief,
Nor yield a balm to cure my grief.

With me are left six children dear
’Rest of a guardian Father’s care;
My broken heart and spirits fail
While I relate my mournful tale,

How long shall my poor troubled breast
With anguish wreath, or be oppress’d;
God has a claim on all below
And when he calls, I too must go

I too must go, the thought how sweet,
That we beyond the grave shall meet,
Nor earth, nor hell, our bliss annoy
Nor sin, nor death polute our joy.

Through the redemption Christ has wrought
Our souls, transported shall be brought
To worship round God’s holy throne
And say, thy holy will be done.

My christian friends who are like me
Call’d to endure adversity,
Trust in the Lord his word is sure,
His truth and grace alike endure.

Er’e earth remain’d it was ordain’d
‘Twas heaven’s high decree,
That all the Bride for whom Christ died
Should live eternally.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 23 FEB 1793

Place: Shokan, Ulster County, New York^[1]

Death

Death:

Date: 11 APR 1833

Place: Olive, Ulster County, New York^[2]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Hurley Cemetary (Ashokan Removals), Hurley, Ulster County, New York

Event

Event:

Type: Baptised

Date: 13 JAN 1795

Place: Marbletown Reformed Dutch Church^[3]

Event:

Type: Fact 5

Place: Marbletown Reformed Dutch Church

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S00045 Page: 69
2. ↑ Source: #S00017
3. ↑ Source: #S00045 Page: 68

• Source: S00017 Author: Haines, Robert E. Title: Boice Family: "A Tree Grows in Ulster", Revised and Enlarged Edition, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1983 NOTEHaines, Robert E., Boice Family: "A Tree Grows in Ulster", Revised and Enlarged Edition, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1983., Source Medium: Book CONT The Boice family CONT .
• Source: S00045 Author: copied and indexed by Jean D. Worden Title: Records of the Marbletown Reformed Dutch Church & the Stone Ridge Methodist Church Publication: Name: Name: Anundsen Publishing County, Decorah, IA. 1987;; NOTEcopied and indexed by Jean D. Worden, Records of the Marbletown Reformed Dutch Church & the Stone Ridge Methodist Church (Name: Anundsen Publishing County, Decorah, IA. 1987;), Source Medium: Book CONT .