Daniel Boardman (1752 - 1803)

Born 26 Dec 1752 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 1 May 1803 at age 50 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private Daniel Boardman served with Essex County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Daniel Boardman is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A205437.

Daniel Boardman is listed in the DAR records as serving as a private in service in Massachusetts. Lexington Alarm with Captain Stephen Perkins who served in Colonel Jonathan Cogswell's Regt. 1778 - Essex County, Massachusetts Militia . ^[1]

Capt. Daniel Boardman, born in Topsfield Dec. 26, 1752, married (pub.) Nov. 24, 1776, Lydia Bishop of Rowley. Daniel was attending school away from home when his only brother suddenly sickened and died leaving the father alone upon the farm. He obeyed the call of duty and came home to be a comfort and help to the bereaved parents. After the death of his father he came into possession of the homestead by buying out the rights of his five sisters and their husbands, according to the following contract; ? "Oct. 2, 1782. We, Daniel Towne of Topsfield, gentleman, and Hannah his wife, and Stephen Foster of Topsfield, yeoman, and Abigail his wife, and Thomas Cummings, gentleman, of Topsfield, and Lois his wife, and Benjamin Johnson, joiner, of Limerick, Co. of York, Me., and Elizabeth his wife, and Josiah Cummings of Andover, yeoman, and Mary his wife, all of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for and in consideration of ^20 given to us by our brother Daniel Board- man, yeoman, aforesaid, to our full satisfaction and content, all being children of, and heirs to, the estate that our honored father, Capt. John Boardman, late of Topsfield, deceased, died seized of, intestate; also in consideration that we have received two thirds part of our father's personal estate, &c. &c. give up all claim to our father's estate."

Daniel served the town as tythingman, warden, fish committee, hayward, surveyor, and school committee. He was a captain of the militia in Topsfield, also a soldier in the Revolution. He died May i, 1803, aged 50. The Salem Register, May 9, 1803, speaks thus of the funeral services ? "On Tuesday last was interred at Topsfield, Capt. Daniel Boardman, with every token of respect for his memory, and sympathy for his afflicted family. As it was on the day assigned to military parade and review, the militia company in the town, the command of which he had recently resigned, appeared under arms on the occasion, commanded by Capt. Bradstreet, and went through those movements and positions usual on such occasions, attended with solemn music. ? The order and decorum of the military made a favorable impression on a numerous assemblage of people. The solemnity observable on the occasion was expressive of the public estimation of an honest man, a good neighbor, and a worthy citizen." Mr. David Kimball of Portsmouth, N. H., one of Topsfield's worthy sons, once spoke of being a witness to the scene. He said he was a very small lad and rode on the horse with his father. The sight of the Company drawn up in military array in front of the house and the solemnity of the service, so impressed him that it became indelibly stamped upon his memory.

His widow, Lydia, after having buried in Topsfield her second husband, John Batchelder, went to spend the remain- ing years of her life with her daughter Betsey Marden, in Pittsfield, N. H., and passing away Oct. 12, 1841,at the age of 88, was laid in her last resting-place among the New Hampshire hills.

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Daniel was born in 1752. He passed away in 1803. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 31, 2017), "Record of Daniel Boardman", Ancestor # A205437.
2. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to David Budgell.

• The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, Vol. VII, 1901, page 123[1]

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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to David McAvity for creating WikiTree profile Boardman-481 through the import of boardman-descend.GED on Feb 7, 2013.