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Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the
American Revolution
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the (American) Revolutionary War
A Compilation from the Archives, Prepared and Published by the Secretary of
the Commonwealth (of Massachusetts) in Accordance with Chapter 100, Resolves
of 1891.
Boston, Wright & Potter, 1896.
Volume II Bes-Byx
BOYD, _____. [This name also appears under the form of Boid, Boyad,
Boydd, Boyde, Boye, Boyed, Boyld]
BOYD, _____. Private, Captain Amos Ellis's Company, Colonel Benjamin Haw's
Regiment. Enlisted September 25, 1777; Service to October 31, 1777. 1 Month
7 days at Little Compton, R.I.. Roll dated Bellingham.
BOYD, Abraham, Upton. Private. Captain Stephen Sadler's Company, Colonel
Wheelock's Regiment, which marched April 20, 1775 in response to the alarm
of April 19, 1775, to Roxbury; service 5 days.
BOYD, Abraham. Receipt for wages for service in Captain Henry Lealand's Company, Colonel Willis's Regiment. Dated Hopkington, February 5, 1776.
These
Abraham's are one and the same. For more data:
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BOYD, Alexander. Private. Captain Robert Cutting's Company, Colonel
McIntosh's Regiment, General Lovell's Brigade; enlisted August 1, 1778;
discharged September 10, 1778; service 1 month, 13 days, at Rhode Island.
BOYD, Alexander. Private. Captain Thomas Brintal's Company, Colonel Cyprian
Howe's Regiment; enlisted August 2, 1780; discharged November 1, 1780; service 3 months, 3 days. 3 days at Rhode Island; enlistment, 3 months;
company raised to reinforce Continental Army.
BOYD, Bethuel. Private, Captain John Baxter's Company, Major Job Cushing's
Regiment; marched September 24, 1782; discharged October 24, 1782; service 1
month, 4days at Hull. Roll dated Medfield.
BOYD, James. Corporal, captain Newell's Company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's
Regiment; company detached from General Warner's Brigade; engaged November
18, 1778; service, 15 days, guarding troops of convention from Rutland to
Enfield, Connecticut.
BOYD, James. Oakham. Private, Captain Simeon Hazeltine's Company, Colonel
Follow's Regiment; muster roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 2, 1775;
service 3 months, 7 days; also, company return dated October 7, 1775; also
Corporal, Captain Josiah Whitney's Regiment; engaged May 5, 1777; discharged
July 6, 1777; service 2 months, 7 days, at Rhode Island; also Private, Captain Ralph Earll's Company, Colonel Danforth's regiment; pay abstract for
allowance from Camp Providence, December 31, 1777; also Captain Earll's Company, Colonel Keyes's Regiment; enlisted August 27, 1777; discharged
January 4, 1778; service 4 months, 8 days; roll dated Providence; also, Corporal Captain Timothy Paige's Company, Colonel John Rand's Regiment;
engaged July 5, 1780; discharged October 10, 1780; service 3 months, 15 days
at West Point , New York; enlistment 3 months; also Private Captain John
Cutler's Company, Colonel Luke Drury's Regiment; marched August 27, 1781;
joined regiment at West Point September 3, 1781; discharged December 3, 1781; service, 3 months, 14 days.
BOYD, John. Corporal Captain John Crawford's Company, Colonel Jonathan Warner's Regiment which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service 15
days.
BOYD, John. Oakham. Private, Captain Nathan Hamilton's Company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Regiment; service from August 3, 1776, to September 30,
1776, 1 month 29 days; also receipt for wages for October 1776, dated Ticonderoga Mills; also pay abstract for mileage from Fort Edward home,
dated Brookfield, February 6, 1777.
BOYD, John. Wrentham. Captain of a company of Minute-men in Colonel
Greaton' s Regiment, which assembled and marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775;
service 5 days; also, list of officers in General Heath's Regiment May 20,
1775; reported stationed at Roxbury Camp; also Colonel Heath's Regiment;
company return dated Fort No. 2, October 5, 1775; engaged April 24, 1775;
also Colonel John Daggett's Regiment; enlisted August 24, 1778; discharged
September 3, 1778; service 11 days, at Rhode Island; also Captain of 9th
(North Franklin) Company, Colonel Hawes's (4th Suffolk Company) Regiment;
list of officers of Massachusetts militia; commissioned June 16, 1779.
BOYD, John. Captain of an Artillery Company, Lincoln County Regiment; list
of officers of Massachusetts's militia ; commissioned August 21, 1777;
stationed at Bristol. [See Joseph Boyd.]
BOYD, John. Stoneham. Private, Captain Wade's Company, Colonel Michael Jackson's Regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service from January
1, 1780, to June 17, 1780; also, Captain Samuel Tay's Company, Lieutenant-Colonel Webb's Regiment; enlisted September 15, 1781; discharged
December 1, 1781; service 2 months, 27 days; enlistment 3 months; regiment
raised in Suffolk and Middlesex counties [Massachusetts] to reinforce Continental Army.
BOYD, John. Medford. Return of men enlisted in the Continental Army from
Lieutenant Stephen Hall's Company, 1st Middlesex Company Regiment, dated
Medford, February 19,1778; residence, Medford; enlisted for town of Malden.
BOYD, John. Private, Captain John Metcalf's Company, Major Seth Bullard's
(4th Suffolk County) Regiment; marched July 28, 1780; discharged August 3,
1780; service 9 days, on an alarm at Rhode Island.
BOYD, Jonathan. Private, Captain Lemuel Stewart's Company, enlisted July 9,
1775; service under General Schuyler at Albany.
BOYD, Joseph. Bristol, 1st Lieutenant, Captain Thomas Barckett's 5th (1st
Bristol) Company, Colonel William Jones's (3rd Lincoln County) Regiment,
list of officers of Massachusetts Militia; commissioned May 8, 1776. [See
John Boyd.]
BOYD, Joseph. Private, Captain John Dennis's Company; Lieutenant-Colonel
John Parke's regiment; pay roll for August, 1778.
BOYD, Joseph. Cambridge. Private, Captain Asa Drury's Company, Colonel Turner's Regiment; enlisted September 3, 1781; discharged November 30, 1781;
service, 3 months, 1 day, at Rhode Island.
BOYD, Robert. Sturbridge. Private, Captain Adam Martin's Company, Colonel
Ebenezer Learned's Regiment; muster roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May
17, 1775; service, 3 months, 8 days; also, company return dated October 7,
1775.
BOYD, Robert. Private, Captain Aaron Smith's Company; Colonel Benjamin Gill'
s regiment; enlisted August 15, 1777; discharged November 29, 1777; service
3 months 27 days; marched to reinforce the Northern Army.
BOYD, Robert. Private, Captain John Ellis's Company, Colonel Thomas Poor's
Regiment; enlisted June 11, 1778; discharged February 18, 1779; service, 8
months and 18 days, fortifying and securing passes of North River; also pay
rolls for June - September, 1778, dated Fort Clinton [West Point?]; also pay
rolls for November and December, 1778, dated at King's Ferry.
BOYD, Robert. Private, Captain Abe Richards's Company, Colonel McIntosh's
Regiment; service from March 23, 1778, to date of discharge, April 6, 1778,
15 days, at Roxbury and Boston.
BOYD, Samuel. Private; list of men returned as serving on main guard under
Lieutenant Colonel Loammi Baldwin, July 3, 1775.
BOYD, Samuel. Winthrop. Captain Samuel McCobb's Company; Colonel Nixon's
Regiment; receipt For advanced pay dated Cambridge, June 26, 1775; also Private; muster roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted June 1, 1775; service, 2
months 5 days; also company return dated Winter Hill, October 7, 1775.
BOYD, Samuel. Private, Captain John Wells's Company Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy Robinson's (Hampshire County) Regiment; muster rolls dated Garrison
at Ticonderoga, February 24, 1777; enlisted December 23, 1776; enlistment to
expire March 25, 1777; also Captain Benjamin Phillips's Company, Colonel
Elsiha Porter's (Hampshire County) Regiment; enlisted July 10, 1777; discharged August 12, 1777; service 1 month, 8 days, in Northern Department.
BOYD, Samuel. Private, Captain Charles Dribble's Company, Colonel Rossiter's
Regiment (3 rd Berkshire County) Regiment; enlisted October 14, 1780; discharged October 17, 1780; service 3 days; marched to the Northward on
alarm. [See Samuel Boye]
BOYD, Thomas. Brookfield. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from
Captain Newell's (7 th) Company, Colonel James Converse's (4 th Worcester
County) Regiment, dated February 21, 1778; residence, Brookfield; enlisted
for town of Brookfield; joined Captain Slayton's Company, Colonel Shepard's
Regiment; enlistment, 3 years.
BOYD, William. Wrentham. Private, Captain John Boyd's Company of
MinuteMen, Colonel Greaton's Regiment, which assembled and marched on the alarm of
April 19, 1775; service 10 days.
BOYD, William. Marlborough. Private, Captain Daniel Barns's Company, which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service 5 days; also Quartermaster,
General Ward's Regiment; list of officers; commissioned May 25, 1775; also
receipt for 2 days provisions dated Roxbury, July 28, 1775; also Colonel
John Ward's (Worcester County) Regiment; engaged April 19, 1775; service to
August 1, 1775, 3 months, 20 days; roll dated Dorchester; also company return dated Dorchester, October 7, 1775.
BOYD, William. Mendon. Private, Captain Benjamin Richardson's Company, Colonel Dyke's Regiment; pay absent for travel allowance to Dorchester
Heights dated November 28, 1776; 2 days allowed; also, order for wages on
John Potter, Paymaster of Colonel Wood's Regiment, given by said Boyd and
dated Mendon, March 1, 1779.
BOYD, William. Private, Captain David Batcheller's Company, Colonel Ezra
Wood's Regiment; arrived at Camp June 5, 1778; discharged January 29, 1779;
service 8 months, 17 days, at North River; enlistment, 8 months.
BOYD, William. Boston. Corporal, Captain Issac Tuckerman's Company, Colonel
Ebenezer Francis's Regiment ; pay abstracted for mileage, etc, dated November 28, 1776.
BOYD, William. Private. Captain Benjamin Hick's Company, Colonel Goose Van
Schaick's (1st New York) Regiment; muster rolls for January - April, 1781
dated West Point; enlistment, during war; reported in confinement January -
March, 1781.
BOYDD, Samuel. Drummer, Captain John Blunt's Company, Colonel Samuel
McCobb' s Regiment; service between June 28, 1779, and September 28, 1779, 2 months,
16 days, on Penobscot expedition.
BOYDE, Adam. Warrant to pay officers and men of Captain Richard Dodge's
Company, Colonel Putnam's Regiment, dated February 22, 1785.
BOYDE, John. Wrentham. Private, Captain Ebenezer Pond's Company, Major Metcalf's Regiment; marched to Providence and Warwick, Rhode Island, on the
alarm of December 8, 1776; service 3 days.
Andrew
Boyd
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