{"id":192,"date":"2014-05-22T14:11:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2017-11-14T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T15:37:24","slug":"boyer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/families\/boyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Boyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page is dedicated to my line of Boyers, although I do post information on other Boyers that I run across in my research.<\/p>\n<h3>My Line:<\/h3>\n<p>Frederick Boyer m. Susanah Mehrkam<br \/>\n&#8230;.John F. Boyer m. Elizabeth Catharine Schneider<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;.Leah Boyer (1828-1894) m. Levi Stroup<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.David Walter Straub m. Laura LaBarre<\/p>\n<h3>Biographies:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-pages-shortcode child-pages\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/families\/boyer\/boyers-in-wills-and-administration-records\/\">Boyers in Wills and Administration Records<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-6332\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/families\/boyer\/frederick-boyer-1742-1832\/\">Frederick Boyer (1742-1832)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-6296\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/families\/boyer\/leah-boyer-1828-1894\/\">Leah Boyer (1828-1894)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-194\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/families\/boyer\/solomon-boyer\/\">Solomon Boyer (1816-1897)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-196\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/families\/boyer\/tilghman-henry-boyer\/\">Tilghman Henry Boyer<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-198\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/families\/boyer\/william-b-boyer\/\">William B. Boyer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Related Info<\/h3>\n<ul class = \"posts-by-tag-list\"><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Boyer Hanna Indian Captivity\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-6299\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/indian-captivity-narratives\/\">Indian Captivity Narratives<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3>Boyers in the Military:<\/h3>\n<h4>Revolutionary War<\/h4>\n<p>Adam Boyer, Private from Northampton County, PA, mustered 8\/6\/1776 at Amboy<br \/>\nDaniel Boyer, Private from Northampton County, PA, mustered 8\/6\/1776 at Amboy<\/p>\n<p>John Boyer, Private, Captain Craig&#8217;s Company, Second Pennsylvania Battalion, Col. Arthur St. Clair, Commander. Captain Craig&#8217;s Company was raised from men from Northampton County, PA, each man enlisting receiving a bounty of three pounds. From &#8220;History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon&#8221; by Alfred Mathews and Austin N. Hungerford. Philadelphia: Everts &amp; Richards, 1884, page 12.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Boyer, Private from Northampton County, PA, mustered 8\/6\/1776 at Amboy<\/p>\n<h4>War of 1812<\/h4>\n<p>Boyer, George, Lieutenant, PA<br \/>\nBoyer, Henry, Ensign, PA<\/p>\n<h3>Boyers appearing on the assessment roll of Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, PA in 1843-44:<\/h3>\n<p>Adam Boyer, tanner<br \/>\nAndrew Boyer, tailor, 60 acres<br \/>\nAndrew Boyer, farmer, 158 acres, saw-mill and thrashing-machine<br \/>\nDaniel Boyer, blacksmith, 50 acres<br \/>\nDaniel Boyer, farmer, 180 acres<br \/>\nDavid Boyer, carpenter, 71 acres<br \/>\nGeorge Boyer, 29 acres<br \/>\nHenry Boyer, farmer, 111 acres<br \/>\nJacob Boyer, carpenter<br \/>\nJacob Boyer, farmer, 45 acres<br \/>\nJohn Boyer, farmer, 29 acres<br \/>\nJohn A. Boyer, farmer, 43 acres<br \/>\nWilliam Boyer, farmer<\/p>\n<p>From History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Alfred Mathews and Austin N. Hungerford. Philadelphia: Everts and Richards, 1884. Pages 763-765.<\/p>\n<h3>Offsite Links:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanboyers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of American Boyers<\/a><br \/>\n3435 Livingston Drive<br \/>\nJefferson, MD 21755<\/p>\n<p>Boyer Family Genealogy Forum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page is dedicated to my line of Boyers, although I do post information on other Boyers that I run across in my research. My Line: Frederick Boyer m. Susanah Mehrkam &#8230;.John F. Boyer m. Elizabeth Catharine Schneider &#8230;&#8230;.Leah Boyer (1828-1894) m. Levi Stroup &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.David Walter Straub m. Laura LaBarre Biographies: Related Info Boyers in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3viLY-36","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2868,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/my-civil-war-ancestors\/","url_meta":{"origin":192,"position":0},"title":"My Civil War Ancestors","author":"Karen","date":"May 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Civil War touched several branches of my family, with relatives serving in both Union and Confederate units. 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