Claudius Boatman (aft. 1715 - 1819)

Born after 1715 in France

Husband of Esther (Callahan) Boatman — married [date unknown] in Lycoming, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 18 May 1819 before age 104 in Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, United States

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Claudius Boatman was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Biography

Private Claudius Boatman served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Claudius Boatman is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A011613.

Private Claudius Boatman performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Claudius Boatman was born in 1715 in France. He passed away in 1819.

Claudius was abducted and trained in the French Army. He also served in the French and Indian war and American Revolution. Listed in muster roll County of Westchester, New York in 1759.^[1]

Arrived in the American colonies in 1759 at New York, New York.

Claudius and Esther lived in Limestone Run area near what is now Milton. In 1785 to be with their two children Fanny and Jane. They settled in the Pine Creek area near Jersey Mills.

Claudius lived to be one of the oldest residents in the Big Pine Creek Valley. He lived to be 104 and died in 1819. He is buried by son in law John English Sr on English Island at Waterville.

Burial

Name: Boatman Cemetery

Location: Cummings Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Dec 10, 2018), "Record of Claudius Boatman, Sr.", Ancestor # A011613.

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