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10:00 am - 6:00 pm
MUSEUM:  
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Ship's Crew

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James Boyden

Rank(s): Marine Private

Dates of Service: 8/13/1813 -

Birth Date: 1780

Death Date: 4/7/1814

Early Life

James Boyden was born in 1780 in Wrentham, Massachusetts.

Early Experience

Boyden enlisted as a private in the Marine Corps on June 1, 1813. On June 1, 1813, he was 5 feet, 9 inches tall with grey eyes, a fair complexion, and brown hair.

James Boyden was transferred to Constitution as a private on August 13, 1813 and joined the crew on August 19.

Battles and Engagements

Boyden participated in a war cruise, capturing one small British man-of-war and three merchantmen.

Boyden died from an unspecified cause while on Constitution on April 7, 1814.


Crew ID

15357