Bergen County
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Hackensack a few years later. He was a member of the Bergen County board of freeholders and justices in 1773, 1784, 1791, 1794, and 1798, and was
sheriff
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of Bergen County from 1778 to 1781 and again in 1789. Boyd was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1782, 1783, 1787, 1794, and 1795, and was judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Bergen County from 1803 to 1805.
Congress
Boyd was elected as a
Democratic-Republican
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to the Eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1803, to March 3, 1805, and was elected to the Tenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Ezra Darby
Ezra Darby (June 7, 1768 – January 27, 1808) was an American politician who was elected to two terms as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, serving from 1805 to 1808.
Biography
Born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Darby attended the common scho ...
. He was reelected to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses and served from March 8, 1808, to March 3, 1813. He was again judge of the court of common pleas from 1813 to 1833.
Death
Boyd died in Hackensack, and was interred there in the
First Reformed Dutch Church, Hackensack
First Dutch Reformed Church, also known as the "Old Church on the Green", is located in Hackensack, New Jersey.
History
It sits in the churchyard of the church by the same name, the current building being constructed in 1791. The east wall of ...
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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