Elijah Boggs

1779 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Elijah Boggs
  Birth	20 Apr 1779	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Land - they were named in a land cause	1 Oct 1822	Slutkill Neck, Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  	That a certain John Boggs late of this county departed this life intestate on the ____ day of July 1822, seized in fee simple of a tract of land situate in Slutkiln Neck containing 140 acres, slaves &c., and also left the following children and grandchildren to whom the said land descended subject to the dower of Peggy Boggs, the widow of the said John Boggs, viz: your orators Elijah & James Boggs & your oratrixes Rachel, now the wife of William Rodgers & Catharine Moore, who are the only surviving children of the said John Boggs, and your oratrix Elizabeth Custis, wife of William Custis, who is the only child of William Boggs, dec., who was a son of the said John Boggs, and your oratrixes Nancy Northam, wife of Custis Northam, Peggy Parker, wife of John Parker & William, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, Lucy & Henry Boggs, all of whom are children of Arthur Boggs, dec., who was a son of the said John Boggs &c.
  Will - Named in Mothers will	25 Jan 1823	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	He was shown as son Elijah Boggs in the will of Peggy Boggs, son Elijah Boggs Extr.
  Rev War heirs named	28 Mar 1831	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	It was on this date that Catherine Moore, Elizabeth Custis wife of William H. Custis, Rachel Rodgers wife of William W. Rodgers, Elijah Boggs and James Boggs, William C. Boggs, Nancy Northam wife of Custis Northam, Peggy Parker wife of John Parker, Peggy Mason wife of William Mason, Jane and Lucy Boggs and Henry Boggs are shown as the only heirs at law of Abel Boggs dec'd formerly in service in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment in the Rev. War.
  Will - Named in Half-Brothers will	27 Jun 1839	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	He was shown as my half-brother Elijah Boggs in the will of Kendall Ames.
  Record ID	34390
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	(father of Wm) Boggs,   b. Abt 1650   d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandfather)  (--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1720   d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother)
  Siblings	3 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Arthur Boggs,   b. 16 May 1773, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Sep 1815, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 42 years) ▻ Susannah Crowson,  m. Abt 1795   2. Makemie Boggs,   b. 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Elijah Boggs,   b. 20 Apr 1779, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Ann 'Nancy' Riley,  m. 24 Dec 1811 + 4. Rachel Boggs,   b. 22 Oct 1784, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 13 Dec 1858  (Age 74 years) ▻ William W. Rogers, Sr.,  m. 7 Mar 1820 + 5. James S(mith) Boggs,   b. 26 Jul 1787, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Mar 1855  (Age 67 years) ▻ Elizabeth P. Rogers,  m. 29 Jun 1819
  Half-siblings	4 half brothers and 3 half sisters (family of John Boggs and Rachel Parker)
  1. Mary 'Molly' Boggs,   b. 22 Sep 1754, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 2 Oct 1807, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 53 years) + 2. Catherine Boggs,   b. 17 Aug 1756, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1840  (Age < 83 years) ▻ Stephen Moore,  m. Abt 1776   3. Abel Boggs,   b. 7 Oct 1758, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   4. Hancock Boggs,   b. 30 Apr 1761, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 5. William Boggs, (s/o John),   b. 5 Jul 1764, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 11 Dec 1797, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age 33 years) ▻ Sarah Crowson,  m. Abt 1795   6. John Boggs,   b. 8 Jan 1767, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 10 Feb 1817, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 50 years)   7. Rachel Boggs,   b. 3 Apr 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Half-siblings	2 half brothers (family of (--?--) Ames and Margaret 'Peggy' Smith)
  + 1. Smith Ames,   b. Abt 1766, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ (--?--) (--?--),  m. Abt 1790   2. Kendall Ames,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 31 Aug 1840, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 72 years)
  Person ID	I34390	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	John Boggs,   b. 16 Feb 1729/30, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 12 Jul 1822, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 92 years) Other Partners: ╚═Rachel Parker,   b. Abt 1730, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 4 Apr 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 40 years)  m. Bef 1754
  Mother	Margaret 'Peggy' Smith,   b. Abt 1744, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 4 Apr 1824, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 80 years) Other Partners: ╚═(--?--) Ames,   b. Abt 1740   d. Bef 1772  (Age < 31 years)  m. Abt 1765
  Marriage	2 Aug 1772	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F12956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann 'Nancy' Riley,   b. 4 Dec 1781, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 26 Jan 1841, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1811	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  	William Finney was the security on the M.L.B. of Elijah Boggs and Miss Ann Riley.
  Children	+ 1. John R(iley) Boggs,   b. Abt 1812, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Leah Makemie Boggs  (Age 75 years)  m. 10 Jun 1833   2. Caroline C. Boggs,   b. Abt 1815, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ John A. Scarburgh  m. 7 Nov 1836
  Family ID	F26019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Apr 1779 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 24 Dec 1811 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Mothers will - 25 Jan 1823 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Rev War heirs named - 28 Mar 1831 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Half-Brothers will - 27 Jun 1839 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S2232] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Boggs - William Boggs of Acc Co, VA, (Report to E. Spencer Wise, 24 Nov 1986), Boggs Family Bible (printed in England in 1671 - owned by Mrs. E. Franklin Gibb Jr., Machipungo, VA in 1986), 2232. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 133 (Boggs vs Boggs, suit for sale & division), 571. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 77 (will of Peggy Boggs, son Elijah Boggs Extr.), 688. [S575] Nottingham, Soldiers & Sailors of the E.S. of VA, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), p. 21 (heirs of Abel Boggs dec'd), 575. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 6 (will of Kendall Ames, half-brother Elijah Boggs Extr), 688. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.