Alexander Boggs (1718)

Born 1718 in Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Lloyd — married 1759 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Husband of Ann (Hemphill) Boggs — married 10 Dec 1772 in Pennsylvania

Died [date unknown] in United States

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Biography

Alexander was the son of James Boggs and Rebecca Moray.

Siblings

1. John Boggs 1700–1751
2. Andrew Boggs 1705–1765
3. Joseph Boggs 1706–1772
4. Robert Boggs 1712–1804
5. William Boggs 1716–1790

Marriage

He married Margaret Loyd on 28 Sep 1757.^[1]

Children

1. Isaac Boggs, b. 19 Dec 1757, bp. 27 Mar 1758.^[2]
2. Parson Boggs ^{[citation needed]}
3. Ann Boggs ^{[citation needed]}
4. Hugh Corran Boggs 1761–1828 (mother was Margaret Marshall.)

Research Notes

This family is linked on Wikidata. Upon further research, the Fag attached has been removed as it refers to the father of Parson Boggs and that Alexander was born later that the subject of this profile. Memorial on Find a Grave stating he was interred in the Bellefonte Cemetery, Lewiston, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA^[3]See Research Notes about this source and lack of dates.

As per FaG attached above, it was noted that Alexander was the father of *Parson Boggs. Not only that but the father of Parson was interred in Virginia. While the subject of this profile married in Pennsylvania and probably stayed there.

That Alexander was born in 1730 and died in 1820 as per a survey of the cemetery before the stone eroded. "Grave information is from a 1922 survey of the cemetery." The FAG PM needs to prove this statement and a request has been placed for the source, because the information found was posted under the description of the Cemetery as follows:

Description of the Bellefonte Cemetery which was established in 1755:

Information on those buried in this cemetery is contained in "Bellefonte: survey report, 1936 Dec. 11" written by Mildred Barnum, Virginia Historical Inventory Project; Virginia Conservation Commission. Division of History.; United States. Works Progress Administration. "http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/spotsylvania/cemeteries/bellefonte.txt" (Note: there are NO dates)

There is a family burying ground back of the "Bellefonte" house. It is now enclosed with a stone wall but this was put there in 1922. There is only one tombstone which has the following inscription:

Lewis Holladay Major Virginia Troops Revolutionary War Revolutionary Soldier 1775 – 1783 Placed by Washington Lewis Chapter, D.A.R.

Mrs. J. E. Timberlake has a plot of this cemetery, showing the following buried there: (Note: NO dates)

Mary Ann Scott, second wife of Lewis A. Boggs Dr. Lewis Littlepage Holladay Alexander Boggs, father of Parson Boggs Rev. Hugh C. Boggs Nancy Holladay, wife of Hugh C. Boggs Jane G. Holladay, wife of Dr. L.L. Holladay John H. Holladay, son of L.L. and Jane G. Holladay Mrs. Polly Coleman (nee Mary Littlepage) Betty Lewis Littlepage, wife of Maj. Lewis Holladay Mildred Boggs, niece of Rev. Hugh C. Boggs Ann Boggs, sister of Rev. Hugh C. Boggs Elizabeth Rawlings, wife of L.A. Boggs

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Sent by David Richards: "There is a family search record, total fiction with no sources, suggesting Rebecca Boggs (who married Henry Miller) was a daughter of Alexander Boggs (son of James Augustus[sic] Boggs, Sr. and Rebecca Moray) and Margaret Lloyd." (note: David is interested because it's his 5x G Grandmother in question)

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WF-5H5B : 7 May 2023), Alexander Boggs, 1757.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTR-59B7 : Thu Jul 20 23:00:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Isaac Boggs and Alexander Boggs, 27 Mar 1758.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113864061/alexander-boggs : accessed 07 June 2019), memorial page for Alexander Boggs (), Find A Grave Memorial no. 113864061, citing Bellefonte Cemetery, Lewiston, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by BCStephens (contributor 47098029) .