Francis was thought to be a son of James Boggs and Rebecca Moray. However, Frank Boggs states this:
"I will add that many research thought it was likely that Francis Boggs (1702-1762) was the son of James Boggs of White Clay also called the Immigrant. Y-DNA indicates that Francis could not be a son of James.
We have made some breakthroughs in Y-DNA testing. If you are male Boggs, you should consider doing a YDNA test at FTDNA. I am the administrator and would gladly advise you which test are appropriate.
Frank Boggs"
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOGGS/2017-02/1487341772
Note: link above is now inactive
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The following biography was written by several family researchers before internet, computers and smart phones. They actually traveled to many destinations spending their hard earned money and their time while diligently searching for our Ancestors. Most are no longer with us yet their work that was shared with all who had an interest to continue. Many thanks for all who contact me about Francis' memorial as well as his siblings and descendants so that I may update their memorials.
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Francis Boggs and Agnes were married in Ireland. Frances emigrated to Delaware his wife Agnes and their two young sons. They removed in 1737 to Doe Run, East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania settling on the west bank of Brandywine River where he was a miller with John Filson, he helped found the Doe Run Presbyterian Church on Strasburg Road.
Frances operated a grist mill. He founded the Doe Run Presbyterian Church on Strasburg Rd., East Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania. It hasn't been proven that Frances is the son of the Immigrant James; however, this supposition is supported in several ways.
Virginia 1790 Federal Census: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the year 1790; Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785 Virginia; Heads of Families, Virginia, 1782; Greenbrier County: Boggs, Francis, Sen. also listed: Boggs, Francis, Junior.
Records pertaining to Francis and Agnes Boggs and their son William and his heirs are in the Chester Co., Pennsylvania. County records.
Frances died interstate (no will) and left no record of his children. However his wife Agnes and son William a letter of Administration in lieu of a Will to bind themselves as Heirs of the Late Francis Boggs. (See Below)
LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION (in lieu of a Will):
Know all Men by these Presents, That we Agnes Boggs, William Boggs, John Montgomery and John Bentley, all of the County of Chester, in the Province of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto William Plumsted, Esq.: Register-General for the Probate ___? Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and for the said Province, in the Sum of Six Hundred Pounds, lawful Money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said Register-General, or to his certain Attorney, Successors, Executors, Administrators or Assigns: To which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them, in and for the Whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the Eleventh Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-three, 1763. The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden Agnes Boggs & William Boggs Administrators of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Francis Boggs, late of East Fallowfield the County of Chester, Yeoman, deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased which have or shall come to the Hands, Possession or Knowledge of them the said Agnes and William, or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for them; and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the Register' s Office, in the County of Chester, at or before the Eleventh Day of June next e__?(entering?); and the same Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased, at the Time of his Death, or which at any Time after shall come to the Hands or Possession of the said Agnes & William or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for them do well and truly administer according to Law: And further, do make, or cause to be made, a true and just Account of their said Administration, at or before the Eleventh Day of May Anno Domini 1764; And all the rest and Residue of the said Goods, Chattels and Credits which shall be found upon the said Administrators Account (the same being first examined and allowed of by the Orphans Court of the said County of Chester) shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively, as the said Orphans Court, in the said County, by their Decree or Sentence, pursuant to Law, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said Deceased, and the Executor or Executors herein named, do exhibit the same into the Register's Office, making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly: If the said Agnes and William above bounden, being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Register's Office) then this Obligation to be void, and of none Effect, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of "unreadable" Signed by Agnes Boggs (her mark)
William Boggs
John Montgomery (his mark)
John Bentley
Francis Boggs, Sr., according to family group sheets by H. Kent Lewis, Francis died circa 1795 in Greenbrier County, VA.
Boggs Family Genealogy Forum; posted by John Skidmore Archer July 20, 1998: States that Francis died in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1763, survived by wife.
From "A History of Doe Run Presbyterian Church, Coatesville, Pennsylvania sesquicentennial 1740-1990"
The Great Awakening was sweeping through America; preaching and conversion were dramatic and emotional. Those Presbyterians who favored the new religious fervor were ousted by the Old Side Synod of Philadelphia and organized themselves as the New Side Synod of New York in 1741. The schism lasted 17 years, but at Upper Octorara it lasted a full 10 years longer. Upper Octorara's pastor, Rev. Adam Boyd, remained a member of the Old Side Synod, and those members who favored the new Side organized the Second congregation of Upper Octorara in 1741 and did not reunite with the old church until Rev. Boyd retired 27 years later.
In 1740, John Filson, William Hanna, Francis Boggs, James Blelock and other members of Upper Octorara residing in East Fallowfield Township organized the Doe Run church. Their sympathies are clear in that they were supplied by ministers from the New Side Presbytery of New Castle. Rev. George Whitefield, a proponent of revivalist preaching, spoke at the log cabin church located in the cemetery in 1743; and they called their first pastor, Rev. Andrew Sterling, in conjunction with the New Side Congregation of Upper Octorara.
Presbyterianism took its form in England, but the deepest roots were in Scotland, where the laymen had a real place in the life of the church. John Knox, deeply influenced by John Calvin, led the way for a "material meeting of the representatives of the church, in free debate, to discuss the issues determined by a body of ministers and laymen under their own chairman and at their own call." "Each local church instituted a governing body, called the church session, composed of elders elected by the people with the pastor as moderator." After 1689 Scotland was Presbyterian. "In the Presbyterian Church, no matter what office a person is elected to serve, that person remains merely one of the members. The only distinction between clergy and laymen's one of function. People who hold office in the church have no personal authority or virtue, so they act only on the authority given them and only within the church. It is a community, a fellowship through forgiveness and reconciliation; Christians are bound together in God's family for their good and His Glory!"
"When the Presbyterians went to Ireland, they 'thrifty' and progressive settlers brought their faith with them. They changed the face of the country around them, but they did it with the plough, not the sword. W. H. Foote wrote in 1846 that 'the Scotch-Irish formed a race of men, law loving, law abiding, loyal and enterprising. When they came to America, they transplanted a strict discipline in morals and a deep conviction of the importance of sound and extensive education which has been characteristic of the Scotch-Irish settlements throughout America."
The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians followed a standard procedure of establishing a congregation, building a meeting house (usually log) and then establishing school. They considered it basic that everyone should be able to read and write, interpret scripture and handle financial matters.
What about the families of John Filson, William Hanna, Francis Boggs and James Blelock? They and other in East Fallowfield Township and vicinity in 1740 erected a log meeting house on the north side of the Strasburg Road near the cemetery. They organized a congregation under the name of Doe Run Presbyterian Church in the Presbytery of New Castle.
As for the Francis Boggs family, we only know that William Boggs, age 89 (d. 1833), Rebecca Boggs, age 84, and Elizabeth Boggs, age 87 & both died in 1835), are buried in the New Side Cemetery of Upper Octorara.∼
Wife ~ Agnes
Children ~ William, Robert, James, Francis, Ezekial, Agnes, Samuel
"I will add that many research thought it was likely that Francis Boggs (1702-1762) was the son of James Boggs of White Clay also called the Immigrant. Y-DNA indicates that Francis could not be a son of James.
We have made some breakthroughs in Y-DNA testing. If you are male Boggs, you should consider doing a YDNA test at FTDNA. I am the administrator and would gladly advise you which test are appropriate.
Frank Boggs"
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOGGS/2017-02/1487341772
Note: link above is now inactive
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The following biography was written by several family researchers before internet, computers and smart phones. They actually traveled to many destinations spending their hard earned money and their time while diligently searching for our Ancestors. Most are no longer with us yet their work that was shared with all who had an interest to continue. Many thanks for all who contact me about Francis' memorial as well as his siblings and descendants so that I may update their memorials.
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Francis Boggs and Agnes were married in Ireland. Frances emigrated to Delaware his wife Agnes and their two young sons. They removed in 1737 to Doe Run, East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania settling on the west bank of Brandywine River where he was a miller with John Filson, he helped found the Doe Run Presbyterian Church on Strasburg Road.
Frances operated a grist mill. He founded the Doe Run Presbyterian Church on Strasburg Rd., East Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania. It hasn't been proven that Frances is the son of the Immigrant James; however, this supposition is supported in several ways.
Virginia 1790 Federal Census: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the year 1790; Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785 Virginia; Heads of Families, Virginia, 1782; Greenbrier County: Boggs, Francis, Sen. also listed: Boggs, Francis, Junior.
Records pertaining to Francis and Agnes Boggs and their son William and his heirs are in the Chester Co., Pennsylvania. County records.
Frances died interstate (no will) and left no record of his children. However his wife Agnes and son William a letter of Administration in lieu of a Will to bind themselves as Heirs of the Late Francis Boggs. (See Below)
LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION (in lieu of a Will):
Know all Men by these Presents, That we Agnes Boggs, William Boggs, John Montgomery and John Bentley, all of the County of Chester, in the Province of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto William Plumsted, Esq.: Register-General for the Probate ___? Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and for the said Province, in the Sum of Six Hundred Pounds, lawful Money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said Register-General, or to his certain Attorney, Successors, Executors, Administrators or Assigns: To which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them, in and for the Whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the Eleventh Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-three, 1763. The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden Agnes Boggs & William Boggs Administrators of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Francis Boggs, late of East Fallowfield the County of Chester, Yeoman, deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased which have or shall come to the Hands, Possession or Knowledge of them the said Agnes and William, or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for them; and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the Register' s Office, in the County of Chester, at or before the Eleventh Day of June next e__?(entering?); and the same Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased, at the Time of his Death, or which at any Time after shall come to the Hands or Possession of the said Agnes & William or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for them do well and truly administer according to Law: And further, do make, or cause to be made, a true and just Account of their said Administration, at or before the Eleventh Day of May Anno Domini 1764; And all the rest and Residue of the said Goods, Chattels and Credits which shall be found upon the said Administrators Account (the same being first examined and allowed of by the Orphans Court of the said County of Chester) shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively, as the said Orphans Court, in the said County, by their Decree or Sentence, pursuant to Law, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said Deceased, and the Executor or Executors herein named, do exhibit the same into the Register's Office, making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly: If the said Agnes and William above bounden, being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Register's Office) then this Obligation to be void, and of none Effect, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of "unreadable" Signed by Agnes Boggs (her mark)
William Boggs
John Montgomery (his mark)
John Bentley
Francis Boggs, Sr., according to family group sheets by H. Kent Lewis, Francis died circa 1795 in Greenbrier County, VA.
Boggs Family Genealogy Forum; posted by John Skidmore Archer July 20, 1998: States that Francis died in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1763, survived by wife.
From "A History of Doe Run Presbyterian Church, Coatesville, Pennsylvania sesquicentennial 1740-1990"
The Great Awakening was sweeping through America; preaching and conversion were dramatic and emotional. Those Presbyterians who favored the new religious fervor were ousted by the Old Side Synod of Philadelphia and organized themselves as the New Side Synod of New York in 1741. The schism lasted 17 years, but at Upper Octorara it lasted a full 10 years longer. Upper Octorara's pastor, Rev. Adam Boyd, remained a member of the Old Side Synod, and those members who favored the new Side organized the Second congregation of Upper Octorara in 1741 and did not reunite with the old church until Rev. Boyd retired 27 years later.
In 1740, John Filson, William Hanna, Francis Boggs, James Blelock and other members of Upper Octorara residing in East Fallowfield Township organized the Doe Run church. Their sympathies are clear in that they were supplied by ministers from the New Side Presbytery of New Castle. Rev. George Whitefield, a proponent of revivalist preaching, spoke at the log cabin church located in the cemetery in 1743; and they called their first pastor, Rev. Andrew Sterling, in conjunction with the New Side Congregation of Upper Octorara.
Presbyterianism took its form in England, but the deepest roots were in Scotland, where the laymen had a real place in the life of the church. John Knox, deeply influenced by John Calvin, led the way for a "material meeting of the representatives of the church, in free debate, to discuss the issues determined by a body of ministers and laymen under their own chairman and at their own call." "Each local church instituted a governing body, called the church session, composed of elders elected by the people with the pastor as moderator." After 1689 Scotland was Presbyterian. "In the Presbyterian Church, no matter what office a person is elected to serve, that person remains merely one of the members. The only distinction between clergy and laymen's one of function. People who hold office in the church have no personal authority or virtue, so they act only on the authority given them and only within the church. It is a community, a fellowship through forgiveness and reconciliation; Christians are bound together in God's family for their good and His Glory!"
"When the Presbyterians went to Ireland, they 'thrifty' and progressive settlers brought their faith with them. They changed the face of the country around them, but they did it with the plough, not the sword. W. H. Foote wrote in 1846 that 'the Scotch-Irish formed a race of men, law loving, law abiding, loyal and enterprising. When they came to America, they transplanted a strict discipline in morals and a deep conviction of the importance of sound and extensive education which has been characteristic of the Scotch-Irish settlements throughout America."
The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians followed a standard procedure of establishing a congregation, building a meeting house (usually log) and then establishing school. They considered it basic that everyone should be able to read and write, interpret scripture and handle financial matters.
What about the families of John Filson, William Hanna, Francis Boggs and James Blelock? They and other in East Fallowfield Township and vicinity in 1740 erected a log meeting house on the north side of the Strasburg Road near the cemetery. They organized a congregation under the name of Doe Run Presbyterian Church in the Presbytery of New Castle.
As for the Francis Boggs family, we only know that William Boggs, age 89 (d. 1833), Rebecca Boggs, age 84, and Elizabeth Boggs, age 87 & both died in 1835), are buried in the New Side Cemetery of Upper Octorara.∼
Wife ~ Agnes
Children ~ William, Robert, James, Francis, Ezekial, Agnes, Samuel
Francis was thought to be a son of James Boggs and Rebecca Moray. However, Frank Boggs states this:
"I will add that many research thought it was likely that Francis Boggs (1702-1762) was the son of James Boggs of White Clay also called the Immigrant. Y-DNA indicates that Francis could not be a son of James.
We have made some breakthroughs in Y-DNA testing. If you are male Boggs, you should consider doing a YDNA test at FTDNA. I am the administrator and would gladly advise you which test are appropriate.
Frank Boggs"
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOGGS/2017-02/1487341772
Note: link above is now inactive
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The following biography was written by several family researchers before internet, computers and smart phones. They actually traveled to many destinations spending their hard earned money and their time while diligently searching for our Ancestors. Most are no longer with us yet their work that was shared with all who had an interest to continue. Many thanks for all who contact me about Francis' memorial as well as his siblings and descendants so that I may update their memorials.
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Francis Boggs and Agnes were married in Ireland. Frances emigrated to Delaware his wife Agnes and their two young sons. They removed in 1737 to Doe Run, East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania settling on the west bank of Brandywine River where he was a miller with John Filson, he helped found the Doe Run Presbyterian Church on Strasburg Road.
Frances operated a grist mill. He founded the Doe Run Presbyterian Church on Strasburg Rd., East Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania. It hasn't been proven that Frances is the son of the Immigrant James; however, this supposition is supported in several ways.
Virginia 1790 Federal Census: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the year 1790; Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785 Virginia; Heads of Families, Virginia, 1782; Greenbrier County: Boggs, Francis, Sen. also listed: Boggs, Francis, Junior.
Records pertaining to Francis and Agnes Boggs and their son William and his heirs are in the Chester Co., Pennsylvania. County records.
Frances died interstate (no will) and left no record of his children. However his wife Agnes and son William a letter of Administration in lieu of a Will to bind themselves as Heirs of the Late Francis Boggs. (See Below)
LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION (in lieu of a Will):
Know all Men by these Presents, That we Agnes Boggs, William Boggs, John Montgomery and John Bentley, all of the County of Chester, in the Province of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto William Plumsted, Esq.: Register-General for the Probate ___? Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and for the said Province, in the Sum of Six Hundred Pounds, lawful Money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said Register-General, or to his certain Attorney, Successors, Executors, Administrators or Assigns: To which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them, in and for the Whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the Eleventh Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-three, 1763. The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden Agnes Boggs & William Boggs Administrators of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Francis Boggs, late of East Fallowfield the County of Chester, Yeoman, deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased which have or shall come to the Hands, Possession or Knowledge of them the said Agnes and William, or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for them; and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the Register' s Office, in the County of Chester, at or before the Eleventh Day of June next e__?(entering?); and the same Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased, at the Time of his Death, or which at any Time after shall come to the Hands or Possession of the said Agnes & William or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for them do well and truly administer according to Law: And further, do make, or cause to be made, a true and just Account of their said Administration, at or before the Eleventh Day of May Anno Domini 1764; And all the rest and Residue of the said Goods, Chattels and Credits which shall be found upon the said Administrators Account (the same being first examined and allowed of by the Orphans Court of the said County of Chester) shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively, as the said Orphans Court, in the said County, by their Decree or Sentence, pursuant to Law, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said Deceased, and the Executor or Executors herein named, do exhibit the same into the Register's Office, making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly: If the said Agnes and William above bounden, being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Register's Office) then this Obligation to be void, and of none Effect, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of "unreadable" Signed by Agnes Boggs (her mark)
William Boggs
John Montgomery (his mark)
John Bentley
Francis Boggs, Sr., according to family group sheets by H. Kent Lewis, Francis died circa 1795 in Greenbrier County, VA.
Boggs Family Genealogy Forum; posted by John Skidmore Archer July 20, 1998: States that Francis died in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1763, survived by wife.
From "A History of Doe Run Presbyterian Church, Coatesville, Pennsylvania sesquicentennial 1740-1990"
The Great Awakening was sweeping through America; preaching and conversion were dramatic and emotional. Those Presbyterians who favored the new religious fervor were ousted by the Old Side Synod of Philadelphia and organized themselves as the New Side Synod of New York in 1741. The schism lasted 17 years, but at Upper Octorara it lasted a full 10 years longer. Upper Octorara's pastor, Rev. Adam Boyd, remained a member of the Old Side Synod, and those members who favored the new Side organized the Second congregation of Upper Octorara in 1741 and did not reunite with the old church until Rev. Boyd retired 27 years later.
In 1740, John Filson, William Hanna, Francis Boggs, James Blelock and other members of Upper Octorara residing in East Fallowfield Township organized the Doe Run church. Their sympathies are clear in that they were supplied by ministers from the New Side Presbytery of New Castle. Rev. George Whitefield, a proponent of revivalist preaching, spoke at the log cabin church located in the cemetery in 1743; and they called their first pastor, Rev. Andrew Sterling, in conjunction with the New Side Congregation of Upper Octorara.
Presbyterianism took its form in England, but the deepest roots were in Scotland, where the laymen had a real place in the life of the church. John Knox, deeply influenced by John Calvin, led the way for a "material meeting of the representatives of the church, in free debate, to discuss the issues determined by a body of ministers and laymen under their own chairman and at their own call." "Each local church instituted a governing body, called the church session, composed of elders elected by the people with the pastor as moderator." After 1689 Scotland was Presbyterian. "In the Presbyterian Church, no matter what office a person is elected to serve, that person remains merely one of the members. The only distinction between clergy and laymen's one of function. People who hold office in the church have no personal authority or virtue, so they act only on the authority given them and only within the church. It is a community, a fellowship through forgiveness and reconciliation; Christians are bound together in God's family for their good and His Glory!"
"When the Presbyterians went to Ireland, they 'thrifty' and progressive settlers brought their faith with them. They changed the face of the country around them, but they did it with the plough, not the sword. W. H. Foote wrote in 1846 that 'the Scotch-Irish formed a race of men, law loving, law abiding, loyal and enterprising. When they came to America, they transplanted a strict discipline in morals and a deep conviction of the importance of sound and extensive education which has been characteristic of the Scotch-Irish settlements throughout America."
The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians followed a standard procedure of establishing a congregation, building a meeting house (usually log) and then establishing school. They considered it basic that everyone should be able to read and write, interpret scripture and handle financial matters.
What about the families of John Filson, William Hanna, Francis Boggs and James Blelock? They and other in East Fallowfield Township and vicinity in 1740 erected a log meeting house on the north side of the Strasburg Road near the cemetery. They organized a congregation under the name of Doe Run Presbyterian Church in the Presbytery of New Castle.
As for the Francis Boggs family, we only know that William Boggs, age 89 (d. 1833), Rebecca Boggs, age 84, and Elizabeth Boggs, age 87 & both died in 1835), are buried in the New Side Cemetery of Upper Octorara.∼
Wife ~ Agnes
Children ~ William, Robert, James, Francis, Ezekial, Agnes, Samuel
"I will add that many research thought it was likely that Francis Boggs (1702-1762) was the son of James Boggs of White Clay also called the Immigrant. Y-DNA indicates that Francis could not be a son of James.
We have made some breakthroughs in Y-DNA testing. If you are male Boggs, you should consider doing a YDNA test at FTDNA. I am the administrator and would gladly advise you which test are appropriate.
Frank Boggs"
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOGGS/2017-02/1487341772
Note: link above is now inactive
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The following biography was written by several family researchers before internet, computers and smart phones. They actually traveled to many destinations spending their hard earned money and their time while diligently searching for our Ancestors. Most are no longer with us yet their work that was shared with all who had an interest to continue. Many thanks for all who contact me about Francis' memorial as well as his siblings and descendants so that I may update their memorials.
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Francis Boggs and Agnes were married in Ireland. Frances emigrated to Delaware his wife Agnes and their two young sons. They removed in 1737 to Doe Run, East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania settling on the west bank of Brandywine River where he was a miller with John Filson, he helped found the Doe Run Presbyterian Church on Strasburg Road.
Frances operated a grist mill. He founded the Doe Run Presbyterian Church on Strasburg Rd., East Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania. It hasn't been proven that Frances is the son of the Immigrant James; however, this supposition is supported in several ways.
Virginia 1790 Federal Census: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the year 1790; Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785 Virginia; Heads of Families, Virginia, 1782; Greenbrier County: Boggs, Francis, Sen. also listed: Boggs, Francis, Junior.
Records pertaining to Francis and Agnes Boggs and their son William and his heirs are in the Chester Co., Pennsylvania. County records.
Frances died interstate (no will) and left no record of his children. However his wife Agnes and son William a letter of Administration in lieu of a Will to bind themselves as Heirs of the Late Francis Boggs. (See Below)
LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION (in lieu of a Will):
Know all Men by these Presents, That we Agnes Boggs, William Boggs, John Montgomery and John Bentley, all of the County of Chester, in the Province of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto William Plumsted, Esq.: Register-General for the Probate ___? Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and for the said Province, in the Sum of Six Hundred Pounds, lawful Money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said Register-General, or to his certain Attorney, Successors, Executors, Administrators or Assigns: To which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them, in and for the Whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the Eleventh Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-three, 1763. The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden Agnes Boggs & William Boggs Administrators of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Francis Boggs, late of East Fallowfield the County of Chester, Yeoman, deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased which have or shall come to the Hands, Possession or Knowledge of them the said Agnes and William, or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for them; and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the Register' s Office, in the County of Chester, at or before the Eleventh Day of June next e__?(entering?); and the same Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased, at the Time of his Death, or which at any Time after shall come to the Hands or Possession of the said Agnes & William or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for them do well and truly administer according to Law: And further, do make, or cause to be made, a true and just Account of their said Administration, at or before the Eleventh Day of May Anno Domini 1764; And all the rest and Residue of the said Goods, Chattels and Credits which shall be found upon the said Administrators Account (the same being first examined and allowed of by the Orphans Court of the said County of Chester) shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively, as the said Orphans Court, in the said County, by their Decree or Sentence, pursuant to Law, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said Deceased, and the Executor or Executors herein named, do exhibit the same into the Register's Office, making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly: If the said Agnes and William above bounden, being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Register's Office) then this Obligation to be void, and of none Effect, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of "unreadable" Signed by Agnes Boggs (her mark)
William Boggs
John Montgomery (his mark)
John Bentley
Francis Boggs, Sr., according to family group sheets by H. Kent Lewis, Francis died circa 1795 in Greenbrier County, VA.
Boggs Family Genealogy Forum; posted by John Skidmore Archer July 20, 1998: States that Francis died in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1763, survived by wife.
From "A History of Doe Run Presbyterian Church, Coatesville, Pennsylvania sesquicentennial 1740-1990"
The Great Awakening was sweeping through America; preaching and conversion were dramatic and emotional. Those Presbyterians who favored the new religious fervor were ousted by the Old Side Synod of Philadelphia and organized themselves as the New Side Synod of New York in 1741. The schism lasted 17 years, but at Upper Octorara it lasted a full 10 years longer. Upper Octorara's pastor, Rev. Adam Boyd, remained a member of the Old Side Synod, and those members who favored the new Side organized the Second congregation of Upper Octorara in 1741 and did not reunite with the old church until Rev. Boyd retired 27 years later.
In 1740, John Filson, William Hanna, Francis Boggs, James Blelock and other members of Upper Octorara residing in East Fallowfield Township organized the Doe Run church. Their sympathies are clear in that they were supplied by ministers from the New Side Presbytery of New Castle. Rev. George Whitefield, a proponent of revivalist preaching, spoke at the log cabin church located in the cemetery in 1743; and they called their first pastor, Rev. Andrew Sterling, in conjunction with the New Side Congregation of Upper Octorara.
Presbyterianism took its form in England, but the deepest roots were in Scotland, where the laymen had a real place in the life of the church. John Knox, deeply influenced by John Calvin, led the way for a "material meeting of the representatives of the church, in free debate, to discuss the issues determined by a body of ministers and laymen under their own chairman and at their own call." "Each local church instituted a governing body, called the church session, composed of elders elected by the people with the pastor as moderator." After 1689 Scotland was Presbyterian. "In the Presbyterian Church, no matter what office a person is elected to serve, that person remains merely one of the members. The only distinction between clergy and laymen's one of function. People who hold office in the church have no personal authority or virtue, so they act only on the authority given them and only within the church. It is a community, a fellowship through forgiveness and reconciliation; Christians are bound together in God's family for their good and His Glory!"
"When the Presbyterians went to Ireland, they 'thrifty' and progressive settlers brought their faith with them. They changed the face of the country around them, but they did it with the plough, not the sword. W. H. Foote wrote in 1846 that 'the Scotch-Irish formed a race of men, law loving, law abiding, loyal and enterprising. When they came to America, they transplanted a strict discipline in morals and a deep conviction of the importance of sound and extensive education which has been characteristic of the Scotch-Irish settlements throughout America."
The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians followed a standard procedure of establishing a congregation, building a meeting house (usually log) and then establishing school. They considered it basic that everyone should be able to read and write, interpret scripture and handle financial matters.
What about the families of John Filson, William Hanna, Francis Boggs and James Blelock? They and other in East Fallowfield Township and vicinity in 1740 erected a log meeting house on the north side of the Strasburg Road near the cemetery. They organized a congregation under the name of Doe Run Presbyterian Church in the Presbytery of New Castle.
As for the Francis Boggs family, we only know that William Boggs, age 89 (d. 1833), Rebecca Boggs, age 84, and Elizabeth Boggs, age 87 & both died in 1835), are buried in the New Side Cemetery of Upper Octorara.∼
Wife ~ Agnes
Children ~ William, Robert, James, Francis, Ezekial, Agnes, Samuel
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