Thomas Boggess, Jr.

Thomas Boggess
BIRTH 1742
Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 1831 (aged 88–89)
Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL Unknown

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ii. Thomas Boggess, Jr., born 1742 in Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; died 1831 in Union, Monroe, VA, USA; married Mary Potts 17 Apr 1768 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA; born 1747 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA44; died 1834 in Monroe, Virginia, US

Note: Thomas Boggess Jr. is the first Boggess in the patriline to move into Western Virginia. Thomas R. Carskadon remarks in Prominent Men of West Virginia that “The Boggess family was one of the early Virginia settlers, being located near Alexandria. They early moved into Western Virginia, where they took a prominent part in the affairs of our then new and undeveloped country. Their connections include a great many of the best people of Marion, Harrison, Monongalia and other counties. ” [p.399]

References

• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/i/e/Christopher-Pierce-3/GENE1-0014...

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Children

Enoch Boggess 1770–1855

Elisha Boggess 1772–1851

Phoebe Boggess Pinnell 1782–1854

Abraham Boggess 1786–1873