John Boddie (1685 - 1720)

Born 1685 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died Mar 1720 at about age 35 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

John was born in 1685. He died in March 1720. ^{[1] [2]} He was the son of William Boddie and his second wife, Elizabeth. ^[3] He married Elizabeth, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Hill) Thomas. Her maternal grandfather was Colonel Nicholas Hill, Member of House of Burgesses (1663-1666) and her maternal grandmother was Silvestra Bennett, the daughter of Edward Bennett, Burgess from his plantation, "Bennetts Welcome" 1628. ^[4] She survived him and married, secondly, John Dawson, Colonel of Northampton Regiment, Associate Justuce of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. ^[5]

Marriage

Children:

1. William Boddie 1710–1772 m. Mary Bennett and removed to North Carolina.
2. John Boddie 1712–1777 m. Elizabeth Jeffries and removed to South Carolina, establishing that branch of the family.

John wrote his will 10 March 1719 and it was probated 25 April 1720 in Isle of Wight, Virginia. ^[6] When John died his two sons were still under 10 years of age. In his will he provided for the education of his sons, "that they shall have schooling for to learn to read, write and cipher, and ye same for to be paid out of ye rents of my lands." Found during the inventory of his estate was an old Bible, an Anabaptist Bible, and a number of books. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 July 2021), memorial page for John Boddie Sr. (1685–Mar 1720), Find A Grave: Memorial #69917215; maintained by 47117651 (contributor 47117651), Burial Details Unknown.
2. ↑ Boddie's Historical Southern Families; citing pg. 340.
3. ↑ Boddie's Historical Southern Families; citing pg. 340.
4. ↑ Boddie's Historical Southern Families; citing pg. 340.
5. ↑ Boddie's Historical Southern Families; citing pg. 340.
6. ↑ "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3911-Y6W : accessed 2015-03-27), entry for John /Boddie/.
7. ↑ Boddie and Allied Families

• Boddie, John Bennett. Historical Southern Families, Volume I, Redwood City, California: n.p., 1957 (Reprinted for Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1993, 1994); database and digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 August 2021)
• Boddie, John Thomas and John Bennett Boddie. "Boddie and Allied Families," Chicago, Illinois: n.p., c1919; monograph and digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/217163?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 6 August 2021); citing pg. 8-9, 15-16.

See also:

NOTE: Some of the sources provided above may be pedigree charts. Better sources are needed.

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=11259176&pid=-274700220
• Boddie, John Thomas,. Boddie and allied families. publ 1918, pp. 22-23
• Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Find A Grave
• Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc

Acknowledgements

Entered by Nancy Stanley, Jul 4, 2011 Nancy Stanley, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Nancy and others.