Agnes Francis (Houlahan) Boggs (1704 - 1763)

Born 1704 in Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland

Wife of Francis Charles Boggs — married about 1720 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 11 May 1763 at about age 59 in Doe Run, Fallowfield Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania

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Biography

Agnes Houlahan was born in 1704 in Londonderry (Derry) in Ulster, Ireland. Her parents' names are not known.^[1] In about 1720 when she was 16 years old, Agnes married Francis Boggs, a Scotch-Irishman, in the city of Londonderry, Ireland. In 1724, the entire Boggs family of 5 siblings along with their widower father, James Boggs, emigrated from Ulster to New Castle County, Delaware.

Francis Boggs was a miller, operating a grist mill first in White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, for a dozen years, then, after his father died on Feb. 9, 1737, in Delaware, moving northwest to East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he and John Filson founded the Doe Run Presbyterian Church on Strasburg Road. The West Branch of Brandywine Creek runs through the township, located just south of Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

Agnes (Houlahan) and Francis Boggs had 7 children:^[2]

1. William BOGGS b: 1721 in Londonderry, Ireland
2. Robert BOGGS b: ABT 1722 in Londonderry, Ireland
3. James Charles BOGGS b: ABT 1725 in New Castle Co., Delaware
4. Francis BOGGS Jr. b: 1732 in New Castle Co., Delaware
5. Ezekiel BOGGS b: 1734 in New Castle, Delaware
6. Agnes BOGGS b: 1735 in New Castle Co., Delaware
7. Samuel BOGGS b: 1737 in New Castle Co., Delaware

In 1737 Francis & Agnes Boggs moved their family to East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he ran a grist mill on the West Branch of the Brandywine River. They were devout Presbyterians of Scotch-Irish tradition. Francis Boggs died at their home in Doe Run, East Fallowfield Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania, in April 1763. His wife and oldest son, William Boggs, made a bond as his estate's executors, signed May 11, 1763. Agnes died a short time afterwards, most-likely in 1763 or 1764.

Name: Agnes /Houlahan/^[3][4]

Birth Date: 1704 - Place: Ireland^[5][6]

Marriage Date: 1720 - Place: Londonderry, Ireland^[7]

Husband: Francis Boggs

Wife: Agnes Houlahan

Death Date: 1763 - Place: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA^[8][9]

Burial Doe - Run Presbyterian Cemetery, Coatesville, Pennsylvania^[10]

Francis Boggs' Will

Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825

Name: Francis Boggs .

Description: Decedent Prove Date: 11 May 1763 .

Remarks: Francis Boggs of E. Fallowfield. May 11, 1763. Adm. to Agnes & William Boggs.

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 Court of 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, Adminstrators 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 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 therein named, do exhibit the same into the Register’s Office, making Reuqest 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 Tesetament 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

Sources

1. ↑ At least one family researcher: Garry Tolley has said her maiden name was "Collins," not Houlahan. Unproven.
2. ↑ Dennis Family Tree - Agnes Houlahan
3. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Samuel Boggs
4. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Agnes Houlahan
5. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Samuel Boggs
6. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #113998311 - Agnes Boggs
7. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Agnes Houlahan
8. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Samuel Boggs
9. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Record for Agnes Boggs. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=60123399&indiv=try
10. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Record for Agnes Boggs. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=60123399&indiv=try

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #113998311  

• Source: S138 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

• Source: S258 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R7
• Repository: R7 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

• Source: S500006 Ronald Boyle Boyle Web Site

  MyHeritage family tree

  Family site: Boyle Web Site

  Family tree: 263623751-6 Smart Matching Media: 263623751-6 https://www.myheritage.com/person-1503275_333658501_333658501/agnes-boggs-born-houlahan-collins Certainty: 3 Added by confirming a Smart Match Event: Smart Matching Role: 1:333658501-1-503275:0
• Source: S500007 WikiTree Publication: MyHeritage <a href='http://www.wikitree.com' target='wikitree'>www.wikitree.com</a> Collection Media: 10109 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-54754059/agnes-frances-boggs-born-houlahan-in-wikitree Certainty: 4 Agnes Frances Boggs (born Houlahan)Gender: FemaleBirth: 1704 - Londonderry, Londonderry, Ulster, Northern IrelandMarriage: Circa 1720 - IrelandDeath: After May 11 1763 - Doe Run, Fallowfield Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USAHusband: Francis BoggsChildren: James Charles Boggs, Sr.Ezekiel BoggsWilliam BoggsRobert BoggsFrancis Boggs, Jr.Agnes BoggsSamuel Boggs Event: Record Role: 10109:54754059:

Acknowledgements

• This profile (Agnes UNKNOWN) was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

• Source: S127 Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S232 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Marriages Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001; Repository: #R2
• Source: S316 Author: Lineages, Inc., comp. Title: Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; Repository: #R2