Margaret (Kee) Boggs (abt. 1768 - abt. 1852)

Born about 1768 in Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1852 at about age 84 in Riverton, Pendleton, Virginia, United States

Biography

N.B. I have added a guesstimate of her birth date (1770), which I have based on her husband's birth date of 1765 and her daughter's date of birth of 1817. If you have information and a source of her actual date of birth, please enter that information here and notify me. Thank you. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 1 Sep 2018.)

Information about Margaret received on 10 Jan 2019

Dee Fabry writes in re Margaret Kee Boggs.

"She is my great-great grandmother.

"Genealogy Information

"In West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmakers: Echoes from the Hills (2000) by Fawn Valentine, a blue and white Single Irish Chain quilt is shown and discussed. The authentication process states the quilt was brought from Ireland to West Virginia in 1807. It is a unique find in the history of quilts as very few quilts survived from this era. The quilt is attributed to Margaret Kee Boggs, my great-great grandmother.

"The information in the book does not completely align with my family historical information. The book claims Margaret and John came to the United States leaving Ireland in late 1806 and arriving in Philadelphia in January 1807. They then went to Pendleton County (then Virginia) and raised 7 children. In 1818 they purchased a farm on the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, near Seneca Rocks. They both are interred in the family cemetery there. The book information states Margaret was born in 1774 in County Clare and died in 1858. John was born in 1765 and died in 1847.

"The family Bible, from which the family genealogy information is derived, states they arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in January 1808. It also says Margaret was born in 1768 and died in 1852. John was born in 1769 and died in 1845. The rest of the family history aligns with the information in the book."

"Maternal Lineage

"[Great-great-great Grandmother] Catherine Elizabeth Morganthau (B. County Clare, Ireland) Married William Kee

"[Great-great Grandmother] Margaret Kee (B. 1768/D. 1852) Married John Boggs, Sr. (B. 1769/D. 1845). [Margaret and John were married in Ireland. Lived in Letter Kenney, County Cork. Migrated to the United States and arrived in Baltimore January 1808. Margaret and John were sponsored by her brother, James Kee. He also sponsored his brother Aaron. James Kee bought a farm a few miles south of Franklin (then Virginia, now West Virginia). John Boggs, Sr. bought property surrounding and including Seneca Rocks, WV. His son, Aaron owned and operated Boggs Mill.].

" Margaret and John had 3 children: 1) Aaron Boggs married Mary Ann Edmun(d) and 2) John Boggs, Jr.[Great Grandfather] 3James Kee Boggs married [Great Grandmother] Sarah Bailey (James had several wives) One child of this union was [Grandmother] Floda Boggs Brown Married [Grandfather] Arnett W. Brown. Two Children – Emma Lee Brown and Arnett W. Brown, Jr. [Mother] Emma Lee Brown Long Married [Father] Ray Junior Long. Darla Long (Dee) Fabry Married James F. Fabry (No children – 2 stepdaughters). Richard P. Long Married Kay Mills. Amy Donahue Benet Married Rich Benet. Conor Benet

The sender, Dee Fabry.^[1]

Margaret Kee was born about 1768 -1770 in Ireland.

In 1800, when she was in her early thirties, she married John Boggs., John Boggs.She bore him six known children, four sons and two daughters:

1. Catherine BoggsShe married Together they had 5 children:
2. James Boggs
3. John Boggs
4. Joseph Boggs
5. Aaron Boggs
6. Isabella Boggs

In 1852, when she was in her mid-eighties, she died of unknown causes in Riverton, Pendleton County, Virginia.

Citations

1. ↑ Dee Fabry, Email via Wikitree.com to [[Prickett-120|Patricia Hickin, 10 Jan 2019.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Martin_O_Daniels_Lorentz_Toale.ged on 21 March 2011.

Sources

• https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/42571682/person/200097869079/media/44396951-19a0-49e0-8dda-334c2045b96d

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boggs_(general)