Thomas Boaz II (abt. 1737 - 1795)

Born about 1737 in Goochland, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Rutherford) Boaz — married about 1765 in Pittsylvania, Virginia

Descendants

Died Jan 1795 at about age 58 in Halifax, Virginia, United States

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Thomas Boaz II is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A011611.

Biography

Thomas was born in 1737. He was the son of Thomas Boaz and Elinor Archdeacon. He passed away in 1795 ^[1]

"Name: Thomas BOAZ II Birth: ABT 1737 in Goochland Co., VA 1 Death: ABT 1795 in Halifax Co., VA 2 Note: [Halifax and Pittsylvania are right next to one other]. In Pittsylvania Co., VA Deed Book 12, page 129-130, dated April 19,1800, is a Deed of Release discharging Edmond, the oldest son of Thomas II, administrator of the estate of any further duties. It tells us who the wife and children of Thomas Boaz, II were:

"Whereas Edmond Boaz of Pittsylvania County did in due form of law administer on the Estate of Thomas Boaz, deceased, and as the said Edmond Boaz as executed that Trust until this day, we the heirs and legatees of the said Thomas Boaz Viz: Nancy Boaz, who hath intermarried with William Beck, Nelly Boaz who hath intermarried with Henson Thomas, Lydia Boaz, Suckey Boaz, Daniel Boaz, Molley Boaz who hat intermarried with Samuel Elliott and Agness Boaz, mother of the above mentioned children and Guardian to Thomas Boaz one of the said heirs, hath this day come to a settlement and division of the said estate wit the said Edmond Boaz - the Above Legatees and Heirs jointly and severly, the married and their husbands as well as the others named, and hath all personally agreed and have divided the said Estate of Thomas Boaz, deceased, both real and personal, and hear heir or legatee hath received their full purpose in all and part of all debts, land, goods and chattels, the said Thomas Boaz was possessed to our full and complete satisfaction, and we the said Legatees and heirs ..........................discharge the said Edmond Boaz forever from any further claim or demand in the said estate. In testimony, whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this nineteenth day of April 1800." This was signed by those mentioned in above statement as well as by William Thurman, Joseph Thurman, Jonathan Thomas, Drury Foster and Shadrach Boaz.

Children of Thomas Boaz II and Agness (unknown)

1. Nancy Boaz (~1768--
2. Edmund Boaz (~1770--
3. Nelly Boaz (~1771--
4. Lydia Boaz (~1773--
5. Succa Boaz (~1775--
6. Capt. Daniel Boaz (1776--1815)-- Pittsylvania Co VA
7. Molley Boaz (~1777--
8. Thomas Boaz III (~1779-- )Pittsylvania Co VA"

Marriages records show:

Nancy Boaz married William Beck 11/21/1797

Milley (Molley?) Boaz married Samuel Elliott 18 Nov 1798

Nelly Boaz married Henson Thomas 12/12/1798

Lydia Boaz married Isaac Frizzle 11/17/1800, Lydia Boaz married a 2nd time to Faris Morris 12/4/1815

Susey (Suckey?) Boaz married John Nelson 28 Dec 1802

Sources

1. ↑ from http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/boaz/533/

• Gedcom from Lorri Carter as given by Eowyn Langholf

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YP-5X2 : accessed 9 March 2016), Agness Boaz in entry for William Beck and Nancy Boaz, 21 Nov 1797; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 23; FHL microfilm 33,326.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YP-T9J : 5 December 2014), Samuel Elliott and Milley Boaz, 19 Nov 1798; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 25; FHL microfilm 33,326.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YP-1LF : accessed 9 March 2016), Agness Boaz in entry for Henson Thomas and Nelly Boaz, 17 Dec 1798; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 26; FHL microfilm 33,326.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YP-YYX : accessed 9 March 2016), Agness Boaz in entry for Isaac Frizzle and Lydia Boaz, 17 Nov 1800; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 28; FHL microfilm 33,326.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Y5-998 : 5 December 2014), John Nelson and Susey Boaz, 28 Dec 1803; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 35; FHL microfilm 33,326.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Y5-FYW : accessed 9 March 2016), Faris Morris and Agness Boaz, 04 Dec 1815; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 58; FHL microfilm 33,326.

• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-X64 : accessed 9 March 2016), Agness Boaz, 1820.

• http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/boaz/533/

• Boaz, Bishop Hiram Abiff. The Thomas Boaz Family in America, with related families Nashville, Tennessee: Parthenon Press, 1949. Available online in digital format.

• Boaz, Robert Vernon. The Boaz Family: Ancestors and Descendents. Kansas City, Missouri: self-published, 1999. Available online in digital format