Elijah
"Ely"
Boggs
Born about in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Son of James Lee Boggs Sr
and Elizabeth Jane (Clement) Boggs
Brother of
Polly Boggs, John Osbourne Boggs, Hugh Boggs, Ellen Boggs [half], William Boggs [half], Ann Boggs [half], Rebecca (Boggs) Cockes, Jesse Boggs, Elizabeth Boggs [half], David Boggs, James L. Maron Boggs [half], James Lee Boggs Jr, Temperance (Boggs) McGuire, Marian Boggs [half], Mary (Boggs) Johnson and John Robert Boggs [half]
Husband of
Mary Tabitha (Pennington) Boggs
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Tabitha (Pennington) Boggs
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Eldridge) Boggs
— married
1823 in Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Abel Boggs,
Silas Boggs,
Abigail (Boggs) Maggard,
William H Boggs,
John Boggs,
Elihue Boggs,
Elisha Boggs,
James Boggs,
Andrew Jackson Boggs,
Levi Boggs,
Henry Boggs,
Rebecca Boggs,
Isaac Boggs,
Elizabeth (Boggs) Maggard and
Issac B Boggs
Died
at about age 88
in Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
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Biography
Eli Boggs was born in 1781 in North Carolina. He died in 1869 on August, 8 in Letcher County, Kentucky. Eli was first married to Tabitha Penington. He had several children by his first wife: Abel, Silas, Abbie and William. His second wife Sarah (Sally) Margaret Eldridge bore him many more children: John, James, Elihue, Elijah, Elisha, Andrew, Levi and three others. Some had similar names because a number of the children were still born.
- Mary Tabitha "Polly" Pennington Boggs
Birth: Dec. 14, 1786 South Carolina, USA Death: 1822 Wise County Virginia, USA
Tabitha is the daughter of William (1765-1844) and Abigail Susannah (Caudill) Pennington (1767-1860). Abigail's brothers James, Stephen, Matthew and Thomas Aaron also came to Letcher County to settle. Her parents are buried in Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY
Family links: Parents: William Pennington (1765 - 1844) Abigail Susannah Caudill Pennington (1767 - ____)
Spouse: Elijah Boggs (1781 - 1869)
Children: Abigail 'Abby' Boggs Maggard (1818 - 1877)*
Siblings: Mary Tabitha Pennington Boggs (1786 - 1822) Abel Pennington (1789 - 1865)* Elizabeth Pennington Webb (1792 - 1848)* John Washington Pennington (1796 - 1882)* William Nelson Pennington (1806 - 1862)* Alford Pennington (1809 - 1890)* Elijah Pennington (1812 - 1878)* Elisha Pennington (1816 - 1851)**
Burial: Ice Collier Cemetery Oven Fork Letcher County Kentucky, USA
Created by: Gary L. Eldridge Record added: Apr 08, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 68068544
Name
- Elijah /Boggs/[1]
Birth
- Date: 1781
- Place: Virginia, USA[2]
Death
- Date: 8 AUG 1869
- Place: Letcher, Kentucky, USA[3]
Alias
- Eli
Burial
- Place: Ice Collier Over Fork, Letcher, Kentucky, USA
Note
Marriage
- Husband: @I3260@
- Child: Nancy Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Polly Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: @I3240@
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: @I5618@
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Ellen Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: William Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Elijah Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Ezekiel Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Rebecca Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Jesse Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Elizabeth Smith Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Clement Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: David Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: James L Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Temperance Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Marion Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: Mary Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Child: William Boggs
- Relationship to Father: Unknown
- Relationship to Mother: Unknown
- Marriage:
- Marriage:
- Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA[6]
- Marriage:
- Date: 1777
- Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA[7]
- Marriage:
- Date: 1777
- Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA[8]
Event
Personal Property Tax List, Lee County, VA. PROP 1810
Census
1830 Lee County, Virginia. 1850 Lee County, Virginia. 1860 Letcher County, KY.
Elijah Boggs ... [9]
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Sources
- ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
- ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
- ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
- ↑ Source: #S028226 Data: Text: Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
- ↑ Source: #S028226 Data: Text: Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
- ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
- ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
- ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
- ↑ Entered by Marie Allen, May 17, 2013
Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 05 June 2018), memorial page for Elijah “Eli” Boggs (1781–8 Aug 1869), Find A Grave: Memorial #68066767, citing Ice Collier Cemetery, Oven Fork, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Gary L. Eldridge (contributor 47055771) .
- Source: S020410 Title: One World Tree (sm) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d. Repository: Note: #NS204103 Call Number: Media: Ancestry.com
No NOTE record found with id NS204103.
Notes
- Note NI5644Eli was the son of James Lee Boggs (1756-1835) and his wife Elizabeth Clements (1760-?). Eli married his first wife Tabitha "Polly" Pennington (1786-1822) on 12 April 1810. Read a story about suspicions that Eli was involved in a murder at http://melungeon-studies.blogspot.com/2009/04/eli-boggs-and-alexander-goins.html
No sources. The events of Elijah's life were either witnessed by Marie Allen or Marie plans to add sources here later.
Acknowledgments
This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Boggs-924 was created by Luwana Mayberry through the import of Boggs Family History.GED on Feb 5, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~4.69%
Everett Montgomery
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Mary Hobson :
23andMe
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~3.12%
Wayne Onkst :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Marie (Maggard) Allen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PF4859272 [compare], yourDNAportal MARb7d4f37d, Ancestry member Marie_Maggard
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~2.34%
Manuel Montgomery :
23andMe, GEDmatch M488298 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692704 [compare], Ancestry member MLM1947
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B604680
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~2.34%
Robert Montgomery :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Brenda Brown :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Brownpi1
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~1.56%
Stephanie Hall :
23andMe, GEDmatch M201123 [compare], yourDNAportal STEc5c8ed2b
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member withmoonlight25
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~1.56%
Logan Hall :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Joshua Parsons :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Brad Scott :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BY6887167 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
David (Munger) Kennedy :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Carolyn (Flaugher) Mills :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Diane (Stone) Gullett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A168044 [compare], Ancestry member KyHillbilly61
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B337972
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~1.56%
Luther Bowman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A771417 [compare], Ancestry member jcforrealjb
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~0.78%
David Griffey :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Carla Perkins :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z199877 [compare], FTDNA kit #630312
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~0.78%
Michelle Marion :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jason Williamson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jwilliamson3232
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Sherry Isaacs :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jeremiah Holt :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Glenn Montgomery :
23andMe, GEDmatch M301801 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A112563 [compare], Ancestry member scoris67
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~0.78%
Penni (Kendall) Lynch :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK1400
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~0.39%
Taryn Burgey :
AncestryDNA
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A child's birth date should not be before a parent is six years old.
Isaac Boggs, son of Eli Boggs and Sarah Eldridge was born 1841 or 1842. He is on the 1850 census with Eli and Sarah listed at 8 years old. He is on the 1860 census with Eli and Sarah as age 19.