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
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William Pennington (1765 - 1844)
Abigail Susannah Caudill Pennington (1767 - ____)
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) .
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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:
The Isaac Boggs b. 1847 is the son of John Boggs and Nancy Huff.
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.
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.