Abel Boggs (1812 - 1872)
Abel
Boggs
Born in Lee County, Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Elijah Boggs
and Mary Tabitha (Pennington) Boggs
Brother of
Elihue Boggs [half], Silas Boggs [half], Abigail (Boggs) Maggard, William H Boggs, John Boggs [half], James Boggs [half], Elisha Boggs [half], Andrew Jackson Boggs [half], Levi Boggs [half], Rebecca Boggs [half], Henry Boggs [half], Isaac Boggs [half], Elizabeth Elizabeth (Boggs) Maggard [half] and Issac B Boggs [half]
Husband of
Rebecca (Maggard) Boggs
— married
19 Feb 1836 in Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Nancy Jane (Boggs) Caudill,
John Boggs,
Elizabeth (Boggs) Huff,
Henry Boggs,
Susan Boggs,
Silas Boggs and
Jesse Boggs
Died in Knott County, Kentucky, USA
Profile last modified 18 Jul 2017
| Created 17 Nov 2008
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Biography
Abel Boggs was born on September 26, 1812 near Stonega, Virginia. He died in 1872 after contracting malaria in Emmalina, Knott County Kentucky.
Abel married Rebecca Maggard and had several children: Silas, Suzana, Lucinda, Jessie and Henery. He made his living as a farmer and hunter. He also owned a farm with a small water mill.
Abel came to Knott County in the 1850's and bought a farm near Hindram, Kentucky. He sold it shortly after and built a mill instead. He was a medium sized man, said to be energetic with a zest for living. When he succumbed to malaria, his farm was bought by Silas who divided it up into 6 parts for the following people: William, Suzana, Lucinda, Ira, John S. and Elizabeth.
Sources
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Boggs-387 created through the import of LNMaggard GEDCOM.ged on Apr 9, 2012 by Larry Maggard.
- Thanks to Marie Allen for starting this profile.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abel 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 DNA with Abel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abel 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 DNA with Abel:
- Manuel Montgomery
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M488298 [compare] +
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692704 [compare], Ancestry member MLM1947
- Glenn Montgomery :
23andMe, GEDmatch M301801 [compare] +
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A112563 [compare], Ancestry member scoris67
- Richard Wright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A050822 [compare], Ancestry member rickster_63
- Dennis Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 5918698 [compare], Ancestry member mitchjohnson54
- Gabrielle (Galligher) Pope :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A236811 [compare], Ancestry member gpope77
- Theresa (Wright) Chaffin :
AncestryDNA
- Diane (Stone) Gullett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A168044 [compare], Ancestry member KyHillbilly61 +
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B337972
- Lola (Scott) Mann :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T791155 [compare], FTDNA kit #795197
- Penni (Kendall) Lynch :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK1400
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