William W Boggs Sr (1710 - 1786)

Born 1710 in Londonderry, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Boggs — married 1736 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1786 at about age 76 in Back Creek, Berkeley County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

William Boggs, was born in Londonderry, Ireland. They are thought to be John Livingston's children however DNA studies can not link the Livingstons with present day Boggs as of yet.

He moved with his family to America and settled on Back Creek in Berkeley County, West Virginia, receiving the grant for his land from Lord Fairfax in 1750. See Also: BY3361 in DNA chart attached herewith.

Siblings:

1. John Boggs Sr.; may have had 3 wives. Mrs. Boggs who may have passed away in Ireland, Rebecca Moray and Margaret Hutchison. (Margaret and Mrs Boggs may be the same person.) Note: The brothers John and William may have married sisters (Margaret and Elizabeth) Hutchison. Margaret may have passed away either before the immigration in Ireland or during the voyage). It was the daughter of John Boggs Sr. (William’s brother) who gained a national reputation at 16 for her bravery at the time the fort at Wheeling was attacked by Indians. When the ammunition ran out, she declared it was better to risk the life of a girl than a man and she left the fort, filled her apron full of ammunition and returned unharmed. She spent the time loading the rifles and running bullets until the enemy was forced to retreat. She was born on Back Creek and lived to be 102 (her name was never mentioned, but it is believed this was his daughter Lydia.).^[1]

William married Elizabeth Hutchison. (was she a sister of Margaret (brother John's wife?)

Children: (4 daughters and 2 sons) Note: NOT the parent of Anne Millie Boggs.

1. Daughter Boggs: Birth: 1736 in , , d. in Berkeley, Virginia.
2. William; b.~1737 in Londonderry, Ireland died in 1823 at the age of 86, leaving two daughters and one son, the Rev. John BOGGS, a Presbyterian minister ordained at the age of 19 and a graduate of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and Princeton, New Jersey.
3. Capt. John Boggs: Birth: 31 Mar 1739 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Resided in Wheeling (BY3361 on DNA chart herewith) Death: 5 Feb 1826 in Logan Elm Village, Pickaway, Ohio, United States (sold his inherited estate from his father.
4. Elizabeth Boggs: Birth: 1741 in Berkeley, Virginia.
5. Rebecca Boggs: Birth: 1742 in , , Berkeley, Virginia.
6. Mary Boggs: Birth: 1743 in Berkeley, Virginia.

William Boggs, Sr., was also an original pioneer, and one of the earliest in the Panhandle. He was of Irish descent, and took up, by tomahawk right, the body of land immediately north of Boggs' run, (from whom the run derives its name,) afterwards obtaining a patent therefor. His house was located at the foot of a ravine, about half a mile north of the run. Came from Londonderry, Ireland in 1750 to his 1000 acre Fairfax land grant in Back Creek Valley, Frederick Co. VA on the Warm Springs Road which ran from Martinsburg to Berkeley Springs. ^[2]

Land Survey 275 acres, 26, Mar. 1750 Back Creek, Frederick Co. VA Muster Roll of All Men Who Have Enlisted For the Space of Three Years of the Company under the Command of Captain John Nicholas Weatherholt, Stationed in Heydelberg Township, Northampton County, For the Months of March and April 1758. An Account of Capt. John Hasslet’s Company the Last Past May 21st 1758 Name, date of enlistment where born age Boggs, William, May 6, 1758 Chester, Pennsylvania, 40

Will made 4 Dec 1786 (Wills and Probate Berkeley Co. WV 1724-1985 Bk 2 pg 92) probated 15 Feb 1791.

He left his estate equally divided between his two sons, John Boggs and William Boggs. Son, John Boggs sold out and went first to Wheeling, West Virginia, and then to Ohio. Son, William Boggs died at the age of 86, leaving two daughters and one son, the Rev. John BOGGS, a Presbyterian minister ordained at the age of 19 and a graduate of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and Princeton, New Jersey.

Research Notes

William Boggs, a son of Hugh Boggs, was born in Londonderry, Ireland. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson, by whom he had four daughters and two sons. He moved with his family to America and settled on Back Creek in Berkeley County, West Virginia, receiving the grant for his land from Lord Fairfax in 1750. He left his estate equally divided between his two sons, John Boggs and William Boggs. John Boggs sold out and went first to Wheeling, West Virginia, and then to Ohio. William Boggs died at the age of 86, leaving two daughters and one son, the Rev. John BOGGS, a Presbyterian minister ordained at the age of 19 and a graduate of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and Princeton, New Jersey.

It was the daughter of John Boggs Sr. (William’s brother) who gained a national reputation at 16 for her bravery at the time the fort (Henry) at Wheeling was attacked by Indians. (1777) When the ammunition ran out, she declared it was better to risk the life of a girl than a man and she left the fort, filled her apron full of ammunition and returned unharmed. She spent the time loading the rifles and running bullets until the enemy was forced to retreat. She was born on Back Creek and lived to be 102 (her name was never mentioned).

Submitted by Marilyn Gouge and extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Volume 3, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Berkeley County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.

Sources

1. ↑ West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Volume 3, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Berkeley County, WV, Biographies List, 1884. Page 241, under Miscellaneous. (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/285651-hardesty-s-west-virginia-counties-v-03?viewer=1&offset=0#page=242&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
2. ↑ (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=cuA4AQAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA256) Free EBook to History of the Pan-handle, Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia