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- . JOHN LAWRENCE BOGGS, was born at New Brunswick, NJ, Jun 24 1812 & died at Perth Amboy, NJ May 29, 1893.
Baptized by Bishop Rev. Dr. Croes, of NJ, sponsors were Isaac Lawrence of NY & Mrs. John Lawrence of Trenton, NJ.
He was educated at Flushing Institute, Long Island, NY. President Lincoln appointed him Collector of customs for Perth Amboy, later in the Custom House at NY.
He was registrar for 30 years of the East Jersey Proprietors.
Married twice: First Jan 14, 1843 to Mary Lloyd VanDeursen, dau. of Wm. Van Deursen, MD of New Brunswick, NJ & Eleanor Hendrickson Van Deursen of Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ. She was born June 2, 1819 & died June 1 1842, buried in Willow Grove Cemetery, NB.
. Fragment for further research: a serial article by John C. Honeyman on the history of Zion, St. Paul & other early Lutheran churches in New Jersey.
'The report of the Board of Trustees to the Society made by the Secretary & was approved. The report of the Membership Committee was presented to its chairman, Mr. J. Lawrence Boggs. It was approved. Pages 84-85 & 121.
General Committee Mr. J Lawrence Boggs.
. Organized Mar 7, 1889. Annual meeting usually January 3 (Battle of Princeton), or at such other time as the Society at any annual meeting may designate. Officers elected January 3, 1914.
2d Vice-Pres., John Lawrence Boggs, 44 Spruce St Newark. - meeting usually January 3 (Battle of Princeton), or at such other time as the Society at any annual meeting may designate.
. Officers elected January 3, 1914.
President, John Leonard Merrill, 517 Park Ave. East, Orange
1st Vice-Pres., John Brewer Wight, 17 Prospect Terrace, Montclair
2d Vice-Pres., John Lawrence Boggs, 44 Spruce St., Newark.
Ref: National Year Book, the national Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1914.
. Fragment: Vol. 12 NJ Historical, Pub Oct. 1927 & Oct 1930
The report of the Treasurer, Mr. Boggs, was read & showed a balance of $2,042.76, It as approved as having reported { correct by the Auditing Committee. [ John or James L. Boggs? ]
. BOGGS, PAPERS, ca. 1750-1912.Approx. 2,000 items. Gift of J. Lawrence Boggs.
Legal documents, letters, receipts, & other documents of the Boggs family & some papers of the Morris family. Incompletely organized. Included are letters of various people.
Ref: A guide to the manuscripts collection of the New Jersey Historical Society.
Recorded for further research:
. John Lawrence Boggs, Jr., from 1852-55 & 1860 & again 1900-18, St. Peter's Anglican Vestery Man, Perth Amboy. - - - [1, 2, 3]
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