John LAWRENCE BOGGS, .ii

Male 1812 - 1893  (80 years)


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  • Name John LAWRENCE BOGGS 
    Suffix .ii 
    Born 24 Jun 1812  New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 May 1893  Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St. Peter's Anglican Church, Perth Amboy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Son of Robt & Mary Lawrence Boggs.
    Person ID I594  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 24 Sep 2017 

    Father Robert Morris BOGGS, Sr.
              b. 13 Nov 1766, Indian Neck, Tinton Falls, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Jan 1831, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Mary LAWRENCE, .vi
              b. Nov 1776, Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Feb 1815, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 7 Aug 1802 
    Family ID F293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cornelia Bell PATERSON
              b. 9 Feb 1820, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Sep 1909, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 25 Jul 1847  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Cornelia Van Rensselaer BOGGS, .i
              b. 31 Jan 1849, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 May 1882, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     2. Maria Lawrence BOGGS
              b. 6 Sep 1850, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Dec 1884, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     3. William Patterson BOGGS, .iii
              b. 4 Dec 1853, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Alice Patterson BOGGS
              b. 27 Jan 1857, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 May 1914, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     5. Robert Neilson BOGGS, .6
              b. c 26 Dec 1862, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1873, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     6. John LAWRENCE BOGGS, .iii
              b. 16 Nov 1865, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2013 
    Family ID F406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . 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]

  • Sources 
    1. [S102] Wm. Edward Boggs, 1916, Halifax, NS.

    2. [S45] NJ Historial Society, www.jerseyhistory.org.

    3. [S91] .