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- James Boggs Fourth? Fragment: John Lawrence Boggs of Perth, NJ,
b 16 Nov 1865, NJ Society Sons of the American Revolution.
. 1824 Graduated of Princeton, Class of 1824.
Ref: The history of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey: the oldest congregation of the church in the state of NJ.
. Lawrence Boggs, of Newark. James Boggs was a keen & prosperous business man & for his day was very wealthy. At his decease his personal property was reckoned to amount to more than S200, 000. He lived for many years at 113 Chambers St., New York City, where every appointment was most luxurious & he dispensed a grand hospitality. It was here that his daughter Mary Rebecca was married. He also owned another home at Bloomingdale, known as "Chevilly," formerly the residence of Lieut. Governor Broome, his father-in-law. This residence was of considerable historic interest. It was built by Mme. d'Auliffe, maid-of-honor to Marie Antoinette. She fled from France to escape the horrors of the French Revolution, & erected this residence for herself. It lay to the west of Broadway between 72nd & 73rd streets. The famous Talleyrand & General Moreau had been guests in the house.
In the years 1794-1798 & again in 1S02 yellow fever was very prevalent in Philadelphia, & we find a letter written in 1802 by Dr. James Boggs to his son Robert, speaking of his anxiety concerning his son James in Philadelphia, & expressing his satisfaction at knowing that James had promised to remove "his store to Germantown." James was recovering from some illness & severe trouble with his eyes & was "to go to Yellow Springs to drink the waters." In 1820 James & his son visited his parents & other relatives at Halifax, N. S., which fact is referred to in a letter from his mother to her son Robert, Nov. 24th 1820.
Ref: The genealogical record of the Boggs family, W E Boggs, 1916, Halifax, NS.
. 1824 Oct 12 Tues.: Conferring the Degrees at Princeton
The following young gentlemen were admitted to the first Degree in Arts: James L Boggs.
Ref: Centiel of Freedom Newspaper, Newark, NJ.
1828 Jul 30, Wed. Died, yesterday morning, in the 23d year of his age James L Boggs, son of Robt. Boggs, Esq.
of this city. Friends & acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral this morning at 7 o'clock, process to move at 8.
Ref: Fredonia Newspaper, New Brunswick, NJ.
Namesake:
. 1921 - Somerville, Wallace House - We opened our boxes, & soup coffee & ice-cream were served by the young women of Miss Otis' committee & the box luncheon was voted a success. After luncheon Senator Case, in a few well chosen words, welcomed us to Somerville & then introduced Mr. J. Lawrence Boggs, who gave us a most interesting & instructive talk on How the Posters Helped in the War, displaying many posters about the room.
Ref: Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society
. J. Lawrence BOGGS of Perth Amboy, NJ, in 1897 provided a list 15 Lawrence (Elisha etc) burials at the Yellow House Baptist Burial Ground, near Imlaystown, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co.
. 1926 Annual Meeting of the NJ Historical Society, J Lawrence Boggs.
. 1857 Jul 18 - WILL of Capt. Abraham Webb, of Perth Amboy, NJ Witnesses: John Courtts, J. Lawrence Boggs. - - -
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