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Rev. Edward Brenton BOGGS

Male 1820 - 1895  (74 years)


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  • Name Edward Brenton BOGGS 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 7 Dec 1820  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 May 1895  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 10 May 1895  Christ Church Episcopal Churchyard Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I612  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 14 May 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 Maria Eliza BRENTON
              b. 26 Dec 1784, Halifax, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 Mar 1864  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 17 Jun 1817  St. John's Church, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Bishop Hobart
    Family ID F405  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . EDWARD BRENTON BOGGS, born Dec 7, 1820, New Brunswick, NJ & died May 8, 189r at the residence of his son Herbert, as the result of a fall down stairs.
      He graduated with high rank from Rutgers College in 1840 from General Theological Seminary of Protestant Episcopal Church in 1846. He had charge of several praised in NJ & NY, inc. Trinity Churth, Swedesboro; St. John's, NB & St. Stephen's Neward, NJ & St. Matthews, Bedford, NY. His early education was received in France & England. After graduating from Rutgers he took one year in medical study, after which he began his theological studies. He received the degree for DD. from Rutgers in 1866. He was for a time editor of the Church Review. "He was a man of childlike simplicity & tender feelings, very affectionate to his friends & an earnest & faithful minister in the church of God."

      . Edward Brenton Boggs, married 1843, Elizabeth Dunham Deshler, daughter of George Deshler, She died Aug 29, 1892.
      The husband graduated with high rank from Rutgers College in 1840, & from the General Theological Seminary, N in 1846 - sometime rector or Trinity church, Swedesboro, NJ, St. Jon's church, NB, NJ.; St. Stephen's Church, Newark, NJ, & St. Matthew's Church Bedford, NY. He was one of the best known clergymen of the Episcopal church in his day. His early education was obtained in France & England.
      He received the degree of D.D. from Rutgers in 1866, Editor of the Church Review, many years Secretary of the Diocese of Newark. "An earnest & faithful minister in the Church of God."

      He married May 1843, Elizabeth Dunham Deshler, dau. Geo Deshler of Easton, PA, Born Easton & died at Newark, August 29, 1892, as a result of a fall which occasioned fractured of the skull.

      Their children:
      . Geo. Brenton, b 8 Jan 1844 - d 22 May 1922. US Navy, 1864-1868, Resided at Norristown, PA., & later at Bloomsburg, PA. married Hannah Garrison Thompson;
      . Charles Deshler Boggs, Jul 7, 1845, m. Caroline Coles;
      . Francis Cranston Boggs, Dec 25, 1846 - Nov 9 1912 NYC, married Feb 21, 1903, Morristown, PA, to Fannie Jones Carson, dau. Mrs. Mary Tenny Carson;
      Edward Brenton, Boggs, Juine 8, 1848 - Sept 1850;
      . Herbert Boggs, 3 Jun 1853, Swedesboro, Gloucester Co., NJ, Lawyer 1876., married Frances May LeVinsess.

      Ref: The history of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey: the oldest congregation of the church in the state of NJ. - - - [1]

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