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Alexander Boggs 1777–1856 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 July 1777

Birth Location: Tredyffrin Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 8 June 1856

Death Location: East Germantown, Wayne, Indiana, United States

Father: John Jr

Mother: Mary Cummings

Spouse(s): Magdalena Shaeffer

Children(s): Ann Boggs

The story of Alexander Boggs began in 1777 in Tredyffrin Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Alexander Boggs married Magdalena Shaeffer, and had children including Ann Cordelia Boggs. Alexander Boggs passed away in 1856 in East Germantown, Wayne, Indiana, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Boggs began in 1777 in Tredyffrin Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Alexander Boggs married Magdalena Shaeffer, and had children including Ann Cordelia Boggs.
  • Alexander Boggs passed away in 1856 in East Germantown, Wayne, Indiana, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Jr
1737–1808
Birth Location: Lancaster Co., PA, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mary Cummings
1740–1808
Birth Location: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States
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Spouses(s)

Magdalena Shaeffer
1783–1889
Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Children(s)

Ann Boggs
1826–1876
Birth Location: Mount Joy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Alexander Boggs's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Boggs
1777–1856
Birth Place: Tredyffrin Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
John Boggs Jr
1737–1808
Lancaster Co., PA, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary (Ann) Cummings
1740–1808
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States
Grandparents
Enoch Cummings
1685–
Lancashire, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Sarah Miers
1695–1766
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Boggs's Descendants

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Alexander Boggs (19 July 1777–8 June 1856) m. Magdalena Shaeffer (22 December 1783–5 December 1889)
  1. 1. Ann (Cordelia) Boggs 1826–1876 m. Joseph Otstatt 1812–1895
    1. 1. Mary (Margaret) Otstatt 1858–1951 m. Solomon (Elson Nance) Sr 1848–1923
      1. 1. Soloman (Elson Nance) Jr 1893–1984 m. Sarah (Emma) Hutchinson 1895–1979
        1. 1. William (S) Nance 1914–1999 m. Sylvia (Aretta) Nance 1910–1987
        2. 2. Clarence (Edward "Casey") Nance 1916–2000
        3. 3. Roy (Elson) Nance 1918–2005
        4. 4. Annie (Marcella "Squeak") Nance 1920–1998
        5. 5. Glenn (Robert) Nance 1924–1951
      2. 2. Anna (Marinda Nance died of) TB 1885–1926
      3. 3. Alice (Viola) Nance 1887–1978
      4. 4. Chloa Nance 1889–1980
      5. 5. George (Washington Nance) Sr 1893–1973
      6. 6. Theodore Nance 1895–1895
      7. 7. Etta (Maye or Maye) Nance 1897–1995

Alexander Boggs's Timeline

2 Records

1777
19 July 1777
Birth of Alexander Boggs in Tredyffrin Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Tredyffrin Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1856
8 June 1856
Age 79
Death of Alexander Boggs in East Germantown, Wayne, Indiana, United States
East Germantown, Wayne, Indiana, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 July 1777
    Event Place: Tredyffrin Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 June 1856
    Event Place: East Germantown, Wayne, Indiana, United States
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