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Joseph Thomas Colgate Boswell 1700–1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 March 1700

Birth Location: Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1796

Death Location: Amelia, Virginia, USA

Father: John Boswell

Mother:

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Elliott

Children(s): Clarissa Boswell, George Boswell

Joseph Thomas Colgate Boswell was born in 1700 in Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, the child of John Dunbar Boswell And Phoebe Colgate Iverson. Joseph Thomas Colgate Boswell married Elizabeth Elliott, and had children including Clarissa Mary Boswell, George Boswell. Joseph Thomas Colgate Boswell passed away in 1796 in Amelia, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Thomas Colgate Boswell was born in 1700 in Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, the child of John Dunbar Boswell And Phoebe Colgate Iverson.
  • Joseph Thomas Colgate Boswell married Elizabeth Elliott, and had children including Clarissa Mary Boswell, George Boswell.
  • Joseph Thomas Colgate Boswell passed away in 1796 in Amelia, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Boswell
1665–1716
Birth Location: Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Elliott
1715–1787
Birth Location: Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Clarissa Boswell
1730–1785
Birth Location: Virginia
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George Boswell
1753–1817
Birth Location: Augusta County, Virginia, USA
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Joseph Boswell's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Boswell
1700–1796
Birth Place: Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Dunbar Boswell
1665–1716
Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Boswell
1620–1697
Scotland
Jane (Joanna) Dunbar
1632–1665
Sidera, Caithness, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Boswell's Descendants

1.
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Joseph (Thomas Colgate) Boswell (26 March 1700–1796) m. Elizabeth Elliott (5 March 1715–1787)
  1. 1. Clarissa (Mary) Boswell 1730–1785 m. Richard Lamb 1725–1786 m. William Whitehead 1740–1792
    1. 1. Nancy (Lucinda) Lamb 1764–1844 m. Isham Lane 1756–1852
      1. 1. Martha (Jane) Shiflett 1810–1851 m. Thomas Baker 1799–1863
        1. 1. Surreldia Baker 1833–1906 m. Francis (Marion) Wilkerson 1840–1914
        2. 2. Thomas Baker 1823–1899 m. Nancy (J) Lamb 1834–1908
        3. 3. Hiram Baker 1847–1896 m. Francis (Louise) Hunter 1855–
      2. 2. James (Lane) SHIFFLETT 1791–1850
      3. 3. Thomas (Shifflet) Jr 1809–1886 m. Anna ("Annie") Hardin 1809–1872 m. Mary (Polly) Lakes 1850–1924
        1. 1. Thomas (Ephraim) Shifflet 1840–1929 m. "Sally" (Elizabeth) Orchard 1837–1920
        2. 2. James (Overton) Shifflet 1835–1909 m. Sarah (Frances "Sally") Alexander 1837–1920
        3. 3. Serena (Ann) Shifflet 1838–1875 m. James (E) Benge 1813–1889 m. William (David Benge) Sr 1833–1891
        4. 4. Mildred Jane 1847–1917 m. Joshua Ruble 1845–1914
        5. 5. Icybinda Shifflet 1844–1850
        6. 6. Pollie Shifflet 1833–1835
        7. 7. Sally Shifflet 1831–1835
        8. 8. Hannah 1842–1895 m. Alferd Foote 1837–1895
        9. 9. Gracy SHIFLETT 1880–
        10. 10. Cynthia (Ann "Cinthia") Shifflett 1878–1977
        11. 11. Bettie (Nancy) Shifflett 1874–1875
        12. 12. Milton Shifflett 1871–
        13. 13. Lucy (Jane) Shifflett 1880–1934 m. William Forsee 1876–1935 m. George (Jackson) Dean 1876–1940
        14. 14. James (Garret) Shifflett 1874–1954 m. Julie (Ann) Dean 1878–1945
        15. 15. John Shifflet 1840–1929
      4. 4. John (Allen Lane) ?? 1794–1871
      5. 5. Colby Shifflett 1810–
      6. 6. Mary (Polly) Shifflett 1795– m. Dabney Maupin 1787–1845
        1. 1. Mary Maupin 1829–1902 m. William (Hughes) Reynolds 1832–1866
        2. 2. Thomas (D) Maupin 1829–1865 m. Louisa (Frances) Barber 1829–1912
      7. 7. Elizabeth Shiflett 1812–1851 m. Smith Foote 1801–1847 m. Bazel Baker 1806–1889
        1. 1. Mary (Jane) FOOTE 1830–1900
        2. 2. Josephine Foote 1840–
        3. 3. Hastings ("Hasten") Foote 1835–1880
        4. 4. Alferd Foote 1837–1895 m. Hannah 1842–1895
        5. 5. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Foote 1838–1898
        6. 6. John (L.) Foote 1842–
        7. 7. William Foote 1847–1913
        8. 8. Merrill (Mariel) Baker 1843–1920 m. Lucinda Baker 1856–1925
        9. 9. Rayborn Baker 1841–1916 m. Susan (M) Stivers 1842–1887
        10. 10. Susan (Jane) Baker 1837–1886 m. William (R) Clemson 1821–1903
      8. 8. Dudley Shifflett 1815–1870
      9. 9. Joshua Shifflett 1795–1843
        1. 1. Mary (Ann "Jane") Shifflett 1826–1902
      10. 10. Hasten (Tussey) Shifflett 1789–1877 m. Susannah Aston 1793–1872
        1. 1. Galen Shiflet 1812–1877 m. Mary Turner 1817–
        2. 2. Oransadow Shifflett 1846–1929
        3. 3. Mary (E) Shiflett 1831–1860
        4. 4. Mary Shifflet 1831–1838
        5. 5. James (Dudley) Shifflet 1825–1914
        6. 6. George (Thomas) Shifflett 1817–1902
        7. 7. William (Hasten Tussey Shiflett) Jr 1826–1916 m. Paulina (Frances) Fore 1833–1904
        8. 8. Dulemona Shifflett 1829–1860
        9. 9. Polly (Anna) Shifflett 1828–
        10. 10. Susan (Orr) Shiflet 1818–1894
        11. 11. Christopher (C) Shiflet 1830–1830
        12. 12. Susan (Elizabeth) Shiflet 1816–1816
        13. 13. Colby Shifflett 1814–1873 m. Margaret Strout 1829–1902
        14. 14. Daniel (Estell) Shifflett 1820–1895
        15. 15. Catherine Shifflett 1832–1913
        16. 16. Fountain Shiflett 1822–1905 m. America (Ann) Fore 1824–1869
        17. 17. Susan (Elizabeth) Shifflett 1824–1880 m. George (Washington) Barbee 1825–1919
        18. 18. Wallace Shiflett 1813–1869 m. Nancy Stanley 1820–1889
        19. 19. Hasten (Dorr) Shifflett 1836–1929 m. Harriet 1838–1899
      11. 11. Fountain Shifflet 1800–1873 m. Rebecca Coyle 1801–1867
        1. 1. Serena Shifflet 1820–1891 m. James (E) Benge 1813–1889
        2. 2. Clifton Shifflett 1825–1907 m. Margaret (A.) Roberts 1835–1901
        3. 3. Margaret (Spicy) Shifflett 1830–
      12. 12. Susan Shifflet 1811–1884 m. Levi Orchard 1805–1849
        1. 1. Minerva Orchard 1842–1866 m. John (Wallace) Ruble 1843–1916
        2. 2. "Sally" (Elizabeth) Orchard 1837–1920 m. Thomas (Ephraim) Shifflet 1840–1929
        3. 3. Alexander Orchard 1833–1892
        4. 4. James (Thomas) Orchard 1850–1914
        5. 5. William (Dudley) Orchard 1850–1885
        6. 6. Levi (Bryant) Orchard 1847–1928 m. Margaret (Jane) Moade 1846– m. Elizabeth Reynolds 1856–
        7. 7. Wilmuth (Jamie) Orchard 1844–1904
        8. 8. Irvin Orchard 1842–1895
        9. 9. Anna (Eliza) Orchard 1831–
      13. 13. Hardin Shifflett 1792–1837 m. Elizabeth Bryant 1793–1878
        1. 1. John Shifflett 1819–
        2. 2. William (Bryant) Shifflett 1832–1917
        3. 3. Anna Shifflet 1816–1875 m. Isaac (K) Bryant 1800–1856
        4. 4. Elizabeth Shiflett 1822–1902 m. Archiebald (C.) McPhail 1824–1891
      14. 14. Joshua (M) Shifflet 1774–1838
        1. 1. Melissa Shiflett 1802–
        2. 2. Melissa Shiflett 1802–
      15. 15. Matilda Shifflet 1798–1850 m. Davis Coyle 1788–1860
        1. 1. Hardin Coyle 1830–1912 m. Delitha (Matilda) Hunter 1843–1931
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Jane) Coyle 1821–1897 m. Harrison Kidwell 1813–1890
      16. 16. Lucy (Ann) Shifflett 1880–1935
    2. 2. Matthew Lamb 1770–1850
    3. 3. Nancy (Lucinda) Lamb 1764–1844
    4. 4. Sarah (Love) Lamb 1772–1853
    5. 5. Sophia (Musgrove) Lamb 1784–1861
    6. 6. William (Boswell) Lamb 1774–1852
    7. 7. Joseph (Boswell) Whitehead 1791–
    8. 8. Nathan (Colgate) Whitehead 1792–1856
    9. 9. ? (Thomas B.) Lamb 1751–1836 m. Eliza Pendleton 1755–1787
      1. 1. Thomas (Pendleton) Lamb 1785–1829 m. Elizabeth (Frances "Franky") Garrison 1800–1850
        1. 1. Thomas (William) Lamb 1820–1920 m. Serilda Harris 1832–1875
  2. 2. George Boswell 1753–1817

Joseph Boswell's Timeline

2 Records

1700
26 March 1700
Birth of Joseph Thomas Colgate Boswell in Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
1796
1796
Age 96
Death of Joseph Thomas Colgate Boswell in Amelia, Virginia, USA
Amelia, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 March 1700
    Event Place: Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1796
    Event Place: Amelia, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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