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Joseph Colgate BOSWELL 1700–1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 MAR 1700

Birth Location: Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1796

Death Location: Amelia County, Virginia, USA

Father: John Boswell

Mother:

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Boswell

Children(s): Clarissa Boswell

The story of Joseph Colgate BOSWELL began in 1700 in Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. Joseph Colgate BOSWELL married Elizabeth Elliott Boswell, and had children including Clarissa Mary Boswell. Joseph Colgate BOSWELL passed away in 1796 in Amelia County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Joseph Colgate BOSWELL began in 1700 in Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
  • Joseph Colgate BOSWELL married Elizabeth Elliott Boswell, and had children including Clarissa Mary Boswell.
  • Joseph Colgate BOSWELL passed away in 1796 in Amelia County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

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

Elizabeth Boswell
1715–1770
Birth Location: Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Clarissa Boswell
1748–1814
Birth Location: Norfolk City, Virginia, United States
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Joseph BOSWELL's Ancestors

Self
Joseph BOSWELL
1700–1796
Birth Place: Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Dunbar Boswell
1665–1716
Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (John Boswell) Sr
1622–1696
Worstead, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph BOSWELL's Descendants

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Joseph (Colgate) BOSWELL (26 MAR 1700–1796) m. Elizabeth (Elliott) Boswell (05 Mar 1715–1770)
  1. 1. Clarissa ("Mary") Boswell 1748–1814 m. Capt. (Richard Thomas Lamb - American Revolution) Vet 1742–1786
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann "Betty") Lamb 1768–1843 m. Thomas Shiflet 1775–1823
      1. 1. Elizabeth'Lizzie' Shifflett 1807–1851 m. Bazzel Baker 1806–1889
        1. 1. Melvin (N) Baker 1833–1913 m. Manerva ("Manervy") Pearson 1836–1914

Joseph BOSWELL's Timeline

2 Records

1700
26 MAR 1700
Birth of Joseph Colgate BOSWELL in Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
1796
1796
Age 96
Death of Joseph Colgate BOSWELL in Amelia County, Virginia, USA
Amelia County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 MAR 1700
    Event Place: Ware Neck, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1796
    Event Place: Amelia County, Virginia, USA
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