Robert Boggs (1766-1831)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00380
Given Name
Robert
Family Name
Boggs
Birth Date
November 13, 1766
Death Date
January 11, 1831
Sex
Male
Occupation
Legal
Biographical Description
Robert Boggs (1766–1831) was an enslaver who resided in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ.

He was the eldest child of Dr. James Boggs and Mary Morris. He studied law and practiced law with his uncle, judge Robert Morris, in New Brunswick. He became the clerk of the U.S. District Court. He served as a trustee of Rutgers College from 1800 until his death in 1831. He was also an active and influential member of the Christ Church, New Brunswick, and was buried in the Christ Church graveyard when he passed away.

Note that some modern family trees refer to him as "Robert Morris Boggs" (Morris being his mother's maiden name), but archival documents usually refer to him as Robert Boggs (without listing a middle name), and it appears he usually signed his name "Robt Boggs." Documents referring to "Robert M. Boggs" and signed "R. M. Boggs" in the 1810s and 1820s likely belong to his son Robert Morris Boggs (1796-1827) who was in business for himself in New Brunswick since about 1817.
Keywords
white person
enslaver
Rutgers University history
Places
North Brunswick
New Brunswick
Organization
Rutgers University
Relationship to Rutgers
Trustee (1800-1831)
Enslaver of
Benjamin (b. 1794)
Betsey (b. 1789) {aka Eve}
Hannah
Harry (b. 1826) {son of Hannah}
Child of
James Boggs
Mary Morris Boggs
Parent of
Robert Morris Boggs (1796-1827)
Charles Stuart Boggs
Edward Brenton Boggs
James Lawrence Boggs
John Lawrence Boggs
Mary Rebecca Boggs Blauvelt
William Brenton Boggs
Spouse of
Maria Elizabeth Brenton Boggs (1784-1864)
Mary Lawrence Boggs (1768-1815)
Mary Morris Boggs (1775-1799)
References

Boggs, W. E. The Genealogical Record of the Boggs Family, the Descendants of Ezekiel Boggs. Halifax, Canada: Royal Print and Litho, 1916. Page 20-23. http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/395658

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