Robert Boggs (1766-1831)

Name

Robert Boggs (1766-1831)

Identifier

NJS-PER-00380

Given Name

Robert

Family Name

Boggs

Birth Date

November 13, 1766

Death Date

January 11, 1831

Sex

Male

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.

Spouse of

Mary Morris Boggs (1775-1799)

Mary Lawrence Boggs (1768-1815)

Maria Elizabeth Brenton Boggs (1784-1864)

Parent of

Robert Morris Boggs (1796-1827)

James Lawrence Boggs

Mary Rebecca Boggs Blauvelt

William Brenton Boggs

Charles Stuart Boggs

John Lawrence Boggs

Edward Brenton Boggs

Organization

Rutgers University

Same As

Robert Boggs (Find a Grave)

Bibliographic Citation

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.

Source Resource

https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/2377

Source Site

https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home

Occupation

Legal

Child of

James Boggs

Mary Morris Boggs

Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker