Boggs, Francis, 9 September 1811 / 30 March 1813. Wife Ruth Boggs & son Francis Extr. To wife Ruth Boggs my land whereon I now live with my marsh which I hold in partnership with my brother John Boggs & all my personal estate & at her death to son Francis Boggs. To son Francis ... If Daughter Comfort should be a widow, then she should have a home with my son Francis. To daughter Comfort my Negro boy George provided she does not move him out of Accomack County & at her death to daughters Ruth & Esther, but if she tries to move him out of Accomack County, then he is to go immediately to Ruth & Esther. To grandson Joseph Boggs Taylor... To daughter Ruth Phillips ... To daughter Esther Taylor the use of my Negro woman Nell, girl Hannah & my man Isaac, but if she should attempt to sell them, then to my other children. Remainder to my daughters Comfort Smith, Ruth Phillips & Esther Taylor. Witt: John Finney & William H. Custis. Probate: Partly proved by William H. Custis & fully proved by John Finney with George Scarburgh & John Arlington securities.

Boggs, Ruth, 12 August 1815 / 28 August 1815 Son Francis Boggs Extr. To granddaughter Ann Boggs Taylor & granddaughter Ruth Parker Taylor & grandson Joseph Boggs Taylor my Negro girl Milly. To granddaughter Ruth Parker Taylor & grandson Joseph Boggs Taylor 1/3 of the money that may arise from Francis Boggs' dec'd estate since his death for the use of schooling. Witt: William H. Custis & Rachel Moore. Probate Arthur Turlington & Mitchell Chandler.

In the name of Our Lord God Amen, I Francis Boggs do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following: Imprimus I lend unto my beloved wife Betsy the whole of my land and marsh together with all my personal Estate until the first day of January eighteen hundred and thirty four provided she make no charge against my children in bringing them up, giving them common education is what I desire or if she chooses to charge let everything be valued. Item: I give unto my son Joseph Parker Boggs all the land and marsh that my father Francis Boggs gave me excepting a privilege for my son John Crowson Boggs stock in marsh. Item: I give to my son John C. Boggs the fifty acres of land which I bought of N. Burrell and others. Item: On the first day of January eighteen hundred and thirty four to be divided among my wife and children in such sort that my wife Betsy have one ninth and my son Joseph have one fifteenth, my son John have one twentieth and after the above shares then the balance to be equally divided among the rest of my children namely Mary Ann Boggs, Susannah Boggs, Leah Makemie Boggs, Thomas Douglas Boggs, Eliza Evins Boggs, Margaret Williams Boggs, and Sally Boggs. Item: If my son Joseph should die without disposing of his part of land at lawful age in that case I give his part to my son John and his part to Thomas D. Boggs or if John C. Boggs should die before disposing of his part at lawful age then I give his fifty acres unto my son Thomas D. Boggs and in case of Joseph and John's death without lawful issue then it is my desire for Thomas D. Boggs to have the piece first mentioned to Joseph P. Boggs and the fifty acres mentioned to John C. Boggs to be sold and divided among my daughters. Item: I also appoint my friend and brother Thomas Underhill the executor of this my last will and testament the first day of March 1820.