Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Robert Ezekiel BOYCE / Rebecca ASHCRAFT (F14752)

m. 26 Mar 1831


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  • Robert Ezekiel BOYCEFather | Male
    Robert Ezekiel BOYCE

    Born  7 Jul 1806   
    Died  2 Jul 1888   
    Buried    Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  26 Mar 1831  [1]  Harrison Co, (W)VA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Robert BOYCE | F28121 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Elizabeth ASHCRAFT | F28121 Group Sheet 

    Rebecca ASHCRAFTMother | Female
    Rebecca ASHCRAFT

    Born  29 Jan 1801   
    Died  1 Jun 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Uriah THOMPSON | F38236 
    Married  15 Dec 1819  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Ezekiel ASHCRAFT | F38237 Group Sheet 
    Mother   

    Anna C. BOYCEChild 1 | Female
    + Anna C. BOYCE

    Born  6 Feb 1832  Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Jan 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Michael QUINN | F38241 
    Married  5 Aug 1849  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Ezekiel BOYCEChild 2 | Male
    Ezekiel BOYCE

    Born  CA 1833   
    Died     
    Buried     

    John Flowers BOYCEChild 3 | Male
    + John Flowers BOYCE

    Born  27 Mar 1835   
    Died  19 Mar 1914  Esty, Greenbrier Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Jane LOWERY | F23006 
    Married  27 Feb 1855  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Christian BOYCEChild 4 | Male
    Christian BOYCE

    Born  CA 1836   
    Died     
    Buried     

    Robert H. BOYCEChild 5 | Male
    + Robert H. BOYCE

    Born  CA 1838  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Dec 1926  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Martha Ellen FORD | F14751 
    Married  25 Feb 1864  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    David BOYCEChild 6 | Male
    David BOYCE

    Born  CA 1840   
    Died     
    Buried     

    Cynthia BOYCEChild 7 | Female
    Cynthia BOYCE

    Born  CA 1844   
    Died     
    Buried     

    Nancy BOYCEChild 8 | Female
    + Nancy BOYCE

    Born  Mar 1845  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef Jan 1934   
    Buried    Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Arnold Childers SNIDER | F5562 
    Married  20 Apr 1862  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 5 1850:
      Robert Boyce, 45, farmer; Rebecca, 42; Ezekiel, 18; John, 16; Christian, 14; Robert, 12; David, 10; Nancy, 8; Cynthia, 6.
      (Note: Rebecca's stated age of 42 would put her birth in about 1808, which would have made her only 11 at the time of her first marriage, in 1819. More likely is the 1801 birth date derived from her age 75 at the time of her 1876 death. It is noted, however, that her stated age of 75 in the 1870 Census would put her birth in about 1795, which is considered unlikely.)

      1860 Census - Not found for this family.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp), enumerated on Aug 10 1870:
      Robert Boyce, 69, farmer; Rebecca, 75; Christena, 20; Jasper, 19.

      1880, Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 21 1880:
      Robert Boice, 79, farmer, widowed; dau Christena Boice, 37, single; grandson Wm. Quinn, 21, single; granddau Minerva Quinn, 21, single.
      (Note: Christena's age 37 was circled on the census form, significance of which is not known. At Childers Cemetery, near the graves of Robert & Rebecca, is a marker for Christina Boyce, dau of R. B. & Rebecca, b. Dec 14 1839, d. May 3 1896.) [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
      Identified as Robert Boice and Rebecca Thompson. Married Mar 26 1831 in Harrison County.

    2. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    3. [S1604] Death record of son.