Boggis History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
Ireland

The place name, from which the Boggis family take their surname arrived in Scotland with the Viking settlers. The first to use Boggis as a name no doubt lived in a place noted for the presence of a ridge that formed a boundary between two distinct areas. It comes from a variant of the word boak or balk, of the same meaning. While historians generally agree upon the aforementioned topographical derivation, most believe that this name actually came from the area called Boak in the parish of Kirkholm. 1

Another source claims the name is "probably a variant of boak, a northern form of balk, a ridge (as a boundary.)" (Weekley)

Early Origins of the Boggis family

The surname Boggis was first found in Boak in the parish of Kirkcolm, Dumfries and Galloway, part of the former county of Wigtownshire. Early entries for the family are relatively rare as we must look to the 16th century to find the first recorded entry, that of Andrew Boog who witnessed instrument of sasine in 1550. David Book was a merchant in Edinburgh, 1610 and Thomas Baok was a merchant burgess of Stirling in 1622. 1

Early History of the Boggis family

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Boggis Spelling Variations

Few standards of spelling and translation existed in the Middle Ages. spelling variations, are thus, an extremely common occurrence in records of ancient Scottish names. Over the years, Boggis has been spelled Boag, Boig, Book, Boack, Boge, Bogue, Boak, Bouk, Bouck, Bogues, Bogg, Boggs and many more.

Early Notables of the Boggis family

Notable amongst the family at this time was John Boag (1775-1863), Scottish compiler of the ‘Imperial Lexicon,’ born at Highgate in the parish of Beith, Ayrshire, on 7 Jan. 1775. He matriculated at the university of Glasgow in 1797, and completed his academical course with a view to taking orders in the church of Scotland, but joined the body of independents or Congregationalists, who in 1812 formed themselves into the...
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Migration of the Boggis family to Ireland

Some of the Boggis family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Boggis migration to the United States +

Land and opportunity greeted all those who made it across the Atlantic. These settlers and their children went on to play important roles in the forging of the great nations of the United States and Canada. Clan societies and other Scottish organizations have preserved much of this heritage for the ancestors of those brave Scots. Immigration and passenger lists have documented the arrival of various people bearing the name Boggis to North America:

Boggis Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Boggis, who arrived in Virginia in 1656 2
Mary Boggis, who landed in Virginia in 1656 2
Rob Boggis, who arrived in Virginia in 1656 2

Boggis migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Boggis Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

George Boggis, aged 26, a shepherd, who arrived in South Australia in 1852 aboard the ship "Anglia" 3
George Boggis, aged 22, a farm labourer, who arrived in South Australia in 1857 aboard the ship "Carnatic"

Contemporary Notables of the name Boggis (post 1700) +

Andrew Gurdon Boggis (b. 1954), English schoolmaster, Master in College at Eton, then Warden of Forest School, Walthamstow, Chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and also a former Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners

Citations +

Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
South Australian Register Tuesday 3 February 1852. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) ANGLIA 1852. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/anglia1852.shtml