He married Elizabeth Lawrence on 27 November 1788, according to a listing in the Index of Marriages and deaths in the New York Weekly Museum, 1788–1817. This earlier date resolves the question of children born starting in 1789, in contradiction of Boughton’s date of 27 November 1794. This makes it likely that he gave her year of birth incorrectly as well; rather than 1776, she was likely born by 1770.