Show I I Corner Cornel in Ancestors i i 1 BOOTH FAMILY Name Originated From the Lordship of Boothes Soothes Descent Descent From a Norman Norman Nor Nor- man man Family of Rank Rank Many Many Pilgrim Fath Fathers rs BY EL ELEANOR OR A LEXINGTON Bothe Boothe la In Boothe dc do do IC la In Boothe Boutho Douthe are arc old forms of ot the name Booth The dis- dis Booth family is the reference ref- ref in one record S The rhe name Booth was assumed by those hose who possessed tho the lordship of or In Lancashire Adam do Boothes of or the county palatine Lancaster Lancaster Lan- Lan caster aster thirteenth century I is perhaps the he first of the tha name of or whom any records exist He Ho was descendant ant of ofa a 3 Norman family of ot rank that went welt over ver with the Conqueror Tho The peole people peo- peo pie le who didn't go over with v William Williamo the o Norman or came camo over or In tho the l Ia Mayflower May May- flower ower have much to answer for fort However How- How vcr ever ever we need not give pause pauso to this matter but hut leave lea It to descendants who vho feel fecI aggrieved h by lack of ot foresight foresight fore- fore sight Ight upon their ancestors ancestors' part The derivation of the name Booth Rooth is from bowes ho-es owes m meaning a n. house or temporary ary ry building building building-a a booth In low Latin the word is botha The original county palatines of ot England it ma may bo ho mentioned were the C J 21 pal I C L arid and D e find th that the tho tho- tho Booths wih Important people and anil married Into nto the best circles William de dc Soothes married or Sybil daughter daugh- daugh ter er of ot Gilbert t do de Brereton of or the ancIent an- an lent dent family of ot Chester the capital of ot Cheshire Of Sir John Booth the sixth In descent from Adam dc do Boothes we know that he had nIneteen nineteen nIne nIne- teen een children and two wives A brave nau It wa was Sir F Felix Booth who fitted fitted fit fit- ted cd out the Ross floss Arctic expedition and nd in whose honor Captain Sir James amea RoAH Ro named a peninsula of the North American coast const Felix Boothia A choice of di r several pilgrim fathers lathers Is s offered The Stratford Conn Coan settler set set- ler 16 1640 O was Richard Booth from Bowden Cheshire the SOuthold Long J Island lan pilgrim also 1640 and from Cheshire was John Booth S St Six years later we find Robert Booth helping to o found the tho town of or Exeter Eeler N. 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H Ho He Ic too was wat of or the ChE Cheshire branch and nd we arc told that Richard 1 John JohnI I and Robert were brothers and sons or 11 was it r-an r grandsons ons o or Sir William Booth knight The rhe southern br branch of or the family dates back to Thomas Booth related in n somo sorno way va to Sir Fir George C Booth Earl of Thomas made a ahome home at W Ware re Gloucester county Va Of If it he cannot be bc counted upon for tor a progenitor there la he Edwin Thomas Booth of Eclair Delair Hartford county Maryland Richard of Connecticut tho the ImmIgrant Immigrant grant married marrIal Elizabeth sister of Captain Joseph the first town cl clark rk o of or Stratford Rich Richard d too was an holder and he seems scorns to have havo been married twice for In In- 1680 1681 he speaks of or ormy my now wife a Q phrase lu Indicative as n. then used of or a n. second marriage marriage- Elizabeth wa was the tho mother of 01 hrs eight ht children of or whom a 3 daughter Elizabeth married John Minor Ephraim married Mary Clark married Elizabeth Jones for tor second wife and Joseph surpassed ed them all nil for Cor he had three tiree wives all told There wa was was r marriage connection connection con con- with O the tho e Ha Hawleys Haleys le S 'S Sergeant John son of ot Richard the first married mar mar- ried Dorothy Doroth daughter daught r of or Thomas His second wife was Hannah Han lIsa nah nab widow of ot Robert Clark Sergeant John was in tho Pequot Pc war and his hat pierced h by a bullet was 19 a n. precious relic treasured b by descendants descendants de do- for lifty years or more when It disappeared from mortal ken no one knows where or how Of or tho the Booths Booth who valiantly bore boro their part partIn In th the thc revolution ma may ht bo ho mentioned Nathaniel of or Connecticut t ser sergeant sergeant- ant ant- major Tim Tho Booths have n n. family association association tion which keeps green the me memory or of forefathers and many aro are tho the twice told tales of the reunions There Thero aro stories of ot great er who had a wonderful spine and was wa-s straight as an arrow at ninety ninety- and nine and whose green bottle coat was vas amazingly wide and great creat r her cap neatly about her sweet face Cace boasted lappets of ot exquisite lace and Its ribbons ribbons rib rib- bons were wera puce an all elegant ant hue huo though one which j would b become como b but t a a. few tev t They lie nc neath th 1 yew yew with ifs Ifa S b berries of of red red weary wear with age on the day thc'S they thc S were wed The coat arms illustrated is blazoned blazoned bla bla- zon zoned d argent three boars' boars heads erect and erased sable Crest a a. lion p passant ant argent arg Motto lo o Quod Ero Spero The motto ma may be tran translated freely What hat I hope to accomplish I shall a accorn accomplish com pUsh or 01 Hope Perseverance Sue Sue- cess ces The coat-armor coat dates dats back years or more and was perhaps that borne h 1 by Adam de do Boothes It belonged to Sir Geor George e Booth third Lord Dola- Dola mere merc and second Earl of oC born bom about the the- middle of oC the eighteenth elsh- elsh century Lady Udy Mary Countess Dowa Dowager er of Stamford was Sir Georges George's daugh daughter ter The coat arms reproduced is a as- as to Richard Booth of ot Connecticut cut John Booth of or Long Island Robert Robert Rob Roh- ert crt Booth of New Hampshire It was Vas also borne by the tho Booths of or Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- and Maryland For the Booths of 01 Virginia Virg the same of coat-of- arms Is blazoned but the crest Clest differs and Is Js a St. deml-St. Cath Catherine lne proper coupled at tho the knees habited argent crowned or in the dexter hand a Catherine Catherino Ca Ca- therine wheel In the a sword point downwards No motto Is given gI with this coat This his rather curIous curious cur cur- ious bus rest crest may be accounted for perhaps per per- haps hias in this wa way A Sir George Booth bo also spelled his name Bothe married Mountford of noble nohle conne connection Uon d to David 1 king of or Scotland and the great family of Clinton |