ELIZABETH BEERS Booth
1721–1780
BIRTH 16 NOV. 1721 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut,
DEATH 9 NOV 1780 • Huntington, Fairfield, Conn
Her great great grandparents were Richard and Elizabeth Hawley Booth. They were also her husband Zachariah Booth's great grandparents, one generation closer, but that made them cousins of some distance! Can you tell me what their relationship would have been?
I spoke of Zachariah Booth back a few years ago HERE.
Elizabeth was the 3rd child of 11 siblings, and the oldest girl. She married at age 22 in 1743. She and Zachariah Booth had 9 children, perhaps.
Samuel Booth was supposedly born in June 18, 1749, and Elamuel was born on June 17, 1749, according to 2 different records, and since the records only indicate one son was born to Zachariah and Elizabeth Booth, not both, I think this was just one child and the church record and the town record kind of made some mistake. Yes, Elamuel was known as Lemuel and was in Berkshire MA, in 2 censuses (1790 and 1800) with his age giving a birth year near 1750. He has a wife and children listed as well. There probably never was a Samuel Booth, just a clerical error.
So Elizabeth likely only had 8 children. And the record-keeping apparently fell apart, in that they have birth years, but 4 of them don't have known death dates, and spouses are not available for many of them. Their youngest daughter died when she was 8 years old.
Another (fun?) family tradition was having sister and brother marry brother and sister of the 2 families. So Lemuel Booth (1749-unknown) married Mabel (Mehitable) Moss (1752-unknown) and Elizabeth Booth (1751-unknown) married Mabel's brother, Joseph Moss (1746-1795).
Of course I know the most about my ancestor Isaac Booth, Sr. (1755-1841) and have written about him HERE. That post will tell a bit about Stratford CT, and the the community in which he lived in western New York state. And it mentions that he fought in the Revolutionary War. He had a son named Isaac also, whom I've named Jr. (1795-1836.)
Isaac's brother Silas Booth (1758-1835) also served in the Revolutionary War. I'm glad I just looked through some of the hints on Ancestry, and found he lived till 1835, instead of dying in 1809 as some records said...at least he received his war pension until then. In the war he moved from a private in the Connecticut Militia to Quartermaster. When he moved to Albany, NY, following the war, he was a cooper, woodworker, carpenter.
Elizabeth and Zachariah Booth's children scattered a bit, perhaps after the war. Daughter Elizabeth Moss ended up in Charleston,SC; Lemuel to Lenox, MA; Silas in Albany, NY; and Isaac in Ontario County, NY. Tabitha Booth Shelton died and is buried in Booths Hill, Fairfield CT...near where she was born.
Three have no death date or place: Mary Booth Hinman 1744-?, Lemuel Booth 1749-?, and Elizabeth Moss Booth 1751- ?, but she did move to Charleston SC. They all married, and most of them gave Elizabeth and Zachariah some grandchildren. Thus the Booths spread about in the US.
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| Residence of Israel Beach, Sr. Erected about 1735...Stratford, CT (No relation that I know of) |
Samuel Booth was supposedly born in June 18, 1749, and Elamuel was born on June 17, 1749, according to 2 different records, and since the records only indicate one son was born to Zachariah and Elizabeth Booth, not both, I think this was just one child and the church record and the town record kind of made some mistake. Yes, Elamuel was known as Lemuel and was in Berkshire MA, in 2 censuses (1790 and 1800) with his age giving a birth year near 1750. He has a wife and children listed as well. There probably never was a Samuel Booth, just a clerical error.
So Elizabeth likely only had 8 children. And the record-keeping apparently fell apart, in that they have birth years, but 4 of them don't have known death dates, and spouses are not available for many of them. Their youngest daughter died when she was 8 years old.
Another (fun?) family tradition was having sister and brother marry brother and sister of the 2 families. So Lemuel Booth (1749-unknown) married Mabel (Mehitable) Moss (1752-unknown) and Elizabeth Booth (1751-unknown) married Mabel's brother, Joseph Moss (1746-1795).
Of course I know the most about my ancestor Isaac Booth, Sr. (1755-1841) and have written about him HERE. That post will tell a bit about Stratford CT, and the the community in which he lived in western New York state. And it mentions that he fought in the Revolutionary War. He had a son named Isaac also, whom I've named Jr. (1795-1836.)
Isaac's brother Silas Booth (1758-1835) also served in the Revolutionary War. I'm glad I just looked through some of the hints on Ancestry, and found he lived till 1835, instead of dying in 1809 as some records said...at least he received his war pension until then. In the war he moved from a private in the Connecticut Militia to Quartermaster. When he moved to Albany, NY, following the war, he was a cooper, woodworker, carpenter.
Elizabeth and Zachariah Booth's children scattered a bit, perhaps after the war. Daughter Elizabeth Moss ended up in Charleston,SC; Lemuel to Lenox, MA; Silas in Albany, NY; and Isaac in Ontario County, NY. Tabitha Booth Shelton died and is buried in Booths Hill, Fairfield CT...near where she was born.
Three have no death date or place: Mary Booth Hinman 1744-?, Lemuel Booth 1749-?, and Elizabeth Moss Booth 1751- ?, but she did move to Charleston SC. They all married, and most of them gave Elizabeth and Zachariah some grandchildren. Thus the Booths spread about in the US.
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