An ancestor born July 13, 1600,

Happy birthday to Anna Rosanna White Porter 

 BIRTH 13 JULY 1600 • Shalford, Essex, England 

DEATH 11 MAY 1647 • Windsor, Hartford, Conn

She was the mother of Sarah Porter Judson, grandmother of Sarah Judson Curtiss, and great grandmother of Anna Curtiss Booth, wife of  Zachariah Booth.  So my middle name of Booth, harkens back to the surname of my ancestors.

Anna White Porter was the daughter of Robert & Bridget (Allgar) White, and sister of three other New England immigrants: John White, Elizabeth (White) Goodwin, & Mary (White) Loomis.

She and John Porter had eleven known children. The Parish records of Shalford & Messing, Essex, England list Anne Whighte baptised July 13, 1600 in Shalford, daughter of Robert Wheight. SOURCE: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) vol 138, Pg. 460.

And she's one of the few of my ancestors that has a birth date (actually her baptism date) for a great times 10 grandmother!

It's fun to look back at any of the New England ancestors, especially those who were in leadership positions, because there are so many records about them, and if they came from a family in England (which most of them did!) who had church records about birth/baptism, marriage and death, then there are lots of records to check.  However, when all the records say a man was married at 4 years of age, and another record at least lets him get to be 27 before marrying, which one am I to believe?  So at this juncture, I've been looking at John Porter's father, and finding some of the dates of his death are based upon a written text (thank heavens I could find and read it) where it says, "John Porter a boy."  So I doubt that this is our ancestor.  I can only do this research for about a half hour at a time, because it really gives me a headache.

Welcome to the Sherlock side of Genealogy!

And in honor of Anna (Rosanna) White Porter, the records that I have give her birth, her marriage, and a whole list of children's names.

Burke's American Families with British Ancestry (pg. 2869) says her husband,

John Porter of Windsor Conn, born 1590; emigrated to America from Felsted, Essex, England ca. 1637, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, later moving to Windsor in 1639; married Anna (who d. 1647) dau. of Robert White, and d, 1648, leaving issue, 1. Samuel, 2. Nathaniel, 3. Eleazar Porter, 4, William Porter (physician.)

Her father, Robert White, left a will, which gives a lot of information about the family in England.  I already posted about Robert White, and Lady Bridget Algar White.

Anna Rosanna married John Porter of Windsor Connecticut,  and she was the 6th of 8 children of Robert and his wife Brydgette Algar. Source: Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, and his antecedents in the Old World, pg 104 in Loomis Genealogy.

Anna and John Porter had their first 9 children born in England.  They are listed in records of their baptisms from 1621 to 1637.  One son, Samuel, died at 2 months of age.  This is interesting because the Burke's publication quoted above has him continuing to live, and being the head of a family.  Yes, having lost the first Samuel in 1632, the Porters named another son Samuel who was born in 1635. Source: English Origins of New England Families, Second Series Vol. III, pg. 736.

In the same source, page 732, Anna White Porter and her sister, Mary White Loomis, are described living in homes next to each other in Windsor, CT.

And on page 731, same source, Anna White of Messing (England) is married to John Porter of Felsted on 18 Oct 1620.  That same page talks of Anna's death (as John Porter's wife, in 1647) and her husband's will, when he died in 1648.

Much of the same information is repeated in Families of Ancient Windsor, under John Porter, Sr.

Though there was a date of death in Windsor CT for Mrs. Porter (her given name wasn't mentioned), her burial is unknown.  Her third child was Sara Porter, who married Joseph Judson, and they were my 9 times great grandparents.  But their story is posted about here.

As a footnote, I must mention the fact that I lived in Windsor Connecticut in the 1960s, where the Porter family had lived and Anna and her husband died.  I admit I didn't walk the same paths that she did, but I probably drove the same roads that were part of her life.  Just 322 years later!  I must mention that my husband had grown up in the Hartford, Connecticut area in the 1950s and attended a "prep school" named Loomis.  I'm sure it was founded by the same family as Anna's sister's husband.

Our Windsor CT home in 1968-69. We painted it a nice colonial blue, but it had been cream when we moved there, and apparently the present owners (2013) liked that color as well.

Grace Ann Porter Judson

My 10 x great grandmother born (1597) in England, married and had 3 sons who came with the parents to America.
William Judson was her husband, and a lot of Colonial biographies talk about him.
Grace Judson died on Sept 29, 1659 in New Haven CT

I just spent HOURS looking at her father, John Porter's lineage.  There was a birth and death date given, and even their marriage date.

But there are conflicting dates of his birth and death.  I've looked pretty in depth, and finally made an executive decision, that back in the 1500's a birth date could have been 3 years different and it still was probably the same person.

Many of the marriage dates at Ancestry have as much as 10 years span listed, and sometimes both dates are given background information.  So I usually will post both of them onto my tree, usually.  The exceptions the ones that are when they are before child-bearing age.  So a 14 or 15 year old might have been married.

So after having two complete trees (on Ancestry) of families of Grace Ann's parents, John and Sibyl Vessey Porter, I've combined the 10 children when it showed 20 children with all kinds of duplicates.  Grace Ann is the 9th of the 10 children.

She married William Judson in 1618, Nov. 17. But the hand written document says he married Grace Emson.  Not sure how that means Porter.  But all the other records say he married Grace Porter. They also are listed as being married when they immigrated to New England in 1630. And in the same year he is listed as having married Grace Burton who we only know was born in 1600...no other information.

When Grace died in 1659, William remarried Eizabeth Willmot.

Grace and William Judson had 3 sons in England who they brought with them to America.  They may also have had a daughter, but there's no information about her.

Their sons were:

Joseph Judson Lt. 9g
1619–1690
BIRTH 1619 • Kirby Mooreside, Yorkshire, England
DEATH 09 OCT 1690 • Stratford, Fairfield, CT

Sgt Jeremiah Judson
1621–1701
BIRTH 1621 • Kirby, Yorkshire, England
DEATH MAY 15, 1701 • Stratford, Fairfield, CT

Joshua Judson
1623–1661
BIRTH 1623 • Kirby, Yorkshire, England
DEATH 1661 • Stratford, Fairfield, CT.

I listed these sons because they are on my family tree, Joseph is my 9th great grandfather.

Grace Porter Judson also had a brother John Porter, who was also my 10th great grandfather.
His daughter Sarah married her cousin, Joseph Judson, 1619-1690, as listed above, the son of Grace and William, and they became my 9 times great grandparents!

I'll be talking about Joseph and Sarah Porter Judson, and her parents soon.

Richard R. Booth's birthday

My great great grandfather...who lived only a short life.  I've already posted about him here.

b. 9.23.1846, Jackson County, Indiana,
d 5.30.1879 killed by person he was prosecuting, Hempstead, TX
married 7.20.1869 (his second w.) Eugena Almetta Whitty

I think I'd like to look at his first wife, who isn't in my direct line, but I do have a cousin living who's contributed to Ancestry...her line goes back through Jemima Johnson Booth, while mine is through Richard's second wife Eguena Almeta Witty Booth.

Jemima Johnson's parents were Harvey Johnson (1810-1870?) and Sarah (Sally) Kelly Johnson (1815-1860?).  They had married in 1832 in Randolf County, Indiana. There's no death date for Jemima's father, and we don't even know who his parents were.  He probably came from Virginia, and his widow applied for veteran's benefits in 1865, which details that he was in the 3rd NY Cav.

Sally had been born in 1815 in Kanawha County, Virginia (which became West Virginia.)  The original Ancestry listing said she died between 1852-1860.  But then how could she have requested widow's pension for her husband? She isn't listed on the 1860 census when Harvey W. Johnson was living with his 4 youngest daughters, including Jemima.  Their youngest daughter, had been born in 1852.

I noticed Thomas Johnson was the next farmer listed in the 1860 census, so I thought perhaps he was related to Harvey.  But even though I found Thomas' parents, I couldn't find a Harvey in the family.

When I tried to find out more about Jemima's mother Sarah Kelly Johnson...well I just threw up my hands.  I'm pretty sure she was the daughter of a second marriage, but there are confusing lists of siblings, and dates of marriages.  Jacob Kelly was probably her father...from Virginia.

Harvey Johnson is also on an 1870 census, which was just  added to my information at Ancestry while I've been writing this.  He was living with a Jacob Johnson.  He didn't have a son by that name, and their ages were too close... Jacob was also born in Virginia and was 55, while Harvey was 61, and listed his occupation as carpenter, while Jacob was a farmer. I am not going to go back into Jacob's family.  Aren't you proud of me to not go on another wild-goose-chase? (however, I'm making a note to see if Jacob was Harvey's brother...which could possibly give me his parents' names.)

Jemima was the fifth child of 7, and had only one brother, Zachariah.  She and Richard Booth married in 1865 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas when they were both 18.  The Booth family had moved from Jackson County, Indiana to Whiteside Illinois then to Texas.  In 1860 Jemima had still been living in Randolf County, IN.  Richard must have gone back to Jackson County IN, since he'd moved with his family to IL when he was just 2.  He probably didn't know Jemima until he visited IN sometime when his family was moving to Texas. They were there by the time he was 7.  It is possible that he stayed with relatives as his family moved first to IL then to TX, but there's no record of that.

When he was 4, in the 1850 Census, he lived with his parents in Whiteside, IL. And when he was 14 in the 1860 Census, he also is listed with them in Texas.

So the mystery remains, how did Richard R Booth meet his future wife, Jemima Johnson?

They had 2 children, William (Willie) Lewis Booth (1866-1940) and James L. Booth who lived from May to Sept of 1868.  Jemima died at his childbirth.

Richard R. Booth married my great great grandmother, Eugenia Almeda Witty Booth in 1869, and they had 3 children, the last dying when just 7 months old, and her mother died at the same time, which sounds like an epidemic of some kind.

More of Abigail Judson Curtiss' siblings

Let's explore the life of Abigail's sister, Hannah Judson Wadsworth (1657-1732). She married Lt. Samuel Wadsworth (1659-1731) in 1689 and had her first child that year when she was 31. They only have 3 children who lived to adulthood.  They lived in Farmington, CT (near Hartford.)  Hannah is buried in Momento Mori Cemetery in Farmington CT.

Next sister of Abigail's was Esther Judson Curtis, born in 1660, who married Benjamin Curtis in 1680/1.  Benjamin was born in 1652 and died in 1733.  They had 3 or 4 children, (depending upon which Ancestry tree you look at,) and when Esther died in 1713, she was buried in the Old Congregational Burying Ground in Stratford.  Benjamin remarried the next year.  I have not yet been able to see the connection between Benjamin and Abigail's husband, Josiah Curtiss (1662-1745), since they had different parents. But families in the same community with the same name mean they probably are cousins of some level at least.

The next birth that Abigail's mother had was twins.  In Oct. of 1664, probably on the 27...Joshua Judson and Ruth Judson Wells were born.  Joshua has little information given about him, except that he may have married in 1695 to a Deborah Clark.  The Ancestry trees say he lived until 1744, dying in Young, Texas.  It is always possible, but since I love Texas history, I wish I knew how he fitted into it.  At what time might he have gone all the way from Connecticut to Texas?  No answers at this point.

His twin sister Ruth Judson Wells, married Samuel Wells (Welles) (1662-1733). They had 2 daughters and perhaps other children which aren't recorded through Ancestry.  Ruth died in 1744 and is buried in Center Cemetery in East Hartford, CT.

Her marker says:

Here was Buried ye Body of Mrs Ruth Wells the widow of Mr Samuel Wells Dec. who Died May ye 2d 1744 in the 80th Year of her age.

There was a Capt. Samuel Wells who lived and died just a few years differently than our Samuel, and his wife was also a Ruth Wells.  However, they are buried in Glastonbury cemetery, Hartford County, CT.

I just looked to see if this Samuel Wells (husband of Ruth Judson) was related to Rebecca Wells Judson (who married Capt. James Judson.)  It looks like they were brother and sister.  There may need to be some clarification still.

RebeccWell Judson's fine-a-grave site says:

From the Book "Descendants of William Judson of Connecticut" compiled by Linda-Jeanne Dolby:

Daughter of Thomas Welles and Widow Hannah Tuttle Pantry. She was from Hartford, CT and was the granddaughter of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut.

She married James on August 18, 1680 and bore 9 children; 4 sons and 5 daughters.

Her Stone reads: "Here lyes ye body of Mrs. Rebekah Judson Who Dyed Nov. ye 5th, 1717 Aged 62 years."

I just updated my post about Rebecca Wells Judson and her husband James Judson.  New information says they have 9 not 7 children.

And the last sibling before Abigail was Phebe Judson. She was born on 29 Oct 1666, and only lived until 1 Nov. 1676.  Her ten years of life were in Stratford, Fairfield CT.

So I'm satisfied at exploring the big family Judson, for now.

More of my family

A happy birthday for my father's older brother,  Chauncey Sweet Rogers, born Sept 21, 1912, died 15 Dec, 1974.  I knew him but a little.

Feb. 1937 hunting expedition in the wilds of Texas.  Sitting in front is my Uncle Jimmy, kneeling behind him is my grandmother Ada Phillips Swasey Rogers (Gummy) and standing from left to right, Mataley Munhall (soon to marry my father who probably took the photo) then George Rogers Sr. (Poppy) and on r. is Chauncey Rogers.

The rest of the story on Abigail Judson Curtiss

Sept. 15 may have been her birthday in 1669 in Fairfield County, CT.  She was the 11th and last child of Sarah Porter Judson (1624-1697 and Lt. Joseph Judson (1619-1690.)  Both her parents were born in England, and immigrated to the American colonies in the 1630's.  They married either in 1640 or 1644 (two records give different years.)

Abigail's oldest sister, Sarah Judson Howell (1645-1688) had married Edmund Howell of Southampton Long Island in 1764, so she wasn't even around when Abigail was born.

Judson house and Stratford Historical Society museum

John Robson Judson, her oldest brother, has an interesting history.  His birthday is Dec 10, 1647, and he married 3 times.

His first wife was Elizabeth Chapman (1651-1696), married in 1673. They had 9 children.  He remarried Hannah Hawkins Nichols Ward Judson (- 1698) in 1698, who died within the year.  His third wife was Mary Tudor Orton Judson (1660-1743) (married in 1699) and they had additional 3 children.  There is a microfilm copy of a probated document for his children and wife, Mary.  His older 2 sons, John and Joseph had already received their portions of his estate.  The remaining children when he died on 10 April 1710 are listed as: Jonathan, Martha, Elisabeth, Isaac, Daniel, Jeremiah, Mary and Ephraim. (Some of his children predeceased him.) There are many pages reflecting the inventory of his estate.

But the fun thing about genealogy just happened. At the same link to microfilms of wills and probate records, in Fairfield CT  is his father, Lt. Joseph Judson's (1619-1690) probate record as well.   He was also Abigail's father, Joseph, who died in 1690.  I think it's not John's son Joseph (1689-1758).

That his will was written in 1679 is still possible for someone who died in 1690.  But I haven't looked into it yet.  Another thing on the back burner of genealogy!  There could have been some other Joseph with a wife Mary, but I don't know of him yet.  Maybe I'll figure it out soon.

'Ive been spending most of my time the last few days looking on my Booth family tree, where the Judsons had come to America, and had 11 children, the youngest being Abigail, my eight times great grandmother.

So here are a few more of that family...

Capt. James Judson lived from 24 Apr 1650 to 25 Feb 1721 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT.  He married first to Rebecca Wells, and they had 7 children.  (Note, this is the list of children on Ancestry at this time, but there's mention of 9 children in a biography quoted below.)

When Rebecca died in 1717, he married in 1718 to Mrs. Anne Steele, probably of Stratford or Wethersfield, CT. It's interesting to see how he (and his brother John) both remarried late in life.

On the Find-A-Grave site is a quote...

Biography taken from "Descendants of William Judson of Connecticut" Compiled by Linda-Jeanne Dolby:

"James born to Joseph Judson and his wife - Sarah Porter on April 24, 1650. He died on February 25, 1721. His Stone reads: "Here lyes the body of Capt. James Judson, Esquire who dyed Feby ye 25th, 1721 Aged 71 years."

He was a large land owner and farmer and one of the most important men in the civil and military life of Stratford. A Representative to the Greneral Assembly of Connecticut from 1698 to 1719, 30 sessions in all. Ensign of the Train-Band; Lt. of Dragoon 1690; on committee for the War of 1704 and 1705, committee to procure masts for the British fleet.

He was married to Rebecca Welles (1st wife). He fathered 9 children, 4 sons and 5 daughters. His 2nd wife was Anne Welles. They had no known children."

Next born was Grace Judson Prudden Clark, born 19 Feb, 1651 in Stratford CT. She died Jan 1724 in Milford, New Haven County, CT.  She married Rev. Samuel Prudden first in 1669, and they had 5 children, according to Ancestry.  He died in 1685 and at some point she married Sgt. Thomas Clark (1637-1719) in 1703/4.

Joseph Judson was born 10 Mar 1653 in Stratford, and died 1 Feb. 1677.  He didn't marry or have children. And since he died before the date of the will of 1679, it would not have been possibly his.

More on the siblings of Abigail Judson Curtiss soon.

(Note, updated later on Sept. 20, 2018.)

Abigail Judson Curtiss

Happy birthday to...two other ancestors with Sept. 15 for their birthdays.  I know that's not until tomorrow, and I've been busy what with a hurricane (Florence) coming my direction...but I'm going to put my ancestry cap on and give you a bit more information.

Abigail Judson Curtiss was my 8 times great grandmother (1669-1697) on my Booth Family Tree.)  I've mentioned her before in a post HERE about her daughter Anna Curtiss Booth.  Abigail was the granddaughter of William Judson, who immigrated to America and built the foundation of the home which is still standing in Stratford, Fairfield County, CT.


Judson House
Capt. David Judson built a Georgian-style house in Stratford around 1750 (or as early as 1723), on the foundation of his great-grandfather William‘s stone house of 1639. Nine generations of the family lived in the house until 1888 .  The Judson House, which is now a museum, is known for its particularly fine broken scroll pediment door surround.

William Judson, (her grandfather) has historic documents about how he was one of the founders of Stratford, CT, but then moved to New Haven where he was part owner of an iron mine.

I will give more information soon about Abigail.
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And tomorrow I'll write more about the other Sept. 15 born ancestor...

John Curtis (Curtyce)

3 ancestors born on the same day.

It's probable that this happens a lot, but I'm just not aware of it.  After all, I have thousands (millions?) of ancestors.  But I only know birthdays of a few hundred probably.  Well, maybe a thousand.  I have never counted.

The 15 of September, 1577, John Curtis (Curtyce) was born in Nanzing, Essex, England.  He would become my 10 times great grandfather.  He also was one of the brave men and women who came to America around 1630.

"The son of WILLIAM & AGNES CURTIS of Nazing, England, he was baptized in Nazing on September 15, 1577. JOHN married Elizabeth Hutchins on April 19, 1610 in Nazing, England. (The author on Find a grave said -I am descended from his son, JOHN CURTISS, Jr..)

"History of Ancient Woodbury, by William Cothren, Baltimore: Gen. Publishing Co., Inc., 1977, p.531

"William (John's brother) Curtiss embarked on the ship, Lion, June 22, 1632 and landed Dec. 16, 1632, at Scituate, Mass. He removed with his family to Roxbury, Mass., whence they removed to Stratford, Conn. By the records of Stratford it apears that the father of these must have died before the removal of the family thither.."

"THIS IS ONLY A MEMORIAL THAT THE FAMILY PUT UP IN HONOR OF HIM. HE ACTUALLY DIED IN WETHERSFIELD.
Source: Quoted from Find A Grave site, Old Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield, CT.

Not to forget, Mozelle Munhall

I've been pretty busy, and didn't post a birthday remembrance for my grandmother "Grandmommy."

Mozelle Booth Miller Webb Munhall, Sept 9, 1897 - 1960.  She married first Albert Webb (1891-1919) on Aug. 7, 1915.

She gave birth to her only child, my mother, Mataley, on March 26, 1917.  I've posted about her life before HERE  and (Here).  She married second to Fred Munhall (1890-1927).  She died Sept. 2, 1960, just a few months after giving me a gold locket for my graduation present from high school.

She made beautiful clothes of which I remember not being as appreciative at the time as I am now!

She was often making gowns for the young women of San Antonio TX.  I remember some of the gorgeous fabric.  She created some of the gowns worn in the Battle of the Flowers, an annual event in San Antonio.

Robert White (1560-1617)

NOTE: a repost from my other blog...gathering the more recent blog posts into one place for access and organization!

Robert White (1560-1617)  My 11 times great grandfather.

He was the 7th birth of 10 of which at least 3 siblings didn't live past a year of age.  Robert may have been part of the heritage which said youngest sons should go to the clergy.  His parents were well off, Lady Helen (Ellen) Kirton (Girton) of White of Hill Farrance, Somerset, England and Sir Richard White of Minot, Somerset, England.

Robert married in 1685 to Lady Brygette Allgar (1562-1605).  The youngest of her 8 children was Anna (Rosanna) White Porter, my ancestress (See blog HERE).  Though Robert and Lady Brygette White both died in England, they had a son and 3 daughters immigrate to Windsor Connecticut in the American Colonies.

from http://ancestor.homestead.com/files/Robert_White.htm
"Robert White was born in Essex, England, on Tuesday, June 24, 1561, and died in Essex in 1617.  His name was also spelled Robert Whighte. He was buried in Shalford, Essex, on June 17, 1617.    Bridget Allgar was baptized in Shalford, Essex, England, on Wednesday, March 11, 1562, and died in Shalford after June 24, 1605. They were married in Shalford on Thursday, June 24, 1585. She took the name Bridget White. She is the daughter of William and Margaret (Parye) Allgar.   William Allgar of Shalford, Essex, England died in County Essex, England, in 1575. He was buried in Shalford on August 2, 1575.. His wife was Margaret Parye of England."

" Robert White was a yeoman; that is, he was not a member of the nobility but did own a small amount of land (small compared to a typical nobleman's estate). He was wealthy and appears to have lived in Shalford from his marriage until a few months before his death. Shalford is about two miles south of Wethersfield."

"In his will, Robert White bequeathes 40 shillings to Mr. Richard Rogers, preacher of God's word at Withersfield in Essex. Therefore, it is likely that he was friendly to the non-conformists and attended some of their services. A like bequest to Bartholomew Scrivener, minister of the Church of God in Messing, implies that he was also interested in the established church (or was covering all of the bases). His bequest of 40s to the poor people of Messing and nothing to the poor of Shalford where he is supposed to have lived most of his life, opens the possibility that he was born in Messing."

Sources: 

·        Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (reprinted with corrections), Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991 (1930); vol. 1, p. 487. 

·        English Origins of New England Families, Series 2, vol. 3: The Children of Robert White of Messing, Co. Essex, England, Who Settled in Hartford and Windsor (Family Tree Maker CD181).

He is listed on a Find A Grave site as a

 "Common Ancestor for US Presidents:

Millard Fillmore 

US Grant

Stephen Grover Cleveland

Gerald Ford" 

His grave site is unknown however.

William Lewis Booth and Abigail's children mix up

William Lewis Booth and wife, Abigail had at least 2 children who lived to adulthood.  I may have found records of other children.

The Sixth St. Presbyterian Church of New York baptism records (see below) indicate a couple of possible errors in transcription...where maybe a child was listed with the wrong parents.  And since this is the only link I've found (so far) to perhaps give this child these parents...it's pretty staggering.

The first blast of error is when the original was typed into the index...where the Booth name came out BOOTS.  It is clear enough penmanship in the original, so the typist really goofed.  But then I look at the names of the children, and whoa! One who is substantiated elsewhere has been given another parent's name next to it.  Charles Henry was definitely the child of William Lewis and Abigail Booth...but this entry has as his parent someone named something like Saul Bruton.  Now that name is almost illegible so how is it that the very next entry is a child belonging to the Boots, who were really William and Abigail Booth.

Charles Henry's baptism was July 1841.
The entry written above his was for July 9, 1840, for a Lewis Frederic with William and Abigail Booth listed as his parents.
The entry below Charles Henry's baptism was for Deforest Mannis (also translated as Maurice) and the parents are listed as William and Abigail Booth.  His baptism date was given as Nov. 9, 1841.

So how likely is it that the Booths would have one child born in July and then one born in Nov. of the same year?  But perhaps they had just joined the church and wanted their sons baptized, though not in the same year...since other records indicate Charles had not been born in 1841, but in 1828. And Lewis Frederic Booth was born in 1839, though not baptized until 1840.

These children were all listed by the same scribe, and not in the years that the entries represent, but I'm pretty sure were all written at the same time.

There was a Y. E. Benton as a parent, who sometimes is listed with a wife as Mary.  The parents could have been mixed up in the transcription from the original notes, perhaps by the minister, or maybe the clerk of the congregation.

But the question remains, was the last name of these children Booth, or Benton, or Bruton, or something else?  Since they appear here in Ancestry, they also appear as children of Booths (the ones I'm interested in.  So did they grow up and marry someone and have children of their own?  If I can find them with the mistaken names, what does that mean?  Charles Henry was a Booth, at least by lots of records and children he had.  The only strange thing I've found about him so far was a record that he was born in Petersburg VA.  It is almost impossible to believe the family went to VA for his birth, rather than western NY.

The next generation of Booths after Zachariah Jr. and Elizabeth Beers Booth

My 4th great grandparents were Isaac and Elizabeth Moss Booth...who I posted about a few months ago...HERE.  Isaac Booth Sr. married Elizabeth Moss in 1776, and in 1777 he was receiving pay for being in the Connecticut Militia, Robinson's Regiment as a soldier in the American Revolution.

Isaac's parents Zachariah Jr. and Elizabeth Beers Booth were introduced in a post HERE.  Isaac Booth was the 6th of their 8 children (according to Ancestry tree information.)

Corporal Isaac Booth's signature on 1777 Revolutionary War document of Robinson's Company of Connecticut Regiment...arrow points to his signature.

I've added the Sr. and Jr. designations to keep track of them. Corporal is the designated rank given to Isaac Sr when he fought in the American Revolution so I'll try to remember to use it when referring to him.

Elizabeth Moss Booth gave birth to Corp. Isaac Sr.'s first son, Legrand in 1782 at age 26.  Her next son, my 4 times great grandfather, Isaac Jr. wasn't born until 1795 when she was 39 years old.  And then she had her last son, William Lewis Booth sometime in 1797 when she was 40.

They may have been farming people,  so it is possible the Revolutionary War used up all the crops for soldiers, and the women and children were not well fed, and possibly sickly, which might be the reason Isaac Jr. and Elizabeth Moss Booth only had 3 children between 1782 and 1797.  Or did they?  I'm beginning to wonder about a girl that came up on their census records twice (but there were still the 3 sons, so to have that girl counted, they left off one of the boys maybe.)

The census of 1800 in Stratford, Fairfield County, CT shows the Isaac Jr. family having one son and one daughter under 16 years, and one male between 16 and 25 (which would be Legrand at 18 years old), and one female between 26 and 44 (Elizabeth was 44 that year).  The 2 children under 10 would have been Isaac Jr. and William though why one was counted as female is strange.  I wonder where Corp. Isaac Sr. was.  It's possible he already was scouting out places to move in western New York state.

Before the 1810 census Corp. Isaac Sr.'s family moved to Cayuga County in western New York state. Their oldest son, Legrand was an adult living on his own by that time, and had married in CT (maybe.) Legran's first son (of 12 children with 2 successive wives) was born in Cayuga County, NY in 1806.

 But again the 1810 Corp. Isaac Booth Sr. census gives a female household member (now between 16-25) as well as a male between 10-15. Both Isaac (55) and Elizabeth (54) are listed simply as "over 45."  If Isaac Jr. and his younger brother William Lewis were being counted, Isaac was 15, and William would have been 13 (give or take a year depending on when the census was taken, before or after their birthdays that year.)

Entrance to Stratford CT cemetery, in honor of early settlers, and Revolutionary soldiers.  The early Booth and the Moss families are among those buried here.

I just noticed another date glitch over on Ancestry... Namely Legrand's first wife was Elizabeth, and she is confirmed to be married to him, as they were both listed with their full names Elizabeth and Legrand Booth, as parents of one of their daughters on the daughter's death certificate.  No document says her name was Betsey.  I think someone assumed Betsey Peck was Elizabeth Booth.  I can't find any documentation that says that is true.  What I can find is a Betsey Peck who died much later than Elizabeth Booth, and Betsey remained in CT, while Elizabeth moved to NY state.

The reason I started looking for source documents was the glitch in Legrand's first wife Elizabeth's date of death as Oct. 1819, while her last son Eli Lacy Booth was born on Oct. 1, 1820....according to his grave marker when he died in 1901.  There is no documentation of the 1819 date, so I'm changing it on my tree to 1820.

Legrand married his second wife, Mary May about 1821.  I'm not using the Peck family as Elizabeth's family at this point.

So once again I got sidetracked. Sorry about that.

Isaac Jr. (a shoemaker) and Jane McElhaney Booth had 7 children. Their 4th child died just after his first birthday, and when the next son was born, he was given the same name, thus a Daniel Matthew Booth I, and a Daniel Matthew Booth II.  The first died in Aug. 1826, and the second wasn't born until Sept. 1827.

Daniel II served the Union Army in the Civil War, from Chenango, NY.

I also just found that Daniel II got married.  And his military pension request from serving the Union Army in the Civil War says he was an invalid in 1883...and his wife filed for widow's pension Nov. 22, 1892.  But I'll refrain from learning all about his family until another time.  This has gotten quite long enough for now.

Richard R. Booth my murdered great grand

(NOTE: a repost from my other blog...gathering the more recent blog posts into one place for access and organization!)

Richard R. Booth was born 23 Sept 1846 in Jackson, Indiana.  He moved from Indiana to Texas with his father, William Lewis Booth, an attorney. The Booth family emmigrated (with William's, brother Charles M.) from western New York state (Farmington, Ontario County) to Indiana and (then in 1849) to Genesee Twp, Whiteside, Illinois, to Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, and Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas. 

Present day photos of farm now on Booth homestead, "2nd farmhouse north of SW corner of section 22 on Coleta Rd," Genesee Twp, Whiteside, Illinois

Present day photos of farm now on Booth homestead, "2nd farm north of SW corner of section 22 on Coleta Rd," Genesee Twp, Whiteside, Illinois

Richard also became an attorney...or lawyer.  By 1855 his father had purchased the land for his home and Richard was living in Hillsboro,Texas.

Richard's first wife was Jemima J. Johnson, who gave birth to two children.  When she died the same year as her second child, (1868) Richard didn't long remain a widower with 2 year old WIlliam Lewis, (1866-1940, named after his grandfather.)  On July 20, 1869 he married his second wife, Eugenia Almetta Whitty, in Hillsboro, Texas, where they lived according to the 1870 census.

I think his father William, was living in Hempstead, Texas prior to 1880, though he had returned to Hillsoboro when he died in 1893.  

Richard's son Edwin Whitty Booth was born in 1871 in Hillsboro. The William L. Booth Sr. family home in Hillsboro may have been where Richard was living with his wife and children, but apparently he was working in Hempstead as well.  The top of the following photocopied page names my great-grandmother, Eugenia Almeta Booth, daughter of Richard R. Booth, born in 1873 in Hillsboro, Texas.  They had one other daughter (unnamed) who died at birth in 1875.

The following notes are photo-copied onto his Ancestry.com pages, and give a source of his lineage back to his great grandfather.  It also tells of how he was shot by a man named  Richard Dilk, of Springfield.  Richard Booth died either on July 29, or May 30, 1879, at age 32, in Hempstead, Waller County,Texas.  I think Richard Dilk was said to have been a man he was prosecuting.  (The notes below give date of death in July, while Ancestry.com gives the May date.)

   

Early notes on Booth genealogy

originally by Anna Booth Calder and then by Laurie Mae Booth Calder.

There are maybe a few mistakes in these written records, since William Lewis Booth is said to have been born in Livingston County, NY, rather than Farmington, Ontario County, NY (as Ancestry lists)  I wish the whole page had been copied also, since many dates kind of slide off the edge.

Texas Index Cards, (a source that kept track of Texas biographies I believe,) said Richard R. Booth had been an "attorney 1876-1878, Waller County and Navarro County Judge."  I wish there was access to whatever biography the index card refers.

At one point in my many years, I held a newspaper clipping which told of the murder of Richard R. Booth, which was in the possession of my Great Aunt Margaret.  I can't find any records from Hempstead archives, nor Hillsboro.  I wonder which publication printed that article.  

William Booth Home, 208 N. Waco St. Hillsboro, TX, purchased land on 12 May 1855, (photo 1993)

Zachariah Booth Jr, 1721-1775

My 6 times great grandfather was born in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut on Oct. 8, 1721, and died 17 Sept 1775.  His burial is in the Old Section of the Elm Street Cemetery, as published in Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions, Vol. 29,  pg. #17, stating he died at 53 years of age.

In 1743 he married Elizabeth Beers, (See blog HERE about her) who was 22 years old.  They had 8 children, including Isaac Booth in 1755, who fought in the Revolutionary War, also my ancestor.

"The Elm St. Cemetery was purchased in 1804 by Nathan Booth, 
SOURCE: http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/monroe/monroe_index.htm
Monroe town, Fairfield County, CT
Cemetery list:
Cutler's Farm, located on Cross Hill through the intersection at Elm Street. Most older stones face East. Established in 1804. Purchased from Nathan Booth. Addition in 1871.
Oldest headstone: Anner Booth, daughter of Zechariah and Elizabeth Booth who died 20 July 1760."

Note:  Anner (Anna) Booth was only 8 when she died, and became the first burial in the Cutler's Farm or Elm St. Cemetery.  She was 6 years younger than my ancestor Isaac Booth, so he was 14 when she died.

 In memory of Anner Booth Dau. of Mr. Zechariah & Mrs. Elizabeth Booth who died July 20, 1760.

Anner Booth, daughter of Zachariah Booth, both of their headstones.

Who was Nathan Booth who set up this cemetery?  Zachariah Sr. had a son named Nathan who died in 1800.  So he probably didn't purchase the ground for the cemetery in 1804.  His son Nathan Jr. lived until 1815, so I'm guessing he was the cemetery founder.

The grouping of cemetery stones in a photo (below) has an interesting comment...

Find a Grave link: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63245796 by: Erin Nikitchyuk.  Photographer's Note: I have posted the family grouping photo to Nathan Sr. It would logically appear that his marker is to the direct left of his wife and in a grouping with his son. Unfortunately, this likely marker is a crumbled stone with no remaining inscriptions.

The 1790 census for Huntington, Fairfield County, CT shows a Nathan Booth, with 2 males over 16 years old,  and 1 female over 16, and 2 slaves (no age or gender given.)

Oh goodie, I just spent a couple of hours looking to see which Nathan Booth might have been in the 1790 census. They were both alive, with Nathan Sr. being 61 and Nathan Jr. being 42.  So both were married, but the younger might still have had children in the household, while the elder didn't.

In the meantime I found a will by "Nathan Booth" in June 1800 without any clarification as to which one.  And a probate record in Jan 1801, which assumes the will belonged to Nathan Sr. who died in Dec.1800.

However the details of the will clearly state Nathan's wife is Eunice.  That was the name of Nathan Jr.'s wife.  His mother had been named Comfort.  But the other names given in the will are Sarah, Nathan and Samuel, which were the names of some of the children of Nathan Sr, including Nathan Jr. and his own siblings.

  Whoever wrote the will also stated he wanted to leave money in a trust to the "First Presbyterian Church in New Stratford Society in Huntington." Often a new town occured when the colonials wanted a new church closer to where they lived, and they contributed land, building and money for a minister.

 In 1800 there were few churches besides the Congregational Church in Huntington. The Episcopal church (1749), and later (1838) the Baptist Church were also there. I wonder if Nathan was unpopular and this is why his grave marker has been destroyed.

What is the truth? As of now I don't know.

At least the line of Nathan isn't my direct line...since it was his brother Zachariah I'm related to.  Uncle Nathan and cousin Nathan have a bit of confusion.  But Zach died before both of the Nathans, unfortunately.


 In remembrance of Mr. Zachariah Booth who died September the 17th 1775 age 53 years.

Zachariah Booth Sr. had died in 1762 (buried in Old Congregational burying ground) (see my post HERE about his homestead.)

Zachariah Jr. died in 1775 (headstone next to his daughter Anner in Huntington at Elm St. Cemetery.)

Elizabeth Beers Booth, Zach Jr.'s mother, lived until 1780.  But though she died in Huntington, I haven't found a record of where she was buried.

Their son, Josiah Booth also died in 1775, but was buried in New Haven CT.  He had just finished his freshman year at Yale College in New Haven. 

Huntington Ct. formed from Stratford in 1789...source:
A History of the old town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport
This e-book seems to have been published quite a while ago, and has cemetery lists included for Huntington, which are rather interesting, though most of the entries are not my relatives.

What information would I like to have dropped in my lap?  The occupations of these ancestors would be of high interest.  Many times they are assumed to be farmers.  That's very possible, but sometimes they had other jobs as well.