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Charles Bean, eldest son of the preceding, b. Jan 5, 1767, in the Saco river block-house; m. Sally Cotton (b. in Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 3, 1771,) May 17, 1790, and d. in Limerick, June 29, 1847 ; was a prosperous farmer ; had fourteen children.
1. CATHARINE, b. Jan. 3, 1791; m. ist, Jacob Clark, of Limerick; moved
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to New Vineyard, Me. She m. 2d, Dec. 14, 1829, Peter Butler. She d. Jan. 18, 1854.
2. GEN. DANIEL, b. Feb. 7, 1793; m. Apr. 29, 1813, Ruhama, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Cobb) Bangs, of Gorham, Me., who was b. Feb. 16, 1795. He d. in Brownfield, May 15, 1873. He settled in the lat- ter town in 1812 ; served in defense of Portland in 1814, and was pen- sioned; was general of the 2d brigade, 6th division, Maine militia, in 1826; held many town offices ; an active merchant from 1818 to 1850. Gen. Bean was a man of fine personal appearance, large, portly, stately, and by many was said to resemble General Scott. Children as follows :
I. MAJ. SYLVANUS B., b. June 12, 1814; m. Sally S. Hadley, May 1, 1837 ; she was b. Mar. 20, 1817, d. Sept. 11, 1860. He held a com- mission in a Maine regiment in the Civil war; resided in Brown- field ; educated at Fryeburg and Limerick academies; was in trade at North Parsonsfield in 1836 -- 37 ; aid for Gen. Thomas, commander York county militia; had charge of company called to Augusta in 1839, during northeastern boundary trouble; fifteen years with his brother Eli B. in trade at Brownfield; postmaster sixteen years ; held all the elective offices in town; was lieutenant in the 11th Maine regiment in the Civil war; promoted to captain and major in quartermaster's department and served to close of war; was a mem- ber of the Freewill Baptist church; prominent Mason and Odd Fellow ; Always took an active part in welfare of his town; was respected and honored; a kind neighbor and warm friend. He was three times married. Children :
(1). Henry G., b. Sept. 3, 1840 ; d. Sept. 14th.
(2). Frank, b. Oct. 30, 1841.
(3). John H., b. June 22, 1843.
(4). Daniel A., b. May 20, 1846; d. June 6, 1865.
(5). Elisa S., b. Feb. 18, 1848; d. , 1850.
(6). Charles F., b. Dec. 17, 1849.
(7). Elisa S., b. Aug. 28, 1852 ; m. Frederick W. Spring.
(8). Jennic H., b. Oct. 22, 1854; m. Alpheus Leighton.
11. ELIZABETH, b. July 28, 1816; m. Oct. 6, 1836, Samuel E. Spring ; d. Oct. 26, 1841.
111. CAPT. ELI B., b. June 11, 1821; m. June 8, 1846, Mary O. Spring, and resides at Brownfield, Me. He was educated at Westbrook and Parsonsfield seminaries and at the Norwich, Vt., University; was captain and major in Civil war, serving as assistant quartermaster for inspection of cavalry in the army of the Potomac, ordered to Fort Seldan, N. M., where he was discharged. He has been engaged in trade in his native town since a young man, and has a fine, large store in which he carries a heavy stock of general merchandise; has filled many official positions ; a land surveyor and conveyancer. No issue.
IV. DANIEL, b. Mar. 16, 1823 ; d. July 4, 1846.
V. MAJ. JAMES S., b. June 24, 1825; m. in 1853, Caroline E. D. Spring ;
GEN. DANIEL BEAN AND WIFE.
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was major in an Illinois regiment in Civil war; residence, Aurora. Children :
(1). Susie S., b. July 24, 1855.
(2). Oscar B., b. Apr. 19, 1857.
VI. CHARLES H., b. June 14, 1827 ; m. Mary Staples in 1877; corporal in Civil war; now with brother Eli B. in store at Brownfield.
VII. MARY C., b. Jan. 18, 1830 ; d. Jan. 30, 1848.
VIII. SALLY C., b. Feb. 17, 1832 ; d. Sept. 16, 1857.
IX. EDWIN F., b. Oct. 23, 1834; m. Marantha A. Mulloy, of Limington, Mar. 13, 1858, and settled on the Pacific coast, where he published a newspaper for many years. He has returned to his native town after an absence of about forty years, and is in the store with his brothers.
X. ANDREW C., b. Dec. 20, 1836; m. Mary A. Spring in 1861. He went to Buenos Ayres in 1857, where he was for many years a prom- inent and successful merchant, doing an extensive export business with the United States; was a man of marked business ability and unimpeachable integrity, and one of the most popular and influential of the foreign residents of Buenos Ayres. He had just been ap- pointed Argentine Consul at Boston, when, June 6, 1886, he died suddenly at Brownfield.
XI. WILLIAM H. H., b. Feb. 18, 1840; clerk and forage master in Union army during Civil war.
3. NATHANIEL C., b. Dec. 26, 1794; m. Elizabeth Bangs, of Limington.
4. ELI, b. Sept. 4, 1796 ; m. Eunice Strout, of Limington ; d. Dec. 20, 1819.
5. DAVID, b. July 5, 1798 ; d. Nov. 14, 1815 ; single.
6. MARY, b. in IS00; m.
7. SALLY C., b. Mar. 23, 1802; m. Ivory Small ; d. in Bangor.
8. DEA. COTTON, b. Mar. 6, 1804; m. Mehitabel Brackett, of Limington ; a prominent man in Limerick.
9. HANNAH, b. July 30, 1806 ; m. Sylvanus Bangs, of Limerick.
IO. ELIZA T., b. July 19, 1808; m. Wm. L. ()'Brion, of Cornish.
II. REV. CHARLES, b. Jan. 3, 1811 ; m. Salome Drew, of Newfield. He was an able minister of the gospel in the Freewill Baptist church.
12. SYLVANUS, b. Jan. 3, 1811 ; d. young ; unmarried.
13. RUHAMAH, b. July 16, 1813; m. James Merrill, of Limerick.
14. NANCY, b. Nov. 8, 1815 ; m. Sewall Small, of Limington, and is the only one living of the family.
Curtis Bean and wife Applia Merrill came to Brownfield from Poplin, N. H. (now Fremont), about 1775, and settled on what is now the Gibson farm, near Fryeburg line; said to have been a soldier in the French and Revolutionary wars ; was a vigorous, industrious man who suffered many hard- ships ; uneducated. He d. at the home of his son Dudley, Feb. 8, 1833, at the great age of 102 years. His wife d. Jan. 3, 1828, aged 89. These had nine children :
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1. JOSEPH, b. 1760; m. Sarah, dau. of David Evans, of Fryeburg, Oct. 14, 1788; she d. Aug., 1765. He m. a second time. Mr. B. d. July 17, 1849, aged 89. Ten children :
I. DAVID, b. in Fryeburg, July 9, 1789.
II. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 6, 1793.
III. RUTH, b. July 31, 1795.
1V. TIMOTHY, b. March 20, 1797.
v. NATHANIEL, b. July 27, 1801 ; d. Feb. 17, 1827.
VI. SALLY, b. May 11, 1803 ; d. Jan. 3, 1829.
VII. CURTIS, b. May 14, 1805 ; d. July 31, 1826.
VIII. MARY, b. Nov. 6, 1806.
IX. INCREASE R., b. Aug. 3, 1808; d. in Lowell, Mass.
x. ELIZA, b. Feb. 12, 1821 ; m. George Googins, of Saco.
2. CAPTAIN THOMAS, b. in Raymond, N. H., Jan. 3, 1767; m. Elizabeth Osgood, of Fryeburg, b. July 25, 1774, and had issue as follows:
I. JANE, b. in Porterfield, July 24, 1792.
1I. SUSANNA, b. in Porterfield, July 26, 1793.
III. THOMAS, b. in Porterfield, Dec. 30, 1794.
IV. JAMES O., b. in Porterfield, Apr. 8, 1796; m. Elizabeth b. Apr. II, 1795. He d. Dec. 24, 1864; his wife d. May 8, 1874, aged 79. He had issue as follows :
(1). Ann M., b. Aug. 6, 1822.
(2). James M., b. Oct. 23, 1823.
(3). Emily J., b. Feb. 18, 1825.
(4). Thomas K., b. Sept. 13, 1826.
v. SAMUEL, b. in Porterfield, Feb. 23, 1798; m. Sally Thoms, b. Oct. 8, 1794, and had Mary A., b. Aug. 12, 1827; Horatio O., b. Oct. 19, 1830, d. Dec. 2, 1849.
V1. HENRY, b. in Brownfield, June 8, 1801 ; m. Martha Marstin, b. Sept. 8, 1818, and had Augustus, b. June 8, 1836. He d. Mar. 16, 1861, aged 59. Wife d. Dec. 24, 1874, aged 59 yrs., 3 mos., 18 days.
VII. ELIZABETH, b. in Brownfield, Jan. 7, 1804.
VIII. ALMIRA A., b. in Brownfield, July 23, 1807.
IX. HAZEN, b. in Brownfield, Mar. 7. 1809.
x. JULIA M., b. in Brownfield, Feb. 17, 1811.
XI. ALBION, b. in Brownfield, May 9, 1813.
XII. RUFUS C., b. in Brownfield, Sept. 24, 1816.
DUDLEY, b. Nov. 19, 1772 ; m. Polly Gibson, Dec. 10, 1801 (by Jos. Howard, Esq.). Wife b. Aug. 22, 1785.
1. ALPHEUS, b. Apr. 22, 1804.
II. LORANA, b. July 11, 1806.
III. CHARLES W., b. Feb. 15, 1808; m. Sarah P. Johnson, b. Oct. 27, 1815, and had Charles E., b. Dec. 3, 1835.
IV. SOPHRONA, b. Feb. 13, 1810.
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V. JONATHAN G., b. May 2. 1812.
VI. MARY A., b. May 22, 1814.
VII. SOPHRONA, b. July 21, 1816.
YIII. DUDLEY, b. July 24, 1818.
IX. MARGARET, b. Aug 21, 1820.
x. DANIEL G., b. Sept. 13, 1822.
XI. ANDREW J., b. May 14, 1824.
XII. SARAH J., b. May 7, 1826.
XIII. FRANCES E., b. May 9, 1828.
4. JAMES, b. in Brantree, July 25, 1775 ; m. Lois, dau. of Lieut. John Walker, of Fryeburg, b. Jan., 25, 1770, and had issue as follows :
I. APPHIA, b. May 3, 1798 ; m. Silas C. Brown, May 23, 1830.
II. SUSANNA, b. Jan. 26, 1800.
III. JAMES, b. Feb. 20, 1802.
JY. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 6, 1803.
5. NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 9, 1779; m. Betsey Harmon, b. June 17, 1799 ; d. Feb. 18, 1829. He m. second, Sally, b. in Gorham, May 23, 1793. Issue :
I. NATHANIEL, b. Oct. 24, 1817 ; d. Sept. 12, 1818.
II. ELIZA A., b. Dec. 2, 1818.
III. RICHARD H., b. Dec. 11, 1820; d. Jan. 8, 1821.
IV. NATHANIEL M., b. Nov. 11, 1821.
y. RICHARD H., b. Oct. 16, 1823 ; killed by cattle in Gorham.
VI. PRISCILLA, b. June 11, 1824.
VII. HIRAM, b. Jan. 15, 1826.
VIII. MELBINA, b. May 10, 1833.
IX. MIRABAH, b. Oct. 20, 1834. x. ANN R., b. Apr. 18, 1838.
6. NATHAN, m. Phebe Dutch, of Conway, N. H.
7. HANNAH, m. Stephen Lane, of Buxton, Me.
8. POLLY, m. George Rounds, of Brownfield.
9. SALLY, m. Moses Kilgore, of Bartlett, N. H.
Dea. Samuel Bean, b. in York, Me., Feb. 14, 1786; wife Sally, b. in York, Jan. 5, 1785 ; settled in Brownfield, and had issue as follows :
I. ASA, b. Oct. 31, 1809, in York.
2. MOSES, b. Dec. 15, 1811, in York; d. Mar. 4, 1816.
3. MARY, b. Feb. 27, 1813, in Brownfield.
4. SALLY, b. Oct. 28, 1814.
5. ANNA, b. July 15, 1816.
6. HANNAH, b. Nov. 10, 1818.
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7. SALOME, b. Apr. 25, 1821.
8. SAMUEL, b. July 21, 1823.
9. DANIEL, b. Mar. 17, 1826.
Renton Family.
Dr. Joseph Benton came from Westmoreland, Conn., to Fryeburg with his family and practised medicine there several years. He removed to Den- mark previous to 1806, and after continuing in practice there nearly a quarter of a century he removed into Baldwin, near the Hiram line, where he d. Aug. 21, 1838, aged 76 years. He was a very skillful physician and took high rank among the practitioners of his day.
Alfred Benton, eldest son of the preceding, was b. in Westmoreland, Conn., Mar. 19, 1788 ; m. Sally Knapp Symonds, in 1809, and came with his father to Denmark between 1800 and 1806. He was a man of talent, pos- sessed of keen wit; served as enlisting officer in Massachusetts during war of 1812 ; held several official positions in town. He d. Jan. 1, 1887 ; was a pen- sioner during his last years. Children as follows:
I. ALMEDA J., b. Mar. 21, 1810; m. Herbert Frost.
2. ELVIRA O., b. May 17, 1812 ; d. Oct. 5, 1814.
3. ALBION P., b. Aug. 28, 1816 ; m. Sarah Wadsworth, of Hiram, and lived many years in that town on a farm he had cleared. His wife d. in Par- sonsfield, Dec. 13, 1875, and he m. Apr. 15, 1877, Mary S. Pillsbury. In 1868 he purchased the old Thomas Edgecomb farm in Parsonsfield, where he built a beautiful dwelling and out-buildings, which are in one of the most imposing locations in the town. He d. Dec. 11, 1886. Ten children.
4. ALFRED, b. Apr. 25, 1819.
5. JESSE S., b. June 11, 1821.
6. THOMAS H., b. Feb. 12, 1824.
7. ELIZA K., b. Oct. 31, 1827.
8. MARY C., b. Aug. 27, 1829.
9. NATHAN C., b. June 19, 1832.
NOTE .- Dr. Benton was once called to New Hampshire during the ravages of a malady of a very fatal nature and was successful in healing those who were seized with the disease. When his services were no longer required he remarked in his characteristic way: "I have driven death through the Notch of the White Mountains and put up the bars." His five sons all served in the war of 1812, and two of them, Nathaniel S. and Charles, became, subsequently, members of Congress; the latter was a judge.
Berry Family.
Maj. Elias Berry, one of the most prominent early settlers in Denmark, was b. in Middleton, Mass., Aug. 23, 1767; m. Jane Stiles, b. Apr. 10, 1764, of Andover, Mass., where he first began life. He came to Denmark and com- menced to clear land in 1792 on what has since been called "Berry's hill," and the farm is now owned by the town as poor-farm. On Feb. 11, 1794, he left Andover with a yoke of oxen and sled, on which were all his household goods, supplemented by his wife and three children; was about eight days coming through to "Pleasant Mountain Gore." His farm was large and one of the best. He built the first two-story house in Denmark; in this was fin- ished a hall where the early settlers used to assemble for balls on the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, the New Year, and fourth of March. Dancing would begin at one or two o'clock in the afternoon and continue through the after- noon to the "wee, small hours ayont the twal." Flagging spirits were stimu- lated by West India rum and Holland gin for the male persuasion, and mild toddy for the women. At one side a room was provided for nursing babes, whose mothers joined in the dance, while these were cared for by an attendant delegated for that purpose. Such had not then been adopted by the cows and the mothers would occasionally leave the dance hall and attend to the food supply of their offsprings. The muscular exercise and vim exhibited in these old-time dances would astonish the gentle skippers of the present day.
Major Berry was the principal business man in town for many years, espec- ially in lumbering operations, and acquired a handsome estate which he lost in later years by financial reverses. He held important offices in town till old age ; was chosen representative to the "Great and General Court" in Massachusetts, in 1817 and 1819, and served in the Legislature of Maine. He died June 18, 1850.
Blach Family.
The surname was derived from such ancestors, in early days, as had a dark complexion or black hair. The ancestors were Scottish, but a branch de- scended from George Black was planted in Ulster, Ireland, before 1620, and some of them have come to New England. The Misses Agnes and Jessie Black are ladies of the manor of Heatherknowe, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Josiah Black was in Kittery as early as 1718, and probably came over with the Scotch-Irish that year. Samuel, "son of Widow Black," was in York in 1727. A William Black made his will in Kittery, Jan. 1, 1727; wife's name Sarah ; sons, William and Joshua ; to the latter willed "3 piggs"; grandsons, William, Benjamin, and Jonathan. Joshua Black made his will in Kittery, Jan. 19, 1753, and mentions children named Jonathan, Henry, Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Alma, Catherine and Margery. Thomas Black, of Kittery, made his
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will April 30, 1756, "being bound on an expedition in His Majesty's service." A gun received by his father's will he gave to a brother Henry.
Josiah Black, a blacksmith by trade, descended from the Kittery family, born in 1750; m. Martha Cookson, of Standish, and settled in Limington before the Revolution. He served in the Continental army at Hubbardstown, Vt., and was under Stark at the surrender of Burgoyne, Oct. 7, 1777. He d. in Limington, July 4, 1840 ; issue and descendants as follows :
I. MARY, b. May 10, 1775; m. Jacob Small.
2. JOHN, b. Aug. 31, 1777 ; m. Nabby Small, of Limington.
3. JOAB, b. Nov. 4, 1780; m. Hannah Hamlin and had issue in Limington :
I. JOSIAH, b. Oct. 31, 1802.
1I. OLIVE, b. Aug. 14, 1804.
III. HANNAH, b. Dec. 18, 1809.
IV. IRA, b. Sept. 8, 1811.
V. LOVINA, b. Oct. 20, 1814.
4. JOSIAH, b. Aug. 31, 1784; m. Mary Libby, of Scarborough, where he d. July, 1864. Some of his children were born in Limington.
1. ZEBULON, b. Dec. 12, 1808 ; m. Elmira Emerson, and settled in Newry, Me.
II. JOHN, b. Dec. 24, 1810; m. July 17, 1837, to Roxanna, dau. of Heze- kiah Andrews, of Bethel (she b. Dec. 30, 1810), and settled at Snows Falls, in Paris, Me., Mar. 3, 1865, where he has served in town offices. Children :
(1). Olive, b. Feb. 10, 1840; m. Charles S. Willis, and lives in Gor- ham. N. H.
(2). Hannah, b. Mar. 21, 1844; m. Lemuel E. Carter, and lived in Paris.
III. JOSIAH S., b. Nov. 29, 1812; m. Eunice B. Smith, and settled in Newry, Me.
IV. MERCY, b. Jan. 21, 1815; d. young.
V. MARTHA, b. Mar. 29, 1817 ; m. John J. Plaisted, and settled in Lynn.
VI. DAVID I, b. Sept. 28, 1819.
V11. JOAB, b. Feb. 3, 1823.
VIII. ALMER, b. April 13, 1824; m. Betsey Bailey, of Medford, and settled there.
IX. MARY L., b. May 6, 1827 ; m. Lorenzo Goodwin and lived in Lynn.
5. MERCY, b. Jan. 8, 1789: m. Amos Libby.
6. AARON, b. Sept. 10, 1791 ; m. Lydia Libby, of Scarborough, and settled there.
7. BETSEY, b. Feb. 22, 1798.
David T. Black, son of Josiah S. and Eunice, was born in Newry, Me., Dec. 27, 1838 ; m. Hannah Locke, of Bethel, and settled at Snow's Falls, Paris, Me .; removed to Norway, where he d. Apr. 3, 1879 ; served in Union army during the Rebellion ; was master of Paris Masonic Lodge; had dau. Mabel, b. Mar. 7, 1868.
BOOTHBY HALL, ENGLAND.
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Alvah Black, son of Joab and Hannah, was the youngest of seven chil- dren, b. Dec. 3, 1817 ; m. Persis S., widow of Hon. Charles Andrews, and dau. of William Sibley, of Needom. His son,
Charles A. Black, b. July 2, 1856, graduated at Bowdoin College in 1875, and was principal of Paris Hill Academy and Norway Liberal Institute ; studied law and was admitted to the bar, but has resumed teaching, for which he has excellent qualifications.
Boothby Family.
English Ancestry .- The name and family of Boothby are of great an- tiquity, and may be traced backward for the long period of a thousand years. A distinguished antiquarian writer states that about the year 800 A. D., King' Egbert divided the nation into counties, hundreds, and wapentakes, and that one of the later sections in Lincolnshire was named Boothby. In the same county was a market town named Boothby-Paynell ; also a manor house of the same designation. Cambden says these places received their names from the Boothby family, then resident there; and the ancient historian, Leland, makes a like statement. Some modern writers have taken exception to this view from the fact that few surnames existed at so remote a period, but the family tradition is that the name in its rudimentary form was derived from a Danish tribe named "Bobi" that settled early in Britain, and that the family of Boothby is descended from the chiefs of this tribe, who held lands in Lin- colnshire. Charles E. Boothby, Esq., a distinguished representative of the family in England, with whom the author has had the honor of corresponding, says : "Judging from the termination of the name, ethnologists have been of opinion that the name is of undoubted Danish origin. Certainly it is not Roman, nor is it Saxon." In Norman times, the "de" was added. Two parishes in Lincolnshire still bear the name of Boothby; one in the wapen- take of Boothby-Graffo, a few miles south of Lincoln; and Boothby-Paynell, a few miles southeast of Grantham. If in King Egbert's reign the Boothbys owned the intervening territory, their possessions must have been very con- siderable. The ancient manor house which belonged to them is still standing in the last named parish. The name of Paynell came in only when the Booth- bys lost their Lincolnshire estates by the marriage of the only child of the owner of them to a Paynell of Devonshire. But the male line of the family was preserved, descending from an uncle of the heiress, in unbroken succes- sion; and the male line has continued unbroken through all the centuries since their first settlement in Lincolnshire in the ninth century. The pedigree of the family was compiled by Dr. Sanderson, who subsequently became bishop of Lincoln, and the manuscripts are preserved in the British museum .*
The lineal descent of a family so ancient cannot be traced with certainty through the earlier generations ; there are, however, in ancient documents,
* This remarkable pedigree was copied by an expert at a cost of £2 ($10.00) for the author. It was in Latin and covered two broadside sheets.
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evidences to prove the existence of the family and name until the regular succession is established by the subjoined pedigree.
BOOTHIBY PEDIGREE.
1. THEDORIC DE BOTHEBY, Knight, Lord of Botheby, m. Lozelina, who laid the foundation stone of Croyland Abbey church, and endowed same, Anno 1114. His son,
2. HUGH DE BOTHEBY, Knight, Lord of Botheby, m. Emma Wake, and had four sons, Hugo, Osbert, Ralph, and Walter.
3. HUGH DE BOBY, Knight (Custor of Bishopric of Lincoln, Anno 1200-4), m. and had three sons, Osbert, Hugo and Robert, who had a son Hugh, whose heir was a cousin of the same name.
4. OSBERT DE BOBY, a promoter of Magna Charter, had three sons, Hugh, Odinell, and William, who was hostage for Agatha, Countess of Arun- del. The eldest son,
5. HUGO DE BOOTHBY, b. 1208; supported the Great Charter under Simon de Montfort ; m. Maud, dau. of Thomas de Ingolsthorpe, and had two sons, Ilugh and John. The eldest,
6. SIR HUGH DE BOBY, Knight, Lord of Botheby, m. Aurora, dau. of An- drew Luterell, Baron of Inham, and had six sons and a daughter, viz : Alexander ; Thomas, who carried on the family, as will presently appear ; Robert, m. Margena, dau. and heiress of Sir J. de Camingham ; Hugh, whose heir was his eldest brother ; Walter, commissioned by King Ed. 11, 1325 ; Adam, Abbot of Peterborough, d. 1338, and Joan, m. Sir John de Neville. The eldest,
7. SIR ALEXANDER DE BOTHEBY, Lord of Boothby. m. Isabella, dau. of Sir Gilbert de Neville, and had a dau. Agnes, who m. 1309 Sir John Paynell, and carried the ancient estate to that family. Her son, Sir John Pay- nell, was styled "co-heir of John de Botheby, Chancellor of Ireland."
S. SIR THOMAS DE BOTHEBY, brother of Alexander, preceding, was Lord of Botheby. He had two sons, Thomas and John, Chancellor of Ire- land, who d. 1386. The first,
9. SIR THOMAS DE BOTHEBY, m. Alicia and had two sons, John and Rob- ert who was of Botheby Hall, Lincoln. The elder son,
10. SIR JOHN DE BOTHEBY, co-heir of his uncle John, was of Ryhall, York- shire. He had a son,
II. SIR THEOBALD DE BOTHEBY, Governor of Pontefract Castle, which he defended with great gallanty for the Lancastrians during the war of the Roses. He m. Agatha,* only dau. and heiress of Sir Robert de Botheby, of Ryall Hall, just mentioned, and had a son,
12. WALTER BOOTHBY, of Boothby, Esq., who m., 1422, Maud, dau. of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Maplethorpe Hall, County Lincoln, and had two sons,
* His wife was heir of Robert Boothby, of Boothby, County Lincoln, Kent, by whom he had the lordships of Boothby, Bransby, Yarthorp, and Doddington Spigott. County Lincoln; and also had certain lands in Long Whaton and Dunishorpe, County Leicester. The said Sir Tho- bald and Sir Robert bore the same coat of arms; that is, Argent on a Canton Sable, a lion's paw erased in bend.
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BOOTHIBY FAMILY.
13. RALPH BOOTHBY, of Boothby, Esq., whose daughters, Fane, who m., 1 493, George Ogleby, Esq., and Elizabeth, who m., 1493, Francis Foth-, erby, Esq., were co-heiresses. The succession then devolved on the second son of Walter,
14. THOMAS BOOTHBY, of Boothby, Esq .. who m., 1461, Kate, dau. of Rob- ert Enderby, Esq., and had
15. THOMAS BOOTHBY, of Boothby, Esq., who d. 1550. He had
16. THOMAS BOOTHBY, of County Lincoln, Esq., whose son,
17. RICHARD BOOTHBY, bapt. Apr. 10, 1599, was of County Stafford, Esq. His son,
18. WILLIAM BOOTHBY, of London, Esq., m. Judith, dau. of T. Osten, of Oxley, Esq., relict of Sir Richard Corbett. He was a woolen merchant. His issue was five sons and one daughter. The third son,
19. SIR HENRY BOOTHBY, m. Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Hayes, Lord Mayor of London. He was created a baronet by King Charles 1. by letters patent, dated Nov. 5, 1644, which received the sign-manual, but did not pass the seals, owing to the confusion resulting from the civil wars. All the real estates enjoyed by Sir Henry he derived from the good management of his mother, his father having devised him money only. Being a woman of remarkable judgment and financiering ability. she acquired great wealth, and left to her son an estate in London; another called Kingsland in Middlesex; Chatterclote, Claydon, and the manor of Cloperdy, in Oxfordshire; Bradlow-Ash, Cold Eaton, Kings- mills, and other lands thereunto belonging near Ashbourne, Derbyshire; one-half of the manor or park of Cheadle, with Languor and posses- sions in Staffordshire. He d. in 1648, and was succeeded by his only son,
20. SIR WILLIAM BOOTHBY, who m. first, Frances, dau. of Col. Millward, of Snitherton, County Derby, and had one son, of whom hereafter. He m. second, Hill, eldest dau. and co-heir of Sir William Brooke, K. B., and grandniece of Henry Lord Cobham, by whom he had ten children, of whom two only survived him, namely, Francis and Henry, of whom hereafter. He was knighted in the field by Charles II., and at the Res- toration the king was pleased to renew his patent gratis, by the name of Sir William Boothby, of Bradlow-Ash, the former patent being of Chatterclote. FRANCIS BOOTHBY m. Anne, dau. and co-heiress of Thomas Child, of Dogsthorpe, Esq., by whom he had one son, Henry, who d. during the life-time of his father.
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