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21. SIR HENRY . BOOTHBY succeeded his grandfather, and at his decease, unmarried, the title reverted to his unele,
22. SIR WILLIAM BOOTHBY, who m. Frances, dau. of Sir Trevor Williams, of Langibby, in Monmouthshire, baronet ; by her he had one son, GORE BOOTHBY, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Bury, of Nottingham, Esq. His issue by her was one son,
23. SIR WILLIAM BOOTHBY, a major general in the army and colonel of the sixth regiment of foot. He succeeded his grandfather, his father having d. in his father's life-time, and dying in 1797, unmarried, the title devolved upon his cousin, BROOKE BOOTHBY, second son of Sir
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William by his second wife, the dau. of Sir William Brooke, m. first, Anne, dau. of Henry Cavendish, of Dorebridge, Esq., and by her had an only son who d. young. His second wife was Elizabeth, dau. of John Fitzherbert, of Somersall-Herbert, Esq., by whom one son,
2.4. SIR BROOKE BOOTHBY, who succeeded his cousin, as before-mentioned, as sixth baronet. He m. twice; by his first wife, Sarah, dau. of Mr. Bayard, of Derby, he had one dau. He m. second, Phceby, dau. of Copwood (or William) Hollins, of Mosslee, Staffordshire, Esq., by whom he had two sons, Brooke and William, a major in the army. He d. 1789, aged 78, and was succeeded by
25. SIR BROOKE BOOTHBY, who m. Susanna, dau. and sole heir of Robert Bristoe, Esq., of Hampshire, and had an only dau., Penelope, who d. young, but whose portrait was painted by the celebrated Sir Joshua Reynolds. Sir Brooke was a poet and author of considerable note ; best known, perhaps, by "Sorrows Sacred to the Memory of Penelope." He was one of the literary circle of which Dr. Erasmus Darwin, Miss Seward, and the Edgeworths were members. He was succeeded, at his decease in 1824, by his brother,
26. SIR WILLIAM BOOTHBY, who m. Rafalla, dau. of Signor Miguel Del Gado, of Mahon, in the Isle of Minorca. He d. March 17, 1824. Had issue three, sons, whose names follow: BROOKE, in holy orders, rector of Kilby in Nottingham, and prebendary of Southwell, b. 1784; m. Nov. 4, 1816, Louisa, dau. of Henry, 3d Lord Vernon, and had five sons and a dau. CHARLES, an officer of engineers, b. 1786; m. Marianna, dau. of the Rev. Basil Beridge, of Algarkirk, County Lincoln, and had issue : Louisa, Rafalla.
27. SIR WILLIAM BOOTHBY, eldest son of Sir William, before-mentioned, was b. Mar. 25, 1782 ; m. first, Jan. 19, 1805, Fanny, eldest dau. of John Jenkinson, Esq., and niece of Charles, rst Earl of Liverpool, by whom issue, as will appear. He m. secondly, Oct. 15, 1844, Louisa C'ranstoun, eldest dau. of late Frederick Hayes MacNamara, Esq., and relict of Alexander Nesbit, Esq., of the ist Life Guards. He was re- ceiver-general of customs at the port of London, and paymaster to the corps of gentlemen-at-arms; was K. B .; d. April 21, 1846, and was suc- ceeded by his eldest son.
28. SIR BROOKE WILLIAM ROBERT BOOTHBY, roth Baronet, was rector of Welwyn, Herts; m. Martha Serena, dau. of Rev. Charles Boothby, vicar of Sutterton, County Lincoln; succeeded by eldest son.
29. SIR CHARLES BROOKE BOOTHBY, 11th Baronet, b. 1856; succeeded in 1865; educated at Harrow; heir presumptive, his brother, Charles Francis, b. in 1858.
NOTE .- Sir William Boothby, who purchased the Ashbourne estates, acquired by his alliance with the co-heiress of Brookes Lords Cobham the numerous patrician quarterings of their coût. The Boothby of Tooley Park, who became sixth baronet, was a younger son of the heiress, and had received by gift from his father the Manor of Ashbourne, which he had purchased from John Coke in 1671. The works of Sir Brooke Boothby are in the Derby Free Library.
Miss Hill Boothby, aunt of the Knight, was rendered immortal by Doctor Johnson. Ann Seward calls her " the sublimated methodistic Hill Boothby, who can read her Bible in Hebrew." The letters she wrote to old Sam, of Fleet street, were collected and published in 1805. Attached to the correspondence are fragments of Johnson's autobiography, and verses to her memory by Sir Brooke Boothby. In the letters of the lexicographer to Miss Boothby she is called " sweet angel" and "dearest dear."
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The other children of Sir William, before-mentioned, numbered 27, were :
2. CECIL BROOKE, b. Nov. 18, 1813.
3. LOUISA MARIA, m. Aug., 1833, to the Hon. and Rev. Charles Dundas, youngest son of Viscount Melville.
4. CAROLINE MARY.
5. FANNY CHARLOTTE MARY.
6. MARIA.
ARMS-Ar, on a canton. Sa, a lion's paw, erased, in bend ar.
CREST-A lion's paw, erased, erect, or.
MOTTO-Mors Christi, mors mortis mihi.
SEAT-Ashburn Hall, County Derby.
Charles Edward Boothby, Esq., son of the Rev. Brooke Boothby, and his wife, Louisa Henrietta, dau. of Henry, 3d Lord Vernon, was born in 1820; m. 1855 the Honorable Georgianna Mary, only dau. of George Venables, 2d Lord Vernon, and formerly one of the Queen's women of the bed-chamber. He was educated at Charterhouse, and at the Royal Military Academy; is axe bearer and ranger of her Majesty's forest of Needwood; magistrate for County Stafford and commissioner of taxes; formerly clerk in the Privy Coun- cil office, and secretary of the late Marquis of Lansdowne and Earl Granville. Residence, New Lodge, Needwood Forest, Brixton-on-Trent.
Thomas Boothby, Esq., second son of William Boothby, merchant of London, was himself a merchant free of the Merchant-Tailors Company, and fined for sheriff. By his first wife, Anne Grafton, who d. Dec. 16, 1622, he had two daughters and three sons, of whom afterwards. By his second wife, Elizabeth Wright, he had two sons and two daughters.
1. WILLIAM, d. unmarried.
2. RICHARD, d. unmarried.
3. WALTER, who was seated at Tottenham, Middlesex.
4. THOMAS, who was a merchant in Spain.
5. ROBERT BOOTHBY, of Fryday hill, m. Mary, dau. and heir of George Hyer, of Western, in the parish of Shere, in Surry, by whom he had five sons and four daughters, named as follows :
I. THOMAS.
II. GEORGE, who d. single.
III. ROBERT.
IV. WILLIAM, of Shere.
V. HENRY.
VI. ANNE, wife of Matthew Bedell, Esq.
VII. ELIZABETII, m. - Styles, of Westsam, Kent, Esq.
Sir Thomas Boothby (1) was created a baronet Nov. 9, 1660. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of - Styles, of Westsam, in Kent, and by her had two sons.
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I. THOMAS, who d. Dec. 1, 1669, aged 24, being a knight, and is buried in the parish church of Morants, Essex.
2. ROBERT, who d. young.
3. ELIZABETH, wife of Hugh Ward, of London, Turkey merchant.
Dying without male issue, Sir Thomas left his estate to his next surviving brother, designated above as
Robert Boothby (111), Esq. He m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Jackson, of Bicker, in Lincolnshire, Esq., by whom he had a son and daughter.
Thomas Boothby, Esq., son of preceding, who d. May 13, 1735, and was succeeded by
Robert Boothby, the last male of this line of whom we have any account. SARAH, dau. of Robert and Sarah, died unmarried.
BOOTHBYS OF LONDON AND FRYDAY HILL.
I. THOMAS BOOTHBY, of Boothby-Paynell, in county of Lincoln, living in 1550, had a son,
2. THOMAS BOOTHBY, whose son,
3. RICHARD BOOTHBY, of Marchampton, county of Stafford, living in 1561, had
4. WILLIAM BOOTHBY, a wealthy citizen and merchant tailor of London in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; m. Judith,* dau. and heiress of Thomas Osten, of Bushrary, County Salop, who afterwards was the wife of Wil- liam Bassett, of Blore and Longley, Esq., baronet. Her third husband was Sir Richard Corbett, baronet. By Mr. Boothby she had five sons and one daughter, of whom more to follow.
1. WILLIAM, d. Aug. 23, 1623, unmarried and was buried at Bodding- ton, County Northampton, and on a brass plate in the church there is the following inscription : "Here lyeth enterred William Boothby, of London, haberdasher, whose mother was lady Judith Corbett of Chattercote. He died the XXIII of August, MDCXXII."
II. THOMAS, of Tooley Park, m. Magdalen Street, and had issue, of whom hereafter.
III. SIR HENRY, created a baronet Nov. 5, 1644. On a brass plate in the church of Boddington, county of Northampton, the following inscrip- tion was found : "Here lyeth interred Sir Henry Boothby, baronet. the first baronet of this family, sonne to dame Judith Corbett, and brother to the said William Boothby, who had to his wife Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Hayes, sometime lord mayor of the famous city of London, of whom he had issue Sir William Boothby, baronet, and Judith, his only daughter, both living ; who tyred with the turmoils
* In 1670 Dame Elizabeth Boothby claimed within the forest the manor of Chingford Cornitis with all liberties, emoluments, commons, wastes, fisheries, court-lete, and court-bawn, and other immunties and privileges thereto belonging ; free-warren at Damhurst hill and Dovehouse field ; separate fishing in the river Ley, running through Chingford marshes, by charter. Also, for herself and her tenants, commons of pasture in the wastes, and commonable places in the for- est, for all commonable cattle, at all times except in the fence-month ; and liberty to ent down pollard trees upon the demesnes of her manor, as of old accustomed ; likewise ledgebote; and to appoint a sworn word-ward for her woods of Larks and Damhurst hill.
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of this troublesome world, made a blessed and happy end, freely re- signing his soule, in hope of a better resurrection. He deceased Anno MDCXLVIII. Aetatis suae LVI."
IV. RICHARD, Esq .. of Potters-Marston, m. Eleanor, dau. of John Curzon, sister of John Curzon, of Kedleston, County Derby, baronet, and by her had issue, as will appear by an inscription on a flat stone in the floor of the church at Potters-Marston, which reads as follows: " Here lieth the body of Richard Boothby, Esq., and Eleanor, his wife, the daughter of John Curzon, Esq., by whom he had three sons and one daughter. Rich. ob. ad 1639. Ele. ob. 1646."
V. ROBERT, of Bradlow-Ash, County Derby, died unmarried.
VI. ELIZABETH married Andrew Corbett, Esq., and was the mother of nineteen children.
CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND ELEANOR.
1. JOHN, who died in 1646, whose inscription on a flat stone in the church at Potters-Marston is as follows : " Here lieth the body of John, son of Richard Boothby, Esq., Obiit 1646."
2. WILLIAM, of Potters Marston, Esq., one of his Majesty's justices of the peace ; high sheriff in 1674. He married, in 1665, Dorothy, the dau. of George Faunt, of Foston, Esq., who died April 7, 1712, aged 64 years. He died Nov. 25, 1707, aged 77. Children as follows :
I. WILLIAM, of Potters-Marston, Esq., born June 30, 1666; married at Great Stretton, Aug. 18, 1687, Margaret, dau. of George Ashby. of Queensby, Esq. On a stone against the wall in the church at Mars- ton the following inscription was found: "Here lieth the body of William Boothby. Esq., who married Margaret, daughter of George Ashby, of Queensby, Esq., by whom he had issue three sons and three daughters; Obiit March 19, Anno Domini 1724, Aetatis suae 59." On an upright stone on the floor against a pew: "Here lieth the body of Margaret Boothby, widow, relict of William Boothby, Esq., deceased. She departed this life the 14th day of February, Anno Domini 1737, Aetatis suae 74."
II. CHARLES, b. 1668: d. 1670.
III. RICHARD, b. Mar. 18, 1669; d. in 1670.
IV. THOMAS, b. Nov. 16, 1671 ; m. Mary, dau. of John Turvyle, of New- hall Park, Esq. He d. in Apr., 1703, aged 47. One son, Turvyle Boothby.
V. GEORGE, b. in 1675 ; d. in 1685.
VI. CHARLES, d. in 1720, sine prole.
VII. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 15, 1689 ; d. Feb. 4, 1702-3.
VIII. DOROTHY, b. Dec. 10, 1667.
IX. ELEANOR, b. Mar. 30, 1668 ; d. in 1670.
x. MARY, b. Oct. 31, 1679; m. Richard Croft, of Urlston, County War- wick. gent .; d. Oct. 16, 1707.
XI. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 3, 1687 : d. May 6, 1690.
3. JUDITH was the wife of Christopher Horne, of Birmington, Esq., M. D.
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4. RICHARD, of Huncote, aged 49 in 1682; m. Grizel, dau. of Andrew Halford, of Wiston, baronet, and had William, Richard, Andrew, Thomas, George, Grisel, Mary, Ellen, and one other daughter.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARGARET.
I. THOMAS, of Potters-Marston, Esq., baronet, b. Nov. 4, 1692. In an enclosed area near the chapel at Potters-Marston there are stones with the following inscriptions : " In memory of Thomas Boothby, Esq., who married Mary, daughter of John Farmer, Esq., of Oldbury, in the county of Warwick, by whom he had issue, three sons and one daughter. He died Dec. 21, 1775, aged 83 years." "Here lieth the body of Mary, the wife of Thomas Boothby, Esq. She died the 14th day of June, 1746, in the 55th year of her age."
2. WILLIAM, b. 1694; d. Aug. 28, 1771, sine prole, and was buried at Ching- ford, Essex.
3. GEORGE, bapt. Nov. 6, 1695, and was styled "of Croydon, gentleman." He d. July . 26, 1771, in his 77th year, and was buried at Chingford. Essex.
4. MARY, m. Feb. 5, 1718, John Osten, rector of Rearsby, who d. May 2, 1760. She d. May 14, 1762, aged 72 years.
ம MARGARET, bapt. Oct. 18, 1691 ; m. in 1716 to Mr. Edward Muxloe.
6. DOROTHY, bapt. Oct. 18, 1697 ; was m. Nov. 14, 1717, to John Charl- ton, gent., of Normantown-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, afterwards of Brenstow, County Derby. She had issue.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND MARY.
I. THOMAS, Esq., of Potters-Marston, b. Feb. 25, 1724. He was high sheriff in 1752 ; d. unmaried, June 3, 1776, aged 52 years. In the chapel yard at Potters-Marston, where he was buried, there is a stone with the inscription : "To the memory Tho, Boothby the younger, Esq., who after surviving his father but a few months died June 3, MDCCLXXXII, aged LII.
2. WILLIAM, bapt. Dec. 6, 1727 ; buried Jan. 28, 1745, aged 28 years.
3. RICHARD, bapt. Dec 12, 1729; d. Nov. 23, 1740.
4. ELIZABETH, bapt. April 2, 1734; m. Oct. 23, 1755, to Edward William Hartopp, Esq., of Little Dalby, who d. in 1773. She was sole heir to her brother; d. in 1769, leaving issue.
NOTES ON THE ENGLISH BOOTHBY FAMILY.
"WHEN DOUBTS DISTURB'D THE DYING JOHNSON'S BREAST." * BY BROOKE BOOTHBY, JR.
"From thee, his long-tried friend, he sought for rest ; Thy clearer reason chas'd the clouds away, And on the senses poured the living ray ; Hence taught, the path of faith he firmly trod, And died in full reliance on his God. But oh! not here the blest effect should end, No; let thy purpose to the world extend ; Flash bright conviction on a doubting age, And leave to latest times thy well-wrought page : Teach weaker minds the mighty truths to scan, Not more the friend of Johnson, than of man."
* To Dr. Taylor on his letter to Dr. Johnson stating the proofs of the Christian religion.
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FROM PECKLETON CHURCH REGISTER.
"In the beginning of this register, that posterity should know how much it is indebted to the present age, let it be first recorded, that Thomas Boothby, of Tooley Park, Esq.,-who had sometime before at his own charge caused very handsome rails to be made before the communion table of this his parish church of Peckleton-did at this time give to the said church a very fine silver flagon and cup for the use of the Lord's table. And whereas before this there was but three small bells, about thirteen hundred weight, belonging to the church; he caused six (about forty hundred weight) to be made new and hung up, and the steeple to be pointed at the same time at his own sole and proper expense. He gave five pounds to defray the charge of under- drawing the chancel."
DESCRIPTION OF THE BELLS.
I. Soli Dev. O. M. Gloria in Aethernum.
2. Resonabo Landes Gentis Boothbeianae.
3 Omne Tulit Punetum Qui Nincint Utile Dulci.
4. John Jlarryman, Rect. John Cutler, Gen. C. Warden, Jm. Halton, Dem. Hedderly cast us all, Anno MDCCXIII1.
5. Mortem Regine Defloat Aug. Calatur Pax. Ecclesia Floreat.
6. Thomas Boothby, of Tuly, Esquire, gave these six bells MDCCXIIII.
There is a handsome slate altar-piece, containing the commandments, placed immediately over the communion table, which has this inscription :
"The gift of Thomas Boothby, esq., 1749."
The flagon and cup have this inscription : " Ecclesia parochiali de Peckleton. D. D. D. Thomas Boothby de Tooly, armiger. A. D. MDCCXIII."
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION.
On an elegant marble monument against the south wall of the chancel:
"Arms: Argent, on a canton Sable, a lion's gamb erect and erazed Or, Boothby; impaling, argent, five fufiles in fesse Gules, in chief three bears' heads erazed Sable muzzled Or, Buswell.
"To the memory of Charles Skrymsher Boothby, Esq., second son of Thomas Boothby of Tooley, in Leicestershire, Esq. He died Dec. 6, 1774, aged 69 years.
"The early part of his life was dedicated to the service of his country, and spent in diligent and honourable attention to his duty as an officer both at home and abroad; nor was the retirement of his latter years without proofs of his attachment to its wel- fare in general, or of his usefulness to his neighbors in particular; affording an uniform example of an upright magistrate, an affectionate husband, an hospitable friend, a punctual paymaster and a beneficent patron."
"This short but just character is inscribed to the memory of her dear husband by his truly affectionate widow, Ann Boothby.
"Here also are deposited the remains of the said Ann Boothby,* his widow. daughter of Wingfield Buswell, A. M., late rector of Normanton and Fiskencote, County Rutland. After a life of exemplary piety, she died Nov. 16, 1785, aged 65."
On flat stones in the north aisle:
"Charles Skrymsher Boothby, Esq., 1774.
Ann Boothby his widow died Nov. 16, 1785, aged 65."
POTTERS-MARSTON.
In 1630 Thomas P'lumb was the only freeholder at Marston, but soon after this date he sold his property in this lordship to dame Judith Corbett, who
* Charles Skrymsher Boothby, Esq., and Miss Ann Boswell were married April 18, 1753.
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gave it to Richard Boothby, Esq., one of her younger sons, who married Elea- nor, dau. of John Curzon, of Kettleton, County Derby, Esq., and by her had issue, William, whose inheritance it was in 1655, and in that family it con- tinued till the death of Thomas Boothby, Esq., the last heir male of this branch of the family, who had been high sheriff of the county in 1752, and died June 3, 1776, unmarried; when it passed to Edward Hartopp, eldest son of Eliza- beth Boothby, who was married in 1755 to Edward William Hartopp, Esq., of Little Dalby.
AMERICAN BRANCHES.
The history of the early generations of the Boothbys of New England is somewhat obscure, and the traditions and published accounts cannot be har- monized with the vital public records. Judge Bourne, who was an excellent authority, made the statement that Thomas and Henry Boothby came with families from Magwater, Ireland, to Wells in 1720. This may have been true, but I find no evidence that Henry was ever in Wells, and am not sure that one of that name came over at the time stated. Thomas and Richard Boothby were inhabitants of Wells as early as 1726, and I suppose the former was father of the latter, and of the first John Boothby in that town, and of Henry Boothby, whose name appears in Scarborough, in 1727, as a church member, but who returned to Wells and died, leaving descendants there who are accounted for in the following pages. Southgate has written of the early settlers of this name in Scarborough as follows: "Joseph and Samuel Boothby emigrated from the north of Ireland to Kittery early in the last century, whence they came to Scarborough." This statement is in part true; in some respects untrue. Thomas Boothby, born in Ireland, came with his parents to Kittery, where he married Lydia Came in 1724. and had sons, Jonathan, Samuel, and Joseph. He came to Scarborough with the Deering family, with whom his daughters intermarried about 1730-6. The first Samuel Boothby settled in Scarborough was a brother of Thomas, and had children baptized in that town in 1736.
Rev. Samuel Boothby, who traveled as a missionary extensively in Maine, and who was much interested in the family history, left, with other data relat- ing to his ancestry, the following written statement: "Two brothers, so far as I know, went from England into Ireland, married and had families. They afterwards came to Nova Scotia, then to what is now the state of Maine. One settled in Wells near the sea; the other in Kittery. The one who settled in Kittery had a son Thomas who came to Scarborough." This statement was doubtless correct, so far as it went, but he makes no mention of Samuel,
NOTE .- The author of this work has employed every available means to compile a full and reliable history and genealogy of the Boothby family. Learning of a pedigree in the manuscript department of the British museum, he employed an expert Latin scholar to make a copy of two large " broad side " sheets at a cost of $10.00. A copyist was employed to search a great number of old English historical books in the libraries of Boston and much interesting data procured at a considerable cash expense. A large correspondence has extended to various parts of Great Britain and Australia. Through the kindness and generosity of C. E. Boothby, Esq., of Brighton, Eng., fine views of the ancient seats of the family there, with photograph copies of two coats of arms, were procured, besides much inportant data.
Whatever imperfections are found in the genealogy of the American branches may be at- tributed to the absence of any public records of births, marriages, and deaths, or the indifference and neglect of those applied to for the information. Many have cheerfully rendered every aid within their power, while others of the family have never replied to requests for information. When this work was undertaken not a Boothby was found in America who could give any intel- tigible or reliable account of their family history.
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the brother of Thomas, who also settled in Scarborough, and from whom a large number of the families who bear the name in Saco are descended.
In consequence of the imperfections in the extant records of Kittery and Wells, and from the absence of an early book of records once belonging to the former town, we cannot make up a complete record of the first two gen- erations. I have not even found the name of the first Henry Boothby, said to have settled in Kittery, on any document there, but the presence of sons in that place supports the tradition that such a person was at one time an inhabit- ant of the town. The absence of his name from the existing records is no proof that he was not a resident. From a careful examination of the early records, printed statements, and traditions handed down in various branches of the family, I have come to the conclusion which follows: namely, that Thomas and Henry Boothby, natives of England, settled in the Province of Ulster along with the other English planters in that province ; that they married and had sons born there, who had grown to man's estate when they came to seek homes in the new world; that the parents were well advanced in life before coming to New England and soon after deceased. The Mclellans came with the Boothbys, and were connected by marriage after settlement here. At this point I must correct another published misstatement. In the history of Parsonsfield (1888) the following may be found : "Brice Boothby came to this country from Scotland and settled in Scarborough, and from him all of the name have descended." This is unwarranted tradition and without a shadow of foundation. The fact is that Joseph Boothby, of the third genera- tion, married Susanna, daughter of Brice Mclellan, and a son, who settled in Buxton and became the progenitor of the families now living in Parsonsfield, was named for his grandfather."
GENEALOGY.
Thomas Boothby,1 born in England, settled in Ireland, married and had children born there; came by way of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Wells in the district of Maine with his sons, where he made his home the remainder of his days. No record of his death.
Henry Boothby,1 born in England, settled in Ireland with his brother; married there, and came with his children to Kittery, now in Maine, about 1720, where he sat down. It is possible that he removed to Scarborough with his sons and was the Henry Boothby whose name appears as a charter member of the Black Point church; if so, all of the name in town and vicinity are his descendants.
SECOND GENERATION.
I. RICHARD BOOTHBY,2 born in Ireland, came to Wells with his father, where he was recorded an inhabitant in 1722, at which time he had built a small house there. He became a prominent citizen and his funeral expenses amounted to about thirty pounds besides the ardent spirits used on that solemn occasion. He d. Jan. 2, 1782, aged 82, conse- quently born in 1700. His widow, Mabel, d. Jan. 1, 1798, aged 96. Children hereafter.
2. JOHN BOOTHBY,2 supposed to have been brother of preceding, was an inhabitant of Wells, in 1756 when he was one of the expedition sent toward Canada. He was taken sick and died while in the service.
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3. HENRY BOOTHBY,2 son of Thomas, married Sarah Trafton, of York, pre- vious to 1736, and settled in Wells near the present " Boothby's Cross- ing," on the line of the Boston and Maine Railway, where the terrible accident occurred in 1880. The Boothby house was in a field where the cellar could be seen only a few years back. He had three daugh- ters and one son, of whom hereafter.
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