Henry BOTSFORD

Born: 12 Jun 1608 at Sundon, Bedfordshire, England (chr 16th)
Died: bef. 16 Apr 1686 at Milford, CT

Father: Edward BOTSFORD (1579-16??)
Mother: Alice PRIOR

Spouse: Elizabeth WOOLHEAD

Children:

  • Elnathan m1. Elizabeth FLETCHER m2. Hannah BALDWIN
  • Mary (twin) chr 1645 d. bef 1688 m. Andrew SANFORD
  • Hannah (twin) (1645-1???) m. Nathaniel BALDWIN




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    Henry was apparently the first of this line of BOTSFORDs to come to America, probably in the 1640s (i.e. shortly before joining the Milford Church). Elizabeth was b. 1614 in England, the daughter of Thomas (1588-16??) and Alice (LAMBERT) WOOLHEAD. She d. 1692. Elizabeth was admitted to Milford Church 4 Oct 1640 and Henry 25 Jul 1644. Henry was a Free Planter, lot #45. Henry's will was dated 1 Feb 1685/6, inv. 15 Apr 1686. The BALDWIN GEDCOM indicates birth and marriage dates came from ERS3 (? no marriage date shown). SWA is shown as the other source of information. He appears in Richard N. PLATT, Jr.'s BALDWIN GEDCOM.

    Source:

  • Platt Genealogy, 1963, by Charles Platt, Jr.; Families of Early Milford, Conn, 1979, by Susan Woodruff Abbott (SWA); and, especially, the Sanford Genealogy, 1911, by Carleton E. Sanford (CES), via Richard N. Platt, Jr. (r.platt@snet.net)