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Stephen BOOTHE, Sr

Male 1721 - 1769  (47 years)


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  • Name Stephen BOOTHE 
    Suffix Sr 
    Born 7 Nov 1721  Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Nov 1769  Farirfield County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
      Name: Stephen Booth
      Father's name: Joseph Booth
      Death Date: 4 Nov 1769
      Death Place: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
      Volume Title: Volume 011 Bridgeport
      Stephen, s. Joseph, baptism Nov 7, 1731; died Nov 4, 1769, AE 38; a stranger
      Vol 1 Page44,200

      Family Data Collection - Births
      Name: Steven Boothe
      Father: Joseph Deacon Boothe
      Mother: Rebecca Moorehouse
      Birth Date: 7 Nov 1721
      City: Stratford
      County: Fairfield
      State: CT
      Country: USA

      Stephen Boothe
      Birth: Nov. 7, 1721
      Stratford
      Fairfield County
      Connecticut, USA
      Death: Nov. 4, 1769
      Stamford
      Fairfield County
      Connecticut, USA
      Stephen Boothe, born Nov 7, 1721 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Died Nov. 4, 1769 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Church records in Connecticut indicate he was baptized Nov. 7, 1731.
      Parents are Deacon Joseph Boothe, Jr. (1689-1763) and Rebecca Morehouse (1693-1737).
      Married Esther Osborne in Connecticut in 1737.
      Known children: George Boothe, Sr. (1737-1813), Stephen Boothe (1751-1815), Elizabeth, (1753- ).
      Known siblings: Rebecca (1822-1799), John, (1724-1814), Eunice (1728-1814), Sarah (1735-1808).
      Half siblings: Hannah (1713-1775), Mehetable (171-1741), Mary (1718-1741), David, (1720-1753), Joseph (1720-1766) by Step Mother Mehitable Beach.
      Half Sibling: Samuel, by Step Mother, Sarah Thompson Blackman Booth.
      Family links:
      Parents:
      Joseph Booth (1689 - 1763)
      Spouse:
      Esther Osborne Boothe (1721 - 1815)
      Children:
      George Boothe (1737 - 1813)*
      Stephen Boothe (1751 - 1815)*
      Siblings:
      Mary Booth Wakeman (1718 - 1741)*
      David Booth (1720 - 1753)*
      Joseph Booth (1720 - 1766)*
      Stephen Boothe (1721 - 1769)
      Samuel Booth (1746 - 1824)*
      *Calculated relationship
      Burial:
      Unknown
      Created by: HBB
      Record added: Jul 08, 2015
      Find A Grave Memorial# 148853221

      Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
      Name: Stephen Booth
      Father: Joseph Booth
      Death Date: 4 Nov 1769
      Death Place: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

      Connecticut, Church Records -- State Library -- Bridgeport - United Congregational - 1687-1889 -- Connecticut State Library
      Booth, Stephen, s. Joseph, bp Nov 7, 1731; died Nov 4, 1769, age 38; a stranger
    Person ID I6284  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2016 

    Father Deacon Joseph BOOTHE, Jr,   b. 1687, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1763  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Rebecca MOREHOUSE,   b. 1693, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1735  (Age 42 years) 
    Married Aft 1722 
    Notes 

    • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      Name: Joseph Deacon Boothe
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: CT
      Birth Year: 1692
      Spouse Name: Rebecca Morehouse
      Spouse
      Birth Place: CT
      Spouse Birth Year: 1693
      Number Pages: 1
    Family ID F2159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Esther OSBORN,   b. 1721, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1763, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 43 years) 
    Married 1737  Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      Name: Stephen Boothe
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: CT
      Birth Year: 1721
      Spouse Name: Esther Osborn
      Spouse
      Birth Place: CT
      Spouse Birth Year: 1721
      Number Pages: 1

      Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
      Name: Stephen Booth
      Probate Date: 1769
      Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
      Inferred Death Year: Abt 1769
      Inferred Death Place: Connecticut, USA
      Case Number: 895
      Item Description: Probate Packets, Booth, J-Bradley, Hez, 1648-1880

      Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
      Name: Stephen Booth
      Probate Date: 19 Sep 1769
      Probate Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
      Inferred Death Year: Abt 1769
      Inferred Death Place: Connecticut, USA
      Item Description: Probate Records, Vol 17-18, 1767-1776

      In the Name of God Amen
      I Stephen Booth of Stratford in Fairfield County and Colony of Connecticut in New England being in a weak declining state of body but of sound mind and memory for which I would pay my thankfull acknowledgements to Ye God of the Spirits of all Flesh, calling to mind my mortality and not knowing the day of my demise do make and ordain this to be in Last Will and Testament; first of all I give and bequeath my precious and immortal soul into ye hands of God that made it chearfully trusting in the mercy of God in Jesus Christ for the Salvation thereof and my body I reccommend to the Earth to be decently buried at the durction of my Exicutrix hereafter named hopeing for its glorious resurrection at the Last great Day through Christ that is the first begotten of the Dead and and as touching that world by estate with which it has pleased God to bless me I give and dispose of in manner following viz:
      Imprimis My will is that all my just debts and funeral charges shall be first paid and satisfyed.
      Item: all the rest and residue of m estate both real and personal whether in possession or in Roversion(?) or remainder I will give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Esther and to her heirs and assigns forever.
      Finally I do hereby ordain constitute and appointe her my said wife to be sole executrix of this my last will ratifying and confirming this and no other to my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of Septem'r AD 1769
      Stephen Booth (seal)
      Signed sealed published and declared by above named stephen Booth to be his will & Testament In presence of us:
      Sam Odell
      Seth Gregory
      Hezekiah Tredwell

      At a Court of Probate held in Fairfield ye 5th Dec 1769
      Personally appreared Sam'l Odell Seth gregory and Hezekiah Tredwell subscribing witnesses to ye [^within] Will and on oath declared they saw stephen Booth within named Testator sign and seal ye same and heard him publish and declar it to be his Last Will and Testament and [?] they set to their hands as witnesses in ye presence of ye testator and of each other & that they judged him to be of sound disposing mind and memory -- and will being proved in by and court approved and ordered to be recorded
      Test Hezekiah Silliman Clerk
      Att ye same time personally appeared Easter Booth named Exectrix to ye within will and accepted ye trust reposed in her by Testator
      Test Hezekiah Silliman Clerk
      A true copy of ye Orig'l Esem'd by Hez Sillliman, Rec''r
    Children 
     1. George Boothe,   b. 11 Apr 1737, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1813, Floyd County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Stephen BOOTHE, Jr,   b. 27 Oct 1751, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1815, Clinch Mountain, Russell County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     3. Elizabeth Boothe,   b. 1753, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1811  (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F2158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S89] Fran Green Daniels.

    2. [S1241] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920.

    3. [S898] Gravestone or Memorial posted on Findagrave.com.