1st wife of Robert Booth

Nothing is known about the first wife of Robert Booth of Saco.

Dorathia Goodspeed
Female
about 1605 – 1648
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Dorathia Goodspeed
1605–1648

Family Members

Spouses and Children

Robert Booth
Male
1591–1672
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Dorathia Goodspeed
Female
1605–1648
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Marriage
21 September 1622
London All Hallows London Wall, Middlesex, England

Children (4)

Mary Booth
Female
1627–1683
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Ellen Booth
Female
1634–1683
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Simeon Booth
Male
1641–1703
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Family

Robert Booth, parents unknown, was born in England about 1602 and died 22 Mar 1672/1673 in Saco, York County, Maine. He married 1) unknown 2) Deborah before 1650. She survived him and married Thomas Ladbook 2nd.

Probably his first 3 or 4 children were by his 1st wife.

Children of Robert ~ /Booth/ and // are:

1. Mary Booth was born 30 Sep 1627 in Saco, York County, Maine, and died AFT 21 May 1683 in Saco, York County, Maine. Married Walter Penewell (or Pennell).
2. Ellen (or Elinor) Booth was born Feb 1634 in Saco, York County, Maine. Married Nicholas Bully.
3. Simeon ~ Booth was born 10 May 1641 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and died 28 Feb 1703 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married 1) Rebecca Frost 2) Elizabeth Garrett.
4. Martha Booth was born 12 Apr 1645 in Saco, York County, Maine. Married John Leighton.

Children of Robert ~ /Booth/ and Deborah // are:

1. Robert Booth was born 24 Jul 1655 in Saco, York County, Maine. He probably went to Fairfield or Stratford, Connecticut.

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Donald Lines Jacobus (paraphrased):

Robert Booth was we think born at Devon, England. He married second before July 21 1650 Debora Unknown, who died in 1683, she married second by contract Feb 21 1681 to Thomas Ladbrook of Portsmouth, NH .

Sources

• 1 Donald Lines Jacobus, The genealogy of the Booth family: Booth families of Connecticut for six or more generations (Deland, Fla., Eden C. Booth, 1952) Hathitrust
• 2 William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910) Vol 3 p 1465 link
• 3 James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 Volume #1, Pgs 209 – 220 Bond – Bouton
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3SHK-87B : accessed 2014-11-19), entry for Edward /Bothe/.
• ”One Branch of the Booth Family: Showing the Lines of Connection with One ...” By Charles Edwin Booth. Page 126. GoogleBooks
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Robert_Booth_%2818%29
• AncestryImage
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/226568/I186/robert-booth/individual (has speculated origins)
• Booth genealogy : including allied families representing the American ancestry in the Booth line of the compiler Author: Booth, Henry S Publication: Randolph, Vt.: unknown, 1923, 113 pgs.