William, the son of Adam, was living in 1275. He married Sibill, daughter of Sir Ralph de Brereton, Knt. [1][2]
Sources
↑ The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom Etc. Fourth Edition, Carefully Corrected, and Continued to the Present Time, Volume 7, by Arthur Collins, publ. 1768, p. 66
↑ John Burke, A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England, p. 63 (London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831), https://books.google.com/books?id=aB0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA68
The Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume 50, edited by Arthur Roland Maddison, publ. 1902, p.153
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Thomas Booth :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup I-F2642
2. William de Boothes (Adam1
), son of Adam de Boothes, married
Sibill (or Sybil) daughter of Gilbert (or Ralph), younger brother
to William de Brereton, with whom he had the Lands of Withen- shaw. The Breretons were an ancient family dwelling at Brere- ton of the county palatine of Chester (a). A "county palatine" was a county where the proprietor, called the "count-palatine," was a sort of prince possessing ro}r al rights and jurisdiction, or
the same powers in the administration of justice in his county as
the king had in his palace. , The original counties palatine of England were Lancaster, Chester and Durham.
3. Thomas de Boothes (William, 2 Adam1
), son and heir of William, ...
2. William de Boothes (Adam1 ), son of Adam de Boothes, married Sibill (or Sybil) daughter of Gilbert (or Ralph), younger brother to William de Brereton, with whom he had the Lands of Withen- shaw. The Breretons were an ancient family dwelling at Brere- ton of the county palatine of Chester (a). A "county palatine" was a county where the proprietor, called the "count-palatine," was a sort of prince possessing ro}r al rights and jurisdiction, or the same powers in the administration of justice in his county as the king had in his palace. , The original counties palatine of England were Lancaster, Chester and Durham. 3. Thomas de Boothes (William, 2 Adam1 ), son and heir of William, ...