Elnathan Botsford (1641 - 1690)

Born 14 Aug 1641 in Milford Plantation, New Haven Colony, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Fletcher) Botsford — married 12 Dec 1664 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Husband of Hannah (Baldwin) Botsford — married 12 Dec 1667 in Milford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1690 at age 49 in Milford Plantation, New Haven Colony, Connecticut

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Biography

The only son of HENRY & ELIZABETH BOTSFORD, Elnathan was baptized by Rev. Peter Prudden on August 15, 1641. On Dec. 12, 1664, he married Elizabeth Fletcher. He married second, HANNAH BALDWIN, daughter of TIMOTHY & MARY (WELLS) BALDWIN, having been married in 1667.

Elnathan became a freeman in Milford in October, 1669. On May 1, 1672, Elnathan "Bochford" and Silvanus Baldwin presented an agreement on the boundaries between New Haven & Milford to the court. The agreement on the boundaries was signed by John Nash and JOHN COOPER from New Haven: and from Milford: ELNATHAN BOCHFORD and Silvanus Baldwin. Elnathan signed the inventory of DEACON GEORGE CLARK, on June 18, 1690.

Elnathan & Hannah were the parents of eleven children:

1. Ester or Hester Botsford b. Oct. 18, 1668, m (1) Joseph Howe and (2) Thomas Humiston
2. Samuel Botsford b. July 30, 1670, d. Nov. 14, 1745 aged 67, m. Hannah ___.
3. MARY BOTSFORD b. Feb. 11,1671/2 m. BARNABAS BALDWIN
4. Hannah Botsford (twin to Joanna) b. April 30, 1674, m. (1) John Prindle and (2) Joseph Hull.
5. Joannna Botsford (twin to Hannah) b. April 30, 1674, d. 1674
6. Henry Botsford b. Sept. 12, 1676, d. 1747, m. Christian Gunn
7. Timothy Botsford b. Nov. 10, 1678 bpt. same day, m. Mary Peck
8. John Botsford b. Jan. 8, 1680/1 m. Hepzibah Camp
9. Sarah Botsford b. Aug. 10, 1683, d. Sept. 23, 1764, m. Daniel Merwin
10. Ruth Botsford b. Jan. 2, 1686/7 died in infancy
11. Joseph Botsford b. Sept. 30, 1688, d. April 5, 1756, m. Mary Bennet.

Elnathan died on 10 Sep. 1691 at Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut and was buried at Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut. His memorial has biographical material and links to those of family members.^[1]

His will is dated 4 August 1691. He mentions his children, Samuel (eldest son), Joseph (youngest son), Timothy, John, Henry, Elizabeth Baldwin, Mary, Hannah, and Sarah. His inventory was not dated and recorded at New Haven.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #28234387 Elnathan Botsford
2. ↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9J7-5 : 12 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 313-314. New Haven Probate Record, 1668-1703, Vol. 2, Part 1, page 99-100.

• Baldwin family book of genealogy
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. An American Family, Botsford-Marble Ancestral Lines (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Connecticut, 1933) Page 27.