My Interest in tracing my Boothman family tree first came from a
letter I received from Susan Boothman
Hawkins who is a descendant of Thomas Boothman born
1807 & Rebecca Monks who left Carlisle and settled in America
in 1841. Regarding my family tree, this is the information
that l have this side of the ocean. The earliest that l can
go back to is our GGGGGgrandfather James Boothman ( born
1746) who married Mary Dobson in St Andrews Church Penrith, on
18" Sept 1770 in the County of Cumberland, Northern England.
There was eight Children from this union but only four
survived, Dorothy, baptized 1771, John, baptized 1773 George,
baptized 1780, Robert, baptized 1792. In the 1780's the family
moved to Carlisle, which is 19 miles north of Penrith. George
married Catherine Richardson in St Cuthbert's Carlisle on the
20" July 1805. From this union there was four Sons and three
Daughters. One Son Thomas, born 1807, married Rebecca Monks in
Wetheral (a small village three miles east of Carlisle) on 1"
June 1831. Five Children were born from this union, Margaret
born 1831, Hannah, born 1833, John, born 1835, James, born 1837,
Rebecca, born 1839. The Family sailed on the Carroll of Carrollton
and landed in NY on the 4" August 1841 intending to settle in
upper Canada but settling in Randolph, New Hampshire USA. This
is Susan's line----Thomas--John--John Henry--John Henry Jr--
Rebecca, Sally, Susan, the last with the Boothman name.
Susan's Sister Becky lives in the
first house that Thomas built in
Randolph. Thomas, his
Son and Grandson built over 100 homes in Randolph, most of
which stand today as their legacy. And l believe at one
time owned three Hotels in Randolph. All of this family
information was gained from Susan and her Sister's---Becky
Boothman
Parker and Sally Boothman Glines who both live in Randolph.
My line descends from George ( GGGGgrandfather) and Catherine's Son James,
Brother to Thomas( America). his Son was James ( my GGGgrandfather)
to Son James (GGgrandfather) to Son James who married Jane ? there was three Sons and two Daughters to his
first wife (died) and then married my GGrandmother Ann Little
in 1876 and two more Sons. One, John who was my grandfather
who
married Mary Elizabeth Johnston in Carlisle in 1902. My Father
( Matthew) being seventh of nine Children. I myself marrying
Vera Lord in Ashton-Under-Lyne in the County of Lancashire in
1966. We have four children, Wayne born 1967, Paul born 1969,
Kerry born 1971, David born 1976. One of George's Son's,
John, married a Catherine ? and out of this union was born
Thomas Richardson Boothman b 1844. At a very early age John
died and his widow married a widower John Scott, who also had a
Daughter called Isabelle. Three Children were born to John and
Catherine Scott, Ellen, George, Catherine. In 1853 the Family
sailed for America but while crossing the ocean, cholera broke
out among the passengers, 115 being affected with the dreaded
disease and many died including Mrs Scott and her infant
Daughter Catherine, both of whom were buried at sea. After a
voyage of six weeks and three days the vessel (SS Washington)
landed at New York and the little band made their way to
Ontario Canada locating in Nelson Township were John Scott
follow his trade of shoe making. Thomas Richardson Boothman
who was only 9 years old went he made the crossing was
married and living in Lambton Ontario in the 1901 Census with
Wife Janet, daughters Clara Christina aged 4 years,
Catherine Eleanor aged 3 years. I have been able to find all
this info from newly found relatives through making contact
with their Kin in Canada. Detailed
account of Thomas R Boothman
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Robert Boothman (1792) who was the Son of old James and Mary ( 1770) and the
younger Brother to George, (GGGGgrandfather) went to America as a British
soldier to fight in the war of 1812 and stayed on afterwards.
He married Eliza Chapman in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio on the
2" March 1818. One Son, Lemuel, was born and his Mother
deserted them and nothing is really known of Robert after
that. Lemuel married Melisandra Hart (cousin of Hon.
Alphonso Hart, formerly Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio)
from Bryan Ohio in 1844.
They had a large family, one Son, Melvin, lost his Leg in the
Civil war, afterwards studied law and became a Judge
and was elected has a Republican to the Fiftieth and fifty-first
Congresses 1887-1891.
The Boothman name is being carried on strongly in Ohio, and to
think that the two families didn't know each other until they
started into Genealogy.
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My Grandmothers Brother, Thomas Johnston, left for
America in May 1910, after getting a job at his trade
(Carpentry) and after getting a home set up, sent for
his Wife and two sons in Nov 1911. they settled in
Fitchburg Massachusetts and the Family increased by
another Three Sons and one Daughter.
My own Father had always known about his Yankee cousins
and had tried to visit them during WW2 while he was in
Royal Navy visiting Canada.
In 1975 I wrote off to the local Fitchburg newspaper
seeking their whereabouts, and bingo a letter followed
three weeks later. One of the Brothers--Sydney Johnston
and l corresponded with each other until his death in
1991. In 1988 Syd and Brother Thomas visited Carlisle
and got to meet my family and a touching moment was when
they visited St Cuthbert's Church where their parents
were married.
My wife and l got to visit the rest of the "Johnston's"
in 1997 and were always made very welcome in their
homes.
In 1995 my Dad received a letter from some Boothman's in
America asking if we were related. Knowing that l liked
family history he sent the letter to me. When l got up
to Carlisle l checked out the information that was given
at the records office in the Castle, and yes we were
related. The Lady who had sent the letter was Susan
Boothman Hawkins--being her married name. She had two
elder Sisters, so with them being the last to carry the
Boothman name, she wanted to try and find any living
relatives in Carlisle. Their GGgrandfather was Thomas
Boothman who was the Brother to my GGgrandfather
left Carlisle with his wife and five children in 1841
and settled in Randolph New Hampshire. Over the years
the Family built over 100 wooden houses for holiday
homes and at one time owned three Hotels and over 2000
acres which had maple trees from which they made Maple
syrup to sell. The Boothman's have left their mark on
the town of Randolph that they have had a Lane named
after them.
My Wife and I have visited them for the last nine years
and have stayed in one of the old Boothman cottages.
The following year after receiving the first Boothman
Letter,
we received another from Hillis
Duwayne Boothman of
Pioneer, Ohio, giving us information on his GGGgrandfather
Robert Boothman who went to America has a British
Soldier to fight in the war of 1812 and when it finished
stayed on and got married in 1818 in Warren township in
Trumbull County in Ohio. One Son (Lemuel) was born of
this union and then his Wife deserted them and later
Robert died of Yellow fever and the young Lemuel was
brought by neighbour's until he married in 1844 in
Bryan, Williams County Ohio. He was a teacher in a
little Log school for some years, then bought 88 acres
of woodland that he cleared himself and built his own
log cabin. From this union there was ten Children and
one--Melvin Boothman fought for the union in the civil
war where he lost his leg in the Atlanta campaign, also
this best friend --Robert Dole ( who's Great grandson
Bob Dole ran for president) also had a leg amputated. On
discharge he enrolled at Ann Arbour University of
Michigan studying Law and graduated . He was admitted to
the bar in 1872. In 1886 he was elected to Congress and
did two terms. returning home in 1891 to start a law
firm and finishing up a Judge.
Another of Lemuel's Great grandchildren was Ronald
Boothman who sold his vehicle leasing company to Ryder
truck rental in 1959 for $25,000,000. at that time he
had 3500 trucks and cars and 93 railway locomotives.
Ronald's Son Donald who as a singer (Opera), teacher and
musical commentator and has performed in 46 of the
United States as well as Europe, Asia, Australia, and
South America.
Over the last nine years we have got to meet most of our
Yankee Boothman Family and are very proud of them all.
The last one of the Family to find us was Bob Telford
who lives in Florida. He had seen a message from me on a
Genealogy board, and with me mentioning Carlisle, and
knowing that his GGGgrandmother came from there, sent me
a e-mail giving me his Family details. I knew of a
Telford / Boothman connection through the records at
Carlisle Castle. I knew Mary Boothman who was a niece of
my GGGGGgrandfather and she had married a Soldier in
Carlisle on the 25/01/1797. Through Bob Telford l got to
learn that their Son William enlisted as a drummer at
the age of 10 years (1810) at Woolwich finishing up in
Quebec City where he married (1825) and left the Army in
(1831) and moved to New York City.
Bob had visited Carlisle twice before but until he
started doing Family research didn't know that his roots
were here. He visited Carlisle in Nov/Dec 2003 and met
most of his new English Family and invited any of us to
visit him in Florida, which my Wife and I did in May
2004.
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