Person:Elnathan Botsford (4)

Name^[1]	Elnathan Botsford
Gender	Male
Christening^[1]	15 Aug 1641	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Congregational Society
Marriage	12 Dec 1664	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Fletcher
Marriage	12 Dec 1667	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Hannah Baldwin
Will^[2]^[3]	4 Aug 1691	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Death^[1]	10 Sep 1691	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory^[1]	Aft 10 Sep 1691	Undated; £941:00:07.
Probate^[3]	7 Jun 1692	Will proved.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Elnathan Botsford, in Abbott, Susan Woodruff, and Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979)
105.

"Elnathan Botsford s of Henry and Elizabeth was baptized 15 August 1641 (church record, First Congregational Society, Milford) and died 10 September 1691 (Milford Vital Records)."
↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. An American Family : Botsford-Marble Ancestral Lines. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1933)
24-27.

"His will, made on 4 Aug. 1691 and written by his own hand, shows careful thought and planning for his wife and children. … His inventory, undated, showed an estate of £941:00:07."
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 11. Hannah² Baldwin, in Mathews, Barbara Jean; Donna Holt Siemiatkoski; Kathryn Smith Black; and Nancy Pexa. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes. (Wethersfield, Conn.: Welles Family Association, 2015)
242.

"The will of Elnathan Botsford, dated 4 August 1691 and proved 7 June 1692, provides for his 'loving tender harted wife … w[ha]t room she pleaseth to live in this house, and … whatsoever shee needs withindoors or out.' The will also mentions eldest son Samuel, second son Henry, youngest son Joseph, sons Timothy and John, daughter Elizabeth Baldwin, and daughters Esther, Mary, Hannah and Sarah (Botsford-Marble 24-26)."