Person:Gideon Botsford (1)
Gideon Botsford
chr.23 Apr 1721 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
d.22 Sep 1791 Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1708
  1. John Botsford1708 - 1797
  2. Captain Amos Botsford1711 - 1775
  3. Hephzibah Botsford1717 -
  4. Gideon Botsford1721 - 1791
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Nov 1742
  1. Amos Botsford1743/44 - 1812
  2. Clement Botsford1751 - 1824
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1757
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Gideon Botsford
Gender Male
Christening[1] 23 Apr 1721 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Congregational Society
Marriage 11 Nov 1742 Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)to Bethia Bennett
Marriage Bef 1757 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (David).
to Miriam Hitchcock
Will[1] 2 Jan 1790 Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Death[1] 22 Sep 1791 Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial[1] Village and Town Plot Cemeteries, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Probate[1] 10 Oct 1791 Will proved.
Estate Settlement[1] 25 Nov 1791
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 308. Gideon5 Botsford, 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)
    2:150-52.

    "308. Gideon5 Botsford (John4 Botsford, Hannah3 [Baldwin], Mary2, Gov. Thomas1), baptized 23 April 1721 in Milford, Connecticut (Milford First Congregational Church Records, slip index citing 1:45); died 22 September 1791 in the Village and Town Plots Cemeteries, Newtown (Hale 20). … In his will, dated 2 January 1790, Gideon Botsford of Newtown named his wife Meriam, eldest son Amos, daughter Ann Fairman, daughters Bethiah and Annis, sons Gideon, Clement, David, Niram, and Vine; Gideon and Clement are to be executors. Witnesses were Oliver Beers, Truman Beers, and Caleb Baldwin. Eldest son Amos received £5 and oldest daughter Ann Fairman £10 together with what they had already received. The will was proved 10 October 1791 and sons Gideon and Clement qualified as executors. A distribution, dated 25 November 1791, distributes the remaining real estate among 2nd son Amos, 3rd son Clement, 4th son David, 5th son Nirom, 6th son Vine; and the remaining personal estate among 2nd daughter Bethiah Fairchild, wife to Ransford Fairchild, and 3rd daughter Annis Botsford (Danbury Probate District, Connecticut Estate Piles, docket no. 889)."

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