Simeon BOOTH

1641 - 1703  (61 years)

• Name	Simeon BOOTH
  Birth	10 May 1641	Saco, York County, ME
  Gender	Male
  Name	Simon BOOTH
  Will	23 Feb 1703	Hartford, Hartford County, CT
  	Nuncupative Will
  Death	28 Feb 1703	Hartford, Hartford County, CT
  Notes	(1) Jacobus, Donald Lines, The Genealogy of the Booth Family, Pleasant Hill, MO: Eden C. Booth, 1952, pp. 117-118: SIMEON BOOTH . . . , born perhaps in England, or in Exeter, N. Y., 10 May 1641, died at Hartford, Conn., 28 Feb. 1702/3; married first, perhaps at Fairfield, Conn., 5 Jan. 1663, Rebecca Frost, born about 1640, died at Enfield, Conn., 25 Dec. 168[8], aged 48, daughter of Daniel Frost; married second, at Enfield, 8 Dec. 1693, Elizabeth (_____) Elmer, born about 1654, died at Hartford, Conn., 26 Jan. 1727 [note by compiler: there is no record of that death is found at Hartford], widow of Samuel Elmer. He sold his home farm in Saco, 8 Oct. 1675, to Major Pendleton. On 10 Mar. 1679, he was received into the church at Salem, Mass. Freeman, 19 May 1680. He soon moved to Enfield, where he was constable and selectman. His will, dated 23 Feb. 1702/3, was made by word of mouth in his last illness. He named his two sons, William and Zachariah; to Zachariah's son Robert, his loom; thirty shillings to his daughter Phebe; small amounts to three daughters, Brid-get Allen, Elizabeth Peese, and Mary Spencer; remainder to wife and child Sarah "that he had by her." Children by first wife (ii to v baptized at Salem, Mass., 19 May 1678): i. William, b. abt. 1664; d. 1 Aug. 1753. ii. Zachariah, b. abt. 1686; d. 28 May 1741. iii. Elizabeth, b. abt. 1668; d. at Enfield, Conn., 8 Jan. 1722/3; m. 11 Oct. 1693, Jonathan Pease, b. at Salem, Mass., 2 Jan. 1669, d. at Enfield, 7 Apr. 1711 æ. 53, son of John Pease. iv. Bridget, b. abt. 1668; d. at Enfield, 5 Sept 1714; m. 3 Apr. 1694, John Allen, b. at Northampton, Mass., 30 Sept. 1670, d. at Enfield, 3 Nov. 1739. He m. (2) Elizabeth Gardiner. v. Rebecca, accidentally killed by a gun in the hands of a boy, at Salem, 29 Oct. 1684. vi. Mary, bapt. at Salem, 18 Dec. 1678; d. at Enfield, Conn., 3 Sept. 1724; m. 28 Feb. 1699, Ebenezer Spencer, b. abt. 1673, d. at Enfield, before 12 Apr. 1741, son of Obadiah and Mary (Disborough) Spencer. He m. (2) 8 Mar. 1725/6, Patience (French) Firman, widow of James Firman. vii. Phoebe, b. ____; d. at Hartford, 25 Dec. 1756, unm. Adm'n on her estate was granted, 5 Apr. 1757, to Samuel Smith, with William Tiley surety; and 17 Aug. 1757 to Israel Markham, with Daniel Spencer surety. Child by second wife: viii. Sarah, b. at Enfield, 11 Dec. 1695; m. Daniel Perry, b. at Stratford, Conn., 14 Apr. 1692, son of Arthur Perry. (2) Ancestry.com, Colonial Families in the U.S. [database online], Orem, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999: SIMEON BOOTH, b. 10th May, 1641; d. at Enfield, Conn., 28th February, 1703, where he was one of the earliest settlers in 1680; m. (first) 5th January, 1664, Rebecca FROST, b. 1640; d. at Enfield, 25th December, 1688; m. (second) 8th September, 1693, Wid. Elizabeth ELMER, b. 1654; d. in Hartford, 26th January, 1727. I. William, b. about 1664; d. 1st August, 1753; m. 30th August, 1693, Hannah BURROUGHS. II. ZACHARIAH, b. about 1666. III. Elizabeth, b. about 1668; d. ____; m. 11th October, 1693, Jonathan PEASE. IV. Mary, b. about 1670; d. ____; m. 10th December, 1700, Israel MARKHAM. V. Sarah, b. 11th December, 1695; d. ____; m. Daniel PERRY. VI. Phoebe, b. 1697; d. after 1721.
  Person ID	I5469	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert BOOTH, Sr.,   b. Abt 1602, England d. 18 Mar 1673, Saco, York County, ME (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	--- (BOOTH)
  Family ID	F16530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca FROST,   b. Abt 1640, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT d. 25 Dec 1688, Enfield, Hartford County, CT (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1664	Perhaps Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT
  Children	1. William BOOTH,   b. Abt 1664   d. 1 Aug 1753, Windsor, Hartford County, CT (Age ~ 89 years)   2. Sgt. Zachariah BOOTH,   b. Abt 1666   d. 28 May 1741, Enfield, Hartford County, CT (Age ~ 75 years)   3. Elizabeth BOOTH,   b. Abt 1668   d. 8 Jan 1723, Enfield, Hartford County, CT (Age ~ 55 years)   4. Bridget BOOTH,   b. Abt 1668   d. 5 Sep 1714, Enfield, Hartford County, CT (Age ~ 46 years)   5. Rebecca BOOTH,   b. Bef 19 May 1678, Salem, Essex County, MA d. 29 Oct 1684, Salem, Essex County, MA (Age > 6 years)   6. Mary BOOTH,   b. Bef 18 Dec 1678   d. 3 Sep 1724, Enfield, Hartford County, CT (Age > 45 years)   7. Phoebe BOOTH   d. 25 Dec 1776, Hartford, Hartford County, CT
  Family ID	F2973	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth (ELMER),   b. 1654
  Marriage	8 Sep 1693
  Children	1. Sarah BOOTH,   b. 11 Dec 1695, Enfield, Hartford County, CT
  Family ID	F2974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024