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Personal data Sir William Booth 

• Alternative names: William Booth, William Booth Sir Knight
• He was born about 1547 in Dunham Massey, Cheshire, England.Sources 4, 7, 9
• Occupations:
• in the year 1571 Sheriff of Chester.Source 7
• in the year 1578 Sir Knight, by Queen Elizabeth.Source 7
• (Alt. Birth) about 1535.Source 6
• (Alt. Birth) about 1556.Source 10
• (Alt. Death) on November 28, 1579.Source 10
• He died on November 28, 1579 in Bowdon, Cheshire, England.Sources 4, 7, 9

  Bowden

• He is buried in Bowdon, Cheshire, England.Source 7

  Bowden

• A child of George Bothe and Elizabeth Trafford
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Sir William Booth

He is married to Elizabeth Warburton.

They got married about 1559 at Warfield, Berkshire, England, Great Britain.Source 6

Child(ren):

1. Richard Bothe  ± 1560-????
2. Susan Booth  1577-1636 
3. Elizabeth Bothe  ± 1561-????
4. George Booth  1566-1652 
5. Robert Booth  1570-1628
6. Edmund Bothe  ± 1565-????
7. Edward Booth  ± 1587-1622 
8. John Bothe  ± 1567-1644
9. Edward Booth  ????-1628 
10. Dorothy Bothe  ± 1569-????
11. Alice Bothe  ± 1571-????
12. Peter Booth  1576-1576
13. Richard Booth  1578-1628 
14. William Booth  ????-1572
15. Eleanor Booth  

Notes about Sir William Booth

[David Oliver Smith.ged]

Birth: 1541 in Dunham Massey, Cheshire, England
Death: 28 Nov 1579 in Bowden, Cheshire, England
Note: Knighted by Queen Elizabeth I in 1578.

Sir William Booth, Knt, who, being then only three years old, was in ward to King Henry VIII.   He received the honour of knighthood in 1578.   Sir William Booth m Elizabeth (d 1628), dau of Sir John Warburton, of Warburton Hall and Arley Hall, Cheshire (see BLG 1969, Egerton-Warburton of Grafton Hall, formerly of Warburton, & BP 2003, Ashbrook, V), and had issue,

1a  William, dvp 1572.
2a  George, s his father.
3a  Edmund, educ University Coll, Oxford, barrister-at-law 1598, and dsp.
4a  John, m Anne, dau of ----- Prestwich, of Hulme, near Manchester, d 1644, and had issue.
5a  Robert, b 1570, a soldier in Holland.
6a  Peter, b 1576, and d 7 Sep 1576.
7a  Richard, b 1578, m  -----, dau of ----- Massey, of Cogshall, Cheshire, and d 1628, having had issue,

Sir William d 28 Nov 1579, and was survived by his eldest son, Sir George Booth, 1st Bt, whose extensive estates were placed by Queen Elizabeth I, during his minority, under the guardianship of her favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.   He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth towards the end of her reign, and was created a baronet by King James I on 22 May 1611.   Sir George Booth m 1stly 18 Feb 1577, his 2nd cousin, Jane, only dau and heiress of John Carrington, of Carrington.   By her he had no issue, nor did he live long with her, yet he inherited the lands of her father; the same being strictly so settled by that gentleman, before the marriage of his dau, to descend to the family of Booth; in which settlement, among other provisions, is one particularly worthy of notice:  "that if she, the said Jane, should, after marriage, be detected of incontinency, the estate should remain to the family of Booth".   After the decease of this lady, Sir George m Catherine, dau of Sir Edmund Anderson, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and had issue,

Notes for WILLIAM BOOTH:
"Sir William [13] Booth (George [12], George [11], William [10], George [9], William [8], Robert [7], John [6], Thomas [5], John [4], Thomas [3], William [2], Adam [1]), of Dunham, Knight, son of Sir George Booth, was but three old when his father died, and therefore, was in ward to the King.  He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Warburton, of Airley, Cheshire, Knight.  He became Sheriff of Chester 1571 and was knighted 1578, and died September 1579 in his 39th year. He was buried at Bowden.  His wife died December 1628.  They had seven sons and six daughters."

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

Children of WILLIAM BOOTH and ELIZABETH WARBURTON are:
i. WILLIAM14 BOOTH, d. Bef. 1579.
Notes for WILLIAM BOOTH:
"William, the eldest son, died before his father"

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

23. ii. GEORGE BOOTH, b. Abt. 1567.
iii. MARY BOOTH.
Notes for MARY BOOTH:
(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

iv. ALICE BOOTH.
Notes for ALICE BOOTH:
(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

v. EDWARD BOOTH.
Notes for EDWARD BOOTH:
"Edward (or Edmund), a lawyer, who died without issue."

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

vi. JOHN BOOTH, d. 1644.
Notes for JOHN BOOTH:
"John, died 1644, leaving three sons and one daughter."

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

vii. ROBERT BOOTH, d. 1628.
Notes for ROBERT BOOTH:
"Robert, an officer of the army, died 1628"

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

24. viii. Richard BOOTH, d. December 1628, Cheshire, England.
ix. ELEANOR BOOTH, m. ? PANTON.
Notes for ELEANOR BOOTH:
"Eleanor, who married a Panton"

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

x. SUSAN BOOTH, m. EDWARD WARREN.
Notes for SUSAN BOOTH:
"Susan, who married Edward Warren."

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

xi. DOROTHY BOOTH, m. ? BROUGHTON.
Notes for DOROTHY BOOTH:
"Dorothy, who married Broughton."

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

xii. PETER BOOTH.
Notes for PETER BOOTH:
"The other children were... Peter, who died young; and Elizabeth. The last two are not mentioned in Lady Stamford's genealogy, and probably died in infancy."

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

xiii. ELIZABETH BOOTH.
Notes for ELIZABETH BOOTH:
"The other children were... Peter, who died young; and Elizabeth. The last two are not mentioned in Lady Stamford's genealogy, and probably died in infancy."

(Genealogy of the Booth Family in England and the United States, Walter S. Booth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892)

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