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Bo(a)twright Family Genealogy in England

Generation 1


1-108. JOHN BOTWRIGHT (Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1771 in Willingham, Suffolk, England, and died 1863 in Hoxne, Suffolk, England. He married ANN SCALES. She was born Abt. 1771 in Suffolk, England.


Notes for JOHN BOTWRIGHT:

It is my "best guess" that John and William were brothers - George Boatright.

1841 England Census 
Name: John Botwright 
Age: 70 
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1771 
Gender: Male 
Where born: Suffolk, England 
Civil parish: Stradbroke 
Hundred: Hoxne 
County/Island: Suffolk 
Country: England 
Occupation: Farmer
Registration district: Hoxne 
Sub-registration district: Stradbroke 
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 1026; Book: 6; 
Civil Parish: Stradbroke; County: Suffolk; 
Enumeration District: 8; Folio: 15; Page: 23; Line: 25; 
GSU roll: 474639.

1851 England Census 
Name: John Botwright 
Age: 80 
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1771 
Relation: Head 
Gender: M (Male) 
Where born: Willingham, Suffolk, England 
Civil parish: Stradbroke 
County/Island: Suffolk 
Country: England 
Street Address: Queen's Head Street
Occupation: Farmer
Registration district: Hoxne 
Sub-registration district: Stradbroke 
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1796; Folio: 102; Page: 24; 
GSU roll: 207445.

1861 England Census 
Name: John Botwright 
Age: 90 
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1771 
Relation: Head 
Gender: Male 
Where born: Willingham, Suffolk, England 
Civil parish: Stradbroke 
County/Island: Suffolk 
Country: England 
Occupation: Formally a Farmer
Registration district: Hoxne 
Sub-registration district: Stradbroke 
Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 1152; Folio: 77; Page: 19; 
GSU roll: 542764.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 
Name: John Botwright 
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1863 
Registration district: Hoxne 
Inferred County: Suffolk 
Volume: 4a 
Page: 390 


Children of JOHN BOTWRIGHT and ANN SCALES are:

2-136.     i. CHARLES BOTWRIGHT, b. 1790, Wilby, Suffolk, England;  
                                  d. 1862, Hoxne, Suffolk, England. 
2-137.    ii. JOSEPH BOTWRIGHT, b. 1797, Wilby, Suffolk, England; 
                                 d. 1874, Sunderland, Durham, England. 
2-138.   iii. WILLIAM BOTWRIGHT, b. 1803, Wilby, Suffolk, England; 
                                  d. 1883, Depwade, Norfolk, England. 
2-139.    iv. FRANCES BOTWRIGHT, b. 1806, Wilby, Suffolk, England. 

2-140.     v. JOHN BOTWRIGHT, b. 1811, Stradbroke, Suffolk, England; 
                               d. 1850, Stradbroke, Suffolk, England. 
2-141.    vi. CHARLES BOTWRIGHT, b. 1815, Stradbroke, Suffolk, England. 

1-109. WILLIAM BOTWRIGHT (Not Yet Determined1) was born 1788 in Willingham, Suffolk, England, and died 23 Sep 1862 in Wangford, Suffolk, England. He married LYDIA THURSTON. She was born 1794 in Wangford, Suffolk, England, and died 12 May 1839 in Wangford, Suffolk, England.


Notes for WILLIAM BOTWRIGHT:

It is my "best guess" that William and John were brothers - George Boatright.


Inscriptions from St. Peter and St. Paul Church Cemetery, Wangford:

In/ memory of/Will: Botwright/servant to M B Reeve 45 years/who died Sept 23/1862/aged 73 years/

Also Lydia wife of the above/died May 12/1839/aged 45 years

Footstone W.B. 1862: L.B. 1839

1841 England Census 
Name: William Botwright 
Age: 50 
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791 
Gender: Male 
Where born: Suffolk, England 
Civil parish: Wangford 
Hundred: Blything 
County/Island: Suffolk 
Country: England 
Street Address: 
Occupation: AG Laborer
Registration district: Blything 
Sub-registration district: Wenhaston 
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 1017; Book: 5; 
Civil Parish: Wangford; County: Suffolk; 
Enumeration District: 4; Folio: 11; Page: 14; Line: 4; 
GSU roll: 474635.

1851 England Census 
Name: William Botwright 
Age: 65 
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1786 
Relation: Head 
Gender: M (Male) 
Where born: Willingham, Suffolk, England 
Civil parish: Wangford 
Ecclesiastical parish: Norwich 
County/Island: Suffolk 
Country: England 
Occupation: AG Laborer
Registration district: Blything 
Sub-registration district: Westleton 
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1803; Folio: 774; Page: 21; 
GSU roll: 207453-207454.

1861 England Census 
Name: William Botwright 
Age: 73 
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1788 
Relation: Father-in-Law 
Gender: Male 
Where born: Willingham, Suffolk, England 
Civil parish: Wangford 
Ecclesiastical parish: Norwich 
County/Island: Suffolk 
Country: England 
Street Address: by Mail Office
Occupation: AG Laborer
Registration district: Blything 
Sub-registration district: Wenhaston 
Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 1182; Folio: 112; Page: 29; 
GSU roll: 542769.
living with daughter Mary Ann and family

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 
Name: William Botwright 
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1862 
Registration district: Blything 
Inferred County: Suffolk 
Volume: 4a 
Page: 425 
Burial: St. Peter and St. Paul Church cemetery, Wangford, Suffolk, England


Notes for LYDIA THURSTON:

Burial: St. Peter and St. Paul Church cemetery, Wangford, Suffolk, England


Children of WILLIAM BOTWRIGHT and LYDIA THURSTON are:

2-142.     i. GEORGE H. BOTWRIGHT, b. 24 Sep 1815, Frostenden, Suffolk, England;  
                                    d. 21 Mar 1888, Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia.
2-143.    ii. HANNAH BOTWRIGHT, b. 1818, Frostenden, Suffolk, England;  
                                 d. 23 Dec 1888, Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia.  
2-143A.  iii. RACHEL BOTWRIGHT, b. 1820, Frostenden, Suffolk, England;  
                                 d. 23 Dec 1867, Southtown, Suffolk, England.  
2-143B.   iv. WILLIAM BOTWRIGHT, b. 1822, Frostenden, Suffolk, England;  
                                  d. 1823, Frostenden, Suffolk, England.
2-144.     v. WILLIAM BOTWRIGHT, b. 1824, Wangford, Suffolk, England;  
                                  d. 05 Jun 1876, Wangford, Suffolk, England.
2-145.    vi. LYDIA BOTWRIGHT, b. 1827, Wangford, Suffolk, England.  

2-146.   vii. MARY ANN BOTWRIGHT, b. 1829, Wangford, Suffolk, England.  

2-147.  viii. JOHN BOATWRIGHT, b. 1832, Wangford, Suffolk, England;   
                                d. 1878, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. 
2-148.    ix. JAMES BOATWRIGHT, b. 1835, Wangford, Suffolk, England;   
                                 d. 02 May 1895, Orange, Queensland, Australia. 

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