Irish Bothwells

Kearney got this information from a fellow researcher several years ago:
"As I recall from my conversations with Sarah McKnight (the researcher's 1st cousin once removed), she said most of the Bothwells were clustered in and around the Dromara/Ballynahinch/Downpatrick areas of County Down, though I do recall her saying there were a few Bothwells in Counties Armagh, and Tyrone as well as a few "urban" Bothwells in Belfast."

Charles Bothwell - Mary Gordon - Co Monaghan

Charles Bothwell (son of unknown) b. Co Moneghan, Ireland
        married Mary Gordon
        emigrated to US 1808, settled in PA
        children: Samuel, William, Ann J. and John.

John Bothwell (son of Charles and Mary Gordon Bothwell)
        b. 17 Mar 1803 Co Moneghan, Ireland
        emigrated with parents in 1809
        married (1)14 Jan 1832 - Nancy Loraign (d/o John & Elizabeth)
                who died 1 Feb 1856 (sic)
        1833 moved to Montgomery Co, Pa
        1838 moved to Morgan Co, Ind
        married (2) 11 Mar 1846 Martha Weathers (widow of Richard Weathers)
               who died 1 Feb 1883
        children: Samuel, Anna, Mary, David, John, Hugh, Sarah, James, Ann J., Isabel, Martha and Margaret.

census 1840 Morgan Co - p. 131 - 1 m 40-50, 1 f 30-40, 2 f under 5, 1 f 60-70

original land sales 1845-46
BOTHWELL John 14 May 1845 11 1E 24 SW qtr of SE qtr 40
BOTHWELL John 29 Jan 1846 11 1E 24 SE qtr of SE qtr 40
BOTHWELL John 14 Feb 1846 11 1E 24
BOTHWELL John 14 Feb 1846 11 1E 25

census 1850 29a
census 1860
census 1870 Morgan Co Jeff 45 (John)
                                     Wash 514(David)
census 1880 John 67

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Hugh Bothwell - Ann J Gordon

Hugh Bothwell b. 1788 d. Sept 1854 in Ireland
        married Ann J. Gordon b. 1796 d. 1862 in Ireland
       children: Mary, David, Jane, Sarah A., Samuel, John, Elizabeth, Martha, Henry, James, Margaret and two who died in infancy

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James Bothwell - Sophie McCreedy

b. ~ 1809 in Derry Dromara N.Ireland - d. 5 Oct 1873 in Derry Dromara N.Ireland
married January 20th, 1834 - Dromara Presbyterian Church in County Down, Northern Ireland
    Children: Arthur b: 22 May 1835 in Derry Dromara N.Ireland
                William John Bothwell b: 23 Apr 1839 in Derry Dromara N.Ireland
                Thomas Henry Bothwell b: 1845
                James Hamilton Bothwell B: Abt 1847
                Susanna Bothwell b: 1853 in Dromara N.Ireland
                Sarah Bothwell b: 10 Apr 1873 in Derry Dromara N.Ireland

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William Nassau Bothwell - Isabella Hannah - Co Monaghan

child: William Nassau Bothwell
     m. (2) 1876 Annie Grant of Dundee
        child: William Nassau Bothwell
         emigrated to US 1924, settling in Woodbridge, NJ

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George & Sarah Jane Armstrong - Ireland-Pa-Oh

George Bothwell
         b. 1786, Belfast, Ireland, d. 1877 Carroll Co, Ohio
         married 1 Jan 1824, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
         Sarah Jane Armstrong b. 1801, Ireland, d 12 Feb 1868 Harrison Co, Oh

Children: 1.Martha A. Bothwell m: James McCausland
               2.Mary Jane Bothwell b. 12 Nov 1824 Pa, d. 8 Mar 1897 Oh
                        m.29 Jun 1854 Philip Burgett Blazer
                3.John Bothwell b. 7 Dec 1827 d. ? Oh
                     m. 28 May 1861 Eliza Cameron
                4.Thomis Bothwell b. 4 June 1828 Pittsburg, Pa, d. 7 Feb 1850, Oh
                     m. 3 June 1847 Mary Ann Shepard
                5.Joseph Samuel Bothwell b. 26 Dec 1829 Pa of Oh, d 23 Feb 1907 Idaho
                     m. 26 Sep 1854 Julia Mercer Stropes
                6.Armstrong Bothwell b. 14 Oct 1831 Oh, d. 9 Feb 1912 Oh
                     m. 17 Apr 1855 Catherine Hill
                7.Eliza Jane Bothwell b. 27 Sep 1833, d. 1915 Oh
                     m(1) 5 Dec 1854 Cheeseman D. Hill
                     m (2) 16 Oct 1871 James Shepard
                8.Sarah Ellen Bothwell b. 6 June 1837 Oh, d. 13 Mar 1902 Oh
                     m 20 June 1871 William Strayer Easterday
                9.Susan Bothwell b. 24 June 1841 Oh, d. 6 Sep 1855 Oh
              10.Margaret Catherine Bothwell b. 1843 d. 2 Apr 1884 Oh
                     m. 12 Sep 1861 John Cook Riley

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James Bothwell - Mary Jane Rule - Co Armagh - Scotland - Boston

James Bothwell b ~1812 County Armagh
        m ~1833 County Armagh Mary Jane Rule
        4 children probably b. Ireland
        William probably b. Ireland ~1840
             (a member-submitted entry at the LDS site has will b 1839 Pertick (? - bad copying), Lanark, Scotland)
        Mary b. Scotland
        Thomas b. Scotland
        John b. Scotland
               (a member-submitted entry - LDS site - John b 3 Sep 1846, christened 23 Sep 1846,
                                Kinkinner, Wigtown, Scotland)
        Robert b. Scotland

James (son of William and Jessie McIndoe Bothwell) b 1864 Scotland
       m 1881 Boston - wife/ widow d 1938 buried Norwood MA
        living Ansonia CT ~1890
        daughter: Jeanette b. Hartford CT

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Alexander Bothwell - Rebecca Duncan - Tyrone/Armagh

Elliott / Trotter / Bothwell

     According to Kearney, at least two of the Bothwells who married into this clan were the children of Alexander Bothwell and Rebecca Duncan from County Fermanagh. They had 9 children; the oldest, James Alexander, was born in 1800 and the youngest about 1820, and all were born in Ireland. The emigrated to Quebec.
     I copied this next nice narrative bit from a web-site or discussion list that I can no longer find. It was written by Bonnie Robillard - and she has given me permission to reprint it (private email 13 July 2009)

          Jeremiah and Ann Trotter Elliott immigrated from Donegal Ireland (or Fermanagh Co) to Quebec, Canada, around 1836. The Trotter family was said to have come from Armagh. They settled in the primitive Township of Durham, Drummond County, Quebec where they purchased 200 acres of Land. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and biographical histories state, they came from wealthy parents in Northern Ireland. From what we can determine, the Elliotts settled on one side of the St Francis, Saint Francois River, in Ulverton, Kirkdale region, where so many of their graves were located in the United Church Cemetery. The land in this region is very hilly, wooded, and perhaps was farmland somewhat like that of their native Ireland.
           Donegal, Province of Ulster, is the most westerly of the three Northern Counties of Ireland. It's climate was described as cold and unhealthy because of the many lakes, marshes and rivers situated therein. The area is mountainous in some sections, but there are many fertile valleys and good land.
           Jeremiah made his will on the 10th of February 1854, dying on the 15th day of that same month. The will was not filed in the Courthouse in Drummondville until May 3rd 1871 when it affected some real estate in Durham and it was necessary that it be proven and probated. He willed his sons George and Jeremiah the tract of land on which they lived. It would appear that these sons did not purchase land, but farmed part of the acreage purchased by their father. Jeremiah provided for his wife, Ann, if he preceded her in death. She was to be provided with 200 pounds of flour, 2 pounds of tea and 50 pounds of sugar each year. She was to remain living in that part of the house they occupied and also was to have the use of one cow. Son Trotter, also got the tract of land he lived on, but that the other sons were to have privilege of a road wherever it was convenient for the three of them.
           A grandson, Richard, son of Jeremiah and Ann's deceased son Alexander, was bequeathed the tract of land on which they also lived. His mother Ann and the younger children were to be supported from the said land. A provision was also made that if Richard left this land, the next oldest son would be responsible for it and the support of his mother and the younger children. None of their other children were mentioned in the will. His son John, witnessed the will and was the one who signed the recording of the will in 1869. George Hyndman, also witnessed the signing by Jeremiah in 1854, but had moved to Balleyville, Illinois by 1869.
           When Jeremiah, the elder, and his family migrated to Canada from Ireland, most of their children also made the trip. Many of them had already married in Ireland and had Children of their own. Rebecca stayed in Ireland. Jeremiah was about 55 or 56 when he left his native land and brought to this side of the world, with him three generations.

I. Jeremiah Elliott b. 1779, Ireland d. 15 Feb, 1854, Durham, Quebec, Canada.
      m. Ann Trotter b. 1782, Ireland, d. 14 June 1864, Durham, Quebec, Can
      II. 1. Rebecca Elliott b. abt 1799 Ireland, m. John Leonard, Ire(Did not come)
      II. 2. William b. 1803 Ireland m. Jane Trotter, 1825, Ireland.
           III. Rebecca, b. 29 Mar 1825, Ireland
           III. Mary Jane Elliott b. 1826, Ireland
           III. William Alexander b. 1830, Ireland. m. Miriam Ramsey, d.1860
           III. Trotter, b. 1835. d 17 July 1881
      II. 3. Alexander, b. abt 1803, m An Lanigan, Trois Riveres, Que.Canada
      II. 4. Arthur b 02 Mar 1808, Ireland, m. Eleanor Bothwell, 1833, Ireland.
      II. 5. George b. 1810, Ireland, m. Mary Bell 1833, Ireland.
           III. 1. William Andrew b. 23 Aug 1834, Donegal.
                 m. Anna Jane Hyndman 14 Sep 1855, Que
                IV. 1. George A. b. 09 Feb 1856, Baileyville, Ill m. Alice E.Calloway
                IV. 2. Mary A., b. 15 Apr 1858, Baileyville, Ill.
                IV. 3. William Everett, b 24 Feb 1859, Baileyville, Ill,
                      m. Sarah Elizabeth Sherbon, 1885,
                IV. 4. John Henry, b. 8 Jan 1861, Baileyville, Ill. m. Etta Buckner
                IV. 5. Lewis A, b. 08 Jan 1861, Baileville, Ill. m. Mable Chapman.
                IV. 6. Edgar A. b. 28 Dec 1861, Baileville, Ill
                IV. 7. Cora b. 17 Dec 1866, Baileville, m. George Y. Walker
                IV. 8. Emma A. b. 1868
                      m. Ira B. Stafford 11 Dec 1887, Grundy Co.
                IV. 9. Margaret b. 20 Jan 1869, d 15 Oct 1914, Never Married
                IV. 10. Robert J, b 16 Aug 1871, Grundy Co,
                      m. Sarah Jane Hall 1901
                IV. 11. Ludema, b 15 Oct 1873, Grundy Center, Iowa.
                      m. Charles J. Peterson
                IV. 12. Charles, b 13 Jan 1878, d. Jul 1885,
           III. 2. Lewis b. 25 Aug 1837, Durham.
                 m. Susanna Pickens, 1868, Durham, Que.
           III. 3. John, b. 07 May 1837/39, Durham.
                m. Mary Ann Lyster 22 Jun 1870, Durham, Canada.
           III. 4. Ann Elliott, Twin to John b. 07 May 1837/39, Quebec, Canada.
           III. 5. George Elliott, b. 1843, Quebec, Canada.
           III. 6. Mary Jane, b. 17 Sept 1844, Quebec, Canada.
      GEORGE ELLIOTT'S SECOND MARRIAGE TO ELIZABETH PICKENS
           III. 1. Richard, b. 1850, Canada
           III. 2. Edward A, b. 1854, Canada, m. Sara Ann Lefrance 1877, Que
           III. 3. Sarah Jane, b. 1856, Canada
           III. 4. Robert Albert, bt. 1859, Canada
           III. 5. Elizabeth Alice, b. 19 Mar 1861, Canada
           III. 6. James Wesley, b. 19 Jan 1864, Canada
           III. 7. David Trotter, b. 03 Oct 1866, Canada
           III. 8. Selina Susanna, b. 30 Mar 1869
      II. 6. Jane Elliott m. James Bothwell, 07 Nov 1837, Quebec
      II. 7. Jeremiah, b. 1816, Ireland. m. Rebecca Bothwell 05 Aug 1845, Que
      II. 8. Anna Elliott. m. Edward Bothwell. (She did migrate- not known where)
      II. 9. John Elliott b. 1821, Ireland. m. Jane Bothwell 25 Apr 1843, Que
           III. 1. Alexander b. 09 Mar 1844, Quebec, m. Anna Patrick.
           III. 2. Jerry, b. 1848, Quebec, m. Artismissa Kuhns.
           III. 3. Rebecca Elliott, b. 1855, Canada
           III. 4. Arthur Elliott, b. 1858, Canada
           III. 5. John C. Elliott b. 1859, Quebec, Canada
      II. 10. Trotter Elliott b 1824, m. Ann Bell, Canada. (Trotter Stayed in Canada)

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Alexander Bothwell - Jane Donahy

1 Alexander BOTHWELL b: AUG 1661 in Glencorse, Scotland d: Abt 1745 in Rutland,Worcester ,MA

EMIGRATION: November 1719, Ireland to New England; in 1729 lived in Rutland, MA. From "Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Abell," by Horace A. Abell (privately printed, Rochester 1933), p. 42: "Alexander Bothwell came from Ireland in 1719 with Capt. Dennis and settled in Rutland, Mass., and his wife Jane died on the voyage to America." Emigrated from Ireland, probably Ardstraw Parish, County Tyrone Landed at Boston, 1719

+ Married: Abt 1702 in Ardstraw,Tyrone,Ireland
   Jean DONAGHY b: Abt 1680 d: 1718
           2 Jennet BOTHWELL b: Abt 1704 d: MAY 1789
             + Matthew CLARK b: Abt 1700 d: 10 MAY 1746
                3 Jane CLARK b: 7 FEB 1727 d: 12 AUG 1780
                     + Andrew SMITH 3 John CLARK b: 1 JUL 1728 d: 1810/1820
                3 Alexander CLARK b: 23 JUL 1730 d: 23 NOV 1823
                     + Elizabeth DONAGHY Doneca b: 1 MAR 1727/1728 d: 27 DEC 1801
                3 Agnes CLARK b: 2 JUN 1732 d: JUN 1816
                     + Daniel DONELSON
                3 Elizabeth CLARK b: Abt 1734 d: Abt 1785
                    + William STEWART
                3 Hannah CLARK b: Abt 1736 d: 20 MAR 1759
                    + Joseph MCKEOWN
                3 William CLARK b: Abt 1738 d: 1803/1807
                    + Mary PATTESON
                3 Margaret CLARK b: 8 JUL 1740 d: 16 FEB 1794
                    + Peter HARWOOD
                3 Sarah CLARK b: 12 SEP 1742 d: 1758
                3 Matthew CLARK b: 20 SEP 1744 d: 18 APR 1812
                    + Jean WORKMAN
           2 Alexander BOTHWELL b: Abt 1710 d: Aft 1780
             + Margaret KENNEDY
                3 John Bothwell b: 14 MAY 1752 in Oakham, Worcester, Mass
           2 Elijah BOTHWELL b: Bef 1719

Alexander Bothwell - Martha Wilson

Supposedly descended from Alexander & Jane Donahy through Alex. II and Margaret Kennedy
         Robert Bothwell b.12 Sept 1899 sic Genoa, Cayuga Co. NY, d. 20 Feb 1884
           m. 20 Feb 1833 Esther Bowker b. 1800 Lansing NY, d. 1888
                   children: Aleck Bothwell b. 2 May 1825 sic - m Charlotte Bishop
                                Emeline Bothwell born 18 Jan 1837 - m Roland C. White
                                Hanna Bothwell born 1830/31 m Jay Bunnnel
                                James Bothwell b 1833/34
                                Sarah Bothwell b 1836 m Daniel Lane
                                Sophromia Bothwell b 1837/38 - m William Sunderland
                                Esther A. Bothwell b 1840 - m Marcus Avery

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George Bothwell

          b. 1844 Canada (ps Scottish) d. Buchanan Co, Ia
           m. ~1879 Ida Unknown b. 1859 c. 1952
                 children Clyde D b. 1883 d. 1925
                              Helen b. 1894

Clyde (son of George and Ida)
      m. ~1910 in Iowa - Nellie Everett b. 1885 d. 1967
            children Evelyn b. ~1911 m. Unknown Pryor
                        Helen b ~1914
                        Ruth b. ~1917
lived in Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa when the girls were teenagers.

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