Today marks the 292nd anniversary (1726) of my 6 times great grandparents, Samuel Botsford and Hannah (Prindle) Smith at First Church in New Haven, Connecticut. From The Botsford Genealogy, The Line of Samuel, 1.1.30, Vol 1, Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1977, p 48:
Samuel Botsford, son of Samuel Botsford and Hannah (Camp) Botsford, b. 1702, d. 1783, will dated 5 Apr. 1780, m. 26 or 27 July 1725/26, his first cousin, Hannah (Prindle) Smith, widow of Nathaniel Smith, dau. of John Prindle and Hannah (Botsford) Prindle, b. 4 Dec. 1700, d, 1783.
Children:
- Nehemiah, b. 2 Mar. 1727, m. Mercy Johnson
- Sarah, b. 7 Jul. 1728, m. Samuel Bassett, Jr.
- Mary, b. 10 Jan. 1729, m. Abiel Camp
- Hannah, b. 19 Apr. 1731, m. Eli Hawkins
- Samuel, b. 2 Jan. 1733, m. Elizabeth Watkins
- John, b. 23 Apr. 1734, m. Dorcas Warren and Rachel Murray
- Gamaliel, b. 13 May 1736, unm.
- Esther, b. 7 Jan. 1738
- Eunice, b. 26 Apr. 1741 (or 1739 Derby records), m. Lieut. Jabez Pritchard and Elisha Steele
- Ruth, b. 16 May 1742, m. Eleazer Hawkins
10 children over a 15 year period! Their 6th child, John and his first wife, Dorcas, were my next generation ancestors.