Brief Life History of Reuben
When Reuben Booth was born about 1738, in Surry, Virginia, United States, his father, George Booth II, was 35 and his mother, Lucy Gilliam, was 26. He married Rebecca Cryer about 1758, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1775, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 38.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know Reuben? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Reubin Booth in entry for Isaac Hicks, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
- Reuben Booth in entry for Isaac Hicks and Anne Booth, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Reuben Booth in entry for Isaac Hicks and Ann Booth, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
Siblings (7)
+2 More Children
World Events (1)
1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
Name Meaning
English (northern): topographic or occupational name from Middle English bothe (Old Danish bōth) ‘temporary shelter, such as a covered market stall or a cattle-herdsman's hut’. The latter sense was predominant in the Pennines of Lancashire and Yorkshire, where there were many cattle farms or vaccaries, and whose subdivisions were known as ‘booths’. The principal meaning of the surname there was therefore probably ‘cattle herdsman’, ‘man in charge of a vaccary’, and thus identical with Boothman . Elsewhere it may have denoted a shopkeeper who owned a temporary market stall, but no evidence has been found to confirm this use of the surname. In the British Isles the surname is still more common in northern England, where Scandinavian influence was more marked, and in Scotland, where the word was borrowed into Gaelic as both(an).
History: Robert Booth (1604–72) is mentioned in the colonial records of Exeter, NH, in 1645. He subsequently moved to ME.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.