Mary Booth

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Booth was christened on 1 December 1644, in Middleton, Lancashire, England, her father, John Boothe, was 28 and her mother, Katharine Lomax, was 28. She married John Scholes on 7 May 1661. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters.

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Family Time Line

John Scholes
1638–
Mary Booth
1644–
Marriage: 7 May 1661
Thomas Scholes
1663–
John Scholes
1666–
Mary Scoales
1669–
Ann Scholes
1671–
Mary Scoales
1672–
Sarah Scholes
1673–1715
Elizabeth Scholes
1675–
James Scoles
1677–1769

Sources (5)

  • Mary Booth, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary Booth, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Mary Booth, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

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World Events (4)

1688 · Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.

1720 · South Sea Bubble

The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.

1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted

Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.

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.

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