When Captain Nathan Botsford was born on 18 November 1713, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Timothy Botsford, was 35 and his mother, Mary Peck, was 30. He married Sarah Collins on 6 October 1737, in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 14 February 1792, in his hometown, at the age of 78.