Paternal Family Tree: Boothby
In or before 1638 [his father] Henry Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 45] and [his mother] Mary Hayes [aged 24] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
Around 1638 William Boothby 1st Baronet was born to Henry Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 46] and Mary Hayes [aged 24].
On 3rd September 1648 [his father] Henry Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 56] died. Baronet Boothby of Clater Cote extinct.
After 1649 [his mother] Mary Hayes [deceased] died.
After 13th August 1653 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 15] and Frances Milward were married.
Around 1654 [his son] Francis Boothby was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 16] and [his wife] Frances Milward.
On 6th April 1657 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 19] and Hill Brooke [aged 21] were married at Chiswick.
On 13th July 1660 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 22] was created 1st Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
In 1661 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 23] was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
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Before 1st January 1664 the date he was baptised at Tamworth, Staffordshire [Map], [his son] William Boothby 3rd Baronet was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 26] and [his wife] Hill Brooke [aged 28]. He married before 1695 Frances Williams, daughter of Trevor Williams 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Morgan Lady Williams, and had issue.
On 8th January 1670 [his son] Brooke Boothby was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 32] and [his wife] Hill Brooke [aged 34].
In 1671 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 33] purchased Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map] from Aston Cockayne 1st Baronet [aged 62].
In 1684 [his son] Francis Boothby [aged 30] died.
Before 1695 [his son] William Boothby 3rd Baronet [aged 30] and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Williams [aged 46] were married.
On 14th May 1704 [his wife] Hill Brooke [aged 68] died.
On 24th March 1707 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 69] died at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. His grandson Henry [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
On 24th March 1707. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Monument to William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 69] and [his former wife] Hill Brooke.
Hill Brooke: Around 1636 she was born to William Brooke and Pembroke Lennard. On 6th April 1657 William Boothby 1st Baronet and she were married at Chiswick. On 14th May 1704 Hill Brooke died.
Grandfather: William Boothby
father: Henry Boothby 1st Baronet
Grandfather: Thomas Hayes
mother: Mary Hayes