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The United Empire Loyalists’ Association of 50 Baldwin Street, Suite 202, , , M5T 1L4 Telephone (416) 591-1783 Fax (416) 591-7506 Email: [email protected]

CERTIFICATE APPLICATION

BRANCH:______Bicentennial ______

BRANCH ADDRESS:

Applicant Title Mr. Name in full. Matthew Stephen BOTSFORD Date

Maiden Name Phone Address Postal Code

E-Mail address [email protected] Occupation Place of Birth Date Married at Date Husband/Wife Son or Full Name Daughter of Occupation Place of Birth Date Place of Burial Date Children (Names in Full and Birth Dates)

Loyalist Ancestor Information Loyalist Ancestor Reuben MOTT

Military Service 84th Regiment, King’s Royal Rangers of (Rank & Regt. If Jessup’s Rangers known) Where Settled of Elizabethtown, Leeds , Johnstown District, Province of – (Date & Location) Land Grant 17 May 1802 – 100 Acres

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Applicant Line of Descent From a Loyalist Ancestor Loyalist Ancestor Reuben MOTT

Military Service 84th Regiment, King’s Royal Rangers of New York (rank & regt if known) Jessup’s Rangers Where Settled Township of Elizabethtown, , Johnstown District, Province Born Married Died of Upper Canada – Land Grant 17 May 1802 – 100 Acres (Date & Location) (year) (year) (year) Father John Edward BOTSFORD 1920 1944 2003 2. Parents Mother Beatrice Louise COTTER 1922 1973 1944 Grand Father Lawrence Michael BOTSFORD 1884 1913 1951 3. Parents

Mother Josephine Cecilia ROCHFORD 1881 1913 1943

1st Great Father Charles Wesley BOTSFORD 1842 1863 1911 4. Grand Parents Mother Margaret McMULLEN 1845 1863 1941 2nd Great Father Warren Jarvis BOTSFORD 1804 1835 1890 5. Grand Parents Mother Britannia BILLINGS 1815 1835 1893 3rd Great Father Elkanah BILLINGS, Jr. 1781 1804 1861 6. Grand Parents Mother Elizabeth MOTT 1785 1804 1875 4th Great Father Reuben MOTT U.E.L. 1758 Unknown 1839 7. Grand

Parents Mother Hannah ( ) Unknown Unknown Unknown 5th Great Father 8. Grand Parents Mother 6th Great Father 9. Grand Parents Mother 7h Great Father 10. Grand Parents Mother 8th Great Father 11. Grand Parents Mother 9th Great Father 12. Grand Parents Mother 10h Great Father 13. Grand Parents Mother

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Parents Father John Edward BOTSFORD Son of Lawrence Michael 2. BOTSFORD and Josephine ROCHFORD Place of Windsor, Essex County, ON Date 18 December Birth 1920 Married Windsor, Essex County, ON Date 10 June 1944 at Residence Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Occupation Sales Distillery Place of Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Death Date 30 July 2003 – Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Burial & Place Mother Beatrice Louise COTTER Daughter of Arthur James COTTER & Inez WALSH Occupation Homemaker Place of Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Date 28 November 1922 Birth Place of Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Death Date 24 July 1973 –Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Burial & Place Children Matthew Stephen BOTSFORD and spouses And others if known

Grandparents 3. Father Lawrence Michael BOTSFORD Son of Charles Wesley BOTSFORD and Margaret McMULLEN Place of , Leeds County, Ontario Date 12 September Birth 1884 Married Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Date 18 June 1913 at Residence Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Occupation Statistician Place of Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Death Date 30 May 1951 – Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Burial & Place Michael ROCHFORD & Mother Josephine Cecilia ROCHFORD Daughter of Elizabeth Harriet CARRICK Occupation Homemaker Place of Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Date 15 June 1881 Birth Place of Windsor, Essex County, Ontario Death Date 04 August 1943 - WIndsor, Essex County, Ontario Burial & Place Children Lawrence Joseph BOTSFORD m. Ann Grace HAYWARD and spouses Margaret Lillian BOTSFORD m. Peter Ruthven BROPHY if known John Edward BOTSFORD m. Beatrice Louise COTTER Walter James BOTSFORD m. Jeanne Anny DeFROY

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st 1 Great Grandparents 4. Father Charles Wesley BOTSFORD Son of Warren Jarvis BOTSFORD and Britannia BILLINGS Place of Belleville, , Canada West, Canada Date 10 August 1839 Birth

Married at Perth, , Ontario Date 01 October 1863 Residence Brockville, Leeds County, Canada West, Canada Occupation Book-Keeper

Place of Brockville, Leeds County, Canada West, Canada Death Date 17 March 1911 – Brockville, Leeds County, Burial & Place Canada West, Canada Mother Margaret McMULLEN Daughter of Hugh McMULLEN & Ellen McDERMOTT Occupation Homemaker Place of Perth, Lanark County, Canada West, Canada Date 23 August 1845 Birth Place of Brockville, Leeds County, Canada West, Canada Death Date 1941 – Brockville, Leeds County, Canada Burial & Place Children Emma BOTSFORD m. (1) William David WILKINSON (2) William Patrick Driscoll Mary Ellen BOTSFORD Charles Alexander BOTSFORD m. Agnes Stella WALLACE John Edmund BOTSFORD and spouses Frederick James BOTSFORD Margaret Honora BOTSFORD if known James Henry BOTSFORD m. Leah Frances DOWSLEY Lawrence Michael BOTSFORD m. Josephine Cecilia ROCHFORD

2nd Great Grandparents Father Warren Jarvis BOTSFORD Son of Alanson BOTSFORD and 5. Catherine MOTT

Place of Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Upper Date 14 August 1814 Birth Canada Married at Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Upper Canada Date 21 April 1835 Residence Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Upper Canada Occupation Hardware Merchant Place of Unknown Death Date 07 February 1900 – Toronto, York County, Burial & Place Ontario Mother Britannia BILLINGS Daughter of Elkanah BILLINGS, Jr. & Elizabeth MOTT Occupation Homemaker Place of Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Upper Canada Date 13 July 1815 Birth Place of Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Upper Canada Death Date 01 May 1893 – Brockville, Leeds County, Canada Burial & Place Children Eliza BOTSFORD m. (1) J.A. RIDLEY (2) William J. GODKIN and spouses Charles Wesley BOTSFORD m. Margaret McMULLEN Adelaide BOTSFORD m. William Henry WILSON Emma BOTSFORD if known William Ryerson BOTSFORD m. Amy E. HIGGINS

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3rd Great Grandparents Father Elkanah BILLINGS, Jr. Son of Dr, Elkanah BILLINGS & 6. Johanna Arabella ROGERS

Place of Ware, New County, Massachusetts Date 01 February 1781 Birth Married Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Upper Canada Date 02 April 1804 at Residence Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Upper Canada Occupation Unknown Place of Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Upper Canada Death Date 16 May 1861 – Brockville, Leeds County, Canada Burial & Place West, Canada Mother Elizabeth MOTT Daughter of Reuben MOTT & Hannah ( ) Occupation Homemaker Place of Augusta Township, Grenville County, Upper Canada Date 20 June 1785 Birth Place of Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Upper Canada Death Date 03 June 1875 – Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario Burial & Place Children Elizabeth (Betsey) BILLINGS Enmira (Lamira) BILLINGS m. James KINCAID Joanna BILLINGS Elizabeth (Eliza) BILLINGS m. Andrew DONALDSON Britannia BILLINGS m. Warren Jarvis BOTSFORD and spouses Abiathar BILLINGS m. Anna McCREADY Charles BILLINGS Ira BILLINGS m. Catherine McCREADY if known Reuben Mott BILLINGS m. (1) Caroline MARSHALL (2) Patience YOUNG Artemisia BILLINGS m. James H. BROOKS

4th Great Grandparents 7. Father Reuben MOTT U.E.L. Son of Jonathan MOTT & Hannah ( )

Place of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York Date Unknown Birth Married New York State Date 1777 at Residence Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Upper Canada Occupation Farmer Place of Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Upper Canada Death Date 16 January 1839 – Elizabethtown, Leeds Burial & Place County, Upper Canada Mother Hannah ( ) Daughter of Unknown Occupation Homemaker Place of Dutchess County, New York Date 1759 Birth Place of Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Upper Canada Death Date By 1801 Burial & Place Children Patience MOTT Lois MOTT Elizabeth A. MOTT m. Elkanah BILLINGS, Jr. and spouses Matthew MOTT Margaret MOTT Reuben MOTT, Jr. if known

9 PROOFS OF LINEAL DESCENT List your direct line of descent, beginning with yourself, one person in each generation to your Loyalist ancestor. Lineal descent is proved by the use of documents which state the relationship of two individuals to each other. The document must state the fact to be proved: e.g. “William, THE SON of Henry Smith ...” Attach copies of your proofs to the back of the application. 1. Applicant Matthew Stephen BOTSFORD is the Son of John Edward BOTSFORD Proof Birth Record – Office of the Registrar General of Ontario – Registration # 1950-05-044542 2. Parent John Edward BOTSFORD is the Son of Lawrence Michael BOTSFORD Proof Birth Record – Office of the Registrar General of Ontario – Registration # 1920-05-027139 3. Grandparent Lawrence Michael BOTSFORD is the Son of Charles Wesley BOTSFORD Proof Marriage Record – Office of the Registrar General of Ontario – Registration # 1913-05-027512 4. 1st Great Charles Wesley BOTSFORD is the Son of Britannia BILLINGS Grandparent Proof 1. Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 – ancestry.com 3 Pages 5. 2nd Great Britannia BILLINGS is the Daughter of Elizabeth MOTT and Elkanah BILLINGS, Jr. Grandparent Proof 1. Letter of Mildred R. Livingston – 24 April 1985 – General Abstracts from the Perth Courier – Death of Warren Jarvis BOTSFORD – date should have been 07 February 1900 (M. Stephen Botsford UE Application – M.C. # 3751-86) 2. New England Historical and Genealogical Register – July 1938 along with the Addendum – Additions and Corrections – Volume 92 Concluded - A Genealogy of “Roger Billings of Milton, Mass., and Some of His Descendants” – contributed by Harold Ward Dana, A.B., M.D. of Brookline, Mass. - (M. Stephen Botsford UE Application – M.C. # 3751-86) 6 Pages 6. 3rd Great Elizabeth MOTT is the Daughter of Reuben MOTT Grandparent Proof 1. Upper Canada Land Petitions “B” Bundle 7, 1802-1806 (RG 1, L 3, Vol. 34) 6 Pages 7. 4th Great Reuben MOTT is a Grandparent Proof 1. Upper Canada Land Petitions “B” Bundle 7, 1802-1806 (RG 1, L 3, Vol. 34) 2. Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 – ancestry.com 3. Loyalist Lineages of Canada, Volume II, Part 2, Pages 792-793 4. Early Ontario Settlers – 1784 Provisioning Lists - Return of Disbanded Troops and Loyalists settled in Township No. 8 [Elizabethtown] Mustered 12 October 1784, Page 59 – ancestry.ca 5. Early Ontario Settlers – 1785 Location List – Settlers at Township No. 8 below Cataraqui [Elizabethtown] , 1785 Muster Roll No. 11 Page 105 – ancestry.ca 6. Leeds and Grenville Gen Web : War of 1812 Paylist Rolls, Folios 404-407, T-10381 – Captain Adiel Sherwood’s Company, 1st Regiment Leeds 7. The Loyalists in Ontario : The Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada – William D. Reid – Page 232 – ancestry.com 21 Pages 8. 5th Great Grandparent Proof