ELIZABETH BEERS BOOTH

Honoring my ancestor who was born today

ELIZABETH BEERS BOOTH - 1721–1780

When ELIZABETH BEERS Booth was born on November 16, 1721, in Stratford, Connecticut, her father, Josiah, was 28, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 23. She married ZACHARIAH BOOTH in 1743 in her hometown. They had eight children in 16 years. She died on November 9, 1780, in Fairfield, Connecticut, at the age of 58.

She was the mother of Isaac Booth Sr. (1775-1841) who was a corporal in the American Revolution. She had 2 other sons, who may have also fought through that war (I haven't checked yet.) Her other 5 children were daughters.

She outlived Zachariah, who died in Sept 1775 just before the war started. He is buried in Monroe CT...in the old cemetery called Cutler's Farm and Elm Street Cemetery, but his death is listed in Huntington, CT.

Elizabeth lived five years more, and also died in Huntington, CT, but I don't have a grave site for her.

This is where Zachariah Booth is buried, so it's likely his wife is as well....now location is called Monroe, CT. I don't think the cemetery moved, but the town name changed!

The Beers family had a crest with a bear on it. Perhaps a misspelling  and they really are Bears!

I've given her listing on my own tree with a picture of a New England colonial house.

She was my 6th great grandmother on my mother's tree. 

Quote for today:

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true. The other is to refuse to believe what is true. Soren Kierkegaard   Calendar dates - Julian vs Gregorian

One of the most common dating conflicts involves the use of the Julian Calendar versus the Gregorian Calendar. On 14 September 1752, the Gregorian Calendar was adopted in both Great Britain and its colonies in North America, and the first day of the year then became January 1. Prior to that date, the Julian Calendar was in effect and the first day of the year was March 25. As a consequence, many dates found in the 1600's and first half of the 1700's for the months of January, February, and March reflect, or should reflect, a double date, such as 15 February 1735/1736. Even though both dates may be perfectly acceptable based upon the calendar that was in use at the time, to be consistent with current dating procedures the second date is most accurate.  Oh my, looking further on Wikepedia... 1582 was the date of changes in many countries where Pope Gregory had influence. The new (Gregorian) calendar was implemented on the date specified by the Papal bull, with Julian Thursday, 4 October 1582, being followed by Gregorian Friday, 15 October 1582.  (the next day meant a loss of 2 weeks) The Spanish and Portuguese colonies followed somewhat later de facto because of delay in communication Catholic countries followed the Pope's decision! Many Protestant countries initially objected to adopting a Catholic innovation; some Protestants feared the new calendar was part of a plot to return them to the Catholic fold. Britain and the British Empire (including the eastern part of what is now the United States) adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752. Sweden followed in 1753.  Many other countries didn't adopt it until much later.