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Lineage1: This branch moved into Abbeville, SC and primarily remained there; believed by some to descend from a Frederick Botts (primarily because his wife was a Comer) and Conrad Bottin VA although these connections are not well established. [no confirmed project members – need DNA signature; if you believe you are part of this line, please join the project]
Thomas Comer Botts, b 1787, NC, m Nancy Moore
- Thomas Asa (Buttons) Botts, b 1824, Abbeville, SC
+ Matilda Wright - James M Botts, b 1849
- John T Botts, b 1851, m Margurite Stribling
- Asa North Botts, b. 1858, m. Mary Lou Wright
- E.G. Botts, b. 1862
- Jacob R Botts, b 1826, Abbeville, SC, m Louisa Jane Cannon
- William P Botts, b 1829, Abbeville, SC
- John George Botts, b 1830, Abbeville, SC
+ Catherine Robinson
o Samuel Oscar Botts, b 1860, SC
o John Botts, b 1873, SC
o Charles Botts, b 1874, SC
o Jacob Botts, b 1879, SC
- Charles Alexander Botts, b 1841, Abbeville, SC
o Thomas Henry Botts, b 1872, Abbeville, SC
o James Mabry Botts, b 1876-78, Abbeville, SC
o William Archer Botts, b 1879, Abbeville, SC
o Arthur Traywick Botts, b 1879, Abbeville, SC
o Charles A Botts Jr., b 1885, Abbeville, SC
Lineage 2: This branch moved into NW Georgia possibly from South Carolina or Tennessee; DNA evidence indicates definite connection to Lineage 4 but genealogical connection not yet determined. [3 confirmed project members]
John W Botts, b 1851, GA, m Melvina Manda Hagewood
- James Mark Botts, b 1881, SC
+ Cordelia Fisher (1st marriage) - Jack Lee (Fred) Botts, b 1902, GA 335168
- John W Botts, b 1908, GA
+ Ada Pearl Cash (2ndmarriage)
- James Mark Botts, b 1923, Chattanooga, TN, m Dora Lorene Thompson 200280, 344991, 541547 (FF), 340606 (FF), 541548 (FF) [genealogically related but determined by DNA to be false paternal and therefore not genetically related]
Lineage 3: This branch moved into Macon and Pike County, AL from VA. One letter from Nathan JBotts says that the father of John Joshua Botts was named Joel. [1 confirmed project member]
John Joshua Botts, b 1805, VA (d 1890, Macon,AL)
+ Elsie Renfroe
- Nathan Joshua Botts, b 1849, Macon County, AL (d 1932, Pike County, AL)
+ Lecy Ann Bass
o John Hardy Botts, b 1882, Pike County, AL B-5
o Nathan Joshua (Jody) Botts, b 1884, Pike County, AL
o Joel (Buddy) Botts, b 1893, Pike County, AL
o Samuel (Sam) Botts, b 1897, Pike County, AL
- John W Botts, b 1860, AL
Lineage 4: This branch emigrated from England toVirginia and became a prominent family in Colonial America. Included several well-known lawyers, statesmen, and military leaders. Descendants have beenproliferous and have branched out throughout America. Lineage 2 has been determined by DNA to be connected to this line [2 confirmed project members]
Thomas I Botts, b 1586, Northamptonshire, England
+ Elizabeth Waters
- Isaac Botts, b 1643, Staffordshire, England (d 1675, York, ME)
- Thomas Botts, b 1650, Northamptonshire, England (d 1677, Henrico, VA)
+ Amy - Thomas Botts, b 1674 Northampton, VA (?)
+ Elizabeth Kannon (?) - Thomas Botts, b 1703, Stafford, VA
- Joseph Botts, b 1704
- John Botts, b 1705, Stafford, VA
+ Sarah Wood - George Botts, b 1731, Stafford, VA
- John Botts, b 1733, Hartford, MD
- Abraham Botts, b 1735, Stafford, VA
- Isaac Botts, b 1738, Stafford, VA
- Moses Botts, b 1707, Loudon, VA
- Aaron Botts, b 1709, Stafford, VA
- Archibald Botts, b 1711 Stafford, VA
- Seth Botts, b 1713 Stafford, VA
+ Sabina Bridwell - William Botts, b 1744 Stafford, VA
- Aaron Botts, b 1746 Stafford, VA; d. 1790
+ Ann Parks
§ Joseph Botts, b 1775,Stafford, VA
§ Bernard Botts, b. 1778,Stafford VA, d. 1843 Morgan, IL
+ Susan Renno
§ John P. Botts, b. 1805Prince William VA, d. 1880 Lewis, MO
+ Nancy A.
§ George W Botts, b. 1839 LewisMO, d. <1900 Lewis MO
+ Maria E Crossen
§ D. Franklin Botts, b. 1869IL; d. <1930
+ Ida May Woodward
§ Arthur Destnold Botts, b.1900 MO, d. 1980 Big Bear, CA
+ Sarah Grace Watson
§ Arthur Harvey Botts, b. 1926IL, d. 1994 CA 491551 (FF)
§ George H Botts, b. 1806, d.1880+
§ Benjamin T Botts, b. 1811,d. 1891
+ Mary “Polly” Crawley
§ Samuel Botts, b. 1829, d.1902
§ Thompson Botts, b 1785,Stafford VA, d 1866, Adair KY
- Joseph Botts, b 1748 Stafford, VA; d. 1814 Montgomery County, KY
+ Catherine Butler
- Robert Botts, b. 1779; d. 1855 Mt. Sterling, KY
+ Elizabeth Tolson
- George Nelson Botts, b. 1828, d. 1898
+ Drusilla Bradshaw
- Joseph Andrew Botts, b. 1858 Mt Sterling KY, d. 1934 Mt Sterling KY
+ Mattie Clay Sewell
- George L Botts, b. 1898, d. 1973
+ Stella Garrett
- Floyd Eugene Botts, b 1929, d. 1983 B177660 (FF)
- Joshua Botts, b 1751 Stafford, VA
+ Frances Gaines - Archibald Botts
- William Botts, b 1773, Dumphries, VA
- Benjamin Gaines Botts, b 1776, Dumphries, VA
+ Jane Tyler - Alexander Lithgow Botts, b 1799, Dumphries, VA (resided NY)
+ Susan Frances Randolph - William Henry Botts, b 1822, Washington, DC (resided NY)
- Thomas Lawson Botts, b 1828, Washington, DC (d 1854, NY)
- Alexander Botts, b 1830, Washington, DC
- Julian Botts, b 1832, Washington, DC (d NY)
- Stevens King Botts, b 1837, Washington, DC
- Randolph Botts, b 1840, Washington, DC (d 1898, Albany, NY)
- Gen Thomas Hutchinson Botts, b 1800, Dumphries, VA
+ Mary Scandrett Stone - William Stone Botts, b 1829, Fredericksburg, VA
- Benjamin Alexander Botts, b 1831, Fredericksburg, VA (d 1885, Houston, TX)
- Walter Browne Botts, b 1835, Fredericksburg, VA (d 1894, Houston, TX)
- Charles Minor Botts, b 1837, Fredericksburg, VA
- Henry Triplett Botts, b 1839, Fredericksburg, VA (d 1889, Savannah, GA)
- Albert Burnley Botts, b 1841, Fredericksburg, VA
+ Ann Carter Willis
- James Lawson Botts, b 1825, Fredericksburg, VA [go to lineage 5]
- John Minor Botts, b 1802, Dumphries, VA
+ Mary Whiting - Benjamin Botts
- John Botts
- Archibald Blair Botts
- Joshua Botts, b 1804, Dumphries, VA
- Charles Tyler Botts, b 1809, Dumphries, VA (d 1884 Oakland, CA)
+ Margaret Frances Marshall - Horace Marshall Botts, b 1831, Richmond, VA (d Monterey, CA)
- Thomas Botts, b 1778, Dumphries, VA
- John Botts, b 1754, Stafford, VA
+ LucyGaines
- Rev Joseph Botts, b. 1790, Culpeper, VA
+ SabraWilkes
- William Oscar Botts, b. 1817 Boone, KY
+MaryFrancis Walker
- William (Will) Grafton Botts, b. 1867, Hancock, IL
+ Louisa(Lou) Olena Garnett
- Charles Clifford (Cliff) Botts, b. 1892, Hancock, IL 241825
Lineage 5: This branch is tied to Lineage 4.Descendants of Thomas Lawson Botts (who died as a confederate leader in theCivil War), moved from VA to MD after the war. [no confirmed project membersalthough 241825 isrelated – need DNA signature; if you believe you are part of this line, pleasejoin the project]
Thomas Lawson Botts, b 1825, Fredericksburg, VA[lineage 4: Thomas I,Thomas, Thomas, Seth, Joshua, Benjamin Gaines, Thomas H]
+ Sarah Elizabeth Bibb Ranson
- Thomas Hutchinson Botts, b 1854, Fredericksburg, VA (resided in MD)
+ Lillian Word Neeson
o Thomas Hutchinson Botts, b 1899, Walbrook, MD (d 1964,Fayetteville, NC)
o Rev Henry Neeson Botts, b 1902, Baltimore, MD
o Ferson Botts, b 1903, Baltimore, MD
- James Ranson Botts, b 1857, Fredericksburg, VA
- Robert Hite Botts, b 1861, Baltimore, MD
+ Margaret Maggie Katie Fisher
o James Lawson Botts, b 1889, Baltimore, MD
o Robert Thomas Botts, b 1895, Baltimore, MD
Lineage 6: This branch is probably related toLineage 2 out of Fannin, GA. Descendants of James Jason Botts (who died as aconfederate leader in the Civil War), showed up in Fannin, GA sometime around1840/1850. [no confirmed project members although 335168 may be related – need DNA signature; ifyou believe you are part of this line, please join the project]
James Jason Botts, b 1829, SC, d. 1862Knoxville, TN (Civil War casualty)
+ Permelia Ann Williams
- Thomas Pharoah Botts, b 1848 SC, d. 1936 Fannin, GA
+ Frankie Suite
o Larkin Bruce Botts, b 1871 Fannin, GA
o Pharoah Botts, b 1873 Fannin, GA
o John Botts, b 1875 Fannin, GA
o Lawson Botts, b. 1877 Fannin, GA
o Walter Botts, b. 1888 Fannin, GA
o Kimsey Botts, b 1892 Fannin, GA
+ Ethel May Patterson
- Dennis Botts, b. 1919 Fannin, GA
- James Larkin Botts, b 1861, GA
Lineage 7: This branch is primarily in Pennsylvania, but a few recentdescendants spread through out west. [1 confirmed project member]
Unknown Botts
- Reuben Botts, b 1822 Clarion, PA
+ Anna Wyon
o George Botts, b 1858 Clarion, PA
+ Jane Kunkle
- Harry Joseph Botts, b. 1884 Clarion, PA
+ Florence M Wetzel
- Richard Keith Botts, b. 1925 Kellyville, OK, d. 2002 Cameron, TX 249233
- George Botts, b. 1898 Clarion, PA
- James Garner Botts, b. 1862 Clarion, PA
+ Ross
- Louis Clemmons Botts, b. 1887 Clarion, PA
- Joseph Botts, b. 1865 PA
+ Mary Jane Huntzberger
- Charles Ira Botts, b. 1892 PA
- Garner Botts, b. 1893 PA
- Jonas Johnethon Botts, b. 1820 PA
+ Elizabeth Richards
- Jacob Alton Botts, b. 1857 PA
+ Anna E Elslager
- Henry Daniel Botts, b. 1883 Clarion, PA
- John Edward Botts, b. 1885 Clarion, PA
- Arthur Leslie Botts, b. 1897 Clarion, PA
- Jacob Alton Botts, b. 1906 Clarion, PA
- Charles D Botts, b. 1865 Clarion, PA
+ Matilda (Tillie) J Hoover
- Frank Daniel Botts, b. 1891 Clarion, PA
- Clarence Charles Botts, b. 1895 Clarion, PA
- Walter Thurston Botts, b. 1899 Clarion, PA
Lineage 8: This branch is from the Germany/France border and immigratedinto Wisconsin in the mid 1800. [1 confirmed project member]
Nikolaus Bott, b. Germany
- Heinrich Bott, b. 1693 Germany, d. 1731 Waldböckelheim, Germany
o Johann Peter Bott, b. 1723 Waldböckelheim, Germany, d. 1773
- Johann Bott, b. 1753 Waldböckelheim, Germany, d. 1823
- Johann Georg Wilhelm, b. 1778 Oberstreit, Germany, d. 1834
- Adam Bott, b. 1801
- Peter Bott, b. 1806, Oberstreit, Germany; d. 1862 Milwaukee, WI
§ George Jakob Bott, b. 1830
§ Peter Sebastian Bott, b.1845, Oberstreit, Germany, d. 1925 La Crosse, WI
§ Peter John Bott, 1872 LaCrosse, WI, d. 1948 Tacoma, WA 318472
§ Lucas Sebastian Bott, b.1873
§ John Bott, b. 1883
§ Herbert Joseph Bott, b. 1896
§ Sebastian Bott, b. 1846
- Heinrich Bott, b. 1813
Lineage 9: This line came from England and settled in PA [1 male and 1 femaleproject member who also have a autosomal DNA connection to Seth Botts inLineage 4]
William Bott, b. 1809 England, d. 1857Philadelphia, PA (arrived 1833)
+ Ann Burdett
- Samuel Bott, b. 1832 England
+ Mary E
o Samuel Bott, b. 1859 Philadelphia, PA
- William Bott, b. 1835 Philadelphia, PA
- Rev Thomas Burdett Bott, b. 1839 Philadelphia, PA, d. 1910
+ Cornelia Wilson Hazzard
§ Howard Springman Bott, b. 1861Philadelphia, PA, d. 1935
+ EmmaDouglas
§ Howard Springman Bott, Jr.b. 1891 Beverly NJ, 1951
+ Annette Gaines Bartholomew
§ Howard Douglas Bott, b. 1918Beverly NJ
§ Eugene Leroy Bott, b. 1927Beverly NJ, d. 2007 347377 (FF), 357682
+ Lillian Younger
§ Unknown Bott
Lineage 10: This line out of Kansas City may involve an adoption orremarriage [1 confirmed member]
William Antoni Bott, b. 1886, d. 1936 KansasCity, MO (mother was Louise Mainhardt?)
+ unknown
- William Antoni Botts Jr., b. 1917, d. 1961 365770
NOTE: FF = Family Finder test(not Y-DNA)
NOTE: There are many patriarch lines andbranches not yet documented in the project. Just because your line might not belisted, it does not mean we don’t need or want you in the project. We aredefinitely trying to establish all Botts/Botz/Bott lines, so please join if youcan. Also, feel free to send me any Botts/Botz/Bott lines of which you areaware, or any corrections or extensions on the lines listed here. Thanks. MikeBotts