The Bothwell Family Home PageUpdated July 20, 2002 |
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Kearney Scott Bothwell Jr.
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The Bothwell Family Welcome to The Bothwell Family History home page. This is an attempt to compile information on the history and geneology of people who share the surname Bothwell -- sort of an electronic family reunion. I will update this page whenever additional information is available. Your comments, corrections, and contributions will be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail me at kearneyb@jps.net. There are more than 800 Bothwells listed in the telephone directories in the United States History The name Bothwell is of Celtic origin and probably originated as a place name, Both's Well, meaning the well at Both. It also may have originated to describe a person from the village of Bothwell, Scotland, which is near Glasgow. The famous Bothwell Castle is located there overlooking the river Clyde. It originally was owned by the Earl of Bothwell (whose family name was Hepburn), who traded it to the Douglas Clan for a castle in the lowlands near the English border. There does not appear to be a tartan associated with the Bothwell name as Bothwell is considered a lowland Scott family and not a member of any clan. Most lowland families did not have tartans. Coat of Arms The Bothwell Coat of Arms is described in Burke's General Armory as a blue escutcheon (shield) with a gold chevron between three stemmed gold clovers and a red crescent on the chevron. Above the shield is a helmet and mantle of the rank of earl. Atop the shield is the crest, a naked boy pulling down the top of a pine tree. I have seen a different coat of arms with fleur d'leis instead of clovers and no crescent. Geneology My direct line 1. Bothwell, Jeremiah b. c 1820 in Ireland. Occupation in 1850, tailor m. Sarah, b. c. 1822 Canada (England) Children: 1. Benjamin, b. 1847, Whiteside Co., Ill. 2. Sarah A., b. 1848, Whiteside Co., Ill. 3. Jeremiah, b. 1851, Whiteside Co. Ill (In 1870, occupation listed a printer.) 4. Twins Jane & James Augustus, b. Sept. 26, 1855, Albany, Whiteside County, Ill. 5. David Edgar, April 20, 1858, Springfield, Ill., d. 1948(?) Denver, Col. 2. Bothwell, Benjamin b. 1847, Whiteside Co., Ill. m. Sarah J. b. 1849 in Canada.In 1880, Benjamin lived in Glengary Precinct, Filmore County, Nebraska. Children: 1. Henry, b. c. 1873 in Neb. 2. Eva, b. c. 1874 in Iowa 3. Kitekie, b. c. a875 in Iowa 4 Twins Martha & Mary, b. c. 1878 in Iowa. 3. Bothwell, James Augustus b. Sept. 26, 1855, Albany, Whiteside County, Ill. m. Estelle M. Roberts, b. April 10, 1874 in La Rose, Marshall County, Ill. Father James M. Roberts, b. June 1841 in Illinois. Mother, Ludiee, b. c 1850 in Virginia. In 1880, James and his mother lived in Glengary Precinct, Filmore County, Nebraska, with Frank Sieber and a family from Bohemia Children: 1. Earl Vern, April 14, 1893 2. Floyd, Sept., 1895 3. Dorothy Carter b. 1906, Neb. 4. Bothwell, Earl Vern b. April 14, 1893, Hastings, Thayer County, Neb. m. Ethel Alice Scott, b. April 2, 1897, Los Angeles, Calif. Children 1. Kearney Scott, May 20, 1918, San Diego, Calif. 5. Bothwell, Kearney Scott b. May 20, 1918, San Diego, Calif., d. 1999, Michigan m. Jean Middleton Grady, b. Aug. 18, 1921, Portland, Multnomah County, Ore. Children: 1. Peggy Bartkowski, Los Angeles, Calif. 2. Kearney Scott, Jr., Portland, Ore. 6. Bothwell Jr., Kearney Scott b. Portland, Ore. m. Aug. 25, 1973 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, Calif., to Mara Cathleen Canning, b. Los Angeles, Calif. |
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