Booker

• John Booker (1682- )
• William Booker (1717- )

John Booker

b.bef.1682 prob. York, ME; parents ukn
m.Esther/Hester Adams
b.abt.1686 York, ME; d/o Thomas and Hannah (Parker) Adams

CHILDREN included (all b. York, ME):

1. William Booker b.April 13, 1717
2. John Booker b.abt.1719
3. Jacob Booker b.abt.1721
4. Mercy Booker b.abt.1723
5. James Booker b.Dec. 18, 1723 m.Nov. 11, 1747 Mercy Young, d/o Benaiah Young
6. David Booker b.abt.1727
7. Nicholas Booker b.abt.1729

NOTE: 11 cases with John Booker as either def. or Plaintiff in York County Court between 1727 and 1743. Def: Trespass, Escape Effecting An, Debt, and Fraud. As Plaintiff in Debt and Ejectment cases. Might be interesting reading. Records are held at the Maine State Archives.

From Wheeler's History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell Part III, Chapter 2 p.83: BOOKER. This faimily is of English origin, the name being quite common in England.

JOHN BOOKER came from England about 1707 and settled at York. It is probable that he was accompanied by a brother who settled further east. He m. Hester, dau. of Thomas Adams of York, by whom he had eight ch. in York between the years 1713 and 1728.

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William Booker

b.Apr. 13, 1717 York, ME
m.Jan. 3, 1719/20 York, ME Dorcas Moore

CHILDREN included:

1. Abigail Booker b.Sept. 20, 1742 York, ME m.Courtney Babbidge d.Jan. 13, 1781

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