"Booth" Was Not John Wilkes Real Last Name?

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The earliest Booth that I have read about is John Booth, the silversmith father of Richard Booth, the father of Junius Brutus Booth and sister, Jane, and of course, the children sired by Junius with Adelaide Delannoy and then Mary Ann Holmes. That line, alone, should carry the name back to at least the early-1700s.

I had a visitor at Surratt House yesterday who said that she was related to JWB. Her only knowledge was that she was from Harford County, and somehow it was through her father's line. The name did not even come close to being "Booth." Unless Junius The Elder made the rounds of Harford County when not on an acting trip, I could not figure out where this woman's ancestors would fit in. I have never heard of him having eyes for anyone but Mary Ann after he met her.