"Booth" Was Not John Wilkes Real Last Name?

[Steve]

(04-11-2017 03:58 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Hang tight, Steve. Our research librarian just handed me a thick file entitled The Booth Family in England from the papers of James O. Hall. I'm working with the Travel Channel right now, but will peruse the papers within the week and pass on anything that may help you.

Thanks! That's much appreciated. Just to let you know, I've just found copies of the wills of John Booth, the Clerkenwell silversmith, and his wife, Elizabeth, in a collection of microfilm images of wills proved by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The John Booth will doesn't really have any new information about the family, but Elizabeth's will lists a few nieces and nephews that might be of help. I can't make out the nieces' last names yet due to the poor quality of the image or handwriting. If copies of the wills aren't in the Hall papers, I'd be glad to send you copies of the images.

Good luck with your Travel Channel project!