SURNAME WAS ORIGINALLY "BOOTHROYD" per a family descendant, Leslie Larson-Bennett.

son of: Benjamin Boothroyd & Abigail Harrison of Swinefleet.

Immigrated from Hull to NY on 28 May 1835. Settled in (Amherst)Cheektowaga, Erie County, NY in 1838. Owned 100 acres of land in Cheektowaga, NY. Farmer and milk dealer and would serve as the Town of Cheektowaga Auditor.
His two wives, Mary Gardner Colsworth and Elizabeth Jefferson, both of England, are also buried in this cemetery.

DOD: Recorded in the death register/ledger Town of Cheektowaga. Also recorded in the Bennet Family Bible

Aged 73 yrs 7 mos 17 days, widow, POB England immig 1835 (50 yrs residency).

married: Mary Gardner September ?, 1838 by Rev. Doctor William Shelton, Vicar of St. Paul's Church, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY.
4 children:
-Mary H. (b.in Buffalo Aug 1, 1839)
(middle name written "Ann" in the Bennet family bible)
(married to Joseph Dodge Armstrong, buried in Forest Lawn cemetery Buffalo, NY)
-William James (b.in Buffalo Feb 24, 1842-buried in Polk Co., Iowa)
-George (Jr.)* (b.in Buffalo Jan 18, 1845)
-Joseph Benjamin (b.in Cheektowaga Oct 19,1847-buried in Kansas)

married: Elizabeth Jefferson July 16, 1853 by Rev. Doctor Ingersoll, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY.
5 children:
-Thomas Jefferson (b.in Cheektowaga Nov 15, 1853)
-Hannah Elizabeth BENNET (b.in Cheektowaga June 24, 1858)
-Julia Ida (b.in Cheektowaga July 22, 1860)
-Martha Jane (b.in Cheektowaga August 18, 1862)
-Franklin Emanuel (b.in Cheektowaga May 26, 1865-died & buried in Earlham, Madison Co., Iowa)

Per family history, a decade after George immigrated he asked his sister Susannah and her husband Richard Barker to come to Buffalo, which they did. Richard was a cabinet maker and woodcarver, and his items are disbursed among his family members today. Richard worked for the G.A. Prince Melodeon Company in Buffalo. His children were baptized at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral including Alfred Herbert Barker, great grandfather of Leslie Larson-Bennett. They resided at...... , but the home is now gone. The Barker family moved to Guelph Ontario Canada in 1867, residing at 32 Liverpool St., a hand-hewn limestone cottage still in existence, a beautifully maintained building of historical and architectural significance, being preserved today by its current owners. Richard worked for the Bell Piano & Organ Co.