The original spelling of the surname "Botkin" was "Bodkin". The Bodkins were one of the "Fourteen Tribes of Galway, Ireland". Several members of the Bodkin family emmigrated to Colonial America the late 1600's via Jamestown, Va. More about the Galway Tribes can be found in the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribes_of_Galway

The original spelling of the surname "Botkin" was "Bodkin". The Bodkins were one of the "Fourteen Tribes of Galway, Ireland". Several members of the Bodkin family emmigrated to Colonial America the late 1600's via Jamestown, Va. More about the Galway Tribes can be found in the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribes_of_Galway