My lineage on the BOTT family HERMANUS BOTT b. 1694 married CATHERINE HAHN 6-13-1719 their son REINHART BOTT b.1729 married MARY ELIZABETH BLECKROTH 1750 their daughter MARY CATHERINE BOTT b. 3-10-1752 married FRANCIS WINKLER 1767/68 their daughter BARBARA WINKLER b. 1769 married HENRY T. RATTS 5-2-1790 their son HENRY RATTS b. 10-16-1792 married REBEKAH GOSS 1816 their son EPHRAIM RATTS b. 4-10-1817 married AMANDA WARTHEN 1-21-1838 their spm EPHRAIM RATTS b. 7-12-1851 married LYDIA CATHERINE SECREST 3-12-1876 their daughter NANCY AMANDA RATTS b. 12-27-1880 married EVERETT EARL CARTER their son HERSCHEL E. CARTER b. 5-2-1916 was my grandfather