Paula, There is a Boothby site which may help you. _http://www.sersale.org/boothby.html_ (http://www.sersale.org/boothby.html) It has the estate sale and other papers for Josiah Boothby who died in Aug. 1834. James was one of the executors. Josiah had a brother named James, both sons of Josiah (died 1804). James, the executor, may have been either a brother or a son. I don't have a list of Josiah's children Deliverance (named in the estate papers) was Josiah's second wife. They were married in 1826. At least 1 of the four children named was Deliverance's from a previous marriage. You might also check the Boothby site on genforum.com. Good luck! -Judy In a message dated 4/16/2005 4:01:44 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I am new to the list and I am researching the name BOOTHBY. From what I have gathered there were two BOOTHBY'S in the 1810 Tax list...Josiah and James. My dilemma begins here. My g.g.g.g.grandmother was born about 1810/11 in OH, her name was Rachel BOOTHBY. Josiah and James are the only BOOTHBY'S in the State of OH that could be her father. The tricky part is determining which man is her father.