Booth, Joshua

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: J. K. Johnson, “BOOTH, JOSHUA,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/booth_joshua_5E.html
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Miller, office holder, politician, and militia officer; b. 1758 or 1759 in Orange County, N.Y., son of Benjamin Booth; m. Margaret Fraser, daughter of a loyalist and former army officer, and they had six daughters and five sons; d. 27 Oct. 1813 in Ernestown Township, Upper Canada.
    • He served with the British loyalist forces during the American revolution but details of his service are obscure. He was probably the Joshua Booth listed in 1780 as a private in De Lancey’s Brigade. Booth appears on the United Empire Loyalist list as a sergeant.
    • After the revolution he immigrated to Upper Canada and was granted land in Ernestown Township. He acquired at least another 1,500 acres of land in Ernestown and Thurlow townships as a result of successful petitions on his own and his wife’s behalf. About 1793 he began to exploit the useful sites for grist-mills and sawmills within his Ernestown grants. 
    • In 1792, when the land board of the Mecklenburg District was abolished, Booth was named to the land board of Lennox and Addington, Hastings and Prince Edward. In the same year he was elected to the House of Assembly for the riding of Ontario and Addington, serving until the first parliament was dissolved in 1796. 
  • Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory –https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=699
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207337575/joshua-booth