Botsford, Amos

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: James Snowdon, “BOTSFORD, AMOS,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/botsford_amos_5E.html
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Lawyer, office holder, judge, politician, landowner and improver, and merchant; b. 31 Jan. 1744/45 in Newtown, Conn., son of Gideon Botsford, “a respectable farmer,” and Bertha Bennett; m. 1770 Sarah Chandler, and they had three children; d. 14 Sept. 1812 in Saint John, N.B.”
    • After graduating from Yale College in 1763, Amos Botsford studied law under the prominent New Haven attorney Jared Ingersoll, was admitted to the bar, and, in 1768–69, lectured in law at Yale. At the outbreak of revolutionary hostilities he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the new state constitution and was excluded from his professional practice.
    • Upon the formation of the province of New Brunswick in 1784, Botsford moved to Dorchester. He received the appointments of clerk of the peace, judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and registrar of deeds for the newly created county of Westmorland. In the first provincial election, held in November 1785, he was returned as a representative to the House of Assembly.
  • Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory –https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=712
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168602194/amos-botsford