I am trying to find the baptism and parents' names for Benjamin Boothroyd, surgeon of Hanley, Staffs. All Census records show his birth place as Donington (I think it is Holland, not Bain, because he was an apprentice to a doctor in Spalding) and his year of birth somewhere between 1808 and 1811. In 1841 he had an elderly Ann Boothroyd living with him, who could possibly have been his mother - but that is a guess.
He states in his Will that he had a sister called Elizabeth. The Census records I found for her show a year of birth around 1806.
He bequeathed money to various young members of his family, saying they were nieces and nephews. These were children of Joseph Catto Boothroyd, who must, then have been his brother. However, I can find he seems too old to be Benjamin's brother, and he would have been quite old when he married in 1823. The marriage record does not show whether he was a widower, but if anyone has access to Banns for Donington or Timberland, it might show.
I am therefore wondering if there were two Joseph Catto Boothroyds, and that the older one, born in 1769, was the father of Benjamin, Joseph jnr and Elizabeth.
I have looked on Lincs to the Past but could not find anything for any of these people in Donington. Does anyone have any clues?
There are several spellings for Boothroyd on census records, so Buttroyd, Butheroyd, or Bootheroyd are all possibilities.
Many thanks
