Bott & Abbotts
Family Organization

The Bott and Abbotts Family Organization (BAFO) is a large Family Organization with ties to the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO). RBFO Genealogists currently assist the BNFO with genealogical research and historical documentation.

In 1858, Samuel Brough (1839-1911)--the youngest son of Richard Brough and Mary Horleston (after whom the RBFO is named)--married Elizabeth Bott (1838-1921) in Edensor, Staffordshire, England. This couple eventually moved to the United States and raised a family in Randolph, Utah. Elizabeth Bott's parents were Benjamin Bott (1817-1862) and Elizabeth Abbotts (1816-1896), whose known genealogies extend back to the 1600's.

The Ancestors and Genealogies of Benjamin Bott and Elizabeth Abbotts

In 2005, Nathell Hoffman of Randolph, Utah, supplied the RBFO with an old photograph (below) showing the gravestone of James Abbotts Sr. (1780-1881)--the father of Elizabeth Abbotts and grandfather of Elizabeth Bott--who was buried in 1881 in St. Chad's parish church graveyard in Seighford, Staffordshire, England.

In June 2008, James (Jim) Henry Brough and his wife, Rosemary Elisabeth Rigby, of Alsager, Staffordshire, visited St. Chad's parish church (below) in Seighford, Staffordshire.

Jim and Rosemary Brough found that the gravestone of James Abbotts Sr. (below) had, unfortunately, weathered and deteriorated over the past 127 years to the point that the text on the bottom portion of the gravestone was mostly illegible.

However, Jim and Rosemary Brough did find (below) other gravestones in good condition--including the gravestone of James Abbotts Jr. (1819-1888), the oldest son of James Abbotts Sr., and brother to Elizabeth Abbotts.