Botsford Family Historical Association

Botsford Family Historical Association Descendants of Elizabeth and Henry Botsford, Original Planters of Milford, Connecticut

DON'T MISS IT! Richard Franklin Donohue sings music of the American Revolution at the Botsford Reunion, July 18th! Go...
05/08/2026

DON'T MISS IT! Richard Franklin Donohue sings music of the American Revolution at the Botsford Reunion, July 18th! Go to botsfordfamily.org to register!

Don't miss it! Plan to join us in Milford or on Zoom. Direct message me for details!
05/05/2026

Don't miss it! Plan to join us in Milford or on Zoom. Direct message me for details!

One of our leading lights has been Dick Platt - here posing with his euphonium. A former Town Historian of Milford, he ...
04/05/2026

One of our leading lights has been Dick Platt - here posing with his euphonium. A former Town Historian of Milford, he has led our annual bus tours of the Town for as long as I've been around!

Another view of the Memorial Bridge, this one from the 1920's judging by the cars.
03/26/2026

Another view of the Memorial Bridge, this one from the 1920's judging by the cars.

This is the Soldiers Monument in Milford Cemetery. It commemorates Revolutionary War prisoners of war who were dropped ...
03/20/2026

This is the Soldiers Monument in Milford Cemetery. It commemorates Revolutionary War prisoners of war who were dropped off in Milford Harbor on January 1, 1777 by a British prison ship, most of whom had been infected with smallpox. Local militiaman Capt. Stephen Stowe cared for the men and was himself fatally infected and died on February 8, 1777. As part of our annual reunion, we visit the Botsford Boulder, adjacent to the monument.

The Memorial Bridge in Milford with a c.1907 Locomobile Torpedo. Locomobiles were made in Bridgeport!
03/12/2026

The Memorial Bridge in Milford with a c.1907 Locomobile Torpedo. Locomobiles were made in Bridgeport!

Here is the Memorial Bridge with a photo of the Botsford stone. (These were taken by the late and much-missed Lorraine P...
02/25/2026

Here is the Memorial Bridge with a photo of the Botsford stone. (These were taken by the late and much-missed Lorraine Penick.)

This is Anna Botsford Comstock, pioneering naturalist and first female professor at Cornell University. Starting as an ...
02/19/2026

This is Anna Botsford Comstock, pioneering naturalist and first female professor at Cornell University. Starting as an illustrator of her husband's entomological research, she went on to author "Handbook of Nature Study", a textbook still in use today. She was among the first to take her students out of the classroom and into the field. She created nature study programs for New York's high schools and, in 1923 was heralded by the League of Women Voters as one of the twelve greatest living American women to have "'contributed most in their respective fields for the betterment of the world.'"

This is Mary E. Botsford, M.D., (1865-1939) pioneering Anesthesiologist (may have been the first woman anesthesiologist ...
02/12/2026

This is Mary E. Botsford, M.D., (1865-1939) pioneering Anesthesiologist (may have been the first woman anesthesiologist in America!) Graduate of USCF, she worked to professionalize the specialty.

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84 Gunn Street
Milford, CT
06460

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 4pm
Tuesday 7am - 4pm
Wednesday 7am - 4pm
Thursday 7am - 4pm
Friday 7am - 4pm
Saturday 7am - 4pm
Sunday 8am - 4pm

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+12038778484

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