Eleazer Butler (1736 - 1789)

Born 26 Sep 1736 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Durkee) Butler — married 11 Jan 1758 in Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1789 at age 53 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study.

Eleazer was born Sept. 24, 1736^[1], and baptized September 26^[2], the son of Thomas Butler and Abigail Craft of Ipswich and Windham. Windham was founded in 1726, and his parents were early settlers there. Their marriage was recorded in both places, as are the births of their first three children (birth in Windham, baptism in Ipswich), however his sister Abigail's birth and his mother's death are only recorded in Windham. It was common for a family in a new settlement to record vital records "back home" for several years. It is less common for a new settlement to record events that occurred before its residents arrived, and when this occurred the new settlement's records generally noted the location. In 1739, Thomas Butler and Abigail Craft were dismissed from the Chebacco Church in Ipswich and they moved to Windham, Connecticut. It appears on the balance that Eleazer was born in Ipswich since his parents did not move to Windham until 1739.

On January 11, 1758, he married Lydia Durkee, the daughter of Stephen Durkee and Lois Moulton of Windham^{[3] [4]}, and in 1762 they emigrated to Nova Scotia, along with her brother Phineas Durkee, and were among the founders of Yarmouth^{[5] [6] [7]}

Their children included:

1. Lois, born November 17, 1758^[8], who married Benjamin Barnard, son of Rev. Thomas ^[4]
2. Chloe, a twin born June 13, 1760^[9], who married Capt. John Barnard, and then married Waitstill Lewis^[4]
3. Lydia, a twin born June 13, 1760^[9], who married Capt. Nehemiah Patch, and then married John Richan, of the Orkney Islands^[4]
4. Eleazar, born 1763, who married Joanna Ellenwood, daughter of Benjamin^[4]
5. Andrew, born December 31, 1766, who married Sarah (Durfee) Camp, a widow, and daughter of Shelburne Loyalist Capt. John Durfee^[4]
6. Nathan, born September 8, 1768, who died at sea, unmarried^[4]
7. Sybil, born Feb 1770, who married James Power^[4]
8. Abigail, born June 11, 1774, who married Jacob Kelley, son of James^[4]

Eleazer Butler passed away November 27, 1789, and is buried in Old Main St. Cemetery in Yarmouth^[10]

He passed away in 1789.

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour Collection: Vol. 1, Page 250
2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Ipswich, Volume 1, page 73, also found in NEHGS, which states BUTLER Eleazer, s. Thomas [Jr. P. R. 5.] and Abigall, bp. Sept. 26, 1736
3. ↑ Barbour Collection: Vol. 2, Page 40
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; see page 441 for Eeazar and Lydia
5. ↑ A History of the County of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia By John Roy Campbell Publisher J. & A. McMillan, 1876 Original from Harvard University; Digitized 6 Oct 2007; Length 200 pages.
6. ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; a sequel to Campbell's History by Brown, George S. (George Stayley); Topics Yarmouth (N.S.); Publisher Boston, Rand, 1888; Collection robarts; toronto; Digitizing sponsor MSN; Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto; Not in copyright
7. ↑ Wright, Esther Clark, 1895-. Planters And Pioneers. rev. ed. [Canada: s.n.], 1982
8. ↑ Barbour Collection: Vol. 2, Page 40
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Barbour Collection: Vol. 2, Page 78
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #117131875

See also:

• The Barbour Collection (1994) by Lorraine C. White
• Baptismal citation for Eleazar: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-1MHZ : 13 July 2016), Thomas in entry for Eleazar Butler, 1736.

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confident through Y-chromosome DNA testing on Family Tree DNA. EB, FTDNA kit # 97410, and half his 6th cousin 2x removed, John Butler, FTDNA kit # 49270, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 25 markers, thereby showing their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Thomas Butler, the 7x great grandfather of EB and 5x great grandfather of John Butler. EB Only has Y-DNA25.