Thomas Butler Sr (1637 - abt. 1688)

Born 26 Feb 1637 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Husband of Sarah (Stone) Butler — married 1658 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 29 Aug 1688 at about age 51 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Made a freeman on February 6, 1656/7.^[1] In town records of Hartford, Thomas was a 'chimney viewer' in 1667-1668 and a 'townsman' in 1682-83 whereby by he earned the honorific of 'Sergeant'.^[2] He received an 'upper lot in the Long Meadow' in his father's will of 1677.^[3]

Birth

Thomas Butler was born about 1637 at Hartford, Connecticut, the elder son of Deacon Richard Butler and his first wife Elizabeth^[4][5]. His father, Richard, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 23

Marriage

Married to Sarah Stone, daughter of Rev. Samuel Stone about 1657 / 1658 at Hartford, Connecticut.^[6]

Children

The number of children credited to Thomas and Sarah varies from 11 and up to 22. Wethersfield town records report 11 children,^[7] while Barbour, using the records from the First Church reports 13, then continues on that Thomas left 4 sons and 8 daughters though none of the listed children appear to predesease him.^[8] The confusion may arise from mingling the children of Thomas and Sarah with those of his son Thomas, producing higher numbers. All children were born in Hartford.

1. Thomas b. 1661, d. August 23, 1725; m. August 6, 1691 at Hartford to Abigail, daughter of John and Rebecca (Greenhill) Shepard.^[9][10][11]
2. Elizabeth b. about 1663, d. after 1719; m. Edward son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stebbins) Cadwell.^[12][13]
3. Samuel b. about 1665. d. before December 12, 1712; m. March 2, 1703/4 to Mary, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Atkins) Gilman.^[14]
4. Hannah b. 1667, d. August 23, 1775; m. Sept 23, 1687 Thomas son of son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stebbins) Cadwell.^[15][16]
5. Mary b. about 1670, d. After 1706; m. April 3, 1690 John son of Samuel and Hannah (Stanley) Porter.^[17][18]
6. Sarah b. say 1672 d. After May 1730; m. before1690 as second wife of John, son of Robert and Editha (Stebbins) Day.^[19][20]
7. Rebecca b. about 1673, d. August 9, 1751; m. 1686 to Cornelius, son of Thomas and Sarah Elizabeth (Nye) Hurlbut or Hurlburt. ^[21][22][23]
8. Joseph b. about 1674, d. August 30, 1731; m. 1694 to Esther, duaghter of Samuel and Sarah (Kirby) Hubbard.^[24][25]
9. Susannah b. about 1679, d. December 24, 1714; m. January 1, 1707/8. as second wife to John, son of John and Anne (Webster) Marsh.^[26][27]
10. John b. about 1680, d. September 7, 1761; m. March 14, 1705/6 to Mercy, daughter of Josiah and Rachel (Gilbert) Marshfield.^[28]
11. Margaret b. about 1681, d. 1719, unmarried.^[29]
12. Hope b. about 1678 d. June 16, 1763; m. about 1702 to William son of William and Ruth (Crow) Gaylord.^[30][31]
13. Anna Butler bp. December 6, 1685, d. February 21, 1767 m. before 1756 as the third wife of Thomas son of Thomas and Susanna (Scott) Shepard^[32][33]

Death

Thomas died the 29th of August, 1688, age 51, at Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.^[34][35]

Burial

Thomas is buried in Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, CT ^[36]

Probate

A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 1695 to 1700: Thomas Butler. Court Record, page 9, 15 Dec 1697 (Special Court): Thomas Butler prese nting to this Court an Attested Copy, under the hand of the Clerk, bear ing date 5 July, 1690, of the Distribution of the Estate of his Father T homas Butler, late of Hartford Dec'd, And the original Distribution not b eing entered in the Court roles, This Court do order that this Coppy be r ecorded: To Thomas Butler the houseing & a peice of the home Lott, being ab out halfe of it, and 8 acres. To Samuel an 18-acre Peice. To Joseph & John the other part of the home Lott below Collier's a t the end of the home Lott, and 14 acres that was Mr. Gilberts. Edward Cadwell, John Day, Thomas Cadwell, John Porter, Margaret & H ope Butler to have the 30 acres bought of Mr. Waye. Susannah, 5 acres in the neck. Cornelius Holybut to have halfe the 70 acres and halfe the 4 acres , besides a Cow, and a bed he hath already. Ann, the other halfe of the 770 acres and the half of the 4 acres, a nd £5 to be paid her as followeth: 40 shillings by Thomas and 20 chill ings apeice from the other 4 brothers. The Widow to have the remaining moveables forever, and one-third o f the houseing and Lands during Life. Agreed to by Thomas and Samuel Butler, John Day, Edw. Cadwell and T homas Cadwell. And ordered by the Court to be the Distribution of Thom as Butler his estate, and Thomas Butler is Continued as Adms. 5 July, 1 690. Vera Copie, John Allyn, Clerk. - - - - - - - - - - Distribution File, 5 Jul 1690: Estate Thomas Butler, Wethersfield: To t he Widow, to Thomas Butler, to Samuel, to Joseph, to John, to Edward Ca dwell, to Jo. Day, to Thomas Cadwell, to John Porter, to Margaret and H ope Butler.

Sources

1. ↑ To become a freeman each person was legally required to be a respectable member of some Congregational church. This regulation was so modified by royal order in 1664 as to allow individuals to be made freemen who could obtain certificates of their being correct in doctrine and conduct from clergymen acquainted with them. Persons were made freemen by the General Court of the colony and also by the Quarterly Courts of the counties. None but freemen could hold office or vote.
2. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut
3. ↑ #S5 A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
4. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut
5. ↑ #S3 Families of Ancient Wethersfield
6. ↑ #S7 New England Marriages, pg. 127
7. ↑ #S3 Families of Ancient Wethersfield
8. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut
9. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 135
10. ↑ #S3 Families of Ancient Wethersfield, pg. 172
11. ↑ #S7 New England Marriages, pg. 127
12. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 146
13. ↑ #S7 New England Marriages, pg. 130
14. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg.137
15. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 146
16. ↑ #S7 New England Marriages, pg. 130
17. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 135
18. ↑ #S7 New England Marriages, pg. 594
19. ↑ #S8 Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F.
20. ↑ #S9 Hale, House and Related Families, pg.511
21. ↑ #S3 Families of Ancient Wethersfield, pg. 445
22. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 135
23. ↑ #S7 New England Marriages, pg. 405
24. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg.136
25. ↑ #S7 New England Marriages, pg. 127
26. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 379
27. ↑ #S10 Genealogy of the Marsh Family
28. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 138
29. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 138
30. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 138
31. ↑ #S11 Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, pg.280
32. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 138
33. ↑ #S12 The Shepard Families of New England, Vol II pg. 23
34. ↑ #S1 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut
35. ↑ #S3 Families of Ancient Wethersfield
36. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 20 April 2019), memorial page for Thomas Butler, I (26 Feb 1637–29 Aug 1688), Find A Grave: Memorial #158954215, citing Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129) .

References

#S1, Barbour, Lucius Barnes, 1982, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland and Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut pp.134

#S5, Manwaring, Charles William, 1904, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, Hartford, Connecticut

#S6 Stiles, Henry R. 1904 Families of Ancient Wethersfield pg, 172 Clearfield Publishing Inc., New York

#S7 Torry, Clarence A., 2004, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

#S8 Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

#S9 Jacobus, Donald Lines. 2001. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co.

#S10 Marsh, Dwight Whitney, 1886. Genealogy of the Marsh family: outline for 5 generations of the families of John of Salem, 1633; John of Hartford, 1636; Samuel of New Haven, 1646; Alexander of Braintree, 1654; John of Boston, 1669; Wm. of Plainfield, 1675, Amherst, J.E. Williams

#S11Stiles, Henry R, 1892. Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut Reprinted by Clearfield, Baltimore, MD

#S12 Jacobus, Donald Lines. 1972 The Shepard Families of New England, Vol II. The New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven, Connecticut

Acknowledgments

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