no image
Privacy Level: Open (White)

John Butterfield (1705 - abt. 1758)

John Butterfield
Born in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married 23 Dec 1727 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died about at about age 52 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshiremap
Problems/Questions Profile managers: Wendy Jones private message [send private message] and Sue Picard private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 30 Sep 2020
This page has been accessed 231 times.

Contents

Biography

John Butterfield was born September 25, 1705, a son to Joseph Butterfield and Eunice Heald in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

He married Mary Read (daughter of John Read/Reed and Jane Chamberlain) on December 21, 1727 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

They had 7 children; Mary (1728), Thomas (1731), John (1733), Charles (1735), Sarah (1737), James (1730) and Lucy (1745).

John Butterfield and Mary Read resided in Westford, Massachusetts where the births of five children are recorded. The family seems then to be in Dunstable and Nashua, New Hampshire where John died in 1758. Two children may have been born in Dunstable/Nashua though the youngest two children are more speculative.

John Butterfield was taxed in the parish of West Dunstable in 1740.[1] In 1750, John Butterfield served on a committee related to the repair of third bridge at Nashua. The widow Mary Butterfield kept a tavern in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1769.[2]

John died at Nashua, New Hampshire by 22 April 1758 when his estate entered probate.

Probate

John Butterfield of Nashua did not leave a will and his estate entered probate 22 April 1758 with widow Mary renouncing administration in favor of her son Thomas Butterfield yeoman of Dunstable. Inventory valued the estate at £4060.16.0. Thomas Butterfield had a claim against the estate of £3266.16.10 recorded on 1 December 1769, and the residue of the estate was settled on Thomas on 7 February 1772.[3]

Research Notes

The family record may be seen here; https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/997710?mark=b15fe8d1cdce2562c2611786fc67611a1ab9bc37f75f7beca02d5a75de1a19cd

Sources

  1. ↑ Worcester, History of the Town of Hollis, p 42
  2. ↑ Parker, History of the City of Nashua, p 121, p 138
  3. ↑ New Hampshire State Papers, 36:246-247
  • New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
  • [1] Family Search Tree




Is John your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message private message a profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers: It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.


Comments: 1

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Hofmann-545 Hans Hofmann
Butterfield-3671 and Butterfield-2204 appear to represent the same person because: Potential duplicate - both married same spouse same day
posted by Hans Hofmann

Featured German connections: John is 15 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 18 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 23 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 17 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 20 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 21 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 23 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 14 degrees from Alexander Mack, 32 degrees from Carl Miele, 16 degrees from Nathan Rothschild and 19 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.

B  >  Butterfield  >  John Butterfield