Person:Henry Butler (1)
Rev. Henry Butler
chr.7 Sep 1626 Ashford, Kent, England
bur.28 Apr 1696 Witham Friary, Somerset, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 22 Jan 1623/24
  1. John Butler1624/25 - Bef 1658
  2. Rev. Henry Butler1626 - 1696
  3. Lydia Butler1628/29 - 1667/68
  4. Thomas Butler1631 - 1631
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Henry Butler1626 - 1696
  • W.  Anne Bishop1616 - Bef 1673
m. 9 Mar 1654/55
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Henry Butler1626 - 1696
  • W.  Mary UnknownEst 1640 -
m. Bef 28 Apr 1696
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. Henry Butler
Gender Male
Christening[1] 7 Sep 1626 Ashford, Kent, England
Degree[1][2] 1651 A. B., Harvard College.
Residence[1] Est 1651 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Degree[2] 1654 A. M., Harvard College
Marriage 9 Mar 1654/55 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Anne Bishop
Residence[1] 1656 England
Marriage Bef 28 Apr 1696 EnglandBefore date of husband's death.
to Mary Unknown
Burial[1] 28 Apr 1696 Witham Friary, Somerset, England
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Banks, Charles Edward. The history of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts. (Boston: G H Dean, 1911)
    3:47.

    Henry (Butler); bapt. (Ashford) 7 Sept. 1626; grad. H. C. 1651; taught school Dorchester until 1656 when he returned to England and became dissenting preacher at Dorchester, Co. Dorset and Yeovil. Co. Somerset. His last service, after many persecutions and imprisonments, was at Witham Friary, Somerset, where he d. and was bur. 28 Apr. 1696. He m. Anne, dau. of Thomas and Avis (Abbott) Bishop of Bridgeport, Dorset 9 Mch. 1655 at Dorchester, Mass. She was bapt. 22 Oct. 1616 and had m. (1) John Holman of Dorchester. She was a widow with five children when she m. Henry Butler and eight years his senior. She d. prior to Aug. 1673 and he m. (2) Mary _____. His last words were these: "A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise." (Calamy, Ejected Ministers, 11, 611, Comp. Mass. Arch. XV. 78; Suffolk Deeds, IX. 46; Dorchester Records, 309, 313, 316).

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Holman, Alfred Lyman. John Holman of Dorchester, Mass., and His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    72:189.
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