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Facts and Events
| Name[10][11] |
Thomas Butler |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][8][9] |
6 Apr 1720 |
County Kilkenny, IrelandKilkenny, near Kilkenny Castle, which became the seat to a very powerful family, the Butlers of Ormonde |
| Alt Birth[4][5] |
6 Apr 1720 |
Coolkeny Parish, County Wicklow, Irelandprob. near Glenart Castle |
| Alt Birth[5] |
6 Apr 1720 |
County Dublin, Ireland |
| Alt Birth[10][11] |
6 Apr 1720 |
County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Marriage |
26 Oct 1741 |
Dublin, Ireland(5 sons, all of whom fought in the Revolution)
to Eleanor Parker |
| Education[11] |
Abt 1742 |
London, EnglandStudied gunsmithing in London, then set up a shop in Dublin. |
| Immigration[11] |
1748 |
Pennsylvania(based on birthplaces of children) |
| Military[11] |
Abt 1756 |
PennsylvaniaGunsmith in the French & Indian War |
| Occupation[3] |
25 Jan 1777 |
VirginiaThe appointment of Thomas Butler by the Continental Congress as Public Armorer to supervise gunsmiths in the repair of the public arms which were defective and to make sure the gunsmiths did not charge more than a fair price. |
| Death[11] |
1789 |
West Pembroke Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania(died & was buried on the farm of his son, Thomas; exact location of grave no longer known) |
| Alt Death[10] |
1794 |
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References
- ↑ Green, Thomas Marshall. Historic families of Kentucky: with special reference to stocks immediately derived from the valley of Virginia, tracing in detail their various genealogical connexions [sic] and illustrating from historic sources their influence upon the political and social development of Kentucky and the states of the South t and West. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Regional Pub. Co., 1964).
The record in the family Bible of the progenitor of this family in America states, that Mr. Thomas Butler " was born in the Parish of Kilkenny, County of Wicklow; Ireland, April 6th, 1720; married Eleanor Parker (daughter of Anthony Parker, of county of Wexford), October 26, 1741." Their oldest son, Richard Butler, was born in St. Bridget's parish, Dublin, April 1, 1743. The uniform family tradition is, that Thomas Butler was an officer of ordnance in the British army, engaged in some act of rebellion against the crown, and for a considerable time concealed himself in London. There he was joined by his devoted wife, and there, in St. Andrews, January 6, 1745, their second son, William, was born. Several years passed before a suitable opportunity occurred of escaping to America. But, in the year 1748, the family left Britain, and the third son, Thomas, was born at sea, on shipboard, May 28, 1748. They settled in Pennsylvania, and Mary, their oldest daughter, was born in that province, Nov. 3, 1749; Rebecca, the second daughter, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1751; Pierce, the fourth son, was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1760; Edward, the fifth son, at Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1762; and Eleanor, the third daughter, was born at Carlisle, December 31, 1763.
- Thomas Butler - Carlisle, PA, in Waymarking.com.
On this lot Thomas Butler had his home and gunshop about 1764; the latter still stands to the rear. Butler and five sons, all officers, served in the Revolution. Often referred to as the "Fighting Butlers."
- ↑ Smith, Paul Hubert (Editor); Gerard W. (Asst. Editor) Gawalt; Rosemary Fry (Asst. Editor) Plakas; and Eugene R. (Asst. Editor) Sheridan. Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789. (Washington, District of Columbia, United States: Library of Congress : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1980)
p. 133, Jan 1 - Apr 30, 1777.
Board of War to the Executive Committee
Gentlemen, War Office Baltimore 25t January 1777.
Your Letter to the President of the Congress with the Inclosures came to hand at a time when Congress was adjourn'd for two days, and the President being ill of the Gout, the Board of War have taken that part of the Letter into Consideration which relates to the removal of the Continental Stores from Philadelphia. 1 Such a Step the Board conceives wou'd be attended with consequences very injurious to the American Cause, as it wou'd probably throw the people into a panick, and if it shou'd afterwards appear to have been premature might render us contemptible in the Eyes of our Enemies. By your Letter it appears that you have been inform'd, General Putnam has with him at Princetown a Body of Men not less than 6000, and that there are in Philadelphia three thousand. Upon this Representation, it is the opinion of the Board that it will not be prudent for you to remove any of the Stores, at least, until you shall hear from Congress which will meet on Monday next. 2 Congress have appointed Mr. Thomas Butler Armourer, and he is gone to settle his Family affairs & will be at Philadelphia in about ten days. 3 You will however get the Arms repair'd with all possible Dispatch & not detain the Men for want of them until his arrival with you.
Inclosed is a Resolve of Congress which the Board desire you to have printed & sent to all the Departments where Militia are employd. We are Gent, with the greatest respect, Yr. most obedient, humble Servants, Roger Sherman Francis Lightfoot Lee Samuel Adams RC (DNA: PCC, item 147). In the hand of Joseph Nourse and signed by Adams, Lee, and Sherman.
1 See Executive Committee to John Hancock, January 22, 1777.
3 On January 28 Congress confirmed the Board of War's "opinion" on this sub-
ject. JCC, 7:66.
January 25, 1777 145
3 See JCC, 7:55. This day Joseph Nourse, acting in behalf of the Board of War, wrote a letter of introduction for Butler to the Executive Committee. PCC, item 147, fol. 45.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution. American monthly magazine. (Washington, D.C.: The National Society)
Vol. 2, p. 198, January 1893.
HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
The Five Butler Brothers of the Pennsylvania Line.
By C. W. Chancellor, M. D., Baltimore, Maryland
“When I wished a thing well done I ordered a Butler to do it.” – Gen. Lafayette.
Thomas Butler, the father of “The Five Butler Brothers of the Pennsylvania Line,” who in eminent distinction were associated with the American Revolution of 1776, was born April 6, 1720, in the Parish of Roolkenny, City of Wicklon, Ireland, of Protestant parentage. He was descended from Sir Edward Butler, Lord Dunboyne, the uncle of James I, Duke of Ormonde, who was descended from Sir Pierce Butler, eighth Earl of Ormonde and Ossary. The family were ever conspicuous for high and independent feelings, united with a chivalric contempt of danger.
On the 26th day of October, 1741, Thomas Butler married Eleanor Parker, a daughter of Sir Anthony Parker, of Wexford County, Ireland, and by his union with this lady he had seven children who lived to adult age – five sons and two daughters. The two daughters and the two youngest sons were born in the Province of Pennsylvania, to which Thomas Butler had emigrated with his family in the year 1748. An ancecdote of 1781, derived from a letter written to a friend of the Butler family, relates that, “When the Indians became troublesome on the frontiers, and the five sons were absent from home in the service of the country, the old father took it into his head to go also. The neighbors remonstrated, but his wife said: ‘Let him go; I can get along without him, and have something to feed the army in the bargain; and the country wants every man who can shoulder a musket.’” “It was, says John Blair Linn, “this extraordinary zeal of the family Gen. Washington had in mind, when at his own table, surrounded by a large party of officers, he gave as a toast, ‘The Butlers and their five sons’” [Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. VII.].
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Butler, William David. The Butler family in America. (St. Louis, Mo.: Shallcross Print. Co., 1909)
p. 16.
Thomas Butler, born Dublin 1720, settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1748, grandson of Edmond Butler 8th Baron Dunboyne. Son of Catherine and Wm. O'Brien Butler, as her brothers died without descent.
Page 245
THE FOLLOWING TABLE OF GENERATIONS WAS COMPILED BY PIERCE BUTLER OF LOUISVILLE, KY.
I.
THOS. BUTLER, born April 6, 1720, married October 26, 1741, Eleanor Parker.
1. Richard Butler, married Maria Smith.
2. Wm. Butler, married Jane Carmichael.
3. Thos. Butler, married Sarah Semple.
4. Mary Butler, born November 3, 1749, died.
5. Rebecca Butler, born September 19, 1751, died.
6. Pierce Butler, married Mildred Hawkins.
7. Edward Butler, married Isabella Fowler.
8. Eleanor Butler, born December 31, 1763.
- Virkus, Frederick Adams. The abridged compendium of American genealogy: first families of America: a genealogical encyclopedia of the United States. (Chicago: A. N. Marquis, 1925-1942)
Vol. 3, p. 653.
Butler, Thomas (b 1720: 3rd son of Edmund, 8th Baron of Dunboyne, m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Anthony Parker...
- Posted by: Anna Rebecca H., in GenForum
20 Oct 2003.
According to the current Lord Dunboyne, John Butler, William O'Brien Butler is not the father of Thomas Butler. His father may in fact be the 8th Baron Dunboyne Edmond Butler.
Lord Dunboyne, John Butler says there have been countless marriages and intermixtures between the Butlers and the O'Briens in Ireland over several centuries. Most of the Butlers in America would be descendants of the Dunboyne Branch of the Butlers because there are no known descendants of the Ormonde Butlers living today.
This leads me to believe that Thomas Butler the gunsmith of Carlysle PA is probably the son of Edmond Butler the 8th Baron Dunboyne. There is no proof though.
- ↑ O'Brien, Michael Joseph. Irish pioneers in Kentucky: a series of articles published in the Gaelic American. (Louisville, Kentucky: (author), 1916)
p. 27.
Thomas Butler, who was born in Kilkenny, April 8, 1720.
- ↑ Pennsylvanians, Past And Present Thomas Butler, Father of Five Heroes of the Revolution, Born April 6, 1720, in Newspaper: New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania. Website: Newspaperarchive.com
Monday, 6 Apr 1925.
Thomas Butler, head of the family of that name, many of whom were distinguished officers in the Revolution, and since, was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, April 6, 1720.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Shaffer family notes (Milhado Lee Shaffer Sr his daughter, Margaret Minor Shaffer).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Find A Grave.
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