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- James ButlerEst 1672 - Bef 1736
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Smith, Dean Crawford, and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2008)
The ancestry of Henry Clay Bartlett, 1832-1892 Part 3: p 335+.
LYDIA SNOW, born in Woburn, Mass., 7 November 1676; died in Lancaster, Mass., 11 October 1723 (Daughter of James Snow and Sarah Jaquith); married as his first wife by 1698 JAMES BUTLER, killed in Lancaster, Mass., about 2 November 1736 by being run over by a loaded hay cart. James married second by John Houghton, J.P., in Lancaster 19 March 1723/4
Hannah Wilson, who survived him.
Children, surname Butler by first wife Lyndia Snow:
1) James, baptized at Lancaster church 10 October 1708
2) Mary, baptized at Lancaster church 10 October 1708
3) Eunice, baptized at Lancaster church 10 October 1708
4) Martha, baptized at Lancaster church 10 October 1708
5) Hannah, baptized at Lancaster church 10 October 1708
6) Nathaniel, baptized at Lancaster church 21 November 1710
7) Thankful, baptized at Lancaster church 8 February 1712/3
8) Isaac [called son], baptized at Lancaster church 5 June 1715 [sic, this is probably Simon who is the third son, Isaac the fourth son, Nathan the fifth, per father's probate]
9) Nathan, baptized at Lancaster church 28 May 1721
With Hannah he had children born in Lancaster, surname Butler:
1) Patience, born 1 May 1726
2) John, born 24 January 1727/8
3) Asaph, born 17 March 1729/30
- ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
Case 9490 Butler James Lancaster 1736/7.
20 Dec 1735 [sic, probably 1736]: Inventory of James Butler Late of Lancaster Deceased: not totaled, by James Wilder, John Priest, Jonat'n Houghton.
18 Feb 1736[/37] [from endorsement; also 10th year of reign so between June 1736 and June 1737]: Bond of Hannah Butler widdow of Lancaster as adminstratrix of "her late Husbandman" James Butler late of Lancaster.
8 Mar 1737/38: Account of Hannah Butler adm'x of James Butler Late of Lancaster Husbandman Dec'd, allowed.
18 May 1739: Division of estate of James Butler of Lancaster (said Estate Lying now in ye Town of Bolton): to Hanah Butler widow of James Butler Deceased; to Simon Butler ye third son; to Isaac Butler the fourth son; to Nathan Butler the fifth son; to Jonathan Beman. Countersigned by Hanah Butler, Isaac Butler, Nathaniel Butler for "Euinice", Jonathan Beman, Jabez Beaman garden for Mari[am?], Simon Butler.
- ↑ Rook, Albert Wilmot. The Butler family. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978)
p. 17.
James Butler, s/o James Butler and wife Mary, [listed as eldest child, no birthdate], m. (1) Lydia ---, m. (2) 19 Mar 1724 Hannah Wilson.
[Note: a comment suggests it might have been his son that married Hannah Wilson?, but the probate shows a widow Hannah plus child Miriam plus children attributed to Lydia.]
- ↑ "James Butler of Lancaster, Mass.", in National Genealogical Society quarterly. (Washington, District of Columbia: National Genealogical Society)
p. 165.
According to a report in the Boston Newsletter 2 Nov 1736, James Butler of Lancaster was killed when he was run over by his cart loaded with hay.
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