Person:John Butterfield (11)

He served in the Revolutionary War, and resided on the road leading from the village to the Uncanoonuc mountains upon the farm north of where Charles C. Hadley now lives. The house long since gone, stood southerly of the tomb of Jefferson Jones. He died 10-10-1828. John was brought up during the first years of the founding of Goffstown and lived on the road from the village to the Uncanoonuc Mountain. His father was accidentally shot probably when John was in his early teens. He and his brother Peter were the "men" of the family with three younger sisters and a mother to care for.

The History of Antrim, New Hampshire tells that John and Peter took turns of the six months each in the Revolutionary Army throughout the War. It is certain that Peter was at Bunker Hill, that John was at Bennington, that both were together with General Sullivan at Newport, RI in 1778; that at that time John was a Sergeant and Peter was a Corporal. After the Revolution John resumed his life in Goffstown but remained active in the peacetime militia, for we find him referred to as "Lieutenant" in 1786; in 1796 and until 1808 he was Major of the First Battalion of the 9th Regiment of Militia. He served a total of ten years as Selectman between 1784 and 1798. He was a State representative in 1799, 1800, 1801, 1803, 1804, 1806 and 1807.

More About JOHN BUTTERFIELD: Date born 2: 7 September 1753, Litchfield, Hillsborough Co, NH

Military Service: Revolutionary War; Aug 1777 Bennington Battle; 1778 Sgt, w/Col Sullivan at Newport, RI; 1786 Lt (Militia); 1796-1808 Major of the 1st Battalion of the 9th Militia Regiment282

Public Ofc/Service: Bet. 1784 - 1798, Selectman; 1799-1807 State Representative

Residence: Goffstown, NH on the road leading to the village to the Uncanoonuc Mountains.

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BUTTERFIELD, JOHN Ancestor #: A017775 Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank: SERGEANT Birth: 9-7-1753 LITCHFIELD NEW HAMPSHIRE Death: 10-10-1828 NEW BOSTON HILLSBOROUGH CO NEW HAMPSHIRE Service Source: HAMMOND, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR, NH STATE PAPERS, VOL 15, P 556 Service Description: 1) CAPT JAMES AIKEN, COL KELLEY

Title: Supplement to Three hundred colonial ancestors and war service ; Supplement II to Three hundred colonial ancestors and war service ; Supplement II to Three hundred colonial ancestors and war service concluded ; Supplement IV to Three hundred colonial ancestors and war service Authors: Rixford, Elizabeth M. Leach City of Publication: East Highgate, Vt. Publisher: E.M. Rixford Date: 1944 Page Count: 89 Notes: Cover titles. Each suppl. has special t.p.; pts. 2-4 paged continuously. All except Suppl. I have: Compiled by Elizabeth M. Rixford. Suppl. I is c 1938; Suppl. II is c1943. Reel/Fiche Number: Genealogy and local history ; G5679 Subject Headings: New England -- Genealogy. United States -- Genealogy. United States New England

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1. ↑ Name: John Butterfield
   Birth Date: 1753
   Birthplace: New Hampshire
   Volume: 23
   Page Number: 340
   Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 11 Aug 1915, 1665
   
   Source Information:
   
   Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
   
   Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
   
   Name: John Butterfield
   Birth Date: 7 Sep 1753
   Birth Place: Litchfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
   Gender: Male
   Father's Name: John Butterfield
   Mother's name: Phebe
   FHL Film Number: 1000373
   
   
   Source Information:
   Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
   Original data:
   
   "New Hampshire Birth Records, early to 1900." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009. New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics. "Index to births, early to 1900." New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics, Concord, New Hampshire.
   
   "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
2. ↑ Revolutionary War veteran, having been a Sergeant in Capt. James Aiken's Company, of Col. Moses Kelley's Regiment, New Hampshire Division of Continental Troops. (War Dept., The Adjutant General's Office, Revolutionary War Records, New Hampshire Rolls, Vol. 2, p. 556.)