"Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729 to 1732. Page 139-40.
Butler, Joseph, Hartford. Invt. £611-12-06. Taken 30 August, 1731, by William Gaylord and Henry Brace.
Court Record, Page 51—7 September, 1731: Adms. granted to Esther Butler, widow, and Gideon Butler, son of the decd.
Page 349 (Probate Side, Vol. XII): Know all men by these presents: That we, Samuel Shepherd and Eunice his wife, Thomas Bull in right of his wife decd., Bethia Butler, Rebeckah Butler and Esther Butler, all of Hartford, in the County of Hartford, being the only female heirs to the estate of our honoured father Joseph Butler of sd. Hartford decd., have received of our brother Gideon Butler, Adms. on sd. estate, our full and whole portion of all and every part of our right in sd. estate, and do hereby covenant for ourselves and heirs that neither we nor they shall at any time challenge or have right to any part or parcel of sd. estate, and do hereby discharge our sd. brother and his heirs to sd. estate of any further challenges or demands of any part of sd. estate, real or personal, acknowledgeing we have received in full our whole portion, and do agree that this shall be a full settlement and final determination of the premises. In confirmation hereof we have hereunto each of us set to our hands and
seals and acknowledged the same before the Court of Probate, this 2 day of March, 1735-6.
SAMUEL X SHEPHERD, LS.
EUNICE X SHEPHERD, LS.
THOMAS BULL, LS.
REBECKAH X BUTLER, LS.
BETHIA X BUTLER, LS.
ESTHER X BUTLER, LS.
Court Record, Page 41—2 March, 1735: Agreement exhibited and accepted by the Court."