Person:Joseph Butterfield (4)

Name	Joseph Butterfield
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	6 Jun 1680	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	22 Nov 1709	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Colburn
Death^[2]	4 Apr 1757	Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States`^{Citation needed}`

References

↑ Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
p. 37.

BUTTERFILD, Joseph, s. Nathaniell and Deborah, [born] June 6, 1680.
↑ FHL Film 386047 Cases 3705-3780, in Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
Case 3730: Joseph Butterfield 1757.

Will of "Joseph Butterfie[l]d of Nottingham In the County of Middlesex ... Gentleman; Being Weak In Body", dated 20 Sep 1745, probated 26 May 1757, names wife Sarah [sole executrix], sons Benjamin, Joseph, Reuben; Gran Son Benjamin Butterfield Jun'r; three Daughters Namely Deborah Mooer, Sarah Coburn, and Hannath Coburn.
The Butterfields of Middlesex mixes up the Joseph Butterfields very badly, and since it is commonly cited, it needs to be corrected. It says the Joseph [#13] who was born 6 Jun 1680 was the son of Joseph Butterfield and Lydia Ballard, when the birth record clearly says that Joseph was the son of Nathaniel and Deborah. It says he married Sarah Fletcher when his brother Nathaniel married Sarah Fletcher while his marriage to Sarah Coleburn is recorded prior to the birth of his first child. It mentions a will but gives no abstract, then says a unnamed daughter married a Mr. Small, when the will mentions no such daughter.