"Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729 to 1732. Page 229-30.
Butler, Peter, Middletown. Invt. £271-05-06. Taken 2 November, 1732, by Joseph Rockwell, Thomas Stow and William Rockwell.
Court Record, Page 76—13 November, 1732: Adms. to Phebe Butler, widow, with Nathaniel Brown. Recog., £400.
Page 46 (Vol. XIV) 7 August, 1744: An account of Adms. was now exhibited in Court by Phebe Butler, alias Hamlin, and Edward Hamlin, her present husband, Adms. Account accepted. The sd. Adms. move this Court for a dist. of the moveable estate. Ordered as followeth:
To the widow Phebe Butler, alias Hamlin, her thirds, £20-13s-08d
To Mary, Lucia and Rebeckah Butler, to each, 13-15-09
And appoint Benjamin Adkins, Jonathan Allin and Joseph Clark, distributors.
Page 56—5 March, 1744-5: Report of the distributors."
"Probate Records. Vol. XIV, 1742 to 1745.
Butler, Peter. Court Record, Page 46—7 August, 1744: Mary Butler. a minor, 18 years of age, and Lucy Butler, 14 years of age, daughters of Peter Butler decd., chose Edward Hamlin of Middletown to be their guardian. Recog., £500."