"Probate Records. Vol. VI, 1695 to 1700.
Butler, Thomas. Court Record, Page 9—15 December, 1697 (Special Court): Thomas Butler presenting to this Court an Attested Copy, under the hand of the Clerk, bearing date 5 July, 1690, of the Distribution of the Estate of his Father Thomas Butler, late of Hartford Decd, And the original Distribution not being entered in the Court roles, This Court do order that this Coppy be recorded: To Thomas Butler the houseing & a peice of the home Lott, being about halfe of it, and 8 acres. To Samuel an 18-acre Peice. To Joseph & John the other part of the home Lott below Collier's at the end of the home Lott, and 14 acres that was Mr. Gilbert's. Edward Cadwell, John Day, Thomas Cadwell, John Porter, Margaret & Hope Butler to have the 30 acres bought of Mr. Way. Susannah, 5 acres in the neck. Cornelius Holybut to have halfe the 70 acres and halfe the 4 acres, besides a Cow, and a bed he hath already. Ann, the other halfe of the 70 acres and the half of the 4 acres, and £5 to be paid her as followeth: 40 shillings by Thomas and 20 shillings apeice from the other 4 brothers. The Widow to have the remaining moveables forever, and one-third of the houseing and Lands during Life. Agreed to by Thomas and Samuel Butler, John Day, Edw. Cadwell and Thomas Cadwell. And ordered by the Court to be the Distribution of Thomas Butler his Estate, and Thomas Butler is Continued as Adms. 5 July, 1690.
Vera Copie, John Allyn, Clerk.
Dist. File, 5 July, 1690: Estate Thomas Butler, Wethersfield: To the Widow, to Thomas Butler, to Samuel, to Joseph, to John, to Edward Cadwell, to Jo. Day, to Thomas Cadwell, to John Porter, to Margaret and Hope Butler."