Person:Zachariah Butterfield (2)
Zachariah Butterfield
b.7 Oct 1782 Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.22 Nov 1866 Farmington, Franklin, Maine
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1767
  1. Abel Butterfield1767 - 1836
  2. Mercy Butterfield1771 -
  3. Thankful Butterfield1774 -
  4. Lydia Butterfield1776 -
  5. Abigail Butterfield1780 -
  6. Zachariah Butterfield1782 - 1866
  7. Joseph Butterfield1784 -
  8. Lucy Farnsworth Butterfield1786 -
  9. Susannah Butterfield1788 -
  10. Rachel Butterfield1790 -
  11. Rebecca Butterfield1793 -
  12. Josiah Butterfield1795 - 1871
  13. Isaiah ButterfieldAbt 1797 -
  14. Samuel ButterfieldAbt 1799 -
  15. Nabby ButterfieldAbt 1801 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 1 Dec 1808
  1. George W. Butterfield1809 - Abt 1891
  2. Thomas Jefferson Butterfield1811 - 1890
  3. Nancy Butterfield1814 - 1892
  4. Sarah Butterfield1817 - 1838
  5. Martha Butterfield1819 -
  6. Mary Butterfield1821 -
  7. Hannah Butterfield1823 -
  8. Edwin Butterfield1825 - Abt 1889
  9. Lyman Butterfield1827 -
  10. Rebecca Butterfield1830 -
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Facts and Events
Name Zachariah Butterfield
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Oct 1782 Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 1 Dec 1808 Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United Statesto Martha Hiscock
Death? 22 Nov 1866 Farmington, Franklin, Maine
Burial? Farmington, Franklin, Maine, (Bttrfld Cem.)

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 333V-D8 In the book A History of Farmington, Maine 1776-1885:

A store in Farmington was opened in 1796 by Thomas Whittier and Nathanial Bishop on the site of an old Indian fort and "at the falls". The store was sold to Zacariah Butterfield in 1798. It was said that Zacariah "traded and manufactured potashe". He would have been 16 years old. He sold the store in 1802 to Jonathan Russ. The site was later known as the "Russ house".

Most of the Butterfields in Famington were from Samuel and Jonas Butterfield (brothers) who arrived there in November 1781 from Dunstable, Mass. Samuel owned lot 2 and Jonas had lot 18. In 1782 there were eight families in Farmington.Jesse Butterfield (another brother) had lot 16 in 1782. Samuel Knowlton was born Nov 14, 1782, the first child born in Farmington. Jonathan Knowlton was there in 1799. The cencuws of 1790 lists 494 inhabitants. Reuben Butterfield (brother to Samuel and Jonas) went there in 1781 with his brothers, but left and went back to Dunstable and then went back to Farmington around 1783. Thomas Hiscock owned land in Oct 1, 1798 (Martha's father). in 1810 Maine was admited to the Union. Franklin County was organized in 1838.

References
  1. ↑ Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1913)
    p. 19.

    BUTTERFIELD, Zachariah, s. Abel and Mercy, [born] Oct. 7, 1782. NR

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