Jonathan (Boughton) Bouton (abt. 1726 - abt. 1790)

Born about 1726 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died about 1790 at about age 64 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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LNAB = Bouton. Even though there were no birth records for this family. Contemporary records at the time of his birth spell the name Bouton.

Biography

Jonathan Bouton b. say 1726. ch of John and Mercy. m. Abigail Nichols

Jonathan Boughton listed 1790 Census Stephentown, Albany County (later Rensselaer) New York.

Children:

William

Ezra

Amy

Eleanor

Lydia

Azor

Simeon

Elijah

Stephen

Jeremiah

From page 178 of Bouton-Boughton Family: "Jonathan Boughton, b. about 1710, supposed Fairfield, Co., Conn., m. Abigail Nichols about 1750, and settled Simsbury, Conn. Authentic history of this family was not found among the records where many others were obtained, but a granddaughter by the name of Mary Boughton, dau. of Azer and Elizabeth Nickerson Boughton, is responsible for the following tradition: Said Jonathan Boughton was the captain of a merchant vessel and sailed to an Italian port, during the prevalence of an epidemic; he was importuned by a frantic mother to take her infant away from the plague smitten city, whereupon he took the child to his own home in Cape Cod, where she was reared to womanhood and he then married her, and they settled at Simsbury, Conn. He died about 1785; date and place of her death not found."

Their children: William b. Simsbury, Ct. 1751 m. Dolly Holcomb Ezra b. Simsbury, Ct. 1756, enlisted in the war, taken prisoner by the British and starved to death Amy b. about 1758 m. first Patridge; Second Delevan and said to have settled in Boston, Ma. Eleanor b. Stamford, 1759 m. William Hayes of Nassau, Ny Azer b. Simsbury 1761 m. Boston Elizabeth Nickerson Lydia b. Simsbury 1762 m. Joseph Young settled Nassau, Ny Simeon b. Simsbury 1764 m. Polly Curtis, settled HIllsdale, NY Elijah b. Simsbury, 1766 m. Polly Hull, settled Nassau, Ny Stephen b. Simsbury, 1768 m. Polly Knapp, they had no children Jeremiah (Jerol) b. Simsbury, June 3, 1775 m. June 14, 1800 Polly Leavenworth

Sources

• This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.
• Boughton Gary A. and Frederick C. Hart Jr., C.G. "Sorting out some Boutons. A New Look at the Family of John and Mercy (Hickok) Bouton of New Canaan, Connecticut." The American Genealogist 73:152. starts p. 33 (1998). link at American Ancestors.
• Bouton--Boughton Family: Descendants of John Boution, a Native of France, who Embarked from Gravesend, Eng., and Landed at Boston in December, 1635, and Settled at Norwalk, Ct

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"Jonathan Boughton in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560", Search, accessed January 21, 2021, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=128614&_phsrc=FNu5898&dbid=7836