Richard Bouton (1639 - 1665)

Born 1639 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband of Ruth (Turney) Bouton — married 1664 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 27 Jun 1665 at about age 26 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

"Bounton, Richard, s. of John.

Settled in Fairfield, where he d. in 1665.

Married Ruth Turney, dau. of Benjamin, b. at Concord, 28 Jan. 1643/4, d. at Fairfield in 1666.

Inv. 21 June 1665, presented by Widow. Joseph Middlebrook and wife testified that Richard the day he died gave his Est. to Ruth his wife, excepting tools. Court decrees if Ruth be with child, the child to have its share; if no issue, then John son of John Bouton to have the tools.

Inv. of Ruth Bouton, 7 Nov. 1666.^[1] Matthey Marvin, Sr., Robert Turney, and John Bouton, relations to Ruth the dau. of Richard and Ruth Bouton, consent that the child be placed with Marvin until 18; if he dies, then with John Bouton, the child's uncle; and if he dies, then with Robert Turney; if the child dies, then the land to go to Benjamin Turney of Fairfield, and L7-14-6 to Thomas Morehouse of Fairfield, and the rest divided among the nearest relations."^[2]

Name

Richard Bouton

Birth

1639 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut^[3][4]

Marriage

Wife: Ruth Turney^[5]

Death

27 JUN 1665 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut^[3][6]

Sources

• Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721 (n.p.) Page 13
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 95-6.
• Daniels, Larry. Butts, Knowles & Hills; The Seeleys, Turneys, Sturges & Barlows (Privately printed, Bowie, MD 20715-1336, March 1993) Page 28.
• Boughton,Willis A., Bouton, Boughton and Farnam Families (n.p., 1949) Page 1
• Hoppin, Charles Arthur. The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and forty other colonial American families (Greenfield, Ohio: Reprinted by Quintin Publications, Orange Park Florida, 1932)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627300_00074). Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line], Fairfield, Probate Records, Vol 1-5, 1648-1750, image 74. Record is not indexed Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.Original data:Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. (Two free Ancestry.com image: (1). https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26238588?h=a9209d&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url ; (2). https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26238666?h=263ff8&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url))
2. ↑ Jacobus
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Boughton
4. ↑ Hoppin: Page 499
5. ↑ Daniels: p. 28
6. ↑ Hoppin: Page 501