Dorcas4, b. May 11, 1729; m. Rev. Benjamin Butler of Nottingham April 17, 1754; and died April __ 1790. He d. Dec __, 1804. One of their children was Maj. Gen. Henry Butler, p.40 [5]
Another Benjamin Butler, son of Obediah & Elizabeth, was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, 5 Nov 1729
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↑ 1.01.1 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. "Edgartown" V1 p14
↑ Colonial collegians : biographies of those who attended American colleges before the War for Independence
↑ 4.04.1 Register of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the District of Columbia 1970, Vol. 2 Society of Mayflower Descendants p. 431 in Windham, Connecticut.
↑ 5.05.15.25.3 The Essex Antiquarian; Salem, Massashusetts; 1897; reprint by Higginson Book Company
↑ Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; N; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
↑ First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group; Census Place: Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
↑ Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group. Census Place: Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch
Massachusetts Town Marriage Records Author: New England Historic Genealogical Society Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year
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