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Patience (Butler) Fife (1726 - 1816)

Patience Fife formerly Butler
Born in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], , and
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of , , , , and
Died at about age 89 in Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Patience Butler was born in Massachusetts on May 1, 1726. She is the daughter of James Butler and Hannah Wilson. [1]

In 1740, Patience, aged about 14 years, nominated her uncle Benjamin Wilson of Bolton to be her guardian.[2]

Patience Butler married James Fife. They had a number of children born in Bolton, Massachusetts.

"Patience, wife of James, died March 3, 1816 age 90" in Berlin, Massachusetts [3] and is buried at Old Burying Ground there. [4]

Patience "Fife" married William Fife Jr on Dec 26, 1786 in Bolton, Massachusetts. [5]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKR-QQW : accessed 1 May 2015), Patience Butler, 01 May 1726; citing LANCASTER,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.
  2. ↑ "Probate records v. 101-105 1737-1758" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-S1M8  : 22 March 2024), Film# 007704228, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 385 Vol 102, Page 48.
  3. ↑ Berlin - Deaths - Massachusetts Vital Records
  4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #148997988 Old Burying Ground, Berlin, Massachusetts
  5. ↑ Bolton - Marriages - Massachusetts Vital Records




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Williams-27459 Kim Williams
William could not have been a second husband because Patience is called "wife of James" when she died. Date isn't right for a first marriage. Perhaps they had a daughter Patience who married William?
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