John
Butler
Born in Wrentham, Suffolk, , England
Son of William Butler
and Agnes (Hayes) Butler
Brother of
William Butler
Husband of
Benedicta (Giles) Butler
— married
1649 in Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Butler) Stent, Ruth (Butler) Goodsell, John Butler, Jonathan Butler, Hannah (Butler) Hill and Richard Butler
Died about
at about age 62
in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut
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Biography
John was born in 1617. He passed away in 1681.
John Butler of Branford, d 1679; m1. ____________; m2. Benedicta ___________.[1][2] Children of John Butler and his first wife:
- Elizabeth; m. Eleazar Stent
- John, d. 1691; m 17 Nov 1684 BdV-- Hannah da. John & Hannah (Cooper) Potter, b. 26 June 1665 NHV, d. 2 June 1694 NHProbate. [Children:]
- Hannah, b. 14 Oct 1685 BdV d. 27 Oct 1748 ae. 65 NHTI; m(1) 9 Feb 1708/9 NHV-- John Todd; m(2) 17 Feb 1725/6 NHV-- Caleb Tuttle.
- John, b. 7 Dec 1687BdV; d. s. p. 1709.
- Richard, d. 1713; m. Elizabeth _______; had issue
- Ruth; m(1) Thomas Goodsell; he div. her 1693; m(2) Joseph Woodward of Providence, RI
- Samuel, d. s. p.
Children of John Butler and Benedicta, his second wife:
- Jonathan; m. Lydia _____; 10 children
- Jonah, d.s.p. 28 Feb 1710 BdV (1710/1]
- Hannah; m. Luke Hill.
Life in New England
John Butler was in a Boston artillery company in 1644; was said to have been a physician; was probably in Hartford in 1666, was a freeman there 1669, died in Branford in 1680. He had two wives, four daughters and four sons - John, Richard, Jonathan, Jonas. [3]
Birth
Event
Arrival 1635 Age: 21 Virginia[6]
Marriage
- Husband: John Butler
- Wife: Benedicta Giles
- Child: Richard Butler
- Marriage 1649 Connecticut, United States
- Marriage 1665 Connecticut, United States
- Marriage 1641 Connecticut, United States[7]
Death
- Death: 1680, Branford, Connecticut[8]
His inventory was taken on 9 August 1780.[9] His inventory at Hartford was appraised on 6 September 1680.[9]
According to Jacobus, John Butler of Branford died in 1679. The name of his first wife is not known. His second wife was Benedicta _____. With his first wife he had 5 children: Elizabeth, John, Richard, Ruth, and Samuel. With his second wife he had three more children: Jonathan, Jonah, and Hannah.
Sources
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Salem MA: Higginson Book Co., 1994; Volume II, p. 372 https://archive.org/stream/newhavengenealog00jaco#page/372/mode/1up
- ↑ Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historicaland Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, 9 vols; Pleasant Valley, NY: Author 1990; Page: 6:457-463, "Family of Luke Hill of Windsor, CT"
- ↑ “A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations…;” By James Savage; in Four Volumes; Boston, Little Brown & Co 1862; vol I pg 320
- ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com number: 1217.023 Family group sheet listed as parents
- ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com
- ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com
- ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com number: 1217.023 Family group sheet listed as parents
- ↑ Source: #S125551 Date of Import: Aug 28, 2011
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NF-L : 10 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 185. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 2, page 76-77.
- Source: S125551 Title: Maltby 08282011.FTW Repository: Call Number: Media: Other
- American Offset Printers Ancestry and descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin Record for Ancestry and descendants of Ama p49-50
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Butler-2087 created through the import of Maltby master 08282011.GED on Aug 30, 2011 by Harry Maltby.
- Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/64480265/family
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), Vol III, page 372 (Butler Family) and page 664 (Goodsell Family).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.39%
Mary (Morse) Shaw
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Categories: Branford, Connecticut | Connecticut, Immigrants from England
When Butler-6745 was created there was already a WikiTree profile for John Butler of Branford: Butler-2087. In 1645 John Butler-2087 was living in New Haven (not England), and having children with one of his two wives, neither of whom was Ann Fletcher. It is clear that the wrong father was attached to this profile (Butler-6745) for John Butler of Branford, New Haven.
In preparation for the proposed the merge of Butler-6745 and Butler-2087, I have removed Butler-24663 as his father. I have also removed the information that he was born 1 January 1630 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England, as that information apparently belongs to a different John Butler.