Samuel Butterworth (bef. 1609 - bef. 1685)

Born before 5 Feb 1609 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Died before 1 Sep 1685 at about age 76 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA

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Samuel Butterworth migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 53) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Samuel Butterworth was baptized on 05 February 1609, St. John the Baptist Church, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Source: West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812; the brother of Henry Butterworth^[1]

The Great Migration Directory (Anderson, 2015, page 53) says that he came to Massachusetts in 1635.

Samuel mas made freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1640^[2][3].

He was taxed at Rehoboth in 1643, on a valuation of £50, and a proprietor in land there in 1645. He made his will October 13, 1684, proved March 3, 1685.

He died unmarried, with no children. His will was executed in Rehoboth on October 13, 1684, and proved on March 3, 1684.^[1]He mentions many cousins, Abraham Butterworth of Rhode Island, John Butterworth of Swansea, William Hayward of Swansea, the two sons of his cousin John Butterworth ( Samuel and Benjamin), Mary Mason of Swansea, widow, Mary Mason's two sons (Noah and Samuel), and Ann Butterworth, daughter of Abraham Butterworth.^[4]

Note

Note: RESIDENCE: History of Weymouth Massachusetts; Lived in Weymouth, MA

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 168, p. 59. "Henry Butterworth of Halifax, Yorkshire and Weymouth, Massachusetts" Clifford L. Stott.subscription
2. ↑ Index record accessed online at American Ancestors
3. ↑ Austin, page 191
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-VST9 : 16 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 611 of 616; State Archives, Boston.

See Also:

• Massachusetts: Miscellaneous Census Substitutes, 1630-1788, 1840, 1890 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. From records supplied by Ancestry.com)

• Austin, J. O. "Three generations of the Butterworth family" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 41 (1887) pp.191-194.

Great Migration Directory sources; MBCR 120:98-99; ReTR 1:2; NEHGR 168 58-61 See here for key to titles: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sources-GMB

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