John
Butts
Born about in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Son of Zaccheus Butts
and Sarah (Cornell) Cole
Husband of
Susan (Wodell) Butts
— married
1711 [location unknown]
Husband of
Abigail (Briggs) Butts
— married
29 Jan 1723 in Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Richard Butts, Mary (Butts) Lindsey, Abigail Butts, Hannah (Butts) Cory, Constant Butts, Enoch Butts, Susannah (Butts) Shaw, Sarah (Butts) Cook, John Butts Jr and Job Butts
Died
at about age 77
in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2013
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Biography
John Butts. Born ca 1691 in Little Compton, RI. John died in between 28 Feb 1767 and 11 Apr 1768. in Portsmouth, RI.
John first married Susannah Woodell, second Abigail (Briggs) Moon, widow of John Moon.
John’s will was dated 28 Feb 1767, proved 11 Apr 1768.[1] His date of death, 11 March 1768 in mentioned in the heading of his inventory which was taken on 26 March 1768.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649133_00138). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills, and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Council and Probate Records, Vol 6-9, 1764-1822, image 138-141. Portsmouth, RI, Vol. 6, Second Part of Book, page 101-106. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
- http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr08/rr08_115.html#P2376
- Current sources from FamilySearch.org
- NEHGS records
- [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Abutts~%20%2Bbatch_number%3AI09425-9 Baptisms of children with Abigail Briggs all in batch I09425-9
- John Butts's life timeline from FamilySearch.org
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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%
Susan (Cashman) Lavoie
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member suseashell
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~0.39%
Donna Emmons :
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~0.39%
Donna (Reed) Benevides :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch dreed2 [compare], Ancestry member DonnaReed1111
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