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Sarah (Unknown) Butterworth (abt. 1630 - abt. 1677)

Sarah Butterworth formerly [surname unknown]
Born about in Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1650 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colonymap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 47 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
Profile last modified | Created 8 Oct 2012
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Contents

Biography

Sarah was born in 1630. She passed away 20 Oct 1677.[citation needed]

Research Notes

Last name at birth unknown: Sarah is often shown to be Sarah Freeman, daughter of Edmund Freeman. There is no evidence that Edmund had a daughter named Sarah, and the connection was severed in May 2023.

Sources

See also:

  • Austin, J. O. 1887. Three Generations of the Butterworth Family. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 41:191-194.
  • New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [1]
John BUTTERWORTH
Marriage 1651
Location Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text BUTTERWORTH, John1 (1630, 1624-1708) & Sarah ____; by 1651; Rehoboth/Bristol RI {Reg. 41:192; Hill (,1) 36; Davol-Willets 46; Sv. 1:323; Tyler Autobiog. 258; Snow-Estes 2:115; Austin's Dict. 113; Stevens-Miller 258-9}
Spouse Sarah UNIDENTIFIED
Later Residences Bristol RI
Volume Name Volume 1 Page 265

Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Freeman-3438 created through the import of Carroll-Dabney-Simons-Wells Fa.ged on Oct 8, 2012 by Janet Dabney.




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Freeman-23289 and Unknown-644792 appear to represent the same person because: Please see documentation on Unknown-644792 for info about unproven surname Freeman. If Freeman cannot be proven, merge should go to LNAB as UNKNOWN>
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
I've ppp'd this profile for the pending merge so that the LNAB will remain as unknown. If proof can be found for Freeman, please contact a PM of this profile or any leader to remove the PPP. The PPP should be removed once the merge is complete, contact me to have it removed.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Please supply a source for her maiden name. Pre-1700 profiles require reliable sources.
posted on Freeman-23289 (merged) by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
If a reliable source cannot be located, a merge into Unknown-644792 should be performed.
posted on Freeman-23289 (merged) by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
I am in agreement with Vic Watt's 2014 Post "Although John Butterworth did have a wife named Sarah, I know of no evidence showing that her maiden name was Freeman. In fact, no one seems to know what her maiden name was. Sarah Butterworth was dead before John died in 1708. Do you have any evidence that the Sarah who married John Butterworth was a Freeman? Do you have any evidence that Sarah is the daughter of Edmund Freeman? (Anderson, in "The Great Migration", does not show that Edmund had a daughter Sarah.) In addition, Edmund did not come to Massachusetts until 1635. So, if this Sarah was born in Rehoboth in 1630, she could not have been Edmund's child. I believe we should disconnect her from Edmund Freeman and his wife, and possible change her LNAB to Unknown." In addition Edmund Freeman (supposedly Sarah’s father), came to New England in 1635 on the ship “Abigail” without a daughter Sarah. Please update this family.
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by Paul Den Uyl
I've posted on Edmund's page as well. Hopefully this can be resolved soon.
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by M Cole
Corrections made, and this profile is now ready for the proposed merge into Freeman-3438.
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by Kenneth Kinman
She would have been too old to be the mother of all of the children except Marie -- could they be her grandchildren instead??

Thanks!

Julie, WikiTree Arborist

posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts
UNKNOWN-100033 and Freeman-3438 appear to represent the same person because: duplicates... adjusted to records, children as guideline
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by Sunny (Trimbee) Clark
I removed Bennett Hodsoll Freeman as her mother
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by S (Hill) Willson
Ok, the most I could do here so far, is to change the status of Bennett for Sarah Freeman Butterworth, and Mary Freeman Perry, as not being their biological mother. They should both be listed under Edmund Freeman, and Elizabeth unknown. If anyone in here knows how to merge them into Edmund and Elizabeth, please do so. I am afraid I will mess the tree up.
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by Rhea (Wilson) Broadbent
I don't know what happened here. I, originally had Sarah listed as being the daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth unknown.

(Settlers from Plymouth. Later found there are records of two daughters of Edmund & Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah born in America. )

posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by Rhea (Wilson) Broadbent
Her mother is incorrect. Bennett died in England about April 1630; sources on her profile.
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by S (Hill) Willson
mixed up profile - removed marriage link to Henry Butterworth-134 [1599-1640] the father of husband John Butterworth-8 [1630-1708]
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by Sally x
Freeman-3438 and Freeman-5992 appear to represent the same person because: Same husband, parents, daughter
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by Bob Tonsmeire
Although John Butterworth did have a wife named Sarah, I know of no evidence showing that her maiden name was Freeman. In fact, no one seems to know what her maiden name was. Sarah Butterworth was dead before John died in 1708. Do you have any evidence that the Sarah who married John Butterworth was a Freeman? Do you have any evidence that Sarah is the daughter of Edmund Freeman? (Anderson, in "The Great Migration", does not show that Edmund had a daughter Sarah.) In addition, Edmund did not come to Massachusetts until 1635. So, if this Sarah was born in Rehoboth in 1630, she could not have been Edmund's child. I believe we should disconnect her from Edmund Freeman and his wife, and possible change her LNAB to Unknown.
posted on Freeman-3438 (merged) by Vic Watt

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