Ruth (Wright) Butterfield (1674 - 1754)

Born 21 Nov 1674 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Butterfield — married 20 Mar 1694 in Woburn, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1754 at age 79 in West Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Ruth Wright was born about 1674 in Massachusetts Bay Colony. She married Jonathan Butterfield, probably at Charlestown or Woburn, on the 20th of March, 1694 (Gregorian calendar).

Ruth Butterfield died on January 11, 1754, at West Cambridge (modern-day Arlington), Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[1] She was a widow and died of old age when she was 80 years old.

Source

Source: #S-1246697281

Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/5851101/person/-1345341421/facts

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Ruth /Wright/ ^[2]

Marriage

Husband: Jonathan Butterfield

Wife: Ruth Wright

Child: William Butterfield

Marriage: ^[3]

Research Notes

Torrey's sources:

• Middlesex Court Rec. 1:218;
• Butterfield 4; Gordon, George A. "Butterfields of Middlesex" (1883).Internet Archive link, same as NEHGR article.
• Stone (#6) 98; Bartlett, Joseph Gardner, Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Deacon Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320–1917 (Boston: Stone Family Association, 1918): page 98.
• Warren (#8) 10; Foster, Warren Woden, Some Descendants of Arthur Warren of Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler, 1911): https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/151142-redirect page 10].
• Putnam's Mag. 3:230;
• Reg. 37:76. Cutter, William R. "The Wright Family of Woburn, Mass." in NEHGR, Vol. 44 (January 1890): pages 76-83.
• Reg. 44:36; Gordon, George A. "Butterfields of Middlesex" in NEHGR, Vol. 44 (January 1883): pages 33-43, see 36.
• Charlestown 161. Wyman, Thomas Bellows, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 2 vols. (D. Clapp and Son, Boston, 1879). page 161.

Sources

1. ↑ Arlington Mass. Vital Records, retrieved from the Massachusetts Vitals Records Project, MVR Page 126
2. ↑ Source: #S97 Page: 16-17
3. ↑ Source: #S97 Page: 16-17

• Marriage 20 March 1694 [Gregorian] (NEHGS/Torrey): “BUTTERFIELD, Jonathan (?1672-1744, in 72nd y) & Ruth WRIGHT (-1754, ae 80); 20 Mar 1693/4; Charlestown/Cambridge/Woburn? {Middlesex Court Rec. 1:218; Butterfield 4; Stone (,6) 98; Warren (,8) 10; Putnam's Mag. 3:230; Reg. 37:76, 44:36; Charlestown 161}”; citation, 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; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/265/426879588 (by subscription).

• Birth (approx. year only), family members, death, and burial (no image of gravestone): Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36138236/ruth-butterfield : accessed 21 June 2022), memorial page for Ruth Wright Butterfield (1670–11 Jan 1754), Find A Grave: Memorial #36138236, citing Old Burying Ground, Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Diana L. Brace (contributor 46885260) .

Source S2

Text: Manuscript

Text: [Hugh Darrell Miller, comp.]

Text: Genealogy: Ethel Peters Miller/Hugh Darrell Miller

Text: 1985

Text: copy in possession of author

• Genealogical Records of Laura Burgund and recorded in Ancestry.com.
• WikiTree profile Wright-6541 created through the import of wikitree1.ged on Oct 17, 2012 by Kimball G. Everingham. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kimball G. and others.

• Source: S97 Title: The Jaquith Family in America Abbreviation: Jaquith Family Author: Jaquith, George Oakes; Walker, Georgetta Jaquith Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1982