Anne (Bishop) Butler (1616 - bef. 1673)

Born 22 Oct 1616 in Bridport, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Holman — married 1641 in Dorchester, Massachusetts

Wife of Henry Butler — married 9 Mar 1655 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 4 Aug 1673 before age 56 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Anne (Bishop) Butler migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 30) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Name

Anne Bishop/Holman/Butler

HENRY BUTLER, bapt. 7 Sept. 1626; grad. H. C. 1651; taught school Dorchester until 1656 when he returned to England and became dissenting preacher at Dorchester, Co. Dorset and Yeovil. Co. Somerset. His last service, after many persecutions and imprisonments, was at Witham Friary, Somerset, where he d. and was bur. 28 Apr. 1696. He m. ANNE, dau. of Thomas and Avis (Abbott) Bishop of Bridgeport, Dorset 9 Mch. 1655 at Dorchester, Mass. She was bapt. 22 Oct. 1616 and had m. (1) John Holman of Dorchester. She was a widow with five children when she m. Henry Butler and eight years his senior. She d. prior to Aug. 1673 and he m. (2) MARY _____. ^[1]

Christening

22 Oct 1616 Bridport, Dorsetshire, England

Marriage

by 1637

Husband: John Holman

1641 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts ^[2]

By 1641 Anne Bishop, bp. Bridport, Dorsetshire, 22 October 1616, daughter of Thomas and Avis (Abbot) Bishop [NEHGR 72:189].

She married (2) Boston 9 March 1654/5 Rev. Henry Butler and returned with him to England (NEHGR 72:189, citing Wigglesworth Diary). She was deceased by 4 August 1673 when Butler referred to her as "Anne my late wife". (NEHGR 72:189)

Husband: John Holeman

Child: Thomas Holeman

Child: Abigail Holeman

Child: Anna Holeman

Child: Samuel Holeman

Child: Patience Holeman

Death

1 Dec 1639 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: The Butler Family, pp. 47 - 66.
2. ↑ Migration Info form England to Massachusetss 1620-1633

• The Great Migration Begins Title: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1630, Voumes I-III. Author: Robert Charles Anderson. Publication: N.p.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society 2010. Vol. 2, Page 974.
• Eardeley, William Applebie. Chronology and Ancestry of Chauncey M. Depew (New York, 1918) Page 161.