Peter Butler (1709 - aft. 1797)

Born 21 Jan 1709 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died after 13 Apr 1797 after age 88 in Upton, Worcester, [uncertain]

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Biography

Peter Butler was born 21 January 1708 in Boston. Peter Son of Peter Butler and Mary his Wife, Born 21 January 1708.^[1]

Peter Butler was a saddler. He is frequently mentioned in the diary of Ebenezer Parkman.

He married Sarah Keyes about 1731.

Children

John, b. 4 March 1731/32, Marlborough; m. Susanna (Allen) Oake.
Phebe, b. 7 November 1733, Marlborough; m. Noah Harris.
Peter, b. 26 March 1735, d. 31 March 1735, Marlborough.
Mary, b. 3 October 1736, Marlborough; m. Israel Stowell.
Sarah, b. 24 August 1738, Marlborough.
Anne, b. 18 July 1740, Rutland; m. Elijah Dodge.
Hannah, b. 12 April 1742, Shrewsbury; m. (1) Moses Watkins, (2) Nehemiah Healy.
Experience, b. 20 February 1743/44, Shrewsbury.
Lydia, b. 30 April 1746, Shrewsbury; m. Thomas Wilson.
Peter, b. about 1648; m. (1) Ruth Gould, (2) Anna Bass.
Ebenezer, b. 30 November 1749, Shrewsbury; m. Thankful Curtis.

15 September 1732, Peter Butler of Marlborough, saddler, eldest son of Peter Butler of Boston, merchant, and Mary his wife, both deceased, sell to Arthur Savage of Boston all estate, right, title, interest, etc., which I the said Peter Butler now have or upon the decease of my Grand Mother Mrs Hannah Phillips of Boston aforesaid Widow, or at any time hereafter can pretend to have a Claim of in or to all & singular the Houses Lands Tenements Goods or Chattels Rights or Credits of my Uncle Henry Phillips late of Boston aforesaid Gentn. deceased, Sarah, Sister to the said Henry Phillips, relinquishing her right of dower. ^[2]

Peter seems to have been a bit of a land speculator. He first started buying and selling land in Worcester town (1732-36) where he is not known to have ever resided. Leaving Marlborough, he resided successively in Rutland, Grafton, Shrewsbury and Upton.

25 March 1768, Peter 'of Grafton' buys seventy-five acres in Upton from Samuel Warren. (Worcester Deeds, Vol. CV).

This is where Peter finally settled and probably died, though no death, burial or probate records have been found.

The only land transactions between Peter and his sons concern this parcel and only Ebenezer as the other party. Note that these deeds do not even define their familial relationship.

6 April 1797, Peter Butler of Upton, yeoman, for one thousand dollars, sells to Ebenezer Butler of Upton, husbandman, a parcel of land with buildings thereon in Upton containing seventy five acres. Acknowledged the same day. (Worcester Deeds, Vol. CLV)

13 April 1797, Ebenezer Butler mortgages it back to Peter Butler for three hundred pounds (Worcester Deeds, Vol. CXLIII).

Peter Butler was then eighty-eight years old.

Butler. - Peter Butler, by wife Sarah, had John, b. March 4, 1732; Phebe, b. Nov. 1733; Peter, b. March 26, 1735; Mary, b. Oct. 1736; Sarah, b. Aug. 1738. (History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts)

Butler, Peter and his wife, Sarah, D. of Dea. John Keyes, were from Marlboro'. Chil. Mary, b. there, and bap. here, Nov. 11, 1736. "No minister there;" "offered by the mother, the father having turned Quaker." Ann, bap. May 17, 1741. They then came here, and lived, it is said, on the place now of Capt. Isaiah Munroe. Hannah, b. April 12, 1742, and m. Moses Watkins of Winchester, N. H., 1761; Experience, Feb. 20, 1744; Lydia, April 30, 1746; Peter, 1748; Ebenezer, Nov. 3, 1749; Mary, their eldest D. m. Israel Stowell of Winchester, 1764. (History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts)

Sources

1. ↑ Boston Births from A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800, p. 54
2. ↑ Suffolk Deeds, Vol. XLVII

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