Thomas Butler (1734 - abt. 1787)

Born 23 Jun 1734 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Son of Thomas Butler Jr. and Abigail Craft

Husband of Elizabeth (Holt) Butler — married 19 Jan 1757 in Windham, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 29 Nov 1787 at about age 53 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study.

When Thomas Butler was born on June 23, 1734, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, his father, Thomas Butler, was 28 and his mother, Abigail Craft, was 26. He relocated from Ipswich in 1739 when his parents were dismissed from the Chebacco Church in Ipswich and they relocated to Windham, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Holt on January 19, 1757, in Windham, Connecticut. They had at least four children, Stephen, born in 1757 which must have died young and Zebediah and Sarah 1760 who also died young during their marriage, and Benjamin who was born in 1771. Thomas appears to have died in 1787 in Ashford, Connecticut.

Sources

• Birth citation for Thomas [1] at Family Search

• Ancestry Member Trees: [2] profile for Thomas

• Birth Citation: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016): [3]

• Birth/marriage citation for Thomas Butler; "Windham Vital Records 1692-

1850": [4]

• Birth citation for child Zebediah [5]

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. John Butler, FTDNA kit # 49270, and half his 7th cousin, Allan Butler, match at a Genetic Distance of 2 on 37 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Thomas Butler, the 6x great grandfather of both John Butler and Allan Butler.
• Paternal relationship is confident through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. John Butler, FTDNA kit # 49270, and half his 6th cousin 2x removed, EB, FTDNA kit # 97410, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 25 markers, thereby showing their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Thomas Butler, the 5x great grandfather of John Butler and 7x great grandfather of EB. EB Only has Y-DNA25.