William
Butler
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of James Butler
and Unknown Unknown
Husband of
Eleanor (Douglas) Butler
— married
1810 in Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, Pennsylvania
[children unknown]
Died
at age 95
in Harmonsburg, Sadsbury Twp, Crawford Co, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
William Butler was born at. or near Dublin, Ireland, about July 1743,[1] said the son of James Butler and his wife, whose name is not known. William died in Harmonsburg, Sadsbury Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, 4 March 1839.[2][3]
William married, probably Indiana County, Pennsylvania, about 1810, Eleanor Douglas.
According to The Butlers in America in about 1760, during the French and Indian War, William was "pressed" in to service in the British Navy and brought to America. Upon landing, he deserted and made his way to his uncle Thomas' home.
Military service
Private William Butler served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.
William Butler is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A017738.
William /Butler is DAR Ancestor #: A017738. His Spouse: Eleanor Douglas. Children in patriot file: William who m. Elizabeth McMurtry; James who m. Martha Clarke; John Douglas who m. Elizabeth Hobbs. [4]
Family
William and Eleanor (Crawford) Butler were the parents of several children; eight (8) children are named in The Butlers in America,
- James Butler
- William Butler
- Jean Butler
- Nancy Butler
- Eleanor Butler
- Sally Butler
- Mary Butler
- Catherine Butler
Research Notes
Birth No Irish contemporaneous record of his birth has been found, nor has any similar record that would memorialize the name of his father. William's date of birth was probably calculated from his pension file. "In May, 1823, he stated his age as eighty years in July next, making his birth in July 1743."[5]
Prior Version. A prior version of this profile reported his birth location as Cookeny Parish, County Wicklow, Ireland, but The Butlers in America specifies his birth birth location as "with in two miles of Dublin."
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S-695021411 Page: Volume: 342; SAR Membership Number: 68337 APID: 1,2204::681071
- ↑ Source: #S-695021411 Page: Volume: 342; SAR Membership Number: 68337 APID: 1,2204::681071
- ↑ Source: #S-695021411 Page: Volume: 342; SAR Membership Number: 68337 APID: 1,2204::681071
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 15 Nov 2020), "Record of William /Butler", Ancestor # A017738.
- ↑ William David Butler, John Cromwell Butler and Joseph Marion Butler, The Butler Family in America (St. Louis, Mo., Shallcross Printing Co., [1909]), 77; digital images, FamilySearch, viewed as FSL film 1401442, digital collection 8923197, image 47 of 168.
See also:
- William David Butler, John Cromwell Butler and Joseph Marion Butler, The Butler Family in America (St. Louis, Mo., Shallcross Printing Co., [1909]), 4, but that link breaks so see also FSL film 1401442, digital collection 8923197, especially,
- pp. 6-9, FamilySearch, image 11+ of 168
- pp. 26-62 (Thomas Butler, born 1740), FamilySearch, image 21+ of 168
- pp. 67-83 (William Butler), FamilySearch, image 42+ of 168.
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2204::0. Repository: R-1146633179
Other--
- Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=74406142&pid=249
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
Annette (Smith) Lamb :
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~0.78%
Arrion (Smith) Rathsack :
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Cross posting below parts of the comment now posted to Butler-874.
Edited to add: My notes ... Some Butler Research Notes, and to add alternative links to the source.
edited by GeneJ X