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James Butler Jr. (1743 - 1828)

James Butler Jr.
Born in Dinwiddie County, Virginiamap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 17 Sep 1768 in Dinwiddie County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 85 in Campbell County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

James was born in 1743, probably in Dinwiddie county, Virginia. He is said to be the son of James Butler and Elizabeth, whose last name is unknown

On November 26, 1768, James Butler Jr. married Priscilla Thomas of Dinwiddie County at the Burleigh Monthly Meeting in Prince Georges County, Virginia. Priscilla was very probably a sister to Ann Thomas, who married Joseph, a brother to James. Ann Thomas was said to be the daughter of John Thomas. To the marriage of James and Priscilla Butler, twelve children were born, all of them in Dinwiddie County, Virginia: Robert, James III, Mary, Tabitha, Johnathan, Saray (Sally), Ann, Elizabeth, Edward, Robert II, Edna and Martha. Only seven of these children lived to maturity.

James II went on record as freeing his three slaves on 27 May 1779; Judy, age 50, Jenny, age 14, and Dick, age 11. This was in keeping with the teachings of the Society of Friends.

According to the South River Meeting records in Campbell County, Virginia, James Butler, Junior, Priscilla, and their family of eight children, moved from Black Water MM in Surry County, Virginia, on 15 Jun 1793, to the South River MM in Campbell County, Virginia.[1]

He would appear to have been active in the South River Monthly Meeting with his name appearing on numerous records. He was one of those signing the marriage certificate of Joseph Johnson, son of James and Penelope Johnson, of Bedford County, and Betsy Ballard, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel Butterworth, of Campbell County, married at South River Monthly Meeting house 2-8-1812.[2]

He passed away on June 26, 1828, in Campbell county, Virginia.[3]

Sources

  1. Jane Andrews Bedke, Peacock: Descendants of William Cornelius and Martha Catherine Harris Peacock Including the Ancestors of Martha Catherine Harris (Salt Lake City, Utah: privately published, September, 1986), p. 16.
  2. James Pinkney Pleasant Bell, Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time: Being in Part a Transcript of the Minute Books of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County and the South River Meeting, Campbell Co., VA (Published 1905, J. P. Bell company), p. 83.
  3. James Pinkney Pleasant Bell, Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time: Being in Part a Transcript of the Minute Books of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County and the South River Meeting, Campbell Co., VA (Published 1905, J. P. Bell company), p. 44.
  • Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.




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