Jacob Butterfield (1783 - abt. 1847)

Born 19 Apr 1783 in Caughnawaga (Near Fonda), New York, USA

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Descendants

Died about 1847 at about age 63 in New York [uncertain]

Biography

Jacob was born in 1783. He is the son of James Butterfield and Katherine Runyan of Hartwick, Otsego County, NY.

Jacob Butterfield, a tanner and shoemaker, about 1811, purchased of Osgood Church three acres on which he built a tannery and carried on business for years in Wolcott, NY.

Married Molly Frederick and had the following known children: Son(born 1804-1810);Eliza Polly (ca1809-1864) m. Zelotus Gould; Son(born 1810-1820);Son(born 1810-1820);Catharine S. (born ca1819) m. Marcus W.Gibson;Jacob P.(ca1822-1880+) m. Julia C.; William (born 1825); Harriet Sophia (born ca1827) m. David Martin Hatch.

Jacob Butterfield married again about 1831 following his first wife's death to Eliza(beth)(ca1809-1850+). Their known children: Lucy A. (born ca1832);Frances A. (ca1834-1852);Emily (1836-1837);Emily E. (born ca1838); and George H. (born ca1842).

Sources

• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDYG-BFC : 11 February 2018), Catrina Runnians in entry for Jacob Butterfield, 19 Apr 1783; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 534,215.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLY-Q7WP : 13 December 2015), Jacob Butterfield, 1847; Burial, Wolcott, Wayne, New York, United States of America, Old Wolcott Cemetery; citing record ID 101911083, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.