Jonathan Butterfield (1671 - 1744)

Born 1671 in West Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Wright) Butterfield — married 20 Mar 1694 in Woburn, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1744 at about age 73 in Arlington, Menotomy, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Married in Woburn, 20 March, 1693-4, Ruth, daughter of John and Abigail Wright.

Jonathan Butterfield (Jonathan Benjamin) was born in Chelmsford. He was a husbandsman at West Cambridge, near the Foot of the Rocks, now Arlington.

In February, 1706, he was one of a scouting party (Green's Groton) in the Indian War. He died in 1744. On June 18, 1744, the widow Ruth and sons Jonathan, John and William sign the mother's bond as administratix of the estate of Jonathan Butterfield late of Cambridge, deceased intestate. The widow died 1753-4

Children:

Jonathan b 1695

Mary. b 1697 m. Thomas Frost

John b 1699

Abigail b 1702 m. Joseph Wheeler

Ruth b 1704 m. William Robbins

Jane b 1706 m. George Cutter

Lydia bap. 1708

William bap 1710

Phebe bap 1713

*Deborah b. 1713 m. Samuel Locke, son of Francis and Elizabeth Winship Locke of Cambridge. She d. 7 Sept. 1769.

Sources

• Geo. A. Gordon; The Butterfields of Middlesex - New England Historical Genealogical Society

• Manuscript, [ Hugh D. Miller, comp. ], Genealogy: Ethel P. Miller/Hugh D. Miller, 1985, copy in possession of Barbara M

• Birth, family members, death, and burial (with image of gravestone): Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38370529/jonathan-butterfield : accessed 21 June 2022), memorial page for Jonathan Butterfield (1671–2 Jun 1744), Find A Grave: Memorial #38370529, citing Old Burying Ground, Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933) .

• Marriage 20 March 1694 [Gregorian] (NEHGS/Torrey): “BUTTERFIELD, Jonathan (?1672-1744, in 72nd y) & Ruth WRIGHT (-1754, ae 80); 20 Mar 1693/4; Charlestown/Cambridge/Woburn? {Middlesex Court Rec. 1:218; Butterfield 4; Stone (,6) 98; Warren (,8) 10; Putnam's Mag. 3:230; Reg. 37:76, 44:36; Charlestown 161}”; citation, New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/265/426879588 (by subscription).

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