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From: "Butler, Mark R. (MBUT)" <>
Subject: RE: [BUTLER-L] Origin of Butler name
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:53:49 -0700


You might want to look into the Butler Society if you haven't.. they trace
several non-related chains of Butlers wayy wayy back....

The URL is www.butler-soc.org

Mark Butler
Always looking for Oregon BUTLER, THOMPSON, Washington JOHNSON, ROBINSON

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> I am seeking information regarding the origin of the Butler name.
>
> I have one article that says the Butlers came from the family of
> Fitzwalter
> and the name was shortened to Walter and was later changed to Butler in
> the
> reign of Henry II about 1150 AD.
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> I have another article that says Butler came from the name Boteler which
> descended from Saher de Quincy, a Knight at the Council of Runnemede.
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> I would appreciate any information available.
>
> Thanks so very much.
>
> Charles Lucas
>
> Researching Lucas, Lamm, Nusum, Tomlinson, Bass, Daniel, Barnes,
> Williams,
> and Durant
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> Emphasis on:
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> 1)JOHN LUCAS family of Dobbs County and his descendants of Wayne, Wilson,
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> Nash, Edgecombe, Greene, Johnston Counties , North Carolina and elsewhere.
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> 2)GEORGE WILLIAMS of the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and his
> descendants.
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> 3)WILLIAM SPENCER, Ancient Planter of Jamestowne, Virginia, and his
> descendants.
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> 4)CAPTAIN NATHANIEL BASSE of Isle of Wight County, Virgina, and his
> descendants.
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> 5)GEORGE DURANT, "Colonial Father of North Carolina" and one of the
> earliest
> settlers of North Carolina (second earliest deed in North Carolina dated
> 01
> March 1661.)
>
> See our LUCAS web sites at:
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> http://hometown.aol.com/cclmd/genealgy/index.htm
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/3001/
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> both web sites are linked so you can go from either one to the other
> Contact our bulletin board at:
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> See our WILLIAMS web site at:
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> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/3001/gw/
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> See our WILLIAM SPENCER/SHEPPARD/NEWSOME/LUCAS web site at:
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> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/3001/ws/
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> Happy Genealogy Research. Our past is the foundation for the future.
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