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Subject: [BUTLER-L] JOHN BUTLER of Framingham MA., and descendants (MA-ME-VT-NH-PA)
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 16:47:39 EDT

History of Framingham Massachusetts early known as Danforth's Farms 1640 -
1880 By J. H. Temple Published By the Town of Framingham 1887]. page 494
Genealogical Register

BUTLER, 1. JOHN; Shoemaker, Lieut.; was in Fram., 1723, 1. Near the Nat.
Hardy place, at Rice's End; went on exp. To Louisbourg, 1745, in Capt. Eph.
Baker's Co., and d.; Will proved Apr. 20, 1747.
He m. (1) Elizabeth How, dau. Of John, d. Apr. 27, 1740; (2) Joanna
(Buckminster) Eames, wid. Of John.
Chil.
Elizabeth, bap. Hopk. 1727; John, b. Hopk. Mar. 28, 1729 2; Phinehas, b.
Fram. June 3, 1732 3; JOSEPH, b. Aug. 15, 1734 4; William, b. Apr 18, 1738;
John Wood, (?) b. Apr. 27, 1740.

2. JOHN, s. of JOHN 1., corp. in Capt. J. Catlin's scouts, 1749; capt', got
the ill-will of the Indians who came to Fram. After his scalp, but he had
warning and escaped. He held his f's est., per. Built a new ho. A short way
to the E. (the Micajah Rice place); a land speculator; bo't, June 21, 1753,
the Nath'l Wilson farm, of Samuel Gates, which he sold, 1754, to Jona. Gibbs;
bo't July 3, 1763, the Dea. John Adams est., 146 a.; sold the E. part, with
buildings, 44 a., Mar. 5, 1764, to David Eames, and the balance, 102 a., Oct.
29, 1766 to Jona. Gibbs and Jona. Brewer; sold his own homestead, 60 a., Oct.
29, 1766, to Gibbs and Brewer; prob. Rem. 1768 to Peterboro, N.H.; was adj.
In Col. Jona. Brewer's regt. 1775; d. Mar. 20, 1795. He m. Hannah Drury,
dau. Of Micah. Chil. Mercy, b. Jan. 6, 1763, d.y.; William 5; David; per
others.

3. PHINEHAS, s. of JOHN 1, was out in the Ind. wars and the Rev.; pensioner;
d. Jan. 16, 1806. He m. Apr. 29, 1764, Bathsheba Graves, dau. Of Joseph.
Chil. John, b. 1756, sett. Thomaston, Me.; Phinehas, b. 1758, sett. E.
Thomaston, Me.; Joseph, b. 1764, sett. Bristol, Me., removed to Western
Penn.; and others.

4. JOSEPH BUTLER, b. Aug 15 1734, son of JOHN 1, kept a tavern near Hastings'
Corner; removed to Conc.; Captain in Col. Nixon's reg., 1775. He m. SARAH
________.
Children: JOSEPH, b. Nat., Aug 28 1757; SARAH, b. Fran. Jan 27 1759; JOHN, b.
Feb 19 1761; MARY, b. Feb 3 1763; BELA LINCOLN, b. Nov 22, 1764; per. Others.

5. WILLIAM, s. of JOHN 2. came fr. Cavendish, Vt. To Fram; rem. 1806 to
Thomaston, Me., where the last 4 chil. Were b. He m. Feb. 23, 1797,
Catherine Dadmun, dau. Of Timothy. Chil. Dexter, B. Aug. 22, 1799, l. Fram.;
enl. U. S. Army; m. Ruth Belcher; she d. June 28, 1847; Louisa, b. Aug. 17,
1801; Mellicent, b. Mar. 10, 1804, d.y.; Olivia, b. Oct. 16, m. Reuben
Gleason of Sud.; Ebenezer Newell, b. Dec. 16, 1808, l. Fram.; m. Mary Dadmun,
dau. Of William; Joseph Warren, b. May 29, 1811; Henry Harrison, b. July 10,
1813.

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