The BUTTERFIELD Family of Chelmsford and Woburn in Middlesex co., Massachusetts
First Generation
BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD (abt
1611 - 1688) of Chelmsford
Parents: Unknown
Benjamin Butterfield was born about 1611. He died on 2 Mar 1687/8 in Chelmsford.
[Ref] He married first Anne Unknown.
She died on 19 May 1661 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
He married second Hannah Chawkley. She died on 19 May 1677 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
Benjamin Butterfield is on the 10 May 1643 list of freemen. [Ref]
Benjamin Butterfield had a few acres adjoining Boutwell's Meadow in Westford.
[Ref, p. 10]
Children of Benjamin Butterfield and Anne Unknown:
- Jonathan Butterfield was born about 1633. He died on 3 Apr 1673 in Chelmsford. [Ref, 44;34] He married Mary Dixon. [Ref, 44;34] Mary was the daughter of William Dixon of Cambridge. [Ref, 44;34] She was born on 17 Jun 1649/50 in Chelmsford. [Ref, 44;34]
On 17 Jun 1673 administration on the estate of Jonathan Butterfield, lately deceased at Chelmsford, was granted to his father Benjamin Butterfield and his father-in-law William Dix. [Ref, 44;34]
some descendants of Jonathan Butterfield
- Mary Butterfield died in 1666. She married Daniel, the son of Thomas
Blodgett, on 1 Sep 1653 [Ref, p. 2]
in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- Benjamin Butterfield died in 1663.
- Nathaniel Butterfield was born on
14 (12) 1642 in Woburn. He married Deborah
Underwood.
- Samuel Butterfield was born in 1647. He died on 30 Jul 1714 in Chelmsford.
[Ref] He married Mary, the daughter
of William
Ballard.
- Joseph Butterfield was born in 1649. He married Lydia, the daughter of William
Ballard of Andover, on 12 Apr or May 1674 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
Joseph Butterfield settled on Frances Hill in Westford. [Ref,
p. 8]
some descendants of Joseph Butterfield
Second Generation
NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD (b.
1642) of Chelmsford
Parents: Benjamin Butterfield and Anne
Unknown
Nathaniel Butterfield was born on 14 (12) 1642 in Woburn. [Ref]
He married Deborah Underwood.
Children of Nathaniel Butterfield and Deborah Underwood:
- Sgt. Benjamin Butterfield was born
about 1680. He died on 31 Mar 1715 in Chelmsford. He married Sarah
Bates.
- Samuel Butterfield may be the Samuel who died
on 24 Jan 1741/2 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
Samuel married Rachel Spaulding on 7 Dec 1703 in Chelmsford. [Ref][Ref]
some descendants of Samuel
Butterfield
- Nathaniel Butterfield was born on 28 Mar 1673 in Chelmsford. [Ref, p. 79, s. Nathaniel and Deborah (Underwood)] He died on 5 Mar 1748/9, age
75 years, in Chelmsford. [Ref][Ref, p. 79] He married first Sarah Fletcher on 18 Jan 1697/8. [Ref, p. 79, d. William and Sarah] She died on 10 Jun 1734. [Ref, p. 79] He married second Alice Coudray after 17 Sep 1748 when their intention was published. [Ref, p. 79]
- Joseph Butterfield was born on 6 Jun 1680 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
He may be the Joseph who married Eunice Unknown and had a child recorded in
Chelmsford on 19 Jul 1703. [Ref]
- Jonathan Butterfield was born about 1683. He died on 17 Apr 1750 in Chelmsford.
[Ref] He may be the Jonathan who
married Elizabeth Unknown.
He may be the Jonathan Butterfield who was allotted four acres at Millstone
Hill in Westford in 1728. [Ref, p. 11]
- William Butterfield was born on 5 Jan 1686 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
Perhaps he is the William who married Bathsheba Shephard of Concord after
21 May 1727 (int.) in Chelmsford. [Ref]
Third Generation
SGT. BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD (abt 1680 - 1715) of Chelmsford
Parents: Nathaniel Butterfield and
Deborah Underwood
Benjamin Butterfield was born about 1680. He died on 31 Mar 1715, age 35 y.
1 m. 2 w., in Chelmsford. [Ref].
He married Sarah
Bates on 16 Feb 1697 in Chelmsford.
[Ref]
Children of Benjamin Butterfield and Sarah Unknown:
- Capt. John Butterfield was born on 12 Jan
1697/8 in Chelmsford. [Ref][Ref,
1;64] He married Anna Hildreth after 10 Dec 1721 (int.) in Chelmsford. [Ref][Ref,
1;64] She died in Feb 1784, age 81. [Ref,
1;64]
some descendants of John Butterfield
- Sarah Butterfield was born on 23 Sep
1701. She died on 11 Aug 1788 in Chelmsford. She married Zachariah
Richardson.
- Mary Butterfield was born on 25 Aug 1706. [Ref,
1;64] She married Ephraim Hildreth after 5 Jan 1722/3 (int.) in Chelmsford.
[Ref][Ref,
1;64] He died on 29 Dec 1783 in Westford. [Ref,
1;64]
- Lydia Butterfield was born on 11 Nov 1711 in Chelmsford. [Ref][Ref,
1;64] She died on 29 Aug 1796 in Chelmsford. [Ref,
1;64] She married Ephraim Spalding after 31 Mar 1730 (int.) in Chelmsford.
[Ref, 1;64] He died on 20 or 26 Dec 1791.
[Ref, 1;64]
- Abiah Butterfield was born on 2 Apr 1716 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
She died after 1785. [Ref, 1;64] She married
John Read of Westford. [Ref, 1;64] He was
born on 3 Feb 1709 and died in 1783. [Ref,
1;64]
Fourth Generation
SARAH BUTTERFIELD (1701 - 1788)
Parents: Sgt. Benjamin Butterfield
and Sarah
Bates [Ref,
1;64]
Sarah Butterfield was born on 23 Sep 1701 [Ref][Ref,
1;64] in Chelmsford. [Ref] She died
on 11 Aug 1788 in Chelmsford. [Ref][Ref][Ref,
1;64] She is buried in the Forefather's Cemetery in Chelmsford Centre [Ref]
She married Zachariah Richardson. [Ref,
1;64]
References
Farwell, John Dennis, The Farwell Family: A history of Henry Farwell and
his wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford,
Mass., 1605-1927, with twelve generations of their descendants: also lineages
of many allied families: records of John Dennis Farwell, Orange, TX, F.H.
Farwell and F.B. Farwell, 1929.
Gordon, George A., "The Butterfields of Middlesex," New England
Historical and Genealogical Register 44, 1890, 33-43.
Paige, Lucius, R., "List of Freemen, " New England Historical
and Genealogical Register, 3, 1849, 89-96, 187-194, 239-246, 345-352.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org,
New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.
Thompson, Bradley Deforest and Franklin Condit Thompson, Blodget-Blodgett
Descendants of Thomas of Cambridge, Condord, NH, 1955.
Vinton, John Adams, Richardson Memorial, Maine, Briwn Thurston &
Co., 1876.
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