I'm a Wethersfield, CT Butler
Oldest relative: Deacon Richard Butler 2m. Elizabeth Bigelow
from The History of Ancient Wethersfield by Henry R. Stiles.
Wethersfield Records give the following children:
1. Thomas, b. 1637
*2. Samuel, b. 1639
3. Nathaniel, b. 1641
4. Joseph, b. 1648
5. Daniel
6. Mary, b. 1635
7. Elizabeth, b. 1643
8 Hannah
Samuel Butler had the following children:
1. Samuel
*2. James
3. Jonathan
4. George
5. Mary
6. Dorothy
7. Elizabeth
8. Sarah
James Butler m. Hannah Edwards 6 May 1703
had the following children in Wethersfield, CT:
1. Hannah, b. 26 Sep 1705
*2. Hezekiah, b. 29 Apr 1708
3. James, b. 4 Feb 1712
4. William, b. 8 Feb 1714
Hezekiah Butler m. Rebecca Standish 19 Jan 1732; who died 17 Dec 1786
had the following children in Wethersfield, CT:
1. Lois, b. 19 Nov 1732
2. Rebecca, b. 12 May 1735
3. James, b. 9 Dec 1736
4. Hezekiah, b. 6 Apr 1740
5. Lois, b. 3 Nov 1742
*6. Josiah, b. 8 Jul 1745
7. John, b. 24 Apr 1753
Josiah Butler m. Martha Riley 16 Oct 1769
had the following children:
1. Simon, b. 25 Mar 1770
2. Lois, b. 3 Mar 1773
3. Martha, b. 24 Apr 1774
4. William, b. 24 Apr 1774
5. Rhoda, bp. 7 Aug 1776
6. Allen, bp. 12 Mar 1780
*7. Sylvester, bp. 7 Aug 1785; m. Huldah( dau. Eli. & Mary Wells ) Stoddard; who died 10 May 1872, age 87, Pittsfield, MA
8. Prudence, bp. 13 Apr 1788
Sylvester Butler m. Huldah Stoddard 22 Jan 1809 and had the following
children in Pittsfield, MA:
1. Julia Ann, b. 26 Mar 1811
2. Charlotte, b. 20 Mar 1813
3. Mary Wells, b. 7 Dec 1815
4. Dudley E., b. 10 Dec 1817
5. Huldah Maria, b. 11 Jul 1821
6. Levi Riley, b. 22 Sep 1822
7. Lois Francis, b. 18 Feb 1825
*8. Sylvester Jr, b. 20 Apr 1829
Sylvester Jr. Butler m.Ester Watson 4 Jul 1852 and had the following
children in Pittsfiled, MA:
1. Alice, b. 25 Jun 1854
2. Milton, b. 1857
3. James, b. May 1860
*4. Edward Samuel, b. 4 Mar 1865
Edward is my Great-Grandfather
Sylvester Jr. is my 2nd Great-Grandfather
Sylvester is my 3rd Great-Grandfather
Josiah is my 4th Great-Grandfather
Hezekiah is my 5th Great-Grandfather
James is my 6th Great-Grandfather
Samuel is my 7th Great-Grandfather
Deacon Richard is my 8th Great-Grandfather