General Notes

[phelps.FTW]

[2812.ftw]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #2812, Date of Import: Nov 11, 1998]

Samual Butterfield [2], Benjamin [1]

Samual Butterfield was born in Woburn, MA 5/17/1647, removed with his father to Chelmsford, MA, where he remained till his death in 1714. He had a wife, Mary. His will, signed 4/26/1703, "Samuel Butterfield, his Mark," was written by Eliezer Browne, one of the witnesses, and probated 7/1/1715. In it he mentions his sons Samuel and Jonathan, and his daughters Mercy, Ann, Phebe, and Deborah. It lies in the mdx. Registry with the following certificate appended:

Middlesex County
This will of Samuel Butterfield, late of Chelmsford, of paper was exhibited for probate pr. Samuel and Jonathan Butterfield sons of the said Deceased & Executors in the same named & Jonathan Powers made oath that he together with Nathaniel Blodgett (now dead) & Eliezer Brown (who now lives in Connecticut Colony set to their hands as Witnesses in the Testator's presence & that he see him sign and seal & heard him publish the same to be his last will and testament & that he was of sound mind & this will is proved & approved & the administration thereof is committed to the said Samuel & Jonathan Butterfield Executors are said. Witness my hand and seal of office at Cambridge, 7-1-1715.
Pt. Fra. Foxcroft Judge Prob. for Middx.

Children:
Butterfield, Samuel [3]

Butterfield, Mary [3]     Married 6/30/1698, Samuel Spaulding
(John [2], Edward [1]) removed in 1706
to Canterbury, CT
Died in 1726
Six children, 3 born in Chelmsford, MA
and 3 born in Canterbyry, CT

Butterfield, Ann [3]      Married (prob) John Davis, son of the
Chelmsford Blacksmith.

Butterfield, Phebe [3]    Married __________How, of Plainsfield, CT

Butterfield, Deborah [3]  Born 8/20/1687
Married Joseph Cleveland, removed about
1706 to Canterbury, CT

Butterfield, Jonathan [3]