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Details for Butler Family

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1.	Steven Butler - was born about 1580 in Braintree, Essex, England. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Richard Butler was born about 1615 and died on 6 Aug 1684 in Hartford, CT . See #2. below.

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Richard Butler - was born about 1615 and died on 6 Aug 1684 in Hartford, CT . He was the son of Steven Butler. Richard married Elizabeth Bigelow. Elizabeth was born about 1606 in Hartford, CT. She was the daughter of Randall Bigelow and Mrs. Jane Baguley. She died on 11 Sep 1691 in Hartford, CT . Elizabeth - was the second wife of Richard Butler. Richard - came from Braintree, Essex Co., England in 1633 to Cambridge, MA; 1636 to Hartford, CT; name is on founder's monument in Hartford,CT; made freeman 14 May 1634; in 1635 owned 2 acres at NE corner of Main & Dana Sts. in Cambridge, MA; in 1639 moved to Hartford, CT and became an original proprietor - house lot on corner of road to south meadow and road to the mill; in 1659-60, juror, deacon of First Church and deputy to General Court; made will in 1677 naming wife and 8 children; estate totalled 564 15 00 (pounds) Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Deacon Samuel Butler was born in 1639 in Hartford, CT and died on 31 Dec 1692 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, CT . See #3. below.

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Deacon Samuel Butler - was born in 1639 in Hartford, CT and died on 31 Dec 1692 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, CT . He was the son of Richard Butler and Elizabeth Bigelow. Deacon Samuel married Elizabeth Olmstead. Elizabeth was born on 20 Nov 1642 in Hartford, CT. She was the daughter of Capt. Nicholas Olmstead and Sarah Loomis. She died on 12 Oct 1681 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, CT . Deacon Samuel - - his father left him all meadowland in Wethersfield meadow in 1684 Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Mary Butler was born in 1670 and died on 17 May 1774 in Waterbury, CT . Mary married Ebenezer Hopkins on 21 Jun 1691. Ebenezer was born Jul 1668 in Hartford, CT. He was the son of Stephen Hopkins and Dorcas Bronson. He died in 1711 in Hartford, CT . See Hopkins family for children.

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