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Benjamin Franklin Butler

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of George Plimpton — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 30 
  • Father:
  • John Butler 
  • Mother:
  • Charlotte Ellison   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Nov 1818 
  • Birth Location:
  • Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Jan 1893 
  • Death Location:
  • Washington, D.C. 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Jones Hildreth
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 May 1844 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Blanche Butler (Ahnentafel No:15 )

  • Notes: 

  • 33rd Governor of Massachusetts

    Gen. Benjamin Butler was one of the most controversial generals of the Civil War.

• Sources for Benjamin Franklin Butler

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A017748.
  • ² Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for Adelbert Ames and daughter Blanch Butler.
  • ³ NEHGS Membership Applications, 1845-1900, Membership application for Adelbert Ames.
  • ⁴ Ames, Blanche Butler, The Butler Ancestry of Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler in America, Lowell, Massachusetts: Unknown (1895), 3.
  • ⁵ Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 1, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1908), 102-108.
  • ⁶ Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy: Descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, of England . . ., Chicago, Illinois: W. B. Conkey Company (1898), 188-189.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician)", (accessed 09/28/2012).