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John Butler

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of George Plimpton — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 60 
  • Father:
  • Zephaniah Butler 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Cilley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 May 1782 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire 
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  • Death Date:
  • Mar 1819 
  • Death Location:
  • St. Kitts, West Indies 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Charlotte Ellison
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Jul 1811 
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  • Child:

  Benjamin Franklin Butler (Ahnentafel No:30 )

  • Notes: 

  • War of 1812 veteran

• Additional marriages for John Butler

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Bachelder
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Jun 1803
  • Marriage Location:
  • Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire

• Sources for John Butler

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A017748.
  • ² Ames, Blanche Butler, The Butler Ancestry of Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler in America, Lowell, Massachusetts: Unknown (1895), 3, 8.
  • ³ 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), 101-102.
  • ⁴ Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy: Descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, of England . . ., Chicago, Illinois: W. B. Conkey Company (1898), 187-189.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 402.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician)", (accessed 09/28/2012).