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Nathaniel Butler

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Jonathan Bush — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 152 
  • Father:
  • (probable) Benjamin Butler 
  • Mother:
  • (probable) Susanna Whiting   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Jun 1761 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Sep 1829 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Clinton Burying Ground, Clinton, Oneida, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Herrick
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 12 Jun 1783 
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  • Child:

  Samuel Herrick Butler (Ahnentafel No:76 )

  • Notes: 

  • Gary Boyd Roberts lists Nathaniel Butler's parentage as “probably” in his Ancestors of American Presidents (2009).

• Sources for Nathaniel Butler

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A054353.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/12/2012).
  • ³ Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914, Birth record for Nathaniel Butler.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 10.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 437, 444, 512.