Ancestry of
Peter Button

(1660–c1726)

Peter Button

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Matthias Button 
  • Mother:
  • Teagle -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Jul 1660 
  • Birth Location:
  • Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1726 
  • Death Location:
  • Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island 
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  • Notes: 

  • Claims that this Peter Button is the son of Matthias and Teagle Button appear to be unfounded as their son apparently died before the division of the estate of Matthias Button.

• Marriages for Peter Button

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Crandall
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1687

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Lanphear
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1695

• Sources for Peter Button

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1999, Vol. 153, p. 140.
  • ² Rhode Island Roots: Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 184-185.
  • ³ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 1, A-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 295, incorrectly states that Peter died before the division of father's estate.
  • ⁴ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 2088, corrections for Peter Button.
  • ⁵ Crandall, John Cortland, Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his Descendants, Woodstock, New York: Unknown (1949), 6.
  • ⁶ Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Volume 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1914), 664.
  • ⁷ Nye, Robert Glen, Button Families of America, San Diego, California?: Unknown (1971), 42, 45-46.