Ancestry of
William Robbins Barnes

Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble

Sarah Butler

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of William Robbins Barnes — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 21 
  • Father:
  • David Butler 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Butler   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Jun 1748 
  • Birth Location:
  • Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Oct 1777 
  • Death Location:
  • Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • South Centre Cemetery, Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Cornelius Denham
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Dec 1769 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Samuel Denham (Ahnentafel No:10 )

  • Notes: 

  • Sarah Butler's death date is inscribed as 09 OCT 1777 on her tombstone, but the Conway vital records give it as 02 OCT 1777. Also her married name is spelled Denham on her tombstone, but other records show it as Dunham.

• Sources for Sarah Butler

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/19/2016).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Tisbury, Vol. 1, p. 133, Marriage record for Cornelus Dunham and Sarah Butler.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Conway, Vol. 1, p. 228, Death record for Sarah Dunham.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Tisbury, Vol. 1, p. 23, Birth record for Sarah Butler.
  • ⁵ Dunham, Isaac Watson, Dunham Genealogy: Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1589-1669, and His Descendants, Norwich, Connecticut: Bulletin Print (1907), 81.