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Abraham Butterfield 1788–1866 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Jul 1788

Birth Location: Reading, Vermont, USA

Death Date: 1866

Death Location: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA

Father: Stephen Butterfield

Mother: Sarah Sawyer

Spouse(s): Elizabeth White

Children(s): John Butterfield, Maranda Butterfield, Edward BUTTERFIELD, Lucinda Butterfield, Abraham Butterfield, Hiram Butterfield, Joel Butterfield, Henry Butterfield

In 1788, Abraham Butterfield entered the world in Reading, Vermont, USA, born to Stephen Butterfield And Sarah Sawyer. In 1850, Abraham Butterfield resided in East Genesee, Genesee, Michigan, USA. Abraham Butterfield married Elizabeth Betsy White, and had children including Abraham Butterfield, Edward Butterfield, Henry Butterfield, Hiram Butterfield, Joel Butterfield, John Butterfield, Lucinda Butterfield, Maranda Butterfield. Abraham Butterfield passed away in 1866 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1788, Abraham Butterfield entered the world in Reading, Vermont, USA, born to Stephen Butterfield And Sarah Sawyer.
  • In 1850, Abraham Butterfield resided in East Genesee, Genesee, Michigan, USA.
  • Abraham Butterfield married Elizabeth Betsy White, and had children including Abraham Butterfield, Edward Butterfield, Henry Butterfield, Hiram Butterfield, Joel Butterfield, John Butterfield, Lucinda Butterfield, Maranda Butterfield.
  • Abraham Butterfield passed away in 1866 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Stephen Butterfield
1736–1818
Birth Location: Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Sarah Sawyer
1748–1824
Birth Location: Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth White
1789–
Birth Location: Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, USA
EW

Children(s)

John Butterfield
1819–1898
Birth Location: Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
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Maranda Butterfield
1826–1907
Birth Location: Clark, Upper Canada
MB
Edward BUTTERFIELD
1825–
Birth Location: Canada
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Lucinda Butterfield
1824–1902
Birth Location: Canada
LB
Abraham Butterfield
1816–1870
Birth Location: Reading, Windsor, VT
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Hiram Butterfield
1833–1908
Birth Location: Canada
HB
Joel Butterfield
1829–1894
Birth Location: Canada
JB
Henry Butterfield
1821–1890
Birth Location: Barrie,,Ontario,Canada
HB

Abraham Butterfield's Ancestors

Self
Abraham Butterfield
1788–1866
Birth Place: Reading, Vermont, USA
Parents
Stephen Butterfield
1736–1818
Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Sarah Sawyer
1748–1824
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Ephraim Butterfield
1710–1777
Westford, Middlesex, MA
Elizabeth Davis
1718–1783
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Butterfield
1675–1736
Eunice Heald
1673–1750
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph Butterfield
1649–1720
Lydia Ballard
1657–1727

Abraham Butterfield's Descendants

1.
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Abraham Butterfield (27 Jul 1788–1866) m. Elizabeth ("Betsy") White (1789–)
  1. 1. John Butterfield 1819–1898 m. Margaret Gifford 1827–1916
    1. 1. Miranda 1848–1911 m. Ira Hunt 1845–1925
      1. 1. Cecil (E) Hunt 1879–1954 m. Maude Knox 1886–1965
        1. 1. Margaret (Edessa) Hunt 1904–1994 m. Lester (I) Lawrence 1905–1978
        2. 2. Mildred (Irene) Hunt 1906–1999 m. Donald (Wayne) Litten 1906–1984
        3. 3. Philip (Millard) Hunt 1910–1991 m. Lenora (Helen) Donnafield 1914–1979
        4. 4. Maynard (Cecil) Hunt 1912–1983 m. Mildred (Elizabeth) Lake 1917–
        5. 5. Mervin (Victor) Hunt 1908–1982
        6. 6. Merrill (Knox) Hunt 1915–2003
        7. 7. Mary (Virginia) Hunt 1921–1972 m. Floyd (James) Telling 1919–1997
        8. 8. Maurice (William) Hunt 1927–1944
      2. 2. Edmund Hunt 1874–1931 m. Myrtle Witz 1881–1947
        1. 1. Florence (M) Hunt 1906–2003 m. Charles (B) Smith 1906–1990 m. Edward (J) Hunter 1908–1971
        2. 2. Bernace Kiley 1903–1962 m. Earl (James) Kiley 1902–1971 m. Walter (Albert Carl) Schwartz 1899–1949 m. PETER Grubbe –1952
        3. 3. Vivian (F) Smith 1908–1975 m. Charles (B) Smith 1906–1990
      3. 3. Leon (Gifford) Hunt 1886–1968 m. Ada Bacon 1886–
        1. 1. Leon (G) Hunt 1909–1987 m. Vita (Jean) Blacklock 1914–1976
        2. 2. Ada (Grace) Hunt 1910–1996 m. Earl (Lyle) Clore 1908–1980
        3. 3. John (Keith) Hunt 1912–1991 m. Sarah (Grace) Blackford 1913–
    2. 2. Elizabeth Butterfield 1844–
      1. 1. Raymond (B) Glass 1865–1869
    3. 3. Abram Butterfield 1846–1935 m. Laura (Belle) Collins 1865–1925
      1. 1. Margret Butterfield 1898–
      2. 2. Max (Howard) Butterfield 1898–1978 m. Jennie Evans 1898–
    4. 4. Wilson (Pascal) Butterfield 1855–1897 m. Emma (M) Stanley 1848–1937
      1. 1. Maurice (Stanley) Butterfield 1882–1972 m. Etta Stewart 1885–1965
        1. 1. Norma (Jean) Butterfield 1921–2002
        2. 2. Mable (Elizabeth) Butterfield 1919–2008 m. Lawrence Lugten 1922–2001
        3. 3. Arthur (Stewart) Butterfield 1910–1980 m. Nancy (E) Lucas 1905–1971
        4. 4. Lloyd (Keith) Butterfield 1911–1967 m. Mabel (Hannah) Fitch 1912–2013
        5. 5. Ronald (W) Butterfield 1913–1973 m. Marion (J) Haglund 1915–
      2. 2. Iva (Ellen) Butterfield 1888–1969 m. Vernon (Ray) Lucas 1886–1959
        1. 1. Robert (William) Lucas 1921–2004
        2. 2. Beth (Virginia) Lucas 1925–2011
        3. 3. Wayne (L) Lucas 1908–1991 m. Bessie (M) Haleen 1909–1963
        4. 4. Myrtle (G) Lucas 1909–1942 m. Russel Reid 1910–
        5. 5. Marian (Grace) Lucas 1912–1979 m. Charles (Lewis) Hoffman 1914–2013
        6. 6. Aileen (Alta) Lucas 1914–2005 m. Kenneth Stone 1914–1997
        7. 7. Edith (Mae) Lucas 1916–1983
        8. 8. Bobbie Lucas 1921–
      3. 3. Howard (Carlisle) Butterfield 1883–1970 m. Rena (J) Slough 1891–1958
        1. 1. Evelyn (Ruth) Butterfield 1912–1989 m. Frank (Lawrence McCabe) Sr 1912–1969
        2. 2. Eunice (Rena) Butterfield 1913–1913
      4. 4. Herbert (Wilson) Butterfield 1885–1977 m. Cora (Mae) Stewart 1883–1953
        1. 1. Dorothy (Fern) Butterfield 1925–2012
        2. 2. John (Harold) Butterfield 1920–2000
        3. 3. Florence Butterfield 1917–
        4. 4. Hazen (L) Butterfield 1923–1924
      5. 5. Grace (B) Butterfield 1887–1977 m. Louie (E) Doughty 1893–1940
        1. 1. Caroline (Musa) Doughty 1923–2003
    5. 5. Myra (E.) Butterfield 1861–1944 m. William Knickerbocker 1860–1937
      1. 1. Carl (Newel) Knickerbocker 1893–1913
    6. 6. Millard (F) Butterfield 1864–1930 m. Lucy Wisks 1870–
    7. 7. Agnes Butterfield 1866–1928 m. Kirkland (Barker) Todd 1869–1958
      1. 1. Eugene (Benjamin) Todd 1902–2000 m. Genevieve (A) Carroll 1904–1984
      2. 2. Kenneth (M) Todd 1907–1984 m. Alda (Elizabeth) Morse 1915–1999
    8. 8. Carlton Butterfield 1853–1873
  2. 2. Maranda Butterfield 1826–1907 m. Alfred Gifford 1821–1906
    1. 1. Louis Gifford 1859–1935
    2. 2. Morris Gifford 1863–1895
    3. 3. Alfred Gifford 1871–1942
    4. 4. Margaret Gifford 1848–1892 m. Edgar (H.) Moss 1842–1916
      1. 1. Merton (Lothrop) Moss 1868–1890
  3. 3. Edward BUTTERFIELD 1825–
  4. 4. Lucinda Butterfield 1824–1902 m. Philo Gilbert 1820–1904
    1. 1. James (H.) Gilbert 1850–
  5. 5. Abraham Butterfield 1816–1870
  6. 6. Hiram Butterfield 1833–1908 m. Helen (Marr) Wolett 1840–1918
    1. 1. Ida (Myrtle) Butterfield 1875–1934 m. Leroy Bates 1870–1932
      1. 1. Evan (Leroy) Bates 1896–1902
      2. 2. Ethel Bates 1898–1960 m. William (Arthur) Edsall 1894–1955
        1. 1. Virgil (Lester) Edsall 1924–1980
        2. 2. Charles (William) Edsall 1933–2011
      3. 3. Archie (L) Bates 1901–1979 m. Edith Blanch 1909–1997 m. Bertha (D) Harten 1904–1938
        1. 1. Norman (E.) Bates 1928–1988
      4. 4. Ruby (Boyd) Bates 1904–1998 m. Richard Schurkamp 1906–1942
        1. 1. Donald (Richard) Schurkamp 1929–2014
        2. 2. Raymond (LeRoy) Schurkamp 1932–2005
      5. 5. Nina (Mae) Bates 1907–1960 m. Paul (Kaetel Ellsworth) Benedict 1906–1982
        1. 1. Wilma (Leone) Benedict 1931–2011 m. Oscar Scheib 1920–1991
        2. 2. Marvin (Leroy Benedict) Sr 1939–1997
        3. 3. Adeline Benedict 1929–1946
        4. 4. James (Paul) Benedict 1934–2001
      6. 6. Myrtle Bates 1912– m. William Smith 1907–
      7. 7. Olive Bates 1913–
      8. 8. Hazel Bates 1916– m. Joseph Yates 1914–
      9. 9. Otis (Lester) Bates 1908–1909
    2. 2. H. (Herbert) Butterfield 1872–
    3. 3. Chas (M) Butterfield 1861–1900
    4. 4. Minnie (B.) Butterfield 1866–1933 m. Fred (Edgar) Dow 1864–1938
      1. 1. Vernon (E) Dow 1892–1958 m. Elvah (Pearl) Bartholomew 1894–1987
      2. 2. Rosa (Myrtle) Dow 1895–1952 m. Emmet (Henry) Beegle 1891–1955
        1. 1. Floyd (Edwin) Beegle 1918–1996 m. Margaret Scheel 1919–1989
        2. 2. Doris (Evelyn) Beegle 1921–1991
        3. 3. Mildred (Janet) Beegle 1925–2012 m. Lee (Roy) Barnhart 1927–1990
      3. 3. Charles (Lester) Dow 1898–1898
    5. 5. Herbert (Hiram) Butterfield 1872–1942 m. May (A) Dunning 1873–1956
      1. 1. George (Henry) Butterfield 1908–2004 m. Lillyan M 1918–2005
      2. 2. Harry Butterfield 1898–1973 m. Violet (F) Fenner 1900–1973
        1. 1. Erland (Ernest) Butterfield 1921–1989
        2. 2. Robert (Harry) Butterfield 1928–1978
      3. 3. Hazel (Verzetta) Butterfield 1900–1993 m. John (Robert) Carter 1882–1946
      4. 4. Stephen (Raymond) Butterfield 1905–1996 m. Patricia (Harriet Hartonczyk) Mastromarino 1919–
      5. 5. Grant (Maynard) Butterfield 1907–1982 m. Margaret (L) Bell 1908–1974
      6. 6. Herbert Butterfield 1911–
      7. 7. Elvin Butterfield 1914–
  7. 7. Joel Butterfield 1829–1894
  8. 8. Henry Butterfield 1821–1890 m. Sylvia A 1828–1915
    1. 1. Mary (E) Butterfield 1850–1939 m. Emerson (Solomon) Beeman 1848–1929
      1. 1. Florence Beeman 1880–
      2. 2. Leona (D.) Beeman 1885–
      3. 3. Mertie Buman 1875–
      4. 4. Henry (Vincent) Beeman 1870–1963
      5. 5. William (Wilbur) Beeman 1873–1963
      6. 6. Vernley Buman 1877–1911
      7. 7. Irving (Emerson) Beeman 1884–1947

Abraham Butterfield's Timeline

5 Records

1788
27 Jul 1788
Birth of Abraham Butterfield in Reading, Vermont, USA
Reading, Vermont, USA
1812
1812
Age 24
Abraham Butterfield was married in Montpelier, VT
Montpelier, VT
1850
31 Oct 1850
Age 62
Abraham Butterfield resided here in East Genesee, Genesee, Michigan, USA
East Genesee, Genesee, Michigan, USA
1860
1860
Age 72
Abraham Butterfield resided here in Genesee, Genesee, Michigan
Genesee, Genesee, Michigan
1866
1866
Age 78
Death of Abraham Butterfield in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA
Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Jul 1788
    Event Place: Reading, Vermont, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Vermont, Vital Records
    [2] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1788; Birth city: Reading; Birth state: VT
    [3] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Genesee, Genesee, Michigan; Roll: M653_544; Page: 561; Family History Library Film: 803544
    [4] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: East Genesee, Genesee, Michigan; Roll: M432_350; Page: 223A; Image: 106

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1812
    Event Place: Montpelier, VT
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1788; Birth city: Reading; Birth state: VT

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1850
    Event Place: East Genesee, Genesee, Michigan, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Census Year: 1850; Census Place: East Genesee, Genesee, Michigan; Archive Collection Number: T1164; Roll: 1; Page: 581; Line: 1; Schedule Type: Agriculture
    [2] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: East Genesee, Genesee, Michigan; Roll: M432_350; Page: 223A; Image: 106

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Genesee, Genesee, Michigan
    Record Source:
    [1] Michigan, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Genesee, Genesee, Michigan; Roll: M653_544; Page: 561; Family History Library Film: 803544

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1866
    Event Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1788; Birth city: Reading; Birth state: VT
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