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Elijah Butler 1738–1825 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Mar 1738

Birth Location: Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 20 Aug 1825

Death Location: Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States

Father: Elijah Captain

Mother: Thankful Smith

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Elijah Butler was born in 1738 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Elijah Butler Captain And Thankful Smith. Elijah Butler passed away in 1825 in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States.

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Biography

  • Elijah Butler was born in 1738 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Elijah Butler Captain And Thankful Smith.
  • Elijah Butler passed away in 1825 in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States.

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Elijah Butler's Ancestors

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Elijah Butler
1738–1825
Birth Place: Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Elijah Butler Captain
1713–1789
Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts
Thankful Smith
1718–1797
Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Simeon Butler
1685–1732
Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Hannah Cheney
1688–1769
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
John Smith
1685–1728
Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Hannah Pease
1690–1767
Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Butler
1651–1738
Priscilla Norton
1655–1738
Thomas Cheney
1658–1717
Hannah Woodis
1656–1720
Philip Smith
1650–1708
Dorcas Stewart
1666–1719
Thomas Sergeant
1657–1748
Bathsheba Merry
1665–1765
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Butler
1625–1658
Mary LYNDE
1628–1658
Nicholas NORTON
1610–1690
Elizabeth Isaac
1612–1690
Thomas Cheney
1639–1695
Jane Atkinson
1634–1724
John Smith
1621–1670
Deborah Parkhurst
1619–1676
Daniel Stewart
1636–1703
Mary Adams
1640–1701
John PEASE
1608–1689
Mary BROWNING
1625–1695
Joseph Merry
1607–1710
Elizabeth Parkhurst
1628–1657

Elijah Butler's Timeline

2 Records

1738
21 Mar 1738
Birth of Elijah Butler in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
1825
20 Aug 1825
Age 87
Death of Elijah Butler in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States
Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1738
    Event Place: Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Aug 1825
    Event Place: Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States

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