Robert Butterfield1

b. 16 September 1716, d. 23 October 1756
Robert Butterfield|b. 16 Sep 1716\nd. 23 Oct 1756|p1231.htm|Jonathan Butterfield||p1190.htm|Elizabeth Chamberlain|||Samuel Butterfield|b. 17 May 1647\nd. 30 Jul 1714|p1177.htm|Mary (—?—)|||Thomas Chamberlain||||||

2nd cousin 6 times removed of Louise Underwood.
2nd cousin 8 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
     Robert Butterfield was born on 16 September 1716 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.3 He was the son of Jonathan Butterfield and Elizabeth Chamberlain.2 He of Westford married Mehitable Boynton on 7 January 1744/45 in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.4,5 He of Westford married Joanna Butterfield, daughter of Samuel Butterfield and Rachel Spalding, on 24 February 1752 in Westford.1 He died 23 October 1756 near Lake George at age 40.6
     
     Robert Butterfield was a sergeant in the French War.4 He and Mehitable had four children.

Citations

  1. [S111] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1914), 196.
  2. [S182] George A. Gordon, "The Butterfields of Middlesex", New England Historic and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) 44 (January 1890): 37.
  3. [S111] Chelmsford VR (published), 37.
  4. [S182] George A. Gordon, "The Butterfields of Middlesex", 41.
  5. [S113] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1913), 112.
  6. [S162] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1915), 268.