MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES

a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct.
from 1650 to 1800
with genealogical and biographical chapters
on early families.

Charles Collard Adams
New York: Grafton Press, 1908.

THE BUTLER FAMILY

[transcribed by Coralynn Brown ]

PART ONE 1. Richard Butler (Boteler) came to this country in 1633 from Braintree Co., Essex, England, freeman at Cambridge may 14, 1634; in 1642 a member of Hooker's Hartford church; deacon, juror, grand juror, selectman, dep. to General Court and clerk of same.     Second wife was Elizabeth Bigelow. [transcriber's note: the name Bigelow crossed out on this copy].     His will dated Apr. 2, 1677, closes "Written with my owne hand." He d. Aug. 6, 1684; she d. Sept. 11, 1691. 2. Joseph Butler, b. abt. 1648, Hartford, rem. 1670 to Rocky Hill part of Wethersfield; m. (1) before Jan. 30, 1667, Mary Goodrich, b. Nov. 13, 1651; d. June 1, 1735, dau of William Goodrich. He d. Dec. 10, 1732. Some of their Children: Richard, b. abt. 1668; had Charles, who had Lieut. Charles b. 1732, served in Rev. War, and m. Oct. 24, 1754, Azubah Ranney. Their son deacon Simeon Butler, b. ___; d. Dec. 29, 1831. 3. Benjamin, b. 1673. 3a. Gershom, b. 1684. Mary, b. abt. 1703; m. David Edwards (See the Edwards Family). 3. Benjamin Butler, b. 1673, settled in N.W. part of Upper Houses; m. Dec. 5, 1734, Thankful Sage, b. Feb. 9, 1716. He was a seafaring man and was probably on the vessel with Capt. Reuben Shailer when it was lost. (See The Stow Family). His homestead was bought by his son-in-law, Willett Ranney, of the heirs in 1761, and he sold it in Jan., 1776, to Capt. Eli Butler, and rem. to Sandisfield, Mass.     The widow m. (2) Feb. 4, 1758, Elisha Stocking, who had m. (1) Rachel Ranney and (2) Margery Wilcox. Children: Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1735; m. Willett Ranney. Lucia, b. Sept. 21, 1736; m. Elijah Wright. 5. Comfort , b. Jan. 23, 1738. 6, Eli , b. May 26, 1740. Joseph, b. Aug. 26, 1742; m. Abigail Boardman. Rem. to Pittsfield, Mass. Martha, b. Aug. 21, 1744; m. Thomas Wright, rem. to Rome, N.Y. Hannah, b. June 26, 1746; m. (1) Rev. Samuel EElls; m. (2) _____Goodrich. Chloe, b. Sept. 2, 1747; m. Selah Norton. 7. Grace , b. Jan., 1749; m. Ebenezer Wright. Margery, b. ___, m. Ebenezer Wells. 3a. Gershom Butler, b. 1684, Wethersfield, Conn.; d. May 21, 1765, Upper Houses; m. 1719, Mary Deming, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah Deming; b. Oct. 24, 1692; d. Apr. 22, 1771, Upper Houses. He removed 1717-18 to Upper Houses, settling on the west side of the road to Hartford, and next to the Wethersfield line. The homestead remained in the Butler family till 1906. Their children were baptized by Rev. Joseph Smith of Upper Houses. Children: David, b. May 14, 1720. Anne, b. Feb. 7, 1722; m. Joseph Wilcox Mille, b. Aug. 3, 1724; m. Asa Deming. Gideon, b. May 29, 1727; d. Feb. 7, 1740. George, b. June 19, 1730; m. (1) Anne Plum, (2) Desire Dimick. His homestead is now (1908) the Henry Botell place. Children: David, Selah, Silas. 3b. Gershom, b. 24 Feb 1737. 3b. Gershom , b. Feb. 24, 1737; m. abt. 1764 Prudence _____. Children: 3c. Gideon , bapt. July 28, 1765. Josiah, bapt. July 26, 1767. Gershom, bapt. May 19, 1776; d. Oct. 26, 1793, in W. I. Oliver, bapt. Oct. 15, 1780; d. Jan. 9, 1798. 3c. Gideon Butler , bapt. July 28, 1765; d. Oct. 10, 1793, Guadaloupe, W.I.; married Mar. 3, 1785, Betsy Sage (Capt. William); bapt. Oct. 29, 1769. He rem. to Rocky Hill part of Wethersfield. She d. Feb. 3, 1804. Both have tombstones in Cromwell Cemetery. Children: Anna, bapt. Sept. 17, 1786; m. Nov. 16, 1806, Upper Houses, Henry Whitmore, b. Mar. 15, 1786; d. Feb. 1873, son of Hezekiah Whitmore, b. Mar. 3, 1756; d. Feb. 27, 1842; and Elizabeth Brainard, b. Nov. 12, 1763; d. Dec. 16, 1831. Child: Elvira Whitmore, b. Mar. 21, 1809; m. Phineas T. Miller. Child: Ellen Elvira, b. Sept. 14, 1837; m. Oct. 8, 1855, Avery Case. Child: Isabella Maria, b. June 16, 1857; m. Nov. 3, 1881, Winfield Whitney Williams, b. Feb. 27, 1851; d. Mar. 7, 1900. Widow res. Winsted, Conn. Merritt, b. ____; d. Rocky Hill. Horace, bapt. June 5, 1788. William Sage, b. 1787; bapt. May 20, 1792; m. 1815, Mary Edwards, b. 1799; d. 1894. He was lost at sea, 1823. Child: Emeline Edwards, b. Mar. 14, 1819; m. Oct. 9, 1839, Eli Goodrich, b. Feb. 2, 1811; d. May 24, 1882; son of Joshua Goodrich and Nancy Bulkeley. Children: Mary Butler Goodrich, b. Oct., 1842; m. May, 1862, Walter Goodrich. Susan A., b. May 9, 1848; m. Sept. 23, 1868, Rev. Daniel Bulkeley Lord, b. Feb. 14, 1839; d. June 30, 1892; son of Noble Everett Lord and Betsy Bulkeley; grad. 1864 Amherst; grad. 1863, Hartford Theo. Sem. Widow res. West Hartford, Conn. Children: May Blanche, b. July 16, 1869, State Evangelist. Bertha Emma, b. Apr. 25, 1873; m. Dec. 3, 1899, Nellis Edgar Day, son of Rev. Philemon and Henrietta Day. Child: Donald Goodrich, b. Dec. 21, 1901. Arthur Goodrich, b. Apr. 8, 1877; m. June 26, 1899, Grace Elizabeth Soper. Child: Barbara Smith, b. Sept. 1, 1906. Grace Belle, b. May 24, 1881. Ruth Violet, b. Mar. 24, 1888. 5. Comfort Butler , b. Jan. 23, 1738, Upper Houses; m. May 2, 1762, Sybil Ranney, b. Aug. 29, 1744; d. Aug. 16, 1781 (Capt. Daniel, Joseph, Thomas). He m. (2) Feb. 1, 1790, Elinor Bush, widow of Stephen Bush of Chatham, Conn. He removed with his son Benjamin, to the Catskills, N.Y. Children: Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1763; m. Aug. 2, 1792, Reuben Kirby (Thomas, John, Joseph, John.) He d. June 29, 1833, Upper Houses; she d. May 31, 1853, Hartford, Conn. Benjamin, b. May 25, 1765; m. June 22, 1787, Mary Treadway, who d. Jan. 15, 1843. He rem. to the Catskills and his father went with him. Children: Mary, Harriet, Clarissa, James, Harry. Capt. James, b. June 4, 1767; m. Sept. 28, 1800, Clarissa Sage, b. May 27, 1776, dau of Capt. William Sage. He d. at sea Jan. 2, 1807; she d. Oct. 11, 1836. Children: James, b. Aug. 7, 1803. 8. Clarissa , b. Oct. 27, 1805. Capt. Daniel, bapt. July 9, 1769; m. Mary Keith, bapt. Mar. 30, 1777, dau of William. He d. at sea 1813. She d. Apr. 11, 1812, buried in Cromwell. 6. Capt. Eli Butler , b. May 26, 1740, Upper Houses; m. Feb. 26, 1765, Rachel Stocking, b. Jan. 29, 1743, dau of Elisha Stocking (Daniel, Samuel, George) and Margery Wilcox, b. Aug. 4, 1720; d. June 29, 1757 (Francis, Samuel, John, John.)     He was in the militia in 1774, marched on receipt of battle of Lexington, served for some years in the Rev. army, being captian of a Troop of Horse. In 1789 he went to Whitestown and located his sons, John and Sylvester, in what became the town of Paris. In 1793 he made another trip and purchased for himself in what is New Hartford. In 1795 he rem. there. He became a mem. of Amicalbe Lodge, F. & A. M., the first in the English settlement.     He and his wife remaiend on the farm while they lived. She d. Sept. 1, 1805. He d. Apr. 19, 1802. They were buried in the old South St. burying ground in New Hartford. In 1903 they were removed to the Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, and placed in the Butler vault, the old head stones being used in the construction of the vault. There were four sons and six daughter. Children: Ashbel, b. Nov. 28, 1765; m. Apr. 5, 1791, Sarah Williams (Jehel), b. Mar. 12, 1770; d. Feb. 22, 1862. He rem. with brothers to New Hartford, N.Y., and died Mar. 8, 1828. Children: Horace, m. Hannah Wilbur, child: James Laurence. Chester, b. ___; died 1854; m. Nancy Ellenwood. children: William, b. 1816; child: Walter L., res. Chicago, Ill. Mary E., m. James Littlewood. Res. Beloit, Wis. child: George. Henry Ashbel, b. 1829; was merchant in Ottawa, Ill. Hiram, has son, C. Worden Butler, who res. Buffalo, N.Y. child: Charles, res. Jamestown, N.Y. child: Oscar. 9. Sylvester , b. 1767. 9a. John , b. Mar. 28, 1769. 10. Eli , b. Mar. 28, 1779. 7. Grace Butler , b. Jan., 1749; m. Nov. 13, 1768, Ebenezer Wright, b. Jan. 14, 1742, Wethersfield, Conn.; d. Sept. 2, 1808, Rome, N.Y. Lieut. in Rev. War. He and his wife were two of the four who were the original members of the Presb. church of Rome, N.Y. A brother, Thomas Wright, had married Martha Butler, b. Aug. 21, 1744, sister of Grace. These brothers, with Willett Ranney who had married Mary Butler, another sister, founded "Wright's settlement," now Rome, N.Y. Child: William Wright, b. July 1, 1778, Wethersfield; d. Apr. 29, 1836, Rome, N.Y.; m. Dec. 17, 1807, Mary S. Ely, descended from Nathaniel Eley of Hooker's Hartford company. Child: William Wright, b. Feb. 19, 1809, Rome, N.Y.; d. May 16, 1886, Rome, N.Y. Was educated at Col. Partridge's Mil. Acad. and Hamilton Coll. Was an hydraulic engineer; m. April 23, 1832, Maria Roberts of Middletown, Conn., b. 1703; killed Sept. 20, 1773 by falling from a tree. Child: Mary Ely Wright, b. Nov. 16, 1850, Rome, N.Y.; m. May 5, 1880, Charles Ellis, whose father came from Wales in 1840. Res. Rome, N.Y. Children: Fanny Henrietta, b. Oct. 5, 1882, Christine Maria, b. Jan. 26, 1885, Ruth Margery, b. Apr. 1, 1889. 8. Clarissa Butler (Capt. James, Comfort), b. Oct. 27, 1805, Upper Houses; d. Jan. 28, 1897; m. Oct. 18, 1827, Stillman King Wightman, b. Jan. 8, 1803, Scituate, R.I.; d. May 27, 1899, New York. Mr. Wightman was fourteen years of age when his father became pastor of the Baptist church in the Upper Houses, and it was his first night in a village, which he spent at Deacon William Ranney's ("Minister's Tavern"). he was prepared for Yale College by the Rev. Joshua Lewis Williams; grad. 1825; adm. to the bar 1827.     His father occupied, 1817-1832, the present (1908) D. B. Marsh house, and Mr. S. K. Wightman found his wife next door in the Capt. Daniel Ranney house. It did not require both the Cong. and the Baptist pastors to tie the conjugal knot, but it did help to draw the two churches into a more congenial relationship. Miss Mary Ann Latimer was bridesmaid and Mrs. James Ranney was present. Mr. Wightman was an active lawyer, residing in Middletown, Judge of Probate, State's Attorney for Middlesex County, two years a State senator, four years a representative, and for two years Speaker of the House. He was, as a member, instrumental in the passage of a bill abolishing imprisonment for debt, and of one funding the Western Reserve land money of $2,000,000 for a common school fund.     In 1843 he removed to New York and entered on the practice of law; in 1852 took his oldest son into partnership. He continued in the active practice of the law and with vigorous health till a very short time of his death, May 27, 1899. Children: 8a. Frederick Butler , b. May 2, 1829. Clarissa King, b. Feb. 19, 1831; d. June 26, 1833. James Stillman, b. Mar. 20, 1833; m. (1) Nov. 26, 1863, Lillie Hunter, b. ____; d. June 19, 1868; m. (2) Sept. 21, 1885, Mrs. S. Hattie Whilock. Architect; res. Mt. Vernon, N.Y. Child: Edward Stillman, b. Sept. 12, 1864; d. June 14, 1893. Edward King, b. Apr. 27, 1835; grad. Coll. of City of New York; killed Jan. 15, 1865 at Fort Fisher. Charles Stephens, b. Mar. 9, 1837; m. Dec. 20, 1882, Mary Earle, b. Feb. 21, 1836, Oyster Bay, N.Y.; d. Jan. 2, 1901. Pastor of Baptist Church at Oyster Bay, N.Y. since 1869. Res. Oyster Bay, N.Y. Mary Clarissa, b. Sept. 24, 1839; d. July 19, 1890. Ellen Augusta Hunter, b. Nov. 21, 1841; d. Dec. 9, 1899. 8a. Frederick Butler Wightman , b. May 2, 1829; m. ____, Abbie Hartley, b. Feb. 23, 1836, dau of Robert Milham Hartley and Catherine Munson, dau of Reuben Munson. Practicing lawyer in N. Y. City; res. Orchard Place, New Rochelle, N.Y. Children: Clara Belle Wightman, b. and d. Jan. 16, 1860. Frederick Hartley Wightman, b. Oct. 26, 1864; d. Aug. 7, 1894; m. June 23, 1891, Cecilia G. Proud. Rev. Percy Butler Wightman, b. Feb. 13, 1871; grad. 1893, N.Y. Uni.; 1896 grad. Auburn Theo. Sem.; 1896-8 asst. pastor Westminster Presby. ch. Buffalo, N.Y.; 1898-9, post grad. study New Coll. Edinburgh, Scotland, and Auburn Theo. Sem.; Univ. Heights Presby. ch. N.Y. City; m. Oct. 1900 Edith Lewis Booth, dau. of Rev. Henry M. Booth, D.D., L.L.D., Pres. Auburn Theo. Sem.; res. N.Y. City. Children: Henry Booth, b. Aug. 8, 1901, Catherine Hartley, b. Apr. 30, 1904. Orrin Sage Wightman, b. May 6, 1873; m. Nov. 9, 1905, Purl Parker, b. May 5, 1878, dau of Purl and Flora Abington Parker, of Providence, R.I.; grad. 1887, public school, Nov. 68, N.Y. City; grad. N.Y. Univ.; 1896, in Europe; 1898 grad. N.Y. Uni. Med. Coll.; 1899-1900, Gouverneur Hospital; mem. N.Y. State and County Med. Soc., Fellow of Acad. Med., contributor to current litertature. In practice N.Y. City; res. 113 W. Seventy-eighth street. Robert Stillman Wightman, b. Sept. 9, 1875; grad. 1897, N. Y. Uni.; 1898 in Europe; 1900 grad. Auburn Theo. Sem.; ord. Presb. clergyman; 1900-1905 missionary in Adirondack Mts.; 1907, pastor Presb. ch. Waterford, N.Y.; m. June 14, 1904, Bessie M. Hartley, dau of E. C. Hartley of Schenectady, N.Y. [WIGHTMAN Lineage - Edward Wightman and Frances Darby were married Sept. 2, 1593, at Burton-on-Trent, England. He was the last to suffer death, being burnt at the stake for religious liberty at Litchfield, England, April 11, 1612. Johannus Wightman, b. Jan. 7, 1599. George Wightman, b. 1632, Eng., came with brother Valentine to this country, settled in Kings Town, R.I.; m. Elizabeth Updike. George Wightman, b. Jan. 8, 1673; d. 1761; m. (1) Elizabeth; m. (2) Sarah Ladd of Warwick, R.I. John Wighman, b. 1701; m. 1722, Phebe Havens of Kings Town, R.I. Had twelve children. Elisha Wightman, b. Dec. 13, 1728; m. Sybil ____, of Cranston, R.I. John Wightman, b. ____; m. ___, Sarah, dau of John Green of Warwick, R.I.; she d. Apr. 1, 1800. Rev. Frederick Wightman, b. Apr. 11, 1779, Warwick, R.I.; m. Aug. 18, 1801, Coventry, R.I., Polly King (dau of Joseph), who was b. Jan. 14, 1773; d. Aug. 29, 1849, at Cromwell. He d. Oct. 5, 1856, Cromwell. The Rev. Mr. Wightman was first settled in Apr. 1806, in Ashford, Conn. In 1817 became pastor of the Second Baptist ch. of Middletown Upper Houses. Kept a record of all marriages and funerals at which he officiated. He resided in the "Charles Wilcox" house, now (1908) owned and occupied by D. B. Marsh. In 1832 he rem. to East Lyme. In 1837 he returned to the ch. in Upper Houses. In 1839 settled in Haddam. In 1842 to Wethersfield. In 1846 again in East Lyme. In 1849 he returned to Upper Houses to reside in the "Capt. Daniel Ranney" house, where he remained till death]. 9. Sylvester Butler (Capt. Eli), bapt. May 3, 1767, Upper Houses; settled in New Hartford, N.Y. abt. 1793; d. 1805; m. 1792, Lydia Wetmore, b. 1772 Middletown, Conn., d. 1855, dau. Joseph Wetmore, b. 1738, d. Aug. 5, 1814, and Besta Bradley b. 1753, d. March 25, 1774. Children: Lucy, b. Aug. 11, 1794; d. 1802. 10a, Sylvester Eli , b. Nov. 25, 1796. Lucy Beats, b. Jan. 8, 1799; d. Jan. 13, 1871. Joseph Wetmore, b. June, 1801; d. Aug. 27, 1862. 9a. John Butler , b. Mar. 28, 1789; m. Hannah Todd, dau of Capt. Asa Todd of Wallingford, Conn.; came 1789 to Paris, New York with brother Sylvester. Built and owned the Franklin Cotton factory. Chauncey Sage Butler, fourth child, b. Dec. 27, 1802; in 1823 bought a farm next to his father; became a civil engineer. Built a house in Sanquoit village, where he died Mar. 25, 1893. In 1853 was one of the organizers of the Oneida county Bank of Utica. Became Colonel of 6th Regt.; m. May 9, 1826, Elizabeth Mosher, who d. May 29, 1836. Children: John Milton, b. July 9, 1827; grad. 1848, Hamilton; entered 1853, Oneida Co. Bank as book-keeper, held various positions till 1887, when he became president; never married. Charles A., b. ____, is now with the bank. Res. Utica, New York. Elizabeth J., b. ____, d. 1906; m. Sept. 11, 1861, Publius V. Rogers, b. Dec. 30, 1824; d. July 2, 1895; a descendant of Thomas Rogers, one of the Mayflower Co., eminent in bankin circles in Utica; grad. 1846, Hamilton. Gave $75,000 to the institution. Child: Charles Butler Rogers, b. ____; m. Jan. 31, 1894, Susan Brayton of Utica. Succeeded his father to the banking business. Res. Utica, N.Y. 10. Eli Butler (Capt. Eli), b. Mar. 28, 1779, Upper Houses; m. Sept. 1, 1806, Rachel Kellogg, b. June 11, 1788, New Hartford, Conn.; d. Aug. 18, 1871, dau of Truman Kellogg and Hannah Merrill of New Hartford, Conn. The Butler transfer to New York State in 1795 was made with seven ox-teams. He inherited the homestead farm, and died on it Sept. 3, 1832. The farm then became the property of his son Morgan, who occupied it till his death in 1901. Eli was cornet of Troop in the 6th Reg. N.Y. Militia, his commission being signed Nov. 13, 1816, by Gov. D.D. Tompkins. There were four sons and four daughters. Children: Morgan, b. June 7, 1807; d. Aug. 3, 1892; inherited the homestead on which he was born, and resided on it until 1890, when he removed into the village of New Hartford. He was a progressive farmer, owning the firs mowing machine in the county; became an expert judge of fine cattlte, and for years president of Central New York Farmers' Club. He was a bugler and assisted in escorting Le Fayette in 1825. He built at a cost of $20,000 Butler Memorial Hall and presented it to the town. His sisters gave the library. He married, Feb. 10, 1841, Miss Marianne Howard, dau of Rufus Howard and Nancy Hungerford. Baptied in the Presbyterian Church, he became an Episcopalian, and for years its senior warden and treasurer. Children: Francis Butler, b. Dec. 23, 1808, New Hartford, N.Y.; d. Nov. 21, 1889; m. May 12, 1853, Harriette Sherrill, b. Sept. 28, 1817; d. Dec. 25, 1887. Children: Morgan Sherrill, b. Apr. 28, 1856; d. May 1, 1856, Emily Huntington, b. Sept. 1, 1858; m. Sept. 28, 1880, the Rev. Israel Newton Terry, D.D., b. Feb. 20, 1851, So. Weymouth, Mass., whose father was a well-known clergyman. Grad. 1871, Amherst Coll; grad. 1875, Hartford Theo. Sem.; post grad 1876, Union Sem. For fifteen years was pastor Presb. ch., New Hartford, N.Y. Is pastor of Westminster Presb. ch., Utica, N.Y. 10a. Sylvester Eli Butler , b. Nov. 25, 1796; d. Aug. 13, 1857; m. Mar. 18, 1819, Patty Luce, b. Jan. 27, 1799; d. May 31, 1878; dau of Rufus Luce, b. July 17, 1765, d. Jan. 10, 1806, and his wife, Levina. Children: Lucy, b. Sept. 17, 1820; d. Oct. 17, 1898; m. Apr. 28, 1841, Erastus Buck Mason, b. Oct. 23, 1817; d. Mar. 4, 1890; son of Isaac Mason, b. Nov. 23, 1785, d. July 17, 1858, and Laura Potter, b. Jan. 14, 1790, d. Dec. 10, 1879, New Hartford, N.Y. Children: George Henry, b. Mar. 11, 1842; d. Dec. 8, 1865. Emily B., b. Oct. 29, 1850; m. Mar. 15, 1877, Willis H. Ferris, Res. New Hartford, N.Y. children: Minnie, b. May 28, 1878; m. Dec. 6, 1899, Charles Fuller. Res. Ilion, N.Y. children: Muriel, b. Dec. 23, 1903, Lester, b. Aug. 27, 1906. Lynn M., b. Sept. 26, 1884. Roy B., b. Jan. 26, 1887. Abigail, b. June 11, 1822; d. June 27, 1907; m. May 10, 1843, Lewis Rogers, b. June 28, 1821; d. Oct. 4, 1900; son of Oliver and Deborah Rogers. children: Lewis Eugene, b. May 8, 1847; d. June 26, 1877; m. Nov. 23, 1876, Imogene Kinney, who m. (2) John Culliton, and res. Clayton, N.Y. Lucy Butler, b. Apr. 27, 1855; m. Oct. 18, 1882, Edward C. Hare, son of Chauncey S. Hare and Harriet Church. Res. Utica, N.Y. child: Lucie Eugenia, b. May 11, 1884. Emily, b. Oct. 9, 1824; d. Sept. 28, 1841. Beata, b. Jan. 10, 1829; d. Feb. 22, 1830. Henry Sylvester, b. Aug. 27, 1831, Co. E., 2d N.Y.H.A.; d. Aug. 28, 1864 in Army Hosp. Washington, D.C. Charles Harrison, b. Dec. 10, 1839; d. Mar. 4, 1840. Mary, July 26, 1841; m. Sept. 26, 1864, William Henry Price, b. Nov. 14, 1819; d. Aug. 18, 1883; son of Peter Price, a sea captain and Elizabeth Laurence. Accountant, Epis, F. & A. M. Widow res. Utica, N.Y. Children: Harry Laurence Price, b. Nov. 29, 1866; m. Nov. 1896, Montana, Berdie Owen. Res. Salt Lake City, Utah. Charles Butler Price, b. Oct. 25, 1869; m. Nov. 15, 1893, Emily Snyder, dau of Rudolph and Elizabeth Snyder. Res. Chicago, Ill. child: Mary Elizabeth Butler, b. Apr. 22, 1895. PART TWO 11. Richard Butler (George, Jonathan, Ensign Samuel, Dea. Richard), b. June 30, 1756. Hartford, Conn.; m. (1) May 12, 1786, Middletown, Conn., Lucy Ranney, b. Apr. 24, 1762; d. Jan. 27, 1815, Windsor, Conn., m. (2) widow Mary Griswold. He d. Feb. 10, 1833, Windsor, Conn. Children: Nancy, b. Mar. 19, 1787; d. after 1838, Hartford, Conn. 12. Richard , b. Dec. 12, 1788. Walter, b. Feb. 19, 1791; d. after 1838; m. Eunice Barber. Children: Charles, Elizabeth, Frances Ellen. George, b. Oct. 18, 1793; d. infant. 13. George Stephen , b. July 8, 1795 Daniel Ranney, b. Aug. 31, 1797; d. July 29, 1838, New Albany, Ind. Lucy Ranney, b. Apr. 12, 1800; d. after 1838, Hartford. Charles Frederick, b. June 24, 1803; d. abt. 1823 Mary Ann, b. Apr. 16, 1805; d. young. 12. Richard Butler , b. Dec. 12, 1788, Hartford, Conn.; m. Sept. 29, 1818, Newark, N.J., Abby Congar, b. Oct. 3, 1789, Newark, N.J., dau of Joseph Congar and Hannah Van Riper. In 1820 they removed to Louisville, Ky., where he was a dry goods merchant on d. June 15, 1827. The widow removed her children and her huband's business across the river to New Albany, Ind., where she left an estate of $50,000. She d. Sept. 22, 1873. Children: Lucy Ranney, b. Nov. 12, 1819, Newark, N.J.; d. 1872, New Albany, Ind.; m. James Read Sheilds. No children. 14. Richard Lewis , b. Jan. 22, 1821. Anna Holbrook, b. ____, d. young. 15. Joseph Congar , b. Jan. 3, 1827. 13. George Stephen Butler (Richard), b. July 8, 1795, Hartford, Conn.; m. May 17, 1826, Hartford, Conn., Cornelia Warner, b. May 5, 1800, Hartford, Conn.; d. Nov. 30, 1868, New Albany, Ind., dau of Jonah Whiting Warner (descendant of Andrew Warner of Hartford and Middletown) and Elizabeth Ostrander. He removed to Louisville, Ky., where he enaged in business. On a trip to New Orleans he contracted yellow fever of which he died Aug. 5, 1831, Louisville; Warden of Christ Ch. On the widow's death the family rem. to Oswego, N.Y. Children: Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1827; d. Aug. 20, 1905; m. Oct. 7, 1847, Walter Mann, b. Sept. 16, 1827; d. Aug. 16, 1892, St. Paul, Minn., son of Asa Mann and Freelove Clark. Children: Cornelia, b. Apr. 23, 1849; d. March 20, 1876, Walter Butler, b. Sept. 26, 1851; d. Sept. 6, 1876, 17. Eliza Stewart , b. Sept. 23, 1859; m. Dr. C. E. Smith, Catherine Phelps, b. June 28, 1868; d. Feb. 19, 1897, Frederick Clark, b. Apr. 28, 1868; m. Jan. 29, 1896, Carrie Agnes Hill. No children; res. St. Paul, Minn., Charles Edward, b. July 9, 1870; m. Oct. 5, 1895, Annie Harrison Comstock; res. Minneapolis, Minn. children: Stewart Harrison, b. Dec. 26, 1903, George Comstock, b. Aug. 30, 1906. Cornelia Ann, b. Apr. 1, 1828; d. unm. June 27, 1848. 16. Charles Henry , b. Oct. 19, 1829. Georgiana, b. Feb. 21, 1831; d. Nov. 19, 1881; m. Dr. Charles Bowman. child: Cornelia, b. 1856. 14. Richard Lewis Butler , b. Jan. 28, 1821, Louisville, Ky.; d. Mar. 19, 1893, De Land, Fla.; m. Dec. 22, 1853, Elizabeth Holt of Columbus, Ga., b. July 2, 1827; d. Dec. 19, 1896, Atlanta, Ga., dau of Dr. Leroy Holt and Mary Chandler. He was ed. at Princeton Uni.; principal, fifteen years, of Male HIgh School of Louisville, ten years of new Albany, Ind. schools. For many years ruling elder of the Covenant Preb. ch. of Louisville. When his health failed he removed to De Land, where he died. Children: Mary Sankey, b. Dec. 2, 1854; unm.; res. Atlanta, Ga. Lucy Shields, b. Sept. 19, 1856; m. 1893, Edw. J. Daniels; res. De Land, Fla. Martha Holt, b. July 26, 1858; m. Dec. 22, 1880, John B. Lapsley, b. Feb. 3, 1847; d. 1903. children: Aylette, b. Oct. 15, 1883; res. Atlanta, Ga. John W., b. Dec. 24, 1885; res. Selma, Ala. Chandler, b. Mar. 16, 1888. Fairfax, b. July 3, 1890. Robert, b. June 20, 1893. Martha B., b. May 18, 1899. Thaddeus Goode, b. Mar. 3, 1860; d. Sept. 22, 1876. Abby Congar, b. Aug. 10, 1862; res. Atlanta, Ga. Richard Lewis, b. Mar. 17, 1866; m. Katherine Dozier; res. Atlanta, Ga. child: Richard Lewis, b. Oct. 21, 1899. Elizabeth Anderson, b. Aug. 17, 1870; d. May, 1899. 15. Joseph Congar Butler , b. Jan. 3, 1827, Louisville, Ky.; d. Jan. 13, 1893, Louisville; m. May 30, 1849, Greensburg, Ind., Mary Ann Pilling, b. Nov. 22, 1828, Bedford, Pa.; d. May 3, 1890, Louisville, Ky., dau of George Washington Pilling and Elizabeth Stook. He was an expert accountant and conducted an optical establishment. Children: James Gillespie, b. May 4, 1850, New Albany, Ind.; d. Apr. 27, 1889, Louisville; m. June 16, 1872, Amanda Butler, dau of Isaac Butler and Elizabeth Stuart. Children: Albert Le Conte, b. Feb. 28, 1874; d. Jan., 1903. Amy Stuart, b. Feb. 13, 1878; m. ___, 1900, John Baltis; res. Louisville, Ky. Mary Louisa, b. ____, d. infant. Laura Bell, b. Jan. 12, 1859, New Albany, Ind., m. Sept. 18, 1883, Louisville, Ky., Glendy Burke Taylor, b. July 9, 1857, Bainbridge, Ky., son of John Alexander Taylor and Minverva Jane Sloan; res. Louisville, Ky. children: Cary Emerson, b. Jan. 29, 1885. Eugene Woodruff, b. May 10, 1887; d. May 21, 1890. Anna Cornelia, b. Aug. 11, 1862, Louisville, Ky.; m. July 6, 1893, Chicago, Ill., Robert Emmett Davenport, son of John M. Davenport and Elvira Morton; no children; res. Louisville, Ky. Walter Pilling, b. Sept. 13, 1866, Louisville, Ky., m. Jan. 22, 1895, Chicago, Ill., Josephine Kofrank. No children; res. Chicago, Ill. 16. Charles Henry Butler (George, Stephen), b. Oct. 19, 1829, Louisville, Ky.; d. Oct. 8, 1905, Oswego, N.Y.; m. Oct. 9, 1860, Catherine Slocum, b. June 27, 1836; d. July 14, 1902, Oswego, N.Y., dau of Matthew Barnard Slocum and Mary Ostrander. He was druggist, Rep., F. & A.M., Epis. Children: Georgiana, b. Feb. 18, 1862; m. May 31, 1906, Miles City, Mont., Dr. Edward A. Mattoon; res. Sapulpa, Indian Territory. Charles Warner, b. Dec. 24, 1863; m. June 6, 1800, Lisbon, N. Dak., Jessie Rawson, b. Apr. 10, 1879, Northfield, Minn., dau of Willis Rawson and Sarah Alice Converse. F. & A.M., Epis., Rep., cashier of bank; res. Miles City, Montana. Children: Charles Willis, b. Mar. 31, 1901, Walter Rawson, b. Aug. 17, 1904. 17. Eliza Stewart Mann (Mary Elizabeth Butler), b. Sept. 23, 1859, New Albany, Ind.; m. Aug. 5, 1880, St. Paul, Minn., Dr. Charles Eastwick Smith, son of Franklin B. Smith and Mary Guest of Philadelphia. Mrs. Smith is an extensive traveler, D.A.R., Col. Dames, Descendant of Colonial Governors; res. St. Paul, Minn. Children: Mary Guest, b. Oct. 7, 1881. Charles Eastwick, b. Jan. 14, 1883, grad. 1904, Yale, student Penn. Med. Uni., class of 1908.