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"BUTLER FAMILY RECORDS"

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jamin Franklin.

"He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the

history of his ancestors.”—Edmund Burke.

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J. MONTGOMERY SEAVER/

AMERICAN HISTORICAL-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

2000 North Broad Street

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(Tune: "Battle Hymn of the Republic”)

Theobald FitzWalter went to Ireland with the king;

Chief Butler of all Ireland, unafraid of anything;
He gave to us our family name, and that is why we sing—
The clan goes marching on!

Chorus: Glory to the Tribe of Butler,

Virile, worthy, brave and loyal!
Glory, Butler, “Comme je trouve!”
The clan goes marching on!

Theobald FitzWalter was the father of our clan;

Posterity of Thomas, James and Edward never ran;
Nicholas was virile. Richard was a sturdy man.
The clan goes marching on!

John Butler marched to Palestine and died for Christian rights;

James was Duke of Ormonde, leader of the Jacobites;
James Butler, for his country, bravely served in many fights.
The clan goes marching on!

The Butler blood is mingled with the royal bloods of old;

Each century our numbers have increased a hundred fold;
Among the world's great families our family is pure gold.
The clan goes marching on!

We have our dukes and peasants, common folk and blue bloods, too;
We greet each other with a smile and “Cousin, howdy-do!”
This goes with all the Butlers and it goes with me and you.
The clan goes marching on!

The Butler clan is mighty, with three hundred thousand strong;

In seventy-six, eight hundred Butlers fought to right a wrong;
Sixteen towns bear Butler names. Sure, let us sing that song—
The clan goes marching on!

When danger threatened country or a battle to be won.

Or righteous causes need defenders or work to be done,
Brave Butlers were right there, and never did a Butler run.
The clan goes marching on!

The Butler sons have courage any task or foe to face;

The Butler girls are lovely with their beauty, charm and grace:
The Butler leaven is a blessing to the human race.
The clan goes marching on!

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 TABLE of CONTENTS

"Battle Hymn of the Butlers”. 3

(A) Introduction . 5
(B) The Butler Coat of Arms. 7
(C) Ancient Butler Families. 8
P) Prominent British Butlers, Past Generations. 21
(E) Prominent British Butlers of Today. 23
(F) American Butlers of Royal Descent. 26
(G) AMERICAN BUTLER FAMILIES. 27
(H) Butlers in the American Revolution . 38
(I) Prominent Butlers of America, Past Generations.r. 40
(J) Prominent American Butlers of Today. 42
(K) Butler Towns, Etc.. 44
(L) Butler Census of The United States. 45
(M) Religions of the Butlers. 45
(N) References . 46
(O) Blank Forms for Private Family Records. 47
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S HE Butler Family is among the forty-nine “best families” selected by

the American Historical-Genealogical Society for whom the Society
has published family histories during the past few years.
The Butler Family has been prominent in the British Empire and in the
United States, its members having played important roles in war and in peace.
Family pride is a commendable trait and should be cultivated. All-Butlers have
just cause to be proud of their family history and traditions.

In reference No. 3, No. 10 and No. 14 we find the following regarding the
origin and meaning of the name Butler:
The forms of entry of the name of Butler are endless. The name was both
official and occupational. In the first case, it was derived from the office of
Chief Butler of Ireland, an honor which was conferred upon Theobald—sur¬
name Le Botiler or Butler—by Henry II in 1177, and which remained heredi¬
tary in his descendants for .many generations.

As to the second derivation, we find in the York Pageant of 1415 the

“Botillers,” the “Cap-makers,” and “Pouchmakers” all walking together in pro¬
cession. They were all obviously engaged in the leather manufacture. The idea
of a bottle, as understood by our forefathers five hundred years ago, was that
of a leathern case to hold liquids or solids. Thus we see the “Botiller” was often
identical with the pouch-maker.
A few of the old forms of the name are “Butelere,” “Buteller,” “Botyler"
and “Bottler.” Mention is made in the Roll of Battell Abbev, 1066, of “Bote-
lere.”
The data in this volume is gathered from reliable sources. We have selected
what we consider the most important material. Many of the daughters, and
sons for whom no issue was shown, have been omitted from the pedigrees. A
missing symbol indicates that a name has been omitted. Those desiring further
information are advised to consult the volumes mentioned in the list of Refer¬
ences.
The compiler hopes that, in producing this volume, he is bringing to the
Butler Family information which will be of interest and value to them, and that
he is rendering an important service to the public. He and his associates will
be glad to give their co-operation to members of the family who are interested
in having a complete genealogy of the family published.
Unless otherwise plainly shown, the persons in this volume whose names
are accompanied by three figures are children of the immediately preceding
persons bearing immediately preceding numbers. All persons in each group
bearing the same letter as a part of their numbers are directly related. The
generations of the descendants of those bearing numbers of three figures are
represented as follows. However, some of our material is published as copied
from various records without rearrangement according to this system.
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Symbols .(1), etc. (A), etc. (a), etc. 1, etc. A, etc.
Generations .6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Symbols .a, etc. (I), etc. (i), etc. I, etc. i, etc.

Abbreviations: add., address; b., born; ch., children; coll., college; d., died;
d. y., died young; d. w. i., died without issue; dau.. daughter: grad., graduated;
1., lives, lived; m., married, moved; s., son, succeeded; d. s. p., died without
issue; d. v. p., died before father; univ., university.

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 (B) THE BUTLER COAT OF ARMS

COAT of Arms is an emblems or a device which is displayed by titled

persons, persons of royal blood, and their descendants. Coats of Arms
were originally used for purposes of identification and recognition on
the field of battle as well as in civil life.
It is claimed by some writers that Coats of Arms, in a crude form, were
used by Noah’s sons after the flood. There are records of other Coats of Arms,
in one crude form or another, at different periods of ancient history. Jrleraldry,
however, as we know it today, did not become of much importance until soon
after the invasion of England by William the Conqueror, A. D. 1066. Heraldry
became of general interest at about the time of the Crusades.
The Butler Coat of Arms shown in the front of this volume is the Arms of
the Butlers, Earls and Dukes of Ormonde (created. 1177) and hereditary Chief
Butlers of Ireland, the illustrious and ancient family from whom nearly all
other Butlers are descended. Coats of Arms very similar to it are used by
several branches of the Butler family. And numerous other branches have
Coats of Arms resembling it.
This is the most widely used of all Butler Coats of Arms and has been in
existence for manv centuries. It is described in BURKE'S GENERAL
ARMORY, BURKE’S LANDED GENTRY. BURKE’S PEERAGE AND
BARONETAGE and other public works on heraldry, in many cases accom¬
panied by illustrations and pedigrees. It has been used for generations by many
American branches of the Butler family.

HERALDIC LANGUAGE ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A shield divided into four

Arms . Quarterly: 1st, or, a chief
quarters: the 1st. gold, with
indented, azure; 2nd, gules,
a blue chief indented; the
three covered cups or; 3rd,
2nd, red, with three golden
argent, a lion rampant gules,
covered cups; the 3rd, sil¬
on a chief of the second a
ver, with a red lion below a
swan, close, of the first, be¬
band of red on which is a
tween two annulets or; 4th,
silver swan between two
ermine, a saltier gules.
golden annulets; the 4th,
ermine with a cross of red.
Crest . Out of a ducal coronet or. a Out of a golden ducal coro¬
plume of five ostrich feath¬ net, a plume of five silver
ers, therefrom issuant a ostrich feathers from which
falcon, rising all argent. rises a silver falcon.
Supporters . Dexter, a falcon, wings ex¬ Right, a silver falcon with
panded argent, beaked and golden beak and claws; left,
membered or; sinister, a a silver griffin, with beak,
male griffin argent, beaked, rays, collar and chain of
rayed, collared and chained gold.
or.
Mottoes . Butler a Boo (Under the (A war cry.)
arms). As I find it.
Comme je trouve (Above
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very plainly not only that the family is an ancient one, but also that at least one
of its owners took part in the Crusades. The golden cups in the second quarter
are symbolic of the office of the Chief Butler of Ireland, whose duty was to
hand to the king the first cup of wine at banquets of state. The saltier or St.
Andrew’s cross in the fourth quarter stands for courage ar.d is the reward of
those who have scaled the walls of towns.
Sir Bernard Burke, of Heralds College, London, said: “Heraldry is prized
by all who can show honorable ancestry or wish to found honorable families.”
Besides its family significance this Coat of Arms makes an excellent mural
decoration and inspires the admiration and comment of all who see it.
It is quite appropriate that members of the Butler family who have a pride
in their ancestry should display the family Coat of Arms, in proper colors.

(C) ANCIENT BUTLER FAMILIES

B HE following titled Butler families are listed in “BURKE’S GEN¬

ERAL ARMORY”: Earl and Marquess of Ormonde, Ireland, estab¬
lished in that kingdom by Theobold Walter, Chief Butler of Ireland,
temp. Henry II; Duke of Ormonde; Earl of Arran, Lord Richard Butler; Earl
of Gowran, Lord John Butler; Earl of Wiltshire; Baron Butler, of Weston;
Viscount Butler, of Tullophelim; Earl of Brecknock; Countess of Ossory; Earl
of Carrick, now Viscount Ikerrin; Lord Dunboyne; Viscount Galmoyne; Sir
Theobald Butler, Baron of Cahir, 1583; Queen's co., Piers Butler; Sir Stephen
Butler, Knt., of Belturbet, co. Cavan: Earl of Lanesborough: Garryhundon, co.
Carlow, bart.; Bartholomew Butler, Ulster King of Arms, 1552; Knockloftv. co.
Tipperary, James Butler, of Knockloughtie; Shanballydufif, co. Tipperary; Wil¬
liam Butler, 1705; Kilgosand; Kilcash, co. Tipperary; Ballyraggett. co. Kil¬
kenny; Nodstown, Tipperary; Clonekeragh, Barons of the Kaire, co. Wexford;
Wexford; Waterford; Lesmalevne, co. Tipperary, Sir James Butler (knighted
1597) ; Cranna, co. Tipperary; Tullow. co. Carlow; Callan, co. Kilkenny, 1628;
Dangan, co. Kilkenny; Richard Butler, of St. Malo; Ballyneal. co. Waterford;
Widdington, co. Tipperary; Priestown, co. Meath: Ballyline, co. Clare; Blover-
nia; Clonbough; Ireland; Humphrey Butler; Bartholomew Butler, 1724;
Charles Butler, M.D., 1833; Kirkland, co. Lancaster, 1567; Rawclifife. co. Lan¬
caster, 1664; Cambridgeshire, 1575: Earl of Kilkenny, nor Viscount Mountgar-
rett; Cheshire and Lancashire: Handley, co. Derby; Bishop-Auckland, co.
Durham; Essex; Exeter; Philip Butler. Esq., of Gatalunga, co. Adelaide, South
Australia, J. P.; Hales, co. Lancaster, and Edmonton, co. Middlesex; Sir
Nicholas Butler, Knt., Privy Councillor, temp. James II; Barton Hall, and
Pendeford, co. Stafford. Capt. Robert Henry Fowler-Butler; Kent (two fami¬
lies) ; Lancashire; Cotes, co. Lincoln; London (two families); Somersetshire;
Suffolk; Amberley Castle, and Warminghurst Park, co. Sussex; Sussex (two
families) ; Bewsey, Baron of Warrington, co. Lancaster; Pleasington Hall, co.
Lancaster; Wales; Visit. Leicester, 1619; Hawthull, co. York, and Okeham, co.
Rutland, Visit. 1618; and others.
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liam the Conqueror. Their original name was Walter, from Walter one of
their ancestors; and Theobald Walter came to Ireland with Henry the Second in
1172 and had the office of Chief Butler of Ireland conferred on him, the duty
attached to which was to attend at the coronation of the Kings of England and
present them with the first cup of wine. From the office of "Butlership of Ire¬
land” they took the name of Butler.
In the reign of Edward the Third, Tipperary was formed in to the “County
Palatine of Ormond,” under the Butlers, who thus became so powerful that
different branchers of them furnished many of the most distinguished families
in Ireland.
The Palatine possessed such real privileges that he ruled his palatinate
almost as a King. The Butlers were Earls. Marquises and Dukes of Ormond,
and also had the following titles in Tipperary: Earls of Carrick, Earls of Glen-
gall, Viscounts of Thurles, of Skerrin and Barons of Cahir.
In the reign of Henry VIII they gained possession of a great part of
Carlow.
The County of Kilkenney became possessed mostly by the Butlers, Earls
and Dukes of Ormond.
They were called Earls of Orrory and Gowyan, Viscounts of Galway and
various other titles derived from their extensive estates.
Their war cry was “Butler Aboo!” The word “aboo” is the old Celtic for
“victory.”
According to the “Norman People,” a London publication of 1874, the
Ormond family, through the Irish Chief Butler, is traceable to a Walter, who
came with the Conqueror and in 1086 was owner of estates in Laland. Lanca¬
shire. This Walter came from Glanville, near Caen. His arms were a chief
indented.
The two leading Anglo-Irish families in Ireland have long been the Fitz¬
geralds and the Butlers. From being comrades in arms of the invading "Strong-
bow,” they became by degrees rival Barons, and fierce contestants for the Vice
Sovereignty of their adopted country.
In the Wars of the Roses, the Butlers sided with the White Rose of
Lancaster, and the Fitzgeralds with the Red Rose of York, factions gathered
round the two great houses, and the bitter feud brought forth death and blood¬
shed from as early as 1250 down to the Williamite wars. The Butlers, whose
chief had obtained the dignity of Earl of Ormond, succeeded in crushing the
power of the elder branch of the Fitzgeralds.

Butler of Ormonde

The history of the illustrious house of Butler of Ormonde is. in point of

fact, the history of Ireland from the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion. At
the head of the great nobility of that country have ever stood the Butlers and
the Geraldines, rivals in power and equals in renown. For ages their story fills
the pages of the Irish annals, from the advent of Theobald Fitz-Walter in the
reign of Henry II, down to the death of James, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, at
Avignon, in 1745.
AA101 Hervey Walter or Herveus Walteri: heir to Hubert Walteri, who is
mentioned in the sheriff’s accounts for the co’s. of Norfolk and Suffolk,
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Buthley, which charter was confirmed by son. Theobald.
(1) Theobald: ancestor of the House of Ormonde—AA102.
(2) Hubert: Archbishop of Canterbury, 1193: Chief Justice and Gov¬
ernor of the Kingdom during the absence of Richard I; Chancellor
of England, 1199; Pope’s Legate in the reign of King John; d. at
his manor of Teynham, 1205.
(3) Roger: witness to the Charter of Buthley.
(4) Hamo: also witness to the same charter.
AA102 Theobald FitzWalter: d. 1206: who accompanied Henry"'11 into
Ireland ; created Chief Butler of Ireland, 1177; returned to England and
accompanied Prince John into Ireland, 1185; possessed of the baronies
of Upper Ormond, Lower Ormond, and numerous other territories; m.
Maud le Vavasour; had a dau. and
AA103 Theobald Butler: d. 1230: second Butler; first assumed the name of
Le Botiler or Butler, 1221; m. Joan de Marreis (sister and co-heir of
Geoffrey de Marreis). a considerable Baron in Ireland; m. (2), at the
special request of the King, Rohesia de Verdon; had, with other issue:
(1) Theobald—A A104.
(2) John de Verdon: succeeding to his mother’s lands, retained her
surname and was ancestor of the Lords Verdon.
AA104 Theobald: d. 124S; third Butler; m. Margery de Burgo (dau. of
Richard de Burgo, lord deputy of Ireland—ancestor of the Lords
Clanricarde), by whom he acquired a considerable accession of landed
property; had
AA105 Theobald: d. 1285; fourth Butler; sat as Baron in the parliament of
Ireland; assisted Edward I in wars in Scotland; m. Joan Fitz-Geoffrey;
had two daus., Richard, Gilbert, Nicholas, James, and
(1) Theobald—A A106.
(2) Edmund—AA107.
(3) Thomas: had a grant of the Manor of Castle Grace from his
brother; ancestor of the Lords Dunboyne.
(4) John: father of Paul, of Toberwolick in 1333, called from him
Paulstown.
AA106 Theobald: d. 1299; fifth Butler; sat in parliament as a Baron, his
<. name appearing 5th upon the roll; d. unm.; s. by brother.
A A107 Edmund: d. 1321; sixth Butler; received the honour of knighthood,
1309; appt. lord deputy of Ireland, 1312; chief governor, 1314, under
the title of lord justice; in 1315 created Earl of Carrick; m. Lady Joan
FitzGerald; went on pilgrimage to shrine of St. James of Compostello,
Spain; had a dau., Lawrence, and
(1) James—AA108.
(2) John: ancestor of the Viscounts Ikerrin, and by creation, 1748,
Earls of Carrick.
AA108 James: d. 1337; first Earl of Ormonde and seventh Butler; minor at
decease of father, but obtained license in four years after for sum of
2000 marks, to marry whomever he pleased; m. Lady Eleanor de Bohun
(dau. of Earl of Hereford and Essex, high constable of England, by
the Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, his wife, dau. of King Edward I) ;
in consequence of this alliance was created, 1328. by Edward III, Earl
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Palatine in that co. for life.
(1) James—AA109.
(2) Petronilla: d. 1387; m. Gilbert, 3rd Lord Talbot.
(A) Richard: 4th Lord Talbot.
(a) John: 5th Lord Talbot: K. G.; created Earl of Shrews¬
bury and Waterford, 1446.
AA109 James: d. 1382; second Earl of Ormonde; called The Noble Earl, on
account of being great grandson of Edward I; appointed Lord Justice
of Ireland in 1359, ’64, and 76; m. Elizabeth Darcy; had t\ve daus., and
(1) James—AA110.
(2) Thomas: appt’d one of King’s Justices for co. Cork, 1389; slain
1396.
AA110 James: d. 1405; having built Castle of Gowran and made it his resi¬
dence was commonly called Earl of Gowran; purchased by deeds dated
September 4 and 12, 1391, from heirs of Sir Hugh le Despencer, Earl
of Gloucester, the Castle of Kilkenny (erected in beginning of 13th
century by William, Earl Marshall), which he then made his place of
abode and which has ever since been the chief family residence; in
1392 was apptd. Lord Justice of Ireland; m. Anne Welles.
(1) James—AA111. '
(2) Richard (Sir) : Knt.; m. Catherine O’Reilly.
(A) Edmund (Sir) : Knt.; m. Katherine O’Carroll; d. 1464. Ch.:
Walter, John, and
(a) James (Sir) : Knt.; m. Sable Kavanaugh; d. 1467.
1. Piers—AA115.
(3) Edmund: m. Catherine Forstall.
(A) Walter: m. Joan Butler; ancestor of Butler, Bart, of Poles-
town (extinct).
AA111 James: d. 1452; fourth Earl of Ormonde; called The White Earl, and
esteemed for his learning; prevailed upon Henry V to create a King-of-
Arms in Ireland by title of Ireland King-of-Arms (altered by Edward
VI to Ulster King-of-Arms) ; gave lands forever to Herald’s College,
London; apptd. Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1405; Lord Lieut., 1420, ’25,
and ’42; in 1440 had a grant of temporalities of the see of Cashel for ten
years after death of the Archbishop, Richard O’Hedian; m. Elizabeth
Beauchamp Bergavennv; m. (2) Lady Joan FitzGerald.
(1) James—AA112.
” (2) John—AA113.
(3) Thomas—A All 4.
(4) Elizabeth: m. John, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford; d.
1473.
AA112 James: 1420-1461; fifth Earl of Ormonde; K. G.; created Earl of
Wiltshire, in the peerage of England, 1449, by Henry VI for fidelity to
Lancastrian interest; lord deputy of Ireland, 1451; Lord High Treas¬
urer of England, 1454; knt. of the Garter, 1459; fell into hands of
Yorkists after battle of Towton and beheaded, 1461, when earldom of
Wiltshire expired; (earldom of Ormonde forfeited by brother and
heir being at battle of Towton, but Edward VI restored him in blood) ;
m. Amicia Stafford; rn. (2) Lady Eleanor Beaufort.
AA113 John: d. 1478; sixth Earl of Ormonde; considered one of the first
gentlemen in the age he lived; complete master of the language of
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Land, having made a visit to Jerusalem in a fit of devotion.
AA114 Thomas: d. 1515; attained, but restored by Henry VII’s first parlia¬
ment at statutes made at Westminster, Edward VI, which declared him
and brother traitors were abrogated; sworn of the Privy Council of
England; had summons to Parliament. 1495; m. Anne Hankford; m.
(2) Lora Berkeley; had Anne, Elizabeth and
(1) Margaret: m. Sir William Boleyn, of Blickling. co. Norfolk.
(A) Thomas (Sir): K. G.; created Viscount Rockford. 1525;
Earl of Wiltshire in the peerage of England, 1529; Earl of
Ormonde in the peerage of Ireland, 1527; m. Lady Elizabeth
Howard (dau. Duke of Norfolk).
(a) George: Lord Rockford; beheaded 1536.
(b) Anne Boleyn: m., 1532, Henry VUI and was beheaded,
1536.
1. Elizabeth: Queen of England.
(c) Mary: m. William Cary; Esquire of the Body to Henry
VIII.
1. William: Lord Hunsdon, K. G.
AA115 Piers: d. 1539; obliged to relinquish title to Thomas, Viscount Rock¬
ford (see above) ; in consideration of abandonment, was created Earl
of Ossory by Henry VIII, 1527; lord deputy of Ireland; regained title
when Thomas, Eari of Ormonde, d. s. p. in.; m. Lady Margaret Fitz¬
Gerald ; had six daus. and
(1) James—AA116.
(2) Richard: created Viscount Mountgarrett, 1550.
(3) Thomas: slain in a fray at Jerpoint. co. Kilkenny, 1532.
AA116 James: d. 1546: ninth Earl of Ormonde and second Earl of Ossory;
created Viscount Thurles, 1535: confirmed in Earldom of Ormonde,
1541, by act of Parliament; d. from the effects of poison, administered
at a supper at Ely House, Holborn; m. Lady Joan FitzGerald.
(1) Thomas—AA117.
(2) Edmund (Sir): Knt. of Roscrea and Cloughrenan, co. Carlow;
m. Hon. Eleanor Eustace (dau. Viscount Baltinglass) ; had two
daus., and
(A) Piers: of Ballysax; joined in Desmond's rebellion and was
executed at Kilkenny, 1596; m. Mary Butler; had one dau.
(B) James (Sir) : joined in Desmond’s rebellion and was be¬
headed ; d. s. p.
(C) Theobald: created Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim, 1603;
Gov. and Lord-Lieut. co. Carlow; m. Lady Elizabeth Butler
(dau. of 10th Earl of Ormonde—see below).
(3) John: of Kilcash; to whom his father granted lands by deed; m.
Katherine MacCartie; had two daus. and
(A) Walter—AA118.
(4) Walter: of Ballynodagh; m. Jane Goragh; ancestor of Butler of
Nodstown.
(5) James: of Duish; m. Margaret Tobin.
(A) James: grant in fee form, 1557, of the Monastery of Duish;
d. s. p.
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Clanricarde).
(A) James: d. s. p.
(7) Piers: of Grantstown; m. Hon. Katherine Le Poer; ancestor of
Butler of Kilmoyler.
AA117 Thomas: d. 1614; tenth Earl of Ormonde and third Earl of Ossory;
K. G.; called The Black Earl from the darkness of his complexion -,
educated at the court of England; stood high in estimation of Queen
Elizabeth; constituted Lord Treasurer of Ireland, 1559; m. Elizabeth
Berkeley; m. (2) Hon. Elizabeth Sheffield; m. (3) Hon. Helen Barry;
s. by nephew.
AA118 Walter: d. 1632; eleventh Earl of Ormonde and fourth Earl of Os¬
sory, but estates through influence of Lord Dingwall with James I
were retained by him; m. Hon. Helen Butler (dau. Viscount Mount-
garret) ; had eight daus. and
(1) Thomas: d. 1619; Viscount Thurles; gov. of cos. of Kilkenny,
Tipperary and Waterford; m. Elizabeth Poynty; had four daus.
and
(A) James—AA119.
(B) John: d. unm., Naples. 1636.
(C) Richard: of Kilcash; had a confirmation, 1639, of that place,
Garryricken, and other lands in the cos. of Tipperary and
Kilkenny, with limitation thereof to heirs male; joined Irish,
1641; gov. of co. Wexford; lieut.-gen. in Irish army; m.
Lady Frances Touchet; had four daus. and
(a) Walter: m. Lady Mary Plunkett; had three daus. and
1. Thomas: of Kilcash; col. of foot in service of James
II; m. Lady Margaret Burke; had five daus. and
A Richard: d. unm., 1711.
B Walter: d. unm., at Paris.
C John—AA122.
2. John: of Garryricken; m. Frances Butler.
A Walter—AA123.
3. Christopher (Most Rev.) : Catholic archbishop of
Cashel.
(b) John: of Westcourt, co. Kilkenny; col. in the army;
m. Katherine Ayliner.
1. Richard: of Westcourt; m. Helen Butler (dau. of
Thomas, above).
(c) Thomas.
(2) James: d. s. p. in France.
AA119 James: 1610-1688; first Duke of .Ormonde and twelfth earl; created
Marquess of Ormonde, 1642; (see Chapter D) ; m. Lady Elizabeth
Preston, Baroness Dingwall in her own right (dau. of Earl of Des¬
mond) ; two daus. and
(1) Thomas: d. 1633 ; Viscount Thurles ; d. y.
(2) Thomas: 1634-1680; Earl of Ossory; called The Gallant Ossory;
m. Amelia de Nassau; had three daus. and
(A) James—AA120.
(B) Charles—AA121.
(3) Richard: 1639-1685; created Baron Butler, Viscount Tullogh,
and Earl of Arran, with limitation to his brother John, 1662; made

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m. (2) Dorothy Ferrers.
(A) Charlotte: m. Charles, Lord Cornwallis.
(4) John: created Earl of Gowran, 1676; m. Lady Anne Chichester;
d. s. p., 1677.
AA120 James: 1665-1745; second Duke of Ormonde; K. G.; (see Chapter
D) ; m. Lady Anne Hyde; m. (2) Lady Mary Somerset; d. s. p. m.
AA121 Charles: 1671-1758; Earl of Arran; de jure 3rd Duke of Ormonde;
14th Earl Ormonde; never aware of possessing these last-named digni¬
ties; m. Elizabeth (dau. Lord Crewe, of Stene).
AA122 John: d. 1766; fifteenth Earl of Ormonde (de jure), but did not as¬
sume the honors; s. to estates of family on death of Earl of Arran’s
only surviving sister, Elizabeth, 1760; m. Bridget Stacy; d. s. p.; s.
by cousin
AA123 Walter: 1703-1783; sixteenth Earl of Ormonde (de jure); never
assumed the titles; m. Ellen Morres; had three daus. and
AA124 John: 1740-1795; seventeenth Earl of Ormonde; M. P. for Gowran,
1776-79, for Kilkenny, 1790-91; right to peerage acknowledged in
Irish House of Lords; m. Lady Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesforde
(dau. and sole heir of Earl of Wandesforde) ; had two daus. and
(1) Walter—AA125.
(2) John Wandesforde: 1772-1796; d. unm.
(3) James Wandesforde—AA126.
(4) Charles Harward Butler-Clarke-Southwell-Wandesforde: 1781-
1860; of Kirklington, co. York, and Castlecomer, co. Kilkenny;
M. P.; obtained permission by sign manual, 1820 and 1830, for
himself and heirs to assume the additional surnames; m. Lady
Sarah Butler (dau. Earl of Carrick) ; m. (2) Lucy, Countess
Dowager of Carrick.
(A) John: 1813-1856; m. Emily Selina Frances McClintock;
M. P. for Drumcar, co. Louth; d. s. p.
(B) Henry: of Ulcombe, Kent; 1815-1885; d. s. p.
(C) Walter: 1825-1853; m. Hannah Hutton.
(a) Charles: d. unm., 1881 ; of Kirklington and Castlecomer;
high sheriff, co. Kilkenny, 1879.
AA125 Walter: 1770-1820; Marquess of Ormonde and eighteenth Earl of
Ormonde; K. P.; created Marquess of Ormonde, in Ireland, and Baron
Butler, of Llanthony, in England; m. Anna Maria Catherine Clarke;
marquessate and barony expired; s. by brother.
AA126 James: 1777-1838; first Marquess and nineteenth Earl of Ormonde;
K. P.; created at coronation of George IV, a peer of the United King¬
dom ; m. Grace Louisa Staples; had five daus. and
(1) John—AA127.
(2) Walter Wandesford: 1814-1861; in the army.
(3) James Wandesford: 1815-1893; J. P. and D. L.; maj. Queen’s
Westminster Rifle Volunteers; A. D. C. to Earl de Grey; State
Steward to Duke of Abercorn; m. Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell
(dau. Duke of Bedford) ; had two daus. and
(A) James Francis: b. 1857; page to Edward VII when Prince
of Wales; at H. M.’s installation as a knight of St. Patrick.
(B) Julian George: b. 1864.

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Paget; had two daus. and
(1) James Edward William Theobald—AA128.
(2) James Hubert Henry Thomas: 1847-1867; 9th Lancers.
(3) James Arthur Wellington Foley—AA129.
(4) James Theobald Bagot John (Rev.) : b. 1852; Rector of Ulcombe,
near Maidstone, 1898-1923; M. A., Camb.; m. Annabella Brydon
Gordon; had three daus. and
(A) James Walter Theobald Gordon: b. 1886.
(B) James Hubart Theobald Charles: b. 1899; M. B. E. Q921) ;
lieut. K. R. R. C.
AA128 James Edward William Theobald: 1844-1919; third Marquess of
Ormonde; K. P.; P. C.; 27th Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland; m.
Lady Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor (dau. Duke of Westminster);
d. s. p. m.; s. by brother.
AA129 James Arthur Wellington Foley: b. 1849; fourth Marquess of
Ormonde; Earl of Ormonde and Ossory, and Viscount Thurles, of
Thurles, co. Tipperary, in Ireland; Baron Ormonde, of Llanthony, co.
Monmouth, in the United Kingdom; M. A., Camb.; late lieut. 1st Life
Guards: State Steward to Earl Carnarvon when Lord Lieut, of Ire¬
land; m. Ellen Stager. [See Chapter (E) ].
(1) James George Anson: b. 1890; Earl of Ossory; maj. Reserve of
Officers Life Guards; served in Great War; m. Hon. Sybil Inna
Mildred Fellowes (dau. Lord de Ramsay).
(A) James Anthony: b. 1916.
(B) Moyra Rosamond: b. 1920.
(2) James Arthur Norman: b. 1893; M. C.; capt. 17-21 st Lancers.
(3) Evelyn Frances: b. 1887; m. Hon. Edmund Rupert Drummond,
M. U. O., comm. R. N.; issue.
(4) Eleanor Rachel: b. 1894; m. Capt. Edward Brassey Egerton.

Butler of Cloughgrenan

Coat of Arms by this branch of the family appears elsewhere in book.

A101 Sir Thomas Butler: 1st Bart.; of Cloughgrenan, co. Carlow; created
a bart. of Ireland, 1628; represented co. Carlow in parliament, 1639; m.
Anne, dau. of Sir Thomas Colclough, Knt., of Tintern, Abbey. Issue.
A102 Sir Edmund Butler: 2nd Bart.; m. Juliana, dau. of Bernard Hyde.
Issue.
A103 Sir Thomas Butler: 3rd Bart.; m. (1) Jane, dau. of Rt. Rev. Richard
Boyle, D.D., lord bishop of Leighlin and Ferns; represented co. Carlow
- in Parliament, 1692; had, besides others,
(1) Pierce (Sir): 4th Bart.—A104.
(2) James: m. (1) 1696.
(A) Thomas: b. 1699.
(B) Richard (Sir) : 5th Bart.—A105.
(3) Boyle; (4) Edmund.
A104 Sir Pierce Butler: 4th Bart.; M. P. for co. Carlow, 1713; m.; s. at
his decease by his nephew.
A105 Sir Richard Butler: 5th Bart.; M. P. for co. Carlow, 1729 to 1761;

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other ch.:
(1) Thomas (Sir): 6th Bart.—A106.
(2) James: Capt. 1st Regt. of Horse.
(3) Pierce: b. 1810; Major 29th Regt.; went to America and was
ancestor of Pierce Butler, of Philadelphia.
(A) Sarah: m., 1859. Owen Jones Wister, M.D.
(B) Frances: m., 1871, Hon. and Very Rev. James Wentworth
Leigh, late dean of Hereford; 3rd s. of Chandos, 1st Lord
Leigh of Stoneleigh. —
(4) William Paul: of Broomville, co. Carlow; m. dau. of Abraham
Nixon, of Munny, co. Wicklow.
(A) James: d. 1856; J. P.; had. besides other ch.:
(a) William Paul: b. 1817; m. 1846; his s. was
1. Charles James John: b. 1852; capt. late Bedfordshire
regt.
(b) ChaHes Richard: Lieut.-Col. 20th Regt.; d. ur.m., 1860.
(c) James Thomas: b. 1825; late resident magistrate, co. Kil¬
kenny; J. P. Carlow; m. 1859.
1. Charles Richard: b. 1860; High Sheriff, co. Carlow,
1920; m., 1895, sister and heir of the late H. P. New¬
ton, of Mount Leinster.
A James Humphrey: b. 1897; flight-lieut., R. A. F.:
served in Great War, wounded twice, and on N. W.
frontier of India, 1919-20.
B Edward Walter Charles: b. 1900; late 4th Dragoon
Guards.
C Beauchamp Henry: b. 1902 ; 2nd lieut., 1st Battl.
Royal Inniskilling Fus.
2. James Henry: b. 1863; Pasha in Egypt; was governor
of the White Nile Province, Sudan, to 1913.
3. Somerset Edward Molyneux: b. 1867; L.R.C.S.I.;
L.R.C.P.I.; m. 1902; has one s.
A Reginald James Somerset: b. 1904; midshipman
R. N.
4. George Fitzwalter: b. 1868; served in Canadian
Forces; m. 1899;. ch.: James Somerset and Adelaide
Florence.
5. Mary: m. 1903.
6. Emily Blanche: Add.: Newgarden, Carlow.
A106 Sir Thomas Butler: 6th Bart.; M. P. for co. Carlow, 1761; m., 1759,
only dau. of Ed. Bayly, D.D., of Ardfert, and archdeacon of Dublin;
2nd son of Sir Ed. Bayly, 1st bart. of Plas Newydd; succeeded by eld¬
est s.,
A107 Sir Richard Butler: 7th Bart.; b. 1761; M. P. for co. Carlow, 1783 to
1800; m. 1782; had, besides others,
(1) Thomas: 8th Bart.-—A108.
(2) Richard Pierce: b. 1784; m. 1822.
(A) Charlotte: m. 1847 ; issue.
(3) William Arthur: b. 1786; col. 27th regt. in 1827; wife d. s. p
(4) James: b. 1788; of Ballybar, co. Carlow.
(A) James: b. 1826; m., 1860, dau. of late Capt. Charles.
(B) George Butler: R. N.; had, besides others,

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(b) Beauchamp Charles: b. 1865; m. 1896.
l. Eileen Doris: b. 1901.
(c) William Arthur: b. 1868; d. 1921.
(d) Henry Claude: b. 1875; m. 1921; lieut. Irish Horse;
served with distinction in S. African and European Wars.
(5) Charles George: b. 1793; capt. R. N.; m. 1830.
(A) John Bayford: b. 1832; capt. R. N.; m., 1867, Hon. Sybil
Devereaux (dau. of 15th Viscount Hereford) ; d. 1888.
(a) Francis Algernon: b. 1878; late lieut. 5th batt^Middle-
sex regt.; m. 1909.
1. Brian George: b. 1910.
(b) Humphrey Charles: b. 1880; m. 1903.
(c) Nora: m. (1) 1894; m. (2) 1898.
(B) William Charles: b. 1844; J. P. Cumberland; Registrar Pro¬
bate Division High Court of Justice; late capt. 3rd border
regt.; m. 1877; had, besides others,
(a) Henry Beauchamp: b. 1878; solicitor, Colonial C. S.
(b) Charles Walter: b. 1880; major Indian Army; served in
S. African War, 1899-1900 (Queen's medal with two
clasps) and in Great War, 1914-19 (dispatches twice) ;
m. 1905.
1. Richard Shirley: b. 1907.
2. Walter George Ormonds: b. 1917.
(c) William Bayford: b. 1888; M. C.; capt. 3rd batt. border
regt.; m. 1918.
(D) Charles Arthur; b. 1846; m. 1875; d. s. p.
(E) Henrietta Clara: m. 1860 to cousin James.
(F) Butler of Ballybar.
(G) Emily Harriet: m. 1860; issue.
(H) Sarah Newenham: m. 1873; issue.
A108 Sir Thomas Butler: 8th Bart.; b. 1783; m. 1812; had, besides others,
(1) Richard Pieixe: 9th Bart.—A109.
(2) Thomas; b. 1S14; m. (1) Mary, dau. and heir of Henry Tulip, of
Bounton and Walwick Hall, Northumberland; m. (2) 1861 ; issue.
(3) Antoine Sloet: b. 1823 ; C. B.; divisional magistrate in Ireland, 1883-
88; m. (1) 1854; m. (2) 1875.; issue by first marriage.
(A) George Beresford (Sir) : Knt.. 1922; b. 1857; resident magis¬
trate Queen’s Co.; m., 1896. Add.: The Elms, Portarlington.
(a) Francis Antoinette: m. 1878; issue.
(b) Laura Mary: m. 1882; issue.
(4) Henry William Paget: b. 1831; B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin; J. P.
for cos. Clare, Wicklow and Kildare; in household of H. E., Earl
of Carlisle; K. G. when lord-lieut. of Ireland; m. 1855 only dau. of
Lord William Fitzgerald.
(A) Frederick Francis Baron: b. 1861 ; m.
(a) Frederick Paget Butler-Fitz-Gerald: b. 1892; assumed
name and arms of Fitzgerald by Royal License in 1914.
(b) Reginald Percy FitzGerald: b. 1896.
(c) Constance Geraldine: b. 1903.
(B) Thomas Percy: b. 1862; m. 1905.
(a) Tyssen Dessmond : b. 1906.
(C) Mabel Howard: m. 1887; issue.
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ch. were:
(1) Thomas Pierce (Sir): 10th Bart.—A110.
(2) Richard Pierce: b. 1839; m. 1864: had 5 daus. and
(A) Hans Pierce: b. 18S0: m., 1908, dan. of Henry Moulson, Sols-
girth, Manitoba.
(a) Richard Pierce: b. 1911.
(3) Edmund: b. 1843: d. 1873.
(4) Walter Selby: b. 1845; m. 1885; lieut-col. 8th batt. King’s Royal
Rifle Corps.
(A) Edmund Pierce: b. 1886; educated at Harrow and Pembroke
Coll., Camb.; B.A., 1908; capt. Gloucestershire Hussars;
served in Great War, 1914-18.
(B) Vivian Tilla: m. 1913; issue.
(5) Charles Robert: b. 1848; d. unm„ 1908.
A110 Sir Thomas Pierce Butler: 10th Bart.; b. 1836; J. P. and vice-lieut.,
co. Carlow; High Sheriff, 1866; late lieut. 56th and 24th regts.; served in
Crimea, 1854-55; lion, col., 8th batt., King’s roval rifle corps; m. 1864;
d. 1909.
(1) Richard Pierce (Sir) : 11th and present Bart.—Alll.
(2) Thomas Edmund: b. 1875.
Alll Sir Richard Pierce Butler: 11th Bart.; b. 1872; O.B.E. (1919); J. P.
and D. L.; High Sheriff. 1905; temp, lieut.-col. late Remount Service;
late capt. and hon. maj. 8th batt.. King’s royal rifle corps; served with
distinction in E. African and Great Wars.
(1) Thomas Pierce: b. 1910.
(2) Joan: b. 1908.
(3) Doreen Frances: b. 1913.

Butler of Ezvart Park

B112 Richard Butler: of Claynes, co. Worcester; d. 1685.

B113 Richard Butler: of Claynes and Worcester; civilian proctor. Issue.
B114 Daniel Butler: b. 1697; of Rye, Sussex, and afterwards of Margate;
m. 1723; issue, with others,
B115 Rev. Weeden Butler: b. 1742; m. 1771 ; issue, with others,
B116 The Very Rev. George Butler, D.D.: b. 1774; headmaster of Harrow
School, 1805-29; dean of Peterborough, 1842-53; m., 1818, Sarah Maria
(eldest dau. of John Gray, of Wembley Park, Middlesex) ; issue, with
others,
(1) George: his heir—B117.
(2) Spencer Percival (see Bourton House).
(3) Arthur Gray: b. 1831 ; headmaster of Haileyburg College, 1862-67;
m. 1877; issue, with others,
(A) Harold Edgeworth: b. 1878; Fell, and Tutor of New Coll.,
Oxford.
(4) Henry Montague (Very Rev.) ; b. 1833; D.D., Cambridge; D.C.L.,
Oxon; LL.D., Glasgow and St. Andrews; master of Harrow School,
1860-85; dean of Gloucester, 1885-86; master of Trinity College,
Cambridge, 1886-1918; hon. canon of Ely, 1898-1918; m. twice;
issue, with others,
(A) Edward Montagu: b. 1866; m. 1896.

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(b) Agnes Elisabeth: b. 1904.
(B) Arthur Hugh Montagu: b. 1873; m. 1900; librarian to the
House of Lords. Issue.
(C) James Ramsey Montague: b. 1889; Fellow of Trinity Coll.,
Camb.
(D) Gordon Kerr Montague: b. 1891; d. in active service, 1916.
(E) Nevile Montague: b. 1893; clerk in the Foreign Office.
B117 The Rev. George Butler: b. 1819: Canon of Winchester and Fellow
of Exeter Coll., Oxford; Hon. D.D., Durham; m. 1852. His sons were:
(1) George Grey: now of Ewart Park.—B118.
(2) Arthur Stanley: b. 1854; M.A., Oxford; Prof, of Nat. Phil, in St.
Andrew’s Univ.; m. 1886.
(A) Arthur Stanley George: 1888.
(B) Josephine: 18*86.
(3) Charles Augustine Vaughan: b. 1857; m. 1897. Issue.
B118 George Grey Butler: b. 1852; of Ew'art Park. Northumberland; J. P.;
M.A., Trinity Coll., Camb.; F.R.G.S.; Barrister-at-Law; late Senior
Examiner Civil Service Commission; member of Senate, Durham Univ.;
m., 1893, Maria, Countess St. Paul, of the Holy Roman Empire.
(1) Horace George St. Paul: b. 1898; succeeded his mother, who died
in 1901.
(2) Hetha Gray St. Paul: 1896.
(3) Irene Maria: 1901.

Butler of Bourton

Cl 19 The Very Reverend George Butler, D.D.: b. 1774; (see Butler of

Ewart) ; his 2nd son was
C120 Spencer Percival Butler: b. 1828; of Lincoln’s Inn; M.A., Camb.;
m. 1863; had, besides 3 daus.,
(1) Cyril Kendall: now of Bourton.—021.
(2) Spencer Harcourt (Sir): b. 1869; Governor United Provinces,
India; m. 1894 and had Victor Spencer (1900).
(3) Montagu Sherard Dawes: b. 1873; M.A., Cambridge; J. P.; form¬
erly Fell, of Pembrook Coll., Camb.; 1st pres, of Punjab Legislature;
m. 1901. Ch.: (A) Richard Austin (1902), (B) John, (C) Per¬
cival (1914), (D) Iris Mary, (E) Dorothy.
(4) Walter Vivian: b. 1875; Lieut. R. N.; d. unm., 1900.
(5) Arthur Francis: b. 1876; Inspector of Schools; m. 1900. Issue.
Add.: Chelsfield House, Kent.
(6) Bernard Arnold Barrington: b. 1878; D.S.O. (with star) ; Brev.
Lieut.-Col. R. F. A.; m. 1905; d. of wounds received in action, 1918.
(A) Anthony Bernard: b. 1907.
(7) Ralph Lewis Gilberne: b. 1883; formerly Fellow' of Corpus Christi
Coll., Camb. Issue.
(8) George Geoffrey Gilbert (Sir): b. 1887; Fellow of Corpus Christi
Coll., Camb.; attached Foreign Office, 1915-19; m., 1916, to dau. of
John Levering Jones, of Philadelphia.
(9) Leonard Gray: b. 1889; late Fellow of St. John’s Coll., Oxon;
Capt. Rifle Brigade; killed in action, 1916.

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021 Sir Cyril Kendall Butler: b. 1864; of Bourton House, Berks; m.
1893. See Chapter (E) for a short sketch of his life.
(1) Walter Kendall: b. 1901 ; d. 1918.
(2) Patrick Kendall: b. 1903.
(3) Mary Kendall: d. 1914.
(4) Daphne Kendall: m. 1921.

Butler of Standen Manor —'

D122 John Butler: of Hackney; m. Eliz. Mary, dau. of John Hutt, of Har¬
row.
D123 Charles Salisbury Butler: b. 1812; of Cazenoves House, Middlesex,
and 48, Prince’s Gate, S. W.; J. P. and D. L.; M. P. for the Tower Ham¬
lets; m., 1833, dau. and heiress of Edward Kingstone. Had, besides six
daus.,
(1) Charles Edward Kingstone: heir—D124.
(2) John Banks Meeks (Rev.) : b. 1839; Rector and Patron of Mares-
field; M.A., Trinity Coll., Camb.; Senior Optime in Mathematical
Tripos of 1862; m. (1) 1863, and had 3 ch.; m. (2) 1879. Ch.:
Algernon Salisbury (1S81), Reginald, Charles Salisbury (18SS-
1910), Janet, Kathleen and Elsie Lilian.
D124 Charles Edward Kingstone Butler: b. 1833; D. L. for the Tower
Hamlets; m. 1860; had Alice Bradshaw, Ada Mary, and
(1) Charles William: now of Standen Manor.—D125.
D125 Charles William Butler: b. 1865; of Standen Manor, Berks; J. P.;
m., 1889, dau. of Geo. L. A. Moke, of Xew York.
(1) Charles Kingstone: b. 1891; killed in action, 1916.
(2) Gordon Bradshaw: b. 1895.
(3) Eric: b. 1897: 2nd Lieut. Wilts Regt.; killed in action, 1916.
(4) Bertram Salisbury: b. 1900.
(5) Garrit Van Horne: b. 1904.
(6) Gwladys Norrie.
(7) Helen Mary Norrie.

Butler of Warren Wood

E126 John Butler: m. Jane Protheroe.

E127 John La Forey Butler: d. 1848.
E128 Charles Butler: b. 1821; of Warren Wood. Hatfield, Herts; J. P.
and D. L.; High Sheriff, 1879-80; m. 1849; d. 1910.
(1) Charles Henry: 1856; d. unm., 1888.
(2) Hubert Lavie: now of Warren Wood.—E129.
(3) Henrietta Sophia: Add.: Ashlands, Billesdon, Leicester.
(4) Elinor Frances.
E129 Hubert Lavie Butler: b. 1857; High Sheriff, 1918; late Capt. Royal
Scots Fusiliers; m., 1897, dau. of the late Archibald Peel.
(1) Charles Hubert Archibald: 1901.
(2) Patrick John: 1912.
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F130 Frederick James Butler: of Poulshot Lodge, Devizes; d. 1871; his son
F131 Sir Robert Reginald Frederick Butler: 1st Bart.; of Old Park,
Devizes, co. Wilts; b. 1866; Chairman of United Dairies Limited; created
baronet in 1922; m. 1895.
(1) Reginald Thomas: b. 1901; lieut. R. N.
(2) Gladys Marjory: m. 1922.

(D) PROMINENT BRITISH BUTLERS, PAST GENERATIONS

Allan Butler: (1711-1773) ; hagiographer; professor of philosophy and

divinity at Douay; chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk; president of the English
College at St. Omer, 1768-73.
Charles: (d. 1647); chorister of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1579-85;
M.A., 1587; vicar of Wootton, St. Lawrence, 1600-47; published treatises on
rhetoric, English grammar, music.
Charles: (1750-1832); Roman Catholic lawyer; studied conveyancing in
London, 1769; secretary of committees for repeal of penal laws, 1782-91 ; pub¬
lished legal, historical, biographical and theological works.
Edmund: (d. 1551); archbishop of Cashel; prior of canons regular at
Athassel, Tipperary; present in parliament at Dublin, 1541.
Sir Edward Gerard: (1770-1S25); soldier: cornet; served in Flanders,
1793; knighted for saving emperor’s life at Villiers-in-Couche, 1794; major-
general, 1814.
George: (1774-1853) ; headmaster of Harrow; senior wrangler, 1794;
M.A., 1797; dean of Peterborough, 1842; published sermons and Harrow notes.
George: (1819-1890); canon of Winchester; Petrean fellow, 1842; ex¬
aminer at Oxford, 1850-52; principal of Liverpool College, 1866-82; tutor at
Durham University.
George Slade: (1821-1882); writer on antiquities of Sussex; solicitor,
1843; town clerk of Rye, Sussex; T.S.A., 1862.
James: Second Earl of Ormonde (1331-1382) ; styled “The Noble Earl”
in virtue of his being son of a granddaughter of Edward First; lord justice of
Ireland, 1359; lord deputy, 1364; lord justice, 1376-78.
James: Fourth Earl of Ormonde (d. 1452); styled “The White Earl”;
lord deputy of Ireland, 1407; served in Henry Fifth’s French wars; made war
on the O’Mores, 1422.
James: Fifth Earl of Ormonde and Earl of Wiltshire (1420-1461) ; eld¬
est son of James, Fourth Earl; a zealous Lancastrian; succeeded to the Ormonde
peerage, 1452.
James: First Duke of Ormonde (1610-1688); created marquis, 1642;
royalist spy in England, 1658; lord high steward at James second’s corona¬
tion; resisted some of James II’s arbitratv acts, 1687.
James: Second Duke of Ormonde (1665-1745); succeeded to dukedom,
1688; present at William Ill’s deathbed; recognized leader of the Jacobites in
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James Armar: (1827-1854); captain in army; educated abroad and at
Sandhurst; ensign, 1843; served in Kaffir War, 1846-47; defended Silistra
against the Russians, 1854.
John: Sixth Earl of Ormonde (d. 1478); knighted before 1460; at¬
tainted, 1461 ; died in Palestine on a Pilgrimage.
John: (d. 1800) ; Roman Catholic bishop of Cork. 1763; embraced Prot¬
estantism, 1787; bequeathed the Sunboyne estate to Maynooth College, D.D.
John: (1717-1802); bishop of Hereford; b. at Hamburg; entered Uni¬
versity College; popular London preacher; chaplain to George III; published
political tracts, sermons and charges.
Joseph; (1692-1752) ; bishop of Durham; dean of St. Paul’s, 1740; clerk
of the closet to the king, 1746; suggested plan for establishing bishops in Ameri¬
can colonies, 1750. His collected works were published in 1S04.
Sir Pierce: Eighth Earl of Ormonde and First Earl of Ossory (d. 1539) ;
active in suppressing Irish rebellion; lord deputy. 1521-; given large grants of
land for helping to suppress Sir Thomas Fitzgerald’s rising.
Pierce: Third Viscount Galmony (1652-1740); colonel in the French
service; colonel of horse; beseiging Londonderry, 1689; created Earl of New¬
castle by James 2d.
Samuel: (1612-1680); satirist; clerk to various puritan justices of the
peace; published an anonymous pamphlet in favor of Stuarts. 1659.
Samuel: (1774-1839) ; bishop of Lichfield, vicar of Kenilworth, 1802;
published atlases and textbooks of ancient and modern geography.
Samuel: (1855-1902); English author; b. in Nottinghamshire; educ. at
Cambridge; was for a while a sheep rancher in New Zealand; was a painter,
composer, scholar, and writer in many fields, but above all a powerful satirist;
is now hailed as the precursor of many of our modern ideas; author of “Ere-
whon,” “Erewhon Revisited” and “The Way of All Flesh.”
Thomas: Earl of Ossory (1634-1680) ; eldest son of James, First Duke of
Ormonde; imprisoned for some months in the Tower as a political suspect,
1655; took part in the attack on the Dutch merchant fleet, 1672: made a cam¬
paign in Flanders, 1677; defended his father in the House of Lords against
Shaftesbury, 1679.
Thomas Hamly: (1762-1823) ; composer; chorister of the Chapel Royal;
studied in Italy; music-master in Edinburgh, 1780-1823.
Weeden, the elder: (1742-1823); miscellaneous writer; solicitor’s clerk;
kept a private school at Chelsea; published biographies and dramatic pieces.
Weeden, the younger: (1773-1831) ; author: preacher in London; master
of his father’s school in Chelsea; published pamphlets.
William: (d. 1410 (?) ) ; writer against Wycliffism. wrote against Eng¬
lish translations of the Bible, 1401 ; lived in the Convent at Reading.
William: (1535-1618); phvsician; M.A., Clare Hall; attended Prince
Henry, 1612.
William Archer: (1814-1848) ; professor of moral philosophy at Dublin,
1837-48; brought up as Roman Catholic; embraced Protestantism; prebendary
of Raphoe, 1837.
William John: (1818-1894) ; dean of Lincoln; vicar of Vantage, 1846;
canon of Worchester, 1880; his “Life and Letters” appeared, 1897.
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Alfred J. Butler: D. Litt.. Oxon: Fellow of Brasenose Coll., Oxford;

b. 1850; s. of late Rev. A. S. Butler. Publications: Amaranth and Asphodel.
Add.: Oxford.
Alfred Trego: M.C., F.S.A.; Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms since 1926;
Secretary to Garter King of Arms since 1919; b. 1850; e. surv. s. of late Robert
Frederick; Editor of Burke’s Peerage. Add.: London.
Major Lord Arthur : M.C., Lancers; b. 1893; yr. s. of 4th Marquess of
Ormonde; educ., Harrow. Add.: London.
Colonel Arthur Graham: D.S.O., 1915; Australian Army Medical
Corps; b., Kilcoy. 1872; s. of \Ym.; educ., St. John’s Coll.; served in European
War. Add.: Royal Military Coll., Australia.
(Arthur) Hugh (Montagu): b. 1873; 2nd s. of late Very Rev. H.
Montague; educ., Harrow and abroad; a clerk in House of Lords.
Lt.-Col. Arthur Townley: C.M.G., 1915; late R.A.; b. 1867; s. of
Philip; entered Army 1886; Lt.-Col., 1913; served S. African War. Club:
Junior United Service.
Lt.-Col. Charles Philtp: D.S.O., 1917; s. of late Hon. Sir Richard;
b. 1880; educ., St. Peter’s Coll.; served S. Africa. Club: Naval and Military.
Sir Cyril Kendan : K.B.E., cr. 1920; J.P. Co. of London and Berk¬
shire; b. 1864; e. s. of Spencer Perceval; educ., Harrow; High Sheriff, Berk¬
shire. Club: Travellers. Add.: London.
Rt. Rev. Edward Cuthbert: M.A.; b., Dublin, 1858; s. of late Edward;
educ., Downside School; entered Benedictine Order, 1876. Publication: St.
Benedict’s Rule. Add.: London.
Edwin John: C.I.E., 1921; D.Sc., M.B., F.R.S., 1926; Director Imperial
Bureau of Mycology; b., Kilkee, Co. Clare, 1874; y. s. of Thomas; educ.,
Queen’s Univ. Add.: London.
(Elizabeth) Lady: painter; d. of late T. J. Thompson; b. Lausanne;
spent years in Italy and studied art in Florence and Rome; exhibited R. A.
Missing, Roll Call, Balaclava, etc. Add.: Gormanston Castle, Meath.
Maj.-Gen. Ernest Reuben Charles: C.B., 1918; C.M.G., 1915;
F.R.G.S.; b. 1855; s. of late James; introduced motor car races, 1900; five
thousand miles in a balloon, 1907. Clubs: Royal Thames Yacht, etc. Add.:
London.
Sir Frederick George Augustus: K.C.M.G., cr. 1920; C.B., 1917;
C.M.G., 1915; Finance Officer, Foreign Office; s. of Rev. A. M.; b. 1873;
Deputy Comptroller General, Department of Overseas Trade, 1917-22. Add.:
London.
Sir Geoffrey: K.B.E., cr. 1919; M.A.; Fellow Corpus Christi Coll.,
Cambridge; M.P. (C.), Cam. Univ., since 1923; Director Employers’ Liability
Assurance Corp.; b., London, 1887; 8th s. of late Spencer B.; educ., Clifton.
Publication: The Tory Tradition. Add.: London.
George Grey: M.A., J.P.; b. 1852; e. s. of late Canon George; educ.,
Cheltenham Coll.; appointed Permanent Examiner to H. M. Civil Service Com¬
missioners, 1876; author of Soldier and Diplomat. Add.: London.
Harold Beresford: C.B., 1919; Deputy Director, International Labour
Office (League of Nations), since 1929; b. 1883; e. s. of A. J.
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1919. Publication: Industrial Relations in the United States. Add.: Geneva.
Harold Edgeworth: Prof, of Latin. London Univ., since 1911; b. 1S78;
s. of Rev. A. G.; educ., Rugby School. Publication: Propertil opera omnia;
The Black Book of Edgeworthstown, etc. Add.: London.
Hon. Henry Cavendish : b. 1S68; 2nd s. of 6th and heir-pres. of 7th Earl
of Lanesborough. Add.: London.
Hugh Myddleton: J.P., M.P. (C.), North Leeds, 1922-23; b. 1857;
s. of Ambrose Edmund; educ.. Yorkshire Coll.; ironmaster and engineer^ mem.
of var. organs., includ. Executive of Federation of Iron and Steel Manufactur¬
ers. Add.: Yorkshire.
J. Bayley: M.B.E., M.A., M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., M.R.I.A.; Prof, of
Zoology, Univ. Coll., Dublin. Add.: Dublin.
James Arthur Wellington Foley: 4th Marquess of Ormonde (cr.
1825) ; 22nd Earl of Ormonde (cr. 1328) ; Baron Ormonde (U. K.), 1821 ; 28th
Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland; b. 1849; s. of 2nd Marquess. S. brother,
1919. State Steward to Earl of Carnarvon when Viceroy of Ireland. Add.:
London.
James Ramsay Montagu: M.A., M.V.O., 1920; O.B.E., Fellow, Lecturer
and Tutor of Trinity Coll.; b. 1889; s. of late Very Rev. H. Montagu; educ.,
Harrow. Publication: The Passing of the Great Reform Bill, 1914. Add.:
Cambridge.
Rev. Lord (James) Theobald (Bagot John) : 3rd s. of 2nd Marquess
of Ormonde; b. 1852; educ., Harrow; Rector of Ulcombe, 1898-1923. Add.:
London.
Brig-Gen. the Hon. Lesley James Probyn: C.M.G., 1917; D.S.O.,
1916; late Irish Guards; Secretary of Devon Territorial Army Assn.; b. 1876;
s. of 26th Baron Dunboyne; served S. Africa, 1899-1900. Add.: Devon.
Matthew Joseph: C.M.G., 1909; LL.B., 1S56; s. of Tobias; educ., Kent
Coll, of Law; 2nd Vice-President and General Manager, Dominion Iron and
Steel Co., and Dominion Coal Co. Club: University. Add.: Canada.
Mildred: A.R.W.S., 1896; y. d. of late Henry; studied painting with late
Paul Naftel, R.W.S.; constant exhibitor at Royal Academy and New Gallery;
mem. of the Society of Lady Artist. Add.: Kilkenny.
Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes: K.C.S.I., cr. 1925; Kt., cr. 1924; M.A.;
C.B., 1916; C.I.E, 1909; C.V.O., 1911 ; C.B.E., 1919; Governor of the Central
Provinces; b. 1873; 3rd s. of late Spencer Perceval; educ., Haileybury; Sect’y
to the Govt, of India, 1922-24; President of Council of State, 1924. Add.:
London.
Lt.-Col. Patrick Richard: D.S.O, 1917; commanding 2nd Batt., Royal
Welch Fusiliers; b., Plymouth, 1880; e. s. of late Lt.-Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir. Wm.;
educ., Stonyhurst; severely wounded in battle of Ypres.
Sir Richard Harte (Lt.-Gen.) Keating: K.C.B., cr. 1919; K.C.M.G.,
cr. 1918; C.B., 1917; b. 1870; s. of Dr. E. R.; educ., Harrow; Maj-Com.
Legion of Honour (C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.B.) ; French Croix de Guerre; Bel¬
gian Croix de Guerre.
Richard Jago: C.B., 1902; late assistant engineer-in-chief, Navy. Add.:
London.
Hon. Richard Layton: Premier, Treasurer and Minister of Railways,
S. Australia, since 1927. Add.: Adelaide, S. Australia.
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1872; s. of 10th Bt.; educ., Harrow and Downton Agricultural Coll.; High
Sheriff; served S. Africa, 1901-02. Add.: London.
Richard William: b., London, 1844; educ., City of London School;
Proofreader on Daily Telegraph, 1871-77; contributor to several journals;
dramatic critic. Add.: London.
Sir (Robert) Reginald (Frederick) : 1st Bart., cr. 1922; b. 1866; s. of
Frederick James; educ., Bedford. Add.: London.
Capt. Hon. Robert Thomas Rowley Probyn : D.S.O., 1918f*M-C.I.A.
S.C., M.T., branch; b. 1882; 3rd s. of 25th Baron Dunboyne; educ., Win¬
chester; served in Indian Army Service Corps, M. T., 1928. Add.: Dorset.
Sir (Spencer) Harcourt: G.C.S.I., cr. 1928; G.C.I.E., cr. 1923; K.C.
S.I., cr. 1911; C.S.I., 1909; C.I.E., 1901; I.C.S.D.Litt., D.C.L., D.L., F.R.
G.S., F.R.S.A., F.Z.S.; Honourable Life Mem. of the American Museum of
Natural History; b. 1869 ; 2nd s. of late Spencer P.; educ., Harrow; asst, col¬
lector and magistrate.
Colonel Stephen Seymour: C.M.G., 1919; D.S.O., 1917; Inspector-
General Royal West African Frontier Force; s. of Rev. G. H.; educ., Win¬
chester; Military Attache, Bucharest, 1923-26; explored north Central Arabia,
1907-08.
Lt.-Col. Sydney George: D.S.O., 1914; late R.A.M.C.; Surgeon P. and
O. Co.; b. 1874; entered Army, 1899.
Thomas: B.A.; Prof, of Latin, Univ. of Sydney, 1891-1920; Fellow of
the Senate. Add.: Sydney.
Captain Sir Thomas Dacres: K.C.V.O., cr. 1918; C.V.O., 1911;
M.V.O., 1904; Secretary to Lord Great Chamberlain; Deputy Black Rod; b.
1845 ; Barrister-at-Law. Add.: Hants.
Thomas Harrison: M.D., Oxford; Ophthalmic Surgeon; b., Stanhope,
1871; s. of Rev. G. W.; educ.. Corpus Christi Coll. Publications: An Illus¬
trated Guide to the Slit-Lamp; many papers in connection with Ophthalmic
Surgery. Add.: London.
Captain Vepnon Saumafez: D.S.O., 1918; R.N.; Commanding Cruiser
Cardiff since 1927; b. 1885; served European War, 1914-18. Club: Army and
Navy.
William F. T.: M.A.; D.Litt.; Asst. Commissioner of Intermediate
Education, Ireland, since 1910; Prof, of Modern Languages. Publication:
Confiscation in Irish History; mem. of var. societies, including Stephen’s Green,
Dublin, Royal Irish.
Brig.-Gen. William John Chesshire: C. B., 1918; retired pay; b. 1864;
s. of Philip; educ., Christ Church. Add.: London.
Lt.-Col. William Mahony: D.S.O., 1919; s. of John; b. 1876; educ.,
Clongowes Wood Coll.; served S. Africa, 1900-02; European War, 1914-19.
Add.: Kilkenny.
Sir William Waters: 1st Bt., cr. 1926; F.C.S., F.R. Met. Soc.; Man¬
aging Director and Chairman, Mitchells and Butlers, Ltd.; b. 1866; educ., King
Edward’s School. Add.: London.

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Sentinel Butler Family

James: I, KING OF SCOTLAND, father of

Princess Janet Stuart: m. (second) James Douglas, Earl of Morton. Their
dau. was
Lady Janet Douglas: m. Thomas, 9th Lord Erskine, Earl of Mar.
Lady Mary Erskine: m. William Livingston, of Kilsyth.
William Livingston: d. 1540.
William Livingston: d. 1513.
William Livingston : of Kilsyth, father of:
Barbara Livingston: m. Rev. Alexander, Minister of Monyabrook, Sterling-
shire.
Rev. William Livingston: Minister at Lanark.
Rev. John Livingston: b. 1603, d. 1672; Chaplain to Countess of Wigton.
Robert Livingston: b. 1651, d. 1728; came to America in 1676; purchased
land in New York; mem. and Speaker of Provincial Assembly, 1718-25.
Gilbert Livingston: of Chester Co., N. Y.; m. Cornelia Beekman.
James Livingston: of Poughkeepsie; in. Judith Newcomb.
Gilbert Jones Livingston: of Poughkeepsie; m. Susannah Gilbert.
Judith Livingston: m. SAMUEL BUTLER, of Columbus, Ohio.

Butler Family of New Orleans

Edward I, KING OF ENGLAND, father of

Princess Joan d’Arce: m. Gilbert, Earl of Clare. Their dau. was
Lady Margaret de Clare: m. secondly, Hugh, second Baron d’Audley.
Lady Margaret d’Audley : m. Ralph de Stafford, K.G.
Hugh de Stafford: 2nd Earl of Stafford.
Lady Margaret Stafford: m. Sir Ralph de Neville, K.G.
Lady Margaret Neville: m. Richard, 3rd Lord Scrope.
Sir Henry: 4th Lord Scrope, of Bolton.
Lady Elizabeth Scrope: m. Oliver St. John, of Lydiard Tregoze. direct de¬
scendant (13 generations removed) of Henry I, KING OF FRANCE.
Sir John St. John: m. Lady Joan Iwardby, of Farley. One of their de¬
scendants ( 5 generations removed) was:
Lady Anne St. John: m. Sir Francis Henry Lee, d. 1641.
Sir Edward Lee, Bart.: 1st Earl of Litchfield.
Lady Charlotte Lee: rri., 1698, Benedict Leonard Calvert, 5th Lord Balti¬
more.
Benedict Leonard Calvert: b. 1700, d. 1752; Governor of Maryland.
Eleanor Calvert: d. 1814; m. 1774, John Parke Custis, stepson of Pres.
George Washington.
Eleanor Parke Custis: b. 1779; rn. 1799, Lawrence Lewis of “Woodlawn.”
Fairfax Co., Va., the adopted son of President Washington.
(1) Lorenzo Lewis, of Clarke Co., Va.
(2) Mrs. Conrad, of New Orleans.
(3) MRS. BUTLER, of New Orleans.

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G132 NICHOLAS BUTLER: b., England, about 1590; lived successively in

Canterbury, Ashford, and Eastwell; emigrated to America, living first in
Dorchester, Mass., and later in Edgartown; m., first, Mary Cottervvell, by
whom he had 3 girls; m., secondly, Joyce Baker, b. May 30, 1602. Issue
by 2nd w.: John (b. 1624), Henry, Lydia, Thomas.
G133 John Butler: b., Ashton, Kent, 1624; d., Edgartown, Mass., 1658; m.
Mary Lynde, b. 1628, of Charlestown, Mass. Ch.: John (b. T651), Mary
(b. 1652), Thomas (b. 1654), Joseph (b. 1656), Hannah (b. 1658).
G134 John Butler: b. 1651, Dorchester, Mass.; Coroner, Edgartown, Mass.,
1703; m. Priscilla Norton, b. 1655. Ch.: Henry (b. 1672), John (b.
1674), Thomas (b. 1676), Nicholas (b. 1678), Joyce (b. 1680), Samuel
(b. 1682), Onesimas (b. 1684), Simeon (b. 1685), Zephaniah (b. 1687),
Malachi (b. 1689), Priscilla (b. 1691), Gamaliel (b. 1693).
G135 Simeon Butler: b. 1685; m. Sept. 11, 1712, at Roxbury, Mass., Hannah
Cheny, b. 1688. Residence, Oak Bluffs, Marthys Vineyard, Mass. Ch.:
Elijah (b. 1713), Henry (b. 1716), Hannah (b. 17*19), Thomas (b.
1721), Ebenezer (b. 1723), and 4 other daughters.
G136 Elijah Butler: b. May 16, 1713; d. Apr. 5, 1738; m. Thankful Smith
(b. 1718, d. 1797) : lived at Oak Bluffs. Ch.: Elijah (b. 1738), Abigal
(b. 1740), Elizabeth (b. 1743), Henry (b. 1746), Zebulon (b. 1748),
Mary (b. 1751), Thankful (b. 1753), Deborah (b. 1759).
G137 Henry Butler: b. 1746; m. Mehitable Norton, b. 1750; lived at New
Vineyard, Me., after 1790. Ch.: Peter (b. 1771), Abigal, Deborah,
Sarah, Martha, Henry, Elijah, Asa H., Joseph, Josiah.
G138 Peter Butler: b. Nov. 8, 1771 ; m., 1st, 1798, at New Vineyard, Roda
Merry, of Tisbury, Mass. Ch.: Philander (b. 1800), Henry (b. 1807),
David (b. 1809), and 9 other children by 1st marriage. 2 ch. by 2nd
marriage.
G139 Henry Butler: b. 1807; m. Alice M. Pendexter; was a lawyer and
Methodist minister for 17 years.
(1) George Pendexter: b. Sept. 14, 1838; m. Ellen E. Rollins, 1859.
(A) Fred Stanley: b., New Gloucester, 1860; was a draughtsman,
millwright and insurance inspector; m. Anna M. Hampton,
1883, at Chester, Ind. Issue.
(B) Henry C.: rn. Lucy Ross, of Auburn, Me.
(a) Arthur: b. about 1865; educated at Univ. of Pa.; was
physician and surgeon in Pittsburgh; m. Miss Nan Biber
about 1888.
1. Eleanor: m. Mr. Menold, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Issue.
2. Henry; unm.; was through World War with marines.
(b) Edith: b. about 1870; m. Major Alexander, of Winston-
Salem, N. C. Issue.
(C) Edward Clarence: rn. Mary Hayes about 1869.
(a) Alice.
(b) William Hayes: m. Idella Wilson in North Dakota.
1. Edward.
2. Francis.
(D) John D.; b. Jan., 1847; d. unm.

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H140 DEACON RICHARD BUTLER: came from Braintree, County Essex,
England, in 1632; settled in Cambridge. Mass.; one of first settlers of
Hartford, Conn., with Thomas Hooker, 1634; Deacon of First Church
there; m. Elizabeth Bigelow.
H141 Joseph Butler: b. 1648 at Hartford, Conn.; d. 1732; m. (2) Mar¬
garet
H142 Charles Butler: b. 1715: d. 1785; m. Lucy Bulkelev.
H143 Stephen Butler: b. 1764, Stepney, Conn.; d. at sea 1803; m. Ruth
Russell.
H144 Cyrus Butler: b. 1798 at Rocky Hill, Conn.; m. Julia Ann Steel "San¬
ger, of Hingham, Mass., 1638; among first settlers of Norwalk, Ohio,
about 1820; d. 1844.
H145 Cyrus Butler, Jr.: b. 1829, Norwalk, Ohio; m. Marion Webb Beards¬
ley of St. Albans, Yt.; d. 1890, New York City.
H146 Morton Butler: b. Feb. 2, 1859, New York City; m. Julia S. Petti-
bone, of Buffalo, N. Y.; d. Dec. 10, 1927, at Evanston, Ill.
(1) Gerald Morton: b. June 12. 1885, Buffalo, N. Y.; 1. at Hubbard
Woods, Ill.; m. June 1, 1922, Josephine H. Dole.
(A) Joan Cornelia: b. May 28, 1923.
(B) Gerald Morton, Jr.: b. Julv 31, 1925.
(C) Julia Morton: b. July 13, 1928.
(2) Donald: b. April 5. 1887. Buffalo, N. Y.; 1. at Evanston, Ill.; m.
Nov. 1, 1913, Katharine Harper.
(A) Barbara Harper: b. Sept. 2, 1914.
(B) Katharine: b. Oct. 2, 1918.
(C) Donald, Jr.: b. Dec. 1. 1925.
(3) Nora: b. Oct. 16, 1888, Chicago, Ill.; ni. Edward Larned Ryerson,
Jr., of Chicago; 1. at Chicago.
(A) Nora: b. Sept. 10, 1916.
(B) Edward: b. Dec. 11, 1918.
(C) Morton: b. June 28. 1922.
(4) John Meigs: b. Dec. 6, 1892, Evanston, Ill.; m. Dec. 22, 1917, Mar¬
garet Converse; 1. at Evanston.
(A) John Meigs, Jr.: b. Feb. 11, 1919.
(B) Morton: b. April 25, 1920.
(C) Betty: b. Nov. 30. 1921.
(D) William Converse: b. April 22, 1926.

1147 JOHN BUTLER: 1677, Woburn, Mass.; his father settled in Lancaster,
Mass., 1659; d. 1759; styled as Deacon in the records of Hudson and
Pelham.
(2) John: 1706; m. (1) Mary Hamblet, (2) Ruth Wyman.
(B) John: 1738; m. Mary Greely.
(a) Asa: 1781; m. Rebecca Gould.
1. Asa: 1810; m. Phebe Roby.
2. John: 1814; m. Rebecca Mclntire.
(d) Henry: 1787; m. Abigail Temple, of Pottsdam, N. Y.
1. Mary. 2. Lucy. 3. Betsey. 4. William. 5. Joel.
(f) Joel: 1791; m. Deborah Gage.
1. James: 1824; m. Sarah J. Steele; 4 ch.
2. Henrv: 1826; m. Belinda Smith; 4 ch.
(g) Richard': 1793-1847; m. Sally W. Jones.
2. Charles: 1822-1889; m. 3 times.

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6. Sylvester: 1831 ; in. Sarah Smith; 1 ch.
7. Eliphalet: 1834; m. Ellen Townsend; 1 ch.
(h) Joshua: 1796-1879; m. Presis Gage.
4. Davis: 1832-1887; m. Augusta A. Rand; 3 ch.
(i) James: 1799-1881; m. Mary E. Burdett.
1. James: 1727; m. Sarah Maria Billings; 7 ch.
(D) David: 1743; m. Rebecca Chase.
(b) Davis: 1776; m. Pollv Chickering.
1, Oliver Deane; 2, Maria; 3. Abigail; 4, Mary or Sarah;
5, Rebecca ; 6, Fanny ; 7, .David.
(d) Enoch: 1782; m. Susanna Marsh.
1. Warren Aldrich: 1811-1885; m. Eliza Chaplin; 2 ch.
(E) Jonathan: 1756; m. Sarah Tarbox.
(g) Darius: 1805-1850; m. Laura S. Whitacher: 5 ch.
(3) Samuel: 1708;m. (1) Mary Wright, (2) Elizabeth Johnson.
(B) Caleb: 1741-1815; m. Rebecca Frost.
(a) Benjamin: 1767; m. Lydia Paige.
3. Benjamin: 1800-1882; m. Cyrene Brett; 1 ch.
5. Caleb P.: b. Minot, Me., 1S05-1899; m. Sarah N.
Lord; 9 ch.
(c) Samuel: d. 1833; m. (1) Clarissa Buck, (2) Hannah
Lund.
3. Luther: 1803; m. Abigail Chamberlain; 6 ch.
6. Clavin: 1810; m. Eliza Peck; graduate of Dartmouth,
(k) Phineas: 1791-1837; m. (1) Sarah Barker, (2) Betsey
Wyman.
1. Benjamin: 1819-1886; m. Cornelia Little, 1 ch., who
removed to Germany.
(5) Joseph: 1713; m. (1) Abigail Nourse, (2) Hannah Gragg, (3)
Mary Ladd.
(B) Nehemiah: 1749; m. Lydia Wood.
(c) Nehemiah: 1776; m. Olive Davis.
2. Asa D.: 1806; m. Mary Gregg; 5 ch.
7. Nehemiah: 1824: m. Mary Gage; 4 ch.
(e) Joshia: 1779; m. Hannah Jenness; member of Congress
1820.
1. DeWitt Clinton: 1812-1894; m. Mary A. Tucker; 4 ch.
2. Horace: 1814; m. (1) Caroline Crane, (2) Sarah
Morse.
(C) Gideon: 1751 ; m. Mary Rogers.
(b) Joseph: 1779; m. Hannah Butler.
1, Mary; 2, Daniel; 3, Ira; 4, Catherine; 5, Moses; 6,
Martha; 7, Josiah; 8, Abigail; 9, Henry; 10, Jesse; 11,
George Calvin.
(E) Jesse: 1757; m. (1) Molly Greely, (2) Mehitable Duty.
(c) Moody: m. (1) Sally Dustin, (2) Lydia Burtt.
3. John Dustin: 1809-1887; m. Mary Burnham.
5. William D.: 1813; m. Elemine Stow; 3 ch.
10. Hyman Blanchard: 1827; m. Millicent K. Daggett; 5
ch.
(I) Elijah: 1765; m. Lydia Fifield; resided Ware, N. Y.

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N. H.;7ch.
(b) William: 1793; m. Miss Darling; 3 ch.
(8) Jacob: 1718; m. Marry Eames.
(A) Jacob: 1747; m. Sally Morgan.
(e) Jacob: 1782; m. Abigail Butler; 6 ch.
(B) Daniel: 1748-1831: m. Molly Tenney.
(a) Dole: 1777-1862; m. Delilah Butler; rem. to Galena, Ill.,
in 1836, then to Madison, Wis.; was the first Postmaster
of Portland, Ore.
1. Dole: 1800-1829; m. Edna Dodge; 3 ch.
6. Joseph Bradley Varnum: 1809; m. Elizabeth Ingalls;
crossed the plains with an ox team 1849; he was the
first postmaster of Portland, Ore.; 10 ch.
(g) Manly: 1788-1849; m. Sarah Hamblet.
1. Manly Orville: 1812; m. (1) Elizabeth Howe, (2)
Julia Mendum; 13 ch.
3. David: 1814-1895; m. (1) Eliza Trull, (2) Susan Cut¬
ler ; 2 ch.
6. Charles Varnum: 1820-1883; m. Laura Jewett; 5 ch.
(F) Jonathan: 1762; m. Rebecca Hardy; 3 ch.

J148 JOHN BUTLER: Lived in Bedminster, Somersetshire, near Bristol,

England; m.. May 1. 1703, Bersheba Noble, b. in 1672.
(1) Noble Butler: b. March 4, 1704, Bedminster, England ; d. in Chester
County, Pa., 1801 ; m. Rachel Jones, Oct. 18, 1727.
(A) Noble, Jr.: b. Dec. 27, 1739; d. May 5, 1799; m. Susannah
Beale in 1763.
(a) Beale: b. June 1, 1766, in N. Car. or Ga.; d. June 12, 1842,
in Indiana ; m. Mary Stubbs.
1. William: b. June 22, 1798, in Georgia; m. Nancy
Haynes of N. Car.
A Beale: b. Tulv, 1838, in Indiana; m. Letitia Smith in
1859; d. Oct', 1905.
a D. Clinton: b. Nov. 10, 1862. in Indiana; m. An¬
nette Campbell, June 12, 1888. Add.: Hunting-
ton. Ind.
(I) Kenneth Dran: b. June 20, 1889.
(II) Mildred Grav: b. Sept. 6, 1890.
(III) Ben Irvin : b.'Feb. 1, 1897.
(IV) Melville Clinton: b. May 20, 1898.

K149 THOMAS BUTLER: b. 1674, Berwick, Me.

(1) Thomas: b. S. Berwick, 1698; elected Constable 1725; d. 1759. Had
with other issue:
(A) Samuel: d. 1799; m. Lvdia Kimball, of Dover, N. H.
(a) Ichabod; b. 1758.'
(b) Samuel: b. S. Berwick, 1760; d. 1843; 1 ch. by (2) mar¬
riage.
(c) Nehemiah: b. S. Berwick, 1762; d. 1851; 3 ch.
(e) Ephraim: b. 1766; 1 ch.
(i) Robert: b. 1778; d. 1855; 1 ch.

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(C) Moses: d. 1823; m. Keziah Nason; served in the war for inde¬
pendence.
(a) Thomas: b. 1765.
(c) Moses: b. 1769; 1 ch.
(d) William G.: b. 1771; 1 ch.
(f) Ichabod: b. 1775; d. 1847; trader; 1 ch.
(g) Benjamin: b. 1777; 1 ch.
(h) Nathan: b. 1779; 3 ch.
(j) James: 1783-1856; 2 ch.
(2) Moses: b. 1702; in. Mercy Wentworth, of Dover, N. H. —
(D) John.
(E) Moses.
(F) Thomas: Was a soldier in the army of the Revolution.
(d) Nathaniel: 1762-1841.
(e) Thomas: 3 ch.
(1) William: d. 1838; 2 ch.
(G) Charles: Was soldier in the army of the Revolution. Elected
Constable of Salmon Falls, N. H., 1773.
(b) Joseph: 1761-1826; moved to Sanford, Me., 1795.
(d) Moses: 1766-1850.
(e) James.

L150 JONATHAN BUTLER: b. New London, Conn., 1700; m. Temperance

Buckingham, grandau. of Daniel Buckingham, the Puritan settler. Had
Jonathan, Elnathan, Stephen, John, Charles, Temperance, Anne, Sarah,
Hester and
L151 Ezekiel Butler: b. 1734; m. Mabel Jones, dau. of Col. John Jones, one
of the Regicides. Had Ezekiel, Elias, Mabel, Temperance, John, Mary,
William and
L152 Medad Butler: b. Brandford, Conn., 1766; d. N. Y. C., 1847; m. Han¬
nah Tylee; ch. all b. Kinderhook Landing, N. Y.
(1) Benjamin Franklin: b. 1795; d. 1858, Paris, France; m. Harriet
Allen. Had 8 ch., including
(A) William Allen: b. Albany, N. Y., 1825; d. Yonkers. N. Y.,
1902. 10 ch.
(B) Benjamin F., Jr.: b. Albany, N. Y., 1830; d. N. Y. C., 1884.
8 ch.
(2) Walter Tylee: b. 1797; d. 1798.
(3) Walrer: b. 1798; d. 1851; m. Maria Van Alen, 1823; had 12 ch.,
including
(A) Benjamin Franklin: b. 1831 ; d. 1876. 2 ch.
(B) Walter: b. 1835; d. 1836.
(C) Walter: b. 1841.
(D) James Van Alen: b. 1843; d. 1903.
(E) Charles Medad: b. 1845; d. 1845.
(F) Charles: b. 1846; d. 1848.
(4) Charles: b. 1800; d. 1801.
(5) Charles: b. 1802; d. 1897; m. Abigail Ogden.
1. Abraham Ogden: b. 1832; d. 1856.
2. Emily Ogden: b. 1840.
3. Eliza Anna: b. 1843; d. 1877.
(6) Clarissa Tylee: b. 1805; d. 1875. 8 ch.

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(8) Cornelia Hannah: b. 1814; d. 1892. 2 ch.

Ml53 MR. BUTLER : of Ireland.

(1) Major General Richard: most distinguished of the Butler family in
America, in the eighteenth century.
(A) Lieut. William: 1783; served in the U. S. Navy and d. early
in the War of 1812. _
(B) Capt. James Richard: served in the War of 1812; m. Anna
Wilkins.
(a) Trevania Dallas Thompson.
(b) Richard Biddle: went to Calif, in 1850; m. Emily Rose-
lina.
(2) Colonel William: b. in London, 1745; d. in Pittsburgh, Pa., 1789;
m. Jane Carmichael. No male issue.
(3) Colonel Thomas: b. in the Parish of St. Bridget, Dublin, 1748; m.
Sarah Jane Semple.
(A) Thomas: 1785; Judge of Criminal Court, Bayou Sara, La.; m.
Nancy Ellis.
(a) Pierce: m. Miss Sterling.
1. James: m. Miss Harrison. Ch.: Pierce (1873) ; James
(1880).
2. Thomas: m. Miss Fort.
(b) Richard: m. Miss Carr.
(c) Robert: m. Miss Burthe. Ch.: Edward (m. Annie Law-
rason, and had a son, Edward Lawrason).
(d) William: b. 1790; m. Patsy Hays.
1. William Ormond: b. 1816; m. Martha Ann Hale.
A William (1841).
(B) Adjutant General Robert: 1786-1860; m. Rachel Hayes.
(a) Robert Hays: 1813-1873.
(4) General Percival (or Pierce) : m. Mildred Hawkins.
(A) Thomas Langford: b. 1789; served in the War of 1812; m. his
cousin, Sarah Hawkins. Ch.: Percival.
(B) Richard Parker: 1792-1885; soldier, planter, politician; served
in the War of 1812; m. Pauline Bullock.
(C) Pierce: 1794-1851 ; m. Eliza Sarah Allen.
(a) John Russell: 1823-1884; served in Mexican and Civil
wars; m. Jane Short; in the Confederate service.
1. Pierce: b. 1858; m. Roberta Boyle.
A William O. (1879).
B Pichard Percival (1883).

N154 PATRICK BUTLER: b. 1730 in Ireland; came to Lebanon, Conn.,

about 1750; m. Mercy Barlett on Dec. 16, 1756; d. Aug. 7, 1813.
(1) Chandler: b. 1757; d. y.
(2) John: b. 1759; m. about 1779 to Anna Easton; d. Sept., 1819.
(A) Anna: b. 1779; m. 1798 to Joseph Sprague.
(B) Lemuel: b. 1781 ; m. (1) Elizabeth Olmstead; in. (2) Olive P.
Rockwell.
(C) William: b. 1782; m. Jemina Pitken.

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(E) Harriett: b. 1786; d. y.
(F) James Chandler: b. 17SS; m. Jerusha McKinney.
(G) Rev. Charles Frederick: b. 1790; m. 1817 to Amanda Rundle.
(H) Maj. John Bartlett: b. 1793; m. 1821 to Catherine Selina Gaz-
zam, of Pittsburgh; newspaper owner and editor; canal commis¬
sioner; had command of Allegheny Arsenal for 15 y2 years in Pa.
(a) Charles Junius: b. 1822; m. Margaret Lansing.
(b) Joseph Curran: b. 1823 ; m. 1847 to Alice Bryant Laverty ;
d. 1873 at Cincinnati; President of Lafayette Bank for
many years.
1. Kenny Laverty: b. 1S55; m. 1892 to Alfreda Fortiner.
Add.: Easton, Md.
A Eleanor: b. April 5, 1893; d. April 19, 1907.
B Bryant Ormond: b. Aug. 23, 1898.
C Beatrice Viola: b. Oct. 25, 1899; m. Sept. 2, 1922,
to George Gerald Day.
a Laura Geraldine: b. and d. 1923.
b Dorothy Geraldine: b. Feb. 24, 1924.
(c) Anne Frances: b. 1825; m. Dr. Joseph Walter.
(d) Harriett Elizabeth: b. 1827; d. 1922; m. Samuel Mc¬
Millan.
(e) Sarah Prudence: b. 1829; d. 1852; m. Loomis.
(f) Catherine Aurelia: b. 1832; d. 1858; d. unm.
(g) Richard Audley: b. 1834; d. 1907; m. Lydia Davis.
(h) Caroline Sydney; b. 183S; d. 1929; m. Dr. David Day.
(i) Br. General John Gassam: b. 1842; d. 1915; m. Lillian
Warnock.
(j) Alice Olmstead: b. 1845; d. 1923; m. Joseph Tilden.
(3) Molly: b. 1761 ; m. 1790 to Daniel Tillottson.
(4) Chandler: b. 1763; d. unm.
(5) James: b. 1770; m. (1) Esther Smith; m. (2) Widow Anna Sey¬
mour.
(6) Lois: b. 1773; d. unm.
(7) Henrietta: b. 1774; m. (1) Otis Bigelow; m. (2) Asa Church.
(8) Patrick: b. 1776; d. unm.

0155 THOMAS BUTLER : 1740-1832 ; m. Ann Dalrymple; iron foundryman.

(1) James: 1766; m. Margaret Brown.
(A) Thomas: 1795-1863.
(B) Samuel: 1800-1856; m. Liddy Low.
(a) Thomas: 1828; m. Margaret De Haas.
1. Burdign Blake: 1854.
2. Americus: 1856.
3. Thomas Franklin: 1863.
(b) James, (c) Burdign, (d) Webers.
(2) Thomas, Jr.: 1769; a twin.
(3) Joseph: 1779; m. Esther Green; served in the War of 1812; sheriff
of Center County, Pennsylvania, 1821.
(A) Joseph Green: 1814-1895; m. Temperance Orwig.
(a) Ithamar Marion: 1836-1907; m. Virginia Martha Orwig.
1. Joseph Marion: 1858; m. Mima Ashbaugh.
2. Miles Everett: 1862; m. Emma McCully.
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(b) Miles Green: 1838-1892; m. Elizabeth Battles.
1. Charles William: 1863; a merchant in Ohio.
2. Irwin Edward: 1868.
3. James Porter: 1873.
(c) Joseph Green: 1840; m. Harriet Yoorhees Ingersol.
1. Henry Audubon: 1872; m. Grace Heath.
A Joseph Green: 1900.
(d) James Irwin: 1843; m. Elizabeth Lyons.
(e) Edward Steven: 1846; m. Pauline Bardwell.
(f) James Ward: 1852; m. Addie Clarmore; in. (2) Alice
Miller.
1. Edwin James: served in Spanish-American War; m.
Augusta Hawkins.
A Edwin.
(B) Edwdn Ruthven : 1826-1879; m. Dorcas Manful. Ch.: William
Lawrence (1854), Edwin Ruthven. Jr. (1864).
(C) Thadeus Parker: m. Lizzie Steele. Ch.: Albert Clifton (1859) ;
LeRoy Kells (1860-1885). .
(4) John: 1781-1855; forge builder; m. Rebecca Snyder. Ch.: Thomas,
John, James.
(5) David: 1783-1863; m. Catharine Householder. Ch.: John, Thomas,
David.

00155 WILLIAM BUTLER: a Revolutionary soldier: 1743-1799; b. in Ire¬

land, two miles from Dublin; d. in Crawford Co., Pennsylvania.
(1) James: 1770-1835; m. Martha Clarke.
(A) William: d. 1896.
(a) John: served in the Civil War; d. unm.
(b) Albert: an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Ch.:
George E. (architect), William W., Richard K.
(B) Caleb: served in the Civil War. Ch.: William, Elmer, Jesse.
(C) Jesse: Ch.: William J.. John D. (Jesse, Earl), Albert, Ira.
(D) Washington: served in the Civil War. Ch.: Henry L. (Law¬
rence, George Washington, Robert, Oltus), George (Washing¬
ton, Reuben, George).
(2) William: m. Sally Dias, 1815; m. (2) Elizabeth McMurty.
(A) Samuel: Ch.: Alexander, John C., Richard, Samuel M., George
W.
(B) Joseph M.: Ch.: George.
(C) William David: m. Mary Jane Morton; m. (2) Ellen Ritchie.
(a) William Morton: Princeton, 1877; 4 daus.
(b) Craig Ritchie; (c) Archibald Reynolds.

P156 JONATHAN BUTLER: served in the Revolutionary War; m. Lois

Kidder.
(1) William: b. April 22, 1805, at Landeborough, Hillsboro County,
N. H.; graduated with the degree of M.D. from Dartmouth in 1830;
settled in Maine, Broome County, N. Y.; m. (1) to Nancy Smith;
m. (2) to Ximenia Payne; had with other issue by first marriage the
following:
(A) William Morris: b. March 26, 1850, at Maine, N. Y.; grad¬
uated from Hamilton College in 1870 with the degree of B.A.;
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Surgeons in 1S73; m. Mary Elizabeth Bradford; 1. in Brook¬
lyn, N. Y.; m. (2) Anna Clarke; m. (3) Ann Pell.
(a) Bradford: b. at Middletown, N. Y., on Sept. 22, 1880;
graduated from Amherst College in 1901, and from Har¬
vard Law School in 1905; served in the Rainbow Division
of the American Expeditionary Forces as a Major; re¬
sumed law in New York City; m. (1) on June 26, 1907,
to Alice A. Blair; m. (2) Harriet Helen Van Vleet; m.
(3) Gertrude Lyons Cruse; 1. in Brooklyn, N. Y.
1. Bradford, Jr.: b. Oct. 26, 1911; a member of the class
of 1932 at Yale; (2) marriage.
2. Jean Marie: b. April 14, 1921 ; (2) marriage.
3. Patricia: b. Aug. 23, 1928; (3) marriage.

Q157 THOMAS BUTLER: b. in England; came to America later; a black¬

smith by trade; m. Margaret Parks, of Huntingdon Co., Pa.: ch.:
(1) James
(2) Robert
(3) Arthur
(4) Margaret
(5) Fannie
(6) Thomas: b. April 8,. 1801, at Flemingsburg, Ky.; d. Oct. 13, 1881,
on his farm in Indiana; m. Elizabeth Shannon on Feb. 24, 1829.
Had with other issue the following:
(A) James: b. June 17, 1830, d. April 7, 1917.
(B) Alexander Shannon: b. May 12, 1832; d. Jan. 28, 1925; was a
veteran of the Civil War.
(C) Thomas Scott: b. Oct. 29, 1837; d. Jan. 24, 1894.
(D) William Parks: b. June 11, 1840; d. Feb. 7, 1851.
(E) John: b. Oct. 29, 1850; d. in 1927.
(F) Robert Wallace: b. July 6, 1834; d. Jan. 13, 1923; m. Jemina
Anne Meek, of Decatur Co., Ind.
(a) William Marshall: b. Oct. 27, 1861 ; a teacher, writer and
a United Presbyterian Minister, retired; m. Ella R. White,
of Dayton, Ohio, on April 10, 1889. Add.: 32 W. Con-
shohocken Road, Bala, Pa.
l. Harold White: b. at Martin, Mich., Jan. 13, 1890; m.
Ruth Bowerman, of Springfield, Ill., on Sept. 8, 1914;
1. with father.
(b) Thomas Meek: b. March 12, 1866; d. in Chicago, Aug.
18, 1922; a lawyer by profession; m. Matilda Bachmanat,
of Noblesville, Ind.
(c) Casper: b. Jan. 12, 1872; 1. at Kokomo, Ind.; he is a sales¬
man, farmer and author of “The Newer Dupensation”;
m. Maude McKenzie, of Kokomo, Ind.
(d) Seth Butler: is married and a farmer at Atlanta, Ind.

R158 HENRY BUTLER: b., New Haven, Conn., April 17, 1789; d. in
Wyoming, Ill., Aug. 2. 1864; m. Rebecca Green (1788-1865), New
Haven, Conn., 1806. Ch.: 2, George Bement (1809-1886); 3, Samuel
Green (1811-1885); 4, William Henry (1811-1885); 7, Charles E.
(1818); 9, Albert B. (1824).

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12, George Bement (1S3S); 13, Edward Marchant (1839); 14,
Henry Percival (1S44), 15, Charles (1846-1848).
3. Samuel Green: m. Sarah Lucretia. Ch.:
17, George Frederick (1841) ; 19, John Parker (1848) ; 20, Samuel
Stewart (1851).
4. William Henry: m. Mary Fuller. Ch.:
23, Sidney Doan (1844) ; 27, Albert Edward (1863).
7. Charles E.; m. Louisa Clinch; m. (2) Susan Rilley Sedgwickr Ch.:
40. Prescott Hall (1848) ; 41, Maxwell Evans (1850), 43, Charles
Sedgwick (1856-1866) ; 45, Robert Sedgwick (1861-1866).
9. Albert B.: m. Catherine Atherton. Ch.:
57, Thomas H. (1853).
12. George Bement, Jr.: m. Concretta Maria Salvia. Ch.:
61, Louis Philip (1876); 62, Charles Edward (1878-1892); 63(
Harry (1879) ; 64, Thomas Madden (1883).
13. Edward Marchant: m. Helen Belden Crosby. Ch.:
66, Howard Crosby (1870) ; 67, Stewart Belden (1873).
19. John Parker: m. Eliza Jane Esken. Ch.:
70, George Frederick (1890) ; 71, Charles Henry (1892).
23. Sidney Doan: m. Emma Eliza Cox. Ch.:
75. Arthur Eugene (1869j ; 76, Harry Doan (1871); 77, William
Henry (1873) ; 80, Benjamin Franklin (1885).
27. Albert Edward : m. Myrtle Greenamyer. Ch.:
82, Leland Maxwell (1894).
40. Prescott Hall: m. Cornelia Stewart Smith, Ch.:
90. Lawrence Smith (1875) ; 91, Charles Stewart (1876).

S159 JOSEPH BUTLER: m. Willeford J. Rabb, dau. of William Rabb and

his wife, Hannah (James) Rabb, in Richmond County, Georgia, July
30, 1823.
(1) Judith: b. 1825; m. Huey Henderson, 1840, in Montgomery County
^\.l^tj(irr] 3.
(2) John William M.: b. Dec. 5, 1825; m. Polly Henderson, Dec. 3,
1848, in Pike County, Alabama.
(A) William Allen: b. August 30, 1849; m. Louise Eiland, Dec.
16, 1880, Cranshaw County, Alabama.
(a) Stephen Clarence: b. Feb. 19, 1885; m. Mary Elizabeth
Cooper, Dec. 24, 1915, Crenshaw Co., Alabama.
1. Clarence Cooper: b. Jan. 29, 1917.
2. Jack Allen: b. March 10, 1923.
3. Mary Sue: b. Feb. 28, 1926.
(b) William Allen: b. July 1, 1887; m. Amy Wilson, Pike
County, Alabama, Aug. 13, 1911.
1. Hazel: b. June 8, 1912.
2. Suzie: b. May 4, 1914.
(c) Berry H.: b. July 16, 1890; m. Celestia Sanders, Oct. 20,
1920, in Crenshaw County, Alabama.
1. Elizabeth: b. May 20, 1922.
2. Joseph Eugene: b. Oct. 12, 1923.
3. William Allen: b. Aug. 23, 1926.
4. Jimmie Louise: b. July 17, 1928.

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Oct. 30, 1921, Montgomery, Alabama; is the Adjutant
General of the State of Alabama.
1. Harrison Martin: b. Sept. 16, 1922.
2. Eugenia: b. Aug. 30, 1927.
(B) Huey H.
(C) Mary
(D) Zelphia
(E) James
(F) Lonie
(G) John
(H) Winifred
(I) Thomas
(3) Nancy
(4) James

T160 STEPHEN BUTLER: b. Nov. 10. 1832, at Nelson Flats, Madison

County, N. Y.; d. July 6, 1900, at Kingfisher, Okla.; m. Amanda M.
Martin at Council Bluff, Iowa; served in the Nebraska Cavalry during
the Civil War. Ch.:
(1) Preston: m., wife deceased; no ch.
(2) Kate: m. Thomas Smith ; 4 ch.
(3) Irene: m. Lyman Sorden; 2 ch.
(4) Charles Van: b. Sept. 10, 1863, in Neb.; d. July 8, 1904, at Joplin,
Mo.; m. Catherine Pulvermaker Feb. 5, 1885, at Girard, Kansas;
ch.:
(A) Claude Lewellen: b. Feb. 16, 18S6, at Smith Center, Kansas;
m. Alice A. Bottenfield, May 8, 1910. Ch.:
(a) Alice Katherine: b. Aug. 10, 1914. at Kansas City, Mo.
(B) Ralph Thaddeus: b. Oct. 5. 1887, at Smith Center, Kansas; m.
Esthel Keller, June 4, 1927, at Joplin, Mo. Add.: Joplin, Mo.

U161 JOHN BUTLER: Was a Virginia Quaker; rn. Sybil Plackett of one of
the Carolinas; moved to Marion, Indiana. Ch.:
(1) Edward E.
(2) Frederick Kay: lived with uncle after parents’ deaths at Weeping
Water, Neb.; in 1903 he graduated from Doane College, Crete, Neb.;
went to Seattle, Wash., in 1904; m. Florence Ida Hassell on July 3,
1907; d. Jan. 26, 1929; an employee of U. S. Post Office for 22
years.
(A) Florence Mildred: b. Jan. 20, 1909; m. to Earl Winfield Pier¬
son, of Vashon, Wash., on March 31, 1929.
(B) Dorothy Elizabeth: b. April 20, 1913. Add.: 9275 46th St.,
Seattle, Wash.
(3) Carl L.
(4) Edna.

V162 STEPHEN BUTLER: d. Boston. He had James (d. 1665), who had
James (1688, d. Boston), who had James (1713, d. Boston), who had
James (1739, d. Oxford, Mass.), who had James Davie, Anthony, John
and Peter; James Davie had James Davie (1814), who had a son, James
Davie (1846).

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Officers of the Continental Army

Aaron Butler (Conn.). Ensign 3d Connecticut, 1st January, 1777. Died

12th November, 1777.
Charles (Conn.). Sergeant in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Ensign
2d Connecticut, 1st May to 10th December, 1775 ; 2d Lieutenant 22d Corifinental
Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776.
Edward (Pa.). Ensign 9th Pennsylvania, 2d June, 1778; Lieutenant, 28th
January, 1779; transferred to 5th Pennsylvania, 17th January, 17S1, transferred
to 3d Pennsylvania, 1st January, 1783, and served to 3d November, 1783; Cap¬
tain of the Levies under General St. Clair in 1791; Captain United States In¬
fantry, 5th March, 1792; assigned to 4th Sub Legion, 4th September, 1792;
Adjutant and Inspector United States Army, 18th July, 1793, to 13th May,
1794; retained as Captain 4th United States Infantry, 1st November, 1796;
transferred to 2d United States Infantry, 1st April, 1802. Died 6th May, 1803.
Eli (Conn.). Captain Connecticut Light Horse, 1776-1777. (Died 1802.)
Henry (N. H.). Captain New Hampshire Militia in 1780.
James (S. C.). Captain South Carolina Militia; killed at Cloud’s Creek,
S. C., 7th November, 1781.
John (Mass.). Adjutant of Brewer’s Massachusetts Regiment; wounded
at Bunker Hill 17th June, 1775.
John (N. C.). Brigadier General North Carolina Militia, 1780-1781.
John (S. C.). Captain of Marion’s Brigade South Carolina Militia, 1779-
1781.
Joseph (Md.). 1st Lieutenant of Smallwood’s Maryland Regiment, 14th
January, 1776; wounded and taken prisoner at Long Island, 27th August, 1776,
and died in captivity shortly afterwards.
Joseph (Mass.). Lieutenant of a Company of Minute Men at Concord,
19th April, 1775; Captain of Nixon’s Massachusetts Regiment, May to Decem¬
ber, 1775; Captain 4th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December,
1776.
Lawrence (Va.). 1st Lieutenant 15th Virginia, 2d December, 1776; Cap¬
tain Lieutenant, 18th March, 1777; Regiment designated 11th Virginia, 14th
September, 1778; Captain, 14th May, 1779; taken prisoner at Charleston 12th
May, 1780; Prisoner on parole to close of war; Major 8th United States Infan¬
try, 24th April, 1799; honorably discharged 15th June, 1800.
Percival (Pa.). 2d Lieutenant 3d Pennsylvania, 1st September, 1777; 1st
Lieutenant, 23d November, 1777; transferred to 2d Pennsylvania, 1st January,
1783, and served to close of war.
Pierce (S. C). Major South Carolina Militia, 1777-1781. (Died 15th
February, 1822.)
Reuben (Va.). 1st Lieutenant of Grayson’s Continental Regiment, 26th
January, 1777; resigned 1st October, 1778.
Richard (Pa.). Captain 2d Pennsylvania Battalion, 5th January, 1776;
appointed Indian agent 17th May, 1778, and lost rank in the army; Major 8th
Pennsylvania, 20th July, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel, 12th March, 1777, to rank
from 28th September, 1776; Colonel 9th Pennsylvania, 7th June, 1777; trans-
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1st January, 1783, and served to 3d November, 17S3; Brevet Brigadier General,
30th September. 1783; Major-General United States Levies in 1791 ; killed 4th
November, 1791, in action with Indians near Fort Recovery, Ohio.
Samuel (Va.). 1st Lieutenant 15th Virginia, 21st March, 1777; retired
14th September, 1777; served subsequently as Lieutenant of a Virginia State
Regiment.
Thomas (Mass.). 1st Lieutenant of Scammon’s Massachusetts Regiment,
May to December, 1775.
Thomas (Pa.). 1st Lieutenant 2d Pennsylvania Battalion, 5th January,
1776; Captain 3d Pennsylvania, 4th October, 1776; retired 17th January, 1781;
Major of the Levies under General St. Clair in 1791 ; wounded 4th November,
1791, near Fort Recovery, Ohio, St. Clair’s defeat; Major of Infantry United
States Army, 11th April, 1792; assigned to 4th Sub Legion 4th September,
1792; Lieutenant-Colonel. 1st July. 1794; assigned to 4th United Sattes Infan¬
try, 1st November, 1796; Colonel 2d United States Infantry, 1st April, 1802;
died 7th September, 1805.
William (Pa.). Captain 2d Pennsylvania Battalion, 5th January, 1776;
Major, 7th September, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel 4th Pennsylvania, 30th Sep¬
tember, 1776; Aide-de-Camp to General Alexander, 7th May, 1778; Lieutenant-
Colonel Commandant 4th Pennsylvania, 22d Januarv, 1779; retired 1st January,
1783. (Died — 1789.)
William (S. C.). Colonel South Carolina Militia, 1780-1781. (Died 15th
November, 1821.)
William (S. C.). Captain South Carolina Rangers in 1781 ; was the son
of Captain James Butler, and avenged the killing of his father.
Zebulon (Conn.). Lieutenant-Colonel 3d Connecticut, 1st January, 1777;
Colonel 2d Connecticut, 13th March, 1778; transferred to 4th Connecticut, 1st
January, 1781; transferred to 1st Connecticut, 1st January, 1783, and served to
3d June, 1783. (Died 28th July, 1795.)
The following Butlers served in the American Revolution from the respec¬
tive colonies. Figures following some ot the names indicate the number of
times those names appear on the records examined:
Connecticut: Aaron—2, Abel—2, Amos, Asa—3, Benjamin—10, Charles—
5, Daniel—2, David—6, Davis—2, Ebenezer—2, Eli—2, Ephraim—2, Ezekiel—
2, Ezra, Hezekiah, Isaac—3, Israel—2, James—3, John—8, John Jr., Janathan—
3, Joseph—5, Josiah—5, Matthew—3, Matthia, Moses—3, Nathaniel—2, Peter
—2, Richard, Rufus, Samuel—4, Samuel S., Solomon, Stephen—6, Titus,
Walter—5, William—4, Zachariah—2, Zebulon—6. Delaware: John, Richard
•—3, Thomas—3, William—2. Georgia: Benjamin, Daniel—5, Edmond—2,
Edward—2, Ford—5, Frances, Hannah, James—2, John—2. Joseph,
Josiah, Mary C., Patrick—3, Patrick Sr., Pierce, Robert—2, William—3.
Maryland: George, Henry—2, Jacob, James—2, John—6, Joseph—4, Peter,
Richard—6, Walter, William—-4. Massachusetts: Aaron—2, Abijah, Abner,
Allen, Azariah, Benjamin—3, Charles—2, Cornelius, Daniel—2, Darius, David
-—6, Ebenezer—4, Edward. Ephraim—6, Eson, Francis, George—2,
Gideon, Henry—2, Ichabod, Israel, Jack, James—7, Jeremiah—3, Jethro, John
—26, Jonathan—2, Joseph—7, Joshua, Moses—4, Nathan, Nathaniel—2, Peter,
Philip, Phineas—3, Richard—3, Rufus, Salmon, Samuel-—3, Shuball, Silas,
Simeon, Smith, Solomon, Stephen, Thomas—5, Walter—2, William—8,
Zepanich. New Hampshire: Alpheus—3, Andrew—3, Asaph—6, Benjamin—

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Henry—8, Henry J. Jr.. Ichabod—7. Jacob, James—6, John—13, Levi—4,
Nathan—2, Thaddeus, Tobias—2, William—7, Zephaniah—3. New Jersey:
James—3, John, Richard, Stephen, William. New York: Abraham, Isaac,
Israel, James—2, John—3. Jonathan—2, Joseph—3, Nathaniel, Richard,
Stephen, Thomas—2, Timothy, Zachariah. North Carolina: Chareys, Isaac,
James, Jethro, Joel, John—2, Lawrence, William. Pennsylvania: Abiah—2,
Abraham—3, Anthony—2, Benjamin—9, Edmond. Edmund—2, Edward—31,
Emanuel, Enoch, Ephraim. George—4, Gilbert, Isaac—5, James—16, John
-—38, Joseph—2, Leb’n, Mark—4, Miffln, Patrick—2, PercivSl—2,
Pen’l—11, R.—4, Richard—79, Samuel—2, Simon, Thomas—25, William—
69, Zeb—2, Zebn., Zebulon. Vermont: Abel—5, Benjamin, Calvin, Joel—5,
Levi, Nathaniel, Philip, Samuel—2, Smith—2, Thomas. Virginia: Beckwith,
Christopher, Edmund, Edward, Elisha, Henry—2, Jacob, James, John—3,
Joseph—2, Lawrence—4, Lewis, Reuben—3, Samuel, Shadrack, Simon, Thomas
•—2, William—3, Zachariah. Total 839.

(I) PROMINENT BUTLERS OF AMERICA, PAST GENERATIONS

Hon. Benjamin Franklin Butler: Lawyer; b., Kinderbrook Landing,

N. Y., 1795; was a lineal descendant of Oliver Cromwell on his mother’s side;
law partner of Martin Van Buren; appointed in 1825 one of three commission¬
ers to revise the statutes of N. Y.; Attorney-General of U. S.; an enthusiastic
classical scholar. He held many other important offices, and d. in Paris, 1858.
Hon. Benjamin Franklin: Lawyer; b., Deerfield. N. H., 1818; s. of
Captain John; mem. Mass. House of Representatives. 1853. and of State Sen¬
ate, 1859; prominent in the anti-slavery movement. Among other appointments
he was in command of the district of Annapolis, including Baltimore, and in
1861 entered Baltimore at the head of 900 men, occupied city, and was made
major-general; M.C., 1882 and 1866.
Caleb: Author; b., Pelham, N. H., 1776; grad, from Dartmouth, 1800;
studied law at Groton; prin. instructor. Groton Academy, for eleven years;
author of several books, including “Masonic Orations” and “History of Groton.”
Rev. Clement Moore: Clergyman; b., Troy, N. Y., 1810; chaplain to
U. S. minister at Rome and rector of Grace Church in that city, 1861-64; pro¬
fessor of ecclesiastical history in the divinity school of the P. E. Church, Phila.,
1864-84; author of many histories, addresses and sermons.
Cyrus: Philanthropist; b., 1767; s. of Samuel, a Providence ship-owner,
who left a large fortune. Cyrus increased his share by frugality and wide com¬
mercial operations, and was worth several millions when he died. He gave
$40,000 to endow the Butler Hospital for Insane, at Providence.
Rev. Ezra: Clergyman; b., Lancaster, Mass., 1763; saw six months’ serv¬
ice in Rev. War, 1779; first town clerk. Waterbury, Vt., 1790; mem. of Legis¬
lature, 1797-1808; first Judge. Chittenden Co. Court, 1803-06, and later Chief
Justice, M.C., and Governor.
Francis: Dog-fancier; b., England, 1810; accomplished linguist and pro¬
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edged authority; d., Brooklyn, 1874.
Rev. Francis Eugene: Clergyman; b., Suffolk. Conn.. 1825; was N. Y.
merchant, secretary of N. Y. Bible Society, one of the founders of the Y. M.
C. A., and an active friend of other religious organizations; k., 1863, while a
chaplain in the Union Army.
Frederick: Author; b., 1766; grad., Yale. 1785, and became a resident of
Hartford, Conn.; published “History of the U. S. to 1820.” “The Farmers’
Manual” and “Memoirs of Lafayette and His Tour in the United States.”
George B.: Lawyer; b., New Haven, Conn., 1809; came to N.-'Y. C.,
studied law, and became the associate of Daniel Lord; secretary and legal ad¬
viser, Hudson River R. R.; joined in publishing and editing the “Journal of
Commerce.”
James: Soldier; b., Prince William Co., Va.; emigrated to S. C. about
1772; took part in General Richardson's “Snow-Camp Expedition”; was one of
those who, in 1780, refused to swear allegiance to the British crown and were
jailed at Ninety-six; k. at Cloud’s creek, S. C., 1781.
Rev. James D.: Educator; b., Ruthlant, Vt., 1815; professor of ancient
languages in Norwich Univ., Vt., 1845-47, in Wabash College, Ind., 1854-58,
and in the Univ. of Wis., 1859-67; spent later years traveling, lecturing and
writing.
Colonel John: Soldier; b.. Conn. In July, 1778, he led the force of
1100 men that desolated the Wyoming Valley in the famous “Wyoming Mas¬
sacre”; took part in Sir John Johnson’s raid on Schohaire and Mohawk settle¬
ments in 1780; later forced to move to Canada where he was given land and a
pension by the British government. His atrocities have been much exaggerated
and he has been blamed for many things that he did not do. He had five sons,
all of whom saw distinguished military service with the United States.
Hon. John B.: Soldier; b.. 1792; in 1838. at Pittsburgh. Pa., he was ap¬
pointed recorder of deeds and afterward canal commissioner; was paymaster in
army during Mexican war; d., Mt. Auburn, O., December 7th, 1870.
Rev. John Jay: D.D.; b., Berwick, Me., 1814; professor of theology,
Bates College, 1870-73, and later held chair of sacred literature, Hillsdale Col¬
lege, Mich.; author of many theological works.
Mann: Author; d. 1835; emigrated to Kentucky’ in 1806, and published a
“History of Kentucky” (Louisville, 1834).
Captain Moses: Surveyor; b., Berwick. Me., 1702; s. of Thomas But¬
ler, a des. of the noble house of Ormonde in Ireland; representative to general
court at Boston, 1749. See “Thomas Butler and His Descendants, 1674-1886”
by Dr. George H. Butler (N. Y., 1886).
Noble: Educator; b., Washington Co., Pa., 1819; in 1839 became pro¬
fessor of Greek and Latin in Univ. of Louisville, Ky; author of a “Practical
and Critical English Grammar” and various textbooks in reading and composi¬
tion.
Major Pierce: Senator; b., Ireland, 1744; 3d s. of Sir Richard Butler,
des. from the dukes of Ormonde; was a major in British army stationed at Bos¬
ton in 1766, but resigned before the Rev. and settled in Charleston, S. C.; dele¬
gate to constitutional assembly, 1788; Senator from S. C., 1789-96 and 1802-04;
d., Phila., 1822.
Major-Gen. Richard : Soldier; b., Ireland ; came to America before 1760;

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Indians, 1791, he commanded right wing with rank of major-general. K. in
action by an Indian tomahawk.
Simeon: Publisher: b. 1770; in 1792 established first publishing house in
western Massachusetts, at Northampton; engaged in paper-making and manu¬
factured first domestic letter-paper used by U. S. Senate.
Hon. Thomas Belden: Jurist; b., Wethersfield, Conn., 1S06; practiced
medicine in Norwalk for eight years before beginning study of law; admitted
to Bar. 1837; mem. Conn. House of Representatives, 1832-46. and of the Sen¬
ate, 1848-53; M.C., 1849; Chief Justice of Conn., 1870; much interested in
science, mechanics and farming.
Major-Gen. William : Soldier and politician; b.. Prince William Co.,
Va., 1759; a lieut. in Lincoln's army, 1779, he served in famous corps of Pulaski;
joined Gen. Pickens, and later served with Gen. Lee at siege of Ninety-six.
Rising to command of mounted rangers, he took part in many affairs with the
tories; in 1796 made major-general of militia; held various offices in S. C. and
was M.C., 1801-13.
Rev. William: Missionary; b., Dublin, Ireland, 1819; sent to India in
1856 to select and organize field for Methodist mission; returned to U. S. in
1864, and preached in New England; commissioned in 1872 to found a mission
for his church in Mexico, he labored there until 1879.
William Allen: Lawyer; b., Albany, N. Y.. 1825; s. of Benjamin Frank¬
lin, lawyer; grad, from Univ. of City of New York. 1843; studied law, traveled
in Europe, and contributed poetical pieces to many periodicals.
Zebulon : Soldier; b., Lynne, Conn., 1731 ; had brilliant military career,
serving in French war, Revolution and various expeditions against the Indians.
On July 3, 1778, he commanded the weak garrison at Wyoming at the time of
the massacre, which he was unable to prevent. See Miner's “History of Wyom¬
ing” (Phila., 1845).

(J) PROMINENT AMERICAN BUTLERS OF TODAY

Anna Maynard Butler: Author, lecturer.

Arthur Pierce; Educator; b., Boston, Mass., 1866; s. Edward Knowles;
mem. of numerous learned societies, including Schoolmasters’ Assn, Headmas¬
ters’ Assn. Add.: Morristown, N. J.
Bert S.: Geologist; b., Gainesville, N. Y., 1877; s. Dexter W.; mem. of
Geol. Soc. Am. Author of “Geology and Ore Deposits of the San Francisco
and Adjacent District,” etc (pub. by U. S. Govt.). Add.: Washington, D. C.
Burridge Davenal; Publisher; b., Louisville, Ky., 1868; s. Rev. Thomas
Davenal; founded Omaha Daily News; owner and publisher The Prairie
Farmer; served as dir. U. S. Boys’ Working Reserve, World War. Add.:
Hinsdale, Ill.
Charles: Architect; b., Scarsdale, N. Y., 1870; s. Benjamin Franklin;
designed Children’s Hosp. at Johns Hopkins Hosp.; was attached to French
Ministry of War, as expert in hosp. constrn. Add.: New York, N. Y.

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 Charles Henry: Lawyer; b., New York, 1859; s. William Allen; reporter
of decisions, Supreme Court U. S. Author of numerous articles, including
“Cuba Must Be Free,” “Our Treaty With Spain.” Add.: Washington, D. C.
Edward Burges: Merchant; b., Lewiston, Me., 1853: s. Manly Orville;
founded house of Butler Bros., at Boston, 1877; pres, for thirty years Glen-
wood (Ill.) Manual Training School. Add.: Chicago.
Edward H.: Banker; b., Detroit, 1841; s. William A.; pres. Detroit Fire
& Marine Ins. Co.; State Treas. of Mich., 1893-1901. Add.: Grosse Point
Farms, Mich.
Edward Hubert: Editor and pub.; b., Buffalo, X. Y., 18S3;^. Edward
H.; dir. Buffalo Trust Co.; mem. of many learned societies, including Am.
Newspaper Pubis.’ Assn. Add.: Buffalo, N. Y.
Ellis Parker: Author; b., Muscatine, la., 1S69; s. Audley Gazzam.
Author of numerous books, including “Confessions of a Daddy,” “Many Happy
Returns of the Day.” Add.: Flushing, N. Y.
Fred Mason: Judge; b., Jamaica, Vt., 1854; s. Aaron Mason; elected by
legislature Justice Supreme Court of Vt., 1923, to succeed Justice William W.
Wiles, re-elected, 1925. Add.: Rutland, Vt.
Glentworth Reeve: M.D.; b., Phila., 1855; s. James Glentworth; asst,
phys. St. Mary’s Gen. Hosp., 1882-91 ; U. S. pension examining surgeon, 1889-
93. Add.: Brooklyn, N. Y.
Gurdon Montague: Mining engr.; b., Lake Geneva, Wis., 1881 ; s. Sam¬
uel Marsh; mem. Am. Inst. Mining and Metal Engrs. Add.: Tucson, Ariz.
Harold Lancaster: Musician; b.. Silver City, Idaho, 1874; s. Gilbert
Lancaster; principal basso, Castle Sq. Opera Co., 1897-99, and sang in 16 grand
operas. Add.: Syracuse, N. Y.
Howard Russell: Artist; b.. New York. 1856; s. William Allen; painter
in oil, hon. mention, Paris Salon, 1886; accompanied the U. S. Naval Obs.
expn. to Baker, Ore., and painted the solar eclipse of June 18, 1918 (painting
owned by Am. Mus. Natur History). Add.: Princeton, N. J.
James Glentworth : Clergyman.
James Joseph : Ex-congressman.
John Vernon: Musician; b., Birmingham, Eng., 1868; s. Thomas;
founder and condr. of series of free oratorio concerts, given in Worcester, at
which has been given the first performance in N. E. of several important mus.
works. Add.: Worcester, Mass.
Joseph Green, Jr.: Manufacturer; b.. Temperance Furnace, Mercer Co.,
Pa., 1840; s. Joseph Green; originator and pres. McKinley Birthplace Memo¬
rial Assn., Niles, O. Add.: Youngstown, O.
Louis Fatio: Insurance pres.; b., Hartford, Conn., 1871; s. John Hart¬
well; mem. com. apptd., 1917, by Sec. of Treasury McAdoo to report on plan
of insurance for officers and men of U. S. Army and Navy. Add.: Hartford,
Conn.
Marion: Ex-senator; b., Sampson Co., N. C., 1863; s. Wiley; led and
won fight to establish state univ. for girls; led and won fight to estb. appropria¬
tion to save state univ. Add.: Washington, D. C.
Nathaniel: Educator; b., Eastport, Me.. 1853; s. Nathaniel; master Yale
school for boys; ordained Baptist ministry, 1884. Add.: Chicago, Ill.
Nicholas Murray: Publicist; Pres, of Columbia Univ.; b., Elizabeth,

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N. J., 1862; first pres. New York Coll, for Training of Teachers; received Rep.
electoral vote for Vice-President U. S., 1913. Add.: New York.
Peter Walton : Capitalist.
Pierce: Jurist; b., Dakota Co., Minn., 1866; s. Patrick; mem. of bd. of
regents, Univ. of Minn. Add.: New Orleans, La.
Rush Clark: Lawyer; b., Northwood, la., 1871 ; mem. of many societies,
including Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar Assns. Add.: Chicago.
Samuel R.: Educator; b.. Popular Ridge, Ala., 1868: s. Francis Taylor;
county supt. schools, Madison Co., Ala., 6 terms; dir. Y. M. C. A., Huntsville.
Add.: Huntsville, Ala.
Smedley Darlington: Officer U. S. M. C.; h„ West Chester, Pa., 1881;
s. Thomas S.; apptd. to U. S. M. C., 1899; promoted through grades to major-
gen., 1929; awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for capture of Ft. Riverie,
Haiti, 1919; D.S.M., 1919. Add.: Washington, D. C.
Tait: Editor; veterinarian; b., Hastings Co., Ont., Can., 1862; s. James
W.; pres. Am. Assn, of Farmers’ Inst. Workers. Add.: Memphis, Tenn.
Thomas S.: Congressman; b., Uwchland Tp., Chester Co., Pa., 1855;
was judge 15th Jud. Dist., Pa., several years. Add.: West Chester, Pa.
William Frederick: Publisher; b., Cincinnati, O., s. DeWitt Clinton;
choir organist and choir dir. since age of 12; compiler and pub. of many articles,
including “Good Tidings of Great Joy.” Add.: Milwaukee, Wis.
William John: Veterinary surgeon; b., Bowling, Scotland, 1881; s.
Hugh; mem. U. S. Livestock Sanitary Assn., etc. Add.: Helena, Mont.
William Morgan: Senator; b., New Bedford, Mass., 1861 ; s. Rev. James
D.; apptd. U. S. Senator from Mass., 1924, for term ending 1929. Add.:
Boston, Mass.
Arthur Benjamin: Foreign trade expert; b., Yonkers, N. Y., 1865; s.
Capt. Benjamin R.; commercial agt. Dept, of Commerce, investigating indus¬
trial and trade conditions throughout the world; mgr. foreign trade dept. Add.:
Washington, D. C.
William Morris: Neurologist; b., Maine, Broome Co., N. Y., 1850; s.
William; mem. of numerous learned societies, including N. Y. State Bd. Med.
Examiners. Add.: Brooklyn, N. Y.
George Charles: b. San Francisco, Calif., 1877; s. Charles; Rep. candi¬
date for gov. of Tex., 1924; served as chief of fgn. intelligence, sect, of Gen.
Staflf, U. S. Army, title of maj. Add.: Austin, Tex.

(K) BUTLER TOWNS, ETC.

There are in the United States towns as follows:

Butler: Ala., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Md., Minn., Mo., N. J., Ohio, Okla., Pa.,
S. Dak., Tenn.; Butler Springs: Ala.; Butlerville: Ark., Ind. There are
also in the United States numerous counties, townships, streets, avenues, etc.,
bearing the name “Butler.” This is eloquent testimony to the high esteem in
which the name is held in this country.
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 (L) BUTLER CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES

The compiler of these records has made up a list from city and telephone
directories of the United States, and from other sources, as follows. Care was
taken to eliminate, wherever possible, persons known or believed to be colored,
or of nationalities other than British and American:

Alabama . 90 Maine . 108 Oklahoma . 148

Arizona . 37 Maryland . 104 Oregon . 22
Arkansas . 42 Massachusetts . 652 Pennsylvania . 606
California .-. 553 Michigan . 222 Rhode Island . 121
Colorado . 109 Minnesota . 387 South Carolina 11
Connecticut . 273 Mississippi . 20 South Dakota . 3
District of Columbia 107 Missouri . 167 Tennessee . 183
Delaware 33 Montana . 34 Texas . 454
Florida . 190 Nebraska . 77 Utah . 58
Georgia . 170 Nevada . 9 Vermont . 34
Idaho . 26 New Hampshire . 47 Virginia . 242
Illinois 566 New Jersey .. 285 Washington . 109
Indiana . 230 New Mexico . 3 West Virginia . 42
Iowa . 231 New York . 1056 Wisconsin . 84
Kansas . 270 North Carolina . 54 Wyoming . 11
Kentucky . 187 North Dakota . 11
Louisianna . 53 Ohio . 604 Total . 9495

To secure an estimate of the “Butler population” of the United States,

we figure as follows: (a)
multiply
by
Only about half the names were taken from each directory con¬
sulted . 2
Half of the Butlers reside in the rural districts or in small towns
having no printed directories which were available to us . 2
There is an average of more than four persons in each Ameri¬
can family. 4
Since Butler daughters marry and have as many descendants as
the Butler sons, there are as many descendants of “other names” as
there are bearing the name Butler (though it is much easier to locate
the latter). 2
By multiplying each figure of column (a) into the preceding
figure, we have a total of. 32
Conservative estimate of the Butler population of the United
States, one-half of whom bear the name Butler and one-half of whom
bear other names . 303,840
The estimated Butler population of any of the states may be obtained by
multiplying the figures shown by 32. There are Butlers in every state of the
Union. The Butler population of the British Empire is probably equal to that
in the United States.

(M) RELIGIONS OF THE BUTLERS

For several centuries the Butlers lived in North Ireland, England and Scot¬
land. Most of the British (excepting those living in South Ireland), and, like¬
wise, the Butlers were and are of the Protestant faith.
There are a few Butlers of the Catholic faith in the British Isles, but it is
estimated that their number does not exceed ten per cent, of the entire Butler
population.

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 The Butlers who came from the British Isles to America continued in the
faith of their fathers, for the most part, though their descendants in this country
today will be found in the memberships of practically all the various churches.
It is estimated that of all the Butlers in America who are church members, at
least ninety per cent, are of the Protestant faith.
Biographical sketches of 36 Butlers appear in WHO’S WHO IN AMER¬
ICA. Their religious faiths are shown as follows: BAPTIST, 3; CONGRE-
GATIONALIST, 1 ; EPISCOPAL, 1 ; PRESBYTERIAN, 3; UNITARIAN,
1; OTHER PROTESTANTS, 2; RELIGION NOT STATED, 25.

(N) REFERENCES

All of the works listed below will be found in the Library of Congress.
Most of them will be found in the libraries of historical and genealogical socie¬
ties. Some of them will be found in the libraries of all of the large American
cities.
1. Americans of Royal Descent, 1891, Browning.
2. Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography.
3. British Family Names, Barber.
4. Burke’s General Armory.
5. Burke’s Landed Gentry.
6. Burke’s Peerage and Baronetcy, 1925, 1926.
7. Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, Bardsley.
8. Dictionary of National Biography, London, 1887.
9. Directories, City and Telephone.
10. English Surnames, Bardsley.
11. Heraldic Illustrations, 1853.
12. Miscellaneous Sources.
13. Officers of the Continental Army, 1775-1783, Heitman.
14. Patronymica Britannica, Lower.
15. Private Collections of Family Data.
16. Revolutionary Records of the Respective Colonies.
17. Surnames of the United Kingdom, Harrison.
18. U. S. Postal Guide.
19. Who’s Who (British).
20. Who’s Who in America, 1926-27.
21. Some Account of the Family of the Butlers. London, 1716.
22. A Geneal. Hist, of Noble House of Butlers in Eng. and Ireland. London
1771.
23. The Butler Family. Prof. James Davie Butler, of Nonvich, Vt.
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New York, 1915.
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