Birth year estimated at 1795 and 1797 in different records. (Nathan Hale and Mortality Schedule.) Original cemetery document does not have any birth date listed. The Nathan Hale transcription is an estimate.
Town and Vital Records 1794 - 1892, written by "Farmington Maine town clerk," list the children of Reuben and Jane Butterfield as: Joseph, born 30 September 179(?), Olive, born 25 December 1795; Asa, born 1 November 1797; Sally, born 3 April 1799; Hannah, born 7 March 1806; and Jane W., born 15 October 1811. All children have a listed birthplace therein, of Farmington, Maine.
Joseph Butterfield was a farmer. He was a widower when he passed away. Cause of death was "catarrh," per his Mortality Schedule listing.
Named in the will of the Joseph Butterfield who died 8 August 1879 in Franklin county, Maine, were: a brother, Asa Butterfield; a sister, Hannah Butterfield, wife of Caleb Butterfield; a sister, Jane W. Butterfield; a sister, Sally, widow of Daniel Eames. Said will was dated 15 December 1877.
Ebenezer Butterfield, Jr. was the paternal grandfather of Joseph Butterfield. Ebenezer 1732 - 1821 is listed as a Patriot in lineage societies. Ebenezer Butterfield Jr. "was in the first company raised in Dunstable for the defense of the country, in the Revolutionary War," per "The History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine," by Francis Gould Butler.
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Town and Vital Records 1794 - 1892, written by "Farmington Maine town clerk," list the children of Reuben and Jane Butterfield as: Joseph, born 30 September 179(?), Olive, born 25 December 1795; Asa, born 1 November 1797; Sally, born 3 April 1799; Hannah, born 7 March 1806; and Jane W., born 15 October 1811. All children have a listed birthplace therein, of Farmington, Maine.
Joseph Butterfield was a farmer. He was a widower when he passed away. Cause of death was "catarrh," per his Mortality Schedule listing.
Named in the will of the Joseph Butterfield who died 8 August 1879 in Franklin county, Maine, were: a brother, Asa Butterfield; a sister, Hannah Butterfield, wife of Caleb Butterfield; a sister, Jane W. Butterfield; a sister, Sally, widow of Daniel Eames. Said will was dated 15 December 1877.
Ebenezer Butterfield, Jr. was the paternal grandfather of Joseph Butterfield. Ebenezer 1732 - 1821 is listed as a Patriot in lineage societies. Ebenezer Butterfield Jr. "was in the first company raised in Dunstable for the defense of the country, in the Revolutionary War," per "The History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine," by Francis Gould Butler.
- bio by Tree Leaf. All research by Tree Leaf, with exception of town records document, sent by another contributor.
Birth year estimated at 1795 and 1797 in different records. (Nathan Hale and Mortality Schedule.) Original cemetery document does not have any birth date listed. The Nathan Hale transcription is an estimate.
Town and Vital Records 1794 - 1892, written by "Farmington Maine town clerk," list the children of Reuben and Jane Butterfield as: Joseph, born 30 September 179(?), Olive, born 25 December 1795; Asa, born 1 November 1797; Sally, born 3 April 1799; Hannah, born 7 March 1806; and Jane W., born 15 October 1811. All children have a listed birthplace therein, of Farmington, Maine.
Joseph Butterfield was a farmer. He was a widower when he passed away. Cause of death was "catarrh," per his Mortality Schedule listing.
Named in the will of the Joseph Butterfield who died 8 August 1879 in Franklin county, Maine, were: a brother, Asa Butterfield; a sister, Hannah Butterfield, wife of Caleb Butterfield; a sister, Jane W. Butterfield; a sister, Sally, widow of Daniel Eames. Said will was dated 15 December 1877.
Ebenezer Butterfield, Jr. was the paternal grandfather of Joseph Butterfield. Ebenezer 1732 - 1821 is listed as a Patriot in lineage societies. Ebenezer Butterfield Jr. "was in the first company raised in Dunstable for the defense of the country, in the Revolutionary War," per "The History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine," by Francis Gould Butler.
- bio by Tree Leaf. All research by Tree Leaf, with exception of town records document, sent by another contributor.
Town and Vital Records 1794 - 1892, written by "Farmington Maine town clerk," list the children of Reuben and Jane Butterfield as: Joseph, born 30 September 179(?), Olive, born 25 December 1795; Asa, born 1 November 1797; Sally, born 3 April 1799; Hannah, born 7 March 1806; and Jane W., born 15 October 1811. All children have a listed birthplace therein, of Farmington, Maine.
Joseph Butterfield was a farmer. He was a widower when he passed away. Cause of death was "catarrh," per his Mortality Schedule listing.
Named in the will of the Joseph Butterfield who died 8 August 1879 in Franklin county, Maine, were: a brother, Asa Butterfield; a sister, Hannah Butterfield, wife of Caleb Butterfield; a sister, Jane W. Butterfield; a sister, Sally, widow of Daniel Eames. Said will was dated 15 December 1877.
Ebenezer Butterfield, Jr. was the paternal grandfather of Joseph Butterfield. Ebenezer 1732 - 1821 is listed as a Patriot in lineage societies. Ebenezer Butterfield Jr. "was in the first company raised in Dunstable for the defense of the country, in the Revolutionary War," per "The History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine," by Francis Gould Butler.
- bio by Tree Leaf. All research by Tree Leaf, with exception of town records document, sent by another contributor.
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