Individual Details

William Butterfield

(15 May 1734 - 10 Oct 1793)

William did not marry

Events

Birth15 May 1734Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death10 Oct 1793Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Probate

Families

FatherWilliam Butterfield (1706 - 1785)
MotherBathsheba Shepard (1707 - 1793)
SiblingBathsheba Butterfield (1728 - )
SiblingRebekah Butterfield (1729 - 1800)
SiblingLucy Butterfield (1731 - )
SiblingHannah Butterfield (1737 - 1816)
SiblingPeter Butterfield (1739 - 1811)
SiblingAbraham Butterfield (1741 - 1760)
SiblingOlive Butterfield (1743 - 1749)
SiblingSamuel Butterfield (1745 - 1789)

Notes

Probate

https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/middlesex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1648-1871/image?volumeId=14460&pageName=3762:2&rId=38199126 Son William Butterfielddid not marry. His estate was administered first by Zaccheus Wright named on 12November 1793 and then by Ebenezer Ball named on 16 April 1794. Real estate wasvalued at £255. Rebecca Ball, sister of the deceased, as assignee was directedto make payments to the children of her brother Samuel Butterfield, deceased:Samuel, Rhoda, Nabby, Polly, Lucy, John, and Petts. Rebecca is also to makepayments to the children of her sister Lucy, deceased: Lucy, Jacob, Abraham,Olive, Naomi, Ziba, and William. The children of Lucy Richardson deceasedsigned on 30 December 1793 that they received their portion from the estate oftheir Uncle William from Abraham B. Wright; these were Jacob Wright, PateeWright (Jacob’s wife), Samuel and Olive Lowell, William Wright, and Lucy andStephen Mead. Other receipts were signed by Abraham B. Wright, PeterButterfield, Ziba Wright, Bathsheba Lawrence, and Lemuel and Hannah Patts.[1][1] Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers,1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org.New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 3762