Individual Details
James Butterfield
(23 Apr 1755 - 31 Oct 1818)
https://jfcoopersociety.org/articles/NYHISTORY/1954NYHISTORY-BUTTERFIELD.HTML
Events
| Birth | 23 Apr 1755 | Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1782 | Katherine Runyon | |||
| Residence | 2 Aug 1790 | Otsego, Montgomery, New York |  | ||
| Residence | 1800 | Otsego, Otsego, New York | | ||
| Residence | 1818 | New York | | ||
| Death | 31 Oct 1818 | Hartwick, Otsego, New York | | ||
| Probate | 11 Nov 1818 | Otsego, New York |  | | |
| Biography | |
Families
| Spouse | Katherine Runyon (1757 - 1820) |
| Child | Jacob Butterfield (1783 - 1847) |
| Child | James Butterfield (1784 - 1849) |
| Child | Robert Butterfield (1785 - 1866) |
| Child | Elizabeth Butterfield (1787 - 1866) |
| Child | John Butterfield (1789 - 1849) |
| Child | Mary "Polly" Butterfield (1791 - 1866) |
| Child | Joanna "Anna" Butterfield (1794 - 1847) |
| Child | Sally Butterfield (1796 - 1821) |
| Child | Rebecca Butterfield (1798 - 1866) |
| Father | Robert Butterfield (1716 - 1756) |
| Mother | Joanna Butterfield (1718 - 1791) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Betty" Butterfield (1752 - ) |
Notes
Probate
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8800/images/005116500_00423?pId=2531433Biography
Capture by Indianshttps://archive.org/details/frontiersmennew00simmgoog/page/498/mode/2upAnother source for military records – p 77https://archive.org/details/newyorkrevolution01statrich/page/76/mode/2up?q=butterfield p 962https://archive.org/details/massachusettssol02mass/page/962/mode/2up his homestead on National Register – can’t findphotoshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_House_(Hartwick,_New_York) here is the article in print form – his biographystarts on p 396https://www.jstor.org/stable/24470844Butterfield, L. H. “Cooper’s Inheritance: TheOtsego Country and its Founders.” New York History 35, no. 4 (1954):374–411. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24470844.An account of Butterfield's capture by the Indianscan be seen in Simms, "The Frontiersmen of New York, Volume II" pp498-499; https://archive.org/details/frontiersmennew00simmgoog/page/498/mode/2up.Another account of the escape written by a fellow prisoner in Wright, "HistoricalSketches of Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania", p 231; https://archive.org/details/historicalsketches00wrig/page/230/mode/2upEndnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Otsego, Montgomery, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 4; Family History Library Film: 0568146.
2. Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1800; Census Place: Otsego, Otsego, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 25; Page: 600; Image: 42; Family History Library Film: 193713.
3. Ancestry.com, U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).
4. Ancestry.com, 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2018), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland; 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834.
5. Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Wills and Administrations, 1792-1902; Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (Otsego County); Probate Place: Otsego, New York.