Individual Details
Jonas Butterfield
(27 Apr 1740 - 15 Mar 1795)
By Westmoreland History Committee
p 364
Events
| Birth | 27 Apr 1740 | Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 11 Nov 1766 | Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts - Jane Hazeltine |  | ||
| Residence | 2 Aug 1790 | Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire | | ||
| Probate | 1795 | Cheshire, New Hampshire | | ||
| Death | 15 Mar 1795 | Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire | | ||
| Property |  | ||||
| Military | | ||||
| Biography | |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Hazeltine (1748 - 1806) |
| Child | Mindwell Butterfield (1767 - 1834) |
| Child | Zethan Butterfield (1769 - ) |
| Child | Zorther Butterfield (1771 - 1825) |
| Child | Jonas Butterfield (1773 - ) |
| Child | Jane Butterfield (1775 - ) |
| Child | Iri Butterfield (1778 - ) |
| Child | Comfort Butterfield (1782 - 1820) |
| Child | Zimry Butterfield (1784 - 1857) |
| Child | Valentine Butterfield (1787 - ) |
| Child | Orison Butterfield (1790 - ) |
| Father | Benjamin Butterfield (1702 - 1748) |
| Mother | Keziah Patterson (1703 - 1781) |
| Sibling | Ruth Butterfield (1724 - 1806) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Butterfield (1726 - 1804) |
| Sibling | John Butterfield (1728 - ) |
| Sibling | Timothy Butterfield (1730 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Kezia Butterfield (1733 - 1791) |
| Sibling | Mary Butterfield (1735 - 1820) |
| Sibling | Abel Butterfield (1737 - 1745) |
| Sibling | Isaac Butterfield (1742 - 1801) |
| Sibling | James Butterfield (1744 - ) |
Notes
Property
Cheshire county deed index for Jonas – there areseveral related to sale of the estate – 47:22https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3L-33VN-R?i=146&cat=56152deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/56152?availability=Family%20History%20Library47:22 -- son Zoter buys land from the estatehttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCM-69K4-J?i=612&cat=56152Military
Lieutenant Jonas Butterfield served from Westmoreland in Maj. Benjamin Whitcome’s Independent Corps of Rangers of the 2nd Regiment of Col. George Reid engaged on 14 December 1776 with service through 31 December 1779.[1][1] Hammond,Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, May, 1777 to 1780, Volume II, p 700, p 702, p 704, p 718Biography
Jonas Butterfield was bornin Westford but after the early death of his father was in Westmoreland wherehis mother and siblings also settled. Jonas built with Ephraim Brown an earlysawmill in Westmoreland. Jonas had a 116-acre farm property at the time of hisdeath. He was a housewright by trade. Jonas served as selectman of Westmorelandin 1781. He was a charter member of the Jerusalem Lodge of Masons formed in1792.[1][1] WestmorelandHistory Committee, History of Westmoreland, p 90, p 173, p 212, p 247, p 364in History of Westmoreland, p 364 – gives 10childrenhttps://books.google.com/books?id=8GMjAQAAMAAJ&q=%22jonas+butterfield%22#v=snippet&q=%22jonas%20butterfield%22&f=falseEndnotes
1. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).
3. 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: Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire; Series: M637; Roll: 5; Page: 119; Family History Library Film: 0568145.
4. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Cheshire County); Probate Place: Cheshire, New Hampshire.
5. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Cheshire County); Probate Place: Cheshire, New Hampshire.