Individual Details

Josiah Butterfield

(6 Nov 1738 - 1793)

Events

Birth6 Nov 1738Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death1793Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine
Probate
Property

Families

SpouseAbigail Hastings (1744 - )
ChildHannah Butterfield (1767 - )
ChildMatthew Butterfield (1769 - )
ChildPolly Butterfield (1771 - )
ChildAbigail Butterfield (1773 - )
ChildPolly Butterfield (1775 - )
ChildJosiah Butterfield (1779 - 1850)
ChildJonathan Butterfield (1782 - )
FatherJosiah Butterfield (1712 - )
MotherHannah Farnsworth (1716 - )
SiblingSimeon Butterfield (1740 - 1824)
SiblingAbel Butterfield (1742 - 1814)
SiblingHannah Butterfield (1745 - 1788)
SiblingRuth Butterfield (1756 - 1842)

Notes

Probate

Lincoln County probate should be volume V, p 131and volume VII, pp 88-89 – nothing about heirs5:131https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WZ-94L3?i=145&cc=2040534&cat=2888507:88-89 inventoryhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WZ-9WCZ?i=113&cc=2040534&cat=288850

Property

The “B” for Lincoln County deed index starts aboutherehttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-G3YK?i=58&cat=352440book 12, p 24, 14:115 12:24 – 1776 Josiah sells 100 acreshttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR4-J3S3-Y?i=33&cat=35244014:115 – 1778 Josiah with Abigail sell propertyhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR4-D3ZD-5?i=128&cat=352440 Lincoln County deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/352440?availability=Family%20History%20Library  On 27 June 1776, Josiah Butterfield yeoman ofVassalborough with wife Abigail, in consideration of £39.14.8, sold 100 acres(lot number 82) in Vassalborough to James Howard. On 9 September 1778, Josiahand Abigail sold a parcel of about 150 acres partly in Vassalborough and partlyin Winslow to Prat Chase for payment of £100.[1] [1] MaineLand Records, Lincoln County, 12:24, 14:115Ohno! Something else all wrong because in all these deeds Josiah and Abigailare in Dunstable, New Hampshire and sense these seem to be sales to his familymembers maybe there are two different Josiah and Abigail – however, Josiah andAbigail in Maine have the son Matthew and Abigail’s father is Matthew and maybethey are moving around?? – or is it possible that the father Josiah has asecond wife Abigail and these are his deeds??Deed index Hillsborough Countyhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3L-B9QP-X?i=392&cat=428923deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/428923?availability=Family%20History%20Library54:389 – Josiah and his wife Abigail selling toAbel – 1781 (Abel is brother)https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRZ-NQW?i=499&cat=42892333:47 – 1774 – Josiah and wife Abigail sell toSimeon (Simeon is brother)https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-NS7K-G?i=28&cat=4289235:423 – this is also Josiah and Abigail sellinghttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-N9CR-9?i=218&cat=428923