Rebecca Butters

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Butters was born on 30 August 1698, in Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Butter Jr, was 34 and her mother, Rebecca Jones, was 24. She married William Hamlet on 8 September 1720, in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1698. She died on 28 December 1730, in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 32, and was buried in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Deacon Joseph Dana
1699–1778
Rebecca Butters
1698–1730
Marriage: 2 March 1725
Keziah Dana
1726–1759
Ann Dana
1728–1759
Jonathan Dana
1730–1730

Sources (17)

  • Rebeckah Butters, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Rebeckah Dana, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Rebecca Butters, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

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World Events (1)

1726

Windham County was created from Hartford and New London counties on May 12, 1726

Name Meaning

English: variant of Butter , with excrescent -s.

German: variant of Butter .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Will of William Butters

From Butters Family Book, p35: Upon the death of the father the two sons, Samuel Butter and William Butter, both of Wilmington, took upon themselves the office of executors to the last will and test …

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