Brief Life History of Peter
When Lieut. Peter Butterfield was born on 16 June 1739, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Butterfield, was 32 and his mother, Bathsheba Shepard, was 32. He married Hannah Buttrick on 22 December 1768, in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. He died on 30 December 1811, in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- 1790 United States Federal Census
- Peter Butterfield, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Peter Butterfield, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Butterfield (Yorkshire) or from any of several other minor places with the same name. The name is derived from Old English butere ‘butter’ + feld ‘field’ or ‘open country’.
History: Benjamin Butterfield came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. John Butterfield (1801–69) was born in Berne, NY, and founded an express company that merged with other companies to form the American Express Company (1850).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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