Mary Butler

6 May 1785–1 August 1856 (Age 71)
Connecticut, United States

The Life Summary of Mary

When Mary Butler was born on 6 May 1785, in Connecticut, United States, her father, Solomon Butler, was 27 and her mother, Rebecca Gibson, was 25. She married Daniel Cooley on 5 March 1806, in Paris, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 1 August 1856, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Cooley
1785–
Mary Butler
1785–1856
Marriage: 5 March 1806
Mary Ann Cooley
1807–1880
Charles Rensselaer Cooley
1810–1853
John William Cooley
1811–1898
Lucy Ann Cooley
1815–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 March 1806Paris, Oneida, New York, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 1
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
    1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State
    Age 3
    Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.
    1804
    Age 19
    Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

    Name Meaning

    English: from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula ‘bottle’). In the large households of royalty and the most powerful nobility, the title came to denote an officer of high rank and responsibility, only nominally concerned with the supply of wine, if at all. As well as being widespread in England, this is also the surname of an important Irish family, descended from Theobald FitzWalter, who was appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. It is Gaelicized as de Buitléir.English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English boteler ‘maker of bottles (usually of leather)’, a derivative of Middle English botel, Old French bo(u)teille ‘bottle’ and synonymous with Botelmaker.Americanized form of French Bouthillier (see Bouteiller ).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Buttler
    Bouthillier

    Sources (12)

    • Mary in entry for Mary Cooley, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
    • Mary Cooley in household of John M Cooley, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Mary Butler, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"

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