Ephraim Butterfield

Ephraim Butterfield
Birthdate:	April 1710
Birthplace:	Westford, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
Death:	after 1769 Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial:	Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of Joseph Butterfield, Jr. and Eunice Butterfield Husband of Elizabeth Butterfield Father of Experience Butterfield; Ephraim Joseph Butterfield, II; Stephen Butterfield; Rebecca Gorton; Joseph Butterfield and 5 others Brother of Sarah Heald; Eunice Richardson; Joseph Butterfield; John Butterfield; Josiah Butterfield and 2 others Half brother of Lidia Butterfield; Esther Butterfield; Deborah Moore; Benjamin Butterfield; Hannah Colburn and 1 other; and Joseph Butterfield « less

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About Ephraim Butterfield

Emphraim Butterfield was a Captain in the French and Indian War

Ephraim was a farmer.
He was born April 1710 in Westford, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph Butterfield and Eunice Heald.
He married Elizabeth Davis 16 Mar 1732. He and wife Elizabeth and family lived at Westford, Mass. (1737), Litchfield, New Hampshire (1739), Dunstable, Mass. (1751), and Wilton (1769).
He was mentioned in his father's Will (1749), in which he was left all of his father's shop tools together with the shop.
Ephraim served in the Colonial French and Indian War and fought in the Battle of Lake George in 1758.
His death date is uncertain. He was living in Wilton, New Hampshire as late as 1776. A date of 7 June 1777 in Chelmsford has been assigned to him by many, but this is impossible. The Ephraim Butterfield who was buried 7 June 1777 in Chelmsford was, according to the death record, the son of Capt. John and Anna Butterfield. He was born, according to the same town records, 28 July 1741. So the Ephraim who died in 1777 is not the same Ephraim who married Elizabeth Davis in 1731.

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Ephraim Butterfield's Timeline

1710	April 1710	Birth of Ephraim Butterfield Westford, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1732	December 24, 1732	Birth of Experience Butterfield Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1734	May 13, 1734	Birth of Ephraim Joseph Butterfield, II Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1736	February 29, 1736	Birth of Stephen Butterfield Westford, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1737	1737 Age 26	resided on 1737 Litchfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
1740	1740	Birth of Rebecca Gorton Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
1741	1741	Birth of Joseph Butterfield Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
1742	1742	Birth of Elizabeth Ann Butterfield Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
1744	June 1, 1744	Birth of Eunice Butterfield Midlesex, Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

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