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Lydia Butterfield (Ballard)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
Death: April 12, 1724 (66)
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Ballard, of Andover and Grace Ballard
Wife of Joseph Butterfield
Mother of Hannah (Anne) Thompson; Benjamin Butterfield, of Frances Hill; Grace Butterfield; Tabitha Waters; Isaac Butterfield and 4 others
Sister of William Ballard, Jr.; Joseph Ballard, of Andover; Elizabeth Blount; Mary Butterfield; Constable John Ballard of Andover and 3 others
Half sister of Abigail Ballard; Mary Ann Ballard; Sarah Ballard; Elizabeth Ballard; Joseph Ballard and 4 others

Occupation: 9 children
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About Lydia Butterfield

http://www.usgennet.org/family/butterfield/families/franke2.htm

Generation No. 4

8. JOSEPH4 BUTTERFIELD (BENJAMIN3, BENJAMIN2, BENJAMIN1) was born 15 August 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA83, and died 12 February 1719/20 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA84. He married LYDIA BALLARD 12 April 1674 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA85,86,87,88, daughter of WILLIAM BALLARD and GRACE BERWICK. She was born 30 April 1657 in Andover, Essex Co, MA89,90, and died ~ 1728 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA91.

More About JOSEPH BUTTERFIELD:

Christening: 1 December 1656, by Rev Fiske at age 6/Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA92

Occupation: Settler/Husbandman

Residence: 1656, Chelmsford, MA; 1686 settled on 500 acres of "wilderness land" on the north side of the Merrimac River, between the river and Tyng's Pond. (now Tyngsboro, Middlesex Co, MA)

Will: 22 December 1720, Estate appraised and inventoried

Notes for LYDIA BALLARD: Filed with the same inventory in the Midx. Reg. Viz: To the honoured Judge of probate for the County of Middlesex:

Honoured Sir: After my service presented to hour honour, these may certify you, that through age and infirmities I am not able to come to Cambridge: I earnestly desire that Dea. Joshua Fletcher may be put in administrator upon the estate of my deceased husband, for he is an honest man and one that is capable of managing such a work; which if your honour please to grant or show of your honour will much oblidge you humble servant.

Chelmsford Sept. ye 14th., 1728 Lydia Butterfeild (Endorsed)

Sept. 16, 1728. At the desire of his widow, within named, of Joseph Butterfield, only surviving son of said deceased, of Simon Thompson and Ephraim Waters, Husbands to two of Deceased's Daughters, Administration on ye said Deceased's estate is granted to Joshua Fletcher of Chelmsford, yeoman, Joseph Butterfield of said Town surety___lbs. 300, I.R. J.P.

More About LYDIA BALLARD: Will: 14 September 1728, Filed letter with Judge of Probate/Middlesex Co, requesting Deacon Joshua Fletcher be made administrator of her late husband's estate

More About JOSEPH BUTTERFIELD and LYDIA BALLARD:

Marriage 2: 12 February 1673/74, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA93

Children of JOSEPH BUTTERFIELD and LYDIA BALLARD are:

i. HANNAH5 BUTTERFIELD, b. 8 July 1678, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA; d. Bef. 172894; m. SIMON THOMPSON, 12 December 1700, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA95; b. 15 June 1673, Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA95.

More About SIMON THOMPSON: Occupation: Town Clerk, Chelmsford MA

ii. JOSEPH BUTTERFIELD, b. Bet. 1674 - 1706, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA; d. Tyngsboro, Middlesex Co, MA; m. SARAH* FLETCHER, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA; b. Bet. 1675 - 1700.

More About JOSEPH BUTTERFIELD: Date born 2: 28 January 1673/74, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA

Date born 3: 28 January 1674/75, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA

Date born 4: 6 June 1680, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA

Date born 5: 1 October 1689, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA

Died 2: 4 April 1749, Dunstable, Middlesex Co, MA

Died 3: 1757, Middlesex Co, MA

Date/ID Problem: Bet. 1674 - 1706, DOB in this range; you couldn't swing a dead cat in Chelmsford without hitting a Joseph Butterfield. Same problem for DOD.

More About SARAH* FLETCHER: Date born 2: 21 January 1689/90

Parentage/Ancestry 1: Query: ?d/o Samuel & Hannah Wheeler Fletcher; ?d/o Joshua Fletcher & Sarah Wiley; ?d/o Ezekiel Fletcher

Parentage/Ancestry 2: Query: Related to the Joshua Fletcher who was appointed administrator of mother-in-law's estate?

More About JOSEPH BUTTERFIELD and SARAH* FLETCHER: Marriage 2: 22 November 1709, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA (Or this may be the marriage date of some other Joseph to someone else!)

15. iii. BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD, SR, b. ~ 1683, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA; d. 31 March 1715, Frances Hill, Middlesex Co, MA.

iv. TABITHA BUTTERFIELD, b. 29 May 1687, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA96; d. Bef. 1728, (MA)97; m. EPHRAIM WATERS; b. 12 October 1687, Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA.

v. ISAAC BUTTERFIELD, b. 1 October 1689, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA; d. 4 November 1689, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA98.

16. vi. JACOB BUTTERFIELD, b. 1 October 1689, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA; d. Bef. 1728, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA.

vii. ABRAHAM BUTTERFIELD, b. 4 June 1693, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA; d. 8 June 1693, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA98.

viii. ABIGAIL BUTTERFIELD, b. 4 June 1693, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA; d. 6 March 1773, (Middlesex Co, MA); m. DAVID BIXBE, 4 August 1712, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA; b. 15 February 1687/88, Andover, Essex Co, MA99; d. 1767, Westford, Middlesex Co, MA.

More About DAVID BIXBE: Date born 2: 16 February 1686/87, Andover, Essex Co, MA


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Lydia Butterfield's Timeline

1657
April 30, 1657
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1675
1675
1678
July 8, 1678
Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1683
1683
Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1687
May 29, 1687
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Dominion of New England
1687
Midlesex, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1689
October 1, 1689
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
October 10, 1689
Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1693
June 4, 1693
Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA, United States