Matthias Button, II

Matthias BUTTON was born 17 MAR 1657/58 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and died 1725 in Plainfield, Connecticut. He was the son of Matthias BUTTON and Ann TEAGLE OR TAGALL.

He married Mary NEFF, daughter of William NEFF and Mary CORLISS. She was born 09 NOV 1688.

Mattias and Mary moved to Plainfield, Connecticut in 1690 and settled o n land bought from the heirs of Governor Winthrop. A lot was drawn in Haverhill for Matthias' right as Commoner as late as 1721.

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 7 2016, 23:25:30 UTC

BUTTON, Matthew, or Matthias, Boston. Wife Lettice, adm. chh. 26 (11) 1633, dau. Mary bapt. 23 (12) 1633, (m. at Haverhill Dec. 6, 1052, Edward Yeomans.) son Daniel bapt. 22 (12) 1634. He m. at Ipswich about 1639 Joane, widow of John Thornton. [Ips. Rec] Rem. to Haverhill about 1652. Wife Teagle or Tegell; ch. Hannah b. May 31, 1652, Daniel b. 10 April, 1654, d. about 25 (7) 1677, Samuel b. Sept. 1, 1655, Abigail b. 16 June, 1656, Thomas b. Dec. 6, 1657, Mathias b. 17 March, 1657-8, Elizabeth b. Jan. 10, 1659, Peter b. 17 July, 1660, Mehetabel b. Oct. 11, 1661, Patience b. 1 June, d. 30 Oct. 1662, Edward b. Feb. 6, 1663, Sarah, (m. 6 Jan. 1673, James Kingsbury). The wife Teagle d. Feb. 4, 1662; he m. June 9, 1663, Elizabeth Duston, who survived him and d. July 16, 1690. He conveyed land for the benefit of his wife to his bro.-in-law George Wheeler 11 (2) 1665. He d. Aug. 13, 1672. The inv. of his est. was filed at Salisbury court 14 April. 1674, by Capt. Nath. Saltonstall, admin. [from "The Pioneers of Massachusetts", by Charles Henry Pope, Boston, 1900 - pg. 85-86] (https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/n6/mode/1up)

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Matthias & Mary (Neff) Button lived at Haverhill first, but soon after1690, they, in company with his sister Sarah and her husband James(Henry1) Kingsbury and several other Mass, families, took the ?Old Conn. Path' down to eastern Conn. where they took possession of the Quinebaug land east of the Appaquage or Little River which they had purchased from the sons of Gov. John Winthrop of Massachusetts This was thes ettlement of the town of Plainfield, Conn., the third town to be settled in Windham Co.. Disturbed and troubled times followed as this same tract of land was claimed by a group of Conn. men, headed by Messrs. Fitch and Tracy, who claimed the land had been given to them by the Indians. Fortunately their Indian neighbors, who were numerous, were friendly and willing to share their hunting, fishing and planting grounds with them. Eventually the claims of Mass, and Conn. men were straightened out. Matthias Button and his wife were admitted to membership in the First Church of Stonington, Conn. May 16, 1697 (Ch.Rec. Vol. W, p. 190, Vol. 1, p. 10, etc). At the time the town of Plainfield was granted a Town Charter in 1699, 15 men were listed as settlers there, among them Matthias Button. In 1704, Matthias Button was one of 24 proprietors who each received an allotment of 100 acres.In 1725 an epidemic of some sort hit the town and so many people were sick that neighboring towns had to be called upon for help. Many of the town's leading citizens died, including Matthias Button.

Peter Button the son of a Matthias Button of 1607 has als been listed as the parent of Abigail. He was married to Mary Lamphere.