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Phebe Button (Butts)

Also Known As: "Phoebe Brown Butts"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: March 03, 1764 (29)
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Also known as: Adams Cemetery, South Canterbury Road, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Elisha Butts and Phoebe Butts
Wife of Joseph Butts and Capt. Matthias Button, Jr.
Mother of Eunice Phoebe Campbell (Button); Joseph Button, Sr; John Button; Molly Button; Nathan Button and 7 others

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About Phebe Button


Matthias Button of Westerly and Wells, Vt., had by his (1) wife, Phoebe (who according to some authorities was the sister of his second wife, and the dau. of Josiah Butts, and according to others was the wid. of Joseph Butts, whose maiden name was Brown), eight children, as follows:

  1. John, b 1754, In (1) in 1783, Mary Rawson, by whom he had 12 ch., m (2) Mrs. Mary (Lowe) Burch, by whom he had three children;
  2. Molly, b 1755;
  3. Joseph, b 1756, m (1) Sarah Glass of Windham, Conn., In (2) Mrs. Mary Parks (or Pond) of Wells, Vt., and d in 1826;
  4. Nathan, b 1757;
  5. Benjamin, b 1758;
  6. Matthias, b 1760;
  7. Eunice, b 1761; and
  8. Charlotte, b 1762.

References

  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-30561 Phoebe Brown, the daughter of Benjamin Brown and Mary Shurtleff. She was born on 12 Jan 1732 in Canterbury. She married Joseph Butts on 6 Jan 1748 in Canterbury. She then married Matthias Button on 16 May 1753 in Canterbury.
  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-78689 Phoebe Brown, daughter of Benjamin and Mary, was born in Canterbury, Connecticut on 12 Jan 1735. [1] She married Samuel L Butts in 1765.[2]
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Phebe Button's Timeline

1735
January 12, 1735
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1753
January 16, 1753
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America
1754
March 17, 1754
Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
1755
July 7, 1755
Westerly, Wash, Rhode Island
1757
April 21, 1757
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
1758
December 31, 1758
Windham, Windham, CT, United States
1760
July 27, 1760
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
1761
December 23, 1761
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony
1762
March 26, 1762
Haverhill, Essex, Ma Canterbury, Wind.