Richard Bouton

Biography

"Bounton, Richard, s. of John.

Settled in Fairfield, where he d. in 1665.

Married Ruth Turney, dau. of Benjamin, b. at Concord, 28 Jan. 1643/4, d. at Fairfield in 1666.

Inv. 21 June 1665, presented by Widow. Joseph Middlebrook and wife testified that Richard the day he died gave his Est. to Ruth his wife, excepting tools. Court decrees if Ruth be with child, the child to have its share; if no issue, then John son of John Bouton to have the tools.

Inv. of Ruth Bouton, 7 Nov. 1666. Matthey Marvin, Sr., Robert Turney, and John Bouton, relations to Ruth the dau. of Richard and Ruth Bouton, consent that the child be placed with Marvin until 18; if he dies, then with John Bouton, the child's uncle; and if he dies, then with Robert Turney; if the child dies, then the land to go to Benjamin Turney of Fairfield, and L7-14-6 to Thomas Morehouse of Fairfield, and the rest divided among the nearest relations."[1]

Old notes

This was corrected.

At first glance, it seems that this Richard is supposed to be the same as his same-named younger brother; however, two data seem to indicate that this Richard is attached to the wrong parents:

• his daughter's birth surname (which suggests that this Richard's surname was misspelled when it was put into this profile)
• his death in Virginia (which the Bouton family supposedly never inhabited or visited - they apparently removed from Massachusetts to Connecticut)

Further research is warranted.

links

see also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland

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At first glance, it seems that this Richard should be the same as his same-named older brother; however, that Richard has some data points that suggest that he is attached to the wrong parents. Further research is warranted.

Date and place of birth have also been erroneously reported to be circa 1662 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be June 21, 1665 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Date and place of burial have been (erroneously?) reported to be June 21, 1665 at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

links

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44439564