Genealogical sketch of the descendants of Matthias Button : who came to America with governor John Endicott, landing at Salem, Mass., September 6, 1628. Compiled from authentic sources

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GENEALOGICAL SKETCH

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EARLY DESCENDANTS

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Matthias Button.

Who Ceme to America Xv'ith Governor John Endv

cott, Landing at Salem. Mass . September

6, 1628x ••Compiled From

Authentic Scurces,

Jk. SECOND EZDIT^OIT, JL.1TID

pi^csPEcrcrs,

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much time and waste paper:

Roswell Button, Jr-

K. .swell Button, dr.. (son of Roswell and Lydia (Spicer)

Button of Preston. Coun ,) b th< i ■ .Jan. -. 1784, d.

18, : m. Jan. 11, 1807. Lydia Avery (dan. of John and

Mary (Allyn) Avery of Groton, Conn ,) who was b March
and died July 24, 1866 Th ildren werp:

I. Appleton Avery, b. Oct. 31, 1807. died Oct i:>.

1889. near Spring i Mo: in

. 1857. Susannah . and

had a dan . who died in infancy,
and son Alfred, I) in St Louis.
Mo . (supposed to have gone t<>
the Philippine Islands The
father was a bnilder and con-
tractor in St. Louis.
II. William Palmer, b. Aug. 31, 1809 d. Mar 15,

66, in Quebec, Canada, a sin;
man; was a carpenter, eon-
tractor and builder.
III. Lucius Lucian. b. July 6. 1811. d ai Norwich,

m.. Jan 29, 1 885: a profY

and physician: in. Sabina

Do ul bear.
I Y. Stephen Decatur, b at Preston. Conn.. June 8,

1813. d. at Camden. N .1 . .Ian.
7. 1897: a famous architect: in
: i i Pierts, m. L'd Maria
I will of Munson, Mass.
V. Mary Ann. b. Max 8, 1815, m. — ■ — Joseph

Hoxsie, an architet, in Philadel-
phia, Pa.

VI. Nancy Ade, b. Ian. 19. 1*17. m. Joseph

Hoxsie, her dead sister M

nn's husband, who died. She
survives her husband and la
vtill living in Chicago, a widow.

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itton, the child i i !)ani ■•!
• I; -i on (his wi • lainfield I 'r.

Wanted, .. mily i ecoi ds of
Pp Matthias and M

nf P pr 24.

(old ' ni'l. Hannah Cle^

of Delivered md) Octoher, 1720, and had -

Matthias. I). Plainfield, Ct., Jul • un. h

bruan - Deliv I r 7, 17

Wanted, tl records of said children and otl

n of the family <»f Peter and Hannah lliitton. airtl
?cend?
Matthias (son of Peter and Hannah (Cleveland) Button
of Plainfield, Ct.,) b. there July 29, md 1st Maid.

5, 'T.vj. Mary Safford of !' • r . and had William. I>

. January 25. 1752: Deliverance (dau l, h November \. 1754:
Matthias, Jr., b. August 29, 1756, Md. 3d July S, 17i
Mary Kimball, and bad Peter, b. I

nah, b. April 7. 1763; Gideon, b April 23, 1765; Molly, b.
October 22, 1 767.

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Wanted, famil ords of th<' above nam

;sn<l their d address of tl

livii

Jesse Button, born , L749, di< t .

March 1 .<i, buried in Westminster y the

md l<t . Sybil Rainsford and had tv Richard,

Preston, Ct . May 10, 1776. Rainsford. b. Prestot; •
November 22, 1777: Sybil, his 1st wife, d. Mar
and Ji Button m. 2d December 7, 1780, Abigail Ran-

som, and had one son, Robert, b. March 28, 178
Button d. March 18, 1783, in his 34th year of his age He
was buried beside st wife in Westminster C •; y at

Canterbury. Ct.

Wanted, parentage of Jesse Button, date and place of
and 1st marriage and family records of his descend-
ants, which have not hitherto been sent in.

Roswell Button. Sr.. of Preston. Ct., b th< .

1746. saddler and harness-maker, d. June 16, 18 id. 1st

Mar) Spicer. who died : md. 'h\ Lydia Spicer, her

f-sister.

Wanted, the parentage of Roswell Burton. Sr., date
and n4>ace^of hU birth (tradition says he was son of John
a nd^atiNffrt Button and grandson of Daniel and Anna
(Bell; Button of Plaiufield and Willimantic, Ct. > Send
records of the descendants which have not hitherto b(
nd settle question of his parentag

Rufus Button of Hopkiuton, R. I., who md. Elizabeth

. and had a son. Abel, born tl . 17fi3

Wanted, pare of Rufus Button, date and place of

his birth and marriage, and names, dat tea of

the births of his children and family records of their
ndants and address of any of their descem
tnathan Button of Windsor, CI 1 Naomi (dau.

of Elisha Mrmseil and Kezia Taylor), she b. April 3, 17
E Windsor, where they settled and b \" childn

viz: Levi. Joseph. Naomi. Rhoda, Huldah and Jes-

Wanted, the parentage of Jonathan Button, datp and
place of his birth and marriage, names and d ; lb.

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W Daniel Buttoi

ifrth, marria , ,

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n; lived at one I
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1 July ::. 17* rid

fir 13, ' 804. John Stair, - ,r.
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-1"1 n Button « - X y . born I unect-

icut . 1754; md. 1st Jd ! . im.

pr ;■ of _ : i. 2d wil >n of

and probably

n broi , ,, ,v;1>.

in • »lutionary .war with

Ml. '(I

V Join d thoric< .. .,

Vi ■ ■■ ma ■ ,.,,

■ in 1819. :: I. >d Mary liurc

Iron His vvi - .• \\(.

na '"' of bii - the 15 chil-

dren, and names of th - to whom married Nairn
grandclril I in all.

mtcd, •.: month of births of children

born, >f man _ of each ? Sarin- of all

r,f ' ildren and their descend* ts to the latcs

►n.

Simeon Button (bro. of John) settled at Pittstown, K.
Y. Farmer and subsequently ime a distinj

and polith

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June 5, 17(
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for d energy, I much in builds'.

haps more than men in Id

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.. cklin now lives. It ■
- thn ■ Ireu — Ann 1 nd Eli:

Am .1 )a ■ d J. Havi iai md.

Bei - Y.

k .i (son of Joseph and Anna (Davis) Bun n

Vt.)md. Catherine (dau o: Vail) and settled

the old homestead Ho had a brick yard near .
•nee of Homy Kelley, v, manufactured brick.

He built the first and only brick d

.. n. Be was killod in falling from a loa i of hay in
.-.">. They a family of 7 children— Joseph, Isaac,

Anna. Rhoda, Emily, Eunice and Charity .1 >«»eph md.
■a. dau. of Silas Hulett; Isaac md Ellen, dau of
Sila- Hulett. h and Isaac live in California. R

md. Hannib ol Wallingford and died i-j

leaving one daughter, Rhoda li.

Wanted, the family re ds of the descendants of
scph Button Sr., I I- parentage and date and place of
. th and marri.
Capt. Matthias Button, the 4th. of Uauterburj and
aon. I • . on of Ma - . Mary (Brown) Button of

W. . E. I.) b. there April 22. 173*2, d. ;«t Wells, Vt..

. 1811, age years: was ensign and captain in train

band; was captain in war of Revolution; a farmer Md
Phoebe But'. 1753; md. 2d, Elizabeth Butt, her

iter, i n ol 1st marriage weiv: Molly. Joseph.

Xati; a min. Matthias. Jr. Eunice and Charlotte;

children ol aarriage were: Asa. Elizabeth (who md.

Daniel B i). Jonas, Shubel, Nathan, Joel and Amos.

Tl odants live in Ohiu. New York. Michigan.

Dak ' and Massachusetts, of whom we have partial
records - income

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W mtc i. records of all branches of the family brought
down to dat >

Joseph Button of Windham, Ct.. . (son

of Mttth .1 L'hoebe Button of Groton, Ct.) b. Canter-

bury, Cl. til. 1st Sarah Glass of Wind-

in, Ct ; tn I. 2J Mr- M iry Parks, a widow, of Wells. 1
He d. in He lrtft a la'-ge family of children, among

whom were Rufu- ph and Elijah. Tueir descendants

are i i tf. Y.. and in Xorth Dakot .

Wanted, all records brought down to date.

r B if Vaterford, N. Y.. the inventor

y irs the m mufacturer) of the justly cele-

Fire En at '-ford.

\V \ . • . L sander Button, date and

• birth, marriag fa uily records and sketch

of his li;

ig this gentleman and ante-
will be d itefully received, and will find a
i- - ) in the Button genealogy, with illustra-
tio.

ton of Oroton. Ct., md. 5 (dan. of

: II) Limb of Groton) and had
Miry. \nna >au Sally f. • . Lois. Joshua, Joseph,

Nathan and P<

i • ■ !. t'i I. Samuel Button, date

th; same of the
children and the family records of their descendants.

- of the family in which rec-
ti >re or I !33 i but the foregoing is all
W" a; i tlih little booklet, which, it is hoped,
n itori.illy aid i ung the records. Of course we
i ivite uitions of records and sketches of history
fro. n every family who have not hitherto contributed the
work now in process, and without delay.

The book will !e an sting preamble, with a

of an ancient coat of arm- .; d motto of a

Rev Thoma: Bu :. n who was installed bishop of Exeter.

E iglind. Ja-. 15, 1293, which the writer has had

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ancient ng there-

fore military s sir im .

ruber of their retain - heir ten-
ants) in tin)'.- <>f w It i< . bhnnes ■
descende ig line of I and ter-

[t wi J so • >nt"r-
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obtained from historical and - :i work-

ing di&V- of the family in E _ . .0 previo

to I suba •'<. the former date havi

recen sen discovere tte of th<

birth of our ancestor — the emigrant, Matthias i) itton,
the 1st — as bein^ the son of a Thon, :tton of llarrold.

England, bap. there Oct. 11. 1G . vrhose father,

(Thomas Button) .va> buried there June 26. 1617,
shown by copy of s lid records from the pan- _ -rer of

Harrold. Now lacking furth ■■■ idence of identification,
ro establish the nativity and parentage of our said aner-
tor for whi.'h we are making search.

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The greatest difficulty which promoters of under-
takings of this character have to contend with, is that of
interference by parties actuated by sp< ive motive

who spring up out of factions of the d> dy to

e advantage of thei i lationship, which often
Lingers, if not entirely destroys, all prospects of su
cess: an 1 herein lies the secret of so many failures
recover remote inheritances, which otherwise might
been c led and enjoyed by the heirs. The writer has

hid many years' experience in m attars (^ this character.
From 1862 to 1867 as attorney a. ■■•■-. and war claim
agent continuously so engaged, and from 1867 to 1887 at
interv i - the prosecution of pensions (and

various other claim-- • ling to .-oidiers and their n

r of • m of 1861.

many of which it became necessary to produce

ice of b . rriagres and d

oreign records, including English. Irish and
srinan, in cases of alien claimants — from which experi-
ence we ha tined some knowledge of the n; ] of
.ching records.

In 1S7S the writer publish* genealogical sketch of

the Webber family, of 42 pas similar to tl
Button family published in 1889, a or a like pu

since which, our time has not only been oecupind i
lectin^ records and material for the completion of lb
;ea!ogie> >ve have also been .. . v I

i:ig claims to inheritances, during which the
writer has purchased quite a collection of genealogical
works. b3th of this country and Europe, by which we are
able to trace pedis *f almost any family name, and

together with arras • with severs 'es-

sionai genealogists for exchange of notes, we possess
:-ilities for conducting works of this character, and
d)ing a general el .-.gency business; and will promp

£ive attention to calls for our services in this capacity, In
establishing pedi?i compiling family records and

charts, mike search for wills, reproduce ancient arms and
escutcho jns*flBftB Pfavjrable terms.

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Special requests by the Writer,
int

unlly records

I will therefore be ii

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an i otUe

pui. i

onld this bo iklel
sons who ii i jo intei it is rcq

:\ iin: ■ turn tli u same to tUe

same.

All pi a the nailed

>py ol *aid ... . who

have tribal . . ••ill

per r< urn tl

All i ses sho ild

A!! I< >t inq i II enclose return at

lea-

i fitted that immedi-

ackn d.

\Y of the sketch of ir,

which w« will ra.iil to any ad receipt of $1, or th -

) for ^L 50.

We will cheer fully render all poss <~ Tib-

er.- contributors i blisliing their family lin

and in complctinir their family records, without. charge,

except return postage.

Should any communication address t< us fail to
bring immediate replv. the writer thereof s call our

attention thereto, without delay. AdJros

A. BUTTON

..Mich..

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