Old Dead Relatives

The genealogy of my extended family

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First Name
Last Name
Matthias BUTTON

Matthias BUTTON[1, 2]

Male - ?

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  • Name Matthias BUTTON 
    Gender Male 
    Education Signed deeds and bonds by mark 
    Migration 1633  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Mariner 
    Residence 1636  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1652  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died ? 
    Association John HAZELTINE 
    Association Thomas WELLS 
    Association George WHEELER 
    Person ID I34488  Main
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2023 

    Family Elizabeth WHEELER,   b. 10 Jan 1618, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1690, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 9 Jun 1663 
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F11785  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMigration - 1633 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1636 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1652 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Matthias Button sold one half acre houselot in Ipswich to William Symmons of Ipswich, it "having been granted to John Thornton, deceased, and falling into hands of the grantor by marriage with Joane, widow of said Thornton, who is living," entered 16 November 1639 [Essex Ant 8:3].
      On 14 June 1644 Matthias Button of Ipswich sold to Thomas WELLS of Ipswich two parcels given to Button by the town, one of meadow, the other upland, thirteen acres [ILR 1:155].
      On 18 March 1658[/9?] "Matthias Button and Tegell his wife of Haverhill" sold to John HAZELTINE of Rowley six acres of planting land, three acres of meadow at Hawke's Meadow and three commonages with all privileges belonging thereto [NLR 1:104-06].
      On 14 February 1664[/5?] "Matthias Button of Haverhill" mortgaged to Mr. John Ward of Haverhill "my mansion or dwelling house and a parcel of land belonging to me"; Elizabeth acknowledged the deed and made her mark [NLR 2:23].
      On 11 April 1665 "Matthias Butten of Haverhill" granted to "my brother-in-law George WHEELER for the use of my wife Elizabeth Butten" fourscore acres of upland, part of his third division [NLR 2:24].
      Elizabeth sold thirty of the eighty acres almost immediately to son-in-law John KINGSBURY, 28 December 1670 [ELR 33:229].
      On 7 December 1673 she deeded twenty acres near Hawk's meadow to "Peter GREEN my son-in-law" [NLR 3:107].

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] WHEELER Family in America, The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the , Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, Jr, (Boston, MA 1914).

    2. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, 1-111:292-3.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023