Name: Abel Butters
Spouse: Butters Ester
Parents: Killam John , Mary
Birth Place: MA
Birth Date: 1764
Marriage Date: 27 Mar 1783
Death Date: 3 Apr 1833
Source Information:
Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
===================Abel's death is also confirmed by Daniel H. Warren's Records of Deaths in Lovell from 1816 to 1873 (not official records, but again extremely reliable).
Possible birth info-
[Name: Esther Stearns Birth Date: 22 Dec 1765 Birth Place: Burlington Father's First Name: John Gender: Female
Source: Vital Records of Burlington Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection deaths]
Likely died before 1810- lovell Records
From unsubtantiated personal correspondence by Evelyn L. Bowley which adds the following:Sallie, daughter of Abel and Esther Butters married Charles Campbell. Children George (who lived at Mechanic Falls), Esther, Sewell, Wesley, Eliza, Julia, James, Sarah, Betsey, Emily and Eugenia." [Lovell Historical society]
Sarah and Charles are buried in the Charles Campbell Cemetery in Minot ME. Charles gravestone says "7 Mar 1794 - 7 May 1866 MASS PVT 3 REGT MASS MILITIA WAR OF 1812". Next to Charles is Sarah wife 1797-1863; Charles W. 18 Oct.1846 21 yrs 9 ms; Franklin O. 27 Sep 1846; Timothy M. 26 Aug. 1836 2 ys 10 ms; Sarah 25 Oct. 1846 14 ys 8 ms. [ Lovell History Society ]
From unsubtantiated personal correspondence by Evelyn L. Bowley which adds the following:Sallie, daughter of Abel and Esther Butters married Charles Campbell. Children George (who lived at Mechanic Falls), Esther, Sewell, Wesley, Eliza, Julia, James, Sarah, Betsey, Emily and Eugenia." [Lovell Historical society]
Sarah and Charles are buried in the Charles Campbell Cemetery in Minot ME. Charles gravestone says "7 Mar 1794 - 7 May 1866 MASS PVT 3 REGT MASS MILITIA WAR OF 1812". Next to Charles is Sarah wife 1797-1863; Charles W. 18 Oct.1846 21 yrs 9 ms; Franklin O. 27 Sep 1846; Timothy M. 26 Aug. 1836 2 ys 10 ms; Sarah 25 Oct. 1846 14 ys 8 ms. [ Lovell History Society ]
Unsubtantiated personal correspondence by Evelyn L. Bowley which adds the following:Timothy, son of Abel and Esther Stearns Butters, married Rebecca McKeen. Children Mary Ann, Charles, Sarah, Levi, Cordelia, Nancy, Lucinda, James and Julia. [Lovell Historical Society]
He and wife lived with son Charles in 1850 in Stoneham
Alive in 1860 in Fryeburg ME (age 70) [1860 census]
Unsubtantiated personal correspondence by Evelyn L. Bowley which adds the following: "John died Mar 6 1864 and his children with Ruth were Dorothy, Sewell, Timothy, Rosanna (who was the grandmother of Evelyn L. Bowley), Mehitable, Mary, Lucinda, Alice, Willard, Sewell and Solomon. Sewell and Solomon died in infancy. Children of John and Sally Butters (2nd wife) were Joseph M., J. Aaron, John Wesley and Tamson E. [Lovell Historical Society]
Lived in Lovell, ME. in 1850 and 1860 (census data)
John Butters married Ruth Cook, both of Lovell, in April 1808. John then married Sally H. Meserve of NH Dec. 1826. Sally (from unsubtantiated personal correspondence by Evelyn L. Bowley) was born Nov. 27, 1793 or 1794 and died Sept. 16, 1864.
Unsubtantiated personal correspondence by Evelyn L. Bowley which adds the following: "John died Mar 6 1864 and his children with Ruth were Dorothy, Sewell, Timothy, Rosanna (who was the grandmother of Evelyn L. Bowley), Mehitable, Mary, Lucinda, Alice, Willard, Sewell and Solomon. Sewell and Solomon died in infancy. Children of John and Sally Butters (2nd wife) were Joseph M., J. Aaron, John Wesley and Tamson E. [Lovell Historical Society]
Lived in Lovell, ME. in 1850 and 1860 (census data)
Sally (from unsubtantiated personal correspondence by Evelyn L. Bowley) was born Nov. 27, 1793 or 1794 and died Sept. 16, 1864.
Her name shows as Sarah on all census data???
School Teacher in 1860
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Levi Butters ,
Residence: Fryeburg, Maine
Enlistment Date: 14 August 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 14 August 1862 at the age of 37
Enlisted in Company D, 16th Infantry Regiment Maine on 14 August 1862.
Discharged Company D, 16th Infantry Regiment Maine on 10 November 1862Oct. 20, 1850 An Intention of Marriage between Mr. Levi Butters and Miss Sarah F. Howe both of Fryeburg first published. Cert. granted Nov. 14, 1850.
Possoible Family 1850 cens.Name: Stephen Watson
Age: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1807
Birth Place: Maine
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Saco, York, Maine
Family Number: 883
Household Members: Name Age
Stephen Watson 43
Sarah Watson 22
Stephen M Watson 14
Ephraim Watson 12
Maryann Watson 10
Amanda Watson 8
George Watson 2
Hannah Watson 68
Possoible Family 1870 cens.Name: Stephen Watson
Estimated birth year: abt 1808
Age in 1870: 62
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1870: Saco, York, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Saco
Household Members: Name Age
Stephen Watson 62
Sarah M Watson 41
George Watson 22
Angeline Watson 15
Sarah E Watson 13
Annette Watson 8
Olive Watson 5
Butters, John. Receipt for wages, etc., dated Wilmington, May 22, 1778, signed by said Butters and others, given to Capt. Cadwallader Ford; also, Private, Capt. Ford's co.; list of men in an account of ammunition allowed them from Nov. 4 to Jan. 6 [years not given].
[Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.]
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Name: Mary Killam Gender: Female Spouse: John Butters Marriage Date: 26 Apr 1757 City: Wilmington County: Middlesex Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0761324.
From unsubtantiated personal correspondence by Evelyn L. Bowley which adds the following:
Mary, daughter of Abel and Esther Butters, married Asa Potter. Children Mary Ann, Asa, David, Nathaniel, William, Hulda, Sarah amd Abbie. [Lovell Historical Society]