PINNEY AND FRAZIER GENEALOGY :Information about Violet Butler
Violet Butler (b. September 21, 1706, d. August 04, 1787)
Notes for Violet Butler:
Violet named in herhusband's will written June 1775.
1.Daniel Burr is the great grandson of Benjamin Burr one of the original settlers of Hartford, CT.Benjamin and his two brothers, Jehu (1600-1670) and Thomas, immigrated to the colonies from England.Jehue settled in Fairfield;there is scantinformation regarding Thomas.
2.Benjamin was born about 1605 in England and died in Hartford on March 31 1681.Benjamin married Anna in about 1625.Anna was born about 1607 in England and died in Hartford August 31, 1683.One of their four children, Thomas,is Daniel's father.The other three children are:
1.Samuel (1630-1698)He married Mary Bazey (1630-1684)
2.Mary (1636-) She married Christopher Crowe from Windsor 1656 and after his death Josiah Clarke of Windsor.
3.Hannah (1661-1751) married Andrew Hillyer from Simsbury.
3.Thomas (1645-1733).He married Sarah Speck about 1665. (1646-)Children
1.Thomas Jr. (1683-1761)He married Sarah Wadsworth about 1705 in Hartford
2.Samuel(1685-1763)Probably a batchelor because his will dated June 1758 proved 1764 mentions neither wife nor child butrather some of his siblings and their children.Mentions Samuel and Moses, sons of his brother Thomas, Jr., Daniel, son ofhis brother Daniel,his sister Abigail wife of Timothy Phelps, his sister Ann, wife of Obadiah Spencer, Elijah Spencer, son ofhis sister Ann, his sister-in-law Violet, wife of his brother Daniel and his brother Thomas, Jr.
3.Joseph (1687-1776) He married twice:Damorom Sears & Mary WoodRemoved to Hempstead, L.I. NY
4.Jonathan (1692-)Married Jerusha Williams
5.Ann (1694-1765) Married Obadiah Spencer 1721.
6.Rev. Isaac (1697-1752)Resided and died in WindsorHe married ___Eliot
7.DANIEL (1700-)Danielmarried Violet Butler.They resided in the Windsor area.
8.Caleb (1701-)
9.Abigail (1702-1760) She married twice: Timothy Phelps & Elijah Spencer
10.Sarah (1703-1750)
11. Benjamin (1704-1758)He married Mary Goodman & Abigail Pantry
12.Hannah (1705-1763)
4.Daniel (1700-) and Violet had one child whom they named Daniel born about 1728.Although there is no record of either their marriage or deaths, Violet and her son Daniel were alive post 1763 based on his brother Samuel's will proved that year in which they are named beneficiaries.
More About Violet Butler:
Child of: Thomas Butler & Abigail Shepard.
Spouse: 1727, Daniel Burr.508
Spouse's Baptism: May 12, 1700, Hartford, Hartford, CT.509
Spouse's Death: Aft. 1764, East Windsor, Hartford, CT.510
Spouse's Parents: Thomas Burr & Sarah Speck.