Samuel BUTTERFIELD
Abt 1613 - 1636 (~ 23 years)
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Name Samuel BUTTERFIELD Born Abt Jan 1613 Ovendon,Yorkshire, England 
Christened 16 Jan 1613 Halifax, Yorkshire, England Gender Male _UID 4A7F182829DF354488008C24530D4CC6346D Died Oct 1636 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Person ID I2029 SteveParker Last Modified 24 Apr 2008
Father Thomas BUTTERFIELD Mother Susan WOOD _UID DB2C1DF2AE724245886A10866E5AEE696462 Family ID F784 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Samuel Butterfield came first to Springfield and then to Saybrook. he was the brother-in-law of founder Matthew Mitchell. It was on Mr. Mitchell's property, on the east side of the river, that Samuel Butterfield was gathering hay one day in 1636, when a group of Pequots, who were hidden in the tall grass, kidnapped and killed him. The site was later called Butterfield Meadows.
Source: Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Vol II
History of Ancient Wethersfield - Styles, Vol. I
"A catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut- pg 461 SLC-FHL 974.6/D2hra
- Samuel Butterfield came first to Springfield and then to Saybrook. he was the brother-in-law of founder Matthew Mitchell. It was on Mr. Mitchell's property, on the east side of the river, that Samuel Butterfield was gathering hay one day in 1636, when a group of Pequots, who were hidden in the tall grass, kidnapped and killed him. The site was later called Butterfield Meadows.