Mary BUTTON

Mary BUTTON

Female 1634 - 1705  (70 years)

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  • Name Mary BUTTON 
    Born 23 Feb 1634  Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number
    _UID E381753DD3D2AF40884067C94DE6E49851DB 
    Died 1705  Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7774  SteveParker
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2019 

    Father Matthias Peter BUTTON,   b. 1607,   d. 1672  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Ann Teagle,   b. 1620,   d. 1662  (Age 42 years) 
    _UID 303C6D6C52354840B598291E325E64532F7E 
    Family ID F4054  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John LEWIS,   b. 1630, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1690, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married Abt 1657  , , Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _UID F0E186A23D28C240B9E03BF24B89D02AF4BA 
    Children 
     1. Jonathan LEWIS,   b. 1658, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John LEWIS,   b. 1660, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James LEWIS,   b. 3 Jun 1664, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1745  (Age 81 years)
     4. David LEWIS,   b. 1667
     5. Daniel LEWIS,   b. 1668, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1717/1718, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     6. Isreal LEWIS,   b. 1669, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1719, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     7. Samuel LEWIS,   b. 1671, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1739  (Age 68 years)
     8. Dorcas LEWIS,   b. 1673, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1720, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F1417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • This Mary Button is sometimes confused with the Mary Button who married Edward Yeomans or a Mary Button who married Thomas French. Mary Buttons is sometimes referred to as Ruth Buttons.

      This Mary Button married John Lewis. Tradition given by Mrs. Sally Lewis, wife of Jeffrey Sheldon Lewis is that "John Lewis came to America but the young lady with whom he was in love did not come over because her parents did not like him. Mary wrote to him asking him to come to England to get her, but he answered her that he could not but would meet her if she came to him. She wrote him that she would come so he built a log cabin and when she finally arrived from England he went down to the shore at Plymouth, met her and they married soon after. They lived together for a number of years before he died. She survived him fifteen years." This is related in Lewisania, Vol, 4, p. 35.

  • Sources 
    1. [S44] International Genealogical index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
      Mary or Button; Female; Birth: Before 1635 East Greenwich, Kent, England; Death: 1705 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; Spouse: John Lewis; Marriage: About 1657 , , Rhode Island
      Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 11/12/2007