Thomas BUTTERFIELD
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Thomas BUTTERFIELDOther Events:
- _UID: 745A8CDAD02DD34A96FD118C39995D33E020
Family/Spouse: Susan WOOD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Samuel BUTTERFIELD
was born about Jan 1613 in Ovendon,Yorkshire, England; was christened on 16 Jan 1613 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England; died in Oct 1636 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. - 3. Sarah Butterfield
Generation: 2
2. Samuel BUTTERFIELD (1.Thomas1) was born about Jan 1613 in Ovendon,Yorkshire, England; was christened on 16 Jan 1613 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England; died in Oct 1636 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. Other Events:
- _UID: 4A7F182829DF354488008C24530D4CC6346D
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/D2hra3. 
Sarah Butterfield (1.Thomas1)Other Events:
- _UID: CD7CE753B3122B4985F47D1F4A05A57237A6
Sarah married Mathew MITCHELL on 16 Apr 1616 in South Ouram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Mathew was born in 1590 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England; died on 19 May 1646 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 11 Sep 1646. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]