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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