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!BIRTH: Hist of Cambridge, Mass 974.44/C1-D2p v.1; Colonial Rec of Conn 974.6/N2c v.1 p.88; Wisconson Families 977.5/B2wf v.1 p.111;

!MARRIAGE: (1) ? (2) Elizabeth BIGELOW-Bigelow Genealogy 929.273/B481h p.18;

!DEATH: Early Conn Probate 974.6/s2m p.4, 82, 286;

!Archive rec Bertha Celestia Garrison; Savage Dict V 1.

!DOCUMENTATION (by Margaret Neuffer):

!"Families of Early Hartford, Conn." page 134.
!DEATH: Source - Early Conn Probate 974.6/s2m p.4, 82, 286; Also same as Marriage.
Richard was in Cambridge, Mass. in 1632; a freeman Mass. 14 May 1634.
Removed to Hartford; an original proprietor in 1639-40, when 16 acres were alloted to him. His house lot was on the corner where the road from George Steele's to the South Meadow interesected the road from the Mill to the Country.
He was a juror 1643-4-7-8' townsman 1649-54-58; one of the committee for the mill 1661; grand juror 1660--62; deputy 1656-1660; one of the deacons of the First Church. Inv - 564 lbs. 15-0. His first wife's name is unknown.
!Source - Hinnman says he md Elizabeth Bigelow before he came to Hartford.

!Early member 1 Ch. Name on Founders Monument.
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Said to have sailed to America on the ship Hector in 1632 with his brother William, leaving two sisters in Essex. One sister, Jane, married a "West" and the other married a "Winter". Richard's brother William died in Hartford in 1648, the two sisters are mentioned in his will.
Richard's parents are believed to have been Stephen (born about 1580 in Braintree) and Mary; and Stephen's father, John (born about 1550), by some accounts Stephen died in Hartford CT.

Richard married Bigelow, Elizabeth in 1634 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Bigelow, Randall, daughter of Bigelow, Randall and Cummins, Jane) was born about 1614 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 26 Feb 1656/1657 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried on 26 Feb 1656/1657 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Butler, Thomas was born on 26 Feb 1636/1637 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

Richard married Banbury in 1660 in of, , , Connecticut. was born in 1611 in of, , , Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Butler, Phebe Mrs. in 1632 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. Phebe was born in 1611 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!Archive rec Virgie Clark Moore; Gen of Conn-Cutter 3:1515; Savage Gen Dict; Am Anc 10:42; Gen of the Puritans p 454.

Steven married Butler, Mrs. Steven in 1599 in of, Braintree, Essex, England. Mrs. was born about 1580 in of, Braintree, Essex, England; died in 1662 in Weathersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!Archive rec Virgie Clark Moore; Gen of Conn-Cutter 3:1515; Savage Gen Dict; Am Anc 10:42; Gen of the Puritans p 454.

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John married Butler, Mrs. John in 1570 in of, Braintree, Essex, England. Mrs. was born in 1552 in of, Braintree, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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