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Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler

Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler

Male 1818 - 1893  (74 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler was born on 5 Nov 1818 in Deerfield, Rockingham County, NH (son of Captain John Butler and Charlotte Ellison); died on 11 Jan 1893 in Washington, District of Columbia; was buried in Hildreth Family cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA.

    Benjamin married Sarah Jones Hildreth on 16 May 1844 in Saint Anne's Episcopal Church, Lowell, MA. Sarah (daughter of Dr. Israel Hildreth and Dolly Jones) was born on 17 Aug 1816 in Dracut, Middlesex County, MA; died on 8 Apr 1876; was buried in Hildreth Family cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Blanche Butler was born in 1847; died in 1939.
    2. Paul Butler was born in 1852; died in 1918.
    3. Ben-Israel Butler was born in 1855; died in 1881.
    4. Benjamin Butler

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Captain John Butler was born on 17 May 1782 in Nottingham, Rockingham County, NH (son of Captain Zephaniah Butler and Abigail Cilley); died in Mar 1819 in St. Kitts Island.

    John married Charlotte Ellison on 21 Jul 1811. Charlotte (daughter of Richard Ellison) was born on 4 Feb 1792; died on 4 Oct 1870; was buried in Hildreth Family cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Charlotte Ellison was born on 4 Feb 1792 (daughter of Richard Ellison); died on 4 Oct 1870; was buried in Hildreth Family cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA.
    Children:
    1. Charlotte Butler was born on 13 May 1812; died in Aug 1839.
    2. Andrew Jackson Butler was born on 13 Feb 1815 in Dracut, Middlesex County, MA; died on 11 Feb 1864; was buried in Hildreth Family cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA.
    3. 1. Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler was born on 5 Nov 1818 in Deerfield, Rockingham County, NH; died on 11 Jan 1893 in Washington, District of Columbia; was buried in Hildreth Family cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Captain Zephaniah Butler was born on 15 Jan 1727 in Tisbury, Dukes County, MA (son of Malachi Butler and Jemima Daggett); died in 1800 in Nottingham, Rockingham County, NH.

    Zephaniah married Abigail Cilley in Nottingham, Rockingham County, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Abigail Cilley (daughter of General Joseph Cilley).
    Children:
    1. Benjamin Butler
    2. Susan Butler
    3. Enoch Butler
    4. William Butler
    5. 2. Captain John Butler was born on 17 May 1782 in Nottingham, Rockingham County, NH; died in Mar 1819 in St. Kitts Island.

  3. 6.  Richard Ellison was born in in Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 3. Charlotte Ellison was born on 4 Feb 1792; died on 4 Oct 1870; was buried in Hildreth Family cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Malachi Butler was born about 1689 (son of John Butler and Priscilla Norton).

    Malachi married Jemima Daggett. Jemima (daughter of Thomas Daggett and Elizabeth Hawes) was born about 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Jemima Daggett was born about 1694 (daughter of Thomas Daggett and Elizabeth Hawes).
    Children:
    1. Thankful Butler
    2. Susanna Butler
    3. 4. Captain Zephaniah Butler was born on 15 Jan 1727 in Tisbury, Dukes County, MA; died in 1800 in Nottingham, Rockingham County, NH.
    4. Benjamin Butler
    5. Margery Butler
    6. Silas Butler
    7. Solomon Butler

  3. 10.  General Joseph Cilley
    Children:
    1. 5. Abigail Cilley