FAMILY RECORD:
James Hersey Butler - s/o Ebenezer Butler & Sarah Hersey; b 27 Oct 1811; m1 9 Sep 1841 Mary Hersey Dearborn (b 20 Jan 1819; d 19 Jun 1850); m2 18 Aug 1851 Harriet Amsden (b 8 Oct 1826); he became a merchant early in life; he held various offices of trust & was apptd judge of the court of common pleas.
Children by 1st wife:
a) James Dearborn - b 9 Nov 1842; grad Harvard College; practiced law in Portsmouth; m 16 Jun 1869 Sarah Hersey Cilley d/o John O Cilley; he d 13 Nov 1877 leaving children: 1) Paul - b 18 Oct 1870; and 2) Mary - b 9 Jul 1874.
b) Mary Louise - b 21 Nov 1844; m 19 Aug 1874 Joseph Neally Cilley. Child: Elizabeth Williams b 28 Jun 1875.
Child by 2nd wife:
c) Frank Hersey - b 29 Nov 1852; m 1 Jan 1876 Enleta Abby Folsom (b 9 Feb 1852), Child: Harriet - b 17 Oct 1876.
[Cogswell, Hist. of Nottingham, Deerfield & Northwood, NH, 1878, p175].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1893 May 22 - James H Butler d Nottingham ae 81y 7m s/o Ebenezer Butler &
Sallie Hersey, heart failure [Nottingham Annual Report].
FAMILY RECORD:
Henry Butler Jr - s/o Henry Butler & Isabella Fisk; b 30 Jun 1783; m1 1 Oct 1806 Abigail Lord of Nottingham (d 7 Jun 1817 Nottingham NH); after her death he m2 12 Mar 1818 Nancy Hersey (b 22 Oct 1792 d/o James Hersey of Sanbornton); they lived at Bangor ME for a while, and by c1875 were living at Hampden, four miles west of Bangor.
Children by 1st wife:
a) Isabella Fisk - m1 William C Kelley of Northwood; after his death she m2 Bryce Hight of Newport ME;
b) Elizabeth Norris - m Joseph Ireland of St Albans ME;
c) Mehitable Ford - dy;
d) Sarah Ann - m Cyrus Bartlett of Harmony ME;
e) Abigail Ford - m William Folsom & liv Stratford [sic Strafford?] c1878;
f) Harriet - dy.
Children by 2nd wife:
g) Mary Frances - b 16 Feb 1819; m 25 May 1843 Thomas P Emerson of Lafayette IN;
h) Henry Abbot - b 22 Jul 1820; m 23 Sep 1847 Sarah C Cram of Bangor ME;
i) Calvin Luther - b 6 Nov 1821; d 19 Oct 1847 at New York City;
j) Harrison Hersey - b 30 Oct 1823; dy;
k) Jacob Tilton - b 15 Jan 1826; m 6 Jul 1850 Hannah M Young of Chelsea MA;
l) James Harrison - b 24 May 1830; m 22 Jun 1852 Frances M Crosby of Hampden ME;
m) unnamed son - b 16 Feb 1833; dy;
n) unnamed son - b 4 Dec 1834; dy;
[Cogswell, Hist. of Nottingham, Deerfield & Northwood, NH, 1878, p175-6].
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff