Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Moses BUTLER | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MOSES bapt. 28 Feb. 1741-2; m. Keziah Nason. [ref 33:308] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moses Butler, seventh child of Thomas and Mehitable Butler, baptized in South Berwick, February 28, 1741/2, died September 21, 1823. He married, December 18, 1764, Keziah Nason, died July 28, 1824, and moved to the neighborhood in Berwick known as Cranberry Meadows. At the breaking out of the war for independence he evinced a lively interest in the cause of the colonies, and was among the foremost in all measures to promote the interests of freedom. He entered the service with his brother, and served until its close. There is no evidence that he was educated to the law, although he acted in the capacity of attourney for many years. In manner, though genial, he was dignified, and was said by those who knew him personally to have been one of the most elegant gentlemen of his day. He was a strict observer of the Sabbath, and seldom absent from his seat in church on Sunday. Bountiful in his charities, it was his custom, which he maintained as long as he lived, to invite to his table all of the worthy poor of the parish on Christmas and Thanksgiving Day, and if any were too feeble or ill to be present on that occasion they were not forgotten. He was one of the few in Maine who owned slaves, and his kind treatment of them is evinced as well by the fact that two of them remained with him after emancipation as long as he lived as by the testimony of his friends. He was fond of riding in the saddle, and at the age of eighty would mount his spirited horse from the ground without any aid. [ref 57:19] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moses Butler married Keziah Nason on Nov 10, 1764 in Berwick, York County, Maine. 0010552 - 0010553 [ref 70] Moses Butler married Kezia Nason on Dec 1, 1764 in Berwick, York County, Maine. 0010552 - 0010553 [ref 70] Moses Butler married Kezia Nason on Dec 18, 1764 in Berwick, York County, Maine. 0010552 - 0010553 [ref 70] (children 1765-79: Moses, Thomas) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Keziah NASON | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - KEZIAH bapt. 21 June 1747; m. Moses Butler 18 Dec. 1764. [ref 33:631] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
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