1Geo. A. Gordon, The Butterfields of Middlesex, NEHGR Vol. 44, pp. 35-36 (Jan. 1890).
"5. JOSEPH2 BUTTERFIELD (Benjamin1) was born in Woburn, 15 August, 1649; went to Chelmsford with his father's family. He married, 12 February, 1674, Lydia Ballard, daughter of Joseph, one of the first settlers of Andover. He died in 1720, as his estate was appraised on the 22nd December, 1720, and inventoried on the same date.
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Children:
13. i. JOSEPH,3 b. 6 June, 1680.
14. ii. BENJAMIN.
iii. TABITHA, b. 29 May, 1687; m. Ephraim Waters.
iv. ISAAC, b. 1 Oct. 1689; d. 4 Nov. 1689.
15. v. JACOB, b. 1 Oct. 1689.
vi. ANNA, m. Simon4 Tompson (James,3 Simon,2 James1).".