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Battle Hymn of the Butlers
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Theobald Fitzwalter went to Ireland with the King;
Chief Butler of all Ireland, unafraid of anything;
He gave to us our family name, and that is why we sing -
The clan goes marching on.

- Chorus -

Glory to the tribe of Butler,
Virile, worthy, brave and loyal.
Glory, Butler , "Comme Je Trouve"
The clan goes marching on.

Theobald Fitzwalter was the father of our clan;
Posterity of Thomas, James and Edward never ran;
Nicholas was virile, Richard was a sturdy man.
The clan goes marching on.

We have our dukes and peasants, common folk and blue bloods, too;
We greet each other with a smile and "Cousin, howdy-do"
This goes with all the Butlers and it goes with me and you.
The clan goes marching on.

The Butler sons have courage any task or foe to face;
The Butler girls are lovely with their beauty, charm and grace;
The Butler leaven is a blessing to the human race.
The clan goes marching on.

I would love to know if Alys Dandridge who married Captain Thomas Butler around 1686 in King William county Virginia was related to Martha Dandridge Washington.

Descendants of Thomas PINCERNA

Generation No. 1

 

THOMAS 1 PINCERNA.

Notes for THOMAS PINCERNA:

Servant to King John of England (1199-1216).

Child of THOMAS PINCERNA is:

2. i. ROBERTUS

Generation No. 2

 

OBERTUS2 PINCERNA (THOMAS 1).

Notes for ROBERTUS PINCERNA:

BIOGRAPHY: Please note: The Butler line (according to Prof. Allen) actually begins with Thomas Pincerna, a servant to King John of England (1199-1216.) Thomas' surname "Pincerna" is a late Latin word from the Greek and it means literally, "mixer of drinks," describing the office he performed for King John. We are then descended from Robertus Pincerna several generations later and his son, the first in our line to carry the Butler name in English (mixed with Norman French) Robert Le Boteler. Pincerna's other sons were John, Thomas and William who was a priest .

Child of ROBERTUS PINCERNA is:

3. i. ROBERT LE3 BOTELER.

 

Generation No. 3

 

OBERT LE3 BOTELER (ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS 1).

 

Child of ROBERT LE BOTELER is:

4. i. JOHN

Generation No. 4

 

OHN4 BUTLER (ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born November 25, 1272 in in England, and died 1307 in in England. He married ANNE HANBURY.

 

Child of JOHN BUTLER and ANNE HANBURY is:

5. i. JOHN II5 BUTLER.

 

Generation No. 5

 

OHN II5 BUTLER (JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1). He married MARGARET DE FROXMERE.

Notes for JOHN II BUTLER:

BIOGRAPHY:John Butler II was High Sherrif of Kent in 1399, and Knight of the Shire in 1413 . And Margaret de Froxmere, an heiress.

 

 

Child of JOHN BUTLER and MARGARET DE FROXMERE is:

6. i. NICHOLAS

Generation No. 6

 

ICHOLAS6 BUTLER (JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born in of Yatton. He married JANE .

 

Child of NICHOLAS BUTLER and JANE is:

7. i. WILLIAM

Generation No. 7

 

ILLIAM7 BUTLER (NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born in Droitwich, Worcester, England. He married MARGARET WIBBE, daughter of JOHN WIBBE.

 

Child of WILLIAM BUTLER and MARGARET WIBBE is:

8. i. WILLIAM

Generation No. 8

 

ILLIAM8 BUTLER (WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born in Droitwich, Worcester, England. He married ELIZABETH BRADWELL.

 

Child of WILLIAM BUTLER and ELIZABETH BRADWELL is:

9. i. WILLIAM

Generation No. 9

 

ILLIAM9 BUTLER (WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1). He married JANE DE BACKECOTT.

 

Child of WILLIAM BUTLER and JANE DE BACKECOTT is:

10. i. GEORGE

Generation No. 10

 

EORGE10 BUTLER (WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born in Starnbrooke, England, and died 1551 in in Starnbrooke, England. He married MARY THROCKMORTON, daughter of RICHARD THROCKMORTON and UNKNOWN .

Notes for GEORGE BUTLER:

George Butler of Starnbrooke m. Mary Throckmorton daughter of Richard Throckmorton of Higham Ferrers, Northhampton, son of Robert Throckmortonm. ___ Marowe (he was seneshal to the Duke o f Lancaster), son of Thomas Throckmorton in Coughton in Warwick--See Visitation of Huntingdons hire,1613.In 1543 George bought the manor of Starnbrooke and Teston House from George Grey and died there in 1551. George Butler had the following children:

John Butler , Peter Butler, Raphael Butler, Catherine Butler who married Gilbert Martyn of Barford, and Margaret who died single in1566.

 

 

Child of GEORGE BUTLER and MARY THROCKMORTON is:

11. i. JOHN III11 BUTLER, b. Essex, England; d. January 12, 1613/14, Sharmbrook, England.

 

Generation No. 11

 

OHN III11 BUTLER (GEORGE10, WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born in Essex, England, and died January 12, 1613/14 in Sharmbrook, England. He married CRESSETT (CRESSIT) ST. JOHN, daughter of SIR ST. JOHN and ANNE NEVILLE .

Notes for JOHN III BUTLER:

Children

Oliver I BUTLER

Martha BUTLER

Mary BUTLER

Ann BUTLER

Jane BUTLER

John IV BUTLER b: Abt. 1585 in Roxwell, Essex, England

 

 

Child of JOHN BUTLER and CRESSETT JOHN is:

12. i. JOHN IV12 BUTLER, b. Abt. 1585, Roxwell, Essex, England; d. 1599, Roxwell Parish, Essex, England.

 

Generation No. 12

 

OHN IV12 BUTLER (JOHN III11, GEORGE10, WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born Abt. 1585 in Roxwell, Essex, England, and died 1599 in Roxwell Parish, Essex, England. He married JANE ELLIOTT, daughter of EDWARD ELLIOTT and JOAN GEDGE .

Notes for JOHN IV BUTLER:

BIOGRAPHY: John Butler IV, second son of John Butler of Starnbrooke and brother of Oliver went to Little Birch Hall in Roxwell Parish, Essex. Hem. Dec. 27, 1599 Jane Elliott (baptize d June 22, 1576). She was the daughter of Edward Elliott and Joan Gedge, daughter of James Gedge .Edward Elliott was 4th son of John Elliott of Stortford and Margaret Shepey

 

 

Child of JOHN BUTLER and JANE ELLIOTT is:

13. i. THOMAS

Generation No. 13

 

HOMAS13 BUTLER (JOHN IV12, JOHN III11, GEORGE10, WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born 1602 in Roxwell, Essex, England, and died 1646 in Kent Island, , Md. He married JOAN (MOUNT STEPHEN) CHRISTOPHER January 16, 1624/25 in London, Middlesex, England.

Notes for THOMAS BUTLER:

BIOGRAPHY:Thomas Butler I, who began as a haberdasher in London, is our immigrant ancestor of the American Butlers. He married Jan. 16, 1625/26 in St. Magnus Martyr Church, London , a widow named Joan Mt. Stephen. When William Claiborn, who had married his sister, Elizabeth Butler, was granted land on Kent Island, Thomas Butler with his brother John joined Claiborn there. Thomas held 100 acres and paid a yearly rent of two barrels of corn and two capons . They soon found themselves in a hornet's nest. Kent Island was between the new colonies of Maryland and Viriginia, and both claimed it. The dispute was not only one of land, but o f religion, since Maryland was a Catholic Colony and VA Protestant. John Butler was arrested by Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, for treason and threatened with hanging in 1638. In 164 4 Thomas Butler, along with many other Maryland Protestants, refused to pay taxes to the Catholic government and was declared an enemy of the state. Soon after, Thomas Butler died, apparently of natural causes. His widow married a  merchant, Edward Thompson, and they, along with the Butler children "escaped" south to the VA colony about 1650.Note: Edward Thompson was the son of Edward Thompson (d. 1657), the son of Thomas Thompson o f Essex, England. Edward the younger first appears on a list of persons transported from England (port of London, but probably from Essex) to St. Christopher on the ship 'Matthew' under captain R. Goodland , 1635. He was 18 at the time, hence born about 1617. Edward, along with Thomas Butler's orphans settled in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Children:

Thomas BUTLER

Christopher BUTLER

William BUTLER

John BUTLER

Nathaniel BUTLER

 

 

Child of THOMAS BUTLER and JOAN is:

14. i. THOMAS

Generation No. 14

 

HOMAS14 BUTLER (THOMAS13, JOHN IV12, JOHN III11, GEORGE10, WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born 1635, and died 1676 in Westmoreland, Va. He married ?JANE BAYHAM BALDRIDGE, daughter of JAMES BALDRIDGE and DOROTHY .

 

Child of THOMAS BUTLER and ?JANE BALDRIDGE is:

15. i. CTP. THOMAS15 BUTLER, b. 1676; d. Bef. 1754, in King William County, Virginia.

 

Generation No. 15

 

TP. THOMAS15 BUTLER (THOMAS14, THOMAS13, JOHN IV12, JOHN III11, GEORGE10, WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born 1676, and died Bef. 1754 in in King William County, Virginia. He married ALICE (ALYS) DANDRIDGE.

Notes for CTP. THOMAS BUTLER:

Butler, Sarah b 1700 VA m George Slaughter d King Wm Co VA --believed to be parents of Ezekia l Slaughter who m his 1st cousin, Sarah Butler, dau of his Uncle Samuel Butler and Barsheba Yuille, Samuel's parents may be Capt Thomas Butler and Alice Dandridge. Info is sparse you ca n see.

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1028826&id=I50057483

Possibly our Thomas?

Elaine W. Krause ewkrause@worldnet.att.net

It starts out whimsically (to me) by tracing an Irish line all the way back to Adam & Eve. (Don't all of us long to do that?) BUT, by the 16th century, it starts to firm up. For instance, shows John Butler III (c. 1565) of Starnbrooke/Bedfordshire and Thobie/Essex married twice . Once to Cressit St. John, with whom he had 6 children. 2nd Wife was Mary Gedge, with whom h e had 4 more, to include Nathaniel, Member of the Council of Virginia and Governor of Bermudas. As it turns out, Nathaniel was not the ancestor of mariner Thomas Butler, referred to here in David Butler's post, but his half-uncle. Thomas Butler having descended from the marriage to Cressit St. John. You can also find genealogies for the John Butler (of Essex) line o n the LDS Ancestral File search site, and possibly others. (See <http://www.familysearch.org/ Search/searchaf.asp> .) Use the spouse's name (Cressit St. John) to distinguish between this line and a whole bunch of other John Butlers.I tried searching for Nathaniel Butler and/o r Mary Gedge and came up empty. But the John Butler/St. John line is on there. You can also search some of the old documents at the Library of Virginia web site and find references (m any) to Nathaniel Butler, none of which describe his lineage.

 

 

Notes for ALICE (ALYS) DANDRIDGE:

In Alice's will she leaves land to her grandson Samuel, in Chesterfield,VA. 1753

Sister of Martha Dandridge?

 

Children of CTP. BUTLER and ALICE DANDRIDGE are:

16. i. SAMUEL16 BUTLER, d. 1781, Halifax County, VA.

ii. SARAH BUTLER.

 

Generation No. 16

 

TP. THOMAS15, THOMAS14, THOMAS13, JOHN IV12, JOHN III11, GEORGE10, WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS 1) died 1781 in Halifax County, VA. He married BARSHEBA YIULLE.

 

Children of SAMUEL BUTLER and BARSHEBA YIULLE are:

i. SAMUEL17 BUTLER, b. 1698.

17. ii. SARAH YIULLE BUTLER, b. October 27, 1727, Halifax, VA; d. 1794, GA.

iii. WEALTHEAN BUTLER, b. 1730.

 

Generation No. 17

 

TP. THOMAS15, THOMAS14, THOMAS13, JOHN IV12, JOHN III11, GEORGE10, WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS 1) was born October 27, 1727 in Halifax, VA, and died 1794 in GA. She married EZEKIEL SLAUGHTER Abt. 1744.

 

Notes for EZEKIEL SLAUGHTER:

Source was "Blue Ridge Heritage Burnett, Branscome, Hylton, Cox,Slaughter and related familie s" by Dorthy Burnett Peterson. I obtained a copy of this material from a library in San Antoni o, TX.in 1991. It was a  second printing revise 1987. It is quite detailed on Ezekiel Slaughter of Halifax Co. VA and Greene Co. Ga. (my line). On pg. 182 it goes into a description of WEALTHEAN BUTLER, b. ca 1730 , d. before 1800, m. 1750Ambrose Edwards, b. 1726, England immigrate d 1745 and died 1810, Kings William Co. VA. It goes on to list children, marriages and some o f their children and grand children. Some sources are listed, but not all. I did not copy all , just portion on Slaughters. It is 17 pages long, typed. Would like to exchange and share information. Write me direct for more information. (gaslaugh@ldl.net) Ann

 

Child of SARAH BUTLER and EZEKIEL SLAUGHTER is:

18. i. SAMUEL18 SLAUGHTER, b. Halifax County, VA; d. April 01, 1820, Baldwin Co., GA.

 

Generation No. 18

 

TP. THOMAS15, THOMAS14, THOMAS13, JOHN IV12, JOHN III11, GEORGE10, WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS 1) was born in Halifax County, VA, and died April 01, 1820 in Baldwin Co., GA. He married FRANCIS GILL 1782 in Halifax Co., VA.

 

Child of SAMUEL SLAUGHTER and FRANCIS GILL is:

19. i. REUBEN

Generation No. 19

 

EUBEN19 SLAUGHTER (SAMUEL18, SARAH YIULLE17 BUTLER, SAMUEL16, CTP. THOMAS15, THOMAS14, THOMAS13, JOHN IV12, JOHN III11, GEORGE10, WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, NICHOLAS6, JOHN II5, JOHN4, ROBERT LE3 BOTELER, ROBERTUS2 PINCERNA, THOMAS1) was born September 17, 1788 in Greene County, Georgia, and died January 03, 1873. He married SEMANTHA FLUORNOY .

Notes for REUBEN SLAUGHTER:

BURIAL: OLD SNOW HILL CEMETERYWilcox County, Alabama

Located approximately one mile north of the village of Furman.

BURIAL: (Note: This transcription was recorded by Kathleen W. Fuller in 1974,

and updated by Cindy McCoy in 1998.)

BURIAL: Reuben SLAUGHTER of Baldwin County, GA Born Sept. 17, 1788 Died Jan. 3rd, 1887

Child of REUBEN SLAUGHTER and SEMANTHA FLUORNOY is:

i. MARY ANN