Desire Butler

Generation: 1

1. Desire Butler was born on 22 Oct 1799 (daughter of Athearn Butler and Desire Allen).
Family/Spouse: Ira Atkins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

2.	Athearn Butler was born on 21 Jul 1763 (son of Lemuel Butler and Hannah Athearn); died on 6 May 1814 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA. Athearn married Desire Allen on 2 Oct 1788. Desire was born on 5 Nov 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Desire Allen was born on 5 Nov 1767.

Children:

Clarissa Allen Butler was born on 24 Jul 1789.
Sylvia Butler
Sophia Butler was born on 16 May 1795; died on 24 Jan 1874.
1. Desire Butler was born on 22 Oct 1799.
Cordelia Butler was born on 12 Dec 1803.
Caroline Butler was born on 28 Sep 1808; died on 18 Sep 1830.

Generation: 3

4. Lemuel Butler was born about 1729 (son of Samuel Butler and Elizabeth Clay); died before 1790.
Lemuel married Hannah Athearn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah Athearn (daughter of Solomon Athearn and Sarah Skiffe).

Children:

2. Athearn Butler was born on 21 Jul 1763; died on 6 May 1814 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA.
Solomon Butler was born about 1770.
Prudence Butler was born about 1772.

Generation: 4

8.	Samuel Butler was born in 1682 (son of John Butler and Priscilla Norton); died in Feb 1765. Samuel married Elizabeth Clay before 1717. Elizabeth was born on 28 Feb 1689 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Clay was born on 28 Feb 1689 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA.

Children:

Mary Butler was born about 1717.
Elizabeth Butler was born in 1719-1720.
William Butler was born about 1723.
Samuel Butler was born on 14 Dec 1727; died on 29 Jun 1814.
4. Lemuel Butler was born about 1729; died before 1790.
John Butler was born in 1731; died on 9 Dec 1793.

10.

Solomon Athearn was born on 31 Mar 1686 in Massachusetts (son of Simon Athearn and Mary Butler); died on 12 Dec 1762; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.

Solomon married Sarah Skiffe on 24 Jul 1717. Sarah (daughter of Nathan Skiffe and Mercy Chipman) was born on 7 Feb 1697/1698; died on 4 Sep 1749; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Sarah Skiffe was born on 7 Feb 1697/1698 (daughter of Nathan Skiffe and Mercy Chipman); died on 4 Sep 1749; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.

Children:

Hepsibah Athearn was born about 1719.
Simon Athearn was born about 1722; died on 24 Sep 1808.
Sarah Athearn
5. Hannah Athearn
Rebecca Athearn died on 3 Aug 1805.
Lydia Athearn was born in July 1731; died on 5 Apr 1763.