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| Name: | John Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | jb014m1118@blueyonder.co.uk |
| Comments: | hi i am researching our family tree my g/father was Frank born 1874 his mother was Sarah a Butterworth born 1849 and her father was William born 1812 and his mother Betty born 1776 (father not yet traced)
my g/mother who was married to Frank was Annie Green born 1876 also her father John Carr Green born 1845 and also his father George born 1818 also any families of WILLETT/TOTTYS all traced at HARLEY/WENTWORTH/TANKERSLEY in South Yorkshire |
| Name: | JOHN BUTTERWORTH |
| E-mail address: | jb014m1118@blueyonder.co.uk |
| Comments: | hi. i am researching my family tree
my g/father being Frank born 1874 his mother Sarah A BUTTERWORTH born 1849 her father being William born 1812 also his mother Betty born 1776 (unable to trace his father yet) my g/mother being Annie Green born 1876 her father John Carr Green born 1845 and his father George Green born 1818 i have found these all to be born in Yorkshire around HARLEY/WENTWORTH/TANKERSLEY areas i am also interested in the familys of WILLETTS/TOTTYS also from the same area |
| Name: | Ian BUTTERWORTH |
| E-mail address: | ianbut@westnet.com.au |
| Comments: | Hi All,
I posted a request for some info on the BUTTERWORTH family who were in Padiham, LAN, ENG and when I was checking to see what the the latest posts were I saw that a few people were interested in the BUTTERWORTH name. Below are a few bits of info that I have collected over the years of my research. If anyone has the ability to lookup the Padiham, LAN, ENG Parish Registers I would very much appreciate it. My 4 x Great Grandfather was Edward BUTTERWORTH (a draper in Trowbridge, WIL, ENG) and I know he was born c1756 but I have never known were. Recently I have found on the LDS Pilot Family Search Site an Edward BUTTERWORTH bp 1756 (no day or month) in Padiham, LAN, ENG. (There are very few Edward BUTTERWORTH on the IGI in this time period). Now this tied in well with information that my father had told me (that had been pasted down through the family) that the BUTTERWORTH Line were related to a Joseph who was a MP and a Law Book publisher and they were also related to a lot of Callithumpian ministers (in Australia and New Zealand this is used to refer to some unspecified nonconformist religious sect. This may be derived from the other meaning given in the English Dialect Dictionary of "a group of social reformers"). In fact they were Particular Baptist and 5 sons born to Henry BUTTERWORTH (a blacksmith of Goodshaw, Rossendale, LAN, ENG) and 4 of these sons became Particular Baptist ministers. Both these things are connected to this Line in Padiham as far as I can tell from a Tree I built up from IGI and other information I have found on the Web. Henry BUTTERWORTH bp 27 Feb 1726, Bolton le Moors, LAN, ENG (was the son of Henry the blacksmith mentioned above) m. Elizabeth WHITACRE and according to the LDS Pilot Family Search Site they had 7 children bp in Padiham, LAN, ENG between 1745 and 1761. The children were: - Alice bp 1745 Mary bp 1748 John bp 1750 Henry bp 1753 Edward bp 1756 Robert bp 1759 Thomas bp 1761. I would be extremely grateful if you could confirm these baptisms and supply any other information that might have been written in the registers. If you could also confirm the marriage that would also be great as it appears to be after the first few children were born if the info I found on the Web is correct (or it could be that Henry married twice). Thanking you. Talk to you later. Best regards, Ian Butterworth. Melbourne Victoria Australia BUTTERWORTH The surname BUTTERWORTH is locative in origin, that is, it derives from the place where the original bearer lived or held land. In this case the name derives from BUTTERWORTH, an ancient division of the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire. The word comes from Old English and means "enclosure where butter is produced". Early instances on this name in records include Reginald de BUTERWORTH living in the reign of Henry II (BAINES' History of Lancashire); John BUTTERWORTH, of BUTTERWORTH in 1595; Alice BUTTERWORTH, of Rochdale in 1587, listed in "Wills at Chester (1545-1620). From the original village in Rochdale the name has become widespread in Lancashire and even travelled to the colonies. Bearers of the name BUTTERWORTH were among the founders of the New World. James BUTTERWORTH, a weaver, is listed among the passengers of the ship Concord which sailed to Virginia in 1698; Judith BUTTERWORTH of Middleton in Lancashire, sailed from Dublin on the ship Lamb for Virginia in 1698 as an indentured servant for five years; Nicholas BUTTERWORTH aged 19, was similarly bound to Mr. William PARK in Virginia in 1700. A distinguished bearer of the name is John BUTTERWORTH (b. 1918), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick. Blazon of Arms: Argent a lion couchant azure between four ducal coronets gules. Translation: The lion symbolizes the Generous Spirit of the Warrior. Crowns, or Coronets, signify Authority; Argent, the colour argent (silver) symbolizes Purity, Integrity and Gratitude; gules, (red) symbolizes Valour, Fidelity, Joy and Honour. Crest: A sphere resting on a cloud proper. Translation: The cloud signifies Liberty and Abundance. Motto: Per ardua Deo Favente. Translation: Through difficulties, God helping. The above came from The Historic Research Center, Inc. A Dictionary of Surnames - P. HANKS and F. HODGES Oxford University Press 1988 - BUTTERWORTH. English. (Lancashire and Yorkshire) A habitation name from places in Lancashire (near Rochdale) and in West Yorkshire. Both are so called from Old English Butore Butter (see Butters 2) and word enclosure (see Worth). The surname is recorded from an early date in each of these two places; it probably arose independently in each. Butters: English: 1. Patr. from Butter. 2. Variation of Butteriss. Butteriss. English: 1 Variation of Buttrell (according to REANEY) occupational name for a Servant working in a wine cellar. Various BUTTRISS, BUTTRESS, BUTTRICE, BUTTERS, BUTTREY. A family, who moved from Northants to Leicestershire in the 18th Century, appear to have changed their name from BUTTERY to BUTTRISS, but the reason for this is not known. The following is from Colin BUTTERWORTH: - BUTTERWORTH Arms: Gules on a chevron between two lions rampant in chief and in base an eagle displayed with two heads d'or three cross crosslets azure. Crest: An eagle d'or wings elevated erminois the dexter claw resting on an escutcheon azure charged with cross crosslet gold. Motto: "PER ARDUA DEO FAVENTE" - THROUGH DIFFICULTIES GOD HELPING. This was originally classed as a local surname, representing "of Butterworth", an ancient division of the parish of Rochdale, Co. Lancashire, England. This surname has ramified in the most extraordinary manner. We meet with it in every village and town in Lancashire, and it has wandered into all the English colonies. LIST OF REGISTRATIONS: Reginald de BOTERWORTH, in the Reign of Henry II. John BUTTERWORTH of Butterworth, 1595 Alice BUTTERWORTH of Rochdale, 1587 1661. Christening - Margarett, daughter of Robert BUTTERWORTH. 1766. Married - Joseph BUTTERWORTH and Jane MOSS. The name was first found recorded under the spelling of Reginald de BOTERWORTH. At the time of Henry II. Local surnames derive from a place name indicating where the man once lived. This local surname is derived from an English place and was usually preceded by a preposition such as de, at, by, in, etc. After the Norman Conquest the usual preposition was later dropped. LIONS: The king of beasts takes its significance from the early Romans. At this time he was associated with Majesty and Kingship. In the later usage the lion has become emblematic of Strength, Courage and Generosity. EAGLE: This feathered charge denotes magnanimity and Fortitude of Mind. The various poses and depiction of the eagle indicates a number of symbolic interpretations. An eagle displayed on the wings spread, is representative of Speed and Wisdom. English Surnames - P. H. REANEY and R. M. WILSON-BUTTERWORTH. Imp. from the calendar of Inquisitions and Post Mortems (Unpublished). BUTTERWORTH, BUTTERWOOD: Roger de BUTTERWORD 13th century WHC (The Coucher Book of Chartular of Whalley Abby. (Chetham Soc. 10, 11, 16, 20, 1847-9). Alexander de BOTERWORTH 1389 Imp. Lancashire. Thomas BUTTERWORTH 1456 Fry (Register of Freeman of the City of York) Surtees Soc. 96, 1202, 1897, 1899. From BUTTERWORTH (Lancashire). Penguin Dictionary of Surnames - Basil COTTLE. BUTTERWORTH. Location name "Enclosure where butter is produced". O. E.: Place in Lancashire. David BUTTERWORTH: - "Butterworth was one of the 4 townships which made up Rochdale (the valley of the River Roche), and it was the southeast part of the town. It is mainly small rounded hills and rough moorland, with higher hills of the Pennines Yorkshire to the east. I have been told that BUTTERWORTH means "hamlet in the hills" for the "worth" means a farm or dwelling, and "Butter" is the plural of "Butt" which is a hill in the old Lancashire dialect. My great-aunt used to say that there were more BUTTERWORTH's in Rochdale than stars in the Milky Way." "There are almost 1,000 BUTTERWORTH's listed in the Telephone Directory for that area of northeast Manchester. Rochdale is 12 miles NE of Manchester." "The BUTTERWORTH who was Lord of the Manor in the Middle Ages owned a BUTTERWORTH Hall in Butterworth, but the last building on this site was pulled down about 75 years ago." Geoff HAIGH wrote: - The origin of the name BUTTERWORTH. Although it did say that the name also came from Yorkshire where it was believed to have developed independently. When you scan through the International Genealogical Index ® there are many, many entries from the area of Butterfield at Rochdale. Trevor BUTTERWORTH wrote: - The area near to Rochdale which was called Butterworth, - or rather a hamlet in Butterworth, called Ogden. As you probably know, Butterworth is no longer the name given to the area, although Butterworth Hall still exists. On a visit to the British Museum last year with my son, he excitedly called me to a display wherein a silver arm of about 4 inches off a Roman statue was on display with the legend 2 found at Butterworth. There are the remains of a Roman fort just over the hill in Saddleworth at Castleshaw (the Castleshaw Valley is on the Pennine fringe between Huddersfield and Oldham), so I guess they were pretty busy around the area. My brother and I travelled up from the South of England to visit Ogden, and although the old Baptist church, which served that small community, is no longer there the old graveyard is and it is almost exclusively BUTTERWORTH's! In the older censuses the place of birth for Lane Bottom and Ogden residents was given as the generic 'Rochdale'. Whilst these Baptist forebears of mine could celebrate the birth of children with naming ceremonies, and have their funerals at the Baptist church, all marriages had to be done in a Church of England. Finding them and relating them to the other records is making it a bit difficult to trace back! We enquired of: ISU@libraries.manchester.gov.uk about marriage records for the Rochdale area for the early 1800's. They replied, "At that time, owing to HARDWICKE's Marriage Act of 1754, all marriages in the Rochdale area would have had to have been performed at St Chad's, the ancient parish church of Rochdale. There are other old churches in the Rochdale area (which at that time would have been chapelries of St Chad's), such as Holy Trinity, Littleborough, and St James, Milnrow. However in both cases, although we have christening registers commencing around 1715. The marriage registers start in 1838 - there are not even marriage registers predating 1754. The St Chad registers are on microfilm." All absorbing stuff, but at the end of the day, as the Rochdale poet Edwin WAUGH put it (drawing attention to the proliferation of the BUTTERWORTH name around the Rochdale districts): "Some liken to wrangle o'er nowt but a name And who were their Mams and their Dads. But Gentle or Simple it all comes to't same - We're all Johnny Butter'oth's lads." Margaret DRAPER wrote: - I was about to email you the following information which was in Britain's "This England" magazine of Sep 2000 in the Letters section: "Sir, Among the 'English Surnames' (Winter 1999 edition) I noticed my own name, BUTTERWORTH - but not with the explanation - I expected. In the early 1900's my grandfather was a vicar near Rochdale in Lancashire and while I was still very small, explained to me how he believed the name had become established. During the 12th century our ancestors identified themselves by quoting their point of origin, which was a village on a ford over the River Buit in Holland, a tributary of the Schelde. "de BUITEVOORDE" was unfortunately too much for early Lancastrians and it was soon Anglicized to its present form. Was my grandfather telling tall stories or is this the correct explanation of why the vast majority of those named BUTTERWORTH hail from Rochdale? Signed: Michael BUTTERWORTH. |
| Name: | Larry Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | larrybutterworth@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | Hi my name is Lawrence Butterworth 7 our family are also reshearching our family tree we may be able to help each other
Yours sincerly Larry (Doncaster) |
| Name: | roz butterworth |
| E-mail address: | epiphany00@iprimus.com.au |
| Comments: | I've been researching my Butterworths and have gotten stuck at my Great Great Grandfather. I know his name was James Butterworth and he was supposedly born in Bolton. He was described by my Grandfather as an 'engineer'. Trouble is, I don't think he ever married my GG grandmother Annie Walter. There is no marriage certificate. Oh his son and daughter's baptismal certificates and another daughter's birth certificate he is described as a mechanic. The only James Butterworth, engineer born in Bolton was married to someone else, but as they lived very close to each other, I suspect a bit of bigamy (or secret family) going on. GG Grandfather never appears on the censuses living with Annie Walter and there is no birth cerficate for my G Grandfather James Walter Butterworth. If James Butterworth of Bolton is my GG Grandfather then the family goes back to Oldham, and who they are is anyone's guess. The IGI gets very ambiguous and there are so many Johns and Elizabeths.
SO... If you're out there reading this and you know anything about the elusive James, engineer or Mechanic, possibly of Bolton, please let me know. Given that it's my surname, I'd really like to go back with it as far as I can. Thanks very much Roz (Perth WA) |
| Name: | martin butterworth |
| E-mail address: | butterworth471@btinternet.co.uk |
| Comments: | hi butties, i live in brid east yorks ,and there is no buttys here apart from my sisters, my dad is still alive , but he says he has no surviving relatives, he says his mum dad sisters all died, i beleive there is someone out there who must be related to us,all i know is that he was brought up in holmfirth near huddersfield.his father had a scrap yard with house on site. when thwe family died he lost the buisness and joined the paras, he has never talked to me about his family, but would love to know more, my dad is 64 and called roland |
| Name: | elizabeth hayton |
| E-mail address: | mumatmyhome@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | my grate grand mother was margaret butterwoth daughter of william t butterwoth(1870) and sarah e yates(1872). he is the son of robert butterworth(1835)and margaret ? (1834). if you may know any of these people drop me a line |
| Name: | ethel butterworth |
| E-mail address: | alexmerilla@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I was born in 1920 to tomas and florence butterworth of Lake Bank ,Littleborough. I have been very interested in this history, thankyou |
| Name: | kayleigh butterworth |
| E-mail address: | show_me_ur_kiss@live.co.uk |
| Comments: | hello,
i am from featherstone in west yorkshire, my grandfather brian butterworth has been researching the family name for years now and has come back with very little. i would appriciate if you could please give me more information into the name has he has spent so much time turning up nothing. i am 19 and am intrested (due to my grandfather) in the origin of my name. Thnak you for all you have done so far kayleigh |
| Name: | rgmolyneux |
| E-mail address: | rgmolyneux@bigpond.com.au |
| Homepage URL: | http://rgmolyneux@bigpond.com.au |
| Comments: | Interesting looking up old families for my wife, whose mother was a
BUTTERWORTH with an Amercian Father and Mother whose inital parents hailed from England, and he was involved in a cotton Mill in Mnchester or thereabouts, her grandfather was Cornelius BUTTERWORTH who married Sarah CRAIG, also from england, whereabouts unknown, now buried at Eastern Cemetry - Geelong Victoria. Robert Molyneux. |
| Name: | Carol Burgess |
| E-mail address: | mzwaddles@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | What a wonderful read! I am also a Butterworth Descendant and loved the history. |
| Name: | Patricia Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | patriciabutterworth@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | Very good site, very interesting |
| Name: | Andrew Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | plumbutterworth@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Hello Butties!
My family (like yours) was originally from Rochdale. My great Grandfather, Ebanezer, lived in Dob Cross on Saddleworth Moor. My Grandfather is Herbert and my Father is Graham. I know that Ebanezer had several sons including James and Frank - I would dearly love to make a connection with family. |
| Name: | Ben Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | bloodfin8@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hi, my names Ben Butterworth. I'm 13, and come from Hutton Rudby, North Yorkshire. (its closer to Midlesbrough) ANyway, I typed my name into google and this site came up. My grandfarther Harry Butterworth (1928-1996) was a Cumbrian far,er, but later moved to midlesbrough (and surround area, even as far as south africa!) to become a ship builder. Thats all i know, but I have heard of Viking roots, and Butterworths in Machester/Rochdale areas. Anyway, im very interested and if you could email me back i would be very happy! thanks for the info! |
| Name: | ashley garstang butterworth |
| E-mail address: | debutty@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | im interested to find out more about my family tree |
| Name: | Bil Hardman |
| E-mail address: | corwin@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi Ian you Should really keep in touch with Z & H , they're trying to sort the tree out too ! |
| Name: | Ian BUTTERWORTH |
| E-mail address: | ianbut@westnet.com.au |
| Homepage URL: | http://member.melbpc.org.au/~ian/ |
| Comments: | My 4 x Great Grandfather was Edward BUTTERWORTH who according to the 1821 census of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England was born between 1751 and 1761 and he died between 1821 and 1833.He was a Linen Draper in Trowbridge.
On 2 Aug 1803 he married Hester COGSWELL (1776-1833) in Staverton (a Chapelry of Trowbridge) and they appear to have had about 7 children but as far as I can find only 2 survived to adulthood. 1. My 3 x Great Granduncle Edward BUTTERWORTH (1806-1878) married Elizabeth HAYWARD (1811-1878) on 31 May 1832 in Trowbridge and they had 3 daughters (none of whom married). 2. James Henry BUTTERWORTH (1810-1841) married Ann SIDNELL (1798-1893) but I cannot ID a date or place of marriage. James and Ann had only the one child Henry George BUTTERWORTH (1835-1888) and the Line comes forward in time from there. Both Edward and James were drapers (Edward in Trowbridge and James in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. After James died Ann continued to run the business and later on Henry entered the business as well. I am trying to find out more about my 4 x Great Grandfather Edward BUTTERWORTH. One possible match could be Edward BUTTERWORTH b. 1756 to Henry BUTTERWORTH of Padiham, Lancashire, England. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks. Ian Butterworth. |
| Name: | Veronica |
| E-mail address: | alien_dreams@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | As someone with a direct lineage to the early 1500's, the name is a habitational one, from a place near Rochdale, Lancashire and a place in West Yorkshire.
Both are so-called from the Olde English Butere - ie. Butter plus enclosure worth. Although the surname is recorded from a very early date both most likely developed independantly of one another. |
| Name: | Kathey Robertson |
| E-mail address: | KR35021@aol.com |
| Comments: | I am new to this site, but from what I've read so far, this may help me fill in a lot of blanks on my Butterworth family tree.
My line goes back to Issac and Averilla (Gilbert) Butterworth. Issac was born 1734 and died 1766. Isaac was my 6th Grandfather. My line branches off with Edith Butterworth when she married John Girton. Looking forward to find any new information. |
| Name: | Terje Tverdal |
| E-mail address: | tdal@travelnet.no |
| Comments: | Greetings from Norway.I am going through some old pictures from my parents,and found a 1946-pic of Yvonne Mary and William Brian Butterworth, with small dog "Kelpie". Who and why? Anybody knows? Let med know. Rgds Terje in Hardanger, Norway - viking land. May 12th 2008 |
| Name: | Joan Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | mafia-28@live.com |
| Comments: | Sorry I put the wrong email addy on the last post.....
Thanks |
| Name: | Joan Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | mafia-20@live,com |
| Comments: | Hi all...This is a great page....I hail from the Stoke On Trent Butterworth's we emigrated to New Zealand in 1970 when i was just a kid, but one of my children still bears the Butterworth surname which means there is now a Southern Hemisphere connection
my father William, my Grandad & Great Grandad all came from Tunstall but i do beleive they all started in Lancishire...is this correct, and are there any more Stokey Butterworth's out there? Keep the dream book going this is great !!! |
| Name: | Katrina Thomas |
| E-mail address: | katrina.thomas@boppoly.ac.nz |
| Comments: | Hi there
Looking for James (b. 1968), brother of Susan, son of John and Ann (N. Yorkshire); would anyone be able to put me in touch please? Thanks so much! |
| Name: | Taylor Wood |
| E-mail address: | totallytaylorjade@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Hi, My last name as you can see is "wood" but my great grandads mum's name was:
Emily Strickland...nee "butterworth i am doing this because i am doing my family tree and coat of arms. on my way looking back i have found this website and thought that i will have a look! love from Tay |
| Name: | Gary Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | rmsmcc@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | Live in Corby Northamptonshire
Have found Butterworths going back to 14th century living in this area. Looking for more info |
| Name: | Isaac William Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | ike@myfirstpres.org |
| Homepage URL: | http://myfirstpres.org |
| Comments: | Born in Salem, New Jersey (USA), in 1946, to William George and Dorothy (Haught) Butterworth. Raised in Fort Worth, Texas. Can trace my line fairly confidently back to the mid 1800's but seem to get lost there. Would love to discover UK roots. |
| Name: | Alan Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | alan.butterworth6@ntlworld.com |
| Name: | Alan Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | alanbuts@internode.on.net |
| Comments: | Excellent, vry informative. |
| Name: | alan butterworth |
| E-mail address: | alanbutterworth826@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | Son of Robert Leslie Butterworth of 50 Hill Lane , Blackley ,Manchester [deceased]. Have details of family tree which can be made available |
| Name: | Darren |
| E-mail address: | tangerinedream@aol.com |
| Comments: | I like pixies i like elves but my favourite is a fairy when she's a goblin! Up the Pool! Vival Saint Paul, Patron Saint of the little people!!!! |
| Name: | Patricia Little..nee Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | nacoha@rogers.com |
| Comments: |
We are interested in the Butterworth genealogy. We are stuck on James who married Sarah Fielden. James born appprox 1734, died 02 Feb 1785. Sarah b 27 Feb 1735 d fl 1787. Sarah had illigitimate son (Gibson Fielden) but married James after the child was a few years old. Sarah came to manchester for the birth staying with a sister. |
| Name: | Peter Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | peterbutterworth@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | my father John Thomas butterworth came from Burnley I am trying to trace my family tree |
| Name: | Nikki Butterworth |
| Comments: | hello butties!
We are from Lancashire too. Are all Butterworths related? |
| Name: | June Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | junescot(at)gmail.com |
| Comments: | Daughter of Harry Butterworth (Rochdale/Royton/Oldham) and Eva Robinson. Harry was son of Harvey B and Elizabeth Day. They had 16 children. Any of our branch doing a tree?! Would love to have more info. Got some bits to swop! |
| Name: | Gideon Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | botter13@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I am from South Africa born in 1977 in Empangeni and would like to trace my family tree. |
| Name: | kathryn butterworth |
| E-mail address: | kathbutterworth@hotmail.com |
| Name: | Rodney Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | rodbutts@aol.com |
| Comments: | I have lived in llandudno north wales for the passed 64 years anybody who knows me got in touch by e mail love to hear from you, |
| Name: | phillip butterworth |
| E-mail address: | buttsblueboys41@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | great site, we're a family of Butterworth from Birkenhead, Merseyside. |
| Name: | Doris Butterworth Wilson |
| E-mail address: | loudorwil@aol.com |
| Comments: | Love finding out more about our family. Such a large family. We are from Tennessee |
| Name: | susan butterworth |
| E-mail address: | susanbutterworth@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | a wealth of information |
| Name: | paul butterworth |
| E-mail address: | pstbutterworth@googlemail.com |
| Comments: | what a fantastic site,being from swansea,south wales it was nice to get some general information about my surname.my dads side of the family are from rochdale,so i will be sending them the address to this site,again, well done for a fantastic site |
| Name: | Ray Scott |
| E-mail address: | spraysbetter@earthlink.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://polytechnologies.net |
| Comments: | I am looking for information on an Isaac Butterworth. I don't have dates but he was born about 1690-1700, probably in Maryland. I think he married Esther Clark. They had a daughter named Hannah Butterworth. She married Daniel Scott 27Jan1740. Their son was Nathan Scott born Aug. 14,1749 in St. George's Parish Baltimore. He married Mary Colegate.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Nice site. Thanks. |
| Name: | John Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | j_butterworth@talktalk.net |
| Comments: | My older brother Trevor and I hail from Greenfield in Saddleworth, just across the Pennines from the Rochdale area called Butterworth. In 1840 our great great grandfather John (born 1805 died 1882) and his wife Jane (Whitehead - born about 1807, died about 1867) migrated with their children George (1832), James (1834), Mary Alice (1836), Jane (1837), and baby Alfred (1839) over the moors and down through the wild valleys of Saddleworth to Micklehurst, where they set up home and found employment. Many years later, after their move to Greenfield, baby Alfred was to become the father of Sarah Ann(1863), Arthur Nelson (1865), John (1868), Samuel (1869 - grandfather of Trevor and me), and Jane (1871).
Thus our forebears left the ancestral home where the surname Butterworth was prolific (perhaps being taken, in times long gone, by anyone resident in the Butterworth area) and cut their total dependency on the cotton industry to chance their arm in Saddleworth, where wool was equally as important as cotton. They left behind John's younger brother James (1806) who was married to Alice Whitehead (sister of Jane?). James and Alice stayed on in Ogden with their children James (1829), Hannah (1832), George (1834), Edward (1836), Thomas (1838), and John (1840). Two further children came along - Mary (1844) and Martha (1846), before poor Alice died in 1849. Meanwhile the Micklehurst-based family of John and Jane grew larger, with the addition of Samuel (1840 - emigrated to America in the latter half of the 19C), of John (1844), and of twins Joseph and Mary (1847), before the family moved to Greenfield about 1866. This is where great grandfather Alfred and his wife Eliza settled, where grandfather Samuel was born and where Trevor and I grew up. Congratulations to the site for bringing together all these family members, and good wishes to all that large family group out there across the world. |
| Name: | philip butterworth |
| E-mail address: | philbriars@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | Does anyone have any information on John William Butterworth born c1885 Manchester married Elizabeth Ann. |
| Name: | Dean Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | clstanley@lineone.net |
| Comments: | Farther was Cyril Butterworth from Bolton/ Ringley village, brothers are Tony and James, sisters anne and the late eileen. Would love to find out more about my family. |
| Name: | Dean Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | clstanley@lineone.net |
| Comments: | great site!! always wanted a coat of arms !! |
| Name: | philip butterworth |
| E-mail address: | philbriars@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | son of stanley butterworth c1920 and doreen ashton c1920 of manchester
if you are related please contact |
| Name: | JOAN SMITH GRIGGS |
| E-mail address: | JOANNIESMITH@WEBTV.NET |
| Homepage URL: | http://?? |
| Comments: | LOOKING FOR: Joan BUTTERWORTH(MAIDEN NAME) about 80 yrs,now.Brothers,John, Eric,BILL,Stanley-sister Lily- Wrote to Joan and eric during W.W.2 Would love to find any of this family--Address at time of correspondence was;66 CHANDOS Gr, Weaste Salford.Lancs, England |
| Name: | Louise Lenn |
| E-mail address: | louiselenn@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | My Great Grandmother was Sarah Butterworth from Rochdale. She married many times, married names were Clarke, Handley, O'Donnell and Grover. We are descended from O'Donnell. |
| Name: | Dean Butterworth |
| E-mail address: | da1stmiracle@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Very informative website. |