Helen, How are these BUTTERWORTHS related to Mercy BUTTERWORTH, dau. of John and Sarah, m. Joseph BLOOD? They are my ancestors. Betty Sullivan ----- Original Message ----- From: "helen ware" <helenware@comcast.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] White/Thayer > Hi, > You are correct his wife was Huldah Hayward, her bother William Is my > direct line and I have been at it for 35 years now. Doing > Hayward/Butterworth families. > Helen > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Helen, Sarah BUTTERWORTH who married William HAYWARD was a sister of your Mercy (BUTTERWORTH) BLOOD. The relationship is shown in the division of their father's estate. "Div. of remainder of Est. of Deacon JOHN BUTTERWORTH, dtd. 2 Apr. 1711. To John Butterworth eldest son 2 shares; to Joseph Butterworth 1 share; to heirs of Benjamin Butterworth dcd. 1 share; to heirs of Sarah Howard dcd. 1 share; to heirs of Deborah Jenkins dcd. 1 share; and 1 share each to Mercy Blood, Hopstill Edy wife of John Edy & Mary Thayer wife of Samuel Thayer [3:42]." [H. L. Peter Rounds, C.G., Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 1687-1745 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 1988), p. 51] Note that the name HAYWARD was usually spelled HOWARD in the early Rehoboth records. Jim Bullock Littleton, CO -----Original Message----- From: Betty Sullivan [mailto:bettysul@kewanee.com] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 3:55 PM To: MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] White/Thayer Helen, How are these BUTTERWORTHS related to Mercy BUTTERWORTH, dau. of John and Sarah, m. Joseph BLOOD? They are my ancestors. Betty Sullivan ----- Original Message ----- From: "helen ware" <helenware@comcast.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] White/Thayer

Deacon John Butterworth and Sarah Freeman had 10 children.The second daughter Sarah b. 28 May 1653 married my ancestor William 2 Hayward in 1671 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Ma. If Mercy born in 1664 is the same one she would be the sister of Sarah Butterworth Hayward. Is it a match? Helen

Actually I should have said William is the son of William 1 Hayward and Margery Knight Hayward and then it would be clearer. (I know there are more William's back in time in England but I have never had proof of them,) I have proved all of my data back to William 1 with vital records and written history of my Hayward family. My grandmother was a Hayward. Helen