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  • ID: I15634
  • Name: James Butler 1 2 3
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1730 in Dunboyne, Priestown, County Meath, Dublin, Ireland
  • Death: 1783 in Louisa, Virginia, USA



    Father: Theobald Butler b: 1610 in Dunboyne, Priestown, County Meath, Dublin, Ireland
    Mother: Margaret Blake

    Marriage 1 Mary Beckwith b: 6 FEB 1735 in Louisa, Virginia
      Children
      1. Has Children William Aaron Butler , Sr. b: 1 JAN 1758 in Cumberland Co., VA

      Sources:
      1. Restored to his estates by King Charles, II of England.
      2. Title: http://the-butlers.com/butlerdna/members/m_0016.htm
        Text: James Butler 1730-1783 of Ireland & Louisa Virginia
        Below are outlined the first several generations of the Butler family originating with the immigration of James Butler to Louisa, Virginia in 1750. The Louisa County, VA historical records reflect his marriage to Mary Beckwith in 1758. James, it is said, was born in Dunboyne, Priestown, County Meath IR, which is about 15 miles northwest of Dublin. This general area is the historical home of a large and prominent branch of the Butler family now generally referred to as the “Dunboyne Branch”. Family lore indicates that James arrived in Virginia from Barbados. This has not been substantiated, although in the 1950’s my aunt seemed to have picked up this same theory as in her research there are old historical maps of Barbados indicating the presence of one or more Butler plantations in the mid-1700 period. There is little known documentation of James’ parents although Lord Dunboyne of the Butler Society writes in the “Happy Families” section of the Journal of the Butler Society in response to an inquiry:

        (DS93) James Butler b. c. 1730 in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland
        “Said to have gone to Barbados "to take care of a family estate" and then, for unknown reasons, migrated to Louisa Co. Virginia, USA where he m. 6 July 1755 Mary Beckwith who d. 1758 giving birth to their son, William Aaron, who survived. Lord Dunboyne comments that whilst it is not possible to identify this individual with any degree of assurance on this basis of this information, one possible lead is that there was a James Butler b. c. 1730 of Tralee, Co. Kerry, son of Theobald Butler of Priestown, Co. Meath. Priestown was, for many centuries, part of the Dunboyne estate in Co. Meath.”
      3. Title: Notes by Laurel Shannon Albritton Gorman
        Text: There is NO proven relationship between this James Butler and this Theobald Butler. Please do quote the Butler site as having said it is a proven relationship. This is just a line of research and an effort to gather informaiton to prove or disprove the relationship.
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