Re: Butlers/Briscoe/Ward in WestmorelandCo.,VA
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In reply to:
Re: Butlers in WestmorelandCo.,VA
Edward L. Adams 7/18/01
The more I study this line the more I am convinced Eleanor Briscoe daughter of James Briscoe and Margaret Ward was the wife of Lawrence Butler. James and Margaret Briscoe already had a daughter married to a John Butler. John Butler was the executor of Margaret Ward Briscoe's will in 1729. Witness:Christopher Butler, Nathaniel Butler. Henry Ward the brother of Margaret Ward Briscoe died in 1741. The two witnesses of his will were Joseph Butler and Nathaniel Butler. Question? is the witness Christopher Butler the one that died in late 1729? His sons listed in will: Joseph, Lawrence, John, Nathaniel, William, Caleb. My thinking is that this Christopher Butler is the father of the John Butler that married Elizabeth Briscoe and the Lawrence Butler that married an Eleanor (Briscoe?) and died in 1777. Any thoughts?? And who is the father of this Christopher Butler that died 1729 Westmoreland co., VA