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13. Betsey AVERY was born in 1807 in Pennsylvania.2

Probably married Free [Green] Butterfield of Sharon Twp on 19 Sep 1826 in Franklin Co, Ohio.. Marriage performed by Amaziah Hutchinson, J.P.


1840 Census. Schuyler Co IL
Green Butterfield, 1m -5, 1m 10-15, 1m 30-40. 1f -5, 2f 5-10, 1f 30-40
Goveneur & Benjamin Butterfield listed immediately after.

Green Butterfield was paid for jury duty as a Petit Juror, Schuyler Co, IL
March Term 1840, 6 days, $4.50
April Term 1841, 6 days, $4.50

I believe it is very likely the groom's name was transcribed wrong and this is the couple in 1850:
Twp 11N, 2E, Knox Co, IL, Hh 53
Green Butterfield, age 48, b. VT
Betsey, age 43, b. PA
Wm. 22, b. Oo. [prob this enumerator's abbreviation for Ohio]
Louisa 17, b. IL. Ellen 14, b. IL. Granville 10 b. IL. Lucretia, 4. b. IL. Benjamin 2, b. IL
James, 22, Mason, b. Oo. [same profession as Gouveneur Butterfield that married Betsey's sister - perhaps he's a nephew of Green & Betsey]
Next door in Hh 54
Caleb Butterfield, age 30, b. PA
Polly 19, b. Oo.

1860 Census. Galesburg, Knox Co, IL, Hh 1884
Morris Griffeth, age 24, b. PA
Elisabeth, 26, b. PA
Green Butterfield, 55, farmer, b. NY
Elisabeth, 53, b. NY
Granville 19. Lucretia 15. B-Monroe, age 12. All born IL

Perhaps:
1870 Census; Scotland Twp, McDonough Co, IL. P.O. Industry, Hh 36
Elizab. Butterfield, age 62, b. PA
Monroe, age 32, a gardner, b. IL

1880 Census. Macomb, McDonough Co IL, Hh 440
Elizabeth Butterfield, age 72, widow, b. VT, parents b. Mass.
Benjamin M., age 32, son, working at a Mill, b. IL, parents b. VT


Betsey AVERY and Green BUTTERFIELD were married on 19 September 1826 in Franklin County, Ohio. Green BUTTERFIELD was born in 1802 in New York.