Bouton-Boughton Family

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About Google Book Search Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at|http : //books . google . com/| NON . QRCOUmsKf BOUTON— BOUGHTON FAMILY. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN BOUTON, I NATIVE OF FRANCE, WHO EMBARKED FROM GRAVESEND, ENG., AND LANDED AT BOSTON IN DECEMBER. 163s, AND SETTLED AT NORWALK, CT. BY JAMES BOUGHTON. ALBANY, N. r. JOEL MUNSELL'S SONS, PUBLISHERS, l!90. 6^, ^^7 i TO ?BE PATRONS AND READERS OF TE BOUGHTON GENEALOGY : It was not until late in life that the compiler of this work became aware of the importance of such an undertaking and addressed himself to the task ; stimulated solely with the aim and purpose of rescuing from oblivion the history of his worthy ancestors, whose useful lives and honored names, but for which, in a few more revolving years would inevit- ably have become almost unknown to their descendants. On entering upon the work it very soon became apparent that it had already been too long neglected, and often, when soliciting information relative to the early families, the reply would be, ^' We have no written account ;" and those who a few years ago could have furnished a full and accurate history have died and left no one possessed of the desired information. While as a nile the writer takes pleasure in acknowledg- ing the generous assistance of hundreds of those to whom he has applied for information (without which it would have been impossible to have produced such a work), still there have been those who, recreant to the claims of com- mon politeness, have failed to take any notice of his cor- respondence, and in a few cases, when called on, have met the subject with indifference and its representative with a marked lack of courtesy and good breeding — a characteris- tic foreign to the Bouton- Bough ton race ; and such are accounted unworthy the honor of a place in this history, though they may bear our name; in feelings and disposition they are not of us. Doubtless many whose names will be sought for in this collection will not be found, for the rea- son that those of their relatives who were applied to for the account totally neglected to give it, or even give the name and address of such persons known to them who could have furnished the information. Not the least of the difficulties the compiler of this book encountered, was the question of means to meet the expense of its publication. 'Had he been possessed of sufficient means to afford it, he would have deemed it a pleasure to have presented to every one bearing the name, a bound volume as a free gift ; but as that was not the case, it was decided to undertake the publication by subscription, and in order to bring the price within the means of as large a number as possible he decided to furnish the entire manu- script, ready for the printer, gratuitously — the estimated cost of which, in time and money, was Three thousand dol- lars. And then came the difficulty of finding a publisher who would undertake such a risk. It was hoped that, with this inducement, the relatives would order at least two hundred volumes, which, with the bare expense of paper, printing and binding, the cost to them would not exceed five dollars per volume ; and this was made the basis of an agreement between the publishers and the subscribers, in case enough should subscribe to warrant the publishers to undertake the execution of the work. Circulars were sent out to over a thousand whose address had been furnished, but it was about two years before enough had sent in their or- ders to secure the publishers against loss in issuing the book. The time consumed in the correspondence, traveling and writing and transcribing the MSS. covered a space of over ' six years. As before stated the compiler could not afford to give up his business and devote his whole time to it ; the work was done mostly at night, with an average of about five hours for five nights each week, seldom leaving his work until after twelve o'clock at night ; and though exhaustive, it never became burdensome, cheered on with the hope that his labor of love would be by many appreci- ated, and that by what he has done some successor may be stimulated to continue the work through the ages to come. Before closing this address the writer would humbly acknowledge his indebtedness to a kind providence that, though advanced in years, neither health nor sight has been impaired by the extraordinary^ strain put upon them ; and special mention he feels ought to be made of those who have rendered laborious and valuable assistance in collect- ing the material for this genealogy, a list of which will be found on another page. Affectionately yours, JAMES BOUGHTON. CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS WORK. Waiiam S. Bouton, J. P., South Norwalk, Faii-field Co. , Ct. Dea. John B. Bouton, South Norwalk, Faii^field Co., Ct. Joseph A. Webster, South Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y. Eugene Bouton, Ph.D., Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y. Dr. Orson M. AUaben, M,D., Margarettsville, Delaware Co., N. Y. Dr. Julius A. Freeman, M.D., Millington, Kendall Co., 111. Burritt B. Bouton, attorney-at-law, Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y. William H. Upton, attorney-at-law, Walla Walla, Wash- ington Ter. George Boughton, P. M. and J. P., Ridgebury, Fairfield Co., Ct. Chester F. Bouton (deceased), merchant, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y. Erastus Bouton, Rensselaerville, Albany Co., N. Y. Walter Boughton, Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y. George A. Bough tin, Kingston, Luzerne Co., Pa. Mrs. Lucena Bushnell, Nassau, N. Y., widow of the late Dr. Albert Bushnell, missionary Gaboon, Africa. Mrs. Dr. F. O. Hyatt, D.S.D., Cortland, Cortland Co., N. Y Mrs. Melania Smith (deceased), daughter of Jared Boughton, of Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y. Mrs. Edna Buell, Rochester, N. Y., daughter of Jared Boughton, of Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y. Mrs. Daniel Seymour, New Canaan, Fairfield Co., Ct. Mrs. William H. Wood, Lewisboro, Westchester Co , N. Y. Mrs. Melissa L. Nash, 84 Cedar street. New Haven, Ct. Mrs. Laura H. S. Dom (gi'eat granddaughter of Hezekiah Boughton), Chicago, 111. Mrs. Mary E. Boughton Vail, Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y. EXPLANATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS. abt. about. Conn, or Ct. Connecticut, b. birth or bom. Co. county or company, bap. baptized. No. number or north, dau. daughter. prob. probably, d. died or death. reg. regiment, m. married. So. south, res. resides or residence. In searching for names of persons, if not found in gene ral index, turn to the index of the appendix. *I!bB following autograph of John Bouton, the first of the family name in this country, was written March 25/ 1671, and was attached to a statement of his, on a deed. It shows that the name was originally Bouton, and not Boughton, as some have supposed. ■ 1890 - INTRODUCTION. T is claimed that the Bouton-Boughton race has a traditional record or history, dating back to the Fifth Century, when ancient history tells us that clans or tribes of Gauls inhabited the country bordering on the river Rhone, and extending from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean Sea, but that they were more particularly identified with the Visigoth clan, the head of the Salian tribe under King HiJderi, A. D. 481, who at his death left his son Cluvis, king of the tribo.