Bouton-Boughton Family

1706. Nov. 8. John Bouton, Sen., recorded land to Thomas Betts, in Norwalk and Pempawalk. 1714. Dec. 16. The town by a majority vote granted to John Bouton fifty pounds right of pasturage. 1715. Assembly granted authority to confirm sale of land by Thomas Benedict, deceased, ta Matthew bouton. 1718. Dec. 10. Joseph Bouton was chosen with Thomas Benedict and Thomas Betts, surveyors of highways. 1719. The town chose Matthias St. John, Sr., to sweep y* meeting house and ring v' bell, for which service it grants him 35 shillings. 1721. Dec. Joseph Bouton and John Raymond were a committee of the town to exchange land at Rootan with Edmund Waring. 1723. Mar. 14. Five and one-half acres of land on west side of lower end of Clapboard Hill, was recorded to Joseph Bouton. 1724. April 4. John jBelden bought land of Matthew Bouton. 1724-5. Edmund Wairing did give and grant land to his son, from himself and all his other heirs. 1725. Sept. 29. Matthias St. John sold land to John Belden. 1725. Dec. 23. " Know ye, that we, Thomas Boughton and Richard Ronton, in consideration of the sum of 40£., money to us in hand paid by Joseph Bouton and Edmund Wairing, Sen., have sold to said Joseph Bouton, Edmund, Sen., part of the meadows known as Bouton'& meadows, west of Norwalk river." Signed, his Thomas + B. Bouton. mark. Richard Bouton. 1725. Nov. 1. Jachin Bouton's cattle mark recorded. 1726. Feb. Richard Bouton was appointed one of a com*. of the village, where ne owned land, to run the line between the town and village. 1726. May 24. Thomas Bouton was recorded land , twenty acres, lying west of Richard Bouton's land, and Benjamin Scribner sold land to Thomas Bouton. Witness by Richard Bouton. 604 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. 1726. Recorded to Eleazer Bouton, twelve acres of land, more or less, in Canaan. Witness of sale, Eleazer Bouton. 1726. Nov. 26. Nathan Whitne sold land to Eleazer Bouton. Sale witnessed by Benjamin Bouton. 1726. Dec. 14. Jachin Bouton was chosen one of the five list- ers, with Thomas Fitch, Nathaniel Nash, <Stc. 1728. Four acres and one rood, laid out to Nathan- iel Bouton, by order of his father-in-law, John Betts, Sr., and brother, John Betts, Jr., in Canaan. 1728. Dec. 10. Bichard Bouton and John Taylor, Jr., were chosen tithing men. 1729. By a survey and division John Bouton's por- tion passed to his son Joseph. 1729. Joseph Bouton was fence viewer on west side and John Bouton pounder on west side. 1780. Mar. 12. Nathan St. John sold his undivided right in land to his honored father, Matthias St. John. 1730. Jachin Bouton was again one of the five listers. 1732. Mar. 29. Jachin Bouton bought land of Thos.Corsicar. 1733. ' Jachin Bouton was a grand juror. 1736. D. Webster sold nine acres to Joseph Bouton of Norwalk. 1737. May 23. Joseph Bouton had eight and one-h$Llf acres laid out to him by the highway that leads to Ecles' Neck. 1737. May 26. Joseph Bouton sold land to Benjamin Couch. 1737. Aug. 15. Joseph Bouton bought a right in land of Samuel Belden. 1737. Sept. 7. Joseph Bouton had laid out to him seven acres in Norwalk. 1737. Dec. 20. Jachin Bouton had laid out to him three acres in Boton. Lot 181. 1737. Dec. 30. Jachin Bouton bought six acres for 37£ 0«. Od., west side Norwalk river, joining Joseph Bouton's land. 1737. Dec. 20. Jachin Bouton had three acres laid out to him, bounded north by land of said Bouton. 1738. Feb. 17. Jachin Bouton bought of Daniel Betts two acres of land for ll£. 15^. 0(2., and is in draft of lots 181; is laid out on Mary Crampton's right in said division, and by her sold to said Bouton. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 605 1788. Jachin Bouton held lot 87. 1738. May 16, Jachin Bouton bought of Sarah Crampton, fifteen acres for 100£, situated north of the highway. 1740. April 6. Joseph Bouton had laid out to him 39} acres. 1742. Oct. 16. Jachin Bouton bought land of Oliver Arnold, near Joseph Bouton's dwelling house. 1747. Dec. 15. Jachin Bouton sold his undivided right in land to John Bouton. 1757. May 19. Peter Quintard sold land to Fairchild Bouton. 1761. Bouton Hezekiah, of Salem, land to Eleazer Bouton, of Norwalk. 1765. Oct. 31. Esaias Bouton, **For the consideration of the filial .duty which I have and do bear to- wards my honored father, Jachin Bouton, of Norwalk, I do freely give and grant, &c., the northerly half part of the dwelling-house he now dwells in on Flax Hill. 1781. April 16. Jehiel Bouton sold his home lot in Ridge- field, of about ten acres to Nathan Olmsted. 1787. Avery and Sarah Bouton sold land, etc. 1788. June 10. Joshua Bouton, of Norwalk, Conn., sold land, etc. 1796. Feb. 3. Know ye, that we Eleazer Bouton of Norwalk, and Hezekiah Bouton. Seymour Bouton and Levi Bouton, of Genesee, of the state of New York, and Matthew Bouton and Nathan Bou- ton, of Stockbridge, Mass., *'do remit, re- lease, and forever quit-claim, to Daniel Weed, his hell's, etc. , all the right, title, claim and in- terest which we or either of us have or ought to have to any or all the land formerly the property of our late father, Eleazer Bouton." This sale was acknowledged by Eleazer Bou- ton in Fairfield, by Matthew Bouton in Berk- shire, Feb. 10, 1796, by Nathan Bouton in Berkshire, Oct. 26, 1797, and by Hezekiah, Seymour, and Levi, at Bloomfield, Aug. 8, 1796, and recorded Mar. 8, 1798. 1796. Mar. 21. Jachin Bouton, Michael Brooks, Betty Brooks, Ezra Bouton and Enoch Bouton, quit claimed twelve acres of land in the parish of Canaan, in Norwalk, to Daniel Weed. 1796. Dec. 31. William Bouton and his wife Sarah, and Abraham Benedict and others, sold land to Timothy Fitch. 606 BOUTON-BOUGHTOK FaJOLY. 1798. May IS. David and Dinah Bouton, both of West Stockbridge, Mass., sold to Oeorige Hanford, of Stamford, one undivided tbira of a piece of land lying in the parish of Canaan, in the township of Norwalk, lying about 100 rods north of meeting-house. 1796. April 1. Samuel Bouton quit-claim to Joseph Waring, land at Boton. 1796. Nov. 24. Eleazer Bouton, Jr. , sold to Bartlett Hanf ord, a piece of salt meadow. 1799. May 2. Moses Baymond, released land to William Bouton and Aaron Bouton, same date. 1800. Joel Bouton, roistered as justice of the peace. 1830. Nov. 17. Daniel Bouton, of Bedford, N. T., sold land, etc. ElXTRACTS FBOM DaNBUBT RbOORDS. [Second year of the reign of George in., king of England.] Ei 1756. Sept. 6. John Boughton, of Danbury, bequeathed his property to his wife, Bebecca, certain mova- )les and use of lands, and the residue to his children, Bebecca, John and James, after a portion to Hannah, Elijah and Seth Whitney, children of his wife Ret>ecca by her first hus- band, and appointed his beloved wife Be- becca and his loving brother, Benjamin Boughton, his executors. Signed, his John + Boughton. [Seal.[ mark. 1757. AprQ 28. Benjamin and Bebecca Boughton exhibited for probate the will of John Boughton and accepted the trust of executors, and an inventory of John Boughton's estate was made. 1768. Jan. 21. Bebecca Boughton, daughter of John, chose for guardian her uncle Benjamin Boughton. David Boughton was appointed jointly with Benjamin Boughton, guardian for John (minor) son of John Boughton, deceased, and recognized in 100£ for &thful discharge of said guardianship. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 607 1761. Nov. 26. Capt. Samuel Boughton, by will gave to Abigail, his dearly beloved wife, all his household goods, except such as he was pos- sessed of in the days of his first wife, and willed that his daughters Mercy and Mary, should each be made equal to what he had given to his other daughters. 1762. Mar. 19. Caleb Hoy t was appointed guardian to Sarah and Ruth Hoyt, aaughters of Ruth Hoyt, and granddaughters of Capt. Samuel Bough- ' ton. 1762. July 30. David Bough ton, of Danbury, was appointed administrator of the estate of Ebenezer Bough ton, late of Danbury, deceased. 1762. Aug. 3. Capt. Samuel Boughton, haviujg died and hj will dated Nov. 25, 1761, left his estate to his widow, and children David, Ehzabeth, Jane, Mercy and Mary, and to Sarah and Ruth Hoyt, daughters of Ruth, deceased, and Ebenezer, son of Capt. Samuel Boughton, having died without issue, his estate was divided among the heirs of his father, Sam- uel Boughton and Benjamin Boughton. Daniel Church and Capt. Daniel Benedict were appointed administrators thereof. Witness, Thaddeus Benedict, clerk. 1767. April 17. Matthew Boughton was appointed adminis- trator on the estate of Elizabeth Boughton, of Danbury, Ct. 1767. Dec. 18. Abigail and Frances Boughton were admin- istrators on the estate of Joseph Boughton, embracing 188 acres. 1776. Dec. 10. Elizabeth Boughton was administrator on the estate of her husband, James Boughton, and authorized by the general assen^ly to sell the same. 1777. Feb. 18. Matt. Linsley and Matt. Boughton were " ap- {)raisers " of the estate of John Boughton. ate of Danbury. There were 15s. in hand of Joseph Boughton. 1777. Dec. 26. General assembly ordered Elizabeth Bough- ton, administratrix estate of James Boughton to sell the lands belonging to the estate. 1778. June 22. David, administrator of Samuel Boughton (son of David). 608 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. 1781. Jan. 1. Benjamin Boughton, Sr., sold land to his son Benjamin Boughton, Jr., and willed land tor sons Eli and Daniel. 1781. Jan. 8. Benjamin Boughton, Sr., willed to Jonas and Mary Boughton Benedict about fifteen acres of land lying south of his own estate in Danbury, and Eli and Daniel, sons of Ben ja- min Boughton, subscribed as witnesses. 1781. May 9. Miles Boughton bought land of Jared Patchen adjoining land of Benjamin Boughton. 1788. Dec. 25. Joseph Boughton, Sr., bequeathed land to his son Joseph Boughton, Jr. 1783. May 9. Adj. Benjamin Boughton, administrator of Miles Boughton. 1783. Mar. 11. Eh Boughton sold land in Danbury to Enos Hoyt. 1788. Dec. 13. Francis Boughton bought land in Danbury of Noah Hoyt and Beniarain Boughton, Jr. 1788. Dec. 15. Francis Boughton sold 90 acres of land on King street, Danbury, to AbigaU Bamum. 1784. Jan. 19. Matthew.Boughton bought land in Danbury,