Bouton-Boughton Family

From this period, during the reign of Clovis, wars for conquest were of frequent occurrence ; the Franks from the north making attacks upon the southern Gauls, were suc- cessfully resisted by Clovis, and Syragrius, a Roman usurper, was defeated and his people subjugated by Clovis, who made himself popular with his subjugated subjects by favoring their bishops, and by marrying Holihelde (Clotilde), the niece (or as some historians say) the daughter of the King of Burgundy, a Christian. Clovis promised his wife that if her God, whose aid he invoked during the battle of Tolbiac, should give him suc- cess, then he would embrace her religion, which he subse- quently did and was baptized into the Christian faith, and his example was generally followed by his people. The ancient Bouton Shield, or Coat of Arras, had the following motto on a ground work of perpendicular lines : **De Gules i la Fasce d'Or," which is old French, and translators say implies ''a force as of a Leopard when it attacks with its red mouth open." ^^.. - vi Introduction. To the Dictionnaire des Qeneratix FrancaiSj the com- pfler is indebted for the following account which was fur- nished by Wm, S. Bouton, Esq., of South Norwalk, Ct. "Prom A. D. 1350, the military and court records abound with the Bouton name for two centuries. Nicholas Bouton, who bore the title of Count Charailly, Baron Montague de Naton, born, as is supposed, about 1580 and was the father of Harard and John (who were twins), and Noel Bouton, who were Huguenots and refugees during the violent per- secutions of the Protestants by the Boman Catholics during the predominance of the Guises in France, at which time many were slaughtered and many escaped to the fastnesses of the surrounding mountains where subsistence was almost impossible. At length the intolerence of the Roman Cath- olic bigots was overcome and the refugees, many, returned, among whom was the aforesaid Boutons. Noel distin- guished himself and was the Marquis de Chamilly, and was subsequently made Marshal of all France, and a life size portrait of him was placed in the gallery of French nobles at Versailles, France, where it is still to be seen. " The French historian speaking of the Boutons says that it is accorded to a noble ancestry that a proclivity for patriotism, education and religion is seen in the race all down the ages." GENEALOGY. 1. JOHN BOUTON, son, as is supposed, of the Count Kicholas Bouton, was a Huguenot and during the existence of the great persecution fled to England, where the Govern- ment were offering to send emigrants to America, on con- dition they would swear allegiance to the Crown of England, A registry of such emigrants was keptat London, a copy of which has been examined by the compiler of this work, and as only one person by the Bouton name is found on that registry, embracing a period of 100 years, from 1600 to 1700, it is supposed that said person w^as the John Bouton of whom this account is traced, and that all the families of Boutons or Boughtons in this country prior to 1700, were descended from said John Bouton, who embarked from Gravesend, England, in the barque Assurance^ July, 1636, and landf^ at Boston, Massachusetts, in December, 1635, aged 20 years; whether married or not at the time is not known. He married 1st, Joan Turney, and lived in Boston and Watertown, Mass., and early in the settlement of Hartford, Conn., moved to that place, and again in 1651, soon after the commencement of the settlement of Norwalk, he re- moved to that place, where his wife Joan soon died, and where he became an influential citizen, and in 1671, and for several years subsequent, he was a representative in the general court of the co ony of Connecticut, and served his townsmen in many official capacities in Norwalk. He m. 2d, at Norwalk, Ct., Jan. 1, 1656, Abigail Marvin (dau. of Matthew Marvin, who came from London, Eng.) She was born at Hartford about 1640, and died at Norwalk about 1672. He married 3d, at Norwalk about 1673, Mrs. Mary* Stevenson, widow of Jonathan Stevenson, who was killed in a swamp fight with the Indians near Norwalk. He gave land to his sons John and Matthew, as appears . on the Norwalk town records, and at his death, which occurred at Danbury, Ct., 1704r-6, he left an estate at Nor- walk, a part of which has remained in possession of his S BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 'descendants until the present time, July, 1888, now over 200 years. A copy of his Will was made from the Fairfield record, and is herewith furnished for publication. (See copy of Wills.) Ckildren of John Boaton, Sr., and his three wires (Ist, Joan Tnrney Sdy AhigTAil Harrin ; Sd^ Widow Harj Sterenson). of Hartford and Norwalk« Conn. Children of John Bonton bj 1st Wife Joan Tamej Bonton. 1 2 i. Richard Bouton, b. prob. in Mass., about 1639 or 1640, m. Ruth , lived and died at Nor walk, June 27, 1665. But little has been obtained of his history except that at his death which occurred June 27, 1665, he left to his wife Ruth, all his property, to be hers during her lifetime and then to go to John's son John, evidently having no children of his own at that time. 3 ii. BRmoET Bouton, b. prob. at Hartford, Ct., about 1642, m. at Norwalk, moved to Stockbridge, Mass. $he ni., supposed at NorwaJk, 1660, Daniel Kellogg, where they lived for several years, and moved, as is supposed, to Stockbridge, Mass., where mention is maae of her by the Boutons of that place. (■liildren of John Bonton^ Sr.^ and Abigrail XarTiny of Norwalk. 4 iii. John Bouton, b. Norwalk, Sept. 30, 1659. Was a farmer ; m. at Norwalk about 16S5, Sarah^au. of John Grreggorie, of Norwalk, where she was bom, 1667. They settled at Norwalk where he owned land jointly with his brother Matthew Bouton, which according to town records, he sold Jan. 25, 1693, to Mercy Lockwood, widow of Ephraim Lockwood. The town records of Danbury contains records of his conveyance of lands at that place, and the records of New Canaan state that he, together with John Jr., Nathaniel, Daniel and Eleazar, were among the con- stituents of the Society of New Canaan. 5 iv. Matthew Bouton, b. Norwalk, Dec. 24, 1661. Nor- walk records say he sold his land there, and Danbury records mention his sale of land there. 6 V. Rachel Bouton, b. Norwalk, Dec. 16, 1667, m. about 1690, Matthias St. John, settled Ridgefield, Ct. 7 vi. Abigail Bouton, b. Norwalk, April 1, 1670, m. Smith. Settled prob. near Norwalk, Ct. 8 vii. Mary Bouton, b. Norwalk, May 26, 1671, m. David Waterbury. Settled prob. near Norwalk, Ct. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY.^ 9 </kUctreii of John Bonton^Sr., and Marj Steyenson Bonton, of Norwalk. 9 viii. Joseph Bouton, b. Norwalk, about 1674, m. Mary — , (mentioned, see his Will). Settled prob. near Nor- walk, Ct. 10 ix- Thomas Bouton, b. Norwalk, about 1676. He is men- tioned as constituent Soc. of Wilton. 11 X. Elizabeth Bouton, b. Norwalk, about 1679, m. 1698, Edmund Waring, of Norwalk. 12 xi. Richard Bouton, b. Norwalk, about 1680. He was elected clerk of the Soc. at Wilton, 1726. Children of Daniel and Brldgret Bonton Kelloggr* 3 13 i. Mary Kellogg b. Norwalk, Conn , Feb., 1662. 14 ii. Rachel Kellogg, b. Norwalk, Feb., 1663. 15 iii. Sarah KjiLLOGG, b. Norwalk, Feb., 1665, m. Daniel Brinsmade. 16 iv. Elizabeth Kellogg, b. Norwalk, May,1666, d. 1690. 17 V. Daniel Kellogg, b. May 7, 1671. 18 vi. Samuel Kellogg, b. Norwalk, Feb., 1673, m. Sept. 6, 1709, Sarah Piatt. 19 vii. Lydia Kellogg, b. April, 1676, m. John Clark. 20 viii.BENJAMiN Kellogg, (twin) b. March, 1678. 21 ix. Joseph Kellogg, (twin) b. March, 1678, m. Ist, Sarah Plum ; m. 2d, Mary Lyon. <9illd of Hatthias and Bachael Bonton St. John, of Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Conn. 6 (The following account of Matthias St. John from the Whitney Genealogy^ p. 18, pub. 1878) : 22 i. Matthew St John, son of Matthias 3d, g. son of Matthias Jr. andg.g. son of Matthias who emigrated from England and settled at Norwalk about 1650. Said Matthew St. John was born at Norwalk about 1686, married Oct. 13, 1709, Anne Whitney, daughter of John and Elizabeth 'Smith Whitney of Norwalk, where she was born about I6yl. He, Matthew St. John, was of the company who bought Ridgefield of the Indians Sep. 30, 1708. He was chosen lister Dec. 19, 1716, and surveyor, Dec. 20, 1722. April 6, 1723, he sold his whole right at Ridgefield and set- tled at Pympawaug now in the town of Wilton, Conn. They were members of the first Cong, church in Norwalk, 1725. March 10th, 1729, ensign Matthew St. John was appointed a committee of the society to visit Hartford and 10 BOXJTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. lay before the Le^slature a complaint against the town of Norwalk. Feb. 13, 1732, the names of Matthew vSt. John and wife were included in a list of members of the church of Wilton. He was chosen as clerk of the society at Wilton and served as such from 1731 to 1746, when having bought, Mar. 5, 1745, a farm of Samuel Comstock about two miles north of Sharon Village for £655, old tenor. The church record of their removal dates June, 1745, in which he is called captain and soon after coming to Sharon he was chosen by the church to be their third deacon. They died at Sharon, he Aug. 3, 1755, she May 9, 1773, aged 82 years, and was buried in the old cemetery, head Sharon St. Children of Matthew and Anne Whitnej St. Johny of Bidgefleld and^ Wilton, Conn. 22 24 i. Matthew St. John, Jun., b. Ridgefield, Conn., June 23, 1711, m. Wilton, Dec. 14, 1737, Mary El- mer, res. Suffield, Ct. 25 ii. Marx St. John, b. Ridgefleld, Aug. 15, 1715, m. 1st, Wilton, 1737, Hannah ; she d. Kirkland, N. Y., 1823 ; m. 2d, Sharon 1747, Ann Gay,and moved to Stockbridge, Mass., where he d. 1772. 26 iii. Anne St. John, b. Ridgefleld, May 1, 1717, m. Sept., 1733, Ezra St. John (son of Ebenezer), he d. Wilton, Dec 10, 1740. 27 iv. Thaddeus St. John, b. Ridgefleld, May 1720, went with his parents to Wilton, where he d Oct. 4, 1736. 28 V. Luke St. John, b. Wilton, Aug. 28, 1721; a tailor; m. at Sharon, Ct, Elizabeth , and moved to Stockbridge, Mass., 1759.