Bouton-Boughton Family

Capt. Moses Bouton (son of Jakin Bouton, of Norwalk, Ct.), who was great grandson of John and Abigail Marvin Bouton, of Norwalk, Ct., was bom at Norwalk, April 21, 1857, a farmer of influence and respect among his towns- men. He married at South Salem, having moved there from Norwalk at an early age ; the exact date of his mar- riage not known, but must have been about 1780 to 1782. He married Mary Todd, of South Salem, where they settled. Before marriage he volunteered in the revolutionary war, 1775, under Gen. Montgomery, and went with him in his expedition against Canada, and was left at St. Johns to guard that place, where he remained until the army returned from Quebec. {Whitney Genealogy,) After the war he returned to South Salem and united, with the Presbyterian church there, Aug. 10, 1822. Mary, his wife, united with the same church June 3, 1813, and died at South Salem April 6, 1825. He continued to live at South Salem until July 8, 1847, when he died in a triumphant hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. ; Children of Capt Moses and Marj Todd Bonton^ of Sonth Salem. 88 1.268 i. Jared Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., June 23, 1783 (weaver and farmer), he m. Sally Keeler, of Ridge- field, Ct., who was b. Ridgefield, June 18, 1782 ; they settled in South Salem, N. Y., where she died Feb. 16, 122 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 1816. He married, second, at Yorktown, N. Y.,. April 2, 1817, at her mother's house, Martha Fowler, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Whitney Fowler ; they set- tled in South Salem, where he died August 24, 1858. She died August 20, 1884. Children of Jared and Sallj Keeler Benton* of Sonth Salem. 12AS^ 1.269 i. Linus Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1806, and died there June 18, 1811, in infancy. 1.270 ii. Smfth Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., March 11, 1808, a shoemaker, m. North Salem, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1831, Mary Hanford, dau. of Lewis and Deborah Hanford, of North Salem, where she was born Oct. 2, 1806. They settled at South Salem, where he died without leaving any children, Oct. 13, 1833, and was buried in Presbyterian churchyard. 1.271 iii. Edwin Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1810, united with Presbyterian church. South Salem, Nov. 23, 1827, was a farmer, m. at South Salem, N. Y., March 9, 1836, Celetty Adams, dau. Nathan and Nancy Stebbins Adams, of South Salem, where she was born Feb. 17, 1810 ; they moved to Qreenburgh, N. Y., in 1841, where he was ordained an elder in the Presbyterian church, and after about two years they returned to within about two miles of South Salem, on a portion of his father's farm ; but desiring relief from the labor and care of the farm, it was sold in 1883 and they removed to the village, where they were living in 1875 — (see Whitney Oenealogy) — ^and where they still were Uving in July, 1888, and where he has been senior elder for eighteen years. Children of Edwin and Celetty Adams Bonton^ of Sonth Salem. 1271 1.272 i. Smith Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., April 9, 1837, and died at South Salem, N. Y., Aug., 1849, and buried in new cemetery. 1.273 ii. Mary Cornelia Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., June 13, 1838 ; she united with the Presbyterian church. South Salem, 1864 ; she was living unmarried with her parents at South Salem, in 1888. 1.274 iii. Samuel Hawley Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1847, and died at South Salem, Feb. 2, 1864, andburied in the new cemetery at South Salem. 1.275 iv. Linus Bouton (son of Jared and Sally Keeler Bou- ton), b. South Salem, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1813, farmer, m. South Salem, Laura Pardee, b. South Salem, Feb. 11, 1809, dau. of Isaac and Mary Hull Pardee and great BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY 123^ grand-daughter of Jachin Bouton, Sr. Said Laura Pardee's sister Fanny m. Erastus S. Bouton, son of Daniel Bouton, of Ridgefield. They settled at South Salem, where he died Nov. 29, 1863. She, Laura, his widow, then went to live with his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Bouton Mead, wife of Linus Mead, of New Haven, Conn. €liildreii of Linns and Lanra Pardee Bonton, of South Salem. 1275 1.276 i. Sarah Elizabeth Bouton, b. South Salem. N. Y., Sept. 10, 1838, and m. there Jan. 11, 1859, Linus Mead, a foundryman, b. South Salem, Sept. 20, 1836. 1.277 ii. Mary Esther Bouton, b. South Salem, Oct. 10, 1841, and died there Sept. 23, 1862. 1.278 iii. Laura VmGDOA Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., August 21, 1844, m. Bedford, N. Y., October 19, 1864, Richard Nelson Bennett, b. June 7, 1837, at Branch- port, N. Y. He enlisted in Co. B , 7th Eegt. U. S. sharpshooters (Col. Berdan's), Aug., 1861 ; was dis- abled by sunstroke and discharged N,ov., 1862. Child of Liniu and Sarah Elizabeth (Bouton) Mead. 1276^ 1.279 i. Frederick Llewellyn Mead, b. South Salem, N. Y., May 22, 1863, m. Alice Russell, Orange, Conn., Oct. 6, 1886, res. New Haven. Chfld of Richard N. and Lanra Virginia Head Bennett^ of Branchport^ Tates Co.^ N. T« 1878 1.280 i. Linus Harrison Bennett, b. Nov. 23, 1876 ; they moved to Pulteney, on Lake Keuka, Steuben Co., N. Y., where they lived 1888. Children of Jared and Martha Fowler^ second wife of Jared Bonton* 1868 1.281 i. Sarah Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., March 6, 1819, m. at South Salem March 9, 1842, Samuel Stebbins Hawley, son of Gould and Betsey Stebbins Hawley of South Salem, where he was bom Sept. 26, 1815. He graduated at Theological seminary at Princeton, N. J., was licensed to preach by Presbytery at Bedford, but health failing moved on to a farm near Langley, Va., where he died without children March 7, 1846. She returned to South Salem where she married, second, Joseph Benedict, a farmer, and settled there where they continued to live 1886. 1.282 ii. John Fowler Bouton (son of Jared and Martha Fowler Bouton), b. South Salem, N. Y., April 25, 124 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 1823, a farmer, united with Presbyterian church South Salem Sept. 3, 1842, m. South Salem Oct. 2, 1850, Sarah Ann Beynolds, dau. of Silas and Anna Haight Reynolds, of Somers, N. Y., where she was born Feb. 6, 1832. They settled South Salem where she died June 2, 1862, and buried in the Presbyterian church yard. He married second at Bedford, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1866, Clarissa Trowbridge Keeler, of Bed- ford, where she was born May 24, 1837, great grand- daughter of Capt. Trowbridge, of Bedford, N. Y., res. at South Salem 1887. Children of John F. and Sarah Ann Reynolds Bonton^ of South Salem, N. T. 1288 1,283 i. Arthur Whitney Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., June 22, 1853, m. South Salem, Oct. 26, 187«, Mary Ann Ophelia Lyon, b. New York city April 16, 1856, moved to South Salem 1858, dau. Elias Q. and Mary A. Wood Lyon ; settled New York city, where he, in connection with his brother, established a trucking and shipping business with their office at 130 Maiden Lane ; they resided at 14 Abingdon square 1888. Children of Arthur Whitney and Marr Ann Ophelia Lyon Bonton. 1,283*^ i. Mary Anna Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1880. 1,283* ii. Ethel Bouton, b. New York city May 22, 1888. 1^284 ii. Anna Louisa Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., April 17, 1»55, she died in childhood, August 31, 1858, and was buried in the Presbyterian church yard at South Salem. 1.285 iii. Clara Minerva Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1859, unmarried, resides with parents 1888. 1.286 iv. George Lincoln Bouton (son of John F. and Sarah Ann Bouton), b. South Salem, N. Y., July 14, 1861, united with the Presbyterian church at South Salem, 1877 ; engaged in trucking and forwarding business with his brother Arthur, at 130 Maiden Lane, New York city, m. Northport, L. I., Nov. 5, 1884, Lillie Cornelia Rogers, b. Northport, L. I., Feb. 2, 1860, and educated for a teacher (dau. of Lemuel B. and Lydia E. Rogers), a lineal descendant of Rev. John Rogers, who was burned at the stake by the Roman Catholics, in Queen Mary's reign. They were living at 14 Abingdon square. New York city, 1888. BouTON-BouGHTON Familt. 125 Children of John F. and Clarissa Trowbridge Keeler Bonton, of South Salem. 1282 1.287 V. Ida JuiiA Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., June 18, 1866. 1.288 vi. Walter Jared Bouton, b. South Salem, April 10, 1868, d. Oct. 1, 1868. 1.289 vii. Henry Trowbridge Bouton, b. South Salem, Sept. 4, 1869, and d. May 16, 1885. 1.290 viii. Frederick Fowler Bouton, b. South Salem, N. T., Jan. 13, 1873. 1.291 ii. Isaac Bouton, a weaver and farmer (son of Cant. Moses and Mary Todd Bouton), b. South Salem, N. i ., Sept. 15, 1787, m. at South Salem, N. Y., November, one week before Thanksgiving day, 1830, Lois Keeler Benedict, widow of Benjamin Benedict, a farmer of Ridgefield. They settled in South Salem, where he died Feb. 15, 1860, and where she still lived in 1886. Children of Isaae and Lois Keeler Benedict Bonton, of South Salem. 1291 1.292 i. Moses Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1831, unmarried, d. South Salem, N. Y., June 17, 1856, from an injury received from the overturning of a cart somp four weeks previous. 1.293 ii. Sarah Minerva Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., May 11, 1834, d. in infancy, Feb. 2, 1837. 1.294 iii. Aaron Keeler Bouton, b. South Salem, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1835, a farmer, m. Sept. 20, 1871, Sarah Lou- isa Tyler, b. Bedford, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1850 (dau of Aaron and Martha Sutton Tyler). He was living at South Salem, N. Y., 1888. Children of Aaron K. and^arah L. Tjler Bonton. 1294 1.295 i. Aaron Starr Bouton, b. South Salem, June 25, 1875, and died in infancy Dec. 24, 1876. 1.296 ii. Sarah Minerva Bouton, b. South Salem Dec. 1, 1877. 1.297 iii. Louisa Bouton, b. South Salem April 26, 1880, died May 3, 1880. 1.298 iv. Mary Louisa Bouton, b. South Salem April 27, i88i: 1.299 V. Aaron Roy Bouton, b. South Salem Jan. 2, 1885. 1.300 iv. Isaac Seeley Bouton, Jr. (son of Isaac and Lois E. Bouton), b. South Salem Dec. 25, 1836, and died Feb. 17, 1837. 126 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY.