Mary BUTTON

1634 - 1705  (70 years)

• Name	Mary BUTTON
  Born	23 Feb 1634	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	*
  _UID	E381753DD3D2AF40884067C94DE6E49851DB
  Died	1705	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
  Person ID	I7774	SteveParker
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Matthias Peter BUTTON,   b. 1607,   d. 1672  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Ann Teagle,   b. 1620,   d. 1662  (Age 42 years)
  _UID	303C6D6C52354840B598291E325E64532F7E
  Family ID	F4054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John LEWIS,   b. 1630, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States ,   d. 1690, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States  (Age 60 years)
  Married	Abt 1657	, , Rhode Island   [1]
  _UID	F0E186A23D28C240B9E03BF24B89D02AF4BA
  Children	1. Jonathan LEWIS,   b. 1658, England ,   d. Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States   2. John LEWIS,   b. 1660, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States   3. James LEWIS,   b. 3 Jun 1664, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States ,   d. 6 Sep 1745  (Age 81 years)   4. David LEWIS,   b. 1667   5. Daniel LEWIS,   b. 1668, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States ,   d. 20 Feb 1717/1718, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States  (Age 50 years)   6. Isreal LEWIS,   b. 1669, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States ,   d. 28 Jun 1719, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States  (Age 50 years)   7. Samuel LEWIS,   b. 1671, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States ,   d. Jan 1739  (Age 68 years)   8. Dorcas LEWIS,   b. 1673, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States ,   d. 1720, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F1417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  This Mary Button is sometimes confused with the Mary Button who married Edward Yeomans or a Mary Button who married Thomas French. Mary Buttons is sometimes referred to as Ruth Buttons. This Mary Button married John Lewis. Tradition given by Mrs. Sally Lewis, wife of Jeffrey Sheldon Lewis is that "John Lewis came to America but the young lady with whom he was in love did not come over because her parents did not like him. Mary wrote to him asking him to come to England to get her, but he answered her that he could not but would meet her if she came to him. She wrote him that she would come so he built a log cabin and when she finally arrived from England he went down to the shore at Plymouth, met her and they married soon after. They lived together for a number of years before he died. She survived him fifteen years." This is related in Lewisania, Vol, 4, p. 35.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] International Genealogical index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mary or Button; Female; Birth: Before 1635 East Greenwich, Kent, England; Death: 1705 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; Spouse: John Lewis; Marriage: About 1657 , , Rhode Island Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 11/12/2007