Susanna Butler

• GIVN: Susanna
• SURN: Butler
• Sex: F
• Born: 10 Nov 1765 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Christened: 16 Nov 1765 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Died: 26 Sep 1796
• _UID: 665925D595604AEC990D1A34ACCFEC306FA2
• Record last updated: 30 Nov 2013
• TIME: 11:39
• Notes:

  Alt death: After 1810, NY
  
  With that connection I have found information that Elisha Whiting (senior) and Susannah Butler were divorced. I found a book in my local library in titled "Connecticut Divorces" which included Hartford 1740-1922 and found Susannah (Butler) of Hartford petitioned for divorce February 1792.
  In the petition she said "...Elisha more than three years since, for reasons unknown, willfully deserted the Petr. and his children in a suffering condition - that he hath ever since continued to abscond in parts unknown without ever informing where he may be found, or affording the Petr. the least means of support - that she hath ever since, by every possible exertion, just found means, with the assistance of her Chairitable Friends, to prevent any public charges." Divorce was granted.
  I have been to the CT. State Library in Hartford, CT and obtained a copy of the microfilm of this. This would also explain why she had "bound out" her son Elisha to work.
  
  Iris Masten Harris
  iris-harris@sbcglobal.net
  My husband is a descendant of Cutler Alma Sherman who married Editha Ann Whiting. Their son Plinnie Alfred was my husband's grandfather.

• Divorced: Y Sep 1792
• Married: 25 Mar 1784 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Notes:

  Source: Early Connecticut Marriages, second book, New Haven Second Church, p 80
  Elisha Whiting and Susanna Butler, March 25, 1784 19 Jan 2012

1. Elisha Whiting, b. 17 Dec 1785 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2. Polly Whiting, b. 1787 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
3. Susannah Whiting, b. 1789 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
4. Martha Butler Whiting, b. 12 Mar 1797 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• Married: 1 May 1796 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States 18 Jan 2012

1. Martha Butler Whiting, b. 12 Mar 1797 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2. Mary Simmons, b. 30 Apr 1809 in Northampton, Fulton, New York, United States