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Direct ancestor William Painter was possibly born in New Jersey and died in Pennsylvania.   From 1780 through 1783, William served in the Revolutionary War.  He served in the company of Capt. William Smith, 6th Battalion,  Chester County Militia.  After he returned from three years of service, he married Martha Torton in 1784 in the Second […]

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Joseph Butler was born in Virginia in 1742 to Thomas Butler and Jane Gilbert. He was the fourth of five children born to his parents.  He served in the 7th, 9th and 10th regiments of The Virginia Continental Line in the American Revolution.  In 1764 he married Elizabeth Burley.  They became the parents of seven […]