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Sergnt John BOUTON (b. October 1636, d. Bet. January 27, 1706/07 - December 25, 1709)

John BOUTON⁴¹ was born October 1636 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT.⁴¹, and died Bet. January 27, 1706/07 - December 25, 1709 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT.⁴¹. He married Abigail MARVIN on January 01, 1656/57 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT.⁴¹.

Notes for John BOUTON:
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John Bouton was among the first settlers of Norwalk. He was a French Protestant, and it is said there are many of the same name still living in France and Germany, and that a great similarity exists between the families there and here. He had five children after his marriage as here recorded, viz. John, Matthew, Rachel, Abigail, and Mary.
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Somehow daughter Elizabeth Bouton b.1681 is overlooked. Birth, death & burial data for Elizabeth Bouton from Jacobus(1), p. 4. Birthplace from LDS 8726104/23, which says born in 1673. Marriage date could be Oct. 16, 1698.
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Sergt. John Bouton 2d (John1) was born in 1636. He married (1) Abigail Marvin, daughter of Matthew Marvin and Elizabeth Gregory?, on 1 January 1656/57 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT. He married Mary after November 1689 (Mary was the widow of (1) Thomas Allen and (2) Jonathan Stevenson). He died after 27 January 1706/7 and before 25 December 1709 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT.
The John Bouton who received a home lot in Norwalk seems to have been the son -- widow Alice remarried by 1647 and Norwalk was not settled until 1650. He was one of the first settlers of Norwalk. He was Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature between 1669 and 1685 from Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT, and Sergeant of the Norwalk Trainband. The will of John Bouton Sr. of Norwalk is dated 25 December 1706; probated 27 January 1706/7. He mentions wife Mary, grandchild John Bowton of Danbury, sons Mathew and Joseph Bowton; daughter Rachel Sension, son Thomas Bowton, daughter Elizabeth Warrin, son Richard Bowton, daughter Mary Bowton; three sons: Joseph, Thomas and Richard; Matthew Sension, "Edman Waren," and James Betts, sons-in-law to the deceased. Appealed.
On 16 July 1720, Mary Bouton of Norwalk distributed property to son Thomas Bouton, daughter Mary Morehouse, to "Thomas and Richard," geese to Thomas Bouton, he to give one gander and two geese to John Betts' wife; my three grandchildren Thomas Bouton, Richard Bouton and Mary Morehouse land at "Compow in Fairfield"; my grandchildren Mary Hayes, Ruth Bouton, and Gabriel Morehouse.

More About John BOUTON and Abigail MARVIN:
Marriage: January 01, 1656/57, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT..⁴¹

Children of John BOUTON and Abigail MARVIN are:

+Elizabeth BOUTON, b. 1674⁴¹, d. November 07, 1760, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT⁴¹.