The Button Family Information

By way of an intoduction, I would like to thank Lisa Holley, a descendant of Sylvia Wing Baker & Justus Baker Jr., for forwarding much of this Button history to Steve Button who then sent copies to myself and Raymond Wing, the noted Wing historian. I have long been interested in the Button genealogy because I am also a descendant of Matthias Button via Amy Button whose parents were Matthias Button & Mary Brown. My many thanks for much of the following information...and hopefully the results will be that we hear from many more Button descendants.

Table of Contents:

Matthias Button...Article from the book, "The Button Families of America" Matthias Button...Sketch from book, "The Great Migration Begins" Rev. Thomas Cobbett writes a letter to Increase Mather John Godfrey, Arch enemy of Matthias Button Three Generations of Button Family Members Sylvia Wing Baker writes to her sister, Francis Wing Button (There is also a manuscript of family history that was written by Sylvia Wing Baker for her son, Gershon A. Baker. That manuscript can be found on the Giles Wing/Mary Jane Cornell page)