Like the Hunt and Vandolah families, the Butterfoss family was one of the earliest to settle in Hunterdon County. But where they came from or exactly when I cannot say. Butterfoss suggests a German name, but I have found nothing to confirm that. I hope there are some Butterfoss descendants out there who can help out.
As with all the other family trees, most of the people listed here lived in Hunterdon County for at least part of their lives. I have listed the children of women with the Butterfoss name, but not their grandchildren, as they belong in another family tree. Please add any corrections or additions to the comments section below.
First Generation:
(1) Andrew Butterfoss (1720 – 1759) & Anna Moore (1726 – 1790)
It is not known who Andrew Butterfoss’s parents were or where they came from. Anna Moore is thought to have been English, but her parents are also unknown. Since their eldest child (as far as we know) was born in 1742, I have estimated Andrew’s birth date as 1720. It is thought that he died in 1759 or 1760, although there was no estate recorded for him.
If the death date is correct, then Andrew Butterfoss was only about 39 years old when he died, leaving his wife with six children to raise. She married second William Horner (c.1720-c.1790) and had three more children by him.
Second Generation:
| (2) Daniel Butterfoss Sr. (1742 – 1818) & Esther Hester Ent (1757 – 1846)
| (2) John Butterfoss (c.1745 – ?), said to have drowned in the Delaware River
| (2) Elizabeth Butterfoss (1746 – 1842)
| | m. 1) Gerhardt Lehr (c.1745 – 1787)
| | m. 2) Philip Dilts (c.1750 – 1840)
| (2) Ann Butterfoss (1748 – 1792) & Nathaniel McPherson (1748 – 1789)
| (2) Andrew Butterfoss (1758 – after 1851) & Rebecca Johnson (c.1760 – c.1845)1
Third Generation:
| (2) Daniel Butterfoss Sr. & Esther Hester Ent2
| | (3) Jacob Butterfoss (1774 – c.1780)
| | (3) Anna ‘Nancy’ Butterfoss (1776 – <1823) & Thomas Pidcock (1763 – 1850)
| | (3) Susanna Butterfoss (1778 – after 1850) & William Wheaton (c.1774 – after 1850), left Hunterdon
| | (3) Elizabeth Butterfoss (1780 – 1837) & Nehemiah Hunt (1782 – 1823)
| | (3) Mary Butterfoss (1783 – 1863) & Garret Vandolah Wilson (1781 – 1876)
| | (3) Catherine Butterfoss (1785 – 1851) & Capt. George Holcombe (1781 – 1855)
| | (3) Esther Hester Butterfoss (1788 – 1868)
| | | m. 1) William Sharp (1782 – 1834)
| | | m. 2) Rev. Joseph Wright (1795 – 1880)
| | (3) Sarah Butterfoss (1790 – 1890) & John Holcombe (1785 – 1858)
| | (3) Daniel Butterfoss Jr. (1793 – 1860) & Sarah Hall (1799 – 1877)
| | (3) Andrew Butterfoss (c.1794 – 1819), unmarried
| | (3) Valentine Ent Butterfoss (1797 – 1848) & Rachel Osburn (1797 – 1863)
| | (3) Rebecca Butterfoss (1804 – 1869) & Charles Brown (c.1795 – ?), no further information
| | (3) Sabilla Butterfoss (1804 – after 1880) & Jeremiah Matthews (c.1804 – after 1860)
| (2) Elizabeth Butterfoss & Gerhardt Lehr
| | (3) Mary Lair (1773 – ?)
| | (3) Samuel Lair (1777 – 1841) & Mary Johnson (1776 – 1875)
| | (3) Mathias Lair (1779 – 1819) & Charity Painter (1793 – 1883)
| | (3) Anna Lair (c.1782 – aft 1860) & David Dilts (1779 – 1867)
| | (3) Garret Lair (1784 – aft 1826) & Sarah Little (1790 – 1870)
| | (3) Andrew Lair (1787 – 1855) & Lavinah Boss (1792 – 1864)
| (2) Ann Butterfoss & Nathaniel McPherson
| | (3) Rebecca McPherson (c.1785 – ?) & Ezra Schamp (c.1785 – after 1830)
| | (3) Elizabeth McPherson (c.1786 – 1871) & James Dalrymple (1785 – 1865)
| | (3) Samuel McPherson (c.1788 – ?), may have left Hunterdon or died young
| (2) Andrew Butterfoss & Rebecca Johnson3
| | (3) Daniel Butterfoss
| | (3) Nancy Butterfoss
| | (3) Mary Butterfoss
| | (3) Samuel Butterfoss
| | (3) Andrew Butterfoss (1795 – 1819), unmarried
| | (3) Rachel Butterfoss
| | (3) Sarah Butterfoss
| | (3) Jerusha Butterfoss
| | (3) Charlotte Butterfoss
| | (3) John Butterfoss
| | (3) Rebecca Butterfoss
| | (3) James Butterfoss
| | (3) Charles Butterfoss
| | (3) Enos Butterfoss
| | (3) William Butterfoss
| | (3) Amy Butterfoss
Fourth Generation:
| (2) Daniel Butterfoss Sr. & Esther Hester Ent
| | (3) Anna ‘Nancy’ Butterfoss & Thomas Pidcock4
| | | (4) Charles Pidcock (c.1810 – ?) & Rebecca Wrick [?]
| | | (4) Daniel Pidcock
| | | (4) Hettie Ann Pidcock
| | | (4) John Pidcock
| | | (4) Derrick Pidcock
| | | (4) Anna Pidcock
| | (3) Elizabeth Butterfoss & Nehemiah Hunt (See the Hunt Family Tree)
| | | (4) Wilson Hunt (1811 – 1886) & Sarah Ann Wolverton (1821 – 1862)
| | | (4) Susan Hunt (1816 – 1865) & William Mettler (c.1815 – aft 1860)
| | | (4) Daniel B. Hunt (1822 – ?)
| | (3) Mary Butterfoss & Garret Vandolah Wilson
| | | (4) Rev. William Vandolah Wilson (1811 – 1908)
| | | | m. 1) Lydia Seabrook (1805 – 1852)
| | | | m. 2) Martha Seabrook (1810 – 1890)
| | | (4) Sarah Wilson (1817 – 1879) & Watson J. Rittenhouse (1810 – 1894)
| | | (4) Esther Hettie Wilson (c.1820 – ?) & N. B. Johnson (not sure about this)
| | | (4) Rev. Charles E. Wilson (c.1825 – ?) (not sure about him either)
| | | | m. 1) Theresa
| | | | m. 2) Margaret Sergeant
| | (3) Catherine Butterfoss & Capt. George Holcombe
| | | (4) Hettie Esther Holcombe (1805 – 1860) & John Hoagland Wilson (1804 – 1892)
| | | (4) Samuel Holcombe (c.1805 – ) & Elizabeth Wildman (1794 – 1856)
| | | (4) Eleanor Holcombe (1806 – 1881) & John Eckel Mathews (1808 – 1847)
| | | (4) Hannah Ann Holcombe (1809 – 1869) & Benjamin Larison (1805 – 1892)
| | | (4) Shf. George B. Holcombe (1815 – 1893)
| | | | m. 1) Louisa Holcombe (1818 – 1852)
| | | | m. 2) Louisa Robbins (1833 – 1921)
| | | (4) Athalinda Ethalinda Holcombe (1816 – 1889) & Samuel Wilson Dilts (1809 – 1874)
| | | (4) Wilkinson J. Holcombe (1819 – 1891) & Roseanna Anna Matthews (1817 – 1900)
| | | (4) Andrew B. Holcombe (1820 – 1889) & Sarah Shepherd (1824 – 1869)
| | | (4) Catharine Holcombe (1823 – 1869) & John Hoagland Wilson (1804 – 1892)
| | (3) Esther Hester Butterfoss & William Sharp
| | | (4) Thomas Sharp (c.1807 – 1884) & Rebecca 5
| | | (4) George W. Sharp (1812 – 1876) & Elizabeth Vandolah (1811 – 1886)
| | | (4) Robert Sharp (c.1815 – ?)
| | | (4) Daniel Runk Sharp (1818 – 1894) & Mary Anna Rounsavel (1824 – 1878)
| | (3) Daniel Butterfoss Jr. & Sarah Hall
| | | (4) Joseph Hall Butterfoss (1821 – 1899) & Ruth Hunt Lake (1827 – 1913)
| | | (4) John Holcombe Butterfoss (1824 – 1889)
| | | | m. 1) Catharine Dunn (c.1825 – ?)
| | | | m. 2) Anna H. Lake (c.1830 – ?)
| | | (4) Sarah Ann Butterfoss (1826 – 1881) & Charles H. Haines (c.1825 – bef. 1870)
| | | (4) Maria Elizabeth Butterfoss (1828 – 1898) & Alfred Buchanan (1829 – 1907)
| | | (4) Charles Wilson Butterfoss (1830 – 1900) left Hunterdon
| | | | m. 1) Susannah Godard (c.1826 – c.1866)
| | | | m. 2) Millie Q. ? (1832 – 1914)
| | | (4) Esther Butterfoss (1832 – 1900) & William Wenzel (1834 – 1915)
| | | (4) Andrew Butterfoss (1835 – after 1900) & Clarinda Romine (1839 – ?)
| | | (4) Cornelia Butterfoss (1837 – 1905) & William N. Coates (1840 – 1921)
| | | (4) Samuel Smith Butterfoss (1840 – after 1900) & Urania Johnson (1845 – after 1900)
| | (3) Valentine Ent Butterfoss & Rachel Osburn
| | | (4) Amy Butterfoss (1821 – 1895) & Henry Vandolah Hunt (1820 – 1884)
| | | (4) Esther Ann Butterfoss (1824 – 1903)
| | | (4) Sarah Catharine Butterfoss (1833 – 1836)
| | | (4) Jacob J. Butterfoss (1838 – 1840)
| | (3) Sabilla Butterfoss & Jeremiah Matthews
| | | (4) John Holcombe Mathews (1832 – 1900) & Lydia Hiner (1834 -1919)
| | | (4) Rev. Daniel M. Mathews (1834 – 1907) & Margaret Hull (1835-1874)
| | | (4) Holloway Whitfield Matthews (c.1836 – after 1870)
Fifth Generation:
| | (3) Daniel Butterfoss Jr. & Sarah Hall
| | | (4) Joseph Hall Butterfoss & Ruth Hunt Lake
| | | | (5) Jane Augusta Butterfoss (1852 – 1928) & Richard Holcombe Romine (1842 – 1915)
| | | | (5) Mary Hannah Butterfoss (1853 – 1901) & Winfield Broadhurst (c.1850 – 1883)
| | | (4) Sarah Ann Butterfoss & Charles H. Haines
| | | | (5) Elma Victorean Haines (1853 – 1853)
| | | | (5) Sarah J. Haines (1854 – 1855)
| | | | (5) infant Haines (1858 – 1858)
| | | (4) Maria Elizabeth Butterfoss & Alfred Buchanan
| | | | (5) James B. Buchanan (1860 – 1935) & Elizabeth J. Dallas (1862 – ?)
| | | | (5) John L. Buchanan (c.1864 – ?)
| | | | (5) Emma Dora Buchanan (c.1867 – 1876)
| | | (4) Esther Butterfoss & William Wenzel
| | | | (5) Elizabeth Wenzel (1876 – ?) & William C. Cook (1874 – ?)
| | | (4) Andrew Butterfoss & Clarinda Romine
| | | | (5) Charles R. Butterfoss (1865 – 1925) & Elizabeth ? (1872-1927)
| | | | (5) Sadie Butterfoss (c.1868 – after 1930) & Edwin Ulmer (c.1863 – after 1930)
| | | (4) Cornelia Butterfoss & William N. Coates
| | | | (5) Annie Belle Butterfoss Coates (1873 – 1964) & Erva Irwin Cline (1876 – 1964)
| | | (4) Samuel Smith Butterfoss & Urania Johnson, left Hunterdon
| | | | (5) Ida Butterfoss (1867 – ?)
| | | | (5) John Farley Butterfoss (1868 – ?) & Fannie M. (1873 – ?)
| | | | (5) Sarah Butterfoss (1872 – 1943) & George E. Pengilly (1870 – 1951)
| | | | (5) Elias Butterfoss (c.1876 – 1893)
| | (3) Valentine Ent Butterfoss & Rachel Osburn
| | | (4) Amy Butterfoss & Henry Vandolah Hunt
| | | | (5) Emma Hunt (c.1868 – c.1877)
Sixth Generation:
| | (3) Daniel Butterfoss Jr. & Sarah Hall
| | | (4) Joseph Hall Butterfoss & Ruth Hunt Lake
| | | | (5) Jane Augusta Butterfoss (1852 – 1928) & Richard Holcombe Romine (1842 – 1915)
| | | | | (6) Wesley Romine (1887 – ?)
| | | | | (6) Horace Reading Romine (1889 – 1961) & Olive S. Lawshe (1893 – 1986)
| | | | (5) Mary Hannah Butterfoss & Winfield Broadhurst
| | | | | (6) Jennie Broadhurst (c.1874 – ?)
| | | | | (6) Ruth Broadhurst (c.1876 – ?)
| | | (4) Cornelia Butterfoss & William N. Coates
| | | | (5) Annie Belle Butterfoss Coates & Erva Irwin Cline
| | | | | (6) Elsie Cline (1896 – 2003) & Ernest Kline Gulick (1894 – 1980)
| | | | | (6) Louis M. Cline (1898 – 1969) & Ruth Johnson (1917 – 1981)
I normally don’t include the grandchildren of female members of a family, but occasionally make exceptions.
Footnotes:
- Andrew Butterfoss was a Revolutionary War veteran. His wife Rebecca’s family is not known. ↩
- The Bible Record for the Daniel & Esther Butterfoss family can be found at the Special Collections at Rutgers University Library, holdings of the NJ Genealogical Society. It provides the birth dates of Daniel’s children , but not the death dates. ↩
- Andrew Butterfoss was a Revolutionary War veteran who was crippled after the war and never prospered. His sons were laborers, not land owners, and his daughters married and moved away. In other words, I have virtually no information on this family. The children’s names come from a pension application. ↩
- There are no marriages listed for the Pidcock children, other than the one for Charles. ↩
- I’ve got a problem separating this Thomas from the one born to Robert Sharp and Rachel Ent. It seems they both married a woman named Rebecca. One was Rebecca Lambert (1813-1885), daughter of Daniel Lambert and Polly Sharp. She married Thomas Sharp on June 18, 1831, but which Thomas Sharp? In 1850 there were two Thomas Sharps living in Delaware Township married to women named Rebecca. One was 52 years old (born c.1798), the other was 43 (born c.1807). The Rebecca’s were ten years apart. The one who was 37 was the one born in 1813. She was married to the younger Thomas. There is a hint here. In the household of Thomas Sharp age 43 (born 1807) and Rebecca age 37, was Sealy Sharp, age 59 (born 1791). He was the son of Robert Sharp and Rachel Ent, and brother of Thomas. In the household of the other Thomas and Rebecca were Mary L. Vandolah, age 23 (born c.1827) and her husband Garret W. Vandolah age 30 (born about 1820). This pretty much clinches it. Whoever the Rebecca was who married Thomas Sharp, son of William, was not Rebecca Lambert. But if you consult Find-a-Grave, you will find the wife of Thomas Sharp, son of William, as Rebecca Lambert. I must disagree, but cannot say who this other Rebecca was. ↩
Kay H. Larsen
December 13, 2018 @ 10:16 am
My head is spinning. I would have bet good money that there was no way that I was a “cousin” to any of the Butterfosses, but when the Holcombe’s and Wilson’s got in the mix, I discovered that there is a near certain probability that there is a family connection(s). It will take a lot of sorting and charting to sort this all out. Two articles in one week. Thank you Marfy, keep them coming. The winter days get awfully dull and you are a bright spot.
David Hoffman
December 16, 2018 @ 11:38 am
Thank you for this! Catherine Butterfoss and George Holcombe were my 3rd great grandparents.
Charles Fach
October 3, 2019 @ 2:51 pm
Charles R Butterfoss, the son of Andrew and Clarinda, was married to Sarah Lancaster. He had one son, Floyd, who married my grandfather’s sister, Flora Ida Fach. Floyd had two children, Robert Fach Butterfoss and Janet Ann Butterfoss. Robert married Edith Patterson and they had one son, Paul. Paul is the last Butterfoss in this part of the tree since he never married. Janet was married to Norman Myles but they had no children.