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| | John Bouton to Nina Shaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | JOHN BOUTON, son of the Count Nicholas Bouton, was a Huguenot and during the existence of the great persecution fled to England, where the Government were offering to send emigrants to America, on condition they would swear allegiance to the Crown of England. |
 | | John was in Norwalk, 1655, and was one of the earliest proprietors, though his name does not appear in the Ludlow agreement. |
 | | John "of Norwalk" mentions in his will, then wife Mary; sons Matthew, Joseph, Thomas and Richard; daughters Rachel Sension, Abigail Smith, Hannah Betts, Elizabeth Warrin and Mary Bouton; grandchild John Bouton, of Danbury; it was witnessed by William Haines and John Gregory. |
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