Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Butler, Lilly, D.D an English clergyman, became vicar of St. Mary, Aldermanbury, London, in 1691, prebendary of Canterbury, March 21, 1717, and died May 7, 1717. He published several single sermons. See LeNeve, Fasti; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Butler, Joseph Ll.D. bishop of Durham, was born at Wantage, in Berkshire, May 18 1692, and brought up as a Presbyterian, his father being a respectable shopkeeper of that persuasion. He was educated by a Presbyterian named Jones, who kept a school first at Gloucester and afterward at Tewkesbury, and who numbered among his students, … Continue reading “Butler, Joseph Ll.D. (2)”

Butler, Joseph a Presbyterian minister, was born on the shores of Lake Champlain in 1799. He was educated at Middlebury College, licensed by the Congregational Association at Montpelier in 1825, and ordained by Champlain Presbytery in 1827. In 1836 he went West, spent some time in Indiana, and then went to Illinois. He was called … Continue reading “Butler, Joseph”

Butler, John George a Lutheran minister, was born in Philadelphia in 1754. He served some time in the Revolutionary war, and afterwards commenced a. course of theology under the direction of his pastor. In 1779 he was licensed by the Synod of Pennsylvania and soon after took charge of the Lutheran Church in Carlisle and … Continue reading “Butler, John George”

Butler, John (1), D.D an English prelate, was born in Hamburg, Germany, probably of English parents, in December, 1717. In early life he was a tutor in the family of Mr. Child, a banker. He became, first, chaplain to the bishop of London, and obtained the living of Everley, in Wiltshire. On the recommendation of … Continue reading “Butler, John (1), D.D”

Butler, John (2) a Baptist minister, was born in Nottingham, N. H., April 13, 1789. He was converted in his fourteenth year by the preaching of Rev. Thomas Paul, a distinguished minister of African descent, and after his baptism, Oct. 6,1806, became a member of the Church in Newbury and Newburyport, Mass. He was licensed … Continue reading “Butler, John (2)”

Butler, Joel a Baptist minister, joined the Baptists in 1780, and was ordained at Woodstock, Vt., in 1785. He moved from field to field westerly through the state of New York, and died at Geneva, Ind., Sept. 13, 1822, in his seventy-first year. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, vi, 411. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Butler, Joel”

Butler, Jeremiah a Congregational ministers was born at Onndaga, N. Y., May 29, 1812. After studying at the Onondaga Academy, and at the Grand-River Institute, in Austinburg, O., he entered Oberlin College, from which he graduated in 1842, and from the Theological Seminary in 1845. In the latter year he was ordained at Oberlin, and … Continue reading “Butler, Jeremiah”

Butler, Henry a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at New Vineyard, Me., July 15, 1806. He studied for the law, but experienced religion when about twenty- six years of age, and soon after began preaching. In 1832 he entered the Maine Conference. For eleven years he held an effective relation, and then became a superannuate, … Continue reading “Butler, Henry”

Butler, George W a Baptist minister, was born in Hallowell, Me., April 12,1817, and united when quite young with the Church. Later in life he pursued a course of study, completing it at the New Hampton Institution. He was ordained at Stratford, N. H., in October, 1846, and spent seven years in laboring among the … Continue reading “Butler, George W”