"Richard and Edward Bugbee are thought to have been immigrant ancestors of all families of the names Bugby, Bugbee, Bugbey or Bugbe. Richard came in 1630 and Edward in 1634; Richard is thought to have been the younger of the brothers, and his line may be extinct, as no families have been found which trace their descent to him, or he may have died without issue. There are various traditions concerning the origin of the family. One is that they came from Wales, another that they were from Scotland and well connected, and that one of the family married a Moorish-Spanish lady of rank, while still another is that the family came from London and had landed estates near that place. That they came from Wales is very likely founded on the fact that one of the ancestors married a Welsh maiden, daughter of a Thane, the family doubtless lived in Scotland, coming originally from Normandy and probably moved to England shortly before coming to this country.
Edward Bugby, the immigrant ancestor, came from Ipswitch, England, in the ship "Francis", which sailed the last of April 1634, with the ship "Elizabeth", both ships arriving in Boston the same day without incident or loss of life. He was accompanied by his wife, aged thirty-two and daughter Sarah, and he was, at that time, according to "Hotten's List of Early Settlers" forty years of age. He settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where his brother, Richard, who came with the Winthrop' fleet in 1630, was living. He joined the Roxbury church June 26, 1665, and died January 26, 1669, aged according to the record, "upward of 80 years." He was born about 1594. His will was dated January 26, 1669, and mentioned , Joseph, and Sarah, the wife of Richard Chamberlain, the executor. The name was signed Bugby, as it was written until about 1700 when it was changed to Bugbee. He married Rebecca _______. Children: Sarah, born in England about 1630; Joseph mentioned below; Son born in Roxbury in August 1642, died same month."
From New England Families Volume 2 by William Richard Cutter
"Joseph, son of Edward Bugby, was born in Roxbury, June 6, 1640, died July 26, 1729, aged eighty-nine years, in Woodstock, Connecticut, being buried in the old cemetery there. He settled in Woodstock in 1686, being an original proprietor and a first settler there. On July 21, 1686, he was one of the thirty-eight who signed an agreement in Roxbury that in one month they would settle the new town and the met, August 28, 1686, on Planehill, Woodstock to draw home lots. Joseph Bugby's lot, No. 37, was on the 'westward hill." On July 2, 1687, at a meeting of the proprietors, he was appointed on a committee to manage the prudential affairs of the town. Later he drew another lot of land in the second division. On March 12, 1683, he was one of the seven chosen to lay out highways. He was chosen on the first board of selectmen, November 1683. In 1724, at the final division of land in the south half of the town, h drew lot No. 23. He married Experience, the daughter of Andrew Pitcher of Dorchester, Massachusetts. She was baptized September 28, 1642. Her father lived in the part of Dorchester now Milton. Children born in Roxbury except last: Joseph September 17, 1664, Rebecca September 16, 1666, Edward, mentioned below, Samuel August 31, 1673, Abigail November 16, 1676, Mehitable August 29, 1679, Jonathan May 23, 1682, Josiah November 2, 1684, Nathaniel in Woodstock, October 1686, died November 10, 1686.
From New England Families Volume 2 by William Richard Cutter
He was the son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland, (1268- 13 September 1321) and Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick. His paternal grandparents were Theobald le Botiller (1242–1285), (son of Theobald le Botiller and Margery de Burgh), and Joan FitzJohn (FitzGeffrey) (died 4 April 1303), daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel Bigod. His maternal grandparents were John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare and Blanche de La Roche, who was the daughter of John de La Roche, Lord Fermoy and Maud de Waleys (Walsh).
Upon his father's death in 1321, the only hereditary title that James held was that of Chief Butler Of Ireland. As the 7th Chief Butler, he inherited the title from his ancestor Theobald Fitzwalter whose successors adopted the surname Butler.[1] A gap of 7 years was to follow before James was rewarded for his loyalty to the Crown with an earldom in his own right. His benefactor, King Edward III created him the first Earl of Ormond by patent, bearing date 2 November 1328 at Salisbury, the King then holding a Parliament there, with the creation fee of £10 a year.[2] Seven days afterwards, by patent dated at Wallingford, in consideration of his services, and the better to enable him to support the honour, the King gave to him the regalities, liberties, knights fees, and other royal privileges of the county of Tipperary, and the rights of a palatine in that county for life. At the same time, the king created Roger Mortimer as the 1st Earl of March.[3] In 1336 he founded the friary of Carrick-Begg (a townland on the River Suir opposite Carrick-on-Suir) for Franciscan Friars. On 3 June of that year, he gave the friars his castle and estate of Carrick, of which they took possession on Sunday the feast of SS. Peter and Paul.
He married in 1327, Lady Eleanor de Bohun, (17 October 1304- 7 October 1363), daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford by his spouse Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, the eighth daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile.
They had two daughters and two sons:
John Butler (born at Ardee on St. Leonard's day (6 November) 1330, died an infant)
Petronella Butler (d. 23 April 1368), married Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot, son of Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn, and had issue.
Alianore Butler (died 1392), married after 20 July 1359, Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Desmond, son of Maurice FitzThomas, Earl of Desmond and Aveline FitzMorice, and had issue.
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 October 1337-1382), married Elizabeth Darcy daughter of Sir John Darcy, Lord Justice of Ireland, and Joan de Burgh, and had issue.
James was born at Kilkenny and given in ward, 1 September 1344, to Maurice, Earl of Desmond, for the fine of 2306 marcs; and afterward to Sir John Darcy who married him to his daughter Elizabeth. He was usually called the noble Earl, on account of his descent from the Royal Family.
James' successors held the title Earl of Ormond, later merged with the higher title of Duke of Ormonde and held palatine rights in County Tipperary until the County Palatine of Tipperary Act 1715.
Edmund succeeded to his father’s lands upon the death of his elder brother Theobald, the 5th Chief Butler of Ireland, in 1299. He was created Justiciar of Ireland in 1303 with a fee of £500 per annum. In 1309 was knighted by Edward II in London. Three years later he defeated the O'Byrne and O'Toole clans in Glenmalure. At a great feast at Dublin on Sunday 29 of September 1313, he created 30 Knights, by patent, dated at Langley 4 January 1314. Having distinguished himself during the Bruce campaign in Ireland alongside John de Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth and Roger Mortimer, Edmund was granted a charter of the castle and manor of Karryk Macgryffin and Roscrea to hold to him and his heirs sub nomine et honore comitis de Karryk. The patent was dated at Lincoln 1 September that year, 1315; on that date, he was given the return of all the King's writs in the cantreds of Oreman (sic Ormond), Elyogerth (sic Eliogarty), and Elyocarroll in County Tipperary. To these was added, on 12 November 1320, all the lands of William de Carran in Finagh and Favmolin in County Waterford. However, the charter, while creating an earldom, failed to make Edmund's heir James Earl of Carrick. James was later created Earl of Ormond (Ireland) in his own right in 1328 alongside Roger Mortimer, who was created Earl of March, and the newly created John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall), brother of King Edward III. Edmund went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1321 but died in London on 13 September 1321. He was buried at Gowran, County Kilkenny.
By his wife Joan FitzGerald, daughter of the John FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, he had several children, the eldest of whom succeeded him as Chief Butler of Ireland but not as Earl of Carrick.
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1305–1337)
John Butler of Clonamicklon (or Limallon) (c. 1305–1330) was the ancestor of the later creation of Viscount Ikerrin and Earl of Carrick (Ireland). By his wife Johanna, he had issue, Edmond.
Lawrence Butler (died 1339?)
Joan Butler, who was married in 1321 to Roger Mortimer (second son of Roger, brother to Edward, Earl of March.
Unknown daughter who was married to Sir Thomas Dillon of Drumrany, ancestor to Viscount Dillon.
Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland (circa 1242 – 26 September 1285) was the son of Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland and Margery de Burgh, daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht. He assisted King Edward I of England in his wars in Scotland. He died at castle of Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland and was buried at Arklow Monastery.
He married Joan FitzJohn, the fourth and youngest daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Kirtling, Sheriff of Yorkshire, and Isobel Bigod and the granddaughter of Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex. She was co-heir with her three sisters to her brothers John and Richard. On her marriage, she brought Theobald the manor of Faubridge in Essex, the hamlet of Shippeley in Hants, the manor of Shire in Surrey, the hamlet of Vacherie and the manor of Ailesbury (in Buckinghamshire). Joan died around 1303.
Their children were:
Theobald Butler, 5th Chief Butler of Ireland (1269–1299)
Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick (c. 1270 – 13 September 1321)
Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Dunboyne (died 9 Oct 1329)
John Butler
Richard Butler
Gilbert Butler
Nicholas Butler, elected Archbishop of Dublin by the Prior and Convent of the Holy Trinity in January 1306, but was never consecrated.
James Butler