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Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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An elderly woman named Butler was found dead on the banks of the Lea in Essex, the last of 13 siblings whose family suffered only unnatural deaths: father executed in 1745 for misleading on Pretender's army route; two sons executed in Irish rebellion; one hanged for robbery; two suicides; one sister found dead; another suffocated; two executed for plundering at Siege of Valenciennes; others died prematurely in navy.
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County Of Essex
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Lately
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all 13 children and father died unnatural deaths: executions, suicides, suffocation, plundering deaths, premature navy deaths.
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An old lady named Butler found dead on banks of Lea, Essex; last of 13 children with no natural deaths in family. Father executed 1745 for false Pretender army route info. Two sons executed in Irish rebellion. One son hanged for robbery. Two suicides. One sister found dead. One sister suffocated in malt drying room. Two executed for plundering at Siege of Valenciennes. Others in navy died prematurely.