The Butcher line is centred on Lowestoft on the Suffolk coast, traced from John Butcher in the late eighteenth century to Jane Butcher, who married Robert Knights and carried the line forward into the Knights family.

3 · earliest documented

John Butcher

1774 – 1846

Lowestoft, Suffolk

2

Benjamin Butcher

1807 – 1893

Lowestoft, Suffolk

Sarah Bracey

1810 – 1902 · Carlton Colville, Suffolk

married 11 April 1833, St Margaret's, Lowestoft

1 · most recent fully documented

Jane Butcher

1845 – 1915

Lowestoft, Suffolk

Jane Butcher married Robert Knights. Her marriage and later life are documented on the Knights line.