William Buck (abt. 1585 - 1658)

Born about 1585 in Padbury, Buckinghamshire, England

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) Buck — married 1606 (to 7 Sep 1618) in England

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1658 at about age 73 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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William Buck migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 1, p. 448) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

William Buck was born in England.

According to the Robert Charles Anderson in Great Migration, William Buck of Cambridge had unknown parents, an unknown origin, one wife whose name is unknown, and a single child named Roger (Rodger). Please do not attach parents, additional wives, or children to this profile without discussing it with the PGM project on g2g. Thank you.^[1]

Much of this biography came from a geni.com entry which had no primary sources itself^[2] and has apparently been revised to more accurately reflect what is actually known of William Buck.

Biography

Birth & Baptism

Unknown although an estimated birth year of 1585 comes from his reported age of 50 in 1635 when he immigrated on the "Increase". This profile previously stated an origin of Padbury, Buckinghamshire without source. Many other reasonable examples are found easily such as William Buck, son of John, christened 29 Jul 1587 at Snaith, Yorkshire.^[3] A mother of "Elizabeth Sherman", again without source has also been proposed.

Marriage & Children

Note: the William Buck who married Margaret Neave in Lincolnshire, England in 1617 IS NOT PROVEN to be this William Buck, there is no known connection. However, he still shows a wife of Margaret Neave in his data section to help with research and to prevent people from re-creating and re-attaching her.

Per "Great Migration", William Buck, who immigrated on the "Increase" (age 50) with son Rodger (age 18) was a widower and is not known to have remarried in New England. Certainly a wife was not listed with him on the Increase. His son Rodger (or Roger) was his executor; no other children are known.

Immigration

William & Roger enrolled as passengers of the "Increase" at London on 15 Apr 1635.^[4] William then appeared in Cambridge land records (grants and sales) from 1639-1645.^[1] He is not known to have been made a freeman, held office or joined the church so Anderson described him as "not fully integrated into the communal life of his town or colony."

Death & Estate

William died on 24 Jan 1657/58 and the inventory of his estate was taken on 27 Jan 1657/58 by his son Roger.^[5] Anderson mentions no will, likely William died intestate.^[1]

Research Notes

Most interestingly, the passenger list of the "Unity" (sailing from Weymouth 12 Sep 1635 to Massachusetts) listed a William Buck with "his wife and family"^[6] Could this have been a second man who was connected to one or more of the spouses below?

This profile was at one point given 2 spouses as shown below. One was Margaret Good/Goode, m. William Buck in 1606. Margaret was dau. and heir of Michael Good of Sussex, Lord of the castle of Frome, Somersetshire" based on a geni.com reference which has since been changed to show her with no name. Who Margaret Goode was, she was not known to be a wife of this William Buck^[2] These children were listed on the profile.

1. Infant Buck (1599– ) infant death
2. John Buck (1600–1665)
3. Isaac (Lt.) Buck (1601–1695)
4. James Buck (1603–1658)
5. Margaret Buck (1605–1662)
6. Richard (Rev) Buck (1610–1669)
7. Cornet John Buck (1613–1693)
8. Francis Buck (1615– )
9. Roger Buck (1617–1693)

Another family originally listed was this group, some of whom lived in Wethersfield and may have been children of that William Buck but this is speculative:

Spouse (2): Margaret Neave (1585–1657)

Marriage: 07 Sep 1618, Anderby, Lincolnshire, England^[7]

1. Thomas Buck (1618–1661), no proof of origin on WikiTree, emigrated to Virginia, not Massachusetts
2. William Buck (1619– ), no proof of origin on WikiTree, died in Woburn, Mass
3. Susanna Buck (1622–1660), no proof of origin on WikiTree, died in Reading, Mass
4. Samuel Buck (1623–1724)
5. Grace Buck (1624–1703), no proof of origin on WikiTree, no proof of surname, Jacobus speculated she was connected to Emmanuel Buck as a sister, she is now connected to William Buck of Wethersfield, Connecticut
6. Emanuel "Enoch" Buck (1623–1695), no proof of origin on WikiTree, lived at Wethersfield
7. Henry Buck (1626–1712), no proof of origin on WikiTree but did live in Wethersfield so possibly related to Emmanuel
8. Infant Buck (1627–1628) infant death

This latter couple married in Anderby, Lincolnshire. A William Buck also had children Elizabeth, Symon and Richard christened about 70 miles away in Lincolnshire (at Edenham and Stamford) between 1628 and 1632 (found on familysearch.org parish register searches) but there is no proof it is the same William Buck.

A supposed diary of this Martha Buck Harwood (indicating a remarriage to a Harwood after Buck's death? Or maiden name Harwood? In any case, not known to be a wife of this William Buck currently) supposedly said that William had 9 sons, all of whom eventually joined him in New England.^[2] The geni article apparently originally also described him thusly:

...son and heir of Nathaniel, son of John of the ancient family of Lastonashe, parish of Kemfey (Kempsey) three miles south of the city of Worcester in Valley between the Severn and the Avon, 'the vale of Worcester,' a Midland County of England.

Again, if the "Unity" passenger list is correct then some of these other family members may belong to the "other" William Buck. This profile originally said that William Buck, plowright of Cambridge, Mass and father of Roger returned to England and then came back on the Unity but it seems more likely that it was two separate men.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} William Buck, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011). Birth: About 1585 (age 50 in 1635 per passenger list [Hotten 65]) Death: Cambridge 24 Jan 1657/8. Vol 1. pp.448-50 $subscription or see at American Ancestors here (both of these links are for paid subscribers)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} William Buck of Cambridge https://www.geni.com/people/William-Buck/6000000003937982681
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPTV-H24 : 19 September 2020), William Buck, 1587.
4. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) "The Founders of New England" V. 14, p. 311
5. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1654-1673”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9D5-B3BH  : 5 May 2023) or (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99D5-BPKT  : Transcribed), FHL microfilm 007554513, image 81-82, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vol 1, 1654-1661, Page 146-147.
6. ↑ Unity Ship's list of Sep 1635 by Anne Stevens at Packrat Pro https://packrat-pro.com/ships/unity.htm (original source possibly Peter Wilson Coldham, F.A.S.G., "Genealogical Gleanings In England : Passengers and Ships to America, 1618-1668," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol.71 No.3 (Sept. 1983), p.164 also published in book form here
7. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJCL-VZK : 13 March 2020), Margaret Neave in entry for William Bucke, 1618.

See Also

• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY, USA: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911. Vol. I, p. 229
• Banks, Charles Edward. "The Planters of the Commonwealth; a Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: To Which Are Added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships which Brought Them; Their English Homes, and the Places of Their Settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. 231p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1961. Repr. 1984. p. 151 for Increase passenger list.
• Harvey, Cornelius B. "Origin, History and Genealogy of The Buck Family" J.J. Griffiths, Steam Book and Job Printer, Jersey City NJ. 1889.[https://archive.org/stream/originhistorygen00harv#page/20/mode/2up sp. 21
• Hotten, John Camden, editor. "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men... " John Camden Hotten: London, 1874. Page: 65.see at hathitrust
• Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870: Given Name: William; Surname: Buck; Date: 1658; Subject: Administration; Number: 3353 p. 68
• Pope, Charles Henry. "The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents." Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998. 550p.Page: 76.see at archive.org
• Richards, Elizabeth S. "Genealogy of the Buck Family, Which Settled in Cambridge, afterwards Woburn, Mass, in the Year 1635" Eagle Book and Job Press, Reading, PA. 1913. pp. 8 - 10.[ https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofbuckf00inrich#page/8/mode/1up/search/William+Buck see at archive.org]