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Thomas Buckingham (1671 - 1731)

Rev. Thomas Buckingham
Born in Milford, New Haven, Connecticutmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Buckingham Name Study.

Rev. Thomas Buckingham was "one of the most eminent ministers of Connecticut, and was regarded as on the the pillars of the church. His superior abilities were under the direction of good principals. His conversation was such as was becoming a minister of Christ. In his life, he imitated his blessed Master, and being exemplary in piety, having a pleasant temper, obliging and engaging manners, and many amiable virtues, he conciliated respect and esteem." [1]

Three Men Named Thomas Buckingham

Please note that there were three men named Thomas Buckingham born between 1670 and 1672.

1. Thomas born 1672 - son of Samuel. [2] Thomas son of Samuel was the first cousin of our subject Thomas Buckingham.

2. Thomas born 29 Sept 1670 - son of Thomas and Hester. Died 1739 Old Saybrook.[3] Thomas Buckingham, Jr. was also a minister but in Old Saybrook and not in Hartford. He was the first cousin of our subject Thomas Buckingham.

3. Thomas born 1 Mar 1670/1 - son of Daniel. Died 1731 Hartford.[4]

The Thomas that is the subject of this profile is Thomas (3.), son of Daniel born in March of 1670 or 1671.

Birth

Thomas was born March 1, 1671 to Daniel Buckingham and Hannah Fowler in Milford, Connecticut. [4][5][6]

Harvard College

It is not known when Thomas left home to attend Harvard College, however, in the 17th century, students could be admitted to Harvard at age 12.

Harvard College.

When Thomas attended Harvard College there were strict campus rules for admission:[7] "The first three rules in their ancient phiaselogy and spelling are quoted below:[8]

1. When any scholar is able to understand Tully, or such like classical Latine author extempore, and make and speak true Latine verse and prose, suo et aiunt Marti; and decline perfectly the paradignes of nounes and berbes in the Greek Tongue: let him then, and not before, be capable of admission into the College.
2. Let every student be plainly and earnestly pressed to consider well, that the maine end of his life and studies, it to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternall life, Joh. XVII.
3. And therefore to lay Christ in the bottome; as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning; and seeing the Lord only giveth wisedome, let every one seriously set himself by prayer in secret to seek it of him Prov. ii. 3.
As if this advise to lead Christian lives of temperance, hard-work and worship were not enough. The rules went on to enjoin all students to "eschew all profanation of the God's name," and further, that 'they studiously redeeme the time" and "diligently attend the lectures without any disturbance by word or gesture." "

Based on the admission rules for a student in the 17th century, Thomas must have received a good education at home to have been admitted. He was 19 years old when he graduated from Harvard College in 1690.[9][10]

"A professed mission of Harvard College was to educate a learned Puritan ministry, but the college was never a seminary and always committed to an arts education. Becoming a minister was the only distinctive “career” existing in seventeenth-century New England. More than half of Harvard students entered the ministry until about 1720, but ministerial preparation occurred after the bachelor’s degree. A few students remained at Harvard to read for the master’s degree, while most apprenticed with local ministers. Entrance into the profession required both acceptance by a congregation and ordination. The large number of graduates that pursued this demanding route reflects the prominence of ministers in Puritan society. Conversely, the variety of callings followed by the remaining graduates suggests mixed rather than fixed occupations. College graduates by definition assumed the status of gentlemen. As such they were expected to fill public offices in their community (although Harvard graduates were exempt from military service)." [11]

Ministry in Hartford

In 1694 Thomas was made pastor of the Second Congregational Church at Hartford. [12][13]

Second Church of Christ

Hartford’s Second Church of Christ was established in 1670 following a disagreement over how the First Church should be governed. The new congregation built their own meeting house at the corner of Main and Sheldon Streets in the southern part of downtown Hartford, and in 1754 they relocated to a new building at present-day Buckingham Street, where George Whitefield preached the first sermon in it.[14]

He was an original member of the Hartford North Association that was organized on March 9th, 1709. [15]

Thomas made an "election sermon" in 1728 entitled, "Moses and Aaron". It included the following passage, "By the Spirit, the elect are brought to possess the good which Jesus Christ hath purchased for them. By him they are convinced, awakened, humbled, and converted, sanctified, led, and comforted."[16][17]

By 1731 Thomas had been the pastor of this church for thirty-seven years. He began his ministry during the reign of William and Mary, continued it through the successive reigns of Queen Anne and George I, and ended it in the fifth year of the reign of George II.[18]

Queen Anne's War

Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), the second of the French and Indian Wars, began May 4, 1702. The most notable colonial success was the British capture of Port Royal, Nova Scotia, on Oct. 16, 1710, following unsuccessful assaults in 1704 and 1707; however, a British naval attack on Quebec in 1711 failed. [19]

In 1710, another attempt was made to reduce Port Royal, in connection with a fleet from England, under command of Colonel Nicholson. New England furnished five regiments of troops. The armament left Boston in September, and on the 12th of October demanded a surrender of the place. The garrison, being weak and dispirited, surrendered on the 13th, upon which the name of the place was changed to Annapolis, in honor of Queen Anne; and from this time Acadia, or Nova Scotia, became a dependency of the British Crown.[20]Siege of Port Royal

Thomas served along with other Harvard classmates as noted[21]:

In the Second Massachusetts regiment (Colonel William Tailer's), Edmund Goffe (Class of 1690), was lieutenant-colonel, William Dudley (1704), major, and John Whiting (1700), chaplain. The Rev. Thomas Buckingham of Hartford, a classmate of Colonel Goffe, was chaplain, and Christopher Christophers (1702) commissary, in Col. Whiting's Connecticut regiment.

Thomas Buckingham the Diarist

The diarist, Rev. Thomas Buckingham, was the grandson of Thomas, who came to Boston in 1637 with Eaton, Hopkins, Davenport, and Prudden, removed with them to New Haven, and in 1639 to Milford; where his son, our subject's father, was elder of the church and sergeant of the militia.

The diarist, born March 1, 1671, graduated at Harvard in 1690, and in 1694 was appointed pastor of the Second Church at Hartford, in succession to its first minister, Rev. John Whiting. Shortly afterward he married the daughter of the late pastor of the First Church, Isaac Foster. His ministry lasted thirty-seven years; and if he can not be styled an intellectual leader, he seems to have been a fair mate for the average upper ranks of the ministry in his time.[22]

Thomas kept a diary[23][24][25] during his time as the regiment's Chaplain. It has been published and it is included in "Roll and journal of Connecticut service in Queen Anne's war, 1710-1711". On page 11, "Mr. Buckingham was Chaplain in both the Port Royal expedition of 1710 and the Wood Creek expedition of 1711, to which his diaries relate. "

He wrote of his journey to Boston on Monday, October 30, 1710.:

30. Monday. Mr. Christophers and myself, having provided horses and a pilot, set out for Boston. We passed through Manchester, (commonly called Jeffrey's Creek, reckoned seven or eight miles from Gloucester, or Cape Ann), and Beverly (seven miles from thence, Mr. Blower minister,) we crossed the ferry to Salem for sixpence a-piece. Dined at Pratt's, paid for ourselves, five in all, and our horse-meat, 7s., 1d. From hence we travelled 15 miles for Boston. A stone set up at the end of each mile, with figures marked on both sides, signifying the distance to and from those extremes between Salem and Boston. In this road lie the following towns: Lynn, Rumle, Marsh. We arrived at Winnesimit about an hour after sun-set, (calling by the way at Lewis's, ) here we paid our pilot, (his father refusing to agree with us, and referring the matter to his son,) for his journey and the two horses we rode upon, the sum of thirty shillings, which he he demanded - an unconscionable and extravagant price. Quickly after we can hither, we look about, [probably some omissions] and the wind being fair and blowing fresh, we had a quick and easy passage to Boston.

Marriage

Thomas married Ann Foster in Hartford on 29 November 1699.[26][27][28]

Children

Thomas and Ann Foster had three children all born in Hartford.

  • Isaac b. 25 Sep 1700[29]
  • Joseph b. 7 Aug 1703[30]
  • Ann b. 12 Apr 1706[31]

Land

In 1696 Thomas was granted land from the Estate of Stephen Hosmer (brother of the wife (Hester Hosmer) of his Uncle Thomas Buckingham of Saybrook) [32]

Death

Thomas died November 19, 1731 in the fortieth year of his ministry, aged 60.[28][33]

Sources

  1. ↑ Allen, William. An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary, Containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in North America from Its First Discovery to the Present Time, and a Summary of the History of the Several Colonies, and of the United States. Cambridge: W. Hilliard, 1809. pg. 180 GoogleBooks
  2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SM-TM4 : 11 February 2018), Thomas Buckingham, 1672; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HM-SHS : 11 February 2018), Thomas Buckingham, 29 Sep 1670; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F741-Y5Y : 11 February 2018), Thomas Buckingham, 01 Mar 1670; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  5. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. citing Thomas BUCKINGHAM; Birth 1670; Milford, New Haven, Connecticut; Original Text: Thomas, s. Daniell, b. Mar. 1, 1670/1 (Perhaps Mar. 5); Original Volume: OL; Original Page : 23; Volume Name: Milford; Page: 36 AmericanAncestors.org $
  6. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. citing Thomas BUCKINGHAM; Birth: 1671; Milford, New Haven, Connecticut; Original Text: Thom[as], s. Dan[ie]l, B., b. M[ ] 5, 1671; Original Volume: ES; Original Page: 185; Volume Name: Milford; Page: 36 AmericanAncestors.org $
  7. ↑ "Admination Requirements of 17th Century Not So Easy--College One of New England's First Fruits | News." The Harvard Crimson. Accessed May 27, 2018. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1927/3/16/admination-requirements-of-17th-century-not/.
  8. ↑ New England's First Fruits: With Divers Other Special Matters Concerning That Country. New York: Reprinted for J. Sabin, 1865. HathiTrust.org
  9. ↑ Shipton, Clifford Kenyon, John Langdon Sibley, Eugene A. Hoffman, Margaret E. Hoffman, Alexander J. Wall, Isaac J. Greenwood, Mary MacKaye Greenwood, and Eliza R. Greenwood. Sibley's Harvard Graduates: Biographical Sketches of Those who Attended Harvard College ... with Bibliographical and Other Notes. 1659-1677. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1873. pg 340. citing Thomas Buckingham graduated Harvard 1690. GoogleBooks
  10. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 33 1879. Boston, 1879. pg. 299 citing Thomas Buckingham HC 1690. GoogleBooks
  11. ↑ "THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE, 1636–1740 H." Accessed May 26, 2018. http://www.bing.com/cr?IG=7A914124B3A54A54B102DE3E4D15D24C&CID=10B7B51BAE846D642487BEE0AF796C67&rd=1&h=wlajhAtc4jj60XEWxfN9MzmC-mUreSEXN5i3AOOjMq4&v=1&r=http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s10320.pdf&p=DevEx.LB.1,5527.1.
  12. ↑ Parker, Edwin Pond. History of the Second Church of Christ in Hartford. Place of Publication Not Identified: Theclassics Us, 2013. archive.org
  13. ↑ Wight, Charles Albert. Some Old Time Meeting Houses of the Connecticut Valley. Place of Publication Not Identified: Rarebooksclub Com, 2012. https://archive.org/stream/someoldtimemeeti1911wigh#page/50/mode/2up
  14. ↑ "South Congregational Church, Hartford, Connecticut." Lost New England. August 08, 2016. Accessed May 27, 2018. http://lostnewengland.com/2016/08/south-congregational-church-hartford-connecticut/.
  15. ↑ Bacon Leonard. Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of Connecticut. Place of Publication Not Identified: Nabu Press, 2010. pg. 307 archive.org
  16. ↑ Vail, R. W. G. A Check List of New England Election Sermons. Worcester, MA: Society, 1936 pg. 236 online PDF
  17. ↑ Miller, Perry, and Thomas Herbert. Johnson. The Puritans, a Sourcebook of Their Writings. New York: Harper and Row, 1963. pg. xxxxix
  18. ↑ Chapman, Frederick. The Buckingham Family; or The Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, Conn., 1872) archive.org
  19. ↑ "1702-Queen Anne's War." The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut - 1702 Queen Anne's War. Accessed May 27, 2018. http://colonialwarsct.org/1702.htm.
  20. ↑ "Queen Anne's War." Boston Disasters Such As Hurricanes, Accidents & Crashes. Accessed May 27, 2018. http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/ma/queen-annes-war.htm.
  21. ↑ William Roscoe Thayer, William Richards Castle, Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe. Harvard in the Colonial Wars, 1675 - 1748. "The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Volume 26. pg. 568 GoogleBooks
  22. ↑ BUCKINGHAM, THOMAS. ROLL AND JOURNAL OF CONNECTICUT SERVICE IN QUEEN ANNES WAR, 1710-1711: Edited for the Acorn... Club (classic Reprint). S.l.: FORGOTTEN BOOKS, 2016. pg. 10 Archive.org
  23. ↑ Buckingham, Thomas. The Private Journals Kept by Rev. John Buckingham, of the Expedition against Canada, in the Years 1710 & 1711: From the Original Manuscripts. New York: Wilder & Campbell, 1825. archive.org
  24. ↑ Dreiser, Theodore, and Thomas P. Riggio. American Diaries: 1902-1926. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983. pg. 19
  25. ↑ Richardson, Ernest Cushing, Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, and Grace Gardner Comp. Griffin. Writings on American History. Washington: United States Govt. Print Off., 1902. pg. 27 GoogleBooks
  26. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. citing Thomas BUCKINGHAM, [SEE ALSO BUCKINAN]; Marriage: 1699; Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Original Text: Tho[ma]s, m. Mrs. Ann Poster, d. of Isaac [ ], Nov. 29, 1699; Original Volume: FFS; Original Page 53; Volume Name: Hartford. Page 42 AmericanAncestors.org $
  27. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. citing Thomas BUCKINGHAM; Marriage: 1699; Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Original Text: BUCKINGHAM, Thomas (1671-1731, ae 62, in 62nd y) & Ann FOSTER; 29 Nov 1699; Hartford {Reg. 13:344; Buckingham 15; Foster 502; Coffin Anc. 67; Sv. 1:285, 2:188; Charlestown 362; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 2:140, 4:31}; Spouse: Ann FOSTER; Volume 1. Page 233. AmericanAncestors.org $
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 . Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. pg. 113. citing marriage of Thomas and Ann Foster on 29 Nov 1699. Thomas death 1731.
  29. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F741-Y3Y : 11 February 2018), Thomas Buckingham in entry for Isaac Buckingham, 25 Sep 1700; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  30. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F741-YQL : 11 February 2018), Thomas Buckingham in entry for Joseph Buckingham, 07 Aug 1703; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  31. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WR-2Q2 : 11 February 2018), Thomas Buckingham in entry for Ann Buckingham, 12 Apr 1706; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  32. ↑ Hartford, CT: General Index of Land Records of the Town of Hartford, 1639-1839. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003.) Originally published as: General Index to the Land Records of the Town of Hartford, from the year 1639 to the year 1839. Published and Compiled by Levi Woodhouse, George S. Burnham, and Gordon Roberts [printed by Wiley, Waterman and Eaton], both Hartford, CT., 1873. citing Thomas BUCKINGHAM; Land Record: 1696; Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Original Text: Grantee: Buckingham, Thomas & Grantor: Stephen Hosmer's Est.; Grantor: Stephen, Est. HOSMER; Original Volume: 1 Original Page: 175; Page 1232 AmericanAncestors.org $
  33. ↑ Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. Baltimore, MD: Reprinted for Clearfield by Genealogical Pub., 2001. pg. 94 citing death of Thomas Buckingham 12 Nov 1731.

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