WILLIAM BUCKNAM

(early 1600s-1679) - Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA

(First Generation - Bucknam Family)

FATHER	MOTHER
NOT KNOWN	NOT KNOWN

DEATH	William died in 1679^[1].
RESIDENCE	William lived in Charlestown, Suffolk co, MA where his possessions are listed on page 76 of the Charlestown Book of Possessions. He bought 20 acres of land on the Mystic side from F. Willoughby in 1649 and bought a lot from Isaac Wheeler in 1650^[2]. His residence on the Mystic side of Charlestown was reiterated in the Selectman's records of 1 November 1664^[3].
ESTATE	Bucknam's estate was probated on 12d:4m(June):1679 and inventoried on 28d:1m(March):1679/80. the estate included four acres of land by Barret; 10 acres of meadow; 27.5 acres of woods; and the Johnson lot it totalled £418^[2].
MARRIAGE #1	William first married [Sarah] WILKINSON^[1,4], daughter of Prudence WILKINSON, in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^{[1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]}.

CHILD

John BUCKNAM

We know nothing more of him.

MARRIAGE #2 Before Joses' birth in 1641, William second married [Sarah KNOWER?]^[1,3], in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^{[1,6,9,10,12,13,14,15,16]}.

CHILDREN 3. i. Joses BUCKNAM Joses was born in 1641, as he was aged 18 in 1659^[12].

4. ii. Elizabeth BUCKNAM Elizabeth married B. WHITTEMORE.

5. iii. Mercy BUCKNAM Mercy was born in 14d:12m(February):1647/8 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA^[17,18]. The Malden, Middlesex co., MA records state that she was born in 11m(January):1647. She married B. WEBB.

6. iv. Sarah BUCKNAM Sarah was born in 5m(July):1650 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^[18].

7. v. William BUCKNAM William was born in 6m(August):1654 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^[18].

8. vi. Mehitable BUCKNAM Please see her own page.

9. vii. Edward BUCKNAM Edward was born in 7m(September):1657 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^[18].

10. viii. Samuel BUCKNAM Samuel was born in 11m(January):1659 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^[18].

GENERATION

Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandfather

FAMILY NUMBER

1898

SOURCES

1. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

2. Wyman, Thomas Bellows, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 2 vols., (Boston: D. Clapp and Son, 1879), [Charlestown], 147.

3. Ibid. I:148.

4. Ibid. I:148, citing Wilkinson, 4.

5. Ibid. 147, 1031.

6. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:287.

7. Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, 2 vols., (Hillburn, N.Y.: privately printed, 1939), [Snow-Estes], 2:218.

8. Corey, Deloraine Pendre, The History of Malden, Mass., 1633-1785, (Malden: privately printed, 1899), [Malden Hist.], 393.

9. Wait, John Cossan, Family Records of the Descendants of Thomas Wait of Portsmouth, R.I., ([New York?]: J.C. Wait, 1904), [Waite], 17.

10. Emery, William Morrell, Newell Ancestry, The Story of the Antecedents of William Stark Newell, (Boston: privately printed, 1944), [NewellAnc], 180.

11. Sumner, Edith Bartlett, Ancestry and Descendants of James Hensman Coltman and Betsey Tobey, (Los Angeles, 1957), [Coltman Anc.], 29.

12. [Charlestown], 148.

13. Bucknam, Wilton Francis, Bucknam Genealogy, 12 vols., (Stoneham, Mass., n.d.), manuscript, [Bucknam(ms)], 1:10.

14. [Coltman Anc.], 29,127.

15. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 32:190.

16. The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, (Salt Lake City: Gen. Soc. of Utah, 1910), [Utah Gen. Mag.], 19 - Chart.

17. [Charlestown], 1:148.

18. Malden, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [MaldenVR], 9.

19. Ibid. 386.

20. [NEHGR], 18:181, 32:190, 46:146, 51:304.

21. [Coltman Anc.], 30.

22. Hills, William Sanford, The Hills Family in America; the Ancestry and Descendants of William Hills, the English Emigrant to New England in 1632; of Joseph Hills, the English Emigrant to New England in 1683, and of the Great-Grandsons of Robert Hills, (New York: The Grafton Press, 1906), [Hills], 258.

23. Tufts, Larkin T., et al., Tufts Genealogy, (n.p. [1897]), [Tufts], 6.

24. [Snow-Estes], 1:218.

25. [MaldenVR], 95.

26. [Charlestown], II:986.


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CHILDREN	3.	i.	Joses BUCKNAM	Joses was born in 1641, as he was aged 18 in 1659^[12].
	4.	ii.	Elizabeth BUCKNAM	Elizabeth married B. WHITTEMORE.
	5.	iii.	Mercy BUCKNAM	Mercy was born in 14d:12m(February):1647/8 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA^[17,18]. The Malden, Middlesex co., MA records state that she was born in 11m(January):1647. She married B. WEBB.
	6.	iv.	Sarah BUCKNAM	Sarah was born in 5m(July):1650 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^[18].
	7.	v.	William BUCKNAM	William was born in 6m(August):1654 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^[18].
	8.	vi.	Mehitable BUCKNAM	Please see her own page.
	9.	vii.	Edward BUCKNAM	Edward was born in 7m(September):1657 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^[18].
	10.	viii.	Samuel BUCKNAM	Samuel was born in 11m(January):1659 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA^[18].