 Abt 1602 - 1679 (77 years)
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| Name |
William Bucknam [1] |
| Born |
Abt 1602 |
England  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1679 [2] |
| Person ID |
I82 |
Paul's Tree |
| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Family 1 |
Sarah Knower, b. 1622, St. Clements, London, England , d. Aft 1679, Malden, Ma (Age > 58 years) |
| Married |
Bef 1641 |
Malden, Ma |
| Children |
| | 1. Joses Bucknam, b. 3 Jul 1641, Charlestown, Ma , d. 24 Aug 1694, Malden, Ma (Age 53 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Samuel Bucknam, b. 1643, Charlestown, Ma , d. 13 Jul 1658 (Age 15 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Elizabeth Bucknam, b. 1644, Charlestown, Ma , d. 18 Jul 1726, Malden, Ma (Age 82 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Mercy Bucknam, b. 14 Feb 1648, Malden, Ma , d. Aft 1693 (Age > 46 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Sarah Bucknam, b. 1650, Malden, Ma , d. Aft 1693, Salem, MA (Age > 44 years) [natural] |
| | 6. William Bucknam, b. Aug 1652, Malden, Ma , d. 16 Sep 1693, Malden, Ma (Age 41 years) [natural] |
| | 7. Mehitable Bucknam, b. Aug 1654, Malden, Ma , d. 17 Sep 1734, Malden, Ma (Age 80 years) [natural] |
| | 8. Edward Bucknam, b. Sep 1657, Malden, Ma , d. 1679 (Age 21 years) [natural] |
| | 9. Samuel Bucknam, b. 2 Aug 1658, Malden, Ma , d. 13 Sep 1658, Malden, Ma (Age 0 years) [natural] |
| | 10. Samuel Bucknam, b. Feb 1660, Charlestown, Ma , d. 1679, Malden, Ma (Age 18 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Family ID |
F51 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- From http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/i/s/a/Diane-E-Isaacson/GENE1-0003.htm l
He immigrated in 1630 in Gov.Craddock's Fleet. He was a joiner. He was brought to build the Craddock house, which is still standing as a museum, in Medford, Mass. He settled in Rumney Marsh (now Chelsea), then later in Malden, both in Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He settled in Malden in 1647 and on what is now Bucknam Street in Malden (annexed to Everett) in 1649.
His will was made June 3, 1667, with a codicil February 5, 1678, and proved June 17, 1679. He mentions his first born son John, his wife Sarah that is now, and his first wife, John's mother. John was taken by his grandmother and served her as an apprentice till he as 21. He had a portion from his grandmother instead of the portion due me in right of his mother, amounting to 20. He gave his wife Sarah his dwelling; names his son Joses, her eldest son; his son William, and my brother George "Knore". Son John to have 5. My other children, viz.: Edward, Samuel, Mercie, Sara and Mehitable, 10 each. To son Samuel, being weakly, 10. To daughter Elizabeth 10s., having given her her portion at marriage. Wife Sarah to be sole executrix. Mr. Joseph Hills and Capt. John Wayte to be overseers. (Middlesex C., Probate #3406)
He built a house in Bucknam's Lane (now Bucknam Street, Everett) before 1675; demolished in 1875. Sarah Knower came over as a servant of Rev. Jose Glover (Hence the family name "Joses"). Jose Glover's will mentions William Bucknam? Sarah and William are buried in "The Old Yard " in Malden.
Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 lists the following:
Buckman, William came from Ipswich, Mass., to Salem, Mass., 1632; removed to Chelsea, Mass., and was, in 1664, at Malden, Mass.
Bucknam, William located at what is now Malden, Mass., 1647.
The Everett Historical Society published a pamphlet Feb. 5 1981 entitled The Bucknam- Swan House by Julia Rich Hogan (available at the Parlin Memorial Library in Everett, Mass.)
Bucknam Street in Everett is a very historic street. It was the location of the first permanant settlement here, not including the settlement made by Indians. Known originally as Bucknam's Lane, it was simply a country lane which led to a house first known as the Bucknam house and later as the Swan house. It also led to the Bucknam farm, a large piece of property in the area of the present- day Wall, Stuart, Dean, Andrew, Swan, and Kinsman Streets. The farm's boundary on the west was where Wall and Tappan Streets now run; on the north, where Hancock Street is; on the east, Swan Street, and on the south, Bucknam Street. It contained at least twenty-four acres, and probably more. None of the streets that now line this area were in existence at the time of this settlement.
William Bucknam is believed to have been the first permanent settler in this area. His family arrived in the colony in 1630. He was born in England in 1602 and was twenty-eight years of age when he arrived on these shores. He became a freeman of Charlestown in 1647. It is important in determining where William Bucknam lived to remember that the area that is now Everett was part of Charlestown until 1726, when half of the area that is now Everett was annexed to Malden, including the area where the Bucknam farm was located. William Bucknam's son Joses was one of the petitioners for annexation to Malden. In 1760, thirty families lived on this land that had been made part of Malden.
William Bucknam boasted in his will that he had purchased all of the parcels of land which comprised his farm (meaning that they had not been granted free to him). This land was part of the Freat Lot of Francis Willoughby. It was not, however, upon the Willoughby land that William, a carpenter, built his homestead. The Willoughby land acquired by William consisted of twenty acres. William purchased an additional four acres, probably from Francis Atwood, Esq., who had a large grant "this side of the Mystic River" given to him by the Crown, and it was on this four-acre plot that William built his homestead, according to his will.
William Bucknam married twice. His first wife was Sarah Wilkinson, who died about 1639. His second wife was Sarah Knower. He drew his will on June 3, 1667, with a codicil on February 5, 1678 (Cambridge Registry of Probate, Book 3406 First Series). We can conclude, therefore, that he died between February 5, 1678 and June 17, 1679. He is undoubtedly buried in Bell Rock Cemetery. His son William, Jr. is also buried in Bell Rock Cemetery, and on his gravestone is this inscription: "Here lyes ye body of William Bucknam, aged 41 years, died September ye 17, 1693."
From "A Bucknam/Buckman Genealogy" Ann Chaplin 1988:
"William Bucknam was b. in England about 1602, the date being determined by the fact that he deposed in Middlesex County Court os 25 (7) 1665 that he was about 63 years of age. When William arrived in this country is not known. That he was still a single man may be ascertained from the court deposition taked 16 Dec 1662 when Robert Lincoln stated "have known him, ever since he came into the Country both single man and married man." There is conjecture that William came from London and was a member of the Merchant Tailors Guild. William d. at Maldem 28 March 1679.
William first married ___ Wilkinson, daughter of widow Prudence Wilkinson. It is possible that her name was Sarah, but there is no proof for it.... William m. secondly Sarah Knower, believed by some to be the daughter of Thomas Knower. They were probably m. by 1640. In his will William makes it quite clear that it was through the monies that came from Sarah that he was able to purchase most of his real estate."
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| Sources |
- [S2] "A Bucknam/Buckman Genealogy" Ann Chaplin 1988.
- [S30] "Sargent Genealogy" Aaron Sargent 1895.
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