My Descent from John Buck

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John Buck-Elizabeth Holbrook
Rachel Buck-John Dwelley
Mercy Dwelley-Joshua Lincoln
Joshua Lincoln, Jr.-Anna Bryant
Peleg Lincoln-Elizabeth Twombly
Elizabeth Lincoln-Levi Johnson, Jr.
Elizabeth L. Johnson-Horatio N. Keene
Anna Evelyn Keene-Francis Woods Darling
Laura Keene Darling-Edward Payson True
Edward Keene True-Mildred Louise Richenburg
James Duncan True
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John Buck

Husband:
John Buck		Born: in England, probably Canterbury.
Died: in Scituate, Massachusetts after his will was signed in 1697.
Parents: Unknown.
First Wife:
Elizabeth (Holbrook) Sprague		Born: Weymouth, MA, date unknown.
Died: Scituate, MA, 1690.
Parents: William and Elizabeth Holbrook.
Widow of: John Sprague.
Married: Date and place unknown.
John Buck married second, in 1693, Sarah (Faunce) Doty, widow of Edward Doty.

John Buck came from Canterbury, England, to Scituate, Massachusetts on the ship Hercules in 1634. He was living on Walnut Tree Hill in Scituate by 1650. He succeeded Robert Stetson as "Cornet of the Troopers" and was constantly in military service during King Philip's War. John's brother, Lt. Isaac Buck, also lived in Scituate. John's will gave legacies "to dauther Chandler --- to Isaac Randall's children --- to John Garrett's children --- to all my children living at Yarmouth and Sandwich."

Cornet John and his first wife Elizabeth (Holbrook) Sprague Buck had ten children, all born in Scituate:

  • Elizabeth, b. 16 July 1653.
  • Mary, b. 26 June 1655; m. Benjamin Chandler.
  • Joseph, b. 26 June 1657.
  • John, b. 6 Sept. 1659.
  • Hannah, b. 9 Aug. 1661.
  • Susanna, b. 19 July 1664 (1663?).
  • Benjamin, b. 15 March 1665.
  • Deborah, b. 15 Nov. 1670; m. Isaac Randall.
  • Robert, b. 16 June 1672.
  • Rachel, b. 22 Aug. 1674; m. (1) John Dwelley; m. (2) James Sprout.
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Rachel Buck

Wife:
Rachel Buck		Born: in Scituate, MA 22 August 1674.
Died: in Scituate, MA, 1737.
Father: Cornet John Buck
Mother: Elizabeth (Holbrook) Sprague Buck.
Husband:
John Dwelley		Born: probably in Hingham, MA, about 1660.
Died: in Scituate, MA 1718.
Parents: Richard and Dinah Dwelley.
Married: 4 January 1692.
Rachel (Buck) Dwelley married a second time, to James Sprout.

See the entry on John Dwelley for details of this family.

John Dwelley Prior Page Line of Descent Pedigree Chart Index of surnames The Buck Bibliography Other sites of interest Home Page

The Buck Family Bibliography

Sherman, Jeanette Johnson, Johnson-Mitchell Ancestry with Allied Families, 1967, p. 42, book found in the Free Library, Belfast, ME and the Appleton Public Library, Appleton, ME.

Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, p. 236.

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