John Buxton

• BIRTH 1 Jul 1644 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 16 May 1715 (aged 70) Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL, Goodale Cemetery Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 124004603

Biography

John Buxton was born about 1644 in Salem, Massachusetts.[2] His father was Anthony Buxton b: 1601 in Wookey, Somerset, England d: MAY 1684 in Salem, Essex, MA and mother was Elizabeth N. _____ b: 1623 in England d: 1713 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He married twice: 1st to Mary Small then 2nd to Elizabeth Holton. He lived on his father's farm on the Ipswich river in that part of Salem which was known as Salem Village and later became the town of Danvers.

In 1683 he entered a serious Salem Village controversy by going on the bond of Rev. George Burroughs who was suffering what seems to have been a most unjust persecution on the part of a church faction which did not end until the minister was hanged in 1692. Buxton believed in the existence of witchcraft, as did most of his contemporaries, and was one of the accusers of Sarah Wildes on April 21, 1692, but before the year was out he himself was among the victims of the delusion which ended, however, before he was brought to trial.

John Buxton was willed a 30 acre farm on the Ipswich River, beyond Salem Village, by his father, Anthony Buxton in 1684. He became Constable In 1680 and carried a 6 ft long, brass tipped staff of office. In 1683 he was in a serious Salem Village controversy by going on the bond of the Rev. George Burroughs, who was suffering unjust persecution by one of the Church's factions. The Minister was hanged in 1692. In 1692, with others, he complained of William Hobs and wife Deborah, Mary Esty, Sarah Wild, and others, charging them with sundry acts of witchcraft. They were tried, convicted and sent to prison. By 1700 John Buxton has acquired 280 acres of land. [4]

Will of John Buxton

made April 15, 1715, and proved June 18, 1715.
To son John, the thirty acres of land he now lives on, excepting the privilege of water for the mill and six acres of meadow. To son Joseph, twenty acres of my farm next to Samuel Goodale's, where he now dwells, and four acres of meadow on the west side of the river. To son Anthony, two acres where his house stands, three acres adjoining Benjamin Swinnerton's land, ten acres in the great pasture adjoining his brother Joseph/s land and four acres on the west side of the river in partnership with Joseph.

To each of my sons Ebenezer, Benjamin, James and Amos, sixteen acres in the great pasture and two acres on the east side of the river. To sons Joseph and Anthony, my mills equally between them, they paying to my daughters £50. John, Ebenezer, Benjamin, James and Amos are to pay £3 apiece to my daughters. To daughters Mary Goodale, Elizabeth Fuller, Sarah Darling and Hannah Perkins, £10 apiece. To grandson Joseph Fuller, £5 when he comes of age. To daughter Lydia, £20. Residue to wife Elizabeth until her youngest son Jonathan comes of age, when he shall have one-half of the homestead until the death of his mother, when he shall have all. Executors: sons Joseph and Anthony. Witnesses: Joseph Hutchinson, Joseph Goodale, Jonathan Putnam.[4]

Parents b. in Wookey, Somerset, England
Anthony Taylor Buxton 1601–5/1684 in Salem, Essex, MA
Elizabeth N. Buxton 1632-1713 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA

Siblings
Elizabeth Buxton Cook 1641 – unknown
Joseph Buxton 1663–1752

Spouses
Mary Small Buxton b - 2/27/1676 m 3/30/1668 in Salem, Essex, MA, dau of John and Anna Small
Elizabeth Holton Buxton 1658-1725 m 10/7/1677 in Salem, MA, dau. of Joseph Houlton and Sarah Ingersoll

Children all 14x b in Salem, Essex, MA with Mary*3x , Elizabeth** 11x

• Mary Buxton 9/3/1669 - bef 2/27/1722/23 in Salem. m Samuel Goodale at Salem on 12/25/1697
• Elizabeth Buxton 8/13/1670
• John Buxton 11/29/1675 - m 1st Priscilla Lynn 11/26/1700 m 2nd Margaret Chick 1/1/ 1706/07 both in Salem.
  • Joseph Buxton 11/24/1678- d: in Danvers, Essex, MA m Elizabeth
  • Sarah Buxton b: 9 FEB 1680
  • Anthony Buxton b: 24 FEB 1682
  • Hannah Buxton b: 20 JAN 1685
  • Rachel Buxton b: 6 MAY 1688
  • Ebenezer Buxton b: 20 JUN 1690
  • Lydia Buxton b: 16 OCT 1692
  • Benjamin Buxton b: 11 MAR 1694/5
  • James Buxton 9/28/1698 - 3/22/1790 in N. Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME m 1725 in N. Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME to Susanna Scales b: 05 AUG 1708 in Ipswich, Essex, MA (dau. of William Scales and Susannah Ayers) d: AFT 1781 in N. Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME Married: 1725
  • Amos Buxton b: 12 FEB 1700/1
  • Jonathan Buxton b: 25 JUL 1706

References

1 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Buxton-52

2 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124004603/john_buxton

3 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-428453-1-571/john-buxt... MyHeritage Family Trees] - SmartCopy: Mar 7 2018, 22:29:21 UTC

Sources

4 Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966)_, by Walter Goodwin Davis with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1996, pp. 1:250-51:

5 "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis". Gen Publishing Co., Baltimore. 1996

6 Matthew H. Putnam et al. "The Referenced History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Vol. 1". Creative Continuum. 2004: p. 131.

7 TMPLT: •FIELD: •Name: Page •VALUE: p. 71 1 •Birth: 1643/4 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts •Death: 16 MAY 1715 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts •LDS Baptism: 2 MAR 1935 •_TMPLT: •FIELD: •Name: Page 2

8 Salem, Mass. VRs, (Search & ReSearch CD), p. 1:146; _The Hutchinson Family: or the Descendants of Barnard Hutchinson, of Cowlam, England_, compiled by Perley Derby, Essex Institute Press, 1870, Salem, Massachusetts, p. 11, 13; Pedigree Resource File, www.familysearch.org, 14 Apr 2000, (James W Schouten, 424 E Continental Drive, Payson, Arizona, 85541, USA); LDS Ordinance Index, v. 1.01. marriage

9 Pedigree Resource File, www.familysearch.org, 14 Apr 2000, (James W Schouten, 424 E Continental Drive, Payson, Arizona, 85541, USA); _Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966)_, by Walter Goodwin Davis with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1996, p. 1:250.

10 Abbrev: (Adams, Theresa, ttsmad{at}pivot.net) Title: (Adams, Theresa, ttsmad{at}pivot.net) Name: Footnote Name: ShortFootnote Name: Bibliography Page: p. 71 2.Abbrev: International Genealogical Index Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Indexlogical Indexlogical Index. Name: Footnote Name: ShortFootnote Name: Bibliography Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 Note: Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy). Search performed using PAF Insight on 15 May 2005 Text: John Buxton Sr.; Male; Birth: 1644 Of, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Death: 16 MAY 1715 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Baptism: 02 MAR 1935; Endowment: 10 FEB 1938; Sealing to Spouse: 13 MAR 1959 IFALL; Elizabeth Holton; Father: Anthony Buxton; Mother: Elizabeth Buxton; Spouse: Elizabeth Holton; Marriage: 07 OCT 1677 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Relative/Proxy: Velda L.B. Merrick

11 Abbrev: International Genealogical Index Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Indexlogical Indexlogical Index. Name: Footnote Name: ShortFootnote Name: Bibliography Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 Note: Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy). Search performed using PAF Insight on 15 May 2005 Text: John Buxton; Male; Birth: 1643 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Death: 16 MAY 1715; Baptism: 11 SEP 1937; Endowment: 15 NOV 1938; Sealing to Parents: 01 DEC 1953 SLAKE; Anthony Buxton / Mrs. Elizabeth Buxton; Father: Anthony Buxton; Mother: Mrs. Elizabeth Buxton; Spouse: Unavailable

12 Endowment: 10 FEB 1938 •_TMPLT: •FIELD: •Name: Page 2 •Sealing Child: 1 DEC 1953 Temple: SLAKE •_TMPLT: •FIELD: •Name: Page 3 Children with Mary Small (Birth:

   1648 

   Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  Marriage to John Buxton Sr.:

   1668 30 Mar at Age: 20 

   Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA . Death:

   1676 27 Jan — Age: 28 

   Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA): Mary Buxton (1669-1723); Elizabeth Buxton b.1672; John Buxton Jr. (1675-1749).