Thomas Buckland, Pequot War Veteran
Family Connection - 8th Great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker
Thomas Buckland was born in England in 1613 and migrated to Massachusetts in 1634. He settled in Dorchester. joined the church, and was named Freeman on May 6, 1635.
In 1635, he was a member of the group of Dorchester church members who founded the town of Windsor, Connecticut.
On May 13, 1637, Thomas fought in the Pequot war in the Battle of Mystick Fort. The colonists surrounded a Pequot Village near present-day Groton, Connecticut, and burned the village, killing almost all the inhabitants. This battle was the end of the Pequot War.
In about 1637, Thomas Buckland married Temperance Denslow in Windsor. They had eight children, all born in Windsor:
Timothy b. 1638 d. 1689
Elizabeth b. 1640 d. unknown
Temperance b. 1642 d. 1732
Mary b. 1644 d. 1657
Nicholas b. 1646 d. 1728
Sarah b. 1648 d. 1740
Thomas b. 1650 d. 1676
Hannah b. 1654 d. 1694
Thomas served on a jury 1644, and was named the Tax Collector for the town of Windsor in 1649. According to the Windsor land inventory taken in February, 1640, Thomas had about 80 acres of land, including his home lot, pastures, planting fields, and meadows.
Not much else is in the official records for Thomas Buckland, so apparently he lived a quiet life, without complaints or lawsuits.
Thomas died on May 28, 1662 in Windsor. In June when the inventory of his estate was made, his estate was valued at £346, including £232 of real estate. When the estate was distributed according to Thomas' will, each of the children received £30 except for Timothy. Timothy received £20, since he had apparently received property at his marriage. The remainder of the estate, including the house and houselot, was left to the widow Temperance.
Temperance was left with six children between the ages of twenty and ten to raise. Unusually, she did not choose to remarry. When she died on July 26, 1681, she left her house, home lot, and other real estate to her son Nicholas in recognition of his care for her, and all her household goods to her youngest daughter Hannah.
In an undated court case brought by Timothy Buckland and the husbands of Elizabeth, Sarah, and Hannah, the petitioners argued that the £118 received by the widow Temperance should have been for her lifetime only and been distributed equally among her children after her death. The court found in favor of Nicholas.
On October 12, 1671, the General Court granted land to several men who fought in the Pequot war. As a part of this grant, fifty acres of land were granted to "the heirs of Thomas Buckland". It is not known where this land was or how it was divided amongst his heirs.
The burial place for Thomas and Temperance is not recorded, but is most likely in the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor.
Thomas Buckland > Nicholas Buckland > Elizabeth Buckland > Thomas Hoskins > Elizabeth Case > William Moses > Elenora Moses > George Josiah Newland > William Henry Newland > Gertrude Myra Newland > Roy Ellsworth Stricker Charts S-B and S-Main
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