Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/40
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/41
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1765 Nov 18 - Joshua Burnam of Durham signed a petition for the creation of
Lee parish from the NW end of Durham [NH State Papers XI/586].
1776 - Joshua Burnam signed the Association Test at Lee NH [NH State Papers
XXX/81].
1787 - Deacon Joshua Burnham appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers
XII/393].
1790 - Lee NH - Burnham, Joshua 1m16+ 2f [Census].
1800 - Lee NH - Joshua Burnham 1m0-9, 1m10-15, 1m16-25, 1m45+, 3f0-9,
1f16-25 [Census].
1810 - Lee NH - Joshua Burnum 1m 10-, 1m 16-16, 1m 26-45, 1m 45+, 3f 10-16,
1f 45+ [Census].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/41
1850/07/25 - Lee NH - 48/50 Rudolphus A Burks 53 m mechanic Sweden; Clarissa
Burks 57 f NH [Census].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1765 Nov 18 - Samuel Burley of Durham signed a petition for the creation of
Lee parish from the NW end of Durham [NH State Papers XI/586].
1776 - Samuel Burleigh signed the Association Test at Lee NH [NH State
Papers XXX/81].
1784 - estate admin [Evans, Abstracts of the Probate Records of Strafford Co
NH p14].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Graves in the Bartlett & Burleigh Burying Ground, Lee Hook NH.
Samuel Burleigh - field stone, no marker, but flag. admin of his estate
1784 Strafford Co Probate (he was b 1731, d 17 Feb 1784 in Lee NH. His widow,
Martha Low, is perhaps buried here).
Daniel Burleigh - d 16 Nov 1852 ae 63y 9m; Mehitable S, wife/o Daniel
Burleigh - d 8 Apr 1882 ae 89y 9m (she was Mehitable Locke).
Sidney S Burleigh - not buried here; Menerva, wife/o S S Burleigh - d 22 May
1864 ae 34y 6m (seh was Menerva Sylvester).
Daniel W Burleigh - no stone; Margaret A Burleigh, his wife - no stone
(Daniel Burleigh & wife Mehitable Locke had no children, but took her sister's
two children to bring up when their mother died. Sidney S & Daniel Caswell who
took the name of Burleigh).
Lillian M, d/o Dan W & Margaret A Burleigh - d 5 Feb 1856 ae 2y 1m 25d.
Double stone: Ella F - d 19 Jan 1881 ae 21y 8m 22d; Sadie A - d 17 Jan 1881
ae 19y 9m 21d.
Woodbury Sidney - d 30 Nov 1927 ae 64y 4m (VR, s/o Daniel Burleigh & Mrgaret
Locke); Rose E, wife/o W S Burleigh - d 16 Dec 1895 ae 25y 8m (she was Rose
Hardy); Sidney W, s/o W S & R E Burleigh - s 14 Sep 1894 ae 2m; Charles A, s/o
W S & R E Burleigh - d 17 Nov 1895 ae 23d.
Sarah L, wife/o Stephen Kennison d 18 Feb 1881 ae 75y 5m.
[Walker et al, Burial Places in Lee NH, DAR, 1938].Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p457
Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p457
Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p457
1787 - Joseph Burleigh appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/392].
1789 Dec 19 - Joseph Burley signed a petition at Lee NH recommending Lt Job
Runnell of Lee to be a civil magistrate [NH State Papers XII/394].
1790 - Lee NH - Burleigh, Joseph 1m16+ 2m15- 1f [Census].Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p457
Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p457
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1776 - Josiah Burleigh signed the Association Test at Lee NH [NH State
Papers XXX/81].
1787 - Ens'n Josiah Burleigh appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers
XII/392].
1789 Dec 19 - Josiah Burleigh signed a petition at Lee NH recommending Lt
Job Runnell of Lee to be a civil magistrate [NH State Papers XII/394].
1790 - Lee NH - Burleigh, Josiah 2m16+ 2m15- 8f [Census].
1800 - Lee NH - Ens Josiah Burleigh 3m0-9, 2m10-15, 1m26-45, 1f0-9, 1f26-45
[Census].
1810 - Lee NH - Josiah Burleu 2m 10-, 2m 10-16, 2m 16-26, 1m 45+, 1f 10-, 1f
10-16, 1f 26-45 [Census].Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p457
Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p457
Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p454-5
Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p454
Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p455
Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p455
m 1658
BUZZELL FAMILIES OF NORTH AMERICA
Introduction
Families with the unusual surname Buzzell appear across the breadth and
depth of North America, from Maine to Florida to California in the United
States, and from Quebec to Alberta in Canada. This is all the more unusual
because no one with that surname ever arrived on this continent as an
immigrant, so far as I have been able to determine! This is not because the
ship passenger list has yet to be found, or is no longer extant; it is because
the surname Buzzell as it exists here is a fabrication, created by some scribe,
and adopted by the first members of the family to become literate.
The progenitor of the Buzzell family was a Simon Bussey who was an early
settler in Cape Porpoise, Maine, in what was later called Arundel (1717), and
is now Kennebunkport (1821). Today his male-line descendants usually go by the
name Buzzell, but there are a few who have adopted spellings such as Buswell or
Boswell, as well as minor variations with only one z or one l. The situation
is further confused by the fact that there was an early immigrant to Salisbury,
Mass. by the name of Isaac Buswell who left numerous descendants. The
male-line descendants of Isaac have usually retained the Buswell spelling, but
some changed to Boswell, and a few adopted Buzzell, or at least are called
Buzzell in some records. The descendants of these two separate families have
often lived in the same, or neighboring communities. As a consequence, when
researching the descendants of either Simon Bussey or Isaac Buswell, it is
essential to keep in mind a wide range of possible spellings, and to take great
care in determining people's identity.
The primary historian of the Buzzell family was the Rev. Herbert Leslie
Buzzell (b 1865, still living 1928), a Free-Will Baptist (and later Unitarian)
minister, who collected information on the family over a period of several
decades. He left a manuscript genealogy of the family which is located at the
New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, and forms the core of the
present collection. It appears that Rev. Buzzell collected his information
primarily by correspondence with members of the family who were living in the
later part of the 19th and early part of the twentieth centuries because one
finds the mailing addresses of various descendants scattered through his
manuscript with cryptic notes as to whether they were cooperative or not, had
given him all their data, etc. For the most part, no sources, either primary,
secondary, or personal, are cited in his collection, and there is no indication
that he ever did much research in primary sources. In particular, he assumed
that John Bussell of Dover, New Hampshire, was the progenitor of the family and
an immigrant from the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel, although deeds by
this John and his siblings clearly show they were the children of Simon Bussey
of Cape Porpoise. whom the Rev. never mentions. In spite of this major flaw,
the HLB collection appears to be quite reliable albeit completely undocumented.
The primary published account of the Buzzell family is that given by Noyes,
Libby, and Davis in their "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire,"
1928-1939. This highly reliable source gives an account of Simon Bussey which
probably contains about all that can ever be known about him. They only cite
some of their sources, but the others can usually be deduced from the context.
Partial accounts of various branches of the Buzzell family have been published
in numerous secondary works, such as "American Ancestry" and a wide range of
town and county histories. These works generally lack documentation, and are
necessarily suspect; for obvious reasons, they are most reliable as sources of
data on the generations which were alive at the time the work was published.
Over the years various family members have compiled manuscript genealogies
for some branches of the Buzzell family. These usually take material from the
HLB manuscript and various secondary sources, and combine it with research done
by the compiler on more recent generations to produce an account of their part
of the family. These works are generally undocumented, and necessarily
suspect, except perhaps for the recent generations.
In summary, no reliable genealogy of the Buzzell family has yet been
compiled which can stand up to modern day research standards. The only
reliable account of the first generation is that given by Noyes et al. The
most reliable account of subsequent generations is that given in the Rev.
Herbert Leslie Buzzell manuscript, as supplemented by various secondary
published and manuscript works, but these need verification using proper
research methodology and documentation.The Present Collection
My mother was born a Buzzell, and she and I began to collect any and all
Buzzell data many years ago in the hope of providing a database from which we
(or others), could compile a well documented history of the family. We
collected data from secondary and manuscript sources, as well as primary
sources, in order to create a starting point which we hoped would be all
inclusive, and which could then be fully, and systematically, documented. In
the process we corresponded with a variety of other Buzzell researchers who
kindly provided us with copies of their compilations.
This project was begun long before the computer age, indeed before the age
of photocopiers, so it was very tedious going for a long time. In addition,
there was an extended period when the project lay largely dormant as I built
Heritage Books, Inc. into a viable company, and as my mother's health declined.
After her death several years ago I began to organize the many notebooks and
stacks of material collected up to that point, and enter it into a computer
genealogical database. The Noyes et al. article, and the Rev. Herbert Leslie
Buzzell collection naturally formed the foundation of the database. Much
additional data has also been added from both primary and secondary sources,
but the conversion to electronic form is still far from complete, and may take
several more years to accomplish.
Given the rate at which the Buzzells are multiplying, it may never be
possible for me (or anyone else) to publish a definitive Buzzell genealogy in
book form, but I am certainly at a point now where I can provide substantial
help to other Buzzell researchers in many cases. Over the next several years
the completeness of the database should improve dramatically regarding
secondary sources, although the quest for abstracts of primary sources could
well continue for decades. Since I cannot count on living forever, provision
has been made for the database to be donated to several major archives on my
decease, so that it should be available in some form indefinitely.The Evolution of the Buzzell Surname
If you want to know how a person's name should be spelled you look first of
all at their signature; lacking a legible signature you look at how it was
spelled by various clerks, who probably spelled it phonically based on how it
sounded to them. That clerks make mistakes is obvious - just look at the
variations on your surname that appear on records about you compiled by other
people, but the clerks were usually close phonetically. That being the case,
how do we get from "Bussey" to "Buzzell" which really don't sound that much
alike?
Simon Bussey was illiterate [he witnessed a will in 1671 by mark], and his
wife never signed any document that we have found. In the few early records
which pertain to him or his wife, the name is usually spelled "Bussy" or
"Bussey" [a Simon "Buzie" is mentioned once], so we conclude his name was
pronounced "Bussey".
Simon's son John left a will and several deeds; he and his wife always
signed by mark, so they were at the mercy of the clerks. The Rochester NH town
records call him John Bussey in 1722 and again in 1730, but most of the
contemporary documents call him Busel, Bussel, or Bussell. Interestingly
enough, the marriage and baptismal records of the Rev. Hugh Adams of Durham NH
refer to the daughters of John as Elizabeth Buzzell (1718), Hannah Buzzel
(1723), and Margaret Buzzell (1725) during this same time period. I assume
that the Adams records as published in the New England Historical and
Genealogical Register [see abstracts below] are true to the spelling in the
original which I have not seen.
Simon's son William left no known documents with his signature or mark. He
married in 1686, and the only extant record of his marriage calls him Bussell,
but it is a copy, not a contemparary record; again, I have not seen the
"original" of this secondary source, but only the rendition given in
"Collections of the Dover NH Historical Society, Vol. 1." William left a
daughter Mary who appears in the Maine court records in 1721-1722. She signed
a deposition in 1722 as "Mary Busey" according to the published court records
which purport to be verbatim transcriptions; I have not seen the originals.
Mary's signature is apparently the earliest one on record for the family.
Simon's grandson John and his wife signed by mark. Records pertaining to
his marriage and children recorded by Rev Hugh Adams call them Buzzell, but the
later records of Rev Jonathan Cushing consistently call him Bussell. In most
other records he is also called Bussell, but Bussey appears in the earlier
period, and by 1774 his name appears as Buzzell in deeds; at least one record
calls him Buswell.
Simon's grandson William and his wife signed by mark. He is called Bussey
or Buswell a few times, but appears in Rev Cushing's records consistently as
Bussell.
Simon's grandson Henry could sign his name. In 1758 he signed Buzzell, and
in 1763 he signed Bussell in the spring, and again in the fall. A few records
call him Bussy, Bussey, or Buswell, but most are about evenly divided between
Bussell & Buzzell; even Rev Cushing referes to him with both spellings. He was
apparently the second male member of the family to sign his name.
Simon's grandson James and his wife signed by mark. When he married in 1733
the record calls him Busey, but they usually speak of him as Bussell until 1755
when the baptism of his children in Maine calls them Buzzy. He left no will,
but the records of his esate in Maine 1759-61 consistently refer to him as
Buzzell.
Simon's grandson Isaac and his wife Izett could both sign their names. In
1736 he signed a deed Bussel; in 1749 he signed Busell and she signed Buzzell
[was the fashion changing?]; in 1761 they both signed Buzzell. In the 1730s he
appears in Rochester town records as Bussey, but mostly he is called Bussell or
Buzzell, the later appearing later in his lifetime. He was apparently the
first male member of the family to be able to write his name.
Thus far my primary records on the great-grandchildren of Simon are very
spotty and incomplete, but I can cite the following signature information:
John (John, John, Simon) - Buzzell, 1768.
Joseph (John, John, Simon) - Buzzell, 1802.
Benjamin (John, John, Simon) - Buzzell, 1768.
Silas (John, John, Simon) - Buzzell, 1775.
William (William, John, Simon) - Buzzell, 1762.
Samuel (William, John, Simon) - Bussell, 1762 & 1806.
James (James, John, Simon) - mark, 1792.
From the incomplete data at hand it appears to me that the pronunciation of
the name changed from Bussey to Bussell in the decades after the family
retreated from Maine to NH following the Indian wars, and that the scribes
began writing the name more consistently as Bussell in the early 1700s. From
there it was then a small step to Buzzell, a spelling that was apparently
introduced by Rev. Adams in 1718. For several decades it was spelled either
way by various scribes while the family remained almost entirely illiterate,
but it appears that by the time the fourth generation was learning to write in
school, their teachers taught them the Buzzell spelling quite uniformly so that
version gained wide acceptance around 1760. If this interpretation is correct,
the surname Buzzell was a local invention, and any similarity to names found in
England or elsewhere is purely coincidental. The immigrant, Simon, almost
certainly was named "Bussey," or something that sounded very much like that, so
that an English scribe would naturally write it that way.
Like most genealogical conclusions this must be a tentative one, awaiting
further research or the accidental discovery of additional information.The Format Used in the Database.
In this genealogical database each person has a record page, or form, with
various fields for critical dates and places, including some secondary windows
for additional information which does not fit on the main screen. These
"person records" are linked together by the genealogical software such that one
can quickly move to the siblings, parents, or children of the person whose
record is currently on the screen. The software also makes it possible to
print the usual forms, such as family group sheets and pedigree charts, by
extracting some of the information in the various fields.
In addition, the software permits one to attach to each person an ACSII text
file of any size. In this file one can record any kind of information one
wishes in any format that is appropriate. These files are called "History
Notes," and can be printed as an appendage to family group sheets or person
records, but are not otherwise used by the software.
In my experience forms, either on paper or in electronic format, are totally
inadequate for serious genealogical research because they are much too
confining to accomodate the variety of records one needs to copy or abstract,
and the documentation that is essential for serious research. On the other
hand, the electronic linkage offerred by the genealogical program is very
appealing.
My solution to this problem has been to record all my data in the "History
Notes" files, and only fill in enough of the fields in the person records to
accomplish the linkages, and permit identification of the person. Thus, in
this database the only data to be taken seriously is that which is recorded in
the "History Notes" files; the information in the fields of the person records
should be derived from the "History Notes" files, and if it is not found in
those files it should be ignored.
In order to reduce the number of History Note files in the system, I have
recorded the data on children in their father's file when the name of the
father was known. Likewise, the data on women is recorded in the file of their
husband or father as appropriate; women only have a History Note file if they
have no known husband or father. In other words, I have recorded the data
where one would expect to find it in a published genealogy. Using this system
it has been possible to record data on over 65,000 people in less than 20,000
files (as of January 1997).
For convenience sake the data in the History Note files is recorded under
three headings: FAMILY RECORD, CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS, and MISCELLANEOUS. The
FAMILY RECORD section contains summaries akin to family group sheets, or
portions thereof; the CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS section contains odd bits of data
arranged in chronological order based on the date of the event or record; the
MISCELLANEOUS section contains cemetery inscriptions or other abstracts which
do not fit under the other two headings.
All the data recorded in the History Note files has the source indicated.
In most cases the material recorded is an abstract or paraphrase of the
original; quotation marks are used for exact copies. However, names are always
spelled as they appear in the original, but no quotation marks are used. The
sources are indicated by short forms the meaning of which will be obvious to
experienced researchers. The sources, and all commentary by me are given in
square brackets, [thus]. In many cases data contributed to me by other
researchers was not properly documented by them. In that case the name and
address of the contributor is given as the source, along with the date.
Finally, as is always the case in genealogy, in order to locate all the data
about a particular individual, it is essential to look at all the files
pertaining to that persons extended family.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------FAMILY RECORD:
Simon Bussey/Bussell - Presum. a Channel Island name. Simon Bussy or
Bussell. m. 1658 Margaret Wormwood. Cape Porpus wit. 1668 [see below under
this date], 1671 [see below under this date], 1672 [!!! what record is this?].
Lists 255, 256, (259) [these lists are explained below]. Children:
a) John - of Oyster River.
b) Rachel - m by 1692 Joseph Credeford.
c) Dorcas - m by 1700 Edw. Evans (No. 3-1/2).
d) William - only once mentioned (Y.D. 24/174 [see below under 1732]),
presumed father of 'Cousin Mary Bussell,' who was grantee, 1726-1730, from
three aunts or uncles, her autograph -Bussey- in Me. Ct. files 1722 [see below
under these dates].
e) Mary - m Renald McDonald, +/- 12, stolen at Cape Porpus by old Doney and
associates and yet detained (22 Nov 1688) [!!! where is the documentation for
this?].
f) ?Simon - poss., as the father's death is unk., the Simon on a Cape Porpus
coroner's jury in 1685 [see below under this date].
Like uncertainty envelopes the Bussy family cut off by the Indians 'at
Kennebunk near Winter Harbor.' Numerous historical writers all apparently trace
back to Mather's Mag. ii. 509, vaguely tacked on the end of what happened at
No. Yarm. in 1688 [see below under this date]. Also, the husband of 'Widow
Buzy,' among the Cape Porpus refugees at Piscataqua in 1694, paid for keeping
Goodwife Taylor [!!! where is the documentation for this?].
List 255 - petition in favor of gov. by Mass. dated 28 Apr 1668. There were
two lists which circulated. Each has 16 names, but not the same 16; altogether
there ae 22 names. Only one original is known which was publ in MA Archives
iii/275; another version appears in Doc Hist iv/217 which appears to be
defective, and corrections are given (Noyes p28) [!!! both should be checked to
see if Simon signed by autograph or by mark].
List 256 - town grants of Cape Porpus (Kennebunkport) naming residents as of
March-June 1681. York Deeds 9/120 [!!! not yet abstracted?], 10/32 [see below
under 1683].
List (259) - few pages of extant Town Records for Cape Porpus [!!! are these
available on microfilm? exactly what mention do they make of Simon Bussey?].
On 17 Sep 1667 an Oyster River coroner's jury returned their verdict on the
"untimely death of Simon Buzie," not mentioned in his lifetime. If the truth
were known, he might be father of Simon of Cape Porpus, or his son by an
earlier wife (in which case there were not three Simon B's), or a nephew, or
fifth cousin [see record below under 1667].
[Noyes, Libby & Davis, Geneal. Dict. of ME & NH, pp. 28, 124, 783].
[Note: the proof of the relationships shown above comes mainly from the
deeds abstracted below. Note also that Simon was is not included in the Rev
Herbert Leslie Buzzell mss collection.]
--------------------
Simon Bussy - came from Scarborough and married Margaret Wormwood in 1659,
and for some misdemeanor in which they were both implicated, they received 'ten
lashes apiece on their bare skin.' Bussy was a witness to Montague's will [see
below under 1671]. John Sanders speaks of him as "his loving neighbor of
Winter Harbor" [!!! where does this appear?] Bussy with his family was taken
prisoner in 1688 by the Indians, and carried to Tecconnet [!!! I don't see that
Mather actually says this]. He lived near where Silas Pinkham does now [1837].
There was a Mary Bussy living in Arundel in 1720. Barrow, whose christian
name is not given, was also taken prisoner with his family at the same time as
Bussy; probably neither of them ever returned [Bradley, Hist of Kennebunk Port
ME, 1837, p87].
--------------------
William Wormwood - had a daughter Margaret who m Simon Bussy in 1658 as the
court record of York Co. ME says [Stackpole, Hist Durham NH 2/398].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1653 Jul 5 - At a court at Wells the inhabitants of Cape Porpus acknowledged
themselves subject to the government of Mass; the list of 12 men includes Simon
Teoft [!!! poss a misreading of Bussey?]; they were made Freemen [Bradley, Hist
of Kennebunk Port ME, 1837, p27].
1659 Jul 4 - a grand jury at York ME presented "Margaret Wormwood alias
Bussy" for having a bastard child; "Margaret Bussie" and "Symon Bussy" were
sentenced to each have ten lashes on their bare skin "at a publique meeting,"
to be applied by commissioners appointed for the purpose from Falmouth and
Scarborough [Maine Province and Court Records 2/81].
1667 Sep 17 - At a court held in Portsmouth "Jury of Inquest brought into
Court there virdict concerning the untimely death of Simon Buzie remaines upon
file," and "Wm Beard Jno Smith Math: Williams Robert Watson James Smith fined
5s apeece for not coming into Court to take oath concerning ye verdict aboute
the untimely death of Simon buzie wt was done is upon file:" [NH State Papers
40/228, 40/231] [Note that Stackpole [Stackpole, Hist Durham 2/398] calls him
"of Oyster River" which does not appear in the record, but Noyes et al [Noyes,
Geneal Dict of ME & NH] do indicate that all the jury members were from Oyster
River, which is probably where the death ocurred [LCT].
1668 Oct 6 - In June of 1666 Nicholas Cole & John Pudington both of Cape
Porpoise ME pledged their holdings (land, buildings, and a fishing boat) in
Cape Porpoise to Francis Johnson of Boston in order to secure a loan from the
latter; the mortage was signed by Cole & Pudington, and witnessed by Griffine
montigue [sic] and William Renouls [sic], both of whome signed by mark. Cole &
Pudington being unable to repay to loan, on this date they executed another
document transfering title to the property to Johnson. This new document was
signed by Cole & Pudington, and also by mary [sic] Pudington & Jane Cole, the
latter two signing by mark. The witnesses to this document were Griffine
montigue [sic] and Simon Bussie, both of whom signed by mark. It is
interesting to note that the mark of Montigue on the second document is much
more complex than his mark on the first document which is merely a simple
vertical stroke. The mark attributed to Bussie on the second document is very
similar to that of Rennels on the first document ( a circle with a slight
overlap where the stroke begins and ends, but with the addition of a tangential
tail. On 5th 5mo 70 Grifine montigue & Simon Bussie swore before the court in
Wells that they had witnessed the execution of the latter document [York Deeds,
Book II, 1887, folio 97-98].
1669 Nov 24 - John Bush, planter, & wife Grace, of Cape Porpoise, sold to
Thomas Munsell of same, a 100a lot in Cape Porpoise bounded on S by a creek &
flats, on W by land of John Sanders Sr, on NE by land of Symon Bussys....
Winesses were John Sanders Sr, Geo Pearson & Rog'r Venney [York Deeds, Book II,
1887, folio 131].
1670 Oct 21 - Ann Sanders & Thomas Sanders, widow & eldest son,
respectively, of John Sanders Sr, deceased, of Cape Porpoise sold a 100a lot in
Cape Porpoise to Andrew Alger of Cape Porpoise. The property lay "between the
Lotts of Symond Bussy, & of Nicho: Coole, now in the possession of Mr Francis
Johnson of Boston...." [York Deeds, Book II, 1887, folio 127].
1671 Jul 7 - Griffine Mountegue of Cape Porpus wrote a will leaving his
estate to his wife Margaret; the witnesses were Seth Fletcher & Symon Buszys
[sic]; the latter signed by mark; when the will was proved on 1 Apr 1672 both
men swore to its authenticity [Maine Province and Court Records 2/455].
1673 - Thomas Merrill marr Mary Barrett in 1673 & liv near Simon Bussy
[Bradley, Hist of Kennebunk Port ME, 1837, p92].
1676 Jul 4 - a George Bussy of Kittery was presented by the grand jury for
"being drunke & sweareing by the name of god many tymes & for curseing &
Calling Mis Bray Hoare." He acknowledged his errors and was ordered to pay 30s
or receive 10 stripes, and to pay 5s court costs [Maine Province and Court
Records 2/319].
1680 Jun 30 - a list of men who took the oath of allegiance at the court of
pleas held at Wells on this date includes the name "Geo: Bussy;" this may be an
error, as the same man is apparently refered to as George Burren elsewhere in
the court records [Maine Province and Court Records 2/64].
1683 Jun 23 - Land grant by the town of Cape Porpos to Simon Busey, 100
acres at 'Kenebunck River.' Signed by John Burinton, Town Clerk. Recorded 20
May 1720 [York Deeds 10/32].
1685 Apr 3 - Symon Bussy was on a jury of inquest at Cape porpus which
investigated the death ofJohn Batson who was found drowned in the mill under
the mill wheel [Maine Province and Court Records 3/214].
1688 - in Mather's account of Indian hostilities in the fall of this year,
after describing events further down east he states, "Little more spoil was
done by the savages before winter, except only that, at a place called
Kennebunk, near Winter-harbour, they cut off two families, to wit, Barrow's and
Bussie's; but winter coming on, the serpents retired to their holes." [Mather,
Magnalia Christi Americana, 2/587].
1689 - War was declared between France and England on 7 Dec 1689; the year
before the war was declared, Mr Bussy and Mr Barrow, with their families, had
been taken prisoner, and carried to Teconnet (Mather's Magnalia II/509); John
Downing testified in 1725, that in 1688 or 1689 there were grants made to
several inhabitants of the town of 100a each on the Kennebunk River [Bradley,
Hist of Kennebunk Port ME, 1837, p49].
1690 - The Indians attacked Cape Porpus and the inhabitants all retreated to
a fort on Stage Island; Nicholas Morey escaped to Portsmouth for help; he
returned with a sloop and saved the inhabitants, who did not return for 10yrs
[Bradley, Hist of Kennebunk Port ME, 1837, p50].
1721 Apr 4 - at the court of general sessions at York the grand joury
presented Mary Busey (and others) of Arundel for "not frequenting the Publick
worship of god" [Maine Province and Court Records 6/51].
1722 Oct 2 - the court of general sessions at York heard the following
petition from Mary Busey:
"Whereas I was Sumonsed to appear at York Cort to answer to a presentment at
the Grant jury for not attending the Publick Worship of God I do Humbly Enform
you that the Reson Why I did not atend the Publick Worship of God Was not from
any Disrespeckt therunto But by Reson of Bodyly Ileness and a Considerable
Distance from the Please of Publick Worship and the Excessive Badness of the
way Being in the Winter Season which the Enhabat...(illeg) Know the Same. and
may it Please the Honourable Cort I humbly Enform you the Reson Why I did not
Come to Cort was By Reson of Sickness and not able to Come and gentlemen the
Reson of my not Coming now to Cort is by Reson of the War and the Dangers of
the War as I hope your Honours Will Consider which I hunbly Beg your Favors."
The petition is signed Mary Busey, but is not dated.
The court decreed (apparently in response to this petition) that Mary Busey
& Eliz'a Poland of Arundel, who had been presented for failure to attend public
worship, and had been prevented from attending the court because of the great
distance, should be tried before the justices of the town of Wells at such time
as they should appoint. The final disposition of the case is not stated [Maine
Province and Court Records 6/111].
1726 Nov 10 - From John Bussell & Edward Evenius (sic, Evans?), both of
Oyster River, Prov of NH - To Mary Bussell of Arundel, York Co - For: 'love
goodwill and affection which we have and do bear towards our loving cousin Mary
Bussell' - 'all and singular our parts of the grant that was granted to our
father Simon Bussell upon Kenebunk River in the town of Arundel' - Signed: John
Bussell (mark) & Edward Eure (sic, Evans?) - Witnessess: John Perkins & John
Murphy - Acknowledged 13 Sept 1732 by John Bussell & Edward Eune (sic, Evans?).
Also on this document: 'I the subscriber Ranold Mach daniell do for my self
& in behalf of my wife Mary by virtue of a power of attorney from her give
grant unto our loving cousin Mary Busell aboves'd all the right title &
interest we have or ought to have in the aboves'd hundred acres of land granted
to Simon Busell aboves'd - Signed: Ranal Mc Dan'l 21 March 1729/30 - Witnesses:
William Eliot & George Banfill - Recorded 4 Jan 1732 (1732/3?) in York Co, ME
Deeds 15/165.
1732 Feb 19 - From John Bussell, husbandman of Dover, Prov of NH - To Rachel
Crediford, widow of Wells, Prov of ME - For 'love I bear unto my Sister Rachel
Crediford' - all right title etc to land 'That my father Simon Busel formerly
living in Cape porpus, Dec'd, had by grant or possession or any other way in
the town of Arundel alias Capeporpus'...to sister Rachel Crediford...'excepting
that right belonging to me at Cenebonk [sic, Kennebunk?] which I formerly gave
to my brother William Busel' - Signed John Busel (mark) - Witnesses: Hannah
Dering & Ruth Davis - Acknowledged 19 Feb 1732/3 by John Busel - Recorded 10
May 1744 in York, ME Deeds 24/173.
1743 Jun 7 - From Rachel Credeford, spinster of Wells, York Co. Prov of
Mass. Bay - To 'my well beloved son' Benjamin Credeford of same, yeoman - For
50# - all right title etc to any land etc 'relating to my Hon'd Father Simon
Busey late of arrundel alias Capporpus dec'd' - Signed Rachel Credeford (mark)
- Witnesses: John Littlefield & Peter Littlefield - Acknowledged 6 June 1743 by
Rachel Credefor [sic] - Recorded 16 May 1744 in York ME Deeds 24/174.MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Only a few pages of the original Cape Porpoise records survive; among the
names therein is that of Jacob Wormwood; a list of names of Kennebunkport
residents compiled from various MA & ME sources includes Simon Bussy & Simon
Teoft [Bradley, Hist of Kennebunk Port ME, 1837, p62].
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The territory near Kennebunk River early took its name from the river; Bussy
and Barrow lived "in Kennebunk near Winter Harbor" [Bradley, Hist of Kennebunk
Port ME, 1837, p50].
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William and Catherine Wormwood, parents of Jacob, were married and resided
in Kittery as early as 1647; William died 1690, and his property was valued at
25#; Jacob removed to Kennebunkport before 1661, as he was on a coroner's jury
at Saco that year; he was surveyor of land at Cape Porpoise 1689, and
contributed a week's work on Davis' gristmill; he d before the town was
resettled in 1713; Margaret, the wife of Simon Bussy was a daughter of William;
Thomas, s/o Jacob, married Jane, a d/o William Reynolds, and lived in Kittery
in 1706; he removed to Kennebunkport, and had charge of Hardings's garrison
when his son William was killed in 1724; he afterwards moved to Wells on the
western side of Mousam River, where his descendants still live; his house was
the third one built in that part of Wells since called Kennebunk; Bourne (mss
Hist of Kennebunk) says he built his house there in 1720' if so, it was before
he was stationed at Harding's garrison; he purchased his land in 1719 [Bradley,
Hist of Kennebunk Port ME, 1837, p98].
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A Simon Cundey [!!! poss a misreading of Bussey?] contributed towards
erecting Davis' mill [Bradley, Hist of Kennebunk Port ME, 1837, p94].
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/398
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1667 Sep 17 - an Oyster River coroner's jury returned their verdict on the
'untimely death of Simon Buzie,' not ment. in his lifetime. If the truth were
kn., he might be the f. of Simon Bussy of Cape Porpus, or his son by an earlier
w. (in which case there were not three Simon B's), or a nephew, or fifth cousin
[Noyes, Libby & Davis, Geneal. Dict. of ME & NH p124].
1667 Sep 17 - a jury reported on the 'untimely death of Simon Buzie of
Oyster River' [Stackpole, Hist. of Durham, NH 2/398].
FAMILY RECORD:
John Bussey/Bussell - s/o Simon 1. Granted 40 acres in Oyster River in
1694. He and his sons were shut out of Oyster River parish when the south part
became Durham. Will 24 Nov 1737 - 28 Feb 1738/9 mentions wife Sarah and 12
children:
a) Martha - m a Brown.
b) Elizabeth - m 9 May 1718 Benj. Bell.
c) Sarah - m a Williams by 1723, 2nd by 1737 John Roberts of Madbury, b 6
Dec 1694, d 23 Jan 1771. She d Dec 1770 ae 72y 11d per gravestone on Bussy
farm.
d) Margaret - b 5 July 1698, m John Demeritt.
e) John - b 11 Feb 1703, m 4 Jan 1724/5 Sarah Wibird. Will 1770-1774 names
10 ch. Wid d in New Durham 25 Sep 1788.
f) William - m 28 Nov 1729 Sarah Pitman, 7 ch. bapt.
g) Henry - had the homestead but removed to Barrington. He m1 Abigail
Daniels(4), m2 Judith Horn. Will 1764-1767. 2+7 ch.
h) James - (Buzze) m 15 Nov 1733 his cousin Rachel Credeford. Lived
Rochester 1749.
i) Isaac - m Izett Hudson, b 1715 d/o Samuel & Dorcas (Miller). Their dau
Ann m 17 Jan 1753 Joseph Stevenson.
j) Mary - bp adult 19 June 1726, m Job Demeritt Jr.
k) Hannah - bp a young girl 23 June 1723, m James Leighton.
l) Ann - bp 'young dau' 3 Apr 1727, unm in 1737.
[Noyes, Libby & Davis, Geneal. Dict. of ME & NH, p123-4].
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John Bussell - Had 40 acres laid out for him 6/13/1694. Rec'd a grant of
land in Dover 1696/7. In Sir Chas. Hobbs' N.E. Troops 1710-11 for 1 full year,
10 Oct 1710 - 10 Oct 1711. In Capt. James Davis' Co. against Port Royal 1712.
He and wife Sarah bapt. 1 Apr 1722. He died Dover Jan 1738; will dated 24 Nov
1737; probated Feb 1738; according to deed of son John, 19 Feb 1754, he died 8
July 1734 which cannot be true. Children:
a) James - Soldier stationed in Wolfboro 1747. Prob. left Roch. in 1737.
Rec'd pay for 7 days service May 21, 1747. Bapt. in Dover June 19, 1726. Lived
in Rochester 1737-9. Rec'd deed from his father to land in Rochester.
b) John - Lived in Rochester 1736-7. Will dated Apr 3, 1770. Lived in
Madbury parish 1743. Parish tax of Dover 1753, 15s 3d. Bapt in Dover Jan. 28,
1721/2. Was prob. a sergeant against Louisburg 1745. John & Wm were members of
2nd foot Co. of Dover July 24, 1740. John & Wm petitioned for a bridge over
Bellamy Brook in Dover Sept. 13, 1752.
c) William - He & bro John grantees of Canterbury, NH Feb 17, 1756. lived
in Middleton in 1790. Bapt in Dover Jan 2, 1742 with his wife. Constable of
Madbury 1760. Parish tax of Dover 1753, 6s 9d.
d) Henry - died in Madbury June 6, 1767. Sept 12, 1742 member of Dover
church. Will dated June 9, 1824? in which he calls himself aged Vol XVIII/527.
Lived in Madbury parish 1743. Parish tax of Dover 1753, 9s 3d. John, Wm,
Henry, Joseph, John Jr, Ebenezer & Jacob petitioned for W. parish to be set off
Jan 17, 1759. This was granted and Madbury was incorporated May? 31, 1755.
e) Elizabeth - m Benjamin, son of Shadrac and Rachel ( ) Bell of Newcastle
(b Newcastle ?????) May 9, 1718. He was a mariner living in 1759. She was
prob. living in 1778.
f) Margaret - b Dover 5 July 1698. died in Madbury 1777. She m John, son
of Eli & Hopestill ( ) Demeritt of Dover (b Dover 19 June 1698) 1 Jan 1724/5.
He died in Madbury 1773; his will dated 15 Feb 1772, probated Oct 1773. She
was bapt 28 Jan 1721/2. Her will probated 9 Apr 1779? She was admitted to
Oyster River Church 6 Aug 1737.
g) Sarah - b Dover 28 Nov 1698. Bapt 15 Apr 1722 as Sarah Williams. In
father's will called Sarah Roberts. She died in Madbury 9 Dec 1770 aged 72 yrs
11 days. She m _____ Williams (Durham name) before 15 Apr 1722. She married
(2) before 1737 John, s/o Joseph & Elizabeth ( ) Roberts of Dover (b Dover 6
Dec 1694). He d in Madbury 23? Jan 1771.
h) Isaac - bot land in Durham 1737? lived in Dover from 1748/9 to 1761;
assessor in Mabury 1759; soldier stationed in Wolfboro 1747; recd pay for 10
days service 21 May 1747; selectman of Madbury 1773; lived in Barrington 1762;
petitioned with John, Wm & Benj Bussell for bridge over Bellamy's brook in
Dover 13 Oct 1756.
i) Hannah - bapt. 23 June 1723. Member of Dover Church from Barrington 20
June 1742. She m James, s/o John3/Thomas2/Thomas1 Leighton of Madbury. He was
b about 1717. They prob. lived in Barrington.
j) Ann - bapt 23 Apr 1727; unm in 1737; later m Joseph Stevenson of Durham
on 17 Jan 1752.
k) Martha - m Stephen, s/o Benjamin & Sarah (Brown) Brown, of Hampton. He
was b 17 July 1693 and d in Hampton 12/2/1724. Mary - b 1708; bapt 19 June
1726; she m Job, s/o Eli & Hopestill ( ) Demerit of Dover (b Dover 1705).
[Rev. Herbert Leslie Buzzell mms].
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John Buzzell - s/o Samuel 2, Isaac 1 of Salisbury, MA; b 7 Aug 1659, had a
grant of 40 acres 19 March 1693/4 laid out to him 13 June 1694, on south side
of the mast path that goes from John Knights to Newtowne. He was bapt at
Oyster River 1 April 1722. His will 24 Nov 1737 - 28 Feb 1738/9 names wife
Sarah & children as follows:
a) Henry - m abt 1742 Judith Horn of Dover. Rem. to Barrington. His will 9
June 1764 - 26 Aug 1767 names wife Judith and children: Nathaniel, Jane,
Thomas, Paul, Henry, Abigail, Margaret, Mary & Dorcas.
b) John - bapt 28 Jan 1721/2, m Sarah Wibird.
c) William - m Sarah Pitman.
d) James - bapt 19 June 1726, m Rachel _____. He was of Rochester, 1741(?).
e) Isaac - m Izett, called d/o Wid Dorcas Bradford of Portsmouth.
f) Martha - m _____ Brown.
g) Elizabeth - m1 _____ Williams, m2 _____ Roberts.
h) Margaret - bapt as adult 28 Jan 1721/2, m 1 Jan 1724/5 John Demeritt.
i) Mary - bapt 19 June 1726, m Job Demeritt.
j) Hannah - 'young sister of Sarah Williams,' bapt 23 June 1723, m James
Leighton.
k) Ann - bapt as 'young dau. of John Senior,' 3 April 1727, m 17 Jan 1753,
Joseph Stevenson.
[Stackpole, Hist. of Durham, NH, 1913, 2/49]
[Note: the compiler of this work has confused John Bussey/Bussell/Buzzell of
Durham, NH with John Buswell of Boxford, Mass., s/o Samuel Buswell, & gs/o
Isaac Buswell the immigrant to Salisbury, Mass. The birthdate given is that
for John Buswell of Boxford; no birth date is known for John Buzzell of Durham.
That John Buzzell of Durham was the son of Simon Bussey of Cape Porpus, ME is
conclusively shown by deeds abstracted below. The spelling of the name evolved
from Bussey to Bussell to Buzzell over about three or four generations].
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John Buzzell - prob. came from Jersey Isle before 1694, received a grant of
land at Dover. m Sarah ____ and had:
a) James - m Rachel _____ of Wells ME 1733.
b) John - m Sarah Wiburd.
c) William - m 28 Nov 1728 Sarah Pitman & had son William who had sons Rev.
John & Rev. Aaron, the founders of the Free Will Baptist denomination with Rev.
Benjamin Randall.
d) Henry - m Judith Horne & had 10 Child.
e) Elizabeth - m 9 May 1718 Benjamin Bell of Newcastle.
f) Margaret - b Dover 5 July 1697, d1777, m John s/o Eli Demeritt.
g) Sarah - m1 a Williams of Durham, 2nd John Roberts.
h) Hannah - m a Leighton.
i) Ann -.
j) Isaac - m Izett Bradford.
k) Martha -.
l) Mary - m Job Demeritt.
[Virkus, American Ancestry Vol. 11]. [Note: this is a secondary source of
low repute.]
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John Buzzell - had a grant of land in Dover NH 1694. He is given a spurious
descent from Samuel 2 Buswell and Isaac 1 Buswell of Salisbury MA. Children
included:
a) James - m Rachel ___ and lived in Wells ME.
b) John - m Sarah Wibord and lived in Barrington NH.
[Cutter, Genealogical & Personal Memoirs of Boston and Eastern Mass., 1908].
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Hannah Buzzell - d/o John Buzzell, m James Leighton, s/o John Leighton
[Stackpole, Hist Durham, 2/260].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1718 May 9 - Elizabeth Buzzell of Oyster River m Benjamin Bell of Newcastle
[Marriage Records of Rev. Hugh Adams of Durham, NH in NEHGS Register
23/179-80].
1722 Apr 15 - Sarah Buzzell, d/o John Buzzell was bapt, she m1 ____
Williams, & m2 _____ Roberts [Stackpole, Hist. Durham, NH, 2/392].
1722 May 10 - John Bussey was a whole share proprietor of Rochester when
chartered [Rochester Town Records 1/3 & 1/59].
1723 Jun 23 - bapt 'Hannah Buzzel, the young sister of Sarah Williams who
stood for her. John's dau.' [Bapt. by Rev. Hugh Adams, NEHGS Register 32/133].
1724/5 Jan 1 - Margaret Buzzell d/o John & Sarah Buzzell m John Demeritt (b
19 June 1698 s/o Eli Demeritt) [Stackpole, Hist. Durham, NH, 2/117].
1725 Jan 1 - Margaret Buzzell m John DeMerit [Marriage Records of Rev. Hugh
Adams of Durham, NH in NEHGS Register 23/179-80].
1726 Jun 19 - bapt 'James & Mary Buzzel' [Bapt. by Rev. Hugh Adams, NEHGS
Register 32/133].
1726 Nov 10 - From John Bussell & Edward Evenius (sic, Evans?), both of
Oyster River, Prov of NH - To Mary Bussell of Arundel, York Co - For: 'love
goodwill and affection which we have and do bear towards our loving cousin Mary
Bussell' - 'all and singular our parts of the grant that was granted to our
father Simon Bussell upon Kenebunk River in the town of Arundel' - Signed: John
Bussell (mark) & Edward Eure (sic, Evans?) - Witnessess: John Perkins & John
Murphy - Acknowledged 13 Sept 1732 by John Bussell & Edward Eune (sic, Evans?).
Also on this document: 'I the subscriber Ranold Mach daniell do for my self
& in behalf of my wife Mary by virtue of a power of attorney from her give
grant unto our loving cousin Mary Busell aboves'd all the right title &
interest we have or ought to have in the aboves'd hundred acres of land granted
to Simon Busell aboves'd - Signed: Ranal Mc Dan'l 21 March 1729/30 - Witnesses:
William Eliot & George Banfill - Recorded 4 Jan 1732 (1732/3?) in York Co, ME
Deeds 15/165.
1727 Apr 23 - bapt 'Anne Buzzell, young dau'r of John, Sen'r' [Bapt. by Rev.
Hugh Adams, NEHGS Register 32/133].
1727 May 20 - John Bussey and Wm Bussey were grantees of Canterbury when it
was chartered [NH State Papers 24/527]. [Note: is this John the father or John
the son?]
1729 Dec 10 - John Busell signed a petition as an inhabitant of Oyster River
protesting a grievance regarding the parish boundary and the ministers rate [NH
State Papers 9/237].
1730 Dec 14 - At a meeting of the proprietors of Rochester held at Dover
John Bussey drew lot 53 in the 2nd Division [Rochester Town Records 1/16].
1731 Nov 10 - Quit Claim Deed - From John Bussell, husbandman of Dover, Prov
of NH - To Thomas Davis of the same - For 5# - right and title to a whole share
in Canterbury NH as granted by the proprietors - Signed by John Bussell (mark)
& Sarah Bussell (mark) - Witnessess: Eliza'th Davis & Kezia Chesley -
Acknowledged 12 Nov 1731 by Jn'o Bussel & wife Sarah who released her dower
rights - Recorded 19 May 1732 in NH Prov Deeds 18/425. [Note: is this John the
father or John the son? both had wife Sarah.]
1732 Feb 19 - From John Bussell, husbandman of Dover, Prov of NH - To Rachel
Crediford, widow of Wells, Prov of ME - For 'love I bear unto my Sister Rachel
Crediford' - all right title etc to land 'That my father Simon Busel formerly
living in Cape porpus, Dec'd, had by grant or possession or any other way in
the town of Arundel alias Capeporpus'...to sister Rachel Crediford...'excepting
that right belonging to me at Cenebonk [sic, Kennebunk?] which I formerly gave
to my brother William Busel' - Signed John Busel (mark) - Witnesses: Hannah
Dering & Ruth Davis - Acknowledged 19 Feb 1732/3 by John Busel - Recorded 10
May 1744 in York, ME Deeds 24/173.
1733 - the town of Dover distributed among its inhabitants most of the
remaining public lands. John Buzzell received a full share in this
distribution, and his sons, John Jr (2/3rds), Henry (1/3rd), James (1/3rd), and
William (1/3rd) received partial shares [Hurd, Hist. of Rockingham & Strafford
Cos, p797ff].
1734 Mar ? - Mary Buzzell, d/o John and Sarah Buzzell, m Job Demeritt, s/o
Eli Demeritt. Job b 29 March 1705 [Stackpole, Hist. Durham, NH, 2/117].
1736 Sep 29 - From John Bussel, husbandman of Dover, Prov of NH - To 'my son
James Bussel' of Rochester NH - For love & goodwill - 30 acres in 1st Div in
Rochester, 'lying on ye lower side where my house now standeth' and 70 acres in
the 2nd Div in Rochester - Signed John Bussel (mark) - Witnesses: Jon'a Cushing
& David Daniel - Acknowledged 24 Nov 1737 by 'Mr. Jn'o Bussell' - Recorded 19
Nov 1744 in NH Prov Deeds 29/368.
1737 Nov 24 -In the name of God Amen I John Bussel of the town of Dover in
the Province of New Hampshire in New England Husbandman being sick & weak of
body but of perfect mind and memory & knowing it appointed for all men once to
die do commit my body to the earth to be buried in decent manner at the
discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned & my spirit I committ unto the
hands of God who gave it and as touching the worldly estate wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me in this life I dispose of the same by this my last Will
and Testament in the following manner viz.
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Bussel the one half my
homestead land that is to say one half of the produce or yearly income of my
said homestead land to be delivered to her my said wife well and seasonably
housed yearly during her natural life by my Exec Hereafter named as also the
use & improvement of my dwelling house and the half of my barn during her
natural life I also give my said wife to be entirely at her disposal all my
household goods & three cows two steers above two years old six sheep and my
riding horse.
Item - I give to my son John Bussel his heirs & assigns twenty acres of land
being part of my common right in the said town of Dover & the one half of my
undivided lands in the town of Rochester which I have also conveyed to him by
one deed of gift under my hand and seal.
Item - I give to my son William Bussel his heirs & assigns Ten acres of land
being part of my common right in the said town of Dover and the one half of my
undivided lands in said Rochester.
Item - I give to my son Henry Bussel whom I Nominate Constitute and appoint
sole exec. of this my last will and Testement to him his heirs and assigns
forever the one half of my said homestead land and the one half of my said barn
and at the decease of my wife Sarah Bussel I give to my said son Henry Bussel
his heirs & assigns my dweling house & the other halves of my said homestead
land and barn.
Item - I give to my son (sic) James & Isaac Bussel their heirs & assigns my
sixty acre lot of land in the first division in the said town of Rochester and
one hundred & forty acres of land in my second division lot in said Rochester
to be equally divided between them which I have also conveyed to them my said
sons James & Isaac Bussel their heirs & assigns by deed of gift under my hand
and seal.
Item - I give to my daughters Martha Brown & Elizabeth Bell their heirs and
assigns one hundred acres of land in my said second division lot in said
Rochester to be equally divided between them.
Item - I give to daughters Sarah Roberts Margaret Demerit Mary Demerit
Hannah Leighton & Ann Bussel fifty pounds that is to say ten pounds to each of
them in good Province Bills of Credit or in Common Currency of said Province at
the time of payment to be paid to them my daughters their heirs or assigns by
my said Executor herein mentioned within the term of six years after my decease
Utterly dissannuling & Revoking all other wills and testements by me in any
wise named or made Ratifying and confirming this no Other to be my last Will &
Testament - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty
fourth day of November anno domini one thousand and seven hundred & thirty
seven and in the Eleventh year of his Majesty's Reign.
Signed: John Bussel (mark) - Witnesses: Paul Gerrish, Samuel Emmerson &
Jon'a Cooshing.
This will was proved 28 Feb 1738/9 [NH State Papers 32/670, NH Prov Deed
15/621-2].
Inventory of the estate of John Bussell, late of Dover, dec'd was ordered 28
Feb 1738/9 and was taken by Eli Demerit Jr & John Huckings, yeomen of Dover.
It mentions 40 acres of land, buildings, household goods, and farming equipment
[NH Prov Deeds 15/621-2].
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1743 Jun 7 - From Rachel Credeford, spinster of Wells, York Co. Prov of
Mass. Bay - To 'my well beloved son' Benjamin Credeford of same, yeoman - For
50# - all right title etc to any land etc 'relating to my Hon'd Father Simon
Busey late of arrundel alias Capporpus dec'd' - Signed Rachel Credeford (mark)
- Witnesses: John Littlefield & Peter Littlefield - Acknowledged 6 June 1743 by
Rachel Credefor [sic] - Recorded 16 May 1744 in York ME Deeds 24/174.
1753 Jan 17 - Ann Buzzell m Joseph s/o Joseph & Margaret (Footman)
Stevenson. Joseph Jr was bapt 20 March 1719/20 [Stackpole, Hist. Durham, NH,
2/351].
1753 Aug 28 - At a meeting of the proprietors of Rochester held at the
meeting house at Cochecho in Dover - each whole share proprietor to pay 50
shillings towards defraying the charge of laying out the third division - John
Bussey drew lot 96 [Note: the father was dead, was this the son?] [Rochester
Town Records 1/28].
1760 - In a will dated 24 March 1760 Amos Main of Rochester bequeathed to
his son Josiah Main his homestead which originally belonged to John Bussey. He
also bequeathed to his dau Mary Main 70 acres in 2nd div in Rochester which he
bought of Mr. John Wood, and which originally belonged to John Bussey (NH State
Papers 36/530-1].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Cemetery Inscriptions from a cemetery on the east side of Back Road from
Mast Road across railroad in Madbury, NH [source not noted, the comment came
from the source]. John Roberts d 23 Jan 1771 ae 76-1-6; Sarah his wife d 9 Dec
1770 ae 72-0-11; H. B. d 6 June 1767 J. B. D. E. Note: John Bussell had a
sister Dorcas Bussell who married Edward Evans.
m1 1755 Mary Mathews; m2 Eunice Drew
FAMILY RECORD:
William Buzzell - s/o William 3 John 2; b c1731; bp 2 Jan 1742; bought land
in Madbury of father 1756; bought his father's portion of property in
Rochester given him by will from John 2 Buzzell 17 June 1763; selectman of
Middleton 1775; constable there 1778; lived in Barrington 1786; lived in
Middleton in 1790; died in Gilmanton 25 Jan 1816; m1 Mary Mathes of Dover 10
Apr 1755; m2 Eunice Drew (b 1732 d/o Capt & Sarah Drew of Middleton); she d
Barrington. Children:
a) Elijah - b1765; d bef 1760 [?]; farmer; collector of Middleton 1782.
b) Jonathan - b Middleton 10 Jan 1761; d there 14 Feb 1826; farmer; FWB;
always lived Middleton.
c) Aaron - b Gilmanton 31 Dec 1764; d Strafford VT 21 Oct 1854; clegyman and
farmer; FWB; lived Middleton 1790.
d) John - b Barrington 16 Sept 1766; d Parsonsfield ME 29 (or 26) Mar 1863;
FWB clergyman; lived Middleton 1790.
e) Esther - m Reuben Ellis of Middleton 12 June 1803.
f) Samuel -.
g) Isreal - b Mar 1772; d Strafford VT 12 Feb 1849; known as Deacon Isreal;
bapt 20 Apr 1792; farmer; FWB.
h) William - b Middleton 1775; d there 1841; FWB clergyman & farmer; will
dated 1841.
[Rev. Herbert Leslie Buzzell mms].
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William Buzzell - s/o William 3 John 2 Simon 1; m1 Mary Mathews; m2 1758
Eunice Drew. Children - Dover & Middleton NH:
a) Elijah - b 1756.
b) Joanthan - 1761; m Martha Pike.
c) Aaron - b 1764; d 10 Oct 1854; m1 Eunice Buzzell d/o Nathaniel 4 Buzzell
& Mary Drew; m2 Meriam Flanders.
d) John - b 1766; m Anna Buzzell d/o Nathaniel 4 Buzzell & Eunice Drew.
e) Esther - m Reuben Ellis; liv Middleton NH.
f) Samuel -.
g) Israel - b 20 Mar 1771; d 12 Feb 1849; m Peggy Clark.
h) William - b 1775; m1 Peggy Glidden; m2 Tamson Pinkham.
[Buzzell mms by Lloyd Davis, RR 1 Box 68B, Weswt Danville VT 05873 3/95].
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William Buzzell - m Anna ____ and had at least two sons: Rev John & Rev
Aaron, founders of the Free-will Baptist denomination. Rev John was b 16 Sep
1767 Barrington NH, d 29 Mar 1863. He m1 Anna ____ who d 1835. He m2 ____.
He had 11 children by Anna [Buzzell, Orr & related Fmilies of MA & ME].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1755 Apr 10 - William Buzzell m Mary Mathes [Stackpole, Hist Durham NH
2/50].
1756 Nov 4 - from Samuel Starbird of Dover NH yeoman, to William Bussell Jr
of Dover NH yeoman, for 80#, 8a in Barrington, part of 100 acre lot #24, which
I purchased of Richard Pashley 16 Nov 1753. Signed: Sam'l Starbird. Wit: Jos
Hanson & Humphrey Hanson. Ack by Samuel Starbird 4 Nov 1756. Rec: 6 May 1758
[NH Prov Deeds 57/102].
1762 Mar 20 - from William Busswell Jr of Barrington NH yeoman for 220# old
tenor to Sam'll Bussell of same yeoman, 8 acres & buildings in Barrington being
part of 100 acre lot #24 orig granted to Richard Pasley. Anna wife of William
Bussell released dower rights. Signed: William Buzzell Juner, Anna Bussel
(mark). Wit: John Tasker, Eben Demerit. Ack: 3 Jul 1764. Rec: 19 Jan 1768.
[NH Prov Deeds 79/459].
1769 - William Buzzell and family had settled on lot #7 in Middleton by this
time; they had 3 acres cleared and 1 house [NH State Papers 27/501].
1769 Aug 31 - William Buzzell was paid 2# 16s for road work done in
Middleton NH [NH State Papers 27/503].
1769 Dec 25 - Jotham Rindge's Journal shows Wm Buzzell in Middleton living
on lot 7 with wife & four children; they had about 4 acres cleared & 5 acres of
trees felled [NH State Papers 29/385 & 389].
1775 - William Buzzell, Selectman of Middleton, took a census there [NH
State Papers 7/753].
1783 Oct - William Buzzell signed a petition in Middleton regarding the
town's quota of soldiers [NH State Papers 12/597].
1785 May 28 - William Buzzell signed a petition of Middleton residents
opposing division of the town [NH State Papers 12/599].
1786 Dec - William Buzzell signed a petition in Middleton regarding the
town's quota of soldiers [NH State Papers 12/601].
1790 - the published 1790 census of Middleton is short and shows no Buzzell
households which strongly suggests it is incomplete [census].
1790 Feb 10 - Wiliam Buzell, John Buzell, Wiliam Buzell 2, Jonathan Buzzell,
and Aaron Buzzell, and other inhabitants of Middleton NH and "adjacent towns"
signed a petition for a magistrate [NH State Papers 12/603].
1795 Dec 4 - from John Kenison of Middleton husbandman, to William Buzzell
Jr of Middleton gentleman, for 30#, land in Middleton being 1/2 the original
right of John Hall. Signed: Wit: Ack: 17 Oct 1801. Rec:
7 Oct 1809 [Strafford Co NH Deeds 62/189].
1798 - tax records show the following Buzzell families as owner/occupants in
Middleton: Jonathan 188a, Jonathan 50a, William 100a, William Jr 100a [Fipphen,
1798 Direct Tax, NH Dist. #13, p50].
1809 Jun 28 - from William Buzzell Jr of Middleton, husbandman, for $100, to
Robert Mathes of Milton & Daniel Whitehouse of Middleton, husbandmen, 70 acres
in Middleton, being 1/2 the lot drawn to the original right of John Hall; Mary
wife of Wm Buzzell releaser her dower rights. Ack: 28 Jun 1809 [Strafford Co
NH Deends 62/192].
1809 Oct 20 - from William Buzzell yeoman of Middleton & William Buzzell Jr
clerk of Middleton, to Joseph Smith Esq of Dover, for $250, land in Middleton,
part of lot #9 in 1st division; Mary wife of William Buzzell released her dower
rights. Signed: Wit: Ack: 20 Oct 1809. Rec:
[Strafford Co NH Deeds 61/435].
1809 Oct 20 - from William Buzzell Jr clerk of Middleton, to Joseph Smith
Esq of Dover, for $200 ; Peggy Buzzell wife of William
Buzzell Jr released dower rights. Signed: Wit: John Towne. Ack: 20
Oct 1809. Rec: [Strafford Co NH Deeds 61/437].
FAMILY RECORD:
Elijah Buzzell - s/o William 4 William 3 William 3 John 2. Children:
a) Andrew M -.
b) Ebenezer -.
[Rev. Herbert Leslie Buzzell mms].
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Elijah Buzzell - s/o William 4 William 3 John 2 Simon 1. Children -
Middleton NH:
a) Andrew - m Sarah Frost.
b) Ebenezer - m Nancy Bickford.
[Buzzell mms by Lloyd Davis, RR 1 Box 68B, West Danville VT 05873 3/95].
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