I’ve published a genealogy book about my Buck family. Much of the information in the book is also available on this blog. My book is available now as an ebook on Amazon and
will soon be available as a printed book.
See https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0847R7WG8/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
My branch of the Buck family is usually referred to as the “Buck Family of
Virginia”. The
first member of the Buck family to come to the New World was the Reverend
Richard Bucke who sailed from England on June 2, 1609 for Jamestown on the Seaventure. He was the second minister
of the Virginia colony and is probably best known for
performing the marriage ceremony of John Rolfe and Pocahontas in 1614.
The progenitor of my Buck family of Virginia was Thomas Buck (1618 - 1659) who left Gravesend, England for Virginia on August 21, 1635 onboard the
ship George when he was seventeen years old. There is no
known relationship between Thomas Buck and the Rev. Richard Bucke but there are several interesting, if perhaps
circumstantial, similarities. They were from the same general area in England and settled into the same area in Virginia. It seems highly likely that
Thomas would have known the children of Richard Bucke.
In Virginia, Thomas Buck settled into York County, Virginia and appeared to have been prosperous;
however, he died at the age of 41. His
will includes an inventory of his household goods which includes, among other
things, a Bible and 8000
nails. There is little information on
his children and grandchildren except for his great grandson Charles.
Charles Buck I was born about 1710 in York County and died in 1771 in the Shenandoah Valley. The three sons of Charles Buck I married three daughters of William
Richardson and Isabella Calmes in 1774. These three families had thirty-two
children. I am a descendant of Charles Buck
II through his son William Calmes Buck.
Although the Buck family is not often mentioned in history
books, they were a prominent and well-to-do plantation family in early Virginia. They were active in the
local economy, politics and religion of the Shenandoah Valley during the 1700's and 1800's. In the 1800s, many family members moved
westward, especially into Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.
The Buck family of Virginia also has connections to the Calmes, Ashby, Blakemore, Field, Helm, Neville, Payne, Pierce, Thomas, Bayly, Catlett, Sorrell and Mauzy families of Virginia and Maryland. Later, a strong connection to the Harrison family was developed in Texas.
All of this information and more is contained in the
book.