Clement Buxton

Parents unidentified. Clement Buxton was not a known son of Isabell Buxton & Thomas Buxton, which was previously shown on Geni.

Clement Buxton

• Birth: about 1615 in England
• Death: 2 Aug 1657 at about age 42 in Stamford, Connecticut Colony
• Parents: unknown
• Spouse: Unica (unknown) - married about 1634. She survived him, and married 2) Peter Brown 3) Nicholas Knapp.

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Biography

Note: Stamford was a part of New Haven Colony from Stamford's founding in 1641 until New Haven Colony was absorbed by Connecticut at the end of 1664. The county of Fairfield was formed on May 10, 1666, and included Stamford.

Updated from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Buxton-85 on 12 November 2024

Categories: Stamford, Connecticut | Shoemakers | Puritan Great Migration.

Disputed Origins

No reliable sources have been found to support that Thomas Buxton and Isabell Browninge are the parents of Clement Buxton, and they have been disconnected.

Work and Career

"The lands of Clement "Buckston" were recorded in Stamford on 15 March 1650 (probably 1650/51) as part of the general inventory of real estate being made at that general time...."[1]

"By the time of the 1701 tax assessment he had accumulated a real estate valuation of 112 pounds that was among the more substantial holdings in the town."[1]

Death and Legacy

Clement Buxton died at Stamford on 2 August 1657,[2]"one of those Stamford citizens to succumb to the general illness at that time now thought to have been malaria."[1]

"His inventory was taken on 3 September 1657 by Richard Law and John Holly, and contained 4 bibles and other books in addition to the usual real estate, livestock and household items, probably indicating that he was a literate man. the same inventory also demonstrated that he had shoe-making equipment, and also clothes made of leather. Jeanne Majdalany studied this inventory in detail as well as those of several others that were recorded in the Town Records, and made the interesting observation that he was, "the only man listed as having a desk and also a wheelbarrow."[1]

The identity of his daughters is proven in the will of his widow Unity's third husband, Nicholas Knapp. "The will of Nicholas Knapp, made on 15 April 1670, probably shortly after her death, after providing for his own natural children, included the following provision for Eunice's daughters: "I give to my two daughters in law (i.e. stepdaughters) Viz: Sarah and Unice Buxton all their others clothes as a free gift: except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is that they should have owned of their portions: also I will and bequeath unto Unice Buxton the new bible as a free gift (also) My will is that the portions due to my two daughters in law, viz: Sarah Buxton and Uneca Boxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton I say that their portions be currently payd according to their proportion of that inventorie."[1]

Clement Buxton is buried in Old Cemetery, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA [4] along with his wife, Unica (Unknown) Knapp (abt.1615-bef.1670).

Children

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-8319#Children

Children of Unica and Clement Buxton:[2]

1. Elizabeth Buxton, b c. 1639, d. Bef Apr 1711 (Age ~ 72 years)
2. Clement Buxton, b. c. 1646, d. 13 Jan 1724/25, Stamford, CT (Age ~ 79 years)
3. Eunice Buxton, b c. 1648, d. Aft 1702 (Age ~ 55 years)
4. Sarah Buxton, b. Aft 1655, Stamford, CT

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Research Notes

FreeReg UK shows only one name close to "Clement Buxton" in the appropriate time period: the baptism record for Clement Buxtones, in Northamptonshire, in 1611:

County Northamptonshire
Place Paulerspury
Church name St James the Great
Register type Unspecified
Baptism date 08 Dec 1611
Person forename Clement
Person sex M
Father forename Wm
Mother forename Is
Father surname BUXSTONES[5]
The abbreviated parental given names are potentially of interest; the father is William, not Thomas as originally shown in this profile... but the mother's abbreviated given name is shown as "Is", which seems likely to translate to "Isabel[l]", the name previously put forward for Clement's mother before the connection to the supposed parents was severed.

The Buxton Genealogy
By Jared L. Olar
December 2018
< link >

Nothing is known of Clement Buxton's ancestry or of where he lived in England before emigrating to New England. Some online genealogies claim Clement's father was Thomas Buxton (1575-1654), who was born and died in Wookie (or Wookey) Parish in Somersetshire, England, and that Clement's mother was Isabell Browninge, born 1579 in Yardley, Somersetshire, England, died 30 Dec. 1632 in Wookey Parish. However, Descendants of Clement Buxton (dead link) offers these remarks on Clement's possible origins:

>Where did Clement and Unica Buxton come from? Of course we assume they are from those parts of England associated with the Parlimentarians, but have no evidence to suggest what town or shire. Mrs. Robert Buxton of Albuquerque, NM, did much correspondance with areas associated with the name "Buxton" but found nothing. Robert Charles Anderson, compiler of the "Great Migration Study" at the New England Historical & Genealogical Society, felt it unlikely that evidence of Clement & Unica will be found in Colonial records prior to their appearance in Stamford, CT. He also found no evidence in English records while researching other families for the Study.

"Some earlier Buxton researchers made him the brother of Anthony Buxton of Salem, MA, but the current (1998) Historian for that group, Beatrice Buxton, has disproved the relationship beyond doubt. Also earlier researchers suggested he was associated with Oliver Cromwell during the rebellion, perhaps in Cromwell's army, but no evidence was cited nor has any been found. He appeared in Connecticut about 1647 when the English soldiers not needed for garrisons or for service in Ireland were being disbanded.

>"Another curiousity is whether Elizabeth Buxton, who was apparently born in England, was their daughter or his sister. Judging from their apparent ages she could have been his sister or even some other relative."

Following is an account of our Buxton ancestor:

Two Generations of the Buxton Family

1. CLEMENT BUXTON, possibly son of Thomas and Isabell Buxton, born circa 1610 in England, died of malaria 2 Aug. 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Clement's wife was EUNICE (NN), born circa 1613, died probably in early April 1670 in Stamford, Connecticut. Clement and Eunice had a son and three daughters. In contemporary records, Eunice's name is spelled "Unica" or "Uneca," and sometimes is misspelled "Unity." Clement death occurred during a general illness afflicting Stamford -- the disease is now thought to be malaria. After Clement's death, Eunice remarried on 22 July 1658 at Stamford, Connecticut, to PETER BROWN, whose wife Elizabeth had also died in 1657 probably of malaria. Peter himself died 22 Aug. 1658, not even a month after he married Eunice. She then married a third time on 9 March 1659 at Stamford to NICHOLAS KNAPP, born circa 1605 in England, died 16 April 1670 at Stamford, Connecticut.

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From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97954171/clement-buxton retrieved on 12 November 2024

Clement Buxton was born between 1610-1615 in England.

Clement married Unica aka Unity about 1634 in England. They were the parents of:

1. Elizabeth/abt 1636 (Mrs Robert Husted)
2. Clement III/abt 1646 m. Judith Prence
3. Eunice/abt 1648 (Mrs Jonathan Waterbury)
4. Sarah/abt 1655 (Mrs Joseph Stevens); 2 (Mrs Jabez Smith)

There is some confusion about Clement Buxton's wife. No maiden name has been documented. After Clement died in 1657, Unica aka Unity married Peter Brown the next year. Peter Brown died but a short month after they were married and Unica married for a third time, in 1659 Nicholas Knapp.

History of Stamford, Connecticut From Its Settlement in 1641 to the Present time by Rev. E. B. Huntington, A. M. Pg. 50-1:

PETER BROWN lost his wife Elizabeth here, Sept. 21 1657- and a child Ebenezer Aug 21,1658. His will was presented in the court, Aug. 19, 1658, and his inventory in Nov. of the same year, and testified to, upon oath, by widow Brown and Thomas Brown, Feb. 10, 1658. He had come from New Haven, where he had a daughter baptised Mercy, April 6, 1645, and Elizabeth Aug. 1, 1647. He married here, July 27, 1658, Unity, widow of Clement Buxton, and died Aug. 22, of the same year. His widow married Mar. 9, 1659, Nicholas Knapp."

"Buxton, Clement, died here in 1657. He owned land here, as appears from the boundaries of other lands on record still earlier. The inventory of his estate was taken Sept. 3, 1657, and apprized by Richard Law and John Holly. It was given in upon oath of the widow Unica Buxton, May 13, 1668[sic]. Clement Buxton, 2d, gave bonds here, April 19, 1686[sic], of twenty pounds, in an action against Daniel Scofield. This name is still represented among the citiizens of the town."

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References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Clement Buxton (abt.1615-1657)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Buxton-85 : accessed 13 November 2024). cites
   1. Connecticut Ancestry, November 2008, Vol. 51, No. 2, cited on http://www.dkdonovan.com/getperson.php?personID=I09564&tree=Main#cite2
   2. Robin G. Weed; Frederick C. Hart Jr., compiler. "Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut. Part 19 - Buxton" Connecticut Ancestry, volume 51 (2008), page 76, citing Stamford Town Records 1:37, transcription copy page 45
   3. Jacobus, Donald L.. "Stamford (Conn.) Town Records". The American Genealogist and New Haven Genealogical Magazine. Vol 10 July 1933. pp. 45. View on FamilySearch, Film # 008128263 Image 190.
   4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97954171/clement-buxton
   5. Parish Register transcribed by Ilona Bricknell; https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58188f7be93790eca35c1789/...
   6. Descendants of Clement Buxton
   7. Hart, Jr., Frederick C., Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 2008) Vol. 51, No. 2, Page 76-78.
   8. Huntington, Elijah Baldwin. Stamford Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths (Wm. W. Gillespie, Stamford, Conn., 1874) Page 20. Death record.
   9. Spiers, Robert. Work in Progress: Clement Buxton Sr. and Jr., Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Anc. Soc., Inc., Stamford, Conn., May 1993) Vol. 35, No. 4, WN 183, Page 176-178.
   10. Spiers, Robert William. The Descendants of Clement Buxton of Stamford, CT, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Anc. Soc., Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 1990) Vol. 32, No. 3, WN 170, Page 112.
2. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97954171/clement-buxton: accessed November 12, 2024), memorial page for Clement Buxton (1610–2 Aug 1657), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97954171, citing Old Cemetery, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Candee (contributor 47836631). cites
   1. History of Stamford, Connecticut From Its Settlement in 1641 to the Present time by Rev. E. B. Huntington, A. M.
   2. Stamford marriage record for Unica marrying Nicholas Knapp on 1 September 1659.
3. "History of Stamford, Connecticut" < link >Stamford is an east coast city that has had a long and storied past. Settled in 1640, it became the second town founded on Connecticut's Long Island Sound shoreline ... by roughly 130 people who helped settle this area for the geological location which provides easy trade access via the water.
4. "A Condensed History of Stamford, Connecticut" < The Stamford Historical Society Inc. > "The original name of Stamford was Rippowam, that's what the original inhabitants called it and the first European settlers continued the tradition."
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven_Colony New Haven Colony was an English colony from 1638 to 1664 that included settlements on the north shore of Long Island Sound, with outposts in modern-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.[1] The colony joined Connecticut Colony in 1664. ... Settlers from New Haven established Rippowam (later known as Stamford) and Southold on the North Fork of Long Island in 1640.
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield_County,_Connecticut Fairfield County was established by an act of the Connecticut General Court in Hartford along with Hartford County, New Haven County, and New London County; which were the first four Connecticut counties, on May 10, 1666.
7. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fesschequy/genealogy/Buxton.html cites
   1. Descendants of Clement Buxton (dead link)
   2. Darlene's Family Genealogy, with information on Clement Buxton and his family. < link > cites
      1. [S4955] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 November Vol. 51 No. 2.
      2. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.
      3. [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.
   3. GEN-UK-I: Wookey, England (dead link)
8. Clement Brown in New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635. Vol. 2, G-O. "Nicholas Knapp" sketch. Page 1135-1137; page 1136 < AncestryImage >. ... "married 2) Stamford 9 March 165[8/] Unica (__) (Buxton) Brown [TAG 10:113]. She was the widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she's not mentioned in her third husband's will."
   1. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1932-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11841/113/0 TAG 10:113. Stamford Brown Records. Brown, Peter married 22:5:58 Buxton, Unica. Knap, Nicholous married 9:1:59 Brown, Unica.