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Facts and Events
References
- Thomasine Ward Buffum, in Find A Grave
Memorial# 7885486.
- Davis, Walter Goodwin. The Four Blessing Sisters, in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
33:199- 201, 1956 .
Thomasine Ward, born c1606, was the daughter of George and Dionus (Burrow) Ward of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. She married first at St. Nicholas church in Great Yarmouth, John Thompson on November 29, 1632. They had one daughter, Margaret. She married second, on August 11, 1634, widower Robert Buffum, at South Walsham, Norfolk. Robert was presumably the son of James and Margery (Raylton) Bougham. Soon after the birth of their daughter Mary, they came to New England as on October 29, 1638, Robert Buffum appeared at the Salem town meeting asking for a land grant. In 1666, her brother Jeffrey Ward of Great Yarmouth, bequeathed L100 to 'my sister Thomasine Buffum, now or late the wife of Robert Buffum of New England
- The Puzzling Will of Rebecca Bacon of Salem, Mass., in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
73:23-4: 29--30 , 1998 .
- Holden, Barbara. The Salem Quakers, in The Essex Genealogist (Massachusetts). (Lynnfield, Massachusetts: Essex Society of Genealogists)
22:215-6 , 2000 .
Tamosin corresponded with relatives in Devonshire, England and they sent her yearly presents until she became a Quaker, after which communications with the family ceased. She and her children became strong Quakers, and suffered for their faith. [1] Children Margaret (Thompson) Smith, sons Joshua and Caleb, and daughter Deborah (Buffum) Wilson, were all active participants in the Friend's meetings, although it appears that Robert was not a strong follower.
- Austin, John Osborne. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families. (Salem, Massachusetts, 1893)
43-4.
- Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015)
v2, p 175-6.
25 Nov 1678 deposition "of Mary Buffum alias Mary Neale, aged about 30 years, that when her father Robert Buffum was sick she tended upon him until he died ..."
Agreement dated 2 Apr 1679: "by Tamasing Buffam, relict of Robert Buffam of Salem, with her two sons Joshua and Caleb Buffam and her sons-in-law, John Hill, Robert Willson, Wm. Beane and Jeremiah Neale withe reference to the estate of her deceased husband ... Lidia my daughter, wife of John Hill ..."
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