Deborah (Allen) Buckland (abt. 1637 - bef. 1690)

Born about 1637 in New Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Buckland — married 5 Nov 1659 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 27 Nov 1690 before about age 53 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Caution: Multiple Deborah Allens

The daughters of Bozoan Allen, of Hingham, both of whom died in childhood:

1. Deborah, Nov. 10, 1645, d. 3 Dec.; 1647.
2. Deborah, Nov. 20, 1648, d. 4 Feb. 1660-61.^[1]

Deborah, the daughter of William Allen of Salem, of whom Robert Charles Anderson states "no further record;" probably died in childhood.^[2]

Disputed Items

Date of Birth: Her birth date is often given as April 23, 1637 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. No such birth record is known to exist. The referenced date is almost certainly the baptismal date "borrowed" from the account at Salem about Deborah Allen, daughter of immigrant William Allen of Salem and Manchester, and his wife Elizabeth. See the Salem published record (1:34) at Massachusetts Vital Records Project.

Date of Death: Joseph Buckland had two wives named Deborah; the first died in 1690, the second in 1720. They are often confused with each other.

Biography

The Deborah Allen who married Joseph Buckland is identified as the daughter of John² (George¹) and John's wife Christian (birth surname unknown) Allen by Martin E. Hollick in his 2012 article, "John Barrows of Plymouth". Of this association, Hollick notes, "Both wife Christian and daughter Deborah Buckland were named in the will of John Allen dated 12 March 1689[/90], proved 27 May 1690," citing "Bristol County Probate 1:19."^[3] Hollick further refers to the Great Migration article^[4] featuring immigrant George Allen.

Based on the birth of her first child, she was born about 1635; based on records involving her father, this was somewhere in New Plymouth Colony. The New Plymouth Colony vital records are missing the first portion of the manuscript; what remains starts in the year 1647. ^[5]

Deborah and Joseph Bucklin were married on November 5, 1659 in Rehoboth.^[6] She was the mother to all nine known children.^[7]

Deborah was buried at Rehoboth, 27 November 1690.^[8]

Joseph married again, 17 October 1693,^[9] as her second husband, "Deborah, probably Pratt, daughter of Joshua^1 and Bathsheba (_____) Pratt. Joseph's second wife was born "say 1642" and died Rehoboth, 1 April 1720. Hollick's article identifies Joseph's second wife as the second wife and widow of John Barrows of Plymouth.

Sources

1. ↑ Lincoln, p. 19 At archive.org
2. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1:31-35 for William Allen article; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2012).
3. ↑ Martin E. Hollick, "John Barrows of Plymouth, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166 (2012):123 (in particular part); digital images American Ancestors.org (accessed 2013).
4. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 27-35; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013).
5. ↑ New Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 7, p.3 At archive.org
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-352G : 29 November 2018), Joseph Bucklin and Deborah Allen, 5 Nov 1659; citing Marriage, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
7. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1642-1895. Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths. Part 1. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1897. Page 560.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-1DC5 : 29 November 2018), Deborah Bucklin, 27 Nov 1690; citing Death, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
9. ↑ Citing (a) Frederic W. Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages prior to 1800 repr. 3 vols in 1 (...1968), 2:8" saying "his name spelled 'Bucland'" and (b) George Ernest Bowman, "Marriages Entered on the Court Records of Plymouth County, Mass." Mayflower Descendant 26 (1924):25-38 at 37" in Martin E. Hollick, "John Barrows of Plymouth, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166 (2012):123 (in particular part); digital images American Ancestors.org (accessed 2013).

See Also:

• Lincoln, George. History of the Town of Hingham, Volume II, Genealogical.
• http://www.bucklinsociety.net/Joseph-Bucklin-1-bio.htm contains extensive notes and sources for Deborah Allen.