John Buffington (1682 - 1736)

Born 1682 in Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Died 24 Aug 1736 at about age 54 in West Bradford, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

John Buffington, m. Sarah Eavenson, d/o Thomas and Elizabeth Woodward Eavenson, of Thornbury. John Buffington died in 1736, leaving four children, John, Thomas, Mary and Sarah. His widow married Anthony Arnold on 9, 30, 1737 at Bradford MM, later Sarah & children were granted certificate to Concord MM. Also mentioned in the Concord minutes was Thomas Buffington, who was granted a certificate to Newark MM to marry Sarah Heald on 8/3/1747; John Buffington who was granted a certificate to Bradford MM 1742; Mary Buffington, who married contrary to discipline a Mr. Morgan, 4/1/1741; and Sarah Buffington, who was disowned on 9/2/1754. These may have been the children of John Buffington and Sarah Eavenson. Anthony Arnold died in Sept, 1746, in East Bradford, leaving one child, Hannah, who became the wife of Col. Isaac Taylor. John Buffington Jr. may have had the following children: Richard, Robert, Joshua, Jacob and Caleb Buffington.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Thomas Buffington for creating WikiTree profile Buffington-179 through the import of dq2201_173032fbsz725291dii101.ged on Jan 22, 2013.