Joshua
Buffum
Born in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Buffum
and Thomasin (Ward) Buffum
Brother of
Margaret (Thompson) Smith [half], Deborah (Buffum) Wilson, Lydia (Buffum) Hill, Sarah (Buffum) Bean and Caleb Buffum
Husband of
Damaris (Pope) Buffum
— married
before 1663 in Salem, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Buffum, Robert Buffum, Robard Buffum, Damaris (Buffum) Ruck, Ratier Buffum, Ratier Buffum, Joshua Buffum and Samuel Buffum
Died
at age 69
in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Nov 2014
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Biography
Joshua was a Friend (Quaker)
Joshua Buffum was born to Robert and Tamson (sic) Buffum, February 22, 1635/6, at Salem, Massachusetts.[1]
Joshua married Damaris Pope by 1663, at Salem, Massachusetts.[2]
Joshua and his wife were both Quakers, and appeared in court for attending Quaker meetings.[3]
Joshua Buffum died October 19, 1705, about age 70.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Salem Volume 1, pg 135
- ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 1, page 237
- ↑ The Essex Genealogist'. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Reference Volume 22, page 216
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Salem Volume 5, page 123
- Perley, Sidney History of Salem, Volume 2, pages 39-40
- Biographical info: Cutter, William Richard Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3, published 1908. Reference page 1347
- Genealogy of Buffum: Austin, John Osborne One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families New England, reference pages 43-45
- Essex Institute historical collections Reference Volume 50 (1914), pages 245-252, especially 247
Notes
- Joshua Buffum was a builder of vessels
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