Peter
Buffington
Jr.
Born about in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of Peter Buffington
and Hannah (Waite) Buffington
Brother of
Esther (Buffington) Evans, Moses Buffington, Esther Buffington, Samuel Buffington, John Buffington, Hannah (Buffington) Pearson [half], Richard Buffington, Phoebe (Buffington) Brooks, Sarah Buffington, Sarah (Buffington) Hart and Charity Buffington
Husband of
Sarah (Mooney) Buffington
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Peter Buffington, Abigail (Buffington) McClure, Nancy (Buffington) Pearson and Richard Buffington
Died about
at about age 40
[location unknown]
Profile managers:
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Contents |
Biography
Peter was a Friend (Quaker)
Peter was born about 1753. Peter Buffington ... He passed away about 1794. He was the son of Peter Buffington and Hannah Waite. Peter is said to have gone to Canada to avoid conscription in the Rev War, sending his family to Hopewell Meeting in Virginia. They had dealings in Elbert Co. GA and after the war Peter returned to GA to make peace with the new goverment.
Family
- He married Sarah Mooney about 1775. They had the following children:
- Joseph Buffington (1775–1823)
- Sarah Buffington (1784– )
- William Hester Buffington (1784– )
- Peter Buffington III (1786–1840)
- Abigail Buffington (1791–1822)
- Nancy Buffington (1791–1865)
- Richard Buffington (1793–1857)
Sources
- Moses Buffington to Peter Buffington, December 8, 1779, Manuscript Collection 101, Georgia Historical Society Library, Savannah; Mekeel, The Quakers and the American Revolution, 392. This collection consists of a letter from Moses Buffington in Savannah, Georgia to his father, Peter Buffington, Sr., dated December 8, 1779. The letter relates Moses' experiences during the siege on Savannah by British troops during the Revolutionary War. In the letter, he also mentions his brothers and friends. A typescript of Buffington's letter is also in the collection.
- Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Effingham County); Probate Place: Effingham, Georgia. Name: George H Shuman Sr, Probate Place: Effingham, Georgia, USA, Inferred Death Place: Georgia, USA. Ancestry Record 7613 #600357, Free Ancestry Document View
- See also:
- Family Tree PID#: KNQN-XR2
Acknowledgements
- First-hand information as remembered by Brandon Buffington, Tuesday, May 20, 2014.
- First-hand information as remembered by Danielle Ellis, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peter:
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~1.56%
Dan Henderson
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Audrey (Pearson) Jones :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A193198 [compare]
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~0.78%
Angela (Jones) Harlan :
23andMe, GEDmatch A630377 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A630377 [compare], Ancestry member angelaharlan55
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Lynna Blankenship :
23andMe, GEDmatch M277179 [compare]
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~0.78%
Danielle (Thompson) Ellis :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T894681 [compare], FTDNA kit #715241
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T Stanton
The marriage needs a primary source. I can find no record of this marriage.
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Christina Jobe
Buffington-427 and Buffington-351 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
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by Christina Jobe
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