Clement
Buxton
Born about in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Unica (Unknown) Knapp
— married
about 1634 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Buxton) Husted, Clement Buxton, Eunice (Buxton) Higginbotham and Sarah (Buxton) Stevens
Died
at about age 42
in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
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Disputed Origins
No reliable sources have been found to support that Thomas Buxton and Isabell Browninge are the parents of Clement Buxton, and they have been disconnected.
Biography
Work and Career
"The lands of Clement "Buckston" were recorded in Stamford on 15 March 1650 (probably 1650/51) as part of the general inventory of real estate being made at that general time...."[1][2]
"By the time of the 1701 tax assessment he had accumulated a real estate valuation of 112 pounds that was among the more substantial holdings in the town."[1]
Death and Legacy
Clement Buxton died at Stamford on 2 August 1657,[3]"one of those Stamford citizens to succumb to the general illness at that time now thought to have been malaria."[1]
"His inventory was taken on 3 September 1657 by Richard Law and John Holly, and contained 4 bibles and other books in addition to the usual real estate, livestock and household items, probably indicating that he was a literate man. the same inventory also demonstrated that he had shoe-making equipment, and also clothes made of leather. Jeanne Majdalany studied this inventory in detail as well as those of several others that were recorded in the Town Records, and made the interesting observation that he was, "the only man listed as having a desk and also a wheelbarrow."[1]
The identity of his daughters is proven in the will of his widow Unity's third husband, Nicholas Knapp. "The will of Nicholas Knapp, made on 15 April 1670, probably shortly after her death, after providing for his own natural children, included the following provision for Eunice's daughters: "I give to my two daughters in law (i.e. stepdaughters) Viz: Sarah and Unice Buxton all their others clothes as a free gift: except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is that they should have owned of their portions: also I will and bequeath unto Unice Buxton the new bible as a free gift (also) My will is that the portions due to my two daughters in law, viz: Sarah Buxton and Uneca Boxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton I say that their portions be currently payd according to their proportion of that inventorie."[1]
Clement Buxton is buried in Old Cemetery, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA [4] along with his wife, Unica (Unknown) Knapp (abt.1615-bef.1670).
Research Notes
FreeReg UK shows only one name close to "Clement Buxton" in the appropriate time period: the baptism record for Clement Buxtones, in Northamptonshire, in 1611:
- County Northamptonshire
- Place Paulerspury
- Church name St James the Great
- Register type Unspecified
- Baptism date 08 Dec 1611
- Person forename Clement
- Person sex M
- Father forename Wm
- Mother forename Is
- Father surname BUXSTONES[5]
The abbreviated parental given names are potentially of interest; the father is William, not Thomas as originally shown in this profile... but the mother's abbreviated given name is shown as "Is", which seems likely to translate to "Isabel[l]", the name previously put forward for Clement's mother before the connection to the supposed parents was severed.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Connecticut Ancestry, November 2008, Vol. 51, No. 2, cited on http://www.dkdonovan.com/getperson.php?personID=I09564&tree=Main#cite2
- ↑ Robin G. Weed; Frederick C. Hart Jr., compiler. "Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut. Part 19 - Buxton" Connecticut Ancestry, volume 51 (2008), page 76, citing Stamford Town Records 1:37, transcription copy page 45
- ↑ Jacobus, Donald L.. "Stamford (Conn.) Town Records". The American Genealogist and New Haven Genealogical Magazine. Vol 10 July 1933. pp. 45. View on FamilySearch, Film # 008128263 Image 190.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97954171/clement-buxton
- ↑ Parish Register transcribed by Ilona Bricknell; https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58188f7be93790eca35c1789/clement-buxstones-baptism-northamptonshire-paulerspury-1611-12-08?locale=en
- Descendants of Clement Buxton
- Hart, Jr., Frederick C., Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 2008) Vol. 51, No. 2, Page 76-78.
- Huntington, Elijah Baldwin. Stamford Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths (Wm. W. Gillespie, Stamford, Conn., 1874) Page 20. Death record.
- Spiers, Robert. Work in Progress: Clement Buxton Sr. and Jr., Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Anc. Soc., Inc., Stamford, Conn., May 1993) Vol. 35, No. 4, WN 183, Page 176-178.
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edited by Michael Schroeder
Elizabeth was not named in Nicholas Knapp's will because she died in 1657 and Unica married Nicholas in 1659.
Also, Elizabeth Buxton was alive at the time of husband Robert Husted's death in 1704 but not at the time of some document dated 13 April 1711. Would you know what this document might be? The Elizabeth who died in 1657 was probably Elizabeth Brown, Nicholas Knapp's previous wife.
Is there any further information about him?
Note the abbreviated parental given names, "Wm" (vs. Thomas, as originally shown in this profile) and "Is", likely "Isabel[l]", as previously put forward for Clement's mother.
edited by Christopher Childs
Good work.
Do you have the time to add this information to the profile as a research note?
Thank you for supporting WikiTree. --Gene
No luck, however, in finding any trace on FreeReg UK (or elsewhere) of the origin or birth surname of wife Unica/Unice.
Good work.
From a broader search of all Great Migration sources on AmericanAncestors, only one mention of "Clement Buxton" returned--mention of him in the 1670 will of "Nicolas Knap of Standford." So, no entries returned from any of the other volumes in the Great Migration series, nor from the many, many issues of the Great Migration Newsletter.
Would seem support for his inclusion in PGM is lacking.
For the mention, See Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1136 in relevant part; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
Hope this helps.--Gene