George Conrad Buck Sr. UEL (1740 - abt. 1805)

Born 14 Jan 1740 in Valley, Miesbach, Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Husband of Elizabeth (Hopp) Buck — married about 1761 in Fonda, Albany, New York

Descendants

Died about 1805 at about age 64 in Kingston, Frontenac, Upper Canada

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Biography

George Buck was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

This profile is part of the Buck Name Study.

This profile is part of the Kingston, Upper Canada One Place Study.

Birth

George Buck was born in Germany on January 14, 1740^[1], and was baptised on January 24th^[2]. and with his parents [Buck-4746|Friederich Buck]] and Mary Maker and brother Phillip immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sometime around 1744. George and his parents eventually settled in New York while his brother Phillip went back to Pennsylvania. After the Revolutionary War, as a Loyalist (Loyal to the King) George relocated to Canada.

Marriage

George Buck married Elizabeth HOPP Abt. 1765 in New York, daughter of Jan Hopp and Elizabeth KASEBY. She was born May 1742 in Dutchess, New York, and died September 10, 1823 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.

Military

During the American revolution George assisted and directed people involved in spying for the British forces. He was unable to serve in the army because he had been crippled as a result of a broken leg.
George was a United Empire Loyalist, Order in Council, 7 April 1807. It shows in records that he drew rations for his wife, himself, and a family, which consisted of "2 sons over the age of 10, 2 sons under 10, 4 daughters over 10, and 2 daughters under 10."^[3] After the war he moved with his family to Kingston, Ontario. He drew 3 lots on 4 July 1785: Lot 18. 4 Con. - Lot 5. 4 Con. - Lot 10. 4 Con. George had a Crown Deed for Lot 24 in 4 Con. Kingston Township.

"#1190 Claim of George Buck, late of Tryon Co. Lodged in England by Capt. Gomersal. Michl Grass, Wits. Says Claiment has met with an accident lately, which has made him quite a cripple. He is unable to travel to Montreal. He is a native of Germany. Came to America quite a child lived in Tryon County. He was then a cripple & could not serve, but he was very Loyal. Went to Canada in ‘81 on acct. of his Loyalty. He was driven from his Farm by the Rebels. He now resides at Cataraqui. Witness speaks very favourable of him."^[4]
"He had no Land of his own but was on hired land. He lost a horse & a colt & cow & some grain. Witness remembers that he had the horse, colt & cow & thinks that he lost them by being driven from his place. He came into Canada helpless & Stript of all his property."^[4]

Children of George and Elizabeth

1. Catherine (Buck) Horning (1761-1839)
2. Hannah (Buck) Smith (1767-1839)
3. Margaret Mary (Buck) Ashley UE (1768-1840)
4. Mary (Buck) Smith (abt.1768-1839)
5. George Frederick Buck UE (abt.1770-1856)
6. Frederick R Buck UE (abt.1778-abt.1864)
7. Susannah (Buck) Christopher (abt.1780-abt.1850)
8. Adam Buck (1783-1831)
9. Eva (Buck) Howe (abt.1783-abt.1840)

Residence

They moved to Kingston Township in 1784 where they raised their eleven children.

Death

George lived until about 1807. When Elizabeth died about 1830(?), she left 11 children, 39 grandchildren, 77 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren. The descendant to be mentioned most is George Buck junior, born in 1770 and married to Ann (Hannah) Snook, daughter of Martin Snook and Elizabeth Schauerman, both Loyalists

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKG-MXPH : 28 October 2021), Georg Conradt Buck, 24 Jan 1740; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Reichenbach, Reichenbach, Saalfeld, Sachsen-Meiningen, Deutschland, Homburg u Reichenbach, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
2. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKG-MXPH : 28 October 2021), Georg Conradt Buck, 24 Jan 1740; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Reichenbach, Reichenbach, Saalfeld, Sachsen-Meiningen, Deutschland, Homburg u Reichenbach, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
3. ↑ Early Ontario Settler, A Source Book, by Norman K. Crowder Page 63
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} LOYALIST IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST, PART II, VOL XX, MONTREAL Part II Vol. 1 Montreal, 1788 page 1259 CD#144 FTM

1808 Canadian Land Records

• “I, Adam Buck, of the Township of Kingston, yeoman, devisee of the last Will and Testament of George Buck, deceased, lay my claim to the west half of Lot #3 in the Third Concession of the township of Kingston, on the north end of Lot # 10 in the Fifth Concession of the township of Kingston, County of Frontenac, Midland District, Province of Upper Canada, containing about 200 acres . … to those persons who may be entitled to obtain lands in the province, as heirs or devices of the nominees of the crown in cases were no patent has issued for such lands for the purpose of establishing my title there to as devisee of the late George Buck, deceased, who was the original nominee of said Land. Dated 1 January 1808.”

See also:

• http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=b&line=680
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR4V-LQV
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/4590788/person/-1179244131/facts
• The Old United Empire Loyalists List United Empire Loyalist Centennial Committee, Toronto January 1, 1885 Genealogical Publishing Com pg. 137

Acknowledgements

• Buck-2644 was adopted by Tom Quick, Quick-803 01:43, 14 February 2017 (EST).