There are few available records, however, according to the Newfoundland Grand Banks page for Newfoundland Buffetts[1], William Buffett was born in 1822 in Mosquito, Fortune, to John Buffett and Rebecca Durnford.
Marriage
Name William Beaufit
Event Date 25 Nov 1851
Event Place Grole, Hermitage, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Mary Masden
Spouse's Gender Female[2]
Both residents of Grole. Witnessed by William Bole.
↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Y-9T5B : 8 May 2015), William Beaufit and Mary Masden, 25 Nov 1851; citing Marriage, Grole, Hermitage, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William: