Henry Buford Sr. (bef. 1684 - 1720)

Born before 15 Mar 1684 in Christchurch Parish, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Osborne) Parsons Buford — married 12 Sep 1707 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1720 after age 35 in Christchurch Parish, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: US Southern Colonies Project WikiTree [send private message]

Henry Buford Sr. resided in the Southern Colonies in North America before 1776. Join: US Southern Colonies Project Discuss: southern_colonies

Biography

Henry Buford (Beaufort) was baptized on 15 Mar 1684 in Christchurch, Virginia, to parents Thomas and Mary. He married Mary (Parsons) Osborne on 12 Sep 1707 in Middlesex, Virginia, widow of John Parsons and daughter of Henry Osborne.^[1]

Their children were:^[1]

• William, b 17 Jun 1708
• Col. Henry, Jr., b 1710
• James, b 1712
• Thomas, b 11 Apr 1716
• John, b 2 Feb 1718

Henry Buford died on 16 Jan 1720 in Middlesex, Virginia.^[1] His will is dated 15 Jan 1720; it names his two older sons who were of age, his three younger sons who were underage, his "daughter-in-law" (stepdaughter) Mary Parsons, and his brother Thomas, and references his late wife (not named). He bequeaths and does not emancipate two enslaved persons, a man George and a woman Janne, "[s]he and her increase... for ever."^[2] "Personal estate amounted to £3,327, very large for the time."^[1]

Disputed relations

Temperance, wife of Samuel Snead of Anson county, North Carolina, was not a daughter of this family (and was a Burford, not a Buford).

There is no evidence Henry had a daughter named Letitia.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Buford, Marcus Bainbridge. A genealogy of the Buford family in America, with records of a number of allied families. San Francisco: n.p., 1903, pp. 18, 271.
2. ↑ Middlesex Wills Vol B 169801754, Will of Henry Buford, 15 Jan 1720, probated 7 Feb 1720, FHL #2024835 images 51-54 of 615 - viewable on Ancestry with subscription; viewable on FamilySearch only from a Family History Library or affiliate

• Virginia Census, 1607-1890
• Virginia Births and Christenings 1584-1917
• Christ Church Parish, Virginia Deaths, 1653-1812
• Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages, 1653-1812
• The Loyalists in North Carolina During the Revolution
• Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution
• Buford Family in America, Edition: Rev. and enl. ed., Publication info: La Belle, Mo Mildred B. Minter 1924
• Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford, Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607–1800 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1986); Page 93
• The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia, by Landon C. Bell. Vol. II. 1927 p. 178.