Mary (Unknown) Buford (1664 - 1720)

Born 1664 in Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia

Wife of Thomas Buford Sr — married 1681 in Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1720 at about age 56 in Christ Church, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Mary was born about 1664 in Virginia.^{[citation needed]}

Disputed Origins: Mary's maiden surname is unproven. Some say it is Early and others Warren; we have seen no proof either way. However, this Mary could not be the daughter of Thomas Warren and Mary Hackley. In 1749 Thomas wrote his will, leaving a legacy to his daughter, Mary Buford.^{[citation needed]} This could not be Mary Buford, wife of Thomas Buford (died 1716), because she died in 1720. Mary Warren, daughter of Thomas and Mary Warren, certainly married a Buford, but not this one (Thomas).

Mary married about 1681 Thomas Buford.^{[citation needed]}

She died 29 December 1720 in Middlesex Co, Virginia,^[1] and is buried at Christ Church Cemetery, Christchurch, Middlesex County, Virginia.^[2]

Children:

1. Thomas Jr.,
2. Henry Edmond,
3. Mary.

Sources

1. ↑ Christ Church Parish, Virginia Deaths, 1653-1812: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia from 1653 to 1812.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #202598476

See also:

• Buford Family in America by Marcus Bainbridge Buford, 1844-1914
• Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford, Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607–1800 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1986); Page 93; Quote: BEUFORD Henry⁴, son of Thomas and Mary (_____); b. 1684 Lancaster Co.^{[Note #1]}; d. 16 Jan. , 1720; m. 12 Sept., 1707, Mary (Osborne) Parsons, wid. of John and daug. of Henry Osborne. Free II:178.
  • The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia, by Landon C. Bell. Vol. II. 1927 p. 178. Quote: Thomas³ Beauford (b. in Lancaster County, Va., 1663, d. Dec. 9, 1716), son of John and Elizabeth (Parrot) Beauford, married Mary (last name not known), who died Dec. 29, 1720. They had three children...
  • The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia, by Landon C. Bell. Vol. II. 1927 p. 178. Quote: Henry⁴ Beauford, Sr. (b. 1684, baptized March 15, 1684, d. Jan. 16, 1720,—will dated Jan. 15, 1720,—personal estate £3,327—very large for the time), son of Thomas and Mary Beauford of Lancaster County, Va., married September 12, 1707, Mrs. Mary Parsons, widow of John Parsons and daughter of Henry Osborne.^{[Note #2]} They had five children...

    Note #1: Note that portions of Lancaster county were broken out into Middlesex county in 1674, so perhaps this source should instead read Middlesex?

    
    

    Note #2: Henry Osborne married, first, Mary Simpson, Aug. 1684, daughter, Mary (b. 1685–1687), married John Parsons, Sept. 28, 1704. Henry Osborne married, second, Alice George, May 15, 1688, daughter Ann, baptized April 28, 1689.