BUFFINGTON Family of Great Marle, Thames

[Michelle Renslow]

Iam looking for info on Richard Buffington born 1655 in Great Marle, Thames, Buckinghamshire. MArried to Anne ?. Emigrated to America and died Chester CO, Pennsylvania. Any info would be helpful. So Thomas Buffington was born in Chester Co, Pennsylvania.

[Carmela]

Hi Michelle,
First of all, I think the village that you are interested in, is Great Marlow, Buckingshire. I guess you got your info from
the IGI. I just checked to see what they had and could not believe what I saw . They are all church member submitted
records and as such may be complete nonsense. The many different names given to Great Marlow shows that these submitters did not do much research.(I particularly like "Great Marble" ) There was one marriage extracted from original records, so there is some hope that some Buffingtons did actually live in Great Marlow in the 1600s.
 
Would I be right in guessing that your Buffingtons were Quakers? I have done some Bucks(short form of the county name) research, but don't know much about Quaker records.
If no one on RootsChat can help you, I would suggest that
you contact the local family history societies; there are two
of them, either or both will be very helpful. They will do
look-ups for a very reasonable fee. If the Buffingtons lived in Buckinghamshire for any length of time, they will be able to find any existing records. Very little is available online. See: 

http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/
 
http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/
 
A good place to learn more about genealogical research in England and details about each county, place names, parishes, etc. is  Genuki. Link to Bucks page:

 http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/
 
Hope this is of some help.
Good Luck in your search,
Carmela

[Michelle Renslow]

Thank you Carmella I will do that. It's funny Great Marble.

[Trisha]

Hi Michelle,
I hope you're still looking for this post.
I live in Marlow and have access to the baptism registers you mentioned.So I went and had a look.
Around that date there is no family called BUFFINGTON.
However ,there is a Family called BOVINGTON(They also spell it later on as BAVINGTON.They also have a Richard born in 1655 in Great Marlow.
Surnames at this time can change dramatically through illitracy or just bad spellings.
So in case you're interested:-

Birth-(not baptism)
March 15th 1655/6
Richard BOVINGTON-son of Thomas and Amie?(the question mark was in the register).
Hope that helps,if you think it's him I'll go back and try to find his father's birth.
Best wishes,
Trisha

[Michelle Renslow]

Trisha,
I am still looking for info on this family. I would guess Buffington might have been Bovington in the surname line. I would greatly appreciate any help or connections in England. I am real curious about these families. I have one line I can tie to, Stapylton's. Their family crest may be in Windsor Castle but not confirmed yet. on two lines I know of I am the 36th generation American and another maybe around 46th American. I love history.

Thanks in Advance for any info you have given to me, I know every little helps.

[behindthefrogs]

The Stapletons are one of the families notable for using a Saracen's head as their crest.  I am here using the term crest strictly to refer to the crest on top of the helmet not as the loose term for the coat of arms.  This crest alludes to crusading ancestors and may have been replaced by a fan of feathers or a cockscomb at a later date.  Other branches of the family used a Unicorn's Head or a Talbot (which is a breed of hound)

Exeter College, Oxford University uses the arms of its founder Walter de Stapledon (1314).  This shield is very difficult to describe. It is basically two bends nebully (diagonal stripes with jigsaw puzzle edges) with a border containing seven symbols which look a bit like keys.   

[Michelle Renslow]

Wow! Thanks for the description of the crest. Can you tell me where it's located?

[behindthefrogs]

The answer to where I found the information I am afraid is my bookcase.  It is mostly narative but Fairbournes Crests does contain some of the decription and a small black and white picture of the Saracen's head.

You ought to be able to find the Exeter College Coat of Arms by googling.  The book I got that from didn't have a crest illustrated but the college may. The shield again was black and white and not worth scanning.

Sorry

David

 

[Michelle Renslow]

thanks for the info! I can probably find the book, now I know where to look.