Thomasine 'Tamoson' Buffum

Tamasin Ward was born 1607 in Holy Trinity, Coven. England, and died 23 MAR 1688 in Salem, Essex Co, MA. She was the daughter of George Ward and Dione Burrow.

family

She married

1. John Thompson
2. Robert Buffum 11 MAY 1634 in St. Walsham, Norfolk, England, son of James Bougham and Margery Raylton. He was born ABT 1590 in Buffum, Yorkshire, England, and died 06 AUG 1669 in Salem, Essex Co, MA.

Family 1  John THOMPSON  Married  29 Nov 1632  St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [2]  Children 

• 1. Margaret [THOMPSON] BUFFUM,   b. cir 1633, England ,   d. 12 Nov 1678, Salem, MA

Family 2  Robert BUFFUM,   b. cir 1590, prob Buffam, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 06 Aug 1669, Salem, Essex, MA   Married  11 Aug 1634  St Lawrence, South Walsham, Norfolk, England   [2, 3]  Children 

• 1. Joshua BUFFUM,   b. 22 Feb 1635, Salem, MA ,   d. 19 Aug 1705, Salem, MA
•   2. Mary BUFFUM,   b. cir 1637, Salem, MA ,   d. Bef 1707
•   3. Deborah BUFFUM,   b. 1639, Salem, MA ,   d. 1675
•   4. Damaris BUFFUM,   b. 30 Jan 1641, Salem, MA ,   d. Died young
•   5. Robard BUFFUM,   c. 30 Nov 1643, Salem, MA ,   d. 19 Jun 1645
•   6. Lydia BUFFUM,   b. 19 Feb 1644, Salem, MA ,   d. 1718
• 7. Sarah BUFFUM,   b. Abt 1648, Salem, MA ,   d. 22 Nov 1704/5
• 8. Caleb BUFFUM,   b. 29 Jul 1650, Salem, MA ,   d. 24 Nov 1731

ancestry

Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants says although proof of George Ward's (Thomasine's father) parentage is lacking, it is "highly probable from naming patterns and chronology alone," Thomasine (Ward) Thompson Buffam
is probably a descendant of Henry II, King of England, d. 1189 through his illegitimate som, William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury. (See Gary Boyd Robert's Noteable Kin #52)

notes

In her brother's will of 1666, recorded in the Archdeaconry of Norfolk County, England, Jeffrey Ward of Great Yarmouth left "£100 to Thomosin Buffam, my sister, now or late the wife of Robert Buffam in New England."

The first Quaker meeting in New England was held at the home of Joshua Buffum, Robert and Tamoson's oldest son. (1647?) During the next 30 years or so Tamoson and her son Joshua were chastised many times for attending Quaker meetings and for absenting themselves from public worship. Robert Buffum seems not to have been as enthusiastic about the Quaker religion, as his name is not mentioned along with his wife's.

Tamoson and her son Joshua seem to have been "free spirits," for in 1680 they along with some others were admonished by the Society of Friends (Quakers) also, for "disorderly walking....We left them very stubborn and ofjectionable, refusing to give plain answers..."

Also spelled as Tamazen or Tamoson Ward.

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  • 1. [S186] Descendants of Robert Buffum, sketch in The Massachusetts Magazine, Lucie Marion Gardner, (Salem MA, The Salem Press Co. (Jan 1910) ).
  • 2. [S188] Buffum Family Vol II, Owen A Perkins, Historian, Buffum Family Association, (Buffum Family Assoc. Inc., New York, 1983).
  • 3. [S198] 1701 The Four Blessing Sisters, Walter Goodwin Davis, (American Genealogist, Vol. 33).