Timothy Buckbee

According to information provided by Gilbert L. Buckbee, Timothy Buckbee and his family were from Stratford-le-Bow, England, on the outskirts of London.

• Timothy Bugbye In England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• Gender: Male
• Christening: Feb 12 1576
•  Campton, Bedford, England
• Indexing Project (Batch) Number: P00506-1
• System Origin: England-ODM
• GS Film number: 908373

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THE PRESUMPTION IS THAT ALL THOSE IN THE UNITED STATES BEARINGTHE MANE OF BUGBY, BUGBEE, BUGBEY OR BUGBE ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF TWO BROTHERS, RICHARD AND EDWARD BUGBEE WHO WERE AMONG THE EARLIEST OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONISTS, RICHARD COMING OVER IN 1630 AND EDWARD IN 1634, BOTH OF THEM SETTLED IN ROXBURY, MA.

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Jessie May Buckbee had no record of this generation of the Buckbee family line. This information was provided to Robert Lynn Johnston in 2002 by Gilbert L. Buckbee, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, author of an extensive Buckbee genealogy.

No further specific biographical data on Timothy is available , other than the name Timothy Bugbee, with two sons, Edward Bugbee (or Bugby) and Richard Buckbee.

According to information provided by Gilbert L. Buckbee, Timothy Buckbee and his family were from Stratford-le-Bow, England, on the outskirts of London. The towns of Stratford and Bow are located just northeast of London on the road to Essex, at the junction of the rivers Lee and Thames, and are now a part of London. In old maps of London, "Bugbee Marshes", so called, was where the East India Co had its wharves and stores. See Stratford Bow extract (or just Bow, as it is more commonly referred to) from the book "London and Middlesex", Vol IV, 282-287, by James Norris Brewer (1816).

Supposedly the Buckbees were in possession of landed estates in this section of England at some point in time. In one branch of the family, there were "positive but not very definite" traditions of Welsh descent. This was founded on the supposition that one of the ancestors married a Welch maiden, daughter of a Thane. Others report a Spanish descent, born out by a "peculiarity in the eyes" of members of the family. Supposedly one of the family had married a Moorish-Spanish lady of rank, this relationship confirmed by the fact that the Bugbee family of Essex had a Moor's head for their crest. Still others report that the family was of Scotch origin and connected with the nobility. It has been said that the Buggens family of Scotland, the family of Boyd, and the ancient Earls of Arran are of similar ancestry. If so, the Buggens family are the descendants of a brother of Walter, who was created High Steward of Scotland. Walter, according to some authorities, was the son of Fleanchus, the son of Banquo, who after his father's death fled into Wales and there married a daughter of one of the Chiefs of the land, Griffitha Llewellyn, and bore sons, one of whom was the ancestor of the Earls of Arran, Kilmarnock, and Earrol. And finally, others report that the family came originally from Normandy, lived in Scotland, and did not return to north of London, England, until shortly before departing for America.

Gilbert L. Buckbee also advises that, though never documented, the Buckbee family can trace its ancestry to Edward III (1312-1377), son and successor to King Edward II, of England. Edward III was the king in whose reign the memorable Hundred Years' War with France began. Before Edward III commenced the struggle with the French, he invaded Scotland and laid that country waste, winning a number of victories that were only of temporary importance. He could not crush the Scotch spirit of independence. Edward III brought on the war with France by laying claim to the French crown, and in 1346 won the first great combat of the struggle, the famous battle of Crecy. In this battle he was assisted by his son, the Black Prince, a courageous lad of sixteen. Calais fell to the king's army after a year's siege, and in 1356 the Black Prince inflicted a terrible defeat on the French at Poitiers, capturing their king. Later, the English were less successful, and in 1375 Edward withdrew from the struggle because his country was exhausted. During the last years of his reign, he quarreled constantly with Parliament, the members of which were aided in their opposition by the Black Prince.

The origins of the Buckbee name go back to England. The name in America has had various spellings, the most common of these was initially Bugbee. The other variations were Bugby, Buckbe, and Buckby. The present spelling with two "e"s (Buckbee), is the old English method of spelling. The modern spelling in England is Buckby.

Gilbert L. Buckbee, previously mentioned author of an extensive Buckbee family genealogy, quotes from C. W. Beardsley's "Dictionary of English and Welch Surnames" (or possibly from a book, "Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages in America", author not known). The surname Bugbee or Bugby, as it formerly was spelled, appears to be derived from the English family and place name Buckby, although it has been traced to the old German "Boge to bend a bow".

EDWARD BUGBEE, HIS WIFE REBECCA AND DAUGHTER SARAH, SAILED THE LAST PART OF APRIL 1634 FROM IPSWICH ENGLAND, TO NEW ENGLAND ON THE SHIP "FRANCIS". HE SETTLED IN ROXBURY, MA, WHERE A BROTHER, RICHARD LIVED WHO HAD LEFT IPSWICH FOUR YEARS BEFORE WITH HIS WIFE JUDITH. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A SON OF EDWARD, JOHN, HAD COME WITH HIS UNCLE AND WAS IN ROXBURY WHEN HIS PARENTS ARRIVED.

EDWARD WILL BE CONSIDERED AS THE FATHER OF JOHN AND JOSEPH. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO RECORD OF ANY DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT HIS LINE BECAME EXTINCT AND THAT HE DIED WITHOUT ISSUE. HE WAS EARLY IN THE COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND UNDOUBTEDLY CAME OVER IN WITHROP'S FLEET. HE REQUESTED ADMISSION AS FREEMAN OCT. 19, 1630, AND WS SWORN MAY 19, 1631. IN 1631, HE AND JUDITH WERE COMMUNICANTS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF ROXBURY. HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGER BROTHER AND THE ROXBURY RECORD MAKES NO MENTION OF HIS DEATH, BUT HE MUST HAVE DIED PREVIOUS TO 1636 FOR HIS WIDOW HAD MARRIED ROBERT PARKER OF CAMBRIDGE, AND BORN HIM A SON, BENJAMIN, BORN JUNE 1639, AND THEN SARAH, BORN 1640.

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