William Buckman of the Welcome

"According to Bradfield Genealogy by Donald G. Armstrong, 'The Buckmans came to America as passengers on the Welcome with William Penn in 1682'. See files for a list of the goods the Buckman's brought with them to America.

William inherited the land rights of his bothers Edward and Thomas when they died without issue.

The Buckman's are believed to have spent their first winter in Pennsylvania in a cave south of Fallsinton.

William was appointed one of several to lay out a road from Newton to the Ferry on the second Wednesday in December 1693.

He was appointed to lay out another road from Wrightstown to Neshamineh Meeting House on 5 October 1697.

He was a juror in 1684, on the grand jury in 1688,1689,1691, and 1698 and a witness on 14 April 1698.

On 14 April 1697 records show that William sold land granted to him by the Proprietor on 13 Sept 1686 to John Shaw. Bucks Deeds 2:142

Recorded 11 Oct 1697, William bought land from Robert Webb. Bucks Deeds 2:143

Bucks Deeds 3:242, 3 Dec 1705. William purchased land from John & Priscilla Rowland (land that Priscilla had bought from William Penn 19 Aug 1681).

Bucks Deeds 4:34, Dec 1708 from Henry Cooper, blacksmith (son in law of William Buckman).

Patent to William Buckman granting him a city lot in the right of his two deceased brothers.

In 1703 William Buckman is shown as owner of a county lot of 668 acres, a Town lot of 59 acres on the west side of Newtown.

His first wife, Patricia Rowland died about 1690, probably as a result of childbed.

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William Buckman, of the parish of Billinghurst, in the county of Sussex, carpenter. Arrived in the Deleware river in the "Welcome", the Mr., Robert Greenaway, with his wife, Sarah, in the 8th Mo, 1682. Chirldren, Sarah and Mary Buckman. (Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641 - 1819)

The Welcome of William Penn's Fleet

Reconstructed Ship Passenger List: Deal to Pennsylvania, 1682

Reconstructing the Welcome Passenger List, August-October 1682 - a Genealogy Project

The Ship Welcome sailed from Deal, England, departing 31 August 1682, and arrived at the mouth of the Delaware River (New Castle) on 27 October 1682, later anchoring at Chester, Pennsylvania (28 October). William Penn and friends then went to Philadelphia. The ship's master was Robert Greenway. A passenger list has not survived, but much research has been done to show who may have been on the ship with William Penn. Here is a list of possible Welcome passengers ("proven" according to the Welcome Claimants - see sources below).

  1. John Barber, of Shipley, Essex; possibly died on the voyage

2. Elizabeth Barber, his wife (daughter of John Songhurst - see passenger #50)
3. William Buckman, born circa 1650 at or near Ballinghurst, Sussex
4. Sarah Buckman, his wife
5. Sarah Buckman, his daughter
6. Mary Buckman, his daughter
7. Joan Buckman, his mother
8. Ruth Buckman, his sister
9. Edward Buckman, his brother
10. Thomas Buckman, his brother
11. Thomas Fitzwater
12. Mary Fitzwater, wife of Thomas Fitzwater, died on voyage
13. Thomas Fitzwater, son of Thomas Fitzwater
14. George Fitzwater, son of Thomas Fitzwater
15. Josiah Fitzwater, son of Thomas Fitzwater, died on voyage
16. Mary Fitzwater, daughter of Thomas Fitzwater, died on voyage
17. Thomas Gillett
18. Bartholomew Green, servant (to Richard Townsend - see passenger #52)
19. Nathaniel Harrison, servant (to Richard Townsend - see passenger #52)
20. Jeffrey Hawkins
21. Dorothy Hawkins, his wife
22. Roger Hawkins, their son
23. James Hawkins, their son
24. Daniel Hawkins, their son
25. Jeffrey Hawkins, their son
26. Susanna Hawkins, their daughter
27. Elizabeth Hawkins, their daughter
28. Thomas Heriott, of Sussex, died on voyage
29. Richard Ingelo, son of English Church clergyman, Nathaniel Ingelo; returned to England circa 1686
30. Isaac Ingram, of Gatton, Surrey, died on voyage
31. Thomas Jones, servant of Dennis Rochford (see passenger #41)
32. William Lushington
33. Jeane Matthews, servant of Dennis Rochford (see passenger #41)
34. Hannah Mogeridge, servant of John Rowland (see passenger #45)
35. Joshua Morris
36. David Ogden, born 1655
37. John Ottey, servant of Thomas Fitzwater (see passenger #13)
38. Eleanor Pain (Ellinor Pain), daughter of James & Anne Paine of Brighton; servant of William Wade (see passenger #56)
39. William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania
40. James Portiff (or Proteus), servant of William Wade (see passenger #56)
41. Dennis Rochford, born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland in 1647
42. Mary Rochford, 2nd wife of Dennis Rochford
43. Mary Rochford, their daughter, died on voyage
44. Grace Rochford, daughter of Dennis Rochford & his 1st wife, died on voyage
45. John Rowland, of Sussex
46. Priscilla Rowland, wife of John Rowland
47. Thomas Rowland, brother of John Rowland
48. William Smith, servant of Richard Townsend (see passenger #52)
49. John Snashfold, died on voyage
50. John Songhurst, of Sussex, father of Elizabeth Barber (see passenger #2)
51. George Thompson
52. Richard Townsend
53. Ann Townsend, wife of Richard Townsend
54. James Townsend, their child, born on the Welcome
55. Hannah Townsend, Richard Townsend's daughter
56. William Wade, of Sussex, died on voyage
57. Zachariah Whitpaine, born in London 1665; married Sarah Songhurst (see below) in Philadelphia in 1686; son of Richard Whitpaine, a butcher, of London
58. Joseph Woodrooffe
59. Thomas Wynne, of Wales
Additional Possible Passengers

   * Thomas Buckman, son of William Buckman (see passenger #3); possibly died on voyage

* Benjamin Chambers, co-executor (with John Songhurst) of William Wade's will (see passengers #50 & #56)
* Hannah Ogden, sister of David Ogden (see passenger #36)
* Sarah Ogden, sister of David Ogden
* Mary Songhurst, wife of John Songhurst (see passenger #50)
* Sarah Songhurst, their daughter

Name: William Buckman Sex: M Change Date: 10 SEP 2006 Occupation: carpenter Birth: ABT 1650 1 Event: Lived BEF 1682 Billingshurst, Sussex, England 2 Immigration: 1682 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Note: William and Sarah Buckman came to Pennsylvania on the Welcome, the same ship William Penn first came on. 3 Death: 09 OCT 1716 in Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 4 Burial: 11 OCT 1716 Middletown Meeting, Pennsylvania 1 Probate: 26 OCT 1716 1

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William was baptized on Dec. 2, 1649, in Billingshurst, County Sussex, England, (England Births & Christenings, 1538-1975), to Edward Buckman and Joan Bagshaw, and died in Makefield or Newton Borough, Bucks Co., PA.

Before leaving England, the family purchased land from William Penn in Newtown, Bucks Co., PA.

He arrived with his surviving family and William Penn aboard the ship "Welcome" on Oct 28, 1682. Several family members died of smallpox at sea, including William's mother, Joan, two brothers, and young son, Thomas.

He first married (the former) Mrs. Sarah Michell Rowland in May of 1674, in Billingshurst, County Sussex, England. She died soon after the birth of William, Jr., on May 10, 1690, in Bucks Co., PA.