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A genealogical style listing, giving you a concise history of the second through fifth generations of the Captain Daniel Bucklin family.

Second Generation

Jabez Bucklin  reference number Buck105 and Mary Bishop were married on 15 Apr 1787 in Rehoboth, Rhode Island. Mary Bishop was born UNKNOWN. She died UNKNOWN . She is reference number Buck104. Note for future research that Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island at Vol 1, p 1374 gives the wife of Jabez as "Lydia." Jabez appeared in the census in 1790 in Providence, Rhode Island.[15]

Jabez Bucklin and Mary Bishop had the following children:

+9 i. William Bucklin, born on 3 Aug 1787; married Mary Church, on 18 Jun 1810, Providence, Rhode Island16; died on 15 May 1864, Providence, Rhode Island; [11,17]

10 ii. George Bucklin was born UNKNOWN. He died UNKNOWN . He is reference number Buck608.

Third Generation

9. William Bucklin1 (Jabez-2, Daniel-1) was born on 3 Aug 1787 [1]. He died in Providence, Rhode Island on 15 May 1864 .[11,17] He died in 1864 .[1] He was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1,7,18]  He is reference number Buck304. Note for further research that this may well be the William Bucklin noted as having the house at 8 Arnold Street, Providence, RI

William Bucklin and Mary Church were married on 18 Jun 1810 in Providence, Rhode Island.[16] Mary Church1 (daughter of Nathaniel Church and Mary Thayer) was born in 1791.[1] She was born on 3 Sep 1791. She died in 1841 .[1] She was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1,7] She is reference number Buck344. William Bucklin and Mary Church had the following 13 children:

11 i. George Bucklin was born on 1 Apr 1811. He died UNKNOWN . He is reference number Buck610.

12 ii. William Bucklin was born on 9 Sep 1812. He died before 1912 . He is reference number Buck611.

13 iii. Henry Bucklin1 was born in 1814.[1] He was born on 21 Sep 1814. He died in 1821 .[1] He was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1,7] He is reference number Buck612.

14 iv. Sarah Bishop Bucklin was born in 1816.1 She was born on 24 Oct 1816. She died in 1896 .[1 ]She was also known as Sarah B. Bucklin.[1] She was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1,7] She is reference number Buck1050.

15 v. Charles Bucklin1 was born in 1818.[1] He was born on 15 Aug 1818. He died in 1837 [.1] He was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1,7] He is reference number Buck614.

16 vi. Daniel Bucklin1 was born in 1820.[1 ]He was born on 9 Sep 1820. He died in 1847 .[1 ]He was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1,7] He is reference number Buck615.

17 vii. John Henry Bucklin1 was born in 1822.[1] He was born on 29 Sep 1822. He died in 1830 .[1] He was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1,7] He is reference number Buck616. John Henry Bucklin became a millionaire in California, according to the biography on him in Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island. Note for further research the California connections that may exist among this family, for example, the California land holdings of the husband of March Church Bucklin.

+18 viii. Mary Church Bucklin, born on 2 Sep 1824, Providence, Rhode Island [19]; married Robert B. Woodward, on 2 Jun 1847, Providence, Rhode Island19; died in 1883, San Francisco, California[19]. She is reference number Buck618

19 ix. Joseph Howard Bucklin was born on 17 Aug 1826. He died on 4 Jun 1877. [1] He was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1,7] He is reference number Buck998.

20 x. Edward Pearce Bucklin was born on 13 Jul 1828. He died UNKNOWN . He is reference number Buck619.

21 xi. John Carpenter Bucklin was born in 1830.[1] He was born on 30 Oct 1830. He died in 1910 .[1]He was also known as John C. Bucklin.[1] He was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island.[1,7] He is reference number Buck988.

22 xii. Jane Frances Bucklin was born on 12 Apr 1833. She is reference number Buck621.

+23 xiii. James Tibbetts Pearce Bucklin was born on 5 Mar 1836, 8 Arnold Street, Providence, Rhode Island [20]; married Hannah Hathaway White, on 25 Jun 1865 [21]; died in 1919 [1]. He is reference number Buck2240

Fourth Generation

18. Mary Church Bucklin (William-3, Jabez-2, Daniel-1)  reference number Buck618 and Robert B. Woodward reference number Buck841 were married on 2 Jun 1847 in Providence, Rhode Island.[[19] Robert B. Woodward (son of William Woodward) was born in 1824 in Providence, Rhode Island.[19] He moved to San Francisco, California about 1848 [ 22. 23 24].  

Woodward established the first hotel and restaurant in San Francisco.  It was named the "What Cheer House" (A Rhode Island greeting since the time of Roger Williams was "What cheer?" instead of "How are you?"). It is a California State Historical Site. The hotel was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, so the historical plaque is on the Wells Fargo building, where the hotel was.  A subsequent venture by Robert Woodward was Woodward's Garden Amusement Park. in 1856 in San Francisco was considered "the place" to go. It had gardens, a zoo, a park and picnic area, and a museum. It also is a California State Historical Site, but the building is gone. The plaque is on a restaurant called Woodward Garden, which stands on the site of the former Woodward's Garden Amusement Park.

Robert B. Woodward died in Napa, Napa County, California on 22 Aug 1879 .

 Mary Church Bucklin and Robert B. Woodward had the following six children:

24 i. Carrie Woodward was born before 1848 in Providence, Rhode Island.[19] She died UNKNOWN . She is reference number Buck1756.

25 ii. William Woodward was born in 1848 in Providence, Rhode Island.[19] He died UNKNOWN . He is reference number Buck1757.

26 iii. Sarah Bucklin Woodward was born in 1849 in Providence, Rhode Island.[19] She is reference number Buck1758.

+27 iv. Mary Church Woodward, born on 1 Dec 1856, Providence, Rhode Island19; married George Edward Raum, on 12 Apr 1882, Oak Knoll, Napa, California [19]; died on 10 Apr 1947, Berkeley, Alameda County, California[19]. She is reference number Buck1759.

28 v. Robert Woodward was born in 1858. He died in San Francisco, California on 15 Oct 1910 .[19] He is reference number Buck1998.

29 vi. Helen Jane Woodward was born on 29 Mar 1866 in San Francisco, California.19 She died in San Francisco, California on 13 Mar 1945 .[19] She is reference number Buck1999.

23. James Tibbetts Pearce Bucklin Col.25 (William-3, Jabez-2, Daniel-1) reference number Buck2240 served in the military with distinction.  His military record includes:

• First Sergeant , 1st RI Regiment at the Battle of Bull Run on 17 Apr '1861[30]
• Captain,  Companies  A, E,  and H, 4th Infantry Unit, on 17 Apr 1861Third Regiment [25-29]
• Major (a new military rank for the army) Rhode Island Artillery on 13 Apr 1862.[27,31] Wounded in battle while a major.
• Became the most senior Major commission in US Army on 9 Jan 1863.[33]
• Brevetted Colonel on 25 Mar 1867.  As Colonel, he was in command of the regiment in many battles of Civil War.
• He was in the Battles of Bull Run, Roanoke Island, Newbern, Fort Macon, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Siege of Suffolk, Hills Point, Petersburg. and Weldon Railroad. 
• Note: further research needed to verify this military record, brevett rank and the battle list.

After the Civil War, James returned to live in Providence, where he was appointed a harbormaster in Providence, Rhode Island in 1885

He died in 1919 .[1 ]He was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[34,35] He is reference number Buck2240. I

James Tibbetts Pearce Bucklin and Hannah Hathaway White were married on 25 Jun 1865.[21] Hannah Hathaway White (daughter of Dennis White and Elizabeth Presby Hathaway) was born in 1841 and died in 1911 .[1] She was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1,7] She is reference number Buck622.

James Tibbetts Pearce Bucklin Col. and Hannah Hathaway White had one child:

+30 i. Abby Robinson Bucklin, born UNKNOWN; died UNKNOWN. She is reference number Buck625.

Fifth Generation

27. Mary Church Woodward (Mary Church Bucklin-4, William-3, Jabez-2, Daniel-1) reference number Buck1759 and George Edward Raum were married on 12 Apr 1882 in Oak Knoll, Napa, California.[19] George Edward Raum was born on 22 Aug 1846 in Charlestown, Jefferson County, Virginia, and had in a Virginia military unit at New Market Battle in 1864, long before the marriage to Mary, a staunch Yankee.. He died in California in 1935 .19 He is reference number Buck2000.

30. Abby Robinson Bucklin (James Tibbetts Pearce-4, William-3, Jabez-2, Daniel-1) reference number Buck625  and Henry L. Slater were married UNKNOWN. Henry L. Slater was born UNKNOWN. He died UNKNOWN . He is reference number Buck626.

Photo of the charming Swan Point Cemetery area of one of the other intermarriages of the Slater and Bucklin families is on the left.

Sources

1. GEDCOM Submission RICT2000 to Jos Bucklin Soc (Transcription of the Rhode Island Transcription Project as of Nov 2000). Date of Import: 14 Mar 2001.

2. Rehoboth Vital Records Marriages, Vol 2 p 106.

3. Henry R. Chace, Henry Chace Papers (MSS 338), box 1, f. 17 and 18. "a house & store, an old wharf good" on the west side of Main street and north of Coin. Described in 1798 as a house 36 x 28 two story wood, a store 30 x 20 two story wood, and a barn 12 x 20:.

4. Providence Journal, July 23, 1776. PROVIDENCE, July 23, 1776—Capt. Daniel Bucklin of the privateer Montgomery of this port has returned from a cruise during which he took three valuable-prizes.... Captain Bucklin's prizes will be sold at auction in Providence at an early date.".

5. Providence Gazette. At age 73, an experienced naval commander according to the newspaper obituary note.

6. Headstone Data. In June 2000, the headstone was found broken in pieces from weather and portions missing. The only part still readable is "...seventy fourth .... of his age. An Honest Man is the Noblest Work of God ". Fortunately earlier transcribers recorded that this stone showed his name as Capt Daniel Bucklin born in Rehoboth and died May 7th 1805.

7. Rhode Island Cemetery Transcript Project.

8. Wills, Providence City Hall, Book 9, page 522 ,1805.

9. Rehoboth Vital Records Marriages, 3/329.

10. Carpenter Geneology, 139.

11. Headstone Data.

12. Rehoboth Vital Records Marriages, 3/56.

13. Providence Gazette, 27 Sep 1800 deaths.

14. Headstone Data, view by Leonard H. Bucklin, June, 2000.

15. U.S. Census, 1790. 3 males in household over age of 16, 1 male under 16, and 2 females, no slaves.

16. Providence Vital Records, 5/389.

17. Ibid., 5/398.

18. Headstone Data. This burial is in the section of the cemetery which was purchased by the First Congregational Society in 1848 (as soon as the cemetery opened), and to which were transferred the bodies interred in the West Burial Ground of Providence, which the Congregational Society had owned since 1785, but which was closed and build over after 1848. The date of William's death suggests he was a member of the Congregational Society and was not originally buried elsewhere.

19. Gladys Toy Joost, Note Submission GLA010322 to Jos Bucklin Soc.

20. J. H. Beers & Co., Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island (Chicago 1908), Vol 1, p 1274.

21. Ibid., p 1275.

22. Gladys Toy Joost, Note Submission GLA010322 to Jos Bucklin Soc. After marrying Mary Bucklin, he left for the gold fields of California, sending for her later. Their children Carrie, William Sarah and Mary were born in Providence, but his move to California is given as promptly after the marriage in 1847.

23. Ibid.

24. Ibid.

25. GEDCOM Submission KNE10204.FTW to Jos Bucklin Soc. RI, Co H, 11th Infantry Unit, Musician.

26. Virginia Leddy, Civil War Rosters Arranged By State (www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw.html, 28 Jan 2001). RI, Co A, E, H, 4th Infantry Unit, Maj.

27. Francis B Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 1789-1903 (US Government Printing Office, 1903), Vol II, p 84. He is in the list of Officers of the Regular Army who were killed or wounded in action or taken prisoner; Major, 4th RI Infantry.

28. Historical Data Systems, Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers (American Civil War Soldiers) (Ancestry.com, 1999). State served - RI, enlisted 17 Apr 1861, rank - Sgt., no age or place of enlistment given, Army - Union. Shown as James Tibbetts Pearce Bucklin.

29. Civil War Service Records (United States National Archives). Co A, 4th RI Infantry, Rank: Induction - 2nd Lt, Discharge - Major, Box 555, Extraction 1, Record 2961. Shown as James T Bucklin.

30. J. H. Beers & Co., Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, p 1274. This source lists him as 1st Sergeant, but actually he was a Major.

31. RIHS Manuscipts (Maintained by Rhode Island Historical Society), Buchannan - Burges file, James T P. Bucklin folder. Original commission, issued by Gov. William Sprague.

32. Ibid., Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society Records, Box 2 of 2, folder of Testimony of James T Bucklin concerning conduct of General Burnside.

33. J. H. Beers & Co., Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, p 1274.

34. Headstone Data. Grave is in the Congregational Society (now Unitarian) area of the cemetery.

35. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - National Graves Registration On-Line Database (downloaded 3-26-2006).

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