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600 Acre Ancestor

William Bucklin, Our Six-hundred Acre Ancestor
By Kristen Ingram

"His first land in the New World was in 1634 on the north side of Weary-All Hill. The ship Elizabeth Dorcas brought his wife, Mary Bosworth, his small son, his wife's parents, and her brothers. He was born around 1606, christened 23 Nov 1606 and died in 1683, leaving offspring who helped build the new country and defended its independence in the American Revolution. His name was William and he was forefather of the New England Bucklins whose descendants now live all over this country. All the persons in the United States who have the surname "Bucklin" are almost certainly descendants of William. William's story is the beginning of a fascinating saga about an interesting family. " . . . . .Read the rest of the story

[Ed. note about this story and the author: This compelling narrative of William's life was donated to the Joseph Bucklin Society by professional writer Kristen Ingram, one of William's tenth-great-granddaughters. Recognized nationally for her professional writing talents, she has written twenty or so books you can buy in the bookstores. She says her two favorites are (a gift book) "I'll Ask My Grandmother: She's Very Wise" and "AngeI in the Senate" (a murder mystery). Although they are her favorites, both of those books were written many years ago, so they can be purchased for a few dollars. (Click on the link above to order them through our bookstore.)

Kristen is also the author of over 200 (that's right, folks, 200!) magazine articles on health, how-to, religion, folklore, medical advances, art, and music. She has written about 25 booklets for the National Research Bureau on health, psychology, food, natural history, and relationships. If that is not enough, she also writes write short fiction articles for magazines, and is best known for fiction for computer magazines. She and her husband Ron live at the edge of the woods in Springfield Oregon, with their Shih-Tzu dog and a criminal cat.]

Ingram has provided a Documents Events Report of some of the sources she used from those furnished to her by us for her writing the story of William's life.

If you want to dig further: we do have our own formal "scholar's" biography of William Bucklin (b. ca. 1606). That biography has most of all the known facts about William, even a discussion of the "Two Williams" theory.

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600 Acre Ancestor

William Bucklin, Our Six-hundred Acre Ancestor By Kristen Ingram

William Bucklin, Our Six-hundred Acre Ancestor
By Kristen Ingram