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 1650 - 1731 (81 years)
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| Name |
Caleb BUFFUM |
| Born |
29 Jul 1650 |
Salem, MA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
24 Nov 1731 [1, 2] |
| Notes |
- Caleb "was one of the grantees of the Quaker Meeting House lot Oct 13, 1690." [1]
- "Caleb in his will which was made in January, 1730 and proved the next month . . . is called a Husbandman but it is evident he worked at Carpentry as he built the house he lived in if not others and I have seen several articles such as chests, etc which he made.
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"At this time those who were accused of witchcraft in the neighboring Towns were summoned to Salem to be tried. They ofter arrived late in the afternoon and so great was the fear and prejudice against them that but few would take them into their houses. Caleb entertained as many as could find room for . . . .
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"He strongly opposed the witchcraft delusion and rendered all the help in his power to the sufferers, especially in assisting the relations to give those who were hung decent burial which was done by stealth and at night. His land bordering on the North river, gave him great facilities in this respect. He is said to have made coffins and carried them down to the river by night as well as assisted in bringing the bodies from the hill where they were hung."
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"In 1718 Caleb Buffum gave to the Quaker Society the lot of land on Essex Street now used as a burial ground . . . ." [2]
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| Person ID |
I688 |
Families |
| Last Modified |
11 Jul 2010 |
| Father |
Robert BUFFUM, b. cir 1590, prob Buffam, Yorkshire, England , d. 06 Aug 1669, Salem, Essex, MA (Age ~ 79 years) |
| Mother |
Tamoson (Thomasine) (WARD) THOMPSON, b. 1606, England , d. 23 Mar 1688, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
11 Aug 1634 |
St Lawrence, South Walsham, Norfolk, England [2, 3] |
| Family ID |
F261 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Hannah POPE, c. 26 Jan 1648, First Church, Salem, Essex, MA , d. Bef 1730 (Age ~ 81 years) |
| Married |
26 Mar 1672 [4, 5] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Caleb BUFFUM, b. 14 May 1673, Salem, MA , bur. 14 Aug 1728 (Age ~ 55 years) |
| + | 2. Robert BUFFUM, b. 1 Oct 1675, Salem, MA , d. 14 Jun 1746 (Age 70 years) |
| + | 3. Hannah BUFFUM, b. 10 Aug 1677, d. 10 Aug 1777 (Age 100 years) |
| | 4. Tamoson BUFFUM, b. 1681, Salem, MA |
| | 5. Joseph BUFFUM, b. 1684, Salem, MA , d. Died young |
| + | 6. Benjamin BUFFUM, b. 1686, Salem, MA , d. 3 Jan 1748 (Age 62 years) |
| + | 7. Jonathan BUFFUM, b. 1688/9, Salem, MA , d. prob 1730 (Age 156 years) |
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| Last Modified |
11 Jul 2010 |
| Family ID |
F260 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S186] Descendants of Robert Buffum, sketch in The Massachusetts Magazine, Lucie Marion Gardner, (Salem MA, The Salem Press Co. (Jan 1910) ).
- [S188] Buffum Family Vol II, Owen A Perkins, Historian, Buffum Family Association, (Buffum Family Assoc. Inc., New York, 1983).
- [S198] 1701 The Four Blessing Sisters, Walter Goodwin Davis, (American Genealogist, Vol. 33).
- [S172] Descendants of Joseph Pope, of Salem, Henry Wheatland, (Essex Institute Collections of June, 1866 (Vol. viii)).
- [S164] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Savage, James (1784-1873).
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