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  • Name Ephraim Buck  [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24] 
    Birth 26 Jul 1646  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 23] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Burial First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Person ID I312684225040  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family Sarah Brooks,   b. 21 Nov 1652, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1267  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Massachusetts birth - 26 Jul 1646
      "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch
      Name: Ephraim Bucke
      Birthdate: 26 Jul 1646
      Birthplace: Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
      Male
      Parents: Roger & Susan Bucke
      [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXN-735]

      Massachusetts marriage - 1 Jan 1670
      "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch
      Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1670
      Marriage Place: Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA
      Husband: Ephraim Buck
      Spouse: Sarah Brooks
      [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVV-9JF]

      Buried in First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA


      !Ephraim, son of Roger Buck, was born at
      !Ephraim, son of Roger Buck, was born at Cambridge, July 26, 1646. He married, January 1, 1671, Sarah, daughter of John and Eunice (Mousall) Brooks of Woburn. He doubtless settled there a few years before he married, as he is mentioned in the will of John Mousall, whose granddaughter he married, and Mr. Mousall died March 27, 1665. He was a man of much distinction. He was appointed local magistrate by the general court. to try small causes. He was a farmer. His grandson Jonathan was the founder of Bucksport, Maine. He died, January, 1721, at Woburn. Children: Sarah, born January 11, 1673; Ephraim, July 13, 1676; John, January 11, 1678-79, died young; John, February 7, 1679-80; Samuel, November 13, 1682, mentioned below; Eunice, July 7, 1685; Ebenezer, May 20, 1689; Mary, October 28, 1691. [William Richard Cutter, AM, New England Families (New York, 1913), ISBN - 0-8063-4612-4] . Ephraim settled in Woburn, Mass., and had a farm with his father in what is now the town of Wilmington. Later the farm was called the "OLD BUCK FARM". It was located one mile south of the meeting house. It was a quite a large tract of land , and no doubt he superintended its cultivation; but apart from this, nothing can be found to show his having any other occupation, except from the following extract from the N.E. Historic Genealogical Register, Vol . 29, p. 72: "William Brush and Elizabeth Gold, widow, both of Woburn, published according to law, as testified by Ephraim Buck, Constable 3." From Sewall's History of Woburn and Frothingham's History of Charlestown we learn: "Ephraim Buck was taxed in the Meeting House Rates (Church Pew Rent) in 1672." "He was married 1-1-1671, to Sarah, daughter of John and Eunice Monsall Brooks, and grandaughter of Deacon John Monsall." In 1692 Ephraim was elected constable of Charlestown, where the town records show he solemnized marriages. [Darlene Buck's Gedcom File For The Buck Family (File: ANCESTRY.COM\23856.GED (16 SEP 1999)]

      Person note
      A sketch of Ephraim Buck was published in the book by:

      Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (New York : The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907), page 387:

      "(III) Ephraim Buck, son of Roger Buck (2), was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 26, 1646. He married, January 1, 1671, Sarah Brooks, daughter of John and Eunice (Mousall) Brooks, of Woburn. He settled there probably a few years earlier, as he is mentioned in the will of John Mousall, whose granddaughter he married. Mr. Mousall died March 27, 1665. He also left a bequest to John Brooks. Ephraim Buck became a man of distinction; he was the local magistrate appointed to try small causes by the general court. He was a farmer. His grandson, Jonathan Buck, son of Ebenezer, was the founder of the town of Bucksport, Maine, and he has thousands of descendants in Maine and northern New England, through this son, Ebenezer. (See the Bangor Historical Register.) He died January, 1721, at Woburn. Massachusetts. The children of Ephraim and Sarah (Brooks) Buck were: Sarah, born January 11, 1673, married Thomas Grover; Ephraim, born July 13, 1676, married Esther Wagget; John, born January II, 1678-9, died young; John, born February 7. 1679-80, married Priscilla ;Samuel, born November 13, 1682, married Hannah Eunice, born July 7, 1685; Ebenezer, born May 20, 1689, married Lydia Eames; Mary, born October 28, 1691, married (first) Nathaniel Pike or Spike, married (second) Samuel Bigsbee."

      The book by Elizabeth S. Richards, Genealogy of the Buck Family, Eagle Book and Job Press, Reading, PA, 1913, provides some detail about this family.

      Ephraim Buck doubtless settled in Woburn a few years before he married, as he is mentioned in the will of John Mousall, whose granddaughter he married, and Mr. Mousall died March 27, 1665.

      Ephraim settled in Woburn, Mass., and had a farm with his father in what is now the town of Wilmington. Later the farm was called the "Old Buck Farm". It was located one mile south of the meeting house. It was a quite a large tract of land, and no doubt he superintended its cultivation; but apart from this, nothing can be found to show his having any other occupation.

      From Sewall's History of Woburn and Frothingham's History of Charlestown we learn: "Ephraim Buck was taxed in the Meeting House Rates (Church Pew Rent) in 1672."

      In 1692 Ephraim was elected constable of Charlestown, where the town records show he solemnized marriages.

      Ephraim Buck of Woburn died testate, and his probate records are in Middlesex County Probate Court Records, Probate Packet #3,341 (FHL Microfilm 0,386,342). The will reads:

      "In the Name of God Amen this twenty third day of November one thousand seven hundred and seventeen, I Ephraim Buck of Wooburn in ye county of Middlesex in this province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman Being sick and weak of body, but of prfect mind & memory, Thanks be given unto god therefore Calling unto minde the mortality of my Body and knowing yt it is apointed to all men once to Dye, Do make and ordaine this my Last Will & Testament that is to say Principaly and first of all I Give and Recomen my soule into ye Hands of God yt gave it and my Body I Recomend to the Earth to be buried in Decent and Christian maner by my son Ebenezer Buck, He being obliged yr to bt a certain Bond or Oblegation under Hand and Seal, Nothing Doubting but that at ye Generall Resurection I shall Recive the same again by the Almighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate where with It hath pleased God to bless me with in this life besids what I have allredy desposed of to my wife and Children by Deed of Gift under my hand and seal, I give, demise and dispose of the same in ye folowing maner and forme.

      "Imp. I Give and bequeath to Sarah Buck my Dearly beloved Wife all my movable Estat within doors with my Cattels, Hogs and Sheep and ye Hay and Corn to be at her own despose for ever.

      "Item. I Give to my two sons namly Ephraim Buck and Samuell Buck all my land and medow lying on the Northerly side of Andover Row that is otherwise Desposed of, Provided that they pay out unto the several person hereafter Named the ... sums assignd to tham in this my last will and testament. Itim I Give to my son John Buck thirty shillings to be payd to him by my two sons Ephraim and Samuell in Equiall proportion Emediatly after my decease. Itim I Give unto my son Ebenezer Buck thirty shillings to be paid to him by my two sons aforsd Emeditly after my Decease.

      " Itim. I Give to my Daughter Sarah Grover five Pounds to be payd unto her by my two sons Ephraim and Samuell before named Emediatly after my Decease. Itim. I Give to my Daughter Mary Spike five pounds to be paid unto her by my two sons Ephraim and Samuell afore named Emediatly after my Decease. Itim. I Give to my Daughter Eunis Buck Twent pounds to be payd unto her by my two sons Ephraim Buck and Samll Buck afornamed. Itim. I further give to Eunice Richardson yt I Brought up five pounds to be payd unto her by my two sons aforsd, in Equall proportion when she shall arrive at ye age of Eighteen years or at Her Marage if it be before that time.

      "Itim. I Give to my loving Wife Sarah Buck seven pounds besids what I have alredy given Her to be payd to her by my two sons before named Emediatly after my Decease and Lastly I Give to my well beloved and trusty friends John Richardson Senr and Eleazer Flagg Twenty shillings apeece to be payd to them by my two sons Ephraim and Samuell in Equall proportion, and I do by thes presence Constatute make and ordain them my said Trusty and well beloved friends, John Richardson and Eleazer Flagg my sole Exec-rs of this my Last Will and Testament and I Do by these presents Impower them to Make sale of that tract of land and meadow that I have given to my two sons namly Ephraim Buck and Samuell Buck, In Case they Refuse to tak up wuith what I have ordered and assigned them to pay in this my last Will and Testament, and they With the money to pay the several legacies afornamed as sone (?) and I Desire them to take care of my wife and sdaughter Eunis & as Conveniantly my be, and I Do hereby uterly Disallow Revoke and disannull all and Every other former Testament Wills Legacies and Bequests and ??? by me in any Way before Named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Wittnes Whereof I have Hereunto set my Hand and seal the day and year first above written.
      Ephraim Buck (seal)
      "Signed seald published pronounced and declared his mark
      by the sd Ephraim Buck as his Last Will and testament
      In ye presence of us ye subscrobers
      Benjamin Richardson
      his mark
      Saml Richardson

      The will was proved by the executors at the Probate Court in Cambridge on 20 March 1720. A bond of one hundred pounds was posted by Ephraim Buck, Samuel Buck and John Richardson on 20 March 1720. On that date, John Richardson and Eleazer Flagg refused to be executors of the estate, and Ephraim Buck and Samuel Buck were appointed administrators of the estate.

      On 16 March 1721, Nathaniel Spike stated that he was satisfied with what his honoured father Ephraim Buck hath given him in his Will and therefore desires that it may proved as witness his hand.

      The farm which his son Ephraim received from him was passed from father to son up to 1885. It is situated in North Wilmington, Massachusetts, contains 160 acres of land and has been owned and occupied from 1825-1885 by Benjamin Buck. He left the farm to his nephew's son Jonathan H. Buck. The old dwelling house was still standing in 1923.

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