John Buck

Date this page was last edited=11 Nov 2004
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Ancestors of Martha Josselyn (1909 - 2007)
John Buck married Elizabeth Holbrook, daughter of Samuel Holbrook.1 John Buck was in Scituate, Massachusetts, by 1650.1 He lived in 1651 on the west side of Walnut Tree Hill, Scituate, Massachusetts.1 He became "Cornet of the Troopers" before King Philip's War (1675-76),2 and was constantly in service in this war.1 A cornet was a commissioned officer of a cavalry troop who carried the standard.3

John Buck left a will in 1697.1

Children of John Buck and Elizabeth Holbrook

Citations

  1. [S524] Deane, History of Scituate, 229.
  2. [S525] King Philip's War, online at http://www.pilgrimhall.org/philipwar.htm
  3. [S526] Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary.
  4. [S2] Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., 296.


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