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| Richard Buford |
Immigrant Ancestor | would be in the next generation |
| Born: 1617 Dutton, Essex, England | ||
| Died: 11 Nov 1686 Lancaster Co., VA |
FATHER
John Beauford
MOTHER
Margaret
WIFE
CHILDREN
From Colonial Men and Times by Lillie DuPuy Van Culin Harper, 1916 pg 515
"Richard Beauford emigrated to America in 1635. He came from Gravesend, England,
in the ship 'Elizabeth' August 1. He was examined by a minister of the Church of
England as to loyalty to the king, took the prescribed oath of allegiance, age
eighteen, see 'Hotten's Lists.' He was therefore born 1617-1618.
From Wilcoxson and Allied Families by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, 1958 pg 371
"The Buford family originated in France but sought refuge in England because of religious belief. It is probable that Richard Beauford who, at the age of 18, emigrated from Gravesend, England, on the ship, 'Elizabeth,' August 1, 1635 to Lancaster County, Virginia, was the progenitor of the Beauford, Beaufort, Bufort, etc. family. The register of Christ Church, Middlesex Co., VA gives the sixth entry as the marriage of John Blueford and Elizabeth Parrott, April 11, 1662.
The Governor of Virginia granted John Buford and Francis Broughten, on March 17, 1663, 300 acres of land in the County of Lancaster (now Middlesex) upon the south side of the Rappahannock River for the transportation of six person to settle the Colony.
John Beauford's wife, Elizabeth, the first child of Richard and Margaret Perrott was born in Barbadoes. Her brother, Richard Perrott, Jr., born 24 of February, 1650, is listed in the register of Christ Church, Middlesex Parish, as being the first male chld 'begott and borne in Rappahannock River, of English parent.s' "
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