Edward Buck (c.1797-1875) – 2nd generation - Chapter One

Edward Buck² (Edward¹) was born in NB around 1797. There is little to be known about him or his life except what is told in the general history of the region. It’s not really certain where he was born but it was in the general area of Sackvile and Dorchester NB, which sit side by side at the top of Chignecto Bay.

He married Mary Ann Finney Mar 18 1817. Their first child seems to be Phebe Buck, b. 1819, who married Frederick Bidwell and relocated to Hartford CT. Phebe Buck Bidwell died there, Feb 29 1904.

The next daughter, Amelia (1821-1901) married William Yates in 1847. William was from England. After they married, they remained in the Dorchester NB area. The 1871 census shows they have two boys living with them, Harvey Spires, age 10, and Harvey Boyce, age 17. There’s no way to tell, but it would seem they had taken in two boys who were, perhaps, in need of a home. The 1881 census shows there were no children living with them. William Yates was a farmer. Amelia died in Jan 1901 and William died in Nov. of the same year. There is no record of any children born to them.

Edward³ (Edward², Edward¹) was born in Sackville, NB 1822. He married in 1846 Mary Jane Tower, b. around 1824 in Wood Point, NB. Edward and Mary Ann were 2^nd cousins through Edward’s grandmother, Phebe Tower Buck. He was a harness maker and by 1871 was living in Moncton, NB. They had two daughters, Sarah Eliza, b. 1849 and Hester Jane b. 1855. There may have been more children but none were found. Sarah Eliza married in 1868 John Edmund Atkinson. They had four sons William, Frank, Edward and Herbert. In 1881, Mary Jane Tower Buck, age 58, was living with the Atkinson family in Sackville, NB. William used his middle name, Bradford. He married Maria Oulten in 1899. They had three children, John, Charles and Belle. Frank Atkinson married Minnie McFadden in 1896. I found one son for them, Earl, b. 1899. Both Edward and Herbert Roy Atkinson were recorded in the 1901 cen. for Westmorland Co., NB but neither was married.

The next household listed on the 1881 cen. is John and Hester Jane Buck Brown, showing they lived next door to John and Sarah Atkinson. They were married in 1873 and had three children: Mark, Lana Blanche and Ethel Grace. Mark married in 1902, Hattie Brown, possibly related, but not checked. In 1902 Lana married Benjamin Compton. Ethel married in 1913 to William Elliott.

Their youngest child was Angel, b. 1827. She married George Brown, Sep 2 1849 in NB but relocated to Hartford CT also. George was born in England. 1816. There has been no reference to George being related to John Brown or Hattie Brown, wife of Mark Brown. I have found four children for Angel and George Brown. They were Mary Ann (1851-1905), Matilda (1853-1919), Charles (1855) and Clara (1858-1912). All four were born in the area around Hartford CT.  Mary Ann Brown married (1868) George T. Hale and had 6 children. Matilda married in 1872 Charles Albert Buck. They were first cousins once removed. Charles Brown (1855) married a woman named Frances. No further info on this couple. Clara married Alexander Robb Mitton. They had three children, all of whom died before the age of 2. No further information on this family. The 1880 census records that Angel was divorced and was a dressmaker.

Next installment will cover George Buck² (Edward¹), brother of the above Edward²