The Pye Plate: George Buck2 (Edward Buck1) (c. 1798-1878)

George² is the brother of Edward² whose blog has already been posted. George was b. in Dorchester, NB and married in 1820, Phebe Palmer. It seems that there is no one to claim Phebe as their daughter. There was a Palmer family in the area. He was Gideon Palmer, a Loyalist, who came from Throg’s Neck in a part of the Bronx, in New York City. In Gideon’s day it was all farmland. Since he fought for the British during the American Revolution, his lands were confiscated and he moved to Nova Scotia and then New Brunswick. He married Catherine Harper, a Yorkist from England. Phebe has been eliminated from Gideon’s list of children because she wasn’t mentioned in his will but all his other children were. Yet one of Phebe’s sons is named Gideon and a daughter is named Catherine. There were other Palmers in the area (Philip, John, Marcus, Jonathan, Thomas) so why not use one of those names. The same goes for the female counterpart. There was Sally, Elizabeth, Sarah, why use Catherine? Based on this I have tentatively place her as the daughter of Gideon and Catherine Harper Palmer. There are any number of reasons why she might not have been Gideon’s will. He could have loaned money to George and Phebe, thus feeling that he had helped her already. There could have been some dispute between Gideon and George over money, land and business dealings. There could have been a “Hatfield and McCoy” kind of situation between the Palmers, Harpers and Bucks that was never recorded. There is no telling and I hope someday to find out the truth.

Dorchester, NB

Now back to George and Phebe Palmer Buck. George was a farmer in Dorchester NB. They had 9 children between the years 1821 and 1835:

Gideon (1821-1894)

Nathaniel (1822-1862)

Catherine (1824-1904)

George (1825-1886)

Phebe Ann (1828-aft 1871)

Robert (1829-1902)

Serena Jane (1830-1891)

Lydia (1832-1860)

James (1835-1908)

1. Gideon Buck was a famer who married Sarah Tower (1826-1899) in 1845. They had 13 children. Sarah Tower’s father was Joseph. He was married twice, first to Sarah Maxwell who had 7 children and then to Mary Ward who had 10 children, giving Sarah 8 siblings and 7 half-siblings. The children of Gideon and Sarah were: Joseph; Bertha Elizabeth; William Yates; Ann Jane; Charles Burpee; Clarence; Arthur Gideon; Mary Althea; George Edgar; Phebe Eliza; Adelia; Silas Edward; Sarah J.

2. Nathaniel Buck married Anne Frances Mitton in 1843. It has been reported by another researcher that he was in Eastport ME by 1850. The researcher didn’t provide a resource for this and I’ve been unable to find any record of it. However, he seems to disappear from the NB records at this time as well, so perhaps he was in Maine. Apparently he then moved on to CT and NY City before finally settling in Mobile, Alabama. The 1860 cen for Mobile AL, shows he was living there with his wife and four children, Hazel; Edward, Angeline; and Frances. It also states that both parents and children were all born in CT, which we know isn’t true for the parents. This could be a case of one of the older children giving info to the census taker. It has been claimed that he died in 1862 in Mobile, but I could find no documentation for this.

3. Catherine Buck married Edward Cole 1841 in Dorchester NB. Edward was a farmer on Cole’s Point, a peninsula from Dorchester into the Bay of Fundy. They had 9 children. Edward must have given up farming, because around 1847 he began to run a subsidized ferry between Hopewell Cape, Albert Co. and Cole’s Point in Westmorland Co. Catherine and Edward had 9 children and are my gt. gt. grandparents. Their children were: Ebenezer, a Master Mariner, d. at age 24; Lucinda, David, d. at age 13.; Phebe, d. at age 20; Rebecca (my gt. grandmother); Edward; Mary (Mame); Emma; Margaret (Maggie). In 1897, while the elder Edward was working on the ferry, he slipped off the boat. It’s uncertain if he hit his head in the fall, but he was under water for a bit of time. He was brought from the water and a Dr. had been called to treat him. He was taken to a nearby home where he died a few hours later. After this, Catherine resided with her son, Edward and his family. She died in 1904 and is buried in Dorchester Cape Cemetery in Dorchester, NB.

4. George (Jr.) Buck married Ann Wilson Baxter in 1851. They had nine children: Sarah Augusta; DeMille; Catherine, d. at 1 yr. old; Emma Louise; Bedford, d. at abut age 10; Frederick, d. as infant; Frank; Charlotte; Hattie (called Annie). George was a Master Mariner but eventually turned to farming. I have 1886 as a death date for both George and his wife but no records to show this to be true.

5. Phebe Ann Buck married James Spires about 1851. They had three children, Caroline (Carrie), George and Robert. They were living in Dorchester NB in the 1861 census. No further info.

6. Robert A. Buck married Lydia Powell in 1851, Dorchester NB. They had five children: Rufus, Rebecca, Robert, Hiram and Harvey. Lydia died in 1860. Robert soon married Olivia Baxter in 1861. They had ten children: Martha, Harmon, Joseph, Harry, Mary, Collinwood, John, Sarah, William and James. By 1881, Robert was once again a widower. In 1882, he married Lucinda Dowling. No additional children have been found for Robert and this marriage. Robert was a farmer and died in 1902. He’s buried in the Dorchester Cape Cem., Dorchester, NB.

7. Serena Jane Buck married Silas Tower in 1851. Silas was the half-br/o Sarah Tower Buck, who married Gideon Buck, older brother of Serena. They had six children: Benjamin, Silas, James, Albert, Phebe and John. Silas died in 1890 and Serena J. in 1891. The are both buried in the Dorchester Cape Cem., Dorchester, NB

8. Lydia Buck was b. in 1832 and died 1860. She didn’t seem to be married. She is buried in the Dorchester Cape Cem., Dorchester, NB.

9. James Alexander, a farmer, married Phebe Elizabeth Buck, his first cousin, in 1859. She was the d/o James Richard Buck of Sackville, NB. They had six children: Celeste, Lydia, Maggie, James, Joshua and Alexander. Phebe died in 1897 and James married again in 1900 to Louise Oulton; no further issue. James and Phebe are both buried in the Dorchester Cape Cem. in Dorchester NB.