Buckman and Bucknam Families of AmericaUpdated February 1, 2008 |
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Richard Bucknam
, Maine
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"The Name and Family of Bucknam" - Compiled by Media Research Bureau, Washington, D. C. The name of Bucknam is derived from the residence of its first bearers, in the parish of Bucknam, County of Norfolk, England. Early lines chiefly seated in Counties Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Lincoln, as well as the London area. These families belonged, generally speaking, to the class known as the landed gentry of Great Britain. The earliest records of the family in England are those of William of Buckenham, Robert of Buckenham, and John, son and heir of Hugh of Buckenham, all of whom were living in the County Norfolk in about the year 1166 A.D. One branch of the family traces its descent from Ailwin, Lord of the Manor of Old Hall, in parish of Snitherton, County Norfolk in the time of Norman Conquest. The first of the Name in America was WILLIAM BUCKNAM.*** Currently researching descendants of William Bucknam who arrived in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1632, John Buckman of Boston, who was in Gravesend, Long Island, New York by 1645, John Buckman of Lincolnshire Co., England who settled in Mary's County, Maryland by 1718, and Edward Buckman whose widow and children settled with William Penn in Bucks county Pennsylvania in 1682. |
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