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Another Ancestor Whipped
One of my direct ancestors, William Buckland, came from Branscombe, Devonshire, England, to The Plymouth Colony aboard one of the ships in John Winthrop's fleet of 1630. The records appear to mark him at the time as a servant of Josiah Plaistrow.
According to The Pilgrim Republic: an historical review of the colony by John Abbot Goodwin, (1888):
"The justice of the Bay Colony was curiously shown in 1631. 'Mr. Josiah Plaistow,' for stealing four baskets of corn from the Indians, was sentenced to return them eight baskets, be fined £5, and no more to have the title of 'Mr.,' but to be called Josiah Plaistow only. His two servants, for aiding him, were whipped, they having no money or titles to lose."
The determination here is that, if William Buckland was a servant of Plaistrow in 1630, he was likely still one in 1631,
and therefore was one the servants whipped for helping him steal the corn.
Winthrop's fleet of eleven ships brought some 700 new Puritans to Massachusetts. The group departed Yarmouth,
Isle of Wight on April 8th. Men, women, and children were distributed among the ships of the fleet. The voyage
itself was rather uneventful, the direction and speed of the wind being the main topic in Winthrop's Journal, as it
affected how much progress was made each day. There were a few days of severe weather, and every day was cold.
The children were cold and bored, and there is a description of a game played with a rope that helped with both
problems. Many were sick during the voyage, but nearly all survived it. The group landed at Salem, Massachusetts
on June 12 after nine weeks at sea. The passengers took up residence in Salem, Boston, and the nearby area.
By 1634, William Buckland had married Mary Bosworth, daughter of Edward Bosworth and his wife, Mary, and
immigrated to Hingham, Massachusetts. He was apparently skilled enough in carpentry to receive several
commissions once the family had resettled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts by the 1650s, including this recorded one:
"It was agreed upon that the town of Rehoboth and Lieutenant Hunt and William Bucklin (sic) that the said Lieutenant
Hunt and William Bucklin is to shingle the new end of the meeting-house, and to be done as sufficiently as the new end of
Goodman Payne's house; and they are to furnish nails, and to be done my May-day next ensuing, provided that the frame
be ready in season; in consideration whereof they are to have £8 to be paid in good, merchantable wampum, when their
work is done."
Buckland also served as Constable in Rehoboth in 1657.He died there in 1683.
According to The Pilgrim Republic: an historical review of the colony by John Abbot Goodwin, (1888):
"The justice of the Bay Colony was curiously shown in 1631. 'Mr. Josiah Plaistow,' for stealing four baskets of corn from the Indians, was sentenced to return them eight baskets, be fined £5, and no more to have the title of 'Mr.,' but to be called Josiah Plaistow only. His two servants, for aiding him, were whipped, they having no money or titles to lose."
The determination here is that, if William Buckland was a servant of Plaistrow in 1630, he was likely still one in 1631,
and therefore was one the servants whipped for helping him steal the corn.
Winthrop's fleet of eleven ships brought some 700 new Puritans to Massachusetts. The group departed Yarmouth,
Isle of Wight on April 8th. Men, women, and children were distributed among the ships of the fleet. The voyage
itself was rather uneventful, the direction and speed of the wind being the main topic in Winthrop's Journal, as it
affected how much progress was made each day. There were a few days of severe weather, and every day was cold.
The children were cold and bored, and there is a description of a game played with a rope that helped with both
problems. Many were sick during the voyage, but nearly all survived it. The group landed at Salem, Massachusetts
on June 12 after nine weeks at sea. The passengers took up residence in Salem, Boston, and the nearby area.
By 1634, William Buckland had married Mary Bosworth, daughter of Edward Bosworth and his wife, Mary, and
immigrated to Hingham, Massachusetts. He was apparently skilled enough in carpentry to receive several
commissions once the family had resettled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts by the 1650s, including this recorded one:
"It was agreed upon that the town of Rehoboth and Lieutenant Hunt and William Bucklin (sic) that the said Lieutenant
Hunt and William Bucklin is to shingle the new end of the meeting-house, and to be done as sufficiently as the new end of
Goodman Payne's house; and they are to furnish nails, and to be done my May-day next ensuing, provided that the frame
be ready in season; in consideration whereof they are to have £8 to be paid in good, merchantable wampum, when their
work is done."
Buckland also served as Constable in Rehoboth in 1657.He died there in 1683.
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Comment by William Douglas on April 19, 2010 at 5:12am
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Nice story - so much better than 'pure genealogy'!
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