Excerpts from the will of John Bucklin (Buck2958):
I John Bucklin ... do make & publish my last will and testament ...
First I give & devise to my three grandsons (viz) John Valney M Bucklin, James H Bucklin & Edwin A Bucklin to them, their heirs & assigns all that acerage, tenement & home farm on which I now reside together with all the stock & movable property ....
I give & devise to my three granddaughters (viz) Cynthia Bucklin, Eliza M Bucklin & Harriet A Bucklin their heirs & assigns, all that farm or tenament adjoining the above named farm & is distinguished & known by the name of the Rusback Farm...
I also give & bequeath to by two daughters married women (viz) Abigail Ford & Sara Waterman, all my monies & securities for money to be paid to them in three years after my decease, that is what money shall be left after the payment of my just debts and funeral charges...
I do now hereby appoint my son-in-law, David Ford sole executor of this my last will and testament...
I have here unto set my hand & seal the twenty-fifth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight. Parents: John Bucklin Captain-Buck2958 and Leah Capron Scott-Buck2335.

Spouse: David Ford-Buck1287. Abigail Bucklin and David Ford were married in 1801.^74,606

Spouse: Nathan Winch-Buck4383. Abigail Bucklin and Nathan Winch were married in 1833 in New Hampshire. Children were: Franklin B Winch-Buck5371, Adelia C Winch-Buck5372, Dorothy A Winch-Buck5373, George F Winch-Buck5374.

Spouse: Joseph H Murphy-Buck2136. Ada Ethel Bucklin and Joseph H Murphy were married on 9 March 1900 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, CANADA.⁶⁰⁹

Spouse: William Jerauld-Buck1230. Adah Bucklin and William Jerauld had marriage intentions recorded on 13 November 1814[Place Details].⁶¹² They⁶¹² were married on 8 December 1814 at Newman Church in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.^306,610,612 Married by Rev. John Hill. Children were: Elizabeth Bucklin Jerauld-Buck1232.

Spouse: John Calvin W Sterne-Buck4960. Adah Bucklin and John Calvin W Sterne were married on 29 July 1850 in Gibson, Indiana, United States. Children were: George Bucklin Sterne-Buck4961, Mary A Sterne-Buck4962, John W Sterne-Buck4963, Katie Sterne-Buck4964, Hattie Sterne-Buck4965.

Called "sickly" in the 1860 Census. Parents: Nathaniel Fuller Bucklin-Buck2048 and Laura Bourne-Buck2049.

Spouse: Dighton Churchill Ketcham-Buck2058. Adaline L (Addie) Bucklin and Dighton Churchill Ketcham were married on 25 October 1864 in Sudbury, Rutland, Vermont, United States.^214,362,366 married by Henry F Bustedt, Minister.

Spouse: Francis Leroy Berry-Buck712. Addie Hope Bucklin and Francis Leroy Berry were married on 4 September 1942 in Maine.²⁷⁶

Spouse: Paul Forsyth Sprague-Buck1042. Adelaid Electa Mennie (Addie) Bucklin and Paul Forsyth Sprague were married UNKNOWN. Children were: Jeanann Sprague-Buck1038.

Spouse: Oliver Tupper-Buck4371. Adelia M Bucklin and Oliver Tupper were married on 6 February 1872 in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Children were: Thersa M Tupper-Buck5366, Henry G Tupper-Buck5367, Mary C Tupper-Buck5368, James Oliver Tupper-Buck5369, Harvey Willard Tupper MD-Buck5370.

Spouse: Perez Alden Williams-Buck4577. Adeline A Bucklin and Perez Alden Williams were married on 1 April 1838 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

Spouse: Sarah "Sally" Cole-Buck3709. Sarah "Sally" Cole and Alanson Bucklin were married on 23 December 1834 in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.^277,638 Children were: Belinda Bucklin-Buck3489, Mary Frances Bucklin-Buck3615, Almando Bucklin-Buck279, Matilda A Bucklin-Buck3616, Melissa Sarah Bucklin-Buck3617.

Spouse: Sarah (Sally) Fish-Buck1874. Sarah (Sally) Fish and Albert Bucklin were married on 8 February 1827 in Danby, Rutland County, Vermont.^14,640 Children were: Silas H Bucklin-Buck1830, David R Bucklin-Buck1831, Harriet E Bucklin-Buck1832, Lucinda Caroline Bucklin-Buck1212, Mary Jane Bucklin-Buck1833, George A Bucklin Cpl.-Buck1834, Susan S Bucklin-Buck1289, Charles Knox Bucklin-Buck1836.

Spouse: Ardelia Randall Luther-Buck2118. Ardelia Randall Luther and Albert Bucklin were married in 1850.⁶⁴² Children were: Albert Allen Bucklin-Buck2275, Susan Ellen Bucklin-Buck1340, George Lewis Bucklin-Buck1348.

Spouse: Maboth Deardon-Buck4936. Maboth Deardon and Albert Arnold Bucklin were married in 1896. Children were: Albert James Bucklin-Buck2789, Francis Thomas Bucklin-Buck934, Arnold Deardon Bucklin-Buck4937.

Spouse: Juliet Caroline (Caroline) Hanna-Buck4906. Juliet Caroline (Caroline) Hanna and Albert Gallatin Bucklin were married on 19 July 1848 in Pawtucket, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.⁶⁴⁹ Children were: Mary Caroline Bucklin-Buck4907, Mary C Bucklin-Buck4908.

Spouse: Helen Josephine Vail-Buck5240. Helen Josephine Vail and Albert Grenville Bucklin were married on 17 September 1902 in Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States.¹⁸² record states this is his first marriage, age 26.
married by Gilbert E. Cady, Pastor M.E.

Spouse: Martha Bell McCain-Buck1958. Martha Bell McCain and Albert Grenville Bucklin were married on 7 July 1913 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.^15,652 Children were: Martha Elizabeth (Betty) Bucklin-Buck5602, Albert Grenville Bucklin-Buck5603.

Spouse: Gilda Leona LaRose-Buck4829. Gilda Leona LaRose and Albert Harland Bucklin were married on 10 March 1926 in Maine, United States. Children were: Harland Roger Bucklin-Buck4830, Living.

Spouse: Bertha B Wilson-Buck4938. Children were: Bertha M (Bee) Bucklin-Buck2791, Living.

Spouse: Ruth Ethel Jemery-Buck5510. Ruth Ethel Jemery and Albert Lawrence Bucklin were married on 17 February 1940 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.

Spouse: Eva Annie Keniston-Buck3801. Eva Annie Keniston and Albert Lewis Bucklin were married on 23 March 1908. Children were: Lyle Merlin Bucklin-Buck2878, Leslie Perley Bucklin-Buck3607, Earl Ellsworth Bucklin-Buck5502, Albert Lawrence Bucklin-Buck5503, Donald Hugh Bucklin-Buck5504, Robert Keniston Bucklin-Buck5505, Ruby Edith Bucklin-Buck5506, Alice Eva Bucklin-Buck5507.

Spouse: Cecil Fern Rounds-Buck2639. Children were: Raymond Lyle Bucklin-Buck2640.

Spouse: Polly Rollins-Buck1468. Polly Rollins and Albert M Bucklin were married on 4 March 1858. Children were: Ebenezer Perley Bucklin-Buck1469, George A Bucklin-Buck1470, Alpheus Sherman Bucklin-Buck1471, Sewall Albert Bucklin-Buck5479.

Spouse: Edith Augusta Schneider-Buck5956. Edith Augusta Schneider and Albert M Bucklin were married on 28 May 1883 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. Children were: Millie B Bucklin-Buck5958, Charles A (Charlie) Bucklin-Buck5957, Frederick A Bucklin-Buck5959, Augusta H (Gussie) Bucklin-Buck5960.

Albigence was called "Alby". This is the person Leonard Alby Bucklin was named for. Albigence was raised by his older brothers Mahlon and William Pitt, after their parents died. When Alby was 14 years old, he and his brother Brayton ran away from the home of their older brother Mahlon. He ran away with Brayton to LaGrange, Indiana. This information is from a written record made by Albigence's son George.

Albigence probably was born in Michigan because that is where brother Mahlon and William Pitt lived most of their lives, and where it is reported their father died. However, Alby's father (Albigence) who was born in New York, moved westward several times, going to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan.

Albigence (Alby) married Rebecca [Dyer] Leeper in Indiana about 1852, then moved with Rebecca to Hastings, MN, in 1855; where Rebecca died. Alby then married Marrietta Catherine Standish Crawford after her husband died.

From Hastings, Alby moved to homestead at Rockford MN, which was the place where he died.

A year after the birth of the first son the family started out for the Minnesota Territory in covered wagons. Rebecca was seven months pregnant at the time, and they arrived in Hastings, MN, in time for the birth of the son Charles.

Hastings, MN, had a group of Bucklins, known locally as the Bucklin colony. It included members of the Dyer family. The Bucklin colony men worked together. Some of them left their families in Hastings in 1855 and headed for the area of the Big Rock Ford on the Crow River, where they understood there were good timber claims to be claimed. They went to Lake Harriet (now within Minneapolis) and took Brissett's road to the Big Rock Ford: called that because of a huge granite rock in the river. This was later the boundary between Hennepin and Wright Counties and was the reason for the name of the city of Rockford, MN. The claim of Alby and other Bucklins was about 4 miles from the ford in the river.

The claim referred to above is the place which his son George Brayton Bucklin used for the small model of a log cabin which was used under the Christmas tree in the home of Leonard Alby Bucklin.

A picture of Albigence, drawn in charcoal, has been preserved within the Bucklin family line. The tradition is that Rebecca died as a result of a Indian uprising and that then Albigence was mindful that he had no picture of Rebecca for him and the children to remember her. He hired an artist to draw the picture of himself, so that the children would at least have the picture of him, as a remembrance.

Rebecca wrote an interesting poem about the location of her family, about 1859. The poem is kept in the Bucklin Society documentary depository.

After Rebecca died, Alby married Marietta Catherine Standish Crawford, after her husband, Oshea Crawford, died

A poem by his wife Rebecca (see materials on her) mentions Alby making a homestead claim on the North Fork of the Crow. The The Crow River, North Fork flows southeast from Lake Koronis for about 125 miles until it joins the Mississippi River at Dayton. The river deepens and widens as it nears the Mississippi, meandering in a floodplain that is sometimes more than a mile wide. The North and South forks join near Rockford. The Berning Mill Dam The North Fork was once flanked by the "big woods," a thick forest of maple, basswood, elm and other hardwoods. The early settlers found plenty of timber but little land naturally cleared (as was the case in southern Minnesota Hastings area, which had prarie and little timber). The Crow River was named by the Ojibwe Indians for the bird they called the "marauder of newly planted corn." Considered a sacred hunting ground by the Indians, the forest later attracted white trappers. Today there is still abundant fish and wildlife in the river corridor. The North Fork first experienced white settlement in 1851, with people building their homes near the site of Dayton. Several lumber mills operated along the river as the forest was cleared for agriculture. Steamboats were the only means of hauling passengers and freight during the early 1850's. Paddle-wheel boats brought provisions from St. Anthony Falls to Dayton where the goods were transferred to rowboats and carried up the river. Rowboats regularly ran supplies from Dayton to Rockford for about two years. In May 1851, when the river was high, the steamboat, "Governor Ramsey" paddled to Rockford, farther upstream than any other steamboats had traveled.

It helps us understand the times in which Alby and his wife Rebecca (died 1860) lived to know the history of Indian affairs of the time. In 1852, the area from the Crow River on the south to the Clearwater River on the north was proposed as a reservation for the Winnebago Indians and they moved in there, only to be told the federal government had changed its mind. Meanwhile, in southern Minnesota, the Sioux were being moved about by the federal government. It was in August 1862, that the Sioux Uprising began. It ended by Christmas, 1862 with 500 whites killed, 2000 Sioux under guard and 38 hanged at one time in Mankato, and all Sioux treaties abrogated and the Sioux moved out of Minnesota.

When you read of Alby settling in Dakota County, keep in mind that for the Minnesota Territory of 1841 to 1851, the County of Dakota was 100 miles north to south and reached from the Mississippi River on the east to the Missouri River on the west. The first settlers in Dayton, on the bank of the Mississippi, were in 1851. The first settler inland from the Mississippi in the area was in 1855. The original settlers were mostly French, who had come down from Canada.
Parents: Albigence G (Alba) Bucklin-Buck297 and Cynthia Lilly-Buck301.

Spouse: Rebecca Leeper-Buck12. Rebecca Leeper and Albigence B (Alby) Bucklin were married on 9 January 1852 at residence of J.B. Sackett, Minister in Prairie Ronde, Michigan. Witnesses were Frederick P. Sackett and Alsophine P. Sackett. Record Number Liber A Page 111 Van Buren County, State of Michigan (copy in possession of Leonard Bucklin) Children were: George Brayton Bucklin-Buck33, Udoris Bucklin-Buck18, Charles Preston Bucklin-Buck14, Ernest Leroy Bucklin-Buck17, Florence Rebecca Bucklin-Buck16.

Spouse: Marietta Catherine Standish-Buck50. Marietta Catherine Standish and Albigence B (Alby) Bucklin were married after 1860. Children were: Viola Bucklin-Buck2909.

See also of more information http://marnweeks.com/getperson.php?personID=I0047&tree=NB

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Probably born in either New York or in Pennsylvania, Albigence seems to have moved west, involved in moves of his father to Pennsylvania and his own family further west to Ohio and Michigan. A family record note says he was killed near Wells, Ohio, about 1830, when he was en route with his family to Dwajack, Michigan.

See also of more information http://marnweeks.com/getperson.php?personID=I0047&tree=NB Parents: Benjamin Bucklin-Buck2338 and Elizabeth Brayton-Buck295.

Spouse: Cynthia Lilly-Buck301. Cynthia Lilly and Albigence G (Alba) Bucklin were married UNKNOWN. Children were: Polly Snow Bucklin-Buck5, Ester Bucklin-Buck259, Cynthia Bucklin-Buck7, Austin Bucklin-Buck3, Elizabeth Bucklin-Buck8, Almeda Bucklin-Buck4, William Pitt Bucklin-Buck9, Mahlon Bucklin-Buck6, Brayton Bucklin-Buck10, Albigence B (Alby) Bucklin-Buck11.

The family of his cousin George Brayton Bucklin was listed on the same page, lines 1420+. Parents: Brayton Bucklin-Buck10 and Catherine A Farrow-Buck2153.

Spouse: Rhoda Ann Abbott-Buck4215. Rhoda Ann Abbott and Alby Brayton Bucklin were married before 1885. Children were: Frank B Bucklin-Buck2301, Carson E Bucklin-Buck2302, Robert Alby Bucklin-Buck2303, Edna M Bucklin-Buck4216.

Phildelphia, Herkimer County, NY was generally a Quaker settlement.

Note by his grandson says that Alden and his brother John settled at a Quaker settlement at Philadelphia, NY, but inconsistently the same note says Alden was in the Militia in 1812.
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[STE10110.GED] "Jefferson County History, New York", Emerson, 1898, p 755
LeRay Township finally divided in 1821 and Philadelphia Twp. taken
off. At first town meeting of Philadelphia 1822, Alden Bucklin elected

supervisor and one of assessors. Among the prominent & well known
characters in connection with history of town (Phila., NY)

It is probable that Alden and Mercy divoreced. Alden married his brother John Bucklin's widow, and later Mercy is still found in census records. [Anderson0208.FTW]

Some records show he had 9 children, plus 4 by second wife. One source shows an Olsen Bucklin, who may have been a son, but may have died young as not shown in 1800 census.

Paul Anderson's note: info. on leaving Mercy for John's wife confusing - other records show second wife with different name... recheck to make sure reference is correct.

1800 Census shows Fairfield, with wife under 25 and daughter.
One source shows d.o.b. 3/19/1873; Herkimer Democrat 3/26/1873; died at the home of his son in Ohio 3/10/1873 age 93 yr 19 days.

His father's will left his house in Philadelphia to him (one source showed Pamelia). 1820 census shows him in LaRay, Jefferson County, NY with wife and 7 children.

Supervisor and assessor in 1822 in Philadelphia, Jefferson Co per Phillis Smith 7/97 . Jefferson Co, NY web page shows him listed as "early settler" ; He and brother, David W. Cole shown as Head of households prior to 1850.

(Anderson notes that Ira Cole's (#91) grandson was living in LaRay when executor of Ira's will in late 1980's

(see Anderson source files). Mercy: Source 11: married at Little Falls, probably her home, they lived for awhile in Fairfield (1800 census= wife under 25 and young daughter). 1820 shows 7 children "presumable (she) died a few years later". Her husband Alden married his brother John's widow in 1828... Father was Youngs Ketchum, Barnes Corners, where she was married, is about 15 miles from Fowler, where some of her children were born Philinda: was widow of Alden's brother John. Alden left his wife Mercy according to family records and married Philinda (see note #886) others that Mercy died. Source X11: "m. probably 1813 when she was 19, and John was 22 (b.1794?...) Source X12: when John died/Alden arrives, she has 6 kids and John Sr. age 74 Source X14: she was 71 in 1864, i.e. 91 when she died... Note: she would have been 41 when Benjamin was born.

Anderson spent many years on family genealogy, but mistakenly showed Alden as son of David and Abigail, but other records confirm Alden was grandson. Alden's parents were John and Leah. His autobiography was printed in Dayton OH in 1948 (some excerpts, by Clarice Van Horn in #8's files dated 1982)

A letter from Alden's niece Caroline August Waterman (daughter of Sarah Bucklin) written at Newport,NY 9/19/1864 to her husband, detailed a trip by horse and carriage from the railroad at Little Falls, NY to the house of her uncle Alden Bucklin says: " Had an opportunity to go up to Unlce Alden's where we arrived just before dark, having lcimbed the worst hills and the longest road that aI ever did in my life." [alden was 84 and Philinda was 71]
"[They were] entertianing several counsins. Found the family as well as usual. Uncle's health being quite good with the exception of rheumatiism, being quite lame at times, but he likes a joke as well as ever he did. I was somewhat disappointe din the appearance of my mother's old home, excellent land, but dear me, how hard it would be for me now to reconsice myself to such a place as that. It was difficult to make myself think that my mother ever liverd there, that her youthful days were spent on that spot on earth - pleasnt in summer but so cold and bleak in winter. But home is home and hers was as dear to her as to anyone I ever knew." [Papers of Richard Anderson]. This reference to her "mother's old home" fits as being the home of her grandfather John,in whose home her mother would have lived. This is because in the 1838 will of John: John Jr.'s widow with her second husband, and Alden were given John's house. Parents: John Bucklin Captain-Buck2958 and Leah Capron Scott-Buck2335.

Spouse: Mercy Ketchum-Buck1316. Mercy Ketchum and Alden Bucklin Sr. had marriage intentions recorded on 31 December 1798[Place Details]in Barnes Corners, Oneida, New York, United States.^71,321 They^71,321 were married on 1 January 1799 in Barnes Corners, Lewis, New York.^714,715 They^714,715 were divorced. Children were: Lurancy Jane Bucklin-Buck827, Mary L Bucklin-Buck828, John Beardsley Bucklin-Buck3022, Amarilla Bucklin-Buck2309, Alden Bucklin Jr.-Buck829, Angeline Bucklin-Buck830, Sarah Frances Bucklin-Buck1341, Eliza Jane Bucklin-Buck2314, Henry Harrison Bucklin-Buck2313, William D Bucklin-Buck2315, Sarah F. Bucklin-Buck1660.

Spouse: Philinda Barnes-Buck2414. Philinda Barnes and Alden Bucklin Sr. were married on 18 November 1828.^71,137 They^71,137 were married in 1829 in Little Falls, Herkimer, New York.^134,197 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Relationship] Children were: Andrew Jackson Bucklin-Buck1347, Napoleon B Bucklin-Buck834, Marion Bucklin-Buck835, Benjamin F Bucklin-Buck2222.

On 7/17/98, Richard E. Anderson (#1) visited Fullerville Cemetery (adjacent to route 58 and Fullerville Road) and found his gravestone located in the center toward the back; buried with wife Julia, 1827-1903.

Gouverneur Herald: 1/22; age 83 years 10 months.... Dates on head stone - age 82 -- d.o.d. or b. may be off...

From Jefferson Co WEB page 2/2000:
Settlement began slowly, with the first settler arriving about 1804. During the first decade, when the part of the area was owned by a group of Pennsylvania Quakers, only a few families a year trickled into the land now occupied by the Town of Philadelphia. Legal controversies stifled early settlement. The three townships of Alexandria, Orleans and Philadelphia were all created in 1821.
Settlements included the principal village of Philadelphia, Sterlingville in the southern part of the town, now swallowed up by the military reservation, and Pogeland, a hamlet long gone. Because of the early owners, the town had at one time a strong Quaker flavor. Parents: Alden Bucklin Sr.-Buck68 and Mercy Ketchum-Buck1316.

Spouse: Hellen Higgins-Buck1335. Hellen Higgins and Alden Bucklin Jr. were married on 18 January 1834 in Philadelphia "Big Bend" Jefferson County, New York.^74,321 Children were: Helen May Bucklin-Buck2321, Ann Eliza Bucklin-Buck2322, Jane Ann Bucklin-Buck1337, Lucina Bucklin-Buck2383.

Spouse: Julia Rebecca Bonfy-Buck1336. Julia Rebecca Bonfy and Alden Bucklin Jr. were married about 1850 in Philadelphia, Jefferson, New York, United States.^74,321,322 Children were: Mary Rebecca Bucklin-Buck2082, Henry B Bucklin-Buck2325.