Tenth Generation

850. William BUFFINGTON was born in 1710 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 13 March 1784 at the age of 74 in Hampshire County, Virginia, BCA. He was Quaker. Notes for WILLIAM BUFFINGTON:
William Buffington, son of Thomas and Ruth, ca. 1710 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, married (1) Alice Rupp (2) Magda lena Ferree(3) Mary, widow of Christopher Smith, and had children by all three wives.One of William's children by Magda lena Ferree was Joel, from whom some of the Louisa County Buffingtons descend.The Ferree family was of Huguenot descent and can be traced for hundreds of years with a Dubois connection. William moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and then to Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), where he died in 1784. Joel Buffington became the wealthy Buffington, building on the Savage grant land that had been obtained by William. Joel was the purchaser (disputed) of the Island of Duvol, which was renamed Buffington Island after him.This island is in the Ohio RIver and has been under the jurisdiction of several counties in Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio. It is presently an Ohio state park.
Wayne County News
April 10, 1924
ANCIENT SAVAGE LAND GRANT WAS SOLD FOR TAXES
The Savage grant, the first land granted to private individuals in Cabell and Wayne counties, is a proposition which won't stay downed.
The other day the writer of this article happened to get chesty about one of his ancestral names being named in the first land grant here. "I guess that's how part of my tribe came here, " it was remarked.
And right there another of those fond dreams was punctured . . .
"Nothing doing!" remarked the other fellow who takes pleasure in doing that sort of thing.
The cold truth of the matter is (and how like us yet, we thought) every bit of that first land grant was sold for taxes!
All of those ancestors who should have settled here, judging by the names, will [require] a little more research work . Not a single person entitled to a share of the Savage grant ever took possession of it.
The lands were sold after the War of 1812 for United States direct tax of two cents an acre. Cabell county, which included Wayne at that time, had to raise $1,546, 50, and the old soldiers or their heirs forfeited their tracts of 400 acres rather than pay the $8.00 accessed against it.
It had been decreed that if the land taxes were not paid by July 1, 1819, the land should be sold. In 1817 surveyors were directed to come here to make such surveying as might be necessary and to make appraisal reports, and the like.
General Edward W. Tupper was the surveyor. The commission was composed of George Summers, Lewis Summers, John Henderson, William Sterrett and Andrew Parks.
Their bill of expenses was $2,351,?55 and was accessed at $33 to each share of the 400 acres, which was in addition to the tax and equalization money. They reported the number of lots and their estimated value.
The suit had been instituted at Staunton, Va., and there in December 1818 the tract allotted to the original grant of William Buffington, 3,423 acres, was confirmed to Thomas and William Buffington, Jr.
The 800 acres assigned to Charles Morgan was turned over to Simon Morgan, Nancy Morgan, and to James Wells and his wife. There was allotted in 1775 to James Mccormick 1200 acres, owner of the shares of Timothy Conway, John Meade and James Ford. This tract was confirmed to Moses Mccormick, and others.
Lots 48, 58, 59 and 60 were allotted to Isaac LaRue Tot, the shares of N. A. McCoy.
Parts of the tracts assigned to Robert Tunstall, Robert Langdon, Joshua Jordan, Ed Evans, John Ramsey, Michael Scully and Marshall Pratt were confirmed to John Morrow.
The shares of James Given and Wm. Hogan were assigned to Robert Rutherford, later to John Morrow. Morrow also acquired the share of Mathew Donn and Richard Bolton.
David Spurlock acquired lot 26. Numbers 22 and 25, the shares of Wm. and Henry Bailey were confirmed to Charles Brow n of Kanawha county.
The shares of Charles Smith were conveyed to Philip Easton and to Horatio Catlett. The shares of James Ludlow were conveyed to John Poage, that of James Latrol to John Poage , the shares of William Coleman to Achilles Rogers.
The shares of James, Samuel, Hugh, Paul and Robert Jones were confirmed to Henry Hampton and his assignees. The shares of David Gorman were confirmed to Manoah Bostick.
The tract of Richard Trotter was confirmed to Edward McCarty.
Some Early History
One of the earliest settlers, Jonathan Buffington, returned to his home on the Guyandotte and found the bodies of his entire family, except a little girl, lying on the ground scalped. He concluded his child was left to live and had been captured by the Indians. He followed them and he him self was taken and was held prisoner for years. He finally returned to Cabell county, but no trace of his baby girl has ever been found.
Thomas Hannon, who settled at Green Bottom, has been called the first settler in Cabell county. The first settler in the present limits of Wayne was probably Stephen Kelly, who erected his cabin at the point, at the mouth of Big Sandy, in 1798. Mathew Bellomy came in 1799.
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Ferree Reference No.: 03-304-S

PA Chester Co Rates - 1769 W Bradford Rate
acre horse cow sheep serva nts
John Buffington 200 4 4 10
Robert Buffington 136 3 3 5
Will'm Buffington 300 5 3 10
Rich'd Buffington 139 3 4 7
E Bradford R ate
Joseph Buffington 200 3 3 0
E Caln Rate
Richard Buffington 150 3 2 2 (Apple tr ee grafter)
Newlin Townsh ip Rate
Jonathan Buffing... 200 2 3 10 (g.m.s.m . Miller)
Thos Buffington 200 4 4 10 Mary Magdalina "Lena" FERREE and William BUFFINGTON were married on 24 November 1749 in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.

851. Mary Magdalina "Lena" FERREE was born in 1712 in Paradise, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 13 March 1784 at the age of 72 in Hampshire County, Virginia, BCA. Notes for MAGDALENA "LENA" FERREE:
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William Heidgerd, _The American Descendants of Chr*tien DuB ois of Wicres, France_ (New Paltz, NY, 1968--), Part 1, Add itions, p. vii: "D-46a Lena (Mary Magdalena) Ferree, b. 171 2, d. c1778; m. c 1747 William Buffington, b. c. 1710, d. 1 784, son of Thomas Buffington & Ruth Cope & widower of Alic e Rupp, by whom he had issue including a son Benjamin. Issu e of Lena and William: Susanna 1748, Thomas 1751, Joel c. 1 750, David, Ruth, Johathan, William.
"H m. 2nd c1778 Mary -- widow of Christopher Smith of Patte rson's Creek, by whom he had Mary and Richard. "By 1760 Wil liam purchased land in Hampshire Co., Va. (Now West Va.) an d about 1770 purchased a large interest in the Savage Lan d Grant in the western part of the state that was a key t o his family's later wealth. Probably he settled property o n the children of his first marriage before he moved to Vir ginia since they are not mentioned in his will. "Will of Wi lliam Buffington dated 3-13-1784, codicil 3-25-1784, pr. 8- 10-1784, names five sons: Thomas, William,Joel, David, an d Jonathan; two daughters, Ruth Collins & Susannah Sullivan . Richard and Mary are named in separate items of the will . *20 each to orphans of Christopher Smith. Executors wif e Mary, sons Thomas & William. Witnesses: Samuel Dew, Josep h Hall, Christopher Andrews."
Part 8, Add 8-2: "Lena Ferree m. William Buffington, they d . in Hampshire Co., Va."
Copyright@1996 Kathleen Much
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