This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SEH.2ACIB/1156 Message Board Post: Potts, Thomas Maxwell. Our family ancestors. Canonsburg, PA: T.M. Potts, 1895, 479 pgs. Ch. XLVI The Buzby Family John Buzby, Sr., and his wife Marie -------, were the progenitors of this fam. in PA and NJ. Very little is known of them, though they are supposed to have been residents of Phila. Co. One John Buzby produced a Certificate to philadelphia Friends Meeting, dated 2 mo. 4, 1682, but whether it was the father or son is not clear. John and Marie Buzby were living in 1699, when their son John, by his will, left a share of his estate to them. Children of John, Sr., and Marie (-----) Buzby. 1. John Buzby, d. 1699; m. Mary Taylor, 1690. 2 William Buzby, d. 1716; m. Sarah Seary, (wid. of Thomas Seary), 1685, and had children, 1 John, 2 Elizabeth. 3 Edward Buzby, d. 1726; m. Susanna Adams, 169, and had children, 1 Mary, 2 Edward, 3 Joseph, 4 Rebecca, 5 mercy. 4 Richard Buzby, d. 1747. 5 Nicholas Buzby. (from Appendix: m. Mary French, dau. of Thomas French, 8 mo 30, 1695. Witnesses, John, John, Jr., Edward, Richard, Sarah, Mary, and Hannah Buzby.) 6 Marie Buzby, m. -----Hunt 7 Elizabeth Buzby, m. -----Davis. 8 Sarah Buzby, m. Richard Tomlinson, 1696. [Note inserted by a reader: "See Moorestown NJ and her Neighbors by Geo. De Con"] Richard Buzby, soon of J. and M. Buzby, was a res. of Oxford Twshp, Phila Co., where he was a land owner. He purchased 100 acres in Dublin Twnshp, but prob. did not live upon it, as he sold it to Joseph Paul before 1703. His brother John left him a share of his estate, and his brother William by his will in 1716, appointed him to assist his executors in their duties. He died in 1747. His will bears date of 6 mo, 1, 1743, and was proven Dec. 11, 1747. The name of his wife has not been neoticed. He mentions her in his will, but not by name. Children of Richard and [name crossed out, "Hannah French Buzby, dau. Thos. French m. 8-30 1695 Burlington NJ" written in] 1 Thomas Buzby, m. Mary Mason, 1723. [2] Jane Buzby, m. Jonathan Fincher. 3 Rebecca Buzby, m. Daniel Roberts 4 Sarah Buzby, d. about 1729; m. Thomas Cox, 1716. See Ante, p. 341-2. 5 John Buzby, b. 10 mo. 5, 1696