Transcribed by Elaine Merrell and taken from Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester, County Massachusetts, by Ellery Bicknell Crane, published 1907 by the Lewis Publishing Co., Vol. # 1, pages 387-388

EDGAR EUGENE BUCK. William Buck (I)was the emigrant ancestor of Edgar Eugene Buck, of Worcester, and of a branch of the Buck family that settled in Connecticut. William Buck came to New England on the "Increase," sailing in April, to New England and landing a month later at Boston Massachusetts. He gave his age as fifty years and accordingly was horn in 1585. His son Roger was with him, and his age was given as eighteen. He settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1652 he had a grant of land, twenty acres, lot number 91 in the Cambridge Survey, so-called. Here he built a. new home for his family. It was called the west field, northeast from Garden street, on what is now Raymond street. He died intestate January 24, 1658, and was buried in the old cemetery at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Roger was administrator and it does not appear that there were any other children. William Buck was a plough-wright.
(II)Roger Buck, son of William Buck (1), was born in England, 1617. He emigrated to New England on the "Increase," April 15, 1635, Captain Le Master, with his father, William Buck. His mother was probably dead. It is generally supposed that Enoch Buck and Emanuel Buck, who settled at Wethersfield, Connecticut, were relatives, possibly older sons of William Buck, who was fifty when he came over. He was a plough-wright and farmer. He settled at Cambridge near his father. On the death of his wife Susannah he moved to Woburn, where some of his children lived. Hee died there November 10, 1693.
children of Roger and Susannah were:
Mary born January 23, 1648, died unmarried August 31, 1669: Ruth, born November 6, 1653, died September 21, 1682, married Thomas Bathrick or Bavererick; Elizabeth, born July 5, 1657, married, August 20, 1678, Joshua Wood; Lydia, married, November 3, 1672 Henry Smith; John, born September 3, 1644, d unmarried; Samuel born March 16, 1669, m Rachel Levin or Leven, settled in West Cambridge (Menotomy), where he died September 21, 1690, his wife Rachel died 1694, and his estate was divided among his children (Samuel has many descendants) ; Ephraim, born July 26, 1646, married January 1, 1671, Sarah Brooks, of Woburn, Massachusetts.
(III) Ephraim Buck, son of Roger Buck (2), was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 26, 1646. He married, January 1, 1671, Sarah Brooks, daughter of John and Eunice (Mousall) Brooks, of Woburn. He settled there probably a few years earlier, as he is mentioned in the will of John Mousall, whose granddaughter he married. Mr. Mousall died March 27, 1665. He also left a bequest to John Brooks. Ephraim Buck became a man of distinction; he was the local magistrate appointed to try small causes by the general court. He was a farmer. His grandson, Jonathan Buck, son of Ebenezer, was the founder of the town of Bucksport, Maine, and he has thousands of descendants in Maine and northern New England, through this son, Ebenezer. (See the Bangor Historical Register.) He died January, 1721, at Woburn, Massachusetts. The children of Ephraim and Sarah (Brooks) Buck were: Sarah, born January 11, 1673, married Thomas Grover; Ephraim, born July 13, 1676, married Esther Wagget; John, born January 11, 1678-9, died young; John, born February 7, 1679-80, married Priscilla ______ ; Samuel, born November 13, 1682, married Hannah _____, Eunice, born July 7, 1685; Ebenezer, born May 20, 1689, married Lydia Eames; Mary, born October 28, 1691, married (first) Nathaniel Pike or Spike, married (second) Samuel Bigsbee.
(IV) Samuel Buck, son of Ephraim (3), was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, November 13, 1682. He married Hannah______about 1708. He was a farmer. He settled in Woburn, Massachusetts. The children of Samuel and Hannah Buck were:
Hannah, born February 1, 1710; Samuel, born May 7, 1711 Sarah, born April 16, 1716; Zebediah, born August 29, 1719.
(V) Samuel Buck, son of Samuel Buck (4), was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, May .7, 1711, died December, 1765, at Killingly, Connecticut, according to the old church records. From somewhat meagre and unsatisfactory records in Connecticut the establisment of the family at Thompson and its connection . with that at Woburn is ascertained. Samuel Buck went with other Woburn, Lexington and Watertown families or followed them to Killingly and Thompson, Connecticut, where this branch of the Buck family lived. Eleazer Bateman joined the Killingly Church September 15, 1715. He was from Woburn. Richard Blosse, of West Watertown, joined the church May 23, 1716; George and Sarah Blanchard, of Lexington, October 18, 1715, and the stream of emigration continued to Thompson from Woburn for a number of years. In 1729 James Wilson and Ivory Upham, who had just come from Woburn; joined the church. In the thirties probably Samuel Buck, of Wohurn, came with or followed relatives. There is a record of the marriage of Robert Buck, of Killingly, in 1715, but nothing else about him. He may have been one of the Wethersfield family. He was one of the heads of families who on November 19, 1745, signed the covenant and called Rev. Perley Howe, of Dudley, Massachusetts, to settle as the minister at Killingly. He bought a farm in 1756 on Killingly Hill of Ebenezer Adams and settled on it. The Rev. Mr. Howe kept no church records and information about Samuel Buck's family is difficult to find. He was deacon of the church for many years. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Benjamin Levens, who may have been a relative of Samuel Buck from Woburn, Massachusetts. The son of Samuel, Samuel, Jr., married a Miss Bloss, whose grandparents came from Watertown, Massachusetts. The following are believed to be some of Samuel's children: 1. Zerviah, married Giles Roberts, April 3, 1754. 2. David, married Anna Russell, June 22, 1756. One account of his line says he was born in Massachusetts and came to Putnam, part of Thompson or Killingly townships, Connecticut. He was a joiner and farmer. His children were: David, Jonathan, Aaron, Mrs. Josiah Dean, Mrs. Benjamin Cutler. By second wife, David, Eliza, married Henry Adams. Aaron, son of David Buck, was born at Killingly and lived on the old homestead. He married Annie, daughter of Asa Lawrence, of Killingly. His children were: Lucy, married Calvin Leffingwell; Rosamond, married Calvin Boyden; Mary, married Jesse Herenden; Anne, married Caleb Howe; Erastus, Elisha, Augustus, George, born October 13, 1810. There are many descendants of David Buck (VI) in the vicinity of Thompson and Killingly, Connecticut. 3. Samuel, married Martha Bloss, January I, 1760. 4. Jonathan, was in the revolutionary war, second lieutenant, killed at the battle of Harlem, New York, September 15, 1776; he was one of those who gave to the fund to buy the Killingly common in 1775, no record of, his marriage or children. 5 Aaron, died August 24, 1755. 6. Child, died October 5, 1756. 7. Reuben, married Elizabeth, joined the church 1769. Some of the above may not be the children of Samuel but there seems to be good reason to think all are; some certainly are.
(VI) Samuel Buck, son of Samuel 'Buck (5), was born at Killingly, Connecticut, about 1740. He settled in that part of the town called Putnam. He married Martha Bloss, January, 1760. He and his wife joined the church April 2, 1764. The records of his family are found in part in the records of the old church at Putnam Heights, the second church built east of Quinebaug in a parish formed in Windham, Connecticut. Some of the children of Samuel and Martha Buck were: Mary, baptized February 26, 1764; Hannah, baptized February 26, 1764; Johannah, baptized February 26, 1764; Joseph, baptized June 1, 1766; Simeon, baptized May 28, 1773.
(VII) Joseph Buck, son of Samuel Bnck (6), was born in Putnam or Killingly, Connecticut, in 1766, baptized June 1, 1766. He is mentioned as prominent in 1793 among the early Methodists of Thompson, Connecticut, and vicinity. He was blind for many years. He settled at Thompson, Connecticut, where his four children were born, as follows : Richard, who was a soldier in ehe war of 1812, was in Captain Solomon Sikes' company stationed at New London; Amy; Barney and Aaron (twins); Barney married Amy Sprague, of Thompson, Connecticut.
(VIII) Barney Buck, son of Joseph Buck (7), was born at Thompson, Connecticut, about 1790. He was in Captain John Joslin's company at New London in the war of 1812. He married Amy Sprague, of Thompson. The children of Barney and Amy (Sprague) Buck were: Warren, married Sophia _____ , went to Michigan to live; Hiram, married Cynthia Brown; Henry, married Sophronia Sheldon, married (second) Sophia Anderson; Aaron, married Emiline Randall; Barney, married Almeda Coman; William L., married Martha Maddox; Abbie, married Sidney Bolton; Caroline, married Liberty Brown.
(IX) William L. Buck, son of Barney Buck (8), was born in New York state, died July 13, 1893, at Woodstock, Connecticut. He married Martha Maddox, July 25, 1847. She was the daughter of William and Jane (Moran) Maddox, of Union, Maine. He died at Appleton, Maine. Mrs. Buck is living in Worcester. The children of William L. and Martha (Maddox) Buck were: 1. William Henry, born August 20, 1848, at Thompson, Connecticut married, 1867, Ellen White, at Killingly, Connecticut and had two children: Marcus, born 1871, and Elmer White, born 1873, both of whom reside in Worcester, Massachusetts. 2. Rosalie M., born May 19, 1850, at Thompson, Connecticut, died Septcmbcr 13, 1851. 3. Lewis Franklin, born November 11, 1851, died at North Grafton, Massachusetts, August 10, 1856. 4. George L., born December 11, 1853, at Thompson, Connecticut died October 3, 1885. 5. Mary Jane, born October 28, 1855, at Plainfleld, Connecticut, married Frank F. Clark, January 26, 1877, had Ada Frances, born October 30, 1877, and Florence Edna Clark, born July 23, 1884, resides at Coral street, Worcester, Massachusetts. 6. Charles Warren, born January 27, 1858 at Plainfleld, Connecticut, married Anna Taft, April 16, 1884. 7. Edgar Eugene, born February 10, 1860, at Putnam, Connecticut. 8. Frederick Lorenzo, born August 27, 1864, at Plainfleld, Connecticut, died April 16, 1865.

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