The Buckingham Family

The Rev. F. W. Chapman of Connecticut published a book in 1872, entitled THE BUCKINGHAM FAMILY which traces the various branches of that numerous family to the date of publication. All who are interested in this family are referred to this book, now rare.
THOMAS BUCKINGHAM, born in England. He was the first settler of this name and the ancestor of all the American Buckinghams. In 1637, he came to Boston with Eaton and Hopkins, London merchants, and Davenport and Prudden, ministers. They sailed from London on the Hector, arriv­ing at Boston on June 26, 1637. On March 30, 1638 this group sailed for Quinnipack, now New Haven, arriving in April, 1638. Thomas Buckingham moved to Milford, Conn., in 1639. Records of this colony show that he and Robert Treat were Deputies to the General Court. Thomas married Hannah (surname unknown) in England. She died at Milford, June 28, 1646. His second wife was named Ann. Thomas died at Boston in the fall of 1657, having gone there to obtain a pastor for his local church. Thomas and Hannah Buckingham had five children, the youngest of whom was Thomas Buckingham, Jr.
THOMAS BUCKINGHAM, JR., born in 1646, at Milford, Connecti­cut. He became a minister and gave his first sermon in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1664, when but 18. He was one of the founders and fellows of Yale Col­lege and a strong supporter of that institution; he was one of the Moderators of that famous Synod at Saybrook, which was held in 1708, and formed the platform for the government of the churches. On September 20, 1666, Thomas Jr., married Hester Hosmer, daughter of Thomas Hosmer, of Hart­ford. Hester died at Saybrook on June 3, 1702. On August 10, 1703, Thomas Jr., married Mary Hooker, widow of Samuel Hooker. Thomas, Jr., died at Saybrook on April 1, 1709. A monument marks his grave in the old cemetery in that town. Thomas Buckingham Jr., and Hester Hosmer had nine children, the eighth of whom was Temperence Buckingham.
TEMPERENCE BUCKINGHAM, born January 6, 1684, at Saybrook. She married John Kirtland, Jr. in 1702. She died in 1714, in the 29th year of her life.
The Buckingham family thus merges into the Kirtland family.