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William Cope Buffington 1710 – 1784 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1710

Birth Location: Kennett, Chester Co., Pennsylvania

Death Date: 3/13/1784

Death Location: Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia

Father: Thomas Buffington

Mother: Ruth Cope

Spouse(s): Alice Rupp, Mary Ferree, Mary Smith

Children(s): Benjamin Buffington, John Buffington, William Buffington, John Buffington, Jonathan Buffington, Jonathan Buffington, Martha Buffington, James Buffington, Joel Buffington, Martha Buffington, Susannah Buffington, Thomas Buffington, Jonathan Buffington, Ruth Buffington, David Buffington, William Buffington, Mary Buffington, Richard Buffington

William Cope Buffington Sr. was born in 1710 in Kennett, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, the child of Thomas Buffington and Ruth Cope. William Cope Buffington Sr. married Alice Will Rupp, Mary Magdalena (Lena) Ferree, Mary Smith, and had children including Benjamin Rupp Buffington, John Rupp Buffington, William Buffington, John Buffington, Jonathan Buffington, Jonathan Rupp Buffington, Martha Buffington, James Rupp Buffington, Joel Buffington, Martha Rupp Buffington, Susannah Buffington, Thomas Buffington, Jonathan Buffington, Ruth E. Buffington, David Buffington, William Buffington, Mary Buffington, Richard Buffington. William Cope Buffington Sr. passed away in 1784 in Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia.

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Biography

  • William Cope Buffington Sr. was born in 1710 in Kennett, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, the child of Thomas Buffington and Ruth Cope.
  • William Cope Buffington Sr. married Alice Will Rupp, Mary Magdalena (Lena) Ferree, Mary Smith, and had children including Benjamin Rupp Buffington, John Rupp Buffington, William Buffington, John Buffington, Jonathan Buffington, Jonathan Rupp Buffington, Martha Buffington, James Rupp Buffington, Joel Buffington, Martha Rupp Buffington, Susannah Buffington, Thomas Buffington, Jonathan Buffington, Ruth E. Buffington, David Buffington, William Buffington, Mary Buffington, Richard Buffington.
  • William Cope Buffington Sr. passed away in 1784 in Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Buffington
1685 – 1739
Birth Location: Delaware, USA
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Ruth Cope
1687 – 1728
Birth Location: Naaman Creek, New Castle, Delaware, USA
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Spouses(s)

Alice Rupp
1702 – 1742
Birth Location: Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
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Mary Ferree
1712 – 1778
Birth Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mary Smith
1712 – 1778
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Benjamin Buffington
1730 – 1814
Birth Location: Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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John Buffington
1731 – 1804
Birth Location: West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
JB
William Buffington
1732 – 1824
Birth Location: Pennsylvania USA
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John Buffington
1732 – 1804
Birth Location: West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
JB
Jonathan Buffington
1735 – 1804
Birth Location: Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
JB
Jonathan Buffington
1735 – 1801
Birth Location: Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
JB
Martha Buffington
1736 – 1810
Birth Location: Newlin, Chester, Pennsylvania
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James Buffington
1740 –
Birth Location: Upland, Delaware County, Pa
JB
Joel Buffington
1744 – 1821
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
JB
Martha Buffington
1748 – 1810
Birth Location: Newlin, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
MB
Susannah Buffington
1748 – 1794
Birth Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
SB
Thomas Buffington
1751 – 1830
Birth Location: Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
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Jonathan Buffington
1759 – 1843
Birth Location: Hampshire, Virginia, United States
JB
Ruth Buffington
1761 – 1842
Birth Location: Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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David Buffington
1762 – 1836
Birth Location: Romney, Hampshire, Virginia, USA
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William Buffington
1762 – 1824
Birth Location: Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Mary Buffington
1780 – 1873
Birth Location: Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
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Richard Buffington
1782 – 1811
Birth Location: Hampshire, Virginia, United States
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William Buffington's Ancestors

Self
William Buffington
1710 – 1784
Birth Place: Kennett, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
Parents
Thomas Buffington
1685 – 1739
Delaware, USA
Ruth Cope
1687 – 1728
Naaman Creek, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Grandparents
Buffington Richard
1654 – 1747
Buckinghamshire, England
Ann Francis
1652 – 1695
Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Oliver Cope
1647 – 1697
Avebury, Wiltshire, England
Rebecca (Mayhave) Crooke
1647 – 1728
Avebury, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Ann Mathews
1610 – 1670
John Cope
1622 – 1649
Elizabeth Deane
1628 – 1681
James Harland
1625 – 1680
Rebecca Kirke
1625 – 1668
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Wiltshire
1600 – 1656
Margaret Cope
1598 – 1670
Johnna Dennis
1605 – 1669
Thomas KIRKE
1548 – 1635
Margarett THORNE
1576 – 1635

William Buffington's Descendants

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William (Cope) Buffington (1710 – 3/13/1784) m. Alice (Will) Rupp (1702 – 1742) m. Mary (Magdalena (Lena)) Ferree (1712 – 1778) m. Mary Smith (1712 – 1778)
  1. 1. Benjamin (Rupp) Buffington (2 Feb 1730 – 11 Feb 1814)
  2. 2. John (Rupp) Buffington (28 Oct 1731 – 7 Apr 1804)
  3. 3. William Buffington (1732 – 1824)
  4. 4. John Buffington (1732 – 7 Apr 1804)
  5. 5. Jonathan Buffington (1735 – 7 Apr 1804)
  6. 6. Jonathan (Rupp) Buffington (1735 – 10/18/1801)
  7. 7. Martha Buffington (1736 – 1810)
  8. 8. James (Rupp) Buffington (1740 – )
  9. 9. Joel Buffington (1744 – March 17 1821)
  10. 10. Martha (Rupp) Buffington (1748 – 1810) m. William Atkins m. William (Palmer) Atkins (18 Dec 1736 – 1 Feb 1821)
    1. 1. William (Atkins) Jr (1760 – 22 Oct 1848)
    2. 2. Joseph (Buffington) Atkins (13 Aug 1762 – 1/2/1844)
    3. 3. William Atkins (1765 – )
    4. 4. Jonathan (Buffington) Atkins (abt 1766 – 1834)
    5. 5. Alice (Ann) Atkins (25 September 1770 – 12 August 1820)
    6. 6. Anna ATKINS (1775 – 9 July 1851)
    7. 7. Caleb Atkins (14 Aug 1779 – 1859) m. Mary Burnbaugh (24 Aug 1786 – 1846)
      1. 1. Mary Atkins (18 Sep 1807 – 28 January 1885)
      2. 2. Mary Atkins (18 Sep 1807 – )
      3. 3. Martha (B) Atkins (abt 1808 – 1 Nov 1876)
      4. 4. Martha Atkins (22 Mar 1809 – )
      5. 5. Cabel Atkins (19 Mar 1811 – )
      6. 6. Caleb Atkins (19 Mar 1811 – )
      7. 7. Dr. (Joseph) Atkins (25 Mar 1812 – Feb 18, 1904)
      8. 8. Elizabeth Atkins (29 Mar 1813 – 7 Dec 1891)
      9. 9. Elizabeth Atkins (29 Mar 1813 – 7 Dec 1891)
      10. 10. Joseph Atkins (28 Mar 1815 – )
      11. 11. Joseph Atkins (28 Mar 1815 – )
      12. 12. Margaret (H. (Baker)) Atkins (1817 – 25 Oct 1879) m. William (Henry) Newlin (Jun 1813 – 21 Dec 1895)
        1. 1. - (girl) Newlin (abt 1835 – bef 1850)
        2. 2. James (Baker) Newlin (Feb 1838 – 14 Feb 1914) m. Mary (Matilda) Kagel (Apr 1832 – 12 Dec 1901) m. Kezia Hanway (abt 1843 – Aft. 1920)
        3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth) Newlin (26 Jun 1838 – 26 Feb 1917)
        4. 4. Eleanor (Watters) Newlin (1842 – 20 Mar 1907)
        5. 5. Eleanor ("Ellen" Watters) Newlin (abt 1842 – 20 Mar 1907) m. Benjamin Flood (1 Mar 1837 – 24 Jan 1916)
        6. 6. Martha (Jane) Newlin (20 Aug 1843 – 24 Dec 1924)
        7. 7. Lauretta ("Laura") Newlin (6 Feb 1847 – 15 Mar 1916)
        8. 8. Emma (L) Newlin (1849 – 1860)
        9. 9. William (Henry Newlin,) Jr. (Oct 1854 – 8 Nov 1930)
        10. 10. John (Franklin) Newlin (22 Jun 1855 – 10 Feb 1925)
        11. 11. Joseph (Lincoln) Newlin (Nov 1859 – May 13 1905)
      13. 13. Margaret Atkins (8 Jan 1817 – 25 Oct 1879)
      14. 14. Davis ATKINS (6 MAR 1818 – 5 AUG 1899)
      15. 15. David Atkins (6 Mar 1818 – 5 Aug 1899)
      16. 16. Samuel Atkins (abt 1819 – 21 November 1903)
      17. 17. Samuel Atkins (20 May 1819 – 21 November 1903)
      18. 18. Hannah Atkins (2 Apr 1821 – )
      19. 19. Hannah Atkins (2 Apr 1821 – )
      20. 20. Catherine (Ann) Atkins (6 Jun 1823 – )
      21. 21. Samuel Atkins (abt 1824 – )
      22. 22. Alice Atkins (1 Jun 1825 – )
      23. 23. Alice Atkins (1 Jun 1825 – )
      24. 24. Mercy Atkins (20 Apr 1827 – )
      25. 25. Mercy Atkins (20 Apr 1827 – )
      26. 26. William Atkins (1829 – )
      27. 27. William Atkins (1829 – )
      28. 28. Sarah Atkins (abt 1829 – )
      29. 29. Sarah Atkins (1831 – )
      30. 30. Sarah Campbell (abt 1831 – )
      31. 31. James (B) Atkins (23 Aug 1832 – 20 Apr 1915)
      32. 32. James (Brumbaugh) Atkins (23 Aug 1832 – 23 Apr 1915)
      33. 33. Elizabeth Atkins (abt 1813 – )
      34. 34. Margaret Atkins (abt 1817 – )
      35. 35. Hannah Atkins (abt 1821 – )
  11. 11. Susannah Buffington (30 Jul 1748 – 30 Jul 1794)
  12. 12. Thomas Buffington (17 November 1751 – 8 Mar 1830)
  13. 13. Jonathan Buffington (1759 – 1843)
  14. 14. Ruth (E.) Buffington (6 May 1761 – 27 Aug 1842)
  15. 15. David Buffington (1762 – 6 October 1836)
  16. 16. William Buffington (1762 – 2 Aug 1824)
  17. 17. Mary Buffington (13 January 1780 – 13 April 1873)
  18. 18. Richard Buffington (26 Apr 1782 – 23 May 1811)

William Buffington's Timeline

2 Records

1710
1710
Birth of William Cope Buffington Sr. in Kennett, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
Kennett, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
1784
3/13/1784
Age 74
Death of William Cope Buffington Sr. in Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia
Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1710
    Event Place: Kennett, Chester Co., Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3/13/1784
    Event Place: Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia
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