With the help of The Joseph Bucklin Society, I present one path through my son Sam's family history.
SAMUEL AMBROSE POTTS was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 19, 2006 to Paul Richard Potts and Rebekah Grace Potts (maiden name: Benjamin).
His FATHER was Paul Richard Potts, born September 26, 1967 in Seattle, Washington.
His paternal GRANDMOTHER was Susan Zahner (maiden name: Armstrong).
His GREAT GRANDMOTHER on his paternal grandmother's side was Marcella Bucklin Armstrong (maiden name: Clarke), born February 18, 1904.
His GREAT GREAT (2x) GRANDMOTHER on Marcella Armstrong's side was Isabel Teresa Clarke (maiden name: Bucklin), born July 12, 1880.
His GREAT GREAT GREAT (3x) GRANDMOTHER on Isabel Clarke's side was Clara Bucklin (Shearer) 1857-1884; his GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER was William Decature Bucklin, 1834-1899.
On William Decature Bucklin's side, his GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (4x) GRANDFATHER was Parker Bucklin.
On Parker Bucklin's side, his GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (5x) GRANDFATHER was Francis Bucklin, born 1788.
On Francis Bucklin's side, his GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (6x) GRANDFATHER was William Bucklin, born 1762.
On William Bucklin's side, his GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (7x) GRANDFATHER was David Bucklin, a Revolutionary War hero, 1726-1820. According to the Bucklin Society, he moved to Herkimer, NY around 1779 and was wealthy. His wife's brother was personal physician to George Washington.
On David Bucklin's side, his GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (8x) GRANDFATHER was Joseph Bucklin III, 1694-1776. According to the Bucklin Society, he was Deacon in the Baptist Church in Coventry, RI and built and ran a grist mill and machine shop.
On Joseph Bucklin III's side, his GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (9x) GRANDFATHER was Joseph Bucklin II, 1662-1729. According to the Bucklin Society, he was born in Rehoboth, MA, and was buried in 1729 in Newman Cemetery, Rumford, RI.
On Joseph Bucklin II's side, his GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (10x) GRANDFATHER was Joseph Bucklin Senior, born June 23, 1633. According to the Bucklin Society, in 1716, he obtained land, 400 acres north of Providence, RI and died in Rehoboth, MA on March 26, 1718.
On Joseph Bucklin Senior's side, his GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (11x) GRANDFATHER was William Bucklin, born approximately 1606. According to the Bucklin Society, he was born about 1606 in Dorset, England, emigrated in 1630 from England, and in 1635, obtained land at Hingham, MA.
The records of the Bucklin Society fade out there. But if you go through Joseph Bucklin Senior's mother instead of father, Sam's GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (11x) GRANDMOTHER was Mary Bucklin (maiden name: Bosworth). The records give us one more generation to work with. And so (drum roll please...)
Sam's GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (12x) GRANDFATHER was Edward Bosworth. His date of birth is not known, and he died before August 5, 1634.
The Bucklin Society records fade out there, but with all the greats, my grandmother, and myself, that's fourteen generations of ancestry for baby Sam! That's enough for me, at least for now. And of course that leaves out his ancestry through his father's father (my father, Richard Potts), or his mother's two parents. But I'll let him take it from there!
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