Seneca Buck

10 January 1802–15 July 1887 (Age 85)
Maine, United States

The Life Summary of Seneca

When Seneca Buck was born on 10 January 1802, in Maine, United States, his father, Moses Buck, was 41 and his mother, Hannah Chubb, was 38. He married Abigail Harriet Whiting on 17 June 1866, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He died on 15 July 1887, in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Seneca Buck
1802–1887
Jane Warren
1805–1852
Annis Buck
1827–1895
Ephraim Buck
1829–1906
Arozine L. Buck
1831–1916
John Warren Buck
1833–1895
Frederick A Buck
1836–
Esther J. Buck
1838–1914
Marshall D. J. Buck
1841–1915
Sarah Richards Buck
1843–
Levina Adams Buck
1846–1868

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World Events (8)

1803
Age 1
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1805
Age 3
Historical Boundaries: 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 23
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Buckson
Burkhart
Buxton
Buckman
Boughton
Buckmaster
Bucknell

Sources (38)

  • Seneca Buck in entry for Levina Adams Buck, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Senecor Buck, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Seneca in entry for Chester B Leonard and Sarah R Buck, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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