Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Buford was christened on 21 May 1682, in Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Beauford Sr, was 19 and his mother, Mary Warren, was 18. He married Elizabeth in 1704, in Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died before 7 July 1761, in Virginia, British Colonial America, and was buried in Virginia, British Colonial America.
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Family Time Line
Sources (32)
- Find A Grave Index" [undocumented; burial unknown]
- Thomas Buford in entry for Aggatha Buford, "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917"
- Henry and Mary Bewford's 5 Apr 1708 gift to his "brother" Thomas Bewford, in Middlesex, Virginia's Deed Book (1703-1720), page 179
Spouse and Children
1682–1761 Male
1688–1761 Female
Children (6)
1705–1785 Female
1707–1787 Male
1710–1787 Female
1712–1794 Female
1716–1776 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1663–1716 Male
1664–1720 Female
Siblings (3)
1682–1761 Male
1684–1720 Male
1688– Female
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Beaufort or of its English altered form Beauford . Compare Bufford .
History: American bearers of this name are mostly descended from Richard Beaufort or Beauford, who came from England to Lancaster County, VA, in 1635. He was born in England as a son of a French Huguenot immigrant John Beaufort and is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (as Richard Beauford or Beaufort or Buford). See also Beaufort .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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