Thomas Buford

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 Blewford, was 20 and his mother, Mary, was 19. He married Elizabeth in 1700. 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

Thomas Buford
1682–1761
Elizabeth
–1761
Marriage: 1700
Agatha Buford
1705–1785
Sarah Buford
1712–1794
John Buford
1707–1787
Elizabeth Buford
1710–1787
Mary Buford
1716–1776
Anne Buford
1718–1737

Sources (33)

  • Find A Grave Index [not reliable; 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

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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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