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Family Buckingham

Posted by Bruce Allen Buckingham on 3/8/2025, 12:14 pm

Dear Devon Family Genealogists
I am looking for information pertaining to the Buckingham Family in Ashwater, Devonshire between the time periods of 1500 to about 1600. According to my present research my 10x Great-Grandfather John Buckingham married Johan Stephen on August 2nd, 1568 in Ashwater.
Johan(na) Stephan was possibly born in 1547 in Ashwater and her husband John Buckingham (or John Thomas Stafford de Buckingham) was born in 1543, also in Ashwater.
Any further information or corrections would be sincerely appreciated, yours, Bruce Allen Buckingham

Re: Family Buckingham

Posted by SJ Baker on 22/1/2026, 4:43 pm, in reply to "Family Buckingham"

Apologies for being late to this question. I have a Thomas de Stafford Buckingham (born Ashwater about 1520) as a greatx13 grandfather, he is also related to me in other ways through cousin marriages but that another story. I believe he had more than one marriage himself but the one I am descended from is his marriage Lady Mary Chaunter (b.1522 Ashwater) and their son Thomas Buckingham (b.1545). It is possible that your John Thomas Buckingham was his brother (born two years earlier). It is said that Lady Mary Chaunter's father was Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (executed for treason in 1521) and she was born after his death. Alternatively I've also been told that this is incorrect and he was actually her spouse's father, very confusing. The evidence is all rather hazy and family tree sites are littered with some very odd/dodgy trees with little or no evidence. You will note I am not a Buckingham but my Paternal grandmother was Thirza Buckingham of Twitchen. My late father did much of the family history research into his Mother's family back in the 1980s and 1990s, well before anything was online. Do get in touch and let me know if you've come across anything else since you posted your question.

Re: Family Buckingham

Posted by Bruce Allen Buckingham on 22/1/2026, 5:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Family Buckingham"

Dear SJ Baker
Thank-you very much for your response and the information. I haven't been able to create a correct 100% connection to my "probable" Forefather John Thomas Buckingham and his father Thomas de Stafford Buckingham, born about 1520.
Your information about Lady Mary Chaunter, born in 1522 is also my concern... to verify any of this confusion.
Would it be possible to communicate "one-to-one" by email ?
My emailadresse. is: br.buck56@gmail.com

Many thanks, Bruce A. Buckingham

Re: Family Buckingham

Posted by SJ Baker on 22/1/2026, 6:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Family Buckingham"

Sounds like we are stumbling over the same people and I've sort of come to the conclusion that the evidence and documents we need may not actually exist any more. Happy to communicate via email. Will send you one to get started.

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