Saturday 19th September 2015
Judy Venables writes ~
Dear Mr. Howell,
After having traced my Buckler line back, I find that I have an Edward Buckler born c1525 to Alexander who married Elizabeth Watkins circa 1524. I am not sure of the location.
Now, the information I am using says that Edward Buckler got married about 1600 and had 10 children between 1600 and about 1627. His wife dies in 1636 and he dies in 1649, leaving a will. Now, her name is Alice and she is buried at Warminster but I could not find his burial anywhere even with his death date (I was hoping for an age!?!).
Edward Buckler is supposed to have probated his mother’s will in 1580. But I find it very hard to believe that he was 124 years old when he died and that he didn’t have his children until later in his life (I have not found a previous marriage). Edward, I assume, is the one who moves to Warminster from Dorset.
My ancestry is Jane Buckler through John born 1695 to Humphrey (rector at Batcombe, Somerset), to Thomas who married Elizabeth Pilton, to Edward who married Alice in 1600. That is where I’m stuck because his birth would be about 75 years before!?!
My research sources include: Familysearch.org; FindmyPast; Ancestry.com; Google Chrome; Rootsweb; FreeREG; Dorset OPC; (I don’t have much luck on Wiltshire OPC).
Thank you for your time.”
Danny Howell replies ~
Thank you Judy for your enquiry.
Your information with regard Edward Buckler being the son of Alexander Buckler and Elizabeth (nee Watkins) and that Edward was executor to his mother’s will in 1580, appears to tally with Bucleriana: Notices of the Family of Buckler collected by Charles Alban Buckler, Surrey Herald Extraordinary, AD 1880, published by Mitchell and Hughes in 1886 for private circulation.
http://ketchcetera.com/ARTIFACTS/Pedigree_of%20Buckler_of_Causeway.pdf
In Bucleriana, in the section: ‘Pedigree of Buckler of Causeway and Wolcombe Matravers, Dorset,’ (page 3), it is indeed written that:Â
the will of Elizabeth Buckler (nee Watkins), wife of Alexander Buckler, was dated at Wolcombe Matravers, 15 Nov 1579, proved in London 6 Feb 1580, and that she is buried at Melbury Bubbe (Dorset). It also states that one of her sons Edward Buckler was executor to his mother in 1580 and that his will is dated 8 May 1649. The same publication also confirms that Edward’s wife Alice was buried at Warminster 16 May 1636.
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But it is of course beyond the realms of possibility that Edward was 124 years old when he died. I believe the first sentence of your enquiry to me: “Edward Buckler was born c1525 to Alexander who married Elizabeth Watkins circa 1524” has to be incorrect.
A quick look at other websites (family central, wiki tree, etc.) has Alexander Buckler listed as born in Somerset in 1541 and Elizabeth Watkins born in 1541 or circa 1541. Those dates are more likely, and if they are correct it means Alexander and Elizabeth could not have married circa 1524 as you say and that Edward their son could not have been born circa 1525 as you also say.
Those other websites suggest Alexander and Elizabeth were married circa 1565 in Somerset (Holwell?). This would suggest that Edward was born after 1565. If the family tree in Bucleriana is correct, Edward’s older siblings were John, Alexander, Christopher, Katharine and Mary ~ so Edward may have been the sixth child, and may have been born circa 1571. If that was the case, it means Edward may have only been about nine years old when executor of his mother’s will in 1580; that he was 29 years old when he married (if he married in 1600); and that he died aged about 78 if his death was in 1649. Those ages and dates seem far more plausible.
