Individual Details

William Buell's parents are unproven. May be Sir Robert Buell who married Catherine Goode according to Stephen Beckler on his web page. Other versions link William to Robert Bevill who married Mary Coles. I don't see how "Bevill" can become "Buell" in a single generation and would be inclined to choose the former. [another possible explanation for the confusion in surnames is the similarity of the letters “u” and “v” in the old handwriting]
Milliken's "History of Ontario County" says William Buell sailed from Plymouth, England, on Mar 31, 1630 in the "Mary and John" and landed at Nantasket, Boston Bay, on May 30. [There are several published lists of passengers of the "Mary and John", none proved but he isn't there anyway, so this statement is doubtful.] He settled at Dorchester, MA and 5 years later moved to the new settlement at Windsor.

Asselia Lichliter wrote SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS OF THE BEVILLE FAMILY For the past sixteen years I have used various researchers in England to find the parents of our William but to no avail. It is certain that he is not the son of Sir Robert Beville as some have claimed. I have a copy of the probated will of William Beville, son of Sir Robert Beville, probated 1638. That William was one of two sons and was born in 1610. Signed Nathan Deloss Buell, Compiler."

BUELL, William [Simsbury], m. ____, 10 Nov 1640; children:
Samuel, b. 2 Sep 1641;
Peter, b. 19 Aug 1644;
Mary, b. 3 Sep 1642;
Hanna, b. 8 Jan 1646;
Hepsiba, b. 11 Dec 1649;
Sara, b. 21 Mar 1653;
Abigail, b. 12 Feb 1654.
Record of Marriages & Births Copied from the 1st Book of Records under the date 18 May 1674; transcribed by Samuel H. Parsons;
New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 5, January 1851, p. 63 & subsequent.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

WorldConnect file: "Our Royal Ancestor", Update 20 May 2007.
'A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield,Conn.' by George C. Woodruff in 1845, mentions that William was born in Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, England, about 1610; supposed to have left England in the company under the charge of Rev. Mr. Warham in 1630. He settled in Dorchester, Mass. He removed to Windsor, Conn., in the fall of1635 or spring of 1636, where he died Nov. 23, 1681. He married Mary ---Nov. 18, 1640; she died Sept. 1, 1684.' It mentions their children.

Frequently seen in trees on the Intenet is a birth of 17 Feb 1605 in Chestertown - I feel sure this is not likely this man. There seems to be no source provided for this claim.


Hartford Co CT, County Court Minutes, Vol 3 & 4; Helen Schatvet Ullmann, p.314
2 Mar 1681/2 Last will & Testament of Wm Buel exhibited in Court. Proved by testimony of Nathaniel Gillett & Timothy Phelps & ordered recorded with an Inventory of his estate. An agreement for division of the estate as it concerns the two sons Samuel & Peter was exhibited in Court & Approved.

http://www.frontiernet.net/~halsey1/family/buell.htm
The Will of William Buell dated 26 July 1681
I give to my sone samul ye house and halfe ye home lote with all ye land I purchased of Wiliam Thrall and to my sone peter halfe ye home lot on ye north side and all ye medo and ye wat land yat was my on by gift of ye towne. my tols to be equaly divided betwexe samul and peter. my sone samul is to pay out eleven pounds and peter sixe pounds and this ith ye reste of my goods to be equaly dived betwene my datters. only my datter mary to have five pounds more than either of ye others these to prcels of land one by ye gravel hill ye other by ye mill brok which I leve to my wife disposing if she out lives mee and she is to in joy all this as long as she lives I doe with ye best of my understanding in witness whereof I set to my hand. Witnesses: Nathan Gyllet, Timothy Phellps, Job Drake son of John, James Hillyer

Inventory of the estate of William Buell: taken Nov. 30 1681
2 cowes and a calfe and 5 swine & haye - 14£ 5s
house and home stead - 40£
3 acres in the great meadow at 6L ye acre - 18£
40 acres woodland that was William Thralls - 15£
30 acres woodland adjoininge given by ye Towne - 12£
10 acres in ye woods at gravill hill - 6£
5 acres at mill brooke - 2£ 10s
in beddinge and bedstead - 6£ 7s
in more beddinge and linine - 10£ 4s
in wareing clothese - 2£ 15s
in brass Iron and pewter - 2£ 18s
Tramells tonges glue with wooden ware - 1£ 8s
a gun sword table chest and other thinges - 4£ 2s
a syder board ould tubs and other thinges - 4£ 16s
Joyners tooles bench & wedges - 5£ 7s 6p
grindstone timber and other thinges - 1£ 19s 10p
debt due from the estate - 9£ 13s 11p
credit oweinge to the estate - 5£ 3s 8p

Mrs. Mary Bewell, the widow and relict of William Bewell, Deed., Exhibited Invt. 6th March, 1681-2, before Benjamin Newbery, Commissioner.

6 March, 1681/2: It is mutually agreed By Samuel and Peter Bewell, as a final Issue betwixt them, respecting their father's will, as followeth:That all the houseing shall be equally divided betwixt them by an indifferent estimation. Also that Peter shall have Liberty to choose which end of the house he will have, both Samuel & Peter being bound to give or take according to the estimation that shall then be set upon it.Also that Peter shall have half the Home Lot as it Lyeth on the Northerly side & as expressed in the will, with the addition of the southerly orother part of the swamp or meadow Lying by the Riverett, which is to extend from the River to the Middle of the Hill or falling ground betwixt the meadow & upland, as also that all the woodlands & boggy meadow shall be settled upon both of them according to their father's will, which was presented in Court. Farther, we do also agree that the Land Lying in the great meadow shall be equally divided betwixt us both. The aforesaid parcells of Land we agree shall be & remain to us, our heirs & successors, with all the privaleges there to belonging; & farther we doagree that whatsoever of Legacy shall be due by our Father's will, it shall be discharged or payed equally betwixt us; & also that the Tools our Father Left us shall be divided according to his will written. For the true performance of what is above written we do mutually set to our hands. /s/ Samuel & Peter; witnessed by Nathan Gillett and George Griswold.



WILLIAM BUELL, THE IMMIGRANT, AND WIFE MARY: Excerpts from Article: "William Buell & Early Descendants," by George W. McCracken, Pages 64 - 71 (The American Genealogist, Vol. 54, No. 2, April, 1978)
WILLIAM BUELL, a joiner, came to America accompanied by a woman whose death on 3 Dec 1639 in Windsor, Conn. was recorded by the town clerk as that of "Goode Buell." She has generally been assumed to have been the mother of William, but she could have been his first wife. The word "Goode" is merely an appellative designed to show that she was not of gentle birth McCracken discusses how Albert Welles attemped to identify her as Catherine, daughter of Sir John Goode and widiow of Sir Robert Beville of Chesterton [Huntingdonshirfe]. "I think it so improbable that William Buell, a joiner, could have been an unrecorded son of such a pair that ..... there does seem to be a son William in a Visitation pedigree, but when the same person was baptized in 1606 his name was entered as Richardus."
Although many of the founding settlers of Windsor, Conn. came from Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, nothing can be found about the Buell family before their arrival in Windsor. William Buell married, perhaps at Windsor where the marriage is recorded, 18 Nov 1640, a woman whose name is not identified in this record. We know from other sources that her first name was Mary, but we have not found her maiden surname. Although there is a claim that it wss either a Thomas or a Post, no evidence for these names or any other possible name has been discovered.
On 1 Dec 1640, William Buell was granted a five-acre home lot at Windsor, bounded south by William Thrall. About this same year, William Buell and William Filley bought of William Thrall two tracts, of eight and 36 acres, respectively. On 29 March 1652, William Buell was paid for work done on the seats in the Windsor meeting house. Subsequently he completed other assignments for improvements to that building..
In June 1676, at the time of King Philip's Ward, William Buell contributed for the war sufferers.
In anticipation of death, William Buell conveyed , on 31 Oct 1681, the Thrall lands to his son Samuel, but Samuel was not to sell during the lifetime of his mother.
According to the Windsor Vital Records, William died on 23 Nov 1681 at night, but the inventory of his estate his death was on 16 Nov 1681. Frank Farnworth Starr preferred to accept the latter date. His will was dated 26 July 1681. [See data below for a coyy of the will and of the inventory.]
According to the inventory of her estate, the widow Mary Buell died on 1 Sept 1684, but the Windsor Vital Records say that she died on the day following. She left an unsigned will dated 29 Aug 1684, probated 24 March 1684/5.
The children, all of whom were born in Windsor:
i. SAMUEL, b. 2 Sep 1641; d. Killingworth,11 July 1720.
ii. MARY, b . 3 Sep 1643, d. 26 June 1718.
iii. PETER, b. 19 Aug 1644, d. 8 Jan 1729/30 at Simsbury.
iv. HANNAH, b. 8 Jan 1646/7, d. 26 Sep 1704.
v. HEPZIBAH, b. 11 Dec 1649,d. at Deerfield, MA.
vi. SARAH, b. 21 March 1653/4, living on 11 June 1676.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. 12 Feb 1655/6.

WILL AND PROBATE PROCEEDINGS FOR WILLIAM BUELL, WINDSOR, CT: - The Will of William Bevilles (Buell) - I give to my sone samul ye house and halfe ye home lote with all ye land I purchased of Wiliam Thrall and to my sone peter halfe ye home lot on ye north side and all ye medo and ye wat land yat was my on by gift of ye towne. my tols to be equaly divided betwexe samul and peter. my sone samul is to pay out eleven pounds and peter sixe pounds and this ith ye reste of my goods to be equaly dived betwene my datters. only my datter mary to have five pounds more than either of ye others these to prcels of land one by ye gravel hill ye other by ye mill brok which I leve to my wife disposing if she out lives mee and she is to in joy all this as long as she lives I doe with ye best of my understanding in witness whereof I set to my hand. Witnesses: Nathan Gyllet, Timothy Phellps, Job Drake son of John, James Hillyer -
Inventory of the estate of William Buell: taken Nov. 30 1681 2 cowes and a calfe and 5 swine & haye - 14£ 5s house and home stead - 40£ 3 acres in the great meadow at 6L ye acre - 18£ 40 acres woodland that was William Thralls - 15£ 30 acres woodland adjoininge given by ye Towne - 12£ 10 acres in ye woods at gravill hill - 6£ 5 acres at mill brooke - 2£ 10s in beddinge and bedstead - 6£ 7s in more beddinge and linine - 10£ 4s in wareing clothese - 2£ 15s in brass Iron and pewter - 2£ 18s Tramells tonges glue with wooden ware - 1£ 8s a gun sword table chest and other thinges - 4£ 2s a syder board ould tubs and other thinges - 4£ 16s Joyners tooles bench & wedges - 5£ 7s 6p grindstone timber and other thinges - 1£ 19s 10p debt due from the estate - 9£ 13s 11p credit oweinge to the estate - 5£ 3s 8p

Birth	Abt 1620
Marriage	18 Nov 1640	Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut - MARY POST
Death	23 Nov 1681	Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
Occupation		Joiner

Spouse	MARY POST (1619 - 1684)
Child	SAMUEL BUELL (1641 - 1720)
Child	Mary Buell (1642 - 1718)
Child	Peter Buell (1644 - 1726)
Child	Hannah Buell (1646 - 1704)
Child	Hepzibah Buell (1649 - 1704)
Child	Sarah Buell (1654 - 1734)
Child	Abigail Buell (1656 - 1681)