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The Grave of Joseph Bucklin, 4thThe gravestone read s: "Sacred to the memory of Capt. Joseph Bucklin who departed this life December 27, 1790. Aged 70 years 10 months 1
day. Having through life sustained the character of an industrious and
honest man."
Other Material on the Gravestone includes: Name of wife: Zerviah Sabin, Death of Joseph as 27th of December 1790 and that he died at the age of 70 years 10 months and 4 days. (Click on thumbnails to enlarge.) Photo on right has gravestones of two
children , James and Headstone composition is slate in "good" condition in June 2000, with good legibility. The stone carvers was Gabriel Allen (identification of carver made by John Sterling) This same carver also did the gravestone of Zeriah. Click here for directions to find the grave in the North Burial Ground. This gravestone data is a combination of four transcriptions of cemetery headstones.: More on the graves in the family plot This family plot has Col. Hezekah Sabin in the back row of graves and his descendents in front of him. The very left front corner of the plot has the grave of his grandson James Bucklin, who died soon after birth. Thus the Joseph Bucklin family began to fill in the line on the front row of graves of this family plot. This line of graves is the end of this line of Bucklins. Although Joseph Bucklin's siblings and uncles left vigorous lines of descent, the Joseph Bucklin 5th who fired the "First Shot of the Revolution" has no direct descendents. The grave of Joseph Bucklin 4th's wife ZERVIAH is on the viewer's left of the grave of Joseph. Her stone reads: "In memory of Zerviah wife of Capt Joseph Bucklin and daughter of Hezekiah Sabin of Connecticut, who departed this life September 26, 1776 in the 45th year of her age." The grave of Sally Bucklin Ensworth, daughter of Nancy Bucklin Ensworth and Gideon Ensworth, is to the viewer's left of Capt Joseph Bucklin. It shows Sally Bucklin died at age 22 on 10 Nov. 1803. And then to the viewer's right (and the last in the line of graves enclosed by the present iron railing, is the gravestone of Nancy Bucklin Ensworth, whose gravestone shows the is the widow of Gideon Ensworth of Canterberry CT, and that she died 28 Sept 1826. Nancy was a teen age girl when her sister Sally Bucklin was born, and the death of her sister when Sally was only 14 probably was the inspiration for Nancy naming her first born daughter "Sally Bucklin Ensworth". The tragedy was that this daughter also preceded Nancy in death. Nancy's headstone shows it was erected by Hezekiah Sabin. Click here for directions to find the grave in the North Burial Ground. |
