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John Buck (1755-1842)
When Rev Dr John Buck was born in 1755 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, his father, Andrew, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 30. He married Emily Catherine "Kitty" Griffith and they had 14 children together. He died on March 14, 1842, in Clonoe, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, having lived a long life of 87 years.
from http://www.adambuckartist.info He was a member of the Buck family of Dublin. He was the son of Andrew Buck (1725-1795). "Andrew Buck (1725-1795) was educated at Trinity College, Dublin ('TCD') and was Principal of The Hibernian Academy, Oxmantown, Dublin for many years. He married Elizabeth Sydney around 1751. His children included Jonathan Buck (1752-1786, educated TCD, a painter), John Buck (1755-1842, educated TCD, a vicar in Ireland but with many Australian descendants today), Henry (born ca 1764, an apprenticed printer in 1778) and possibly an Andrew (becoming a Dublin solicitor and dying about 1820). It was almost certainly that painter son Jonathan with his sons John and Jonathan who are the subject of one of Adam Buck's earliest known family portraits, "My cousin Jonathan and his sons John and Jonathan" (ca 1790). Andrew the solicitor's son was Robert Andrew Buck (1779-1855, educated TCD and also a Dublin solicitor, with many English descendants today including members of the Darrell family".
Kitty Griffiths (1897-1891)
A detailed book tracing European history in general and the Buck family in particular is online and well worth reading; https://archive.org/stream/buckhistorygenea00buck/buckhistorygenea00buck_djvu.txt. The book eventually traces the Buck family members who left England during the times of Charles 1 and James 1 for religious liberty and freedom from the imposition of, what they considered to be , unjust taxes. This branch of the family went to America and Virginia, in particular.Rev, Dr John Buck married Catherine "Kitty" Griffith. She was from the well known Griffith family. Her parents were cousins and together they wrote many plays and books. Some plays were featured in Drury Lane. Some of the books are available to read for free on Google. Their daughter, Emily Buck, is my fourth great grandmother. She married the famous or infamous, George Ashley Cooper, who was NZ notable who signed the Treaty of Waitangi and also managed to accumulate lots of ill gotten lands and monies. They were also the parents of Sarah Cooper who married William Downs Chomley, a cousin and famous squatter. They, in turn, were the parents of Violet Chomley who was famous explorer and diarist. The Chomley families are related to many other 'establishment" families such as the Boyds. Relatives His uncle, Adam Buck, was the famous painter, miniaturist. His great grandfather is believed to have been Adam Buck who was a goldsmith in dublin and Limerick and who died in 1725 in Limerick.
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