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| Probable source of the name "William" in the Buckalew Family, i.e., The Dutch Connection: "William I, known as William The Silent (1533-84), Prince of Orange and Dutch patriot, born in Dillenburg, in the Duchy of Nassau (now Germany), the son of William, Count of Nassau (d. 1559)... In 1555 Philip II, son and successor of Charles, as king of Spain, made William stadholder of the Dutch provinces of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht. The same year William succeeded his father as count of Nassau. "Under Phillip, Spanish imperial rule in the Netherlands was harsh and intolerant, especially toward Protestants, who were persecuted by the Inquisition. William and other members of the Dutch nobility organized a strong movement against Spanish oppression... William was forced to flee to Germany...assembled an invasion army and in 1568 he entered the Netherlands, where he was soon defeated because the Dutch failed to support him. The rebellion gradually grew stronger, however, and in 1572 the northern Dutch provinces of Holland and Zeeland revolted successfully against the Spanish and elected William, who had become a Calvinist, as their stadtholder. After several more years of bitter fighting, sixteen of the seventeen provinces united against Spain...Nov. 8, 1576....A few years later, William was killed by an assassin. He was succeeded as stadtholder by his son Maurice of Nassau. [SIR WALTER SCOTT OF BUCCLEUCH] First Lord Scott of Buccleuch. Enrolled in the baronies of Branxholm,&c., as heir to David Scott, his grandfather's brother, on 21 June and 10 Oct 1574. Received knighthood from James VI, by whom, in 1590, on the fall of his step-father, the earl of Bothwell, he was appointed keeper of Liddesdale and warden of the west marches (borders). Did not support Bothwell's rebellion, but entered into pact (6 Aug 1591) with those that supported the king. On the next day went to France for three years. Upon his return was granted to him and Lord Hume the office of warden of the east marches, and, along with Sir Robert Ker, heir of Cessford, the office of warden-depute of the middle marches, and to organize within these bounds opposition to the Earl of Bothwell. Subsequently, he carried on an active predatory warfare against the English, and is renowned for the singularly daring exploit of rescuing one of his dependents, known by the name of Kinmont Will, from Carlisle castle on 13 April 1596. This achievement is the subject of the ballad of Kinmont Willie, inserted in the "Minstrelsy of the Scottish border." After the succession of James to the English throne, Buccleuch was very active in quieting the borders, and to accomplish this he raised a regiment of the boldest and most desperate of the borderers, and carried them over to fight against the Spaniards in the wars of Holland. He attained considerable renown as a military commander under Maurice, prince of Orange, and was, for his services and military merit, raised to the peerage of Scotland 16 Mar 1606 under the title of Lord Scott of Buccleuch. [WALTER SCOTT, EARL OF BUCCLEUCH] Second lord, raised to the dignity of Earl of Buccleuch 16 Mar 1619 with secondary title of Lord Scott of Whitechester and Eskdale with remainder to his heirs male, and afterwards extended to heirs whatsoever. Had command of a regiment in the service of the states of Holland against the Spaniards.] (Lord Walter Scott of Buccleuch formed and took a regiment there in 1603, and his son Francis, the first Earl of Buccleuch later commanded another such regiment there. Thousands of Scots acted as mercenary soldiers on the continent during the 17th & 18th centuries &, for all I know, beforehand. The Swedes, the French and the Dutch all had Scots, sometimes in brigades and regiments of their own. Robert Bain, in his "Clans and Tartans of Scotland," states, "Sir Walter, 13th Baron, was created Lord Scott of Buccleuch by James VI and his son was raised to the dignity of Earl of Buccleuch in 1619." Upon arriving in America in mid 17th century--either by accident of registrar's pen or intentially--our ancestors dropped the name Scott and took Buccleuch as their surname, changing the spelling to BUCKLEW. Subsequent generations were quite ingenious and indefatigable in their modifying the spelling of the name. I've been doing genealogy for about four years, and about two years ago came to realize that there is a definite Dutch/French connection in the history of the Scotts of Buccleuch. I now have reason to believe that William, one of the Buccleuch Scotts, was with the Scottish regiments (and the military units were there 1572-1697) in Holland and/or France. As is true whenever there is extended military deployment, I believe that William and others chose to remain on the European continent when they completed their military service. Then, it seems, that some of them in mid-17th century--a politically and religiously very turbulent time in Scotland (and England)--chose to venture to America rather than return to Scotland. -Les Buckelew "William was one of the great patriots of Dutch history. He gave his fortune and his life to the cause of Dutch independence and religious freedom. Although he was unable to unite all of the Netherlands provinces, the Union of Utrecht became the nucleus of the present Dutch nation." "Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia," Vol. 25, pp. 133-134. The Dutch were in possession of Manhatten and Staten Islands in the early years of the 17th century. One of William's son's name is found as "Willem" and "Willimse", Dutch spellings. His son Peter, Sr., married a Dutch bride on Staten Island. Her father was Dutch and named "Frederick" Jans Janssen. I do not have hard proof that Francis was the son of William and brother of Peter, but age and location, i.e., NJ, make it seem plausible if not probable. Francis could very well have been William's eldest child. [...a reference to the ship CALEDONIA (History of the Old Tennent Church by Rev. F. R. Symmes, 1904) which states that "it is supposed that this ship brought emigrants from Scotland as early as 1685, and it is a matter of history that it bore to New Jersey many Scotch families about 1715."] | ||||||||
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