What is the origin of the American surname Buffkin?

Buffkin is a Norwegian/Flemish name meaning "a powerful, strong man".

The English history shows the lands of Leeds Castle , Kent being assumed by Lewen Buffkin I in payment from HenryVIII for services and debt. The 1570 marraige of Lewen Buffkin II to Anne Guildford cemented the ties of English Nobility to the Norman lines from Flanders/Belgium/Netherlands, the family of Anne Guildford being tied to the former Princess of Wales, Diana Spencer, mother of the future King, through the family of Sir Richard Waller.