John Buckner - Conflating various John Buckners

Started by ben buckner on Tuesday, June 7, 2022
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This is conflating at least two different people. John Buckner who died in 1748 was a nephew of the present John Buckner. This John Buckner was referred to as deceased by his widow in a 1727 deed and his last land patent was dated 1726, so he died around that time. He had seven children known from primary sources who survived to adulthood, so his genealogical significance is not to be underestimated. In this particular instance, Wikitree has it right (for now) - you should probably use that. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Buckner-129

Anna Russel and Sarah Smith aren't in this family. Russel researchers have been casting around for a Buckner family to put her into and someone landed on this one somehow, but his daughter Ann most likely married Miles Cary, based on probate documents from York County. Sarah Smith is the same deal-somebody suspects that her maiden name might have been Buckner and on the basis of that they're just like "oh, well she must belong to this family despite the fact that none of the daughters documented in the list of heirs was actually named Sarah."

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