John Faulkner

Not the son of Thomas Faulkner

This profile is for the John Faulkner or John Forkner (spellings varied) who was born in1678 in the English colony of Maryland. He married Sarah Elizabeth Ford. John's and Sarah's lineage down to Elizabeth Lucinda Fortner is not contested although the spelling of their surname transformed from Faulkner to Falconer, to Falkner, to Forkner, to Fortner, depending on how local officials and Census takers chose to spell it. Different branches of this family still spell their surname differently to this day (21st Century).

John Faulkner (aka Forkner, Falconer...) was the older son of Francis Faulkner, whose wife's name is not known. His younger brother was Thomas Faulkner, b: 1685, also in Maryland. John was born in 1678 at the family plantation on Hog Pen Neck, in what was then Kent County, in the colony of Maryland. Their land was later assigned to the newly-formed Queen Anne's County in 1706. John's father and his uncle Thomas Faulkner had emigrated from England in 1665 aboard the ship Agreement.

John was born in MD. ca. 1678 and died ca. 1727. He married Sarah Ford, who was the daughter of Thomas and Ann _____. She died ca. 1731. The Fords came to Maryland from England after a short time spent in Barbados. John and Sarah were living in Queen Anne’s County, MD. ca. 1720.

They had a total of eight children:

• 1. John Faulkner born ca. 1706.
• 2. Temperance Faulkner born ca. 1708 she married Burton Francis Falconer
• ca. 1725
• 3. Thomas Faulkner born ca. 1710 (Wife unknown, but had 13 children)
• 4. Ann Faulkner born ca. 1712, she married John Rakes. ca. 1729
• 5. James Faulkner born ca. 1714
• 6. Francis Faulkner born ca. 1716 (perhaps born ca. 1704). He moved to Granville Co., NC ca. 1750, and over a short period he moved to Cumberland Cy. and then Anson Cy. where he died ca. 1794. It seems to be justified to identify him as the “Pvt. Francis Falconer who appears on a roster of Capt. John Emory’s” company of Maryland Militia on Feb. 6, 1748/49, because the company also includes Cpl. Burton Francis Falconer and Pvt. John Rakes, his brother-in-laws It seems he would also be the Francis Falkner” who appears on the roster of Capt. William Eaton’sregiment of Granville Cy., NC Oct. 8, 1754, and on a list of Granville Cy. taxpayers dated 1755. . About 1760 he and his sons Francis ,Jr. (b. ca. 1738), Charles, John, Caleb, and Ephraim settled in the Cape Fear River-black River area of Cumberland Cy.,NC.. The John Stanfield and Thomas Stanfield families close friends of the , lived just across the river. Francis, Sr. died about 1783 and in 1784 Francs, Jr. moved his family to the Mill Creek-Jones Creek area of Anson Cy., NC, where his younger brother Nathan and his friends the Stanfields had settled at least 10 years earlier. We can identify 6 of the children of Francis, JR.: Joseph (b. ca. 1758) , Francis (b. 1760), James (b. 1762), Daniel (b. 1787, Edith (who married a Price) and Prudence (who married a Fox), Francis, Jr. died in Anson Cy., NC late in 1794 or early 1795. All the children of Francis, Jr. were in Blount Cy., TN (Except Edith) ca. 1800. No record of Joseph after 1801., but the five other children of Francis, Jr. (including Edith) began moving into Knox Cy., KY ca. 1810. In 1820 Daniel Faulkner, Francis Faulkner, James Faulkner, Prudence Fox, and Eady (Edith) Price, along with Sampson Stanfield (a son of John Stanfield) a long-time friend of the Falkners appeared together on the census of Whitley Cy., KY. which wastaken from Knox Cy., KY. in 1818. Francis, Sr. appeared to have a large family but only 5 sons have been identified.
• 7. William Faulkner born ca. 1720 (This is the ancestor of our line)
• 8. Emanuel Faulkner born ca. 1722 he moved to Granville County and then to Iredell, NC where he died in ca. 1798. He married Elizabeth Dickerson, who was born ca. 1725. She was the daughter of John Dickinson who was born Nov. 9, 1662 and died before Aug. 1749 in Northampton County, NC. Her mother was Rebecca Thomas who died before Feb. 1753 in Northampton County, NC.

(This information from Julian Fortner 343 Lakeview Drive SE Cleveland, TN. 37323. His sources were: Wrigh, F. Edward. Maryland East ern Shore Vital Records 1648-1725 (Family line Publications, 1982 and Grimes, J. Bryan. Abstracts of North Carolina Wills (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980)

WILL OF JOHN FAULKNER1 I, John Faulkner of Queen Annes County, planter, on March 20, 1726 leave my loving wife Sarah Faulkner to have care of my sons Thomas, James, William, and Emanuel to be under her tuition and jurisdiction of everyway at her disposing to bring up until they become the respective age of 21. Wife sarah to have estate wholy and fully to herself. Likewise my daughter Ann, until she be at age of 18 or her marriage. Wife Sarah to be executrix.

WITNESSED Michael Hussy Richard M. Moore Jane M. Manner

Notes for JOHN FAULKNER: John Faulkner's will, dated 9 May 1727, spells his name as Falkoner. It identifies him as a planter in Queen Anne County, Maryland and leaves his estate to his wife, Sarah, who also has charge of the sons, Thomas, James, William and Emanuel, until they are 21 and of the daughter, Ann, until she is 18 or married. The will is in Volume 6 of the Maryland Calendar of Wills. Note that this does not mean that John did not have eight children. Francis and John would have been over 21 and Temperance over 18 at the time the will was written, so they were not included in the assignment of custody.

In various places, John Faulkner's name is spelled Falconar and Forkner.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 13 2019, 9:26:13 UTC