Susannah Faulkner

Not the daughter of Susanna Wells

William Joseph FAULKNER II married Susanna Wells she must have been born ca. 1747 since she died in 1847 or 1848 at the age of 101. It is thought she was the daughter of John Wells, a land surveyor of Patrick and Henry Counties, VA. They are both buried in the family graveyard. Charles Fortner in 1942 said it was still being carried for by their descendants. There are no markers.

Children

1. Pleasant Forkner
2. Isaac Forkner
3. Rev. Lewis Forkner
4. Martin Faulkner
5. Karey Faulkner
6. William Joseph Faulkner III
7. James Forkner
8. Violet Forkner
9. Micajah Forkner
10. Lucy Faulkner
11. Samuel Faulkner

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https://www.oocities.org/heartland/plains/1433/faulkner.html

Notes for WILLIAM FORKNER:

Census of Surry County, NC for 1790 lists a William Faulkner household with 2 white males over 16, 6 white males under 16, 3 white females and 5 slaves. Will abstract of William Forkner of Surry Co, NC, dated Feb 7, 1807: Wife, Susanna; Sons: Micajah, William, James, Martin, Lewis, Isaac, and Pleasant; Daughters: Violet Jackson, Amer Jackson to have the bonds of Deskin Haney; Lucy; Dau. Mary Harris, Exec: Son-in-Law, Elijah Harris.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wells-6062

John Wells was a land surveyor in Patrick and Henry counties in Virginia and no doubt also in neighboring North Carolina.

In 1772, his daughter Susannah, met and married prosperous trader and plantation owner, William Joseph Faulkner (aka Forkner) Jr. whose family owned land along the Virginia-North Carolina frontier. Their homestead was on Forkner's Creek, near Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina.

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamone... Forkner family History states she died in Va near relatives, and she had 11 children, Pleasant was oldest
• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jackamoney/genealogy/fam00718.htm
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wells-5398
• http://www.jarretthousenorth.com/annex/Family/genealogy/WC04/WC04_4...
• https://www.faulknerfamilies.com/p319.htm#i464 cites death date
  • The Greensboro Patriot, 16 Oct 1847.
• https://www.familytreecircles.com/u/SLF/?format=&sort=alpha&next=11
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/o/b/Andrew-P-Robertson-IL/WEBSITE-0... “William Forkner, JR. born ca. 1752 died ca. 1807 William, Jr. (This is the ancestor of our branch of the family) settled on Forkner’s Creek. in Surry County. Tradition says that his wife was Susanna Wells.”