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    Francis Faulkner

    Male 1651 - 1732  (81 years)


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Francis Faulkner was born in May 1651 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Edmund Faulkner and Dorothy Raymond); died on 19 Sep 1732 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, North Andover, Massachusetts U.S.A..

      Notes:

      His birth is not recorded in the Andover VR, Vol I - Births.

      There is no gravestone, but he would probably have been buried there with the other Faulkners.

      On Deed 39-250 Edmond Faulkner to Son Francis Faulkner:
      "One half of my living here at home and to be equally divided between us both and with the best convenience as may be on both sides and the said Francis to pay all rates that belong to his part of land and meadows areas followeth half my barn and land adjoining to it half my orchard and lott and myself to have a convenient egress & regress for care to and from my part of ye lott to ye barne and & my sixscore acres on Shawsheen river I wholy give unto him the meadows are that above ye ford: a& little hope meadow & that called Barkers Meadow & that at ye Rocks all which meadows are to be equally divided both for quantity & quality & ye sd Edmond to have ye first choise of both land & meadow further I ye sd Edmond doe yield up all my right & interest in ye above said half to Francis my son to have and to hold ----Also I ye sd Edmond doe acknowledge to have given to Francis my son all my right & interest in a piece of land now possest by John [blank] Senr. to him & his heirs forever.

      ANDOVER VR. P.434, DEATH;
      MIDDLESEX CO., V. 3, P. 949,950, CUTTER; GEN.

      P. 82, 83; NEHG REGISTER V. 3, P. 65; FIFTY GREAT MIGRATION COLONISTS TO NEW NEW ENGLAND AND THEIR ORIGINS, JOHN BROOKS THRELFALL, 1990, P. 329; ESSEX GEN.

      V. 11 # 4 P. 214; PEDIGREES OF DESC. OF COL.CLERGY P. 53.

      Francis Faulkner died in his 81st year.

      His son Edmond Faulkner, born at Andover, 2 Apr. 1688, married at Salem 17 Aug. 1730, Dorcas Gould born at Groton 1683. She had married 1st Anthony Buxton son of John and Elizabeth (Holton) Buxton of Salem.



      DICTIONARY, V. 2, P. 148, SAVAGE; BAILEY'S HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF ANDOVER, MA.

      Francis married Abigail Dane on 08 Oct 1675 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Rev. Francis Dane and Elizabeth Ingalls) was born on 13 Oct 1652 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 05 Feb 1729/30 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

      Children:
      1. Elizabeth Faulkner was born on 04 Jul 1676 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 17 Aug 1678 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried about 17 Aug 1678 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.
      2. Dorothy Faulkner was born on 15 Feb 1679/80 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.
      3. Frances Faulkner was born on 29 Apr 1686 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 07 Jan 1735/36.
      4. Edmund Faulkner was born on 02 Apr 1688 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.
      5. Paul Faulkner was born about 1690 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1751.
      6. Ammi Ruhamah Faulkner was born on 20 Mar 1692/93 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 04 Aug 1756 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts U.S.A..

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Edmund Faulkner was born about 1620 in King's Cleere, Hampshire, England (son of Richard Faulkner); died on 18 Jan 1686/87 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, North Andover, Massachusetts U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Edmund was the immigrant ancestor, and was the ninth settler in order of their coming to Andover, MA. He was licensed in 1648 as the first innkeeper of the town. According to Charlotte Abbott's notes from the NAHS, he sold wine of his own manufacture in 1648 as a vintner not a retailer. She places his house, at that time, as being on the Ferry Road to Haverhill. The first license for a vintner and inn holder in Andover was issued to Edmund in 1662, so the road to the river must have been more of a highway then than it was when Charlotte Abbott wrote her notes. [no date on them]
      He was one of the ten freeholders who organized the Andover church, 24 Oct 1645, and was one of the few men honored with the designation "Mr." in the records. He with Mr. Woodbridge, negotiated the purchase of the plantation from the Indians.
      He took the oath of allegiance at Andover, 11 Feb 1678; was a selectman in 1674; town clerk 1675; and held other positions of honor. In King Philip's war in 1676 Indians attacked his house. Some of his animals were killed, but he and his family escaped. Since he was the town clerk at the time, the records were lost when his house was burned on 19 Apr 1676.
      The land in Andover "was bought of CUTSHAMACHE, the sagamore of MA by Mr. Woodbridge, in behalf of ten inhabitants of Cochicheweck (now Andover). The amount paid was 6 pounds and a red coat. Mr. Edmund Faulkner might have assisted Mr. Woodbridge, as there is a tradition that he purchased the town for ten settlers". Abbott says, "according to the family the fee was 20 gallons of rum and the coat".

      There is no gravestone, but a marker has been erected by some of his descendants. The cemetary is fairly close to where his land had been NW of the center of what is now North Andover.

      Edmund married Dorothy Raymond. Dorothy was born about 1620 in England; died on 02 Dec 1668 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Dorothy Raymond was born about 1620 in England; died on 02 Dec 1668 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.

      Notes:

      It is apparent that Dorothy was a widow when she married Edmund, as there was a Joseph Robinson named in Edmund's will, who was clearly not a son-in-law, as all of Edmunds sons and daughters were named also. Joseph Robinson died at Andover in 1719 at the age of about 74, so he was born about 1645, two years before Dorothy married Edmund. They were married in Salem, MA so she may have been from there. One source on Ancestry.com says that her surname was RAYMOND.

      Notes:

      An entry in the Mass Transcript for May 23, 1923 states that Dorothy Robinson married by Governor Withrop, in Salem, on arrival from England to Edmond Fawlkner, Feb 1, 1647. first American citizen to be married. Will of EF speaks of stepson Joseph Robinson. He came with his mother, a child of about 4 years. Dorothy Robinson had to have come from Kings Linne, Norfolk, where there were Fawlkners. Will of Thomas Slayne of Kings Linne, Norfolk, gives, "To my youngest son, Samuel Slayne.... the pice of pasture ground in Torrington bought of Dorothy Robinson lately." Corresponding so closely to Dorothy's coming to America, this is interesting. According to the book, Pioneer of Mass. by Charles Henry Pope, Gen. Pub. County, 1981,

      Children:
      1. Mary Faulkner was born about 1649 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1725 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
      2. 1. Francis Faulkner was born in May 1651 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 19 Sep 1732 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, North Andover, Massachusetts U.S.A..
      3. John Faulkner was born on 16 May 1654 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 17 Dec 1706 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.
      4. Hannah Faulkner was born on 08 May 1658 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 22 Feb 1697/98 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Richard Faulkner died in in King's Cleere, Hampshire, England.

      Notes:

      Most sources say that Richard is Edmund's father, but it seems to Diana Gale Matthiesen on her web page: http://dgmweb.net/7/NRoots/FGS/EdmundFaulkner-Dorothy_htm that "the one person who cannot be his father is Richard." According to her research, Francis FAWCONER of Kingscleare makes a bequest to his brother, Edmund FAWCONER "living in New England" and a bequest to his cousin Perter FAWCONER, son of Richard FAWCONER in his will of 1662. That would make Richard as Edmund's uncle (ie. his father's brother) and not his father.

      Her web site is well documented and may have the best information on Edmund's father. [2 Jul 2001]
      Francis Fawconer of Kingscleare Hants, gent., bequ. to my bro. Edmond Fawconer that is living in NE 200 li., in his will dated 1 Sept., 1662, prob., 21 May, 1663"

      [From the book, Historical Collections of Every Town in MA by John Warner Barber, 929.3744 Vol 1 pg 159-160]

      Children:
      1. 2. Edmund Faulkner was born about 1620 in King's Cleere, Hampshire, England; died on 18 Jan 1686/87 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, North Andover, Massachusetts U.S.A..