Aylett Buckner (1745 - aft. 1811)

Born 3 Mar 1745 in Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Judith (Thornton) Buckner — married Apr 1768 in Caroline County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1811 after age 65 in Green, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Aylett was born in 1745, probably in Caroline County, Virginia, though the place is not known certainly.^[1] He is recognized by the DAR as qualifying patriot ancestor.^[2]

He lived in Fauquier County, Virginia during early adulthood and then moved to Green County, Kentucky, where a number of his relatives lived. He died there around 1811. His will is extant (written in 1809), naming children:^[3]

• Thornton Buckner,
• Caty T. Taylor, wife of John Young Taylor,
• Louisa Buckner, wife of Horace Buckner
• Richard A. Buckner
• Elizabeth Buckner (later married a Gibbons)
• John Buckner (minor in 1809)

Richard A. Buckner became a noted judge and Congressman from Kentucky.

Research Notes

Due to the great affection Buckner men apparently had for Aylett women, there are a shocking number of Aylett Buckners to be found in late 18th and 19th century records, and they can be easily confused. The Aylett Buckner who served in the War of 1812^[4] is certainly a different one, most likely Aylett Hartswell Buckner, since the present Aylett Buckner would have been 67 years old by 1812 and was most likely dead already.

Sources

1. ↑ W.A. Crozier and H.R. Bayne, The Buckners of Virginia and the Allied Families of Strother and Ashby. New York, NY: Genealogical Association, (1907). p. 35 Google Books
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Aug. 28, 2018), "Record of Aylett Buckner", Ancestor #A016567.
3. ↑ Molly Daniel, transc., "Will of Aylett Buckner," Green County, Kentucky, Will Book 1, Page 28, GenWeb transcription; note: the date 1809 is mistranscribed as 1807-there is no probate information with the will, but it appears to have been probated in or before 1813
4. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29V-TJ9M : 11 March 2016), Aylett Buckner, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 28; FHL microfilm 882,546.

See also:

• 1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:99WC-Q87 : accessed 2016-05-04), entry for Judith Presley Thornton, submitted by rhorne2726575.

• 2) "Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7L-RFC : 5 December 2014), Aylett Buckner, Apr 1768; Marriage, citing Virginia, United States, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond.