John Faulkner Sr. (abt. 1628 - 1729)

Born about 1628 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Filmer) Faulkner — married about 1658 in East Sutton, Kent, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1729 at about age 101 in Hog Pen Neck, Kent County, Maryland

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Biography

John Faulkner Sr., (also spelled Forkner, Fortner, Falkner or Falconer) was the original family immigrant from Great Britain who arrived on 22 Jan 1665 in Kent County in the Colony of Maryland on the ship "Agreement." He came with his wife Elizabeth, sons Thomas, Francis & John Jr., and two servants. He paid 300 pounds of tobacco for their passage, indicating that he was a wealthy man (a draper = a cloth merchant), as many early colonists came as indentured servants, paying off their passage in labor in America.^[1]

Patent Liber 10 Folio 306:
Be it known unto all men these presents that I John Faulkner of hogg pen neck in the county of Kent in the Province of Maryland, Cordwaynder, in consideration of three hundred pounds of tobacco well and truly paid me by Richard Fitzallen of County aforesaid the receipt whereof I the said John do acknowledge by these presents have assigned made over unto Mr. Daniell Jennifer of St. Maries all my right title interest clame and demands of and all those lands and rights to land which are become due unto me for or by reason of the condition of Plan Facon of the right Honible Ceceleus Baltimore Lord Proprietory of the Province of Maryland for the transportation of myself the said John Faulkner and Elizabeth my wife and Thomas, Francis and John my children with Eliza Blaxon and Thomas Jones my servants into the said Province on or about the two and twentieth day of January one thousand six hundred sixty and five and do hereby for the consideration aforesaid assigne and make over all my rights title interest clame and demands of and to all and every of the premises to the said Daniell Jennifer to the only proper use and behoofe on him the said Daniel Jennifer his heirs and assignes forever as witness my hand and seal this nineteenth day of November one thousand six hundred sixty and five. Signed John (M) Faulkner. Witnessed Nicholas Prichard, Edmond Barton.

Patent Liber 9 Folio 190:
Know all men by these presents that I Edmond Barton of County of Kent, planter, do assign to Richard Fizallen these rights of these under written parties John Faulkner, Senr., John Faulkner, Junr. , Elizabeth Faulkner, Thomas Faulkner, Francis Faulkner, Edward Catternes, Elizabeth Blaxon, Jane Price, Thomas Horne the seven first this year transported in Agreement.
As witness by hand this Fourteenth day Feb. 1665 Edmond Barton.
Test. Tho. X Horner.^[2]

See the profile for William Faulkner (John Sr.'s father) aka Falkner, Forkner, for more information about this family.

John Faulkner (aka Falkner, Falconer etc.) passed away in 1729 in Hog Pen Neck, Kent County, Province of Maryland. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Maryland; Year: 1665; Page Number: 97, Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7486&h=1353198&ssrc=pt&tid=3070208&pid=182070523741&usePUB=true
2. ↑ Carter, Melvin Gene, THE FAULKNER/FORTNER/FORKNER FAMILIES, 2005, https://www.wesavage.net/histories/Faulkner%2C%20Pleasant%201773_1852%20Family%20History.pdf
3. ↑ https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/o/b/Andrew-P-Robertson-IL/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0090.html NOTE: Near the end of this lengthy genealogy document

See Also:

• Blotner, Joseph. "Faulkner: A Biography" on Google Books p.24.

• "The Faulkner/Fortner/Forkner Families," compiled by: Melvin Gene Carter May 2, 2005. Online at: www.yarbroughfamily.org/YMbrs/archives/.../Faulkner%20File.pdf‎

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janet/ThomasFaulkner.html - Gives more information about this fascinating British/American family.

• Rootsweb

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Carter Broach for creating Falkner-129 on 8 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Carter and others.

• Thank you to Kitty Smith for creating WikiTree profile Faulkner-1409.