Person:George Buckley (6)

MARRIAGE: SUSSEX CO., NJ MARRIAGES, 1795-1878, page 19; film SLC 0961018.

HISTORY: John Buckley, a tanner & currier by trade, came from New England, settled at Hackettstown, NJ. Married Miss Turner of New Foundland, NJ & had 6 sons. George married Margaret, dau of George Givens. "The Buckley homestead ws in to the left of the road leading from Long Bridge to the Hoey lot; it was a part of the early Lundy tract and was next owned by Stevenson, who sold it to George Buckley..." page 50. SOURCE: "The Lundy Family & Their Descendants" by W. C. Armstrong.

HISTORY: "George & Reuben Buckley came about 1810, and resided for awhile in the southeast part of Hardyston. George removed to Warren County, his present residence, while Reuben died in the township (Hardyston)." "Jacob Sutton settled, when he married, upon a farm owned before that by George Buckley." Sparta Twp., Sussex Co. Listed as member of Presbyterian Church of Sparta, 6 Oct. 1818. page 410. History of Sussex & Warren Co., NJ; compiled by James P. Snell; originally printed in 1881; reprinted 1981; page 333, 406.

HISTORY:

                                          Sunnyvale, CA 94087 
                                          662 Remington Drive 
                                          January 25, 1972 

Morristown Library Morristown, NJ

Dear Librarian: ....."John Buckley went from New England to Hackettstown, where he married a Miss Turner from New Foundland, NJ. Their children included George Buckley, born in Hackettstown in 1775; he married Margaret Givens, whose father was George Givens. Their sons included Mark Buckley, born in the Quaker settlement near Allamuchy in 1803; he married Mary Turner... I already have a photo copy of relevant pages from A. C. Armstrong's Lundy Family & Their Descendants...

                                          Very truly yours, 
                                          Jean M. Nail 
                                          Mrs. P. C. Nail 

SOURCE: Letter on file at Morristown Library, NJ, sent to me by Margaret Wien, 80 Norma Avenue, Lincroft, NJ 07738 (July 1992).

HISTORY: "Circumstances made it necessary for both to remove to Slocum's Hollow, now Scranton, PA, where, on Oct. 1, 1846, was organized the Lackawanna Coal & Iron Co., of whose mills Mr. Blair was one of the proprietors, the others being the Scranton Brothers, Wm. E. Dodge, Anson G. Phelps, Roswell Sprague, L. L. Sturges, Dater & Miller, and George Buckley." [Howard Johnston note: Is this our George Buckley?] SOURCE: History of Sussex & Warren Counties, NJ by Snell, page 656.

HISTORY: MARRIAGE:

               BUCKLEY - GIVENS - WOODRUFF 

"John Buckley moved to Hackettstown, NJ or near there, from New England in the early days. He ran a tannery at that place. He afterward moved to near Hamburg in Sussex County, NJ. He had a number of children, among them George Buckley, who married Margaret Givens. George Buckley later moved to the Quaker settlement near Allamuchy, NJ. He had a number of children, among them a son, John Givens Buckley..." SOURCE: Jersey Genealogy series in the Newark Star Ledger found in the Morristown Library, Morristown, NJ by Margaret Wien, 80 Norma Avenue, Lincroft, NJ 07738. Date entered 19 July 1992.

CHURCH: DEATH: George Buckley was one of a group of six chosen to circulate subscriptions and and raise funds for construction of a new Presbyterian Church at Sparta, NJ. Page 73. "The elders of North Hardyston have been the following: ... George Buckley, died 1831..." page 74. Source: "Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary of the Presbyterian Church at Sparta, NJ, November 23, 1886, Together With A History of the Village by The Rev. Theodore F. Chambers; printed 1887.

BIRTH: MARRIAGE: DEATH: FAMILY: "This is to certify that George Buckeley and Margaret Givens were married Oct. 23, 1798, by me, Thos. Teasdale, minister, Vernon." "Died 8 May 1852, intestate, farmer, moved to Hardiston, settled near Grennels Lake, Justice of the Peace 15 years, moved in old stone house in 1837 and had 9 children...." Source: Article in Wantage Recorder by W. J. Coulter of Middletown, NY, dated 8 Jan. 1937 and 15 Jan. 1937. Original materials located in Minisink Vally Historical Society, Library Bldg., Port Jervis, NY. Materials sent to me by Deborah Stanley, 319-B Morganville Rd., Matawan, NJ 07747. DATE ENTERED 25 OCT 1994.

DISCREPANCY: Note differences in death dates between that given in History of Sparta, NJ Presbyterian Church [1831] and that given in the Wantage Recorder [8 May 1852]. (Howard Johnston note).

HISTORY: "I can remember, when a boy, I visited New Jersey and saw the old home of George Givens, father of Margaret Buckley, which was near where Alfred Buckley was then living, and somewhere in the neighborhood of the old Buckley stone house, where Margaret, my grandmother, was married from. I have the set of old Chelsa (sic) china owned and used by George Buckley and Margaret Givens at the time of the wedding of their daughter, who named her son, my father, Givens Van Syckle. There is here in the city of Detroit, a feather bed which grandmother Margaret brought to Michigan in 1846. She is buried in Sashabaw Plains Cemetery in Oakland County, just beyond Pontiac." Source: Article in Wantage Recorder by W. J. Coulter of Middletown, NY, dated 8 Jan. 1937 and 15 Jan. 1937. Original materials located in Minisink Vally Historical Society, Library Bldg., Port Jervis, NY. Materials sent to me by Deborah Stanley, 319-B Morganville Rd., Matawan, NJ 07747. DATE ENTERED 25 OCT 1994.

DEED: Book E, page 309, April 1, 1800, George Givens of Hardyston, to George Buckley for $1,000., on White Pond Brook, 34 5/100 acres, another at Sink Holes both adjoining Benj. Linddsley 20 13/100 acres, which dates back to Dec. 9, 1767, Book S5, page 399, 105 11/100 acres. In the deed the name is spelled Gibbens but signed Givens. Source: Article in Wantage Recorder by W. J. Coulter of Middletown, NY, dated 8 Jan. 1937 and 15 Jan. 1937. Original materials located in Minisink Vally Historical Society, Library Bldg., Port Jervis, NY. Materials sent to me by Deborah Stanley, 319-B Morganville Rd., Matawan, NJ 07747. DATE ENTERED 25 OCT 1994.

HISTORY: RESIDENCES: CHURCH: "George lived on his father's farm and was an Elder of Hardyston Church, and of North Hardyston Church after the separation in 1819, and assisted in planting the maple trees which now surround that edifice. His pastor, Rev. Dr. Fairchild, in speaking of the struggles of the church, said that "George Buckley was a great worker in the church; he could almost carry the ark alone."

Removed in 1837 to Warren County. 

Source: Hardyston Memorial, page 106. Materials sent to me by Deborah Stanley, 319-B Morganville Rd., Matawan, NJ 07747. DATE ENTERED 25 OCT 1994.

CENSUS: CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: NJ COUNTY: Warren DIVISION: Independence REEL NO: 465 PAGE NO: 518B REFERENCE: 31 July 1850 Abraham R. Day 1035

13  nd   239 Buckley        George         74   M         Farmer         6,000     N. J.
14  nd   239 Buckley        Margaret       70   F                                  N. J.
15  nd   239 Buckley        Else           48   F                                  N. J.
16  nd   239 Buckley        Mary           40   F                                  N. J.