Person:John Faulkner (18)

Will

From Notes of William G. Scroggins, Taylor Mill, KY:

The will of John Faulconer is among the burned records of Fayette County, Kentucky, and the filed record of the salvaged document is incomplete [and only partially visible]. The will preceding it was probated before the Fayette County Court for June 179(last digit missing), which indicates that John Faulconer’s will was probated between 1790 and 1800, partial transcription follows:

In the name of God Amen that I John Fau[lconer], County

and State of Virginia being in my proper

d calling to mind that it is appointed for all men to

t of all I do recommend my soul to him that gave

at the great day that I shall receive it again. A

this is to be my last will and Testament, And as

property as it is please God to

[b]equeath and lend to my

William Falconer to one bed,

Also I charge my daughter Jane to

dish and two plates - also I charge my son J

spring colt a dish and two plates & a gallon pott

My daughter Sarah Willcox one bed and two plates

my daughter Frances Wilson one cow a plate & a

my daughter Martha Stephens to one Cow and

John Faulconer and Lewis Faulconer should loose their land

come in for an equal share with the rest of my children, &

m should loose any part of their land, so as to reduce them

e they shall be made equal with the rest of my children out

also my daughter Ann Faulconer is to have an equal

of my children, also those that are behind are to be ma

others, & this balance of my estate to be equally divid[ed]

f my estate to remain in the Widows hands enduring he

appoint Andrew Hampton Joseph Faulconer & Henry

[Da]niel Wilcoxson Executors of my estate. signed sea[led]

fifth day of June One thousand seven hundred an[d ninety] ____

(Signed) John Faulcone[r]

nes of

[Charles H]ampton

Nelson

Fayette County September Court

This last will and testament was

of Charles Hampton

Notes: John Faulconer wrote his will before 01 June 1792, when Kentucky became a state, because he identified himself as a resident of Virginia.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Heritage Consulting. Millennium File. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2003).

   Name: John Faulconer
   Gender: Male
   Birth Date: 1722
   Birth Place: Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
   Death Date: 1805
   Spouse: Joyce Craig
   Children: Joseph Faulconer; Joseph Faulconer
   Spouse Father: Taliaferre Craig
   Spouse Mother: Mary Polly Hawkins

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Individual Records (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

   Name: John Faulconer
   Spouse: Joyce Jossie Craig
   Parents: Nicholas Faulconer, Sibillah Newton
   Birth Place: Essex Co, VA
   Birth Date: 1726
   Marriage Place: Spotsylvania Co, VA
   Marriage Date: 1747
   Death Place: Fayette Co, KY
   Death Date: 1800

3.   .

   John Faulconer Genealogy Research Papers
   
   http://wgscroggins.kueber.us/Faulconer1%20John.pdf