Person:Lawrence Beckner (1)

Will Abstract

Beckner, Lawrence. Probate Oct. 1802.

Names children: Jonathan, Daniel, Jacob, Elizabeth, Simmons, Susannah Garmon and John.

[Source: Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 52].

1.   Genealogy.com.

   The Beckner family lineage described in the book Beckners in America( by Branda Cook Beckner & Barbara Roland Beckner, Beckners in America, (Gateway Press Inc., 1001 N. Calvert Street Baltimore, Md. 21202). , known as the Johan Nicholas line, was of Swiss-German descent. This family sailed from Rotterdam on the "Lydia", arriving in Philadelphia 27 Sep 1740. Johan Nicholas, Nicholas and Lawrence Beckner are found on the roles of the Little Conewago Church in 1770 in York county, Pennsylvania. Descendents live in Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey and elsewhere.
   
   
   https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/beckner/207/

2.   Austin, J. William, and Rebecca H.R Austin. Related families of Botetourt County, Virginia. (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, c2000 (Baltimore : Genealogical Pub.))
   pg. 48.

   Lawrence [Backner] purchased land from Kelly in 1786 - 200 acres on Looney's Creek. The deed from Andrew Clark conveyed to Lawrence Beckner 102 acres on Looney's Creek in 1797.