Person:William Buckner (13)

William Buckner was extremely active in government and business. He practiced as an attorney in Stafford Co. VA from at least as early as 1689 through 1697, about which time he moved to York Co. In Stafford, he also served as a justice. In York, he served as a burgess, collector for the York River, justice of the peace, sheriff, militia officer (up to major), and tobacco agent. In this last capacity, he was responsible for constructing the first tobacco warehouse in Yorktown, which his family ran for many years. He was the executor of the will of his uncle Phillip Buckner of Stafford Co. (prob. 1700) and apparently raised his cousins Robert and Andrew Buckner, per Phillip's request. This will and pertinent records are particularly important in establishing the relationship between the immigrants Phillip and John Buckner, as William was explicitly identified as John Buckner's son in a 1694 land grant record and explicitly stated that Phillip was his uncle in a court record. He was also a co-executor of John Buckner's 1695 will. William's own will was probated in York Co. in 1716 and still survives.

Both his sons died without living issue, so his male line is extinct, but his daughter Elizabeth (Buckner) Stith had numerous descendants and William's property in Stafford and York counties descended to them after John Buckner's death in 1748.

1. ↑ William was constituted attorney for Richard Bernard in 1689, so he was definitely born prior to 1668.