David Brooks Buckles

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(also given as died 1829)

John married Mary Brooks in 1760 in Berkeley Co, WV. Mary (daughter of David Brooks and Mary) was born on 06 Mar 1763 in Frederick Co, VA; died on 14 May 1842 in OH; was buried in Upper Honey Creek Cemetery, Christianburg, Champaign Co, OH. [Group Sheet]

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Aug 15, 1766 - James acquired 147 acres from Lord Fairfax.

Mar 16, 1779 - James was appointed captain of a company of Militia in Berkely County, Virginia...Revolutionary War.

1752 - James laid out the town of Bucklestown which was later called Darkesville in 1791.

1793 - James and Sarah gave a lot to the town for the first school.

1795 - Sold their plantation of 489 acres to Ed Beeson.

Aug 1799 - His father sold him 430 acres of land. (Deed Book 5 in Berkeley County Courthouse)



"In the years following the close of the Revolutionary War many of the people of Virginia left the state. In the fall of 1799 James (at the age of 67) and Sarah packed several wagons and headed westward with the family to Ohio. Their son William had already made this trip a couple of years before and they were probably following his path. They traveled across the mountains thru Wheeling to the Ohio River where James and his sons built large flatboats to carry the wagons and horses to Cincinnati. Winter caught up with the party and James became sick from exposure. The family found a vacant house along the Kentucky side of the river and moved in but James passed away and was buried at a place called Red Stone (near Maysville, KY). Sarah then took her family the rest of the way downriver and in the spring of 1800 they settled in Centerville, Montgomery Co. Ohio Territory." (undocumented history of Terry Lee Edwards family tree)

Birth:
Born in Berkeley Co, VA, James came to the area with his father, which James later laid out as Bucklestown (during the early years, called Buckles Town & James Town), in 1791 changed to Darkesville.

Died:
Will: Feb 13, 1796

James married Sarah Gerrard in 1760 in Gerrardstown, Berkeley Co, VA. Sarah (daughter of Rev. John Gerrard and Mehetable Haugen) was born on 05 Dec 1740 in Frederick Co, VA; died on 24 Sep 1815 in Sugar Creek Township, Greene Co, OH; was buried in Middle Run Baptist Church, Bellbrook, Greene Co, OH. [Group Sheet]

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(also given as Gerard, Gerrard, Garrard)

David married Mary. [Group Sheet]

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Name:
(in undocumented family records provided, Robert begins using the surname Buckles instead of Buckle, unlike his father and siblings)

Robert married Ann Brown in May 1727 in Bucks Co, PA. Ann (daughter of George Brown and Mercy Browne Wright) was born on 01 Aug 1705 in Bucks Co, PA; died on 27 Jun 1787 in Univilla, Berkeley Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Will of August 19, 1787, proved September 18, 1787 (Berkeley County Will Book 1, p.460).

Sketch of John Gerrard Family
(drawn from Kari Northrup's summary of the works and research of Robert & Carolyn Gerard, Levi Rymph, James B. Taylor, Garnett Ryland, Gardiner, J.E. Norris, Cartmell,and Don Wood)

Rev. John Gerrard, John Bruce (an immigrant from Scotland), and Jeremiah Stewart (a frontier captain in the French and Indian War), along with their families, moved westward (to Berkeley County, Virginia Colony, probably from Pennsylvania), expanding British settlement and dominion.

John Gerrard married Mehitable around 1740 and it is said that the family arrived in Berkeley County in 1754, where John became the pastor of the Mill Creek Baptist Church.

John and his family removed south to Loudon County, Virginia due to Indian assaults, returning in 1757.

John received two land grants from Lord Fairfax: 227 acres December 11, 1762, and 251 acres August 29, 1766. On May 28, 1770, her purchased 90 acres of land adjoining his existing properties, excluding one acre for the Baptist Meeting House (Frederick Co. VA Deed Book 3, p.478, 481. The one-acre tract was deeded to the Baptist Congregation the same day). Standing on this 90-acre purchase was a two-story, limestone house, set into the hillside. The house had been built in 1743 by a John Hays. John Gerrard himself did not live in this house. However, his son David bought this house from his parents in 1779 and made it his home. In this house, David Gerrard laid out the plans for Gerrardstown, which was formally established as a town in 1787 and named after Rev. John Gerrard.

Another tract of 235 acres on the drains of Middle and Tuscarora Creeks was purchased 12 May 1769 (Frederick Co. VA Deed Book 13, p.40...they later sold this tract 19 Apr 1774).

They sold 150 acres of the 1766 grant to their son David 4 Apr 1769 (Berkeley Co. Deed Book 3, p.88), and the 90 acre tract to David in 1779 (Deed Book 5, p.268).

Rev. Gerrard's wife Mehitable died sometime after May 18, 1779 (after the sale of the house and lot to David). By 1781, John Gerrard had remarried, taking a Mary Gray as his second wife. At his death in September 1787, he had had 11 children by his first wife and three more by his second.

These properties are now in Gerrardstown, West Virginia. Historic sites: Gerrard House & marker designating the original site of the Mill Creek Baptist Church of Gerrardstown.

From a modern letter from Jack Jeffries to Bob Buckles: On the end of the house next to the tannery, is a room where the Baptist Church met until funds were collected to build the church building. The Methodists and the Presbyterians also used that same room to meet in as each of those congregations organized and prepared to build their own houses of worship. The room is on the left end of the house as viewed from the front. Immediately to the left of that is Rev. John Gerrard?s Tannery building. There is a picket fence all the way across the front of the relatively large building. Two complete stories with an open porch across the entire front. I assume that the church building that was erected was further to the left of that, yet. My reasoning is that most probably Rev. John would have been most likely to build his tannery downwind from his dwelling place. The book then mentions that the church was placed downwind of the tannery.

Further information: Berkeley County Historical Society. The Berkeley Journal. No. 15, 1991. "History of Gerrardstown."

John married Mehetable Haugen about 1740 in Frederick Co, VA. Mehetable was born in 1720; died after 18 May 1779 in Berkeley Co, VA. [Group Sheet]

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Name:
Mehetable's surname being Haugen is not proven.

Cuthbert married Miss Foxwell. was born in 1673 in England. [Group Sheet]

George married Mercy Browne Wright. Mercy was born about 1644 in Barking, Essex, England; died in in Falls Township, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

Christopher married Elizabeth Lewis on 29 Dec 1653 in St. Mildred Poultry, London, Greater London, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir William Lewys) was born about 1632 in Borden Eastmeon, Hants, England. [Group Sheet]

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(or listed as at St. Cole)

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An additional generation of Buckle was provided; however the dates suggested significant errors for the father of Chrisopher Buckle (1571) as Cuthbert Buckle. Wife of the alleged Cuthbert as father was given as Elizabeth Marston. The entire lineage of Buckle/Buckles descendants is undocumented here.

Birth:
Buckle Papers show Christopher's birth year as 1590; however, his christening record is reported to give 1586.

Christopher married Catharine Barnham about 1609 in England. Catharine (daughter of Sir Martin Barnham and Judith Calthorpe) was born about 1575 in Banstead, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet]

Cuthbert married Dame Elizabeth Marston in 1582. [Group Sheet]

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Martin Barnham was Sheriff of London in 1598, and he and his son, Francis, were knighted in 1603 at Whitehall.

Died:
VIEW WILL

PROBATE: PCC, 9 Wood FHL Film #092045 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN This 16th daie of November 1609 I Sir Martin Barnham knight make this my last will declaringe therein my full mynde and intent as well as my faithe as of my goodes Chattells landes Tennementes and hereditments that I am possessed of in possession and revercon ffirst of all my belief is in god the ffather, god the sonne and god the holie ghost by whome onlie I hope to be saved and washed from all my sinnes which without the mercie of God doe deserve damnason, but am by his mercie fully insured of eternall salvacon hopinge onlie by his mercie to fill up the number of his heavenlie seates to whome be all honor and glorie ffirst for disposinge of my goodes and Chattells my debts beinge paid my will is that my welbeloved wife shall have Three hundred pounds, that my Daughter Anna shall have One Thousand pounds and that my Daughter Katherine shall have one thousand poundes to be paide unto them out of all my goodes in possession or by bills obligations or bondes owinge unto me or otherwise accordinge to this my last will by me therin appoynted. The rest that shall remaine, my will it shall be evenlie divided betweene all my Sonnes, that is, my Sonne ffrancis, Martin, Jacob, and Thomas. Provided all waite that none of the saide sommes of money be paide unto anie of my saidee children until they shall accomplish the age of twentie and one yeares or be at convenient yeares married savinge that my sonnes ffrancis, Martin, and Jacob shall have their their porcone within six monethes after my decease, and the reasonable proffit of the rest to be employed aboute the fundinge and educacon of my saide other children untill they shall accomplishe the yeares or in convenient to me be married as is by this my will before saidee which monie shal be levyd by my saide executors for reasonable proffitt, for the which saide sommes as allso for the proffit my executors shall at the time above saide at their perrills, and as they will answere with good conscience accomplishe and paie to my saidee children. And as touchinge my landes, Whereas my Sonne Francis is allreadie advanced of a full third part with all my landes in Bilsington, Ruckinge, Newchurche, Snave, Allington, Bonnington and Mersham accordinge to such an estate as by conveyance is to him formerlie lymited, I the saidee Sir Martin doe by this my will for his further advance give unto my saidee sonne ffrancis Barnham, and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, all that my house and all those landes Tennements and hereditamentes lyingee and beinge upon Hollingborne hill which I latelie purchased of Robert Seathy and Richard Wood, as allso my greate wood called Parkewood with a small wood called Sprottswood and one Close or field called Parkscrofte lyingee together onlie a sheeveway betweene Sprottswood and Parkewood as allso one parcell of woodland late purchased of the saide Richard Wood as allsoe one parcell of lande and two parcells of wood late purchased of Henrie Stapell, likewise I doe give unto my Sonne ffrancis all those my landes meadowes, and pastures called Brenmarsh Burletts Impton, and longe feild as allso Lambes leafe all lyingee together to be had to him and to the heires males of his bodie, Allso I doe give unto my saidee Sonne ffrancis all that parcell of land of mine called Vouklet and one half acre of lande all lyingee in ye parish of Hollingborne and Huckinge which saide halfe acre upon parte therof it is thought that parte of the Parsonage house doth stand referringe the truthe thereof to my evidences and other honest ___sses not defyringe by anie meanes either to essage my conscience or anie of my Childrens in not havinge that which is not truly myne, for my evidence is good for half an acre but while anie part of the Parsonage house doth stand upon yt I, or noe, I doe referre to good testimonie and honest proofe. All which saide landes, tennementes and hereditamentes so by me in this my will given to my saide sonne ffrancis my will and meaning is that my saide sonne ffrancis shall have all those landes by this my will bequeathed to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue to my sonne Martin and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue to my sonne Jacob and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, And for default of such issue to my sonne Thomas and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten. Provided all waite that neither my saide Sonne ffrancis Martin Jacob or Thomas or the heires males of their bodies after their severall estates shall accrue or come to them shall enter upon the saide house or anie of the saide landes Tennements and hereditaments but after the marriage of my now well beloved wife Judith Barnham or after her decease which of them shall first happen, for my will, and meaninge is that she shall not have that house and those landes, Tennementes, and hereditamentes longer then she is my widdow and doth keepe herself unmarried and so livinge unmarried, Then I will all that house and all those landes tennements and hereditaments hereby bequeathed to my sonnes ffrancis, Martin, Jacob, and Thomas accordinge to their severall estates shalbe to my saidee wife Judith duringe her life yf she remaine sole and unmarried, I doe by this my last will give unto my sonne Martin Barnham my Manner of Rippell together with my landes and woodes called Bablinge late purchased by me of Mr Brockwell and his son in law Mr Combes, as allso those landes purchased of Richard wood with the wood called Bablinge wood to be had to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten upon condicon that if he the saide Martin or the heires males of his bodie shall refuse at the reguest and charges by fine at the common lawe to assure and convey unto my sonne ffrancis and the heires males of his bodie that wood above saide called Parkwood and that field above saide called Vouklett with the half acre, and those three parcells of land meadowe and pasture called Brenmarsh which in truth I did convey to the issues of Judith my nowe welbeloved wife and therfore do not yt from them but for their further advance, All which landes abovesaide severally bequeathed do lie in the parishe of Hollingborne and Huckinge in the Countie of Kent then my will & meaninge is that my sonne Francis shall receave the proffitts of my Mannor of Rippell, and untill my saide sonne Martin or the heires males of his bodie shall make such assurance by fine as is aforesaide Likewise by this my will I give unto my saide sonne Martin all my landes, tennementes, and hereditamentes lyingee at Yorkshill in the parishes of Sundwich and Cheveninge which I late purchased of Sir Perswall Willoughbie, and John Sidley or either of them to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue to my sonne Jacob and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten and for default of such issue to my sonne Thomas and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, And for defaulte of such issue to the right heires of me the saide Sir Martin forever. Item I do by this my last will give unto my sonne Jacob Barnham all my landes tennements and hereditaments lyinge in the parrishes of Stapleherst and Gowdherst in the saide countie to him and to ye heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten and for default of such issue to my sonne Martin and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue to my son Thomas and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, And for default of such issue to my right heires of me the saide Sir Marten forever Item I do by this my last will give unto my sonne Jacob all my landes aswell arrable pastuer as woodland lyingee in the parrishes of Stapleherst and Gowdherst in the saide Countie to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten; and for default of such issue to my sonne Martin and to the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten. And for default of such issue to my sonne Thomas and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten. And for default of such issue to the right heires of me the saidee Sir Martin Barnham forever Item I do by this my last will give unto my sonne Jacob all my landes aswell arrable pasture as woodeland called Wrens and Cutnole as allso my wood there called Cutnole late by me purchased of Sir James Crowmer knight lyingee in the parrishes of Borden and Tunstall in the saidee Countie, To be had to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten upon condicon, that yf he the saide Jacob or the heires males of his bodie shall refuse at the request and charges by fyne at the common lawe to assure, and convey unto my sonne ffrancis and to the heires males his bodie that wood above saidee called Parkewood and that field above saidee called Vouklett with the half acre and those three parcells of land meadowe and pasture called Brenmarsh which in truth I did convey to the yssues of Judith my nowe welbeloved wife, and therfore doe not take it from them but for their further advance, then my will and meaninge ys that my sonne ffrancis shall receave the proffitts of all those landes called Wrens & Cutnole and untill my sonne Jacob or the heires males of his bodie shall make such assurance by a fyne as is aforesayde. Item I doe by this my last will give unto my Sonne Thomas All those my landes, Tennements, and hereditamentes lyingee in the parishes of Littlebourne, and Ickham as allso all those my landes, tenementes, and hereditamentes lyinge in the parrishe of Lenham to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten, and for defaulte of such issue to my sonne Martin, and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, And for default of such issue to my sonne Jacob, and to the heyres males of his bodie lawfully begotten and for defaulte of such issue to the right heires of me the saidee Sir Martin forever But if my sonne Thomas shall refuse by fyne in due for me of law after that he shall accomplish the age of twentie one yeares to convey unto my saidee sonne ffrancis the saidee wood called Parkewood and the field called Voutlett and the half acre, as allso those three parcells of land medowe and pasture called Brenmarshe, Lames leafe, Impton, and longe fielde, then my will and meaning is that my sonne ffrancis shall take and receave the proffitts of all those landes to my saide sonne Thomas bequeathed in the parrish of Lenham untill such tyme as my saide sonne Thomas shall by fyne in due forme of lawe convey those landes accordinge to this my last will and testament. Provided allwayes that yf my saide sonnes Martin, Jacob, and Thomas or the heires males of their bodies shall convey their right, title, and Interest in those landes within saide to be conveyed to my sonne ffrancis, that then presentlie upon such conveyance by them or anie of them or the heires males of their bodies, made, tendred, and performed as above sayde That then my sonne ffrancis and his heires shall not anie longer after anie such conveyance by them or anie of them or the heires males of their bodies soe to him or his heywes made take or receave anie of the proffitts of anie of their landes by this my will to him my sonne ffrancis lymited, but as touching the givinge of those proffitts by this my will, that part of my will to be utterlie void. Item I will that my welbeloved wife shall recieve the ffiftie poundes by me yearlie reserved out of the Parsonage of Hollingborne so longe as she doth live my widowe and is unmarried. Item I will to my sonne ffrancis the fortie poundes yearlie reserved to me and my assignes out of my wives I__mture which is the Priory of Bilsington with all the landes and Parsonage therunto belonginge. Item I will and give to my sonne ffrancis all those landes that I purchased of Henry Dyer lyingee in Bilsington to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten, and for default of such issue to the heires males ________ bodie of me Sir Martin Barnham, and for default of such issue to the right heyres of me Sir Martin Barnham forever. Provided allwaies that if the two thousand pounds before by me bequeathed to my Daughter Anna, and my Daughter Katherine, that is to each of them one thousand pounds will not sufficientlie rise out of my goods, chattells, bondes, Billes, and abligacons or other debtes due to me then my will and meaninge is that my Executors doe sell my house, landes, and parsonage of Chalke in Kent to pay all my debts & legacies butt _______________ to be paid to my Daughters Anna and Katherine the thousand poundes to each of them before bequeathed and that the profitts of my saide house and landes and Parsonage in Chalke shalbe evenly divided betweene my saide Daughter Anna and Katherine until my Executors have solde the house, landes, and Parsonage aforesaide towardes their maintenance and educacon; but yf my goodes chattells bondes billes and obligacons together with the sale by my Executores of my saide house, landes, and Parsonage of Chalke will not pay my debts and discharge all my legacies, then my will and meaninge is, that out of all my landes tenements and hereditamentes that I have by this my will given to my Sonnes ffrancis Martin Jacob and Thomas there shal be yerelie by indifferent porcons out of all their sayde landes unto them formerlie bequeathed by my Executors to be indifferentlie accordinge to their yearlie proffitts apporconed the full some of two hundred poundes yearlie to be taken untill all my saide debtes and legacies by my executors be accordinge to this my last will fully satisfied contented and paide. Item I will unto my sonne and daughter Honywood fiftie poundes, and to my sone and Daughter Steward fifty poundes. Item I doe give unto every servant that are at this time in my service, and so shalbe & continued at the houre of my death to everie one of them the full some of tenn shillinges over and above their wages for everie yeare that they have served me, hereby meaninge to give them most that have served me longest and to Authur Pelliton because he is my poore kinsman I doe give over and above the somme of ffive pounds, of all which my will and Testament as above sayde I doe make my very welbeloved wife, and my sonne ffrancis my sole and onlie Executores desyringe them faithfullie to performe this my will and doe desire my wife often to thinke upon me, and to remember the lovinge familiar and secrete speeche and communicacon that have passed betweene her and me for her owne good and the good the good of all our Children desyringe her often to call to minde that her tyme in this world cannot be longe after mine, And if in that time she shall endevour to be lovinge and helpfull unto her children she shall live a most free life bindinge them to serve her and love her and soe shall she be able to be helpfull unto them that shall deserve best of her which God graunte, Lastlie I defyne, entreate, and charge you my Sonne ffrancis to be dutyfull and lovinge to my wife your Mother, of whome I am assured no man lyvinge had ever a better wife nor noe Childe had ever a better Mother thyn you have had of her, and one that brought me a greatt porcon many Children whom God blesse, and hath all her tyme with greatt respect to my credit kept my house as proffitably as anie woman in Kente could doe. ffurthermore I desire entreat and charge you my Sonne ffrancis that as God hath made you the heire of my _______ house beseechinge God to blesse the inheritance thereof so have you five tymes more than anie Brother you have and therfore desire you not onlie for your part to performe and keepe this my last will and testament inviolable but in every _______ to keepe and performe the same accordinge to this my will and often to read yt and thinke on me, as allsoe to be brotherly lovinge aydinge and helpinge wherin you may to all your Brothers and Sisters rememberinge you all had one carefull and most lovinge ffather, and howe you shall therby please God, honor your ffather and gaine greatt commendations from the world with undoubted love of all your Brothers and Sisters which God graunte, and soe to gods blessinge I commend my self, my wife and you with all your Brothers and Sisters and all my grandchildren and soe doe make an end of this my last will and testamente. And in witnes that this is my true will, I the saide Sir Martin Barnham have written all the same with mine owne hand and doe publish it as my last will and testament and thereunto have sett my hande the day and yeare first above written to everie leafe. Martin Barnham This xyth 12th December 1610 Edward Listen, Robert Honeywood Jr, Augustine Steward, John Dale

Martin married Judith Calthorpe in Feb 1580 in Hollingbourne, County Kent, England. Judith (daughter of Sir Martin Calthorpe, Lord Mayor of London and Jane Engham) was born in 1548 in Hollingbourne, County Kent, England; died in in England. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
(there are clearly birth date errors at a minimum for this line)