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4. | James Buckles, Jr. was born on 04 Dec 1764 in Bucklestown, Berkeley Co, VA (son of Capt. James Buckles, Sr. and Sarah Gerrard); died on 08 Mar 1853 in Miami Co, OH. James married Elizabeth Brooks on 22 Apr 1777 in York Co, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of David Brooks and Mary) was born on 29 Apr 1758 in NJ; died on 29 Sep 1843 in Miami Co, OH; was buried in Upper Honey Creek Cemetery, Christianburg, Champaign Co, OH. [Group Sheet]
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5. | Elizabeth Brooks was born on 29 Apr 1758 in NJ (daughter of David Brooks and Mary); died on 29 Sep 1843 in Miami Co, OH; was buried in Upper Honey Creek Cemetery, Christianburg, Champaign Co, OH.
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8. | Capt. James Buckles, Sr. was born on 17 Sep 1732 in Berkeley Co, VA (son of Robert Buckles, Sr. and Ann Brown); died on 23 Jan 1797 in Maysville, Mason Co, KY; was buried in Banks of Ohio River, Maysville, Mason Co, KY. Notes:
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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9. | Sarah Gerrard was born on 05 Dec 1740 in Frederick Co, VA (daughter of Rev. John Gerrard and Mehetable Haugen); died on 24 Sep 1815 in Sugar Creek Township, Greene Co, OH; was buried in Middle Run Baptist Church, Bellbrook, Greene Co, OH. Notes:
Name:
(also given as Gerard, Gerrard, Garrard)
Children:
- Rev. John Buckles was born on 27 Feb 1761 in Frederick Co, VA; died on 30 Jul 1828 in Christiansburg, Champaign Co, OH; was buried in Upper Honey Creek Cemetery, Christianburg, Champaign Co, OH.
- 4. James Buckles, Jr. was born on 04 Dec 1764 in Bucklestown, Berkeley Co, VA; died on 08 Mar 1853 in Miami Co, OH.
- William Buckles was born in 1766; died in 1846.
- Ann Buckles was born in 1768; died in 1851.
- Robert Buckles was born in 1770; died in 1850.
- Mahetabel Buckles was born in 1772; died in 1836.
- Abagail Buckles was born in 1774.
- Mary Buckles was born in 1776; died in 1861.
- Margaret Buckles was born in 1780; died in 1810.
- Abraham Abram Buckles was born in 1782; died in 1870.
- Jan Buckles was born in 1784; died in 1867.
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11. | MaryChildren:
- David Brooks, Jr.
- 5. Elizabeth Brooks was born on 29 Apr 1758 in NJ; died on 29 Sep 1843 in Miami Co, OH; was buried in Upper Honey Creek Cemetery, Christianburg, Champaign Co, OH.
- Mary Brooks 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.
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16. | Robert Buckles, Sr. was born on 15 May 1702 in Yorkshire, England (son of Cuthbert Buckle and Miss Foxwell); died on 21 Dec 1790 in Bucklestown, Berkeley Co, WV. Notes:
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]
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18. | Rev. John Gerrard was born in 1720 in Frederick Co, VA; died on 19 Aug 1787 in Gerrardstown, Berkeley Co, VA. 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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19. | Mehetable Haugen was born in 1720; died after 18 May 1779 in Berkeley Co, VA. Notes:
Name:
Mehetable's surname being Haugen is not proven.
Children:
- 9. Sarah Gerrard 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.
- William Gerrard was born about 1743.
- John Gerrard was born about 1744 in Frederick Co, VA.
- Mehetable Gerrard was born about 1745 in Berkeley Co, VA.
- David Gerrard was born about 1748 in Berkeley Co, VA.
- Jonah Gerrard was born in 1750 in Gerrardstown, Berkeley Co, VA.
- Nathaniel Garrard was born in 1752 in Berkeley Co, VA.
- Justus Garrard was born in 1755 in Gerrardstown, Berkeley Co, VA.
- Isaac Garrard was born about 1757 in VA.
- Abner Garrard was born in 1759 in Berkeley Co, VA.
- Jonathan Gerrard was born on 31 Mar 1763 in Berkeley Co, VA.
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34. | George Brown was born about 1643 in Leicester, Leicester, England; was christened on 07 Apr 1644 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England; died in 1726 in Falls Township, Bucks Co, PA. George married Mercy Browne Wright. Mercy was born about 1644 in Barking, Essex, England; died in in Falls Township, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]
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35. | Mercy Browne Wright was born about 1644 in Barking, Essex, England; died in in Falls Township, Bucks Co, PA. Children:
- 17. Ann Brown was born on 01 Aug 1705 in Bucks Co, PA; died on 27 Jun 1787 in Univilla, Berkeley Co, WV.
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128. | Sir Christopher Buckle was born in 1586 in England; was christened on 18 Aug 1586 in St. Mary at the Hill, London, Greater London, England (son of Sir Cuthbert Buckle, Lord Mayor of London and Dame Elizabeth Marston); died in 1660. Notes:
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]
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