The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15

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NY of richardson presented to the sat
iSi'ctlon OF Its members. The name ia
borne ny men OF distinction and honor.
ana 81 good Sencniogy would be aoprc,
Ciatcd. 4
Soilocs, ironnonEer, Corduroy and
n"y must enter tho noble army of tho
absolutely forgotten Thomas Miller
rs not articulnte either. Major VIII
liam Miller might have been his sou.
re must have boon Il man OF roo,t
standing, for he was vcstryman or
Pettsworth, ana Henry Willis became
N~estrymian In his place when he died.
There is a village in King and Queen
which may be the namcsakc of t.cso
early s%cttlers.
There arc. OF course. many Thonas
ionesos, and 1t is Impossible to place
THONGS Jones of 1861. Roger Jones,
Tue ancestor OF the Catcsby Jones fam
ny Of Virginia, had a son, Thomas, but
ne did not come over until 1850.
Dnckncr.
we atrlly disposed OF the B,tcknerg
last sunday by referring our readers 10
the pondcrous volume on the Buckncr
FAMILY. which is somewhat inaccessible.
nut as John Buckncr persists in tuking
un land in Gloucester. we feel con-
strained to say a word OF him. in spitny
of the volume. John Buckner had n
large area of land and Il largo family,
viz; William ca, or Yorktown: John
%. OF Gloucester and Essex: Richard
(2l, or Essen, anu Thomas t2), OF Glou-t
%cestcr. William (2) Buckncr was mag
istrate and Burgess and survoyor-gen-
cral for William and Mary College. IIe
married Catherine Ballard, and had
William CD and John (3). William ca
died childlcss and left his property to
John ca, who removed to Stafford and
became n member of the House OF Bur-
gesscs.
Thomas (2l married Sarah, daughter
OF Captain Francis Morgan. and had
Francis (3l, Thomas (3l and Colonel
Samuel 80. Thomas (3) married Mary
Tiinson. Samuel married Ann, FIRST.
and, second, Mary Timson. the widow
OF his brother. Thomas, following
strictly the biblical injunction Of rails
Ing up seed unto his brother.
Samuel Timson married a daughter
OF Baldwin Mathews. and Thomas Buck
ner had Baldwin Mathews Burkner.
and ono OF the old tonbs at Marctield,
In Gloucester, reads thus: Hero lycth
70 Body of Dorothy Buckner. the wifo
Of Baldwin Mathews Ruckncr.1
The children of Baldwin Mathews
Buckncr We're Thomas, Samuel, Robert
and John. Thomas married Elizabeth
Cooke. John married Dorothy Scrosby.
and had Nancy Timson Buckncr, Who
married. Rev. Servant Jones, of Will
liamsburg.
Richard (2> Buckner was clerk of tho
House OF Burgesses, md hc was tho
tnthcr of William, of Caroline. john
CD Bncltner married Anne. and had
sons. John (3) and William (s).
Colonel Samuel (3) Buckncr murrieu
and had two daughters, Dorothy. who
married her cousin, Baldwin Mathews
Buckner, and Mary, who married Colo
mol Charles Mynn Thornton. who in
stead OF beating his sword into n
pruning hook turned his surpiicc into
a sword. He was an Episcopal divine,
who became a dashing Revolutionary
soldier. and was called the "Warrlor
P;trson.' Robert, son Of Baldwin
Mathews Bucltncr, died early. and left
Il daughter, Charity. who married Colo
mel William Jones, Of Gloucester.
Charity Buckner was an orphan girl OF
Gloucester county. OF wealth and
bcouty. and we hope, ot those divine
qualities which forced her friends To
say the greatest of all is Charity. She
and her husband lived at Concord. IN
York Rivcr-a beautiful combination.
Concord and Charity. Colonel Jones
was 4 unique character. y distin-
stlisilcd lawyer and candid enough In
an agc of iron-bound orthodoxy Ia an
nounco himself n Unitarian. He had
no children, but of his kith ana kin
called Concord home.
Buckncr is q most usual b aptiSmai
name. being connected with the Thorn
tons, Fields. Jones, Cookies and other
families.
The cmtgrnnt, John Buckncr. has tho
honor OF bringing the first printing
press into Virginia. which was sup
pressed. t%tnl;appily. IN 1863. William
Nuthcad was the neutrality-suspicious. his
name WAS indicative OF his ability.
Would that we could Insert In this
paper all III SaylngS of This Reverend