Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | James Faulkner {Gen 2}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

James Faulkner (Samuel, William) was born to Samuel Faulkner and his wife Elinor on July 2nd 1779 in Wallkill, Ulster Co, New York.

James married Martha McBride about 1808, most likely in Wallkill, then Orange Co, New York.

James Faulkner's children include:

• Nelson Faulkner b. 1809 d. UNK
• Caroline Faulkner b. 1812 d. 10/23/1884 - never married
• Mary Jane Faulkner b. 1/11/1814 d. 4/21/1902
• Female 1 Faulkner b. 1816 d. BEF 1830
• Frances Ann Faulkner b. 1818 d. 1845
• Nancy Martha Faulkner b. 6/1820 d. 1902 - no issue
• Anson Faulkner b. 1823 d. 9/21/1899 - never married
• Antoniette Faulkner b. 2/15/1825 d. 4/8/1903 - never married 
• Harrison Faulkner b. 1825 d. 9/3/1905
• Henrietta Faulkner b. 1831 d. 9/19/1900
• Iantha Faulkner b. 1839 d. 10/15/1894 - never married

James Faulkner was a Colonel in the War of 1812. Occupations included farming, land surveying, politics and hospitality. He removed to Grass Lake Michigan in the fall of 1834, being an early pioneer of the territory.

Col. James Faulkner died 19 Apr 1869. He is buried in the Grass Lake East cemetery, Grass Lake MI,  with his brother, wife and daughter.

You can read more about James here and here.

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