Col. Francis Faulkner

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Francis Faulkner</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="col__francis_faulkner"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><I><B>Col. Francis Faulkner</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>1728-1806</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id64_faulkner_homestead_2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="National Historical Places"><U><B>Faulkner Homestead</B></U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Bookman Old Style" >        </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Bookman Old Style" >       </FONT>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > A Provincial Manor House built in 1707</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id64_the_faulkner_house_timeline_2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="National Historical Places"><U><B>The Faulkner House Timeline</B></U></A></div> <div> Historical Sketch of  the Faulkner House</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#epitaph" TITLE="Col. Francis Faulkner"><U><B>Epitaph</B></U></A></div> <div> Headstone</div> <div> Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#descendants_of_francis_faulkner" TITLE="Col. Francis Faulkner"><U><B>Descendants of Francis Faulkner</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="62684e10.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Faulkner House, Acton, MA., was the local garrison house when first built. Occupied by six generations of Faulkner family, 1738-1940. It was the home of Colonel Francis Faulkner who was active in the revolution. After being alarmed in the early morning of April 19, 1775, of the British march, Faulkner summoned his men by a gun-fire signal. They assembled here bringing their families with then, and from the front yard marched to Concord, re-enacted here by the Acton Minuteman - 1972.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Col. Francis Faulkner</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>by Margaret McEuen</B></I></div> <bR> <div>      Col. Francis Faulkner, Esq. (Ammi Ruhammah-3, Francis-2, Edmund-1) was born on 29 Sep 1728 in Andover, Essex Co., MA.  He was the oldest son of Ammi Ruhammah Faulkner and Hannah Ingalls. He had two sisters, Hannah, who was the oldest child, and Abigail, who were younger, as well as three younger brothers, James, Ammi, and Nathaniel. His father, Ammi Ruhammah, was the child that Francis' grandmother, Abigail Dane Faulkner, was carrying when she was convicted of being a witch in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.  She was spared being hanged until her child was born, as the Puritans would not kill an unborn child.  That child, Ammi Ruhammah, was born in March 1693 and by that time the hysteria had passed and Abigail was spared.  She named him Ammi Ruhammah which means, "My people have obtained mercy".  He had saved his mother's life.</div> <bR> <div>       Francis' grandfather was Francis Faulkner of Andover and his great grandfather was Edmund Faulkner, one of the original settlers of Andover, MA,</div> <bR> <div>       Ammi Ruhammah moved to Littleton, MA by 1732 and then on to Acton by 1738 where he ran the Mills in South Acton and soon bought both the Mills and the Faulkner House the latter of which remained in the family until 1940.</div> <bR> <div>       Francis was a Clothier, according to the land records, and like his father also ran the Mills in South Acton.  He received the west side of the Faulkner House at High and Main St. in South Acton when his father died in 1756.  His mother, Hannah, received the east side of the house until her death in 1781. Then he shared the house with his brother, Ammi, who received the east side when their mother died. He already owned one half of the Mills and purchased the other half from his mother and his siblings: Hannah, wife of Thomas White, James, Nathaniel, Abigail, and Nathaniel, who all quit-claimed their rights to their shares for 20 Lbs. each, in Oct of 1756.  [Middlesex Co. Land Records]</div> <bR> <div>      He held the office of Town Clerk between 1762 and 1797 in Acton. He was conscientious in his duties as shown by the exacting care with which he kept the records and also by the extras he put in - such as copying the entire Declaration of Independence into the town record book, so it would be preserved and available to all Actonians.</div> <bR> <div>      He served in the military between 1772 and 1774 from Acton and held the office of Rep. to the Provincial Congress in 1774.  His active support in the Revolutionary cause began in 1772, when, at a special town meeting held 21 Dec., he was chosen to Acton's committee to draft a reply to correspondence from Boston over measures of the British Administration - "Taxation without representation" and Townsend duties. </div> <bR> <div>   He assisted in drawing up Acton's resolves over the destruction of the tea in the Boston Tea Party.  He was also a member of the Committee of Safety, and of several important conventions, held during the Revolution. Previous to the outbreak of the Revolution, Francis was Captain of Acton's West Militia Co., his commission coming from King George III.  Increasingly, it is said, he found this post difficult to carry, because of the king's acts of oppression against the colonies. </div> <bR> <div>     Finally, in April of 1775 he renounced his king's commission, leaving the captaincy of the West Co. vacant and the command was filled temporarily by 1st Lt. Simon Hunt.</div> <bR> <div>       He served in the Battle of Lexington and Concord on 19 Apr 1775. The most exciting events as they affected the Faulkner House and its occupants were those in the dark hours before dawn on the 19th of Apr. 1775, when the entire Faulkner family was awakened from their sleep to the clatter of a horse's hooves coming across the bridge at the milldam. </div> <div>   </div> <div>      This rider, unknown to the Faulkners, but now believed to have been Dr. Samuel Prescott, who escaped the guard that captured Paul Revere, shouted up the alarm that the British Regulars were marching to Concord and then dashed off towards Stow.  As fast as he could, and without even stopping to dress, Francis fired his pistol three times out of one of his bedroom windows - the signal that his militia company should muster in his front yard.  When the company assembled, bringing their wives and children with them, Faulkner put Lt. Simon Hunt in charge and left to take command as Colonel of the Middlesex Regiment.  Isaac Davis' Acton Minuteman Co. had left earlier, and Faulkner's Co. arrived at the Concord fight in time to see the British fire and Capt. Davis and Abner Hosmer fall.  Once the Company had left the Faulkner house, the women and children began to prepare the soldier's dinners.  After much ado over how this should be done - each woman wanting to prepare her own husband's - it was finally decided to cook and pack all together and let the men divide it as they wanted.  Stakes were driven down in the yard of the house, fires were built and the kettles hung to cook the meal. One of these kettles is now preserved in the Acton Memorial Library, given by the Faulkner heirs.  The dinner was cooked and packed and a group of boys, led by Francis Faulkner, Jr., carried it down to find the Acton Militia.  They had several frights at seeing dead men by the road and thinking it was Col. Faulkner, but finally found their men in Lexington; Faulkner organizing his regiment and his men in high spirits at having driven the British back from Concord - and at all events "glad of their dinner".  It was these boys, led by Francis Faulkner Jr., who brought back to Acton that afternoon the tragic news that Capt. Davis had been killed in the Concord fight, as had Deacon Hosmer's youngest son, the pride of his old age.  [Nylander's Iron Works Farm booklet]</div> <bR> <div>       He again served between 1776 and 1778 in the Revolutionary War.  When the Mass. militia was reorganized in Feb. of 1776, Francis Faulkner was commissioned Lt. Col. of the Third Middlesex Regiment and in that capacity (and in a handsome new uniform, his son admiringly recalled) aided Gen. Washington at Dorchester Heights, previous to the Evacuation of Boston.  In Sep. 1776 Col. Faulkner and his Acton Co. were at White Plains, and tradition says his men behaved bravely despite their loss of one man and the general loss of the battle.  At Saratoga, in 1777, Col. Faulkner and the Acton and Concord men went on a scouting party on Oct. 14th, returning on the 16th just in time to have "the pleasure to see the whole of Burgoyne's army 'parade their arms' and march out of our lines."  Faulkner's Acton men helped guard the prisoners back to Cambridge. [Shattuck's History of Concord]</div> <bR> <div>        He was elected as Deacon in the Old Congregational Church in Acton between 29 Sep 1775 and 5 Aug 1805, his death date.</div> <bR> <div>        He held the office of Justice of the Peace in 1781 in Acton.  The old garrison room at the SW corner of the Faulkner house, which is a huge room that had been built to accommodate 100 people in the event of an Indian attack, became Acton's courthouse, where local justice was dispensed.  He also held the office of Rep. to the General Court between 1783 and 1785.</div> <bR> <div>      He died on 5 Aug 1805 in Acton.  He was honored and lamented when he died.  In the History of Acton, it is said: "In all places he exhibited the character of a gentleman of sound judgment, of cultivated mind, and of good, practical common sense.  He was a courageous military officer, and able legislator, and impartial justice, and exemplary Christian”.  There was also an article in The Columbian Centennial of 14 Aug 1805 that tells of his “active and useful life”. [Col. Francis Faulkner and the Battle of Lexington]   He was buried about 7 Aug 1805 in Woodlawn Cemetery in Acton.  He is buried in lot #233 in Section C. The cemetery records say he died in 1806, but the newspaper records say he died in 1805.</div> <bR> <div>  He was first married to Elizabeth Muzzy (daughter of John Muzzy and Mary (---) Muzzy) on 29 Apr 1756 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., MA. Elizabeth only lived a short while after they married according to most accounts. There was an Ammi Faulkner who lived in Royalton and who may have been born on 7 June 1756, according to some sources, which the same day as Elizabeth's death date.  The records are not clear and more research needs to be done.  Some accounts, including one by his grandson, Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, say that Francis Faulkner had eleven children, but he had only ten by his second wife that have been found in the records.  Ammi may have been his son by his first marriage and be the eleventh.  He named no other son after his father, and often the first son was so named. Since this Ammi was born shortly after his parent's marriage date, his birth may not have been recorded in the official vital records, IF he was their son. It has not been verified that this Ammi Faulkner was a child of Elizabeth Muzzy and Francis Faulkner, as no records have been found for him though it is a possibility that he was born in the first marriage, as the dates are so close. Elizabeth Muzzy was born on 17 Dec 1734 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., MA and was christened there on 22 Dec 1734.  She died on 7 Jun 1756 in Acton, and was buried about 8 Jun 1756 in Woodlawn Cemetery.</div> <bR> <div>       He was married the second time to Rebecca Keyes (daughter of Capt. Solomon Keyes and Sarah Danforth) on 24 Feb 1759 in Warren, Worcester Co.?, MA.  They may have been married in Acton instead.  Rebecca Keyes was born on 16 Feb 1735/36 in Warren, Worcester Co., MA.  She died on 3 Apr 1812 in Acton.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="693bdfc0.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="epitaph"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Epitaph</B></div> <bR> <div> Erected in Memory of</div> <div> Francis Faulkner, Esq.</div> <bR> <div> who after a long life of piaty and publick </div> <div> usefulness in Church and State </div> <div> died  Aug. 5, 1806</div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="descendants_of_francis_faulkner"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Batang" ><I><B>Descendants of Francis Faulkner</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>Generation No. 1</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>1.</B>  C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OL.</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT><I>  (A</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>MMI</I></FONT><I> R</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>UBAMAH</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT><I>, F</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>RANCIS</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT><I>)</I> was born September 16, 1728 in Andover, MA., and died August 05, 1806 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.  He married (1) E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UZZEY</FONT> April 29, 1756 in Lexington, Middlesex, MA. , daughter of J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OHN</FONT> M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UZZEY</FONT> and M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT>.  She was born 1734 in Lexington, Middlesex, MA, and died June 27, 1756 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.  He married (2) R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EBECCA</FONT> K<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EYES</FONT> February 24, 1759 . She was born 1736 in Warren, MA., and died April 03, 1812 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OL.</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Town Clerk 1762-1797</div> <bR> <div> Faulkner, Francis<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives dated Feb. 2, 1776; said Faulkner chosen 2d Major, Col. James Barret's (3d Middlesex Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; appointment concurred in by Council Feb. 7, 1776; reported commissioned Feb. 7, 1776; place taken by Samuel Lamson Feb. 8, 1776, said Faulkner having been elected Lieutenant Colonel; also, official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives dated Feb. 8, 1776; said Faulkner chosen Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Eleazer Brooks's (3d Middlesex Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; appointment concurred in Council Feb. 8, 1776; reported chosen in place of Braddy  Smith, excused; also, Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Brooks's regt.; marched March 4, 1776; returned March 9, 1776; service, 6 days; regiment called out to reinforce Continental Army at the taking of Dorchester Heights; roll sworn to at Boston; also, Colonel, 3d Middlesex Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers; commissioned Feb. 6, 1779. </FONT></div> <div> <I>From: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution</I>, - Vol. I-XVII. <I>Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.</I></div> <bR> <div> More About C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OL.</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Military service: Revolutionary War</div> <div> Resided: Faulkner Hometead High & Main St. Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UZZEY</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT> and E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UZZEY</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: April 29, 1756, Lexington, Middlesex, MA. </div> <div> More About R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EBECCA</FONT> K<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EYES</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT> and R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EBECCA</FONT> K<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EYES</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: February 24, 1759 </div> <div>      </div> <div> Children of F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT> and R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EBECCA</FONT> K<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EYES</FONT> are:</div> <div>      i.     F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. January 31, 1760, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; d. February 12, 1843, Billerica, Middlesex, MA.; m. (1) E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ONES</FONT>, August 26, 1784; b. 1762, Concord, Middlesex, MA.; d. April 08, 1789, Watertown, MA.; m. (2) A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >NN</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OBBINS</FONT>, March 04, 1799, Watertown, Middlesex, MAA.; b. March 29, 1777, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA.; d. August 18, 1853, Billerica, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Faulkner, Francis, Jr. Fifer, Capt. Simon Hunt's (Acton) co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt.; service, 6 days; company called out at the fortifying of Dorchester Hights March 4, 1776. </div> <bR> <div>  He served in the Revolutionary War on 4 Mar 1776 as follows:  Faulkner, Francis, Jr. Fifer, Capt. Simon Hunt's (Acton) Co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt.; service, 6 days; company called out at the fortifying of Dorchester Heights March 4, 1776.? [MA soldiers and Sailors]   He was a Clothier and Mill Owner between 1781 and 1800 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. Francis remained with his father until he was twenty-one and then established himself in Watertown not long after.  He started in the same business of clothier and established the woolen mills at Watertown, to which he added a number of other industries with much energy and enterprise.  He purchased some eleven deeds for lands and shops in Watertown from 1781 to 1800.  He died on 12 Feb 1843 in Billerica, Middlesex Co., MA.</div> <bR> <div> He was married first to Elizabeth Jones on 26 Aug 1784.  Elizabeth Jones was born in 1762 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.  She died on 8 Apr 1797 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. </div> <bR> <div> More About F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT> and E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ONES</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: August 26, 1784</div> <bR> <div> More About F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RANCIS</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT> and A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >NN</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OBBINS</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: March 04, 1799, Watertown, Middlesex, MAA.</div> <bR> <div>      ii.     R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EBECCA</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. August 19, 1761, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; d. March 09, 1834, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.; m. D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >WIGHT</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSTER</FONT>, May 07, 1783, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; b. December 07, 1757, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.; d. April 23, 1823.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EBECCA</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> She is sometimes called Rebecca, but is named Rebekah on her birth record.  She died on 9 Mar 1834 in </div> <div> Brookfield, Worcester Co.probably, as they had been living there.  She was married to Dwight Foster (son of Jedediah Foster and Dorothy Dwight) on 7 May 1783 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.  They had 4 children according to NEHGR Vol. 1, p. 354:  Pamela, Algerdon Sidney, Sophia Dwight and Alfred Dwight.  Dwight Foster was born on 7 Dec 1757 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA and died there on 23 Apr 1823.  He distinguished himself in politics.</div> <bR> <div> More About D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >WIGHT</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSTER</FONT> and R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EBECCA</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: May 07, 1783, Acton, Middlesex, MA. </div> <bR> <div>      iii.     S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. August 10, 1763, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; d. March 15, 1846, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; m. D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >R.</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BRAHAM</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >KINNER</FONT>, March 18, 1788, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; b. April 04, 1756, Woodstock, CT.; d. April 16, 1810.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> She was married to Dr. Abraham Skinner on 18 Mar 1788 in Acton.  Dr. Abraham Skinner was born on 4 Apr 1756 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT.  He was a physician between 1781 and 1810 in Acton and was an important doctor </div> <div> locally.  He died on 17 Apr 1810 in Acton.  He owned a Lottery House in Acton and  resided at 140 Nagog Hill Rd.  </div> <div> More About S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >R.</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BRAHAM</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >KINNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Lottery House</div> <bR> <div> More About D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >R.</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BRAHAM</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >KINNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Occupation: Bet. 1781 - 1810, Physician</div> <div> Resided: 140 Nagog Hill Rd, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BRAHAM</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >KINNER</FONT> and S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: March 18, 1788, Acton, Middlesex, MA. </div> <div>      iv.     E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. March 13, 1765, Acton, Middlesex, MA. (; d. March 22, 1813, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      v.     M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. July 12, 1767, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; d. May 19, 1784, Acton, Middlesex, MA. </div> <bR> <div>      vi.     L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. May 16, 1770, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. January 23, 1828; m. J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABEZ</FONT> U<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >PHAM</FONT>, June 02, 1796, Acton, Middlesex, MA. b. August 23, 1764, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.; d. July 08, 1811, Brookfield, Worcester, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABEZ</FONT> U<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >PHAM</FONT>:</div> <div> He was an important attorney locally.  His name may have been John.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABEZ</FONT> U<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >PHAM</FONT> and L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: June 02, 1796, Acton, Middlesex, MA. </div> <bR> <div>      vii.     S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >USANNA</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. February 21, 1772, Acton, Middlesex, MA; d. April 05, 1840, Waterford, Oxford, Me.; m. H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANNIBAL</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AMLIN</FONT>, July 16, 1800; b. July 21, 1769, Waterford, Oxford, Me.; d. September 08, 1811.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >USANNA</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> She was married to Hannibal Hamlin Esq. on 16 Jul 1800. They apparently met while he was staying at the Jones Tavern near the Faulkner House in Acton. A grandson was Alfred D. F. Hamlin, an architect, and Alfred's son was Talbot Faulkner Hamlin, an architectural historian, one of the first to seriously study the Greek Revival and other 19th centruy American styles.  Hannibal Hamlin Esq. was born on 21 Jul 1769 in Waterford, ME.  He was the sheriff of Oxford Co., ME.  He died on 8 Sep 1811 in Oxford Co., ME.  They had six children.</div> <bR> <div> More About H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANNIBAL</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AMLIN</FONT> and S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >USANNA</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: July 16, 1800</div> <bR> <div>      viii.     W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >INTHROP</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. March 21, 1774, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; d. March 17, 1813, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; m. M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RIGHT</FONT>, October 23, 1800, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; b. August 31, 1777, Concord, Middlesex, MA. ; d. July 15, 1855, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >INTHROP</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> He owned the Faulkner House after 1805 in Acton which he inherited from his father, Francis.  He died on 17 Mar 1813 in Acton.  He had begun to carry on his father's tradition of public spirit before his untimely death.  He received his justice's Commission at the age of 23 - using, as his father had done, the garrison roon in the Faulkner House for his courtroom - and that same year, 1787, was one of the charter members of the Corinthian Masonic Lodge in Concord. In 1806 and 1807 he was a member of the committee, of which Aaron Jones of Jones' Tavern was the chairman, that designed Acton's elegant Federal style second Meeting House.  He was for several years before his death, Acton's town treasurer and town meeting moderator. His musical talents enabled him to be one of the leaders of the singing in the Church and caused him to be </div> <div> elected in 1811 to a committee to look into introducing a singing school in the Acton schools.   He was, according to his biographer, Louis Surette of the Corinthian Lodge, " a man of cultivated mind and sound judgement, and his advice was generally sought for all important town matters."  [from Historical Sketch of the Faulkner House by Robert Nylander.]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> More About W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >INTHROP</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Resided: Faulkner Hometead High & Main St. Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RIGHT</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >INTHROP</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT> and M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >RIGHT</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: October 23, 1800, Acton, Middlesex, MA. </div> <bR> <div>      ix.     W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ILLIAM</FONT> E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MERSON</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. October 23, 1776, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; d. October 01, 1804, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.; m. E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> U<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >PHAM</FONT>, June 20, 1804; d. April 07, 1808, Brookfield, Worcester, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ILLIAM</FONT> E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MERSON</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> He was educated at, and graduated in 1797, from Harvard College</div> <bR> <div> More About W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ILLIAM</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT> and E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> U<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >PHAM</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: June 20, 1804</div> <bR> <div>      x.     L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTHER</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>, b. May 07, 1779, Acton, Middlesex, MA. ; d. September 08, 1845; m. C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AROLINE</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EED</FONT>, March 29, 1820.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTHER</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT>:</div> <div> He was educated at, and was a Graduate in 1802, of Harvard College</div> <bR> <div> More About L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTHER</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AULKNER</FONT> and C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AROLINE</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EED</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: March 29, 1820</div> </td> </tr></table></body>