This is my second 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. When I first began the 2019 challenge I wasn't exactly sure what I would do for the whole year. As I begin the 2020 challenge I have more understanding.
My FRESH START begins with a focus on the other side of this Bramble Bush.
When I first started researching I wanted to make sure that my children grew up knowing where they came from. For this to happen I needed to include both their maternal and paternal side. This is how MY BRAMBLE BUSH FAMILY TREE first got it's roots.
Last year's challenge I included a few weeks focused on my husband's side of the tree. This year I plan to have a more shared focus on both sides. It seems only fair since his side of the tree is more extensively researched. In the early days of research my side of the tree was full of brick walls. It's what happens when you come from a long line of black sheep. Whenever I was frustrated researching my line I would switch to my husband's and feel so successful.
I would like to introduce you to :
Jacob Buchner
Born: May 31st 1763 at Hardwick Township, New Jersey, USA
Died: August 11th 1841 at Woodhouse, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
This was the first time in my research that I had two ancestral lines intersect. When I was adding my father-in-law's maternal line, and found a name that I was pretty sure I already had in my tree I was startled. In the years since I am no longer surprised when this happens. The moment I think a last name sounds familiar I immediately search my tree to see if I already have this newly found family member in the tree. It's only a matter of time until I find a common relative between my husband and I since we both have solid roots in Ontario.
I don't think you could find a better example of a FRESH START than Jacob Buchner and his wife Catherine Shelar ***
*** sometimes spelled Schular/Shular/Schelar - My chosen spelling is because that is how they spelled their second son's name.
I have not yet found a solid source for Catherine's family. The only facts I have for Catherine are on birth and death documents after marriage.
Jacob's father, John, left Germany for a FRESH START in the United States. He arrived in New Jersey in 1753.
Johannes Theis (known as John) Buchner
BIRTH 18 SEP 1729 • Unnau, Westerwald, Hessen, Germany
DEATH 11 SEP 1791 • Hardwick Twp, Sussex, New Jersey, USA
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| source: Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement |
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| source: Annals of the Forty, No. 9, Loyalist and Pioneer Families of West Lincoln, |
Jacob and his father supported the British in the American Revolution.
Bold, underlining and italics added below for clarity by the writer.
"It appears that the oldest brother John Buchner, father of the teenaged “younger group” although advanced in years and continuously resident in New Jersey was also active in the Loyalist cause. His son Jacob referred to him as “John Boughner, Sr., U.E. Loyalist,” in his land petition." 1
"Jacob joined the New Jersey Volunteers in 1780 and served for the rest of the war as a sergeant and guide with the army. He “piloted” several persons from the enemy line to New York, where his regiment was stationed." 1
"Among the sons of the oldest brother John Buchner, the “younger group” Jacob (1762) arrived in 1787 and settled near his cousin Henry on a crown grant of Lot 13, Concession 7, Willoughby Twp., Welland Co. He also had grants of Lots 1 and 2, Concession 2 in neighbouring Crowland Twp. His brother Henry (1758) arrived with Jacob and settled on Lot 1, Concession 4, Crowland Twp., Welland County." 1
Jacob and his brother Henry took the British offer of a FRESH START, and headed to Upper Canada obtaining land grants in what would eventually be Southern Ontario where many Buchner/Boughner families still reside.
Their father chose to stay in the United States, but didn't lose his land. Although he and at least two of his sons were loyalists his son Franklin was a Patriot officer which may have been why John didn't lose his land. The American Revolution divided the Buchner family when some supported the loyalist, others the Patriots, and again when some left for free land in Canada.
Jacob and his family were very involved with the Methodist Church in Ontario. I have not determined if they were involved with the Methodist Church before their arrival in Ontario.
In 2018 I attended a Genealogy Conference, and discovered this treasure on a freebie table. There were many similar books on the table, but this one had Jacob Buchner in it.
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| 1804, Jacob serves as a Jurer |
Looking through this book I discovered that Jacob had served as a Jurer.
Further research found that this was one of 14 times Jacob served between 1800 and 1818.
This is my 2020 FRESH START --- it's the the first of 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks.
A FRESH START - how parts of the Bramble Bush rooted in Canada!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Footnotes:
1 Buchner-Boughner Family Origins, Mutrie, R Robert,
https://sites.google.com/site/niagarasettlers/pioneer-lives-2/buchner-Boughner-Familty-Origins
Sources:
The United Empire Loyalist Settlement at Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario Historical Society
Papers and Records, VOL. II, Tasker, LH, William Briggs, Toronto, Ontario, 1900
Full text retrieved January 2nd 2020 from
https://ia600301.us.archive.org/0/items/taskunitedempireloya00rich/taskunitedempireloya00rich.pdf
The Woolverton Genealogy Site, The History of the Woolverton family in North America, Retrieved January 3rd 2020 from http://www.woolverton.ca/
Annals of the Forty, No. 9, Loyalist and Pioneer Families of West Lincoln, 1783 to 1833, Sources, Powell, R Janet, Grimsby Historical Society, 1958,
Retrieved January 3rd 2020 from
http://www.woolverton.ca/Sources/1713231.pdf
Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement OR Norfolk's Foundation Builders and their family genealogies, Owen, Egbert Americus, William Briggs, Toronto, Ontario, 1898
Full text retrieved January 2nd 2020 from
https://archive.org/stream/pioneersketcheso00owen/pioneersketcheso00owen_djvu.txt
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/
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