The American Revolution & War of 1812 ~ The Buchner Family Was There

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2024: Week 4 (WITNESS TO HISTORY)

 "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. 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

John Boughner noted above is my husband's 5th great grandfather via his father's paternal line, and his 6th great grandfather via his father's maternal line.

Johannes Theis (John) Buchner
BIRTH 18 SEP 1729 • Unnau, Westerwald, Hessen, Germany
DEATH 11 SEP 1791 • Hardwick Twp, Sussex, New Jersey, USA

John's son Jacob noted above is my husband's 4th great grandfather via his father's paternal line, and his 5th great grandfather via his father's maternal line. The family references him as Jacob the 1st. 

Jacob Buchner
BIRTH 31 MAY 1763 • Hardwick Twp, Sussex County, New Jersey , USA
DEATH 11 AUG 1841 • Woodhouse, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
married to
Catherine Schuyler (AKA: Shelar, Schuler, Shuler)
BIRTH 20 SEP 1767 • Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
DEATH 8 FEB 1855 • Woodhouse, Norfolk County, Ontario

X5 (X6) Great Grandpa John was a Loyalist during the American Revolution. He died before the War of 1812 started. Most of his brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews settled as loyalist in the southern Ontario regions. Many of the towns & roads carry their various names.

The battle of Lundy's lane took place on John's nephew's property. The Buchner House is a historic home that is still available to visit.

Future holiday plans?  

VRBO - Buchner House

Wouldn't it be exciting for a namesake to book the Buchner House via VRBO. 

When looking at the family's history we are left wondering how pride in the United Empire Loyalists' roots fits with Truth & Reconciliation!!! 

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. The Niagara Settlers. R. Robert Mutrie. Retrieved January 17th 2024 from
https://sites.google.com/site/niagarasettlers/pioneer-lives-2/buchner-Boughner-Familty-Origins 

Sources:

Ancestor Roll. Jacob Buchner. Grand River Branch of the UELAC. Retrieved January 18th 2024 from 
http://www.grandriveruel.ca/Grand_River22.htm

Buchner-Boughner Family Origins. R. Robert Mutrie. Retrieved January 18th 2024 from https://sites.google.com/site/niagarasettlers/pioneer-lives-2/buchner-Boughner-Familty-Origins

Buchner family name embedded in Niagara Falls history. Jonathan Milner Niagara This Week. Originally published Monday, January 20, 2020. Retrieved January 18th 2024 from
https://www.niagarathisweek.com/opinion/buchner-family-name-embedded-in-niagara-falls-history/article_e54d0c17-dbdb-5737-84ae-02f3ea6ddcaf.html

Buchner House. Cozy-Rustic-Heritage property! VRBO. Retrieved January 18th 2024 from 
https://www.vrbo.com/9836782ha

Buchner House. Heritage Property Details. Niagara Falls. Retrieved January 18th 2024 from 
https://niagarafalls.ca/living/heritage/273204-buchner-house.hp

Buchner House. Guidetags. Explore.  Retrieved January 18th 2024 from
https://www.guidetags.com/guidetags/explore//308-buchner-house

Buchner House. Canada's Historic Places. Retrieved January 18th 2024 from
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=9749

BUCHNER SCHOOL AS MUSEUM IS CROWLAND TWP. PROJECT. Welland History. Retrieved January 18th 2024 from 
https://tales.wellandhistory.ca/2021/08/30/buchner-school-as-museum-is-crowland-twp-project/

Drummond Hill. Niagara Falls History. Retrieved January 18th 2024 from
https://www.niagarafallsinfo.com/niagara-falls-history/niagara-falls-municipal-history/drummond-hill/

Drummond Hill Cemetery. City of Niagara Falls. Locations and Histories. Cemeteries.  Retrieved January 18th 2024 from
https://niagarafalls.ca/city-hall/municipal-works/cemetery/locations-and-histories/drummond-hill.aspx

Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/

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Deb, we've found your Mayflower connection! ~ When an Email Changes Everything You Thought You Knew

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 50 (WITNESS TO HISTORY)

As a small child I was always interested in history. I remember listening to my teacher talk about critical times in history, and wondering if my relatives were there.

None of the history lessons were as intriguing to me as the Pilgrim's arrival on the Mayflower at Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonies. I was entranced with the tales, and imagined that I had relatives who were there. 

In first learning about the Mayflower it seemed like everyone had a relative that was there, but when I asked my grandparents, none of them knew of any relatives who arrived on the Mayflower. I pored over the names on the passenger list, and never saw a name that I knew as a relative.  I asked relatives if they recognized any of the last names from the passenger list. None of them did.

When I realized only 102 passengers were on that boat I realized that it wasn't true that most people could track back to the Mayflower. I also realized some who claim a relative on that ship were likely operating in the realm of family lore. 

I'm not sure how old I was when I decided that I had no relatives who sailed on the Mayflower, but it was long before I began genealogy researching. 

In the years since I have never found anyone that I suspected had been connected to the Mayflower.

Imagine my surprise on December 6th 2020 when I received an email from FamilySearch with "Deb, we've found your Mayflower connection!" in the subject line.  Thinking there must be a mistake I clicked the link:

I clicked Read More:

Still thinking there was a mistake I began researching in earnest, and I discovered that William Bradford is my 1st cousin X12 removed via my mother's maternal line. His grandfather, the Reverend John Hanson, is my 12th great grandfather. 

I Remember wishing I had a relative on the Mayflower as I sat in class listening to the details of this historical event. 

With the name and details I was able to discover details about the life lived by William Bradford. Just typing his name into a search engine brings up pages and pages of information about his successes and disappointments. 

My 1st cousin X12 removed:

William Bradford

BIRTH 19 MAR 1590 • Austerfield, Borough of Doncaster, S. Yorkshire, England

DEATH 9 MAY 1657 • Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

whose parents were:

Alice Hanson (my 11th great aunt)

BIRTH 8 DEC 1562 • Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

DEATH 23 MAY 1597 • Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

and

William Bradford

BIRTH 19 MAR 1559 • Austerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, S. Yorkshire, England

DEATH 15 JUL 1591 • Austerfield, Yorks, England

Alice was the daughter of (my 12th great grandparents):

Revered John Hanson 

BIRTH 23 JUL 1532 • Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

DEATH 27 FEB 1602 • Austerfield, Yorkshire, England
and

Margaret Gressam (Grasham, Gresham) 

BIRTH 1542 • Austerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

DEATH 31 JUL 1603 • Austerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

William first married

Dorothy May

BIRTH 1597 • Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

DEATH ABT. DEC 1620 • Mayflower, Provincetown Harbour, Massachusetts, USA

whose death by falling off the Mayflower while it was anchored offshore has sparked numerous stories that I had heard about, but never realized had anything to do with me. 

Second William married a widow named:

Alice Anne Carpenter

BIRTH 3 AUG 1590 • Weymouth, Dorset, England

DEATH 26 MAR 1670 • Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonies

William was father to three children: 1 boy named John with 1st wife Dorothy. 2 boys and a girl named Joseph, William, Mercy with second wife Alice. Alice had a boy and a girl with first husband Edward Southworth (who died in 1621 in Holland).

I wish I had known the family connection to the Mayflower when I was first learning about the Pilgrims as a wee one. 

Finding your relatives in historic events!







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***






Photos

Clipped from FamilySearch.com




Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/

If you reference or use my blog posts in any way please

include a link to the specific blog and

credit http://somehowrelated.blogspot.com/

My blogs are ©Deborah Buchner, 2014 forward.

All rights reserved.

Please & Thank you!

___________________________________________________________