An American Family History

Marie Catherine Ferree Faulkner was born about 1683 in Steinweiler, Germany. Her parents were Daniel Ferree and Marie (Mary) Warrembere.

Marie married Thomas Faulkner in 1715. June 30, 1715 was either the date that the banns were published for "Thomas Falconer and Mary Catharina Fara" or the date they married. They married at Immanuel Episcopal Church in New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware.

Thomas and Marie's children probably included:
Mary Faulkner Heard (married Stephen Heard),
Catherine Faulkner Green (married William Green),
Jesse Faulkner (about 1718, married Martha Smith),
Eve Faulkner Griffith (about 1722, married Thomas Griffith),
Susannah Faulkner Wilson, (Thomas Wilson ), and
daughter Faulkner McCay (married James McCay).

On February 22, 1715/16 Daniel and Anna Maria Ferree, and Isaac and Catherine LeFevre, granted land in Pequea to Thomas and Marie.

In 1718, Thomas Falkner was listed with the "Dutch Inhabitants" in the Conestoga Township tax list.

In 1720, Thomas was listed in the Pequea district. His property was valued at 40£.

In 1724, Thomas was on the assessment list for Salisbury Township.

Marie died some time after the birth of her youngest child about 1726.

Thomas' second wife was named Jean, Jane or Joan.

Thomas Faulkner was listed between 1736 and 1748 with land warrants in Lancaster County.

On May 7, 1745, Thomas and his wife Jane, deeded 195 acres of the original Ferree grant to John Jones. On May 15, 1749, Thomas and Jane deeded four parcels in Lancaster County to James Johnson of Drumore township.

They moved to Bethlehem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania where Thomas wrote his will on February 20, 1752. He he died the next month on March 28, 1752. The will was proved on May 8, 1752.

In the will, he described himself as a farmer living in Bethlehem, Bucks County. He remembered his wife, children Jesse, Mary, Susanna, and Eve, and grandchildren Eve and Mary Green, and James McKay.

First printed in Boston 1745