| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation110. Anne (Nancy) RICHARDSON4 was born on 10 Oct 1756 in Stafford, Virginia. Anne (Nancy) RICHARDSON
and Thomas BUCK were married on 14 Dec 1774.90
Thomas BUCK4,90 (son of Charles BUCK and Letitia
SORRELL) was born on 10 Jun 1756.90
He died on 4 Jun 1842 in Clarke House, Front Royal, Warren, Virginia.
He was buried at Buckton Cemetery, Front Royal, Warren, Virginia.
Lieutenant of Virginia Militia; county Magistrate at the age of 21; Captain
in the 8th Virginia Regiment during the Revolution, one of the original trustees
of the town of Front Royal, and a leading citizen for a number of years. In 1797
- 98 he built the home "Bel Air" on Happy Creek in Front Royal, where
it still stands although no longer in the possession of the Buck family. He lived
and died in Virginia, and he and his wives were buried in the family cemetery
at Buckton. From his brief memoirs, it appears probable that he, too, was strongly
influenced by the Rev. Ireland -- "Thanks to his (God's) Holy Name, he sent
his gospel among us". Wm. Mason Buck says of him, "He was one of the
most useful and active men of his day -- an humble, consistent Christian".
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