John Buckner (burgess)

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John Buckner (died 1695) was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for Gloucester County, Virginia in the 1682 session and 1693 session.[1]

Buckner brought the first printing press to Virginia and employed the state's first printer, . In 1683, he was called before Governor Thomas Culpeper and the colonial Council for "his presumption, in printing the acts of Assembly made in James Citty in November 1682, and several other papers, without lycence." Nuthead and Buckner were forbidden from printing anything further on a bond of £100 sterling, pending a decision about the permissibility of printing in the Colony. Not long after, the Council decided to absolutely forbid printing "upon any occasion whatsoever."[2] Nuthead later relocated to Maryland, and his wife Dinah Nuthead continued the printing business after his death.

John Buckner became a wealthy planter and in addition to being a Burgess, he was a vestryman for Petsworth Parish in Gloucester County[3] and Clerk for the same county as early as 1678,[4] though the exact period over which he held that office is unclear. Records of the inventory of his estate in Essex County in early 1695/6 show that he owned property in that county as well as Gloucester and was a slave owner.[5] He had four known sons, William, Thomas, John, and Richard, all of whom held seats in the House of Burgesses for at least one term.

References[]

  1. ^ McIlwaine, H.R. (1914). Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1659/60--1693. Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia State Library. pp. x, xvi.
  2. ^ Wroth, Lawrence C. (1922). A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Typothetae of Baltimore. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson (1933). The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793. Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia State Library.
  4. ^ Mason, Polly Cary (2003). Records of Colonial Gloucester County, Virginia: A Collection of Abstracts. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 126.
  5. ^ Sparacio, Ruth; Sparacio, Sam (1991). 1695-1697 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book: Part 1. Antient Press. p. 6.


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