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Thomas Faulkner came to Virginia in 1622 and settled in Elizabeth City County. Benjamin Faulkner was born 17 Dec 1714, a son of Thomas and Mary Faulkner of King and Queen County, who had a son, viz: Jacob, the grandfather of Leander Faulkner. Benjamin Faulkner was in Halifax County by 1789. He was married again and by the second wife had eight children.
Dr. Leander Faulkner was born 11 Nov 1818 in Halifax County, Virginia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was a graduate of the doctor of medicine in 1820. Then he returned to Halifax County where he practiced medicone. Hw was married on 14 Jan 1846 to Sarah Elizabeth Green, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Green and his wife, Frances Keeling (Burton) Green. They had seven children.
- Thomas G. Faulker.
- Charles J. Faulkner.
- Mary Elizabeth Faulker.
- daughter who married T. W. Leigh.
- Leander Faulkner.
- Garland Estes Faulkner.
- Frank Faulkner
- John Minge Faulker.