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West Buckland, England
West Buckland, England
Wellington and West Buckland are about 2 miles apart.
St. Mary's church in West Buckland has many ties to the Thruston family. Justian Fursland, mother of John Thruston (1606) was buried here in 1651. Edward Thruston (1589), brother of John Thruston, was buried in the chancel of the church in 1653. Many generations of Edward's descendants were also buried in the chancel.
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, West Buckland, circa 1896, photo by R. C. Ballard Thruston
A sketch of the ancestry of the Thruston-Phillips Families; Thruston, Gates Phillips. Nashville: Press Brandon Print. Co, 1909. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/86167546/, plate V (after p.10)
A sketch of the ancestry of the Thruston-Phillips Families; Thruston, Gates Phillips. Nashville: Press Brandon Print. Co, 1909. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/86167546/, plate V (after p.10)
John Thruston wrote the following about the death of his mother:
"The later End of febr 1651 my mother was Burried in ye pish church of Buckland".
The Thruston Family of Virginia, William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Jul. 1896), p. 46
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, West Buckland, 1923, Photo by R. C. Ballard Thruston
Modern photo of the church:
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, circa 2023See the church on Google Maps - See the church on Google Maps Street View
A sketch of the ancestry of the Thruston-Phillips Families; Thruston, Gates Phillips. Nashville: Press Brandon Print. Co, 1909. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/86167546/, p.5
Rubbing of a stone tablet (ledger stone) in the chancel of West Buckland Church. This rubbing is heavily damaged/smudged but you can still make out some of the words.
R. C. Ballard Thruston identified this as "Slab 3".
Rubbing taken by R. C. Ballard Thruston in 1923.
R. C. Ballard Thruston identified Edward Thruston (1589) and his descendants names that were engraved on this ledger stone (Slab 3) marking their burials in the chancel.
I'm attempting to get better photos of these ledger stones at St. Mary's church. I've reached out to the church a few times, but so far have not received any response.
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