Betham's Abstract of the will of William Bucknor of Coolefin, IRE, 1700

As with most early Irish wills, this one was probably lost in the 1922 Four Courts fire, 
but a brief abstract has survived.

This is William Bucknor who was a member of the Irish parliament for two terms. The
will is significant in identifying Thomas Bucknor as his brother and in identifying
John Bucknor (d 1671) as another brother via Mary Croker, John's daughter and William's
niece. It also suggests that Richard Bucknor was John's second son, though it is remotely
possible that Richard was an otherwise unknown son of Thomas, but it makes more sense
to view this as evidence that William took in John's then-minor children Richard and
Mary. John also had an older son John, though nothing more is known of him after 1671.
Most of the later Bucknors in Limerick appear to be descended from Richard.

William Bucknor of Coolefin in
Co. Waterford Esq. 29 March 1700
                   19 Dec 1700
cousin Eliz. Meyers
______ Henry Blackamore
       Will. Harrison
heirs be[q?]s Will. Harrison
sister Mary Dalton
brother Thomas Buckner
niece Mary Croker
nephew Richard Bucknor (Ex)