Richard James Rapier of English ancestry died 1752 in St. Marys County, Maryland. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas and elsewhere.

Richard Rapier (d. 1752), of English ancestry and probably an English immigrant, died in St. Marys County, Maryland. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas and elsewhere.

This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.

John Buckman married Susanna Smith, and they emigrated from England to Maryland, where their son, John Baptist Buckman (ca. 1730-1790/1793) was born. John Baptist Buckman married Ann Drinker, and fathered ten children. Some descendants moved to Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Texas and elsewhere.

Gives political, religious & economic context; follows movement from England and Ireland; includes numerous family trees & photographs of allied families.