Saturday, November 13, 2010

Surname Saturday - FLETCHER (England > MA)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 131, who is Abigail Fletcher (1720-????), one of my 5th-great-grandmothers. [Note: The 5th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through five generations of FLETCHER families is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)

130. Samuel Whitney, born 23 May 1719 in Weston, Middlesex, MA; died 01 January 1782 in Westminster, Worcester, MA. He was the son of 260. William Whitney and 261. Martha Peirce. He married  20 October 1741 in Weston, Middlesex, MA.

131. Abigail Fletcher, born 02 July 1720 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.

Children of Samuel Whitney and Abigail Fletcher are:  Abigail Whitney (1742-????); Mary Whitney (1744-????);  Samuel Whitney (1746-1812); Abner Whitney (1748-1811); Achsah Whitney (1750-1772); Silas Whitney (1752-1798); Martha Whitney (1755-1755); Elisha Whitney (1757-1810); Alpheus Whitney (1759-1821); Phinehas Whitney (1761-1832); Hananiah Whitney (1762-1835); Martha Whitney (1764-1832); Susannah Whitney (1767-????).

262.  John Fletcher, born 26 August 1692 in Concord, Middlesex, MA; died 1749 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.  He married  10 May 1715 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
263. Mary Goble, born 19 February 1693/94 in Concord, Middlesex, MA; died 27 March 1734 in Concord, Middlesex, MA. She was the daughter of 526. Thomas Goble and 527. Sarah Shepard.

Children of John Fletcher and Mary Goble are:  Martha Fletcher (1716-????); John Fletcher (1718-1792); Abigail Fletcher (1720-????); Jonah Fletcher (1723-????); Thomas Fletcher (1724-????); David Fletcher (1726-????); Peter Fletcher (1729-????); Elisha Fletcher (1731-????); Mary Fletcher (1733-????).

524. Samuel Fletcher, born 06 October 1657 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA; died 23 October 1744 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA.  He married 15 June 1682 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.
525. Elizabeth Wheeler, born 23 February 1663/64 in Concord, Middlesex, MA; died 26 October 1744 in Concord, Middlesex, MA. She was the daughter of 1050. Thomas Wheeler and 1051. Sarah Merriam.

Children of Samuel Fletcher and Elizabeth Wheeler are:  Samuel Fletcher (1683-????); Joseph Fletcher (1686-1746); Elizabeth Fletcher (1688-????); Sarah Fletcher (1690-????); John Fletcher (1692-1749); Hannah Fletcher (1694-????); Ruth Fletcher (1696-1700); Rebecca Fletcher (1699-????); Samuel Fletcher (1701-1772); Benjamin Fletcher (1703-1703); Timothy Fletcher (1704-1767).

1048. Francis Fletcher, born about 1620 in ENGLAND; died 14 June 1704 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA.  He married 11 October 1656 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA.
1049. Elizabeth Wheeler, born before 03 January 1635/36 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND; died 14 June 1704 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA. She was the daughter of 2098. George Wheeler and 2099. Katherine Penn.

Children of Francis Fletcher and Elizabeth Wheeler are:  Samuel Fletcher (1657-1744); Joseph Fletcher (1661-1744); Elizabeth Fletcher (1663-????); John Fletcher (1665-????); Sarah Fletcher (1668-1744); Hezekiah Fletcher (1672-1747); Hannah Fletcher (1674-1752); Benjamin Fletcher (1677-1703).


2096. Robert Fletcher, born about 1593 in ENGLAND; died 03 April 1677 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA. He married  before 1618 in ENGLAND.
2097. Sarah

Children of Robert Fletcher and Sarah are: Grissel Fletcher (1618-1669); Francis Fletcher (1620-1704); William Fletcher (1622-1677); Luke Fletcher (1625-1665); Samuel Fletcher (1632-1697).

My information is based on my own research in vital, land and probate records, and several published works on this Fletcher family of eastern Massachusetts, including:

1.  Winifred Lovering Holman, Robert Fletcher of Concord, Mass. Bay, 1637, 1930 (FHL Microfilm 0,015,506 Item 11).

2.  Edward H. Fletcher, The Descendants of Robert Fletcher of Concord, Mass., Boston, Mass., Rand, Avery & Co., 1881. 

3.  Joan S. Guilford, The Ancestry of Dr. J.P. Guilford, Orange, Calif., Sheridan Psychological Services, Inc., 1990, Volume 1, page 284.  This covers one line of the Fletcher family.

I am quite sure that there are several readers who share some of these families.  If you can add (or debunk) my information, I would appreciate a comment on this post.

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