Saturday, December 25, 2010

Surname Saturday - FLETCHER (England to Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 147, who is Elizabeth FLETCHER (1720-1761), 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)

18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

72.  Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828)
73.  Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793)

146. Jonathan Keyes, born 21 Jan 1721/22 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA; died 20 Jun 1781 in Westford, Middlesex County, MA. He was the son of 292. Joseph Keyes and 293. Elizabeth Fletcher. He married 7. Elizabeth Fletcher 20 Jan 1745/46 in Westford, Middlesex County, MA.

147. Elizabeth Fletcher, born 09 Mar 1719/20 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA; died 23 Jul 1761 in Westford, Middlesex County, MA.
Children of Jonathan Keyes and Elizabeth Fletcher are:  Joseph Keyes (1746-1823); Joanna Keyes (1749-1753); Aaron Keyes (1751-1753); Stephen Keyes (1754-1758); Joanna Keyes (1757-????); Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793); Hannah Keyes (1761-1833).

294. Samuel Fletcher, born 06 Sep 1684 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA; died 06 Sep 1749 in Westford, Middlesex, MA.  He married about 1712 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA.
295. Hannah, born about 1689 in MA.

Children of Samuel Fletcher and Hannah are:  Samuel Fletcher (1713-????); Jacob Fletcher (1715-????); David Fletcher (1717-????); Hannah Fletcher (1718-????); Elizabeth Fletcher (1720-1761); Samuel Fletcher (1722-1730); Susanna Fletcher (1723-????); Jacob Fletcher (1725-????); Joanna Fletcher (1729-1730).

584. Samuel Fletcher, born before 01 Feb 1655/56 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA; died before Dec 1723 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA.  He married 06 Jul 1673 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA.
585. Hannah Wheeler, born about 1649 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA; died 11 Dec 1697 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA. She was the daughter of 1170. George Wheeler and 1171. Katherine Penn.

Children of Samuel Fletcher and Hannah Wheeler are:  William Fletcher (1673-1753); Hannah Fletcher (1676-????); Elizabeth Fletcher (1679-1715); Samuel Fletcher (1683-1683); Samuel Fletcher (1684-1749); Mary Fletcher (1686-1768); Lydia Fletcher (1689-1766); Susanna Fletcher (1692-????); Isaac Fletcher (1694-1772); Sarah Fletcher (1696-????).

1168. William Fletcher, born about 1622 in ENGLAND; died 06 Nov 1677 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA.  He married  07 Nov 1645 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA.
1169. Lydia, born in ENGLAND; died 12 Oct 1704 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA.

Children of William Fletcher and Lydia are: Lydia Fletcher (1647-????); Sarah Fletcher (1650-1656); Paul Fletcher (1656-????); Samuel Fletcher (1656-1723); William Fletcher (1657-1712); Mary Fletcher (1658-????); Esther Fletcher (1664-1693).

2336. Robert Fletcher, born about 1592 in ENGLAND; died 03 Apr 1677 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA. He married  before 1618 in ENGLAND.
2337.  Sarah, born in England.

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);

Resources used for the Fletcher family include (besides Massachusetts town vital record books):

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

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

3.  Joan S. Guilford, The Ancestry of Dr. J.P. Guilford, Sheridan Psychological Services, Inc., 1990, Volume 1 (one line of the family).

I have several lines from Robert Fletcher in my ancestry.  In this particular line, I have four Fletcher wives that I only know the first names for - I wonder if any recent scholarship has found their maiden names?  I haven't looked for over ten years.  These problems may be solved once Massachusetts land and probate records are indexed and searchable. 

I'm sure that there are many readers descended from Robert Fletcher!

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