Surname Saturday - FLETCHER (England > Massachusetts)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 293, who is Elizabeth FLETCHER (1698-1775), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through four generations of FLETCHER  families (ancestors in blue) 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 (1722-1781)
147.  Elizabeth Fletcher (1720-1761)

292.  Joseph Keyes, born 01 May 1698 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 11 July 1744 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 584. Joseph Keyes and 585. Joanna Cleaveland.  He married 28 February 1720 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
293.  Elizabeth Fletcher, born 10 June 1698 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 03 September 1775 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. 

Children of Joseph Keyes and Elizabeth Fletcher are: Elizabeth Keyes (1720-????); Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781); Sarah Keyes (1723-????); Lydia Keyes (1724-????); David Keyes (1726-????).

 586.  Joshua Fletcher, born 10 March 1644 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 21 November 1713 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married 18 July 1682 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
 587.  Sarah Woolley, born before 08 May 1650 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 1174. Christopher Woolley and 1175. Ursula Wodell.

Children of Joshua Fletcher and Sarah Woolley are:  Rachel Fletcher (1683-1743); Timothy Fletcher (1685-1705); John Fletcher (1687-1760); Joseph Fletcher (1689-1772); Sarah Fletcher (1691-1737);  Jonathan Fletcher (1693-????); Jonas Fletcher (1694-1777); Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775).

 1172.  William Fletcher, born about 1622 in England; died 06 November 1677 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1643 in probably Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
 1173.  Rachel, died before 1645 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Child of William Fletcher and Rachel is: Joshua Fletcher (1644-1713).

2344.  Robert Fletcher, born about 1592 in England; died 03 April 1677 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1618 in England.
2345.  Sarah
Children of Robert Fletcher and Sarah are:  Grissel Fletcher (1618-1699); Francis Fletcher (1620-1704); William Fletcher (1622-1677); Luke Fletcher (1625-1655); Samuel Fletcher (1632-1697).

The family and biography of Robert Fletcher has been extensively researched by:

* Winifred Lovering Holman, Robert Fletcher of Concord, Mass. Bay, 1637 (the author, 1930), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,015,506 Item 11.

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

*  Joan S. Guilford, The Ancestry of Dr. J.P. Guilford (Sheridan Psychological Services, Inc., 1990), Volume 1, page 284. (One line)

*  Dean Crawford Smith, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton (1878-1908); Part IV: The Ancestry of Linda Anna Powers (1839-1879) (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000)  (One line).