FOURTEENTH GENERATION
1 Oct. 1639 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
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-> Thomas Garfield (1680-1751/52) m. Mercy Bigelow (ABT 1686-1744) --> Thomas Garfield (1712/13-1774) m. Rebecca Johnson (1719-1763) ---> Solomon Garfield (1743-1807) m. Sarah Stimson (ABT 1749-AFT 1785) ----> Thomas Garfield (1773-1801) m. Asenath Hill (ABT 1778-) -----> Abraham Garfield (1799-1833) m. Eliza Ballou (1801-1888) ------> Maj. Gen. James Abram Garfield, President of the United States (1831-1881) James A. Garfield was the seventh cousin, twice removed, (32/M), of (9) Emma Rosetta Duncan (Emma descendant) through Nicholas Danforth and Elizabeth Symmas |
"Billerica decembr 15, 1686 Capt Hammond, sr I received yours, dated Novembr 6th wherein you are pleased to signify to my self, ye Honrd County Court appointing myselfe to take the account of births & deaths in our Towne, sr, I have here enclosed a list of all that I have heard in our Towne, since my last returne, with a penny a name, according to former customes, but I have not sent ye shilling over pluss, for my purpose is not to hold ye Service any longer; if I may obtaine that favour of ye Honrd Court, & therefore do intreat your self to motion it to ye Court to appoint another. I have served in ye place about twenty year and have returned many a name, & money with them, that I never got a penny for. here is six names in this returne, that none take care of to pay for, in deed ye law made is strikt enought, if p[er]sons would regard it, or that there were a way found to execute it for my owne [blot] I am weary of running after many p[er]sons, & minding them of ye law, unless [blot] would reguard what ye law is. Sr. I will only mention ye names of 3 or 4, which have bin often spoken to, as Michail Bacon, Steven Farre, John Browne has had 2 children since he came into this Towne, & has given account of none. John Hindes, was married 4 year since, often Called upon, but to no purpose, & now is removed to lankastere. So, if men may be p[er]suaded to attend ye law in these respects, I shall be willing to do any service in this kind, w[he]n called to it, but to have so much labour to looke after these things & nothing but ill will for my paines, this I am weary of Pray P[ar]rdon my boldness with yr selfe, I humbly request ye Honrd Court to appoint another in my stead Sr, I remaine yor Humble, servt, (92129xi) Jonathan Danforth, Senr."
-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=srp1947&id=I6566 c/o Sue sueprideaux@earthlink.net
"DANFORTH, (9219viii) Thomas, colonial governor, born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, in 1622; died ill Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5 November 1699. He was the eldest son of (9218) Nicholas Danforth, and came with his father and brother, (9219iv) Samuel, to New England in 1634. Soon after his arrival in this country he acquired great influence in the management of public affairs. Bancroft speaks of him as the probable author of the report on natural and chartered rights, made by Simon Bradstreet, Increase Mather, John Norton, and others, in 1661. From 1659 till 1678 he was an assistant under the Massachusetts government, becoming in 1679 deputy governor. In the latter year he was elected president of the province of Maine, then independent of the colony of Massachusetts... During the witchcraft delusion in 1692 he showed his correctness of judgment by the firmness with which he condemned the proceedings of the court.
"His brother, (9219x) Samuel, clergyman, born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, in September 1626; died in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 19 November 1674, was graduated in 1643 at Harvard, where he was at once appointed a tutor and the second fellow. In 1641 he was invited by the Rev. Thomas Welde to become--with the Rev. John Eliot, whose numerous missionary engagements interfered with his ministerial labors--colleague pastor of the Church in Roxbury.... He showed great interest in astronomy, publishing a number of almanacs, and also "An Astronomical Description of the Comet of 1664," in which he maintained that a comet was a heavenly body moving in accordance with divine laws, and that the appearance was indicative of approaching misfortunes..."
-- "Virtual American Biographies", http://www.famousamericans.net/thomasdanforth/
It is convenient and plausible to assign the above three wives to Robert Fletcher of Concord; but I have seen nothing convincing yet, to substantiate the connection. In reality, there were probably at two Robert Fletchers -- one married to a Rose and the other to a Margaret or a Sarah; although the latter has a mythical quality about her: She presumably was borne in Essex, but married in Yorkshire, and nobody has any original source information on her. Margaret Hailstone, shown by most as the wife, was married to Robert's son Samuel. Of ourse, there may have been another Margaret Hailstone -- an aunt, who married Samuel's father -- implying a 1st cousin marriage. This would certainly be a rarity among Puritan immigrants; and without supporting primary sources, I will discard the notion.
9223. poss. Margaret unknown (NOT Margaret Hailstone)
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-> A. Benjamin Pierce (1726-1764) m. Elizabeth Merrill (1727/28-1764) --> Gov. Benjamin Pierce (1757-1839) m. Anna Kendrick (1768-1838 desc. of Henry I of England?) ---> Brig. Gen. Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1804-1869) Franklin Pierce was the fifth cousin, four times removed, (128/M), of (9) Emma Rosetta Duncan (Emma descendant) through Robert Fletcher and Sarah Hartwell |
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-> B. Esther Pierce (-1727) Family: Nathan Richardson (1701/02-) --> Esther Richardson (1727-1819) Family: Joshua Pierce (1722-1771) ---> James Pierce (1768-1849) m. Mary Stacy (1774-1847) ----> Gen. James Pierce (1810-1874) m. Chloe Holbrook (1816-1886) -----> Jonas James Pierce (1839-1913) m. Kate Pritzel (1841-1931) ------> Scott Pierce (1866-1945) m. Mabel Marvin (1869-AFT 1920) -------> Marvin Pierce (1893-1969) m. Pauline Robinson (1896-1949) --------> Barbara Pierce (1925-) Family: George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-) ---------> George Walker Bush, President of the United States (1946-) George W. Bush was the ninth cousin, twice removed, (2/M), of (9) Emma Rosetta Duncan (Bush descendant) through Robert Fletcher and Sarah Hartwell |
"FLETCHER ...WILLIAM, Concord, eldest s. prob. of Robert, b. in Eng. freem. 10 May 1643, m. 17 Sept. 1645, Lydia Bates, had John; Joshua, b. 30 Mar. 1648; Lydia; Samuel; rem. to Chelmsford 1654, was one of the first selectmen, there had Paul; and William, b. 21 Feb. 1637, wh. was freem. 1690, and other ch. and d. 6 Nov. 1677. His farm contin. est. of a descend. of 6 or 7 generat."
-- James Savage op cit
"FLETCHER ...FRANCIS, Concord, s. of Robert, b. in Eng. m. 1 Oct. 1656, Elizabeth d. of George Wheeler, had Samuel, b. 6 Oct. 1657; Joseph, 15 Apr. 1661; Elizabeth 1663; John, 1665; Samuel, 1668; Hannah, 1671; and Benjamin, 1674, wh. d. 1703; was freem. 1677."
-- James Savage op cit
"FLETCHER ...LUKE, Concord, br. of Francis, d. May 1666, leav. small est. prob. no ch."
-- James Savage op cit
"FOSTER... SAMUEL, Wenham, freem. 1650, rem. to Chelmsford in 1655; by w. Esther had there Edward, b. 29 Apr. 1657; Esther, 1 Nov. 1659; and Hannah, a. 1649; Samuel, a. 1650; and Eli, a. 1653; all bef. rem.; was deac. rep. 1679, d. 10 July 1702, aged 82. Allen, Hist. 117."
-- James Savage op cit
"FLETCHER ...SAMUEL, Chelmsford, a of Robert, m. 14 Oct. 1659, Margaret, I d. of William Hailstone, freem. 1690."
-- James Savage op cit
"FLETCHER... ROBERT, Concord 1635, constable 1637, d. 3 Apr. 1677, aged 84; had Luke, Francis, Samuel, and William, part, no doubt, b. in Eng."
The maiden name of (4611) Grissell was not noted by Savage; (neither did he mention Mary as a child of Robert). I don't know of any birth record for Grissel, nor marriage record of her with (4610) Thomas Jewell, which might have cleared up the issue. [LAST REVISED 15 Feb. 2006] Haplogroup DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS DYS R1b1 14 24 14 11 11 14 12 12 11 14 13 30 17 9 9 11 11 25 15 19 28 15 15 17 17
-- James Savage op cit
The following is the yDNA analysis for this Fletcher line, as per http://www.genealogy.fletcher.net/
393
390
19
391
385a
385b
426
388
439
389-1
392
389-2
458
459a
459b
455
454
447
437
448
449
464a
464b
464c
464d
"STONE, ...(9318[1]a1) SAMUEL, Hartford, was, it is said, b. at [[vol. 4, p. 208]] Hertford in Co. Herts (a. 20 ms. from London), usually sound. Hartford... perhaps younger br. of (9319v) Gregory, and of (9288) Simon, certain. bred at Emanuel, where he was matric. 1620, and took his degrees 1623 and 7, came in 1633, with Cotton, Hooker, and other men of note, passen. embark. at the Downs, in the Griffin, arr. 4 Sept. at Boston, went with Hooker to Cambridge, where 11 Oct. next he was made teacher and H. pastor of the ch. and adm. freem. 14 May foll. in 1636 rem. with Hooker, and they found. the ch. of H. there with univers. accept. they fulfill. the same duties as bef. at C. and in the Pequot war, 1637, he was chapl. to the troops under Capt. Mason. Aft. the d. of our judicious Hooker, he had a sad controversy with some of his people, equally bitter and unintelligib. of wh. Mather thot. the origin undiscov.
"But aft. many yrs. of fruitless attemps at reconcil. Gov. Webster and many frinds of influence rem. up the riv. beyond the rancor, and S. d. 20 July 1663. He had sec. w. m. 1641, (4938[3]) Elizabeth Allen at Boston, by her had Samuel and Elizabeth and three ch. were of former one, Rebecca, (5029ix[1]) Mary, and Sarah. The whole five are ment. in his will. More than one fifth of his inv. was in books.
"It ought to be told, that the town rec. has other ch. Joseph, bapt. 18 Oct. 1646; Lydia, 22 Jan. or Feb. 1648; a s. bapt. 29 Apr. 1649, w. may be the Samuel of the will; and Abigail, b. 9 Sept. 1650; but prob. all exc. Samuel, and Elizabeth wh. must be the same as Lydia, or Abigail of the town rec. d. early. His wid. m. (4938) Mr. George Gardner, of Salem, outliv. him, and d. late in 1681. Her will of 6 June pro. 4 Jan. foll. names her own two ch. Samuel, and Elizabeth wh. had been w. of William Sedgwick, was aft. many yrs. of neglect, divorc. from him, m. John Roberts, had s. John, wh. in this will was provid. for by his gr.mo. She names her ds.-in-law, the ch. of his first w. Rebecca, w. of Timothy Nash of Hadley; Mary, w. of (5029ix) Joseph Fitch of Windsor; and Sarah, w. of Thomas Butler of Hartford."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
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