FOURTEENTH GENERATION

c. 2 Sep. 1576 Bletchingley, Surrey, England

d. Kingston [upon Thames, Surrey], England

m. (9221) unknown ABT 1600 Kingston [on Thames, Surrey,] England

REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3000563&id=I576041775 c/o James Sergent holocene@aol.com

b. 1592/93 [presumably Yorkshire,] England

d. 3 Apr. 1676/77 Concord, Middlesex, MA Age 84

Elected Constable of Concord 2 Nov. 1637

Parents & birthplace unknown

m(1): Rose unknown ABT [1612] England

b. ABT [1595] England
prob. d. BEF ABT 1617 England

a. John Fletcher

b. [ABT 1614] prob. England
d. 18 Apr. 1662 Milford, New Haven, CT
m. Mary Ward
- b. [ABT 1616 prob. of Rutlandshire, England
- Father: (Richard?) Ward
- Mother: Joyce (Stafford?)
1. Rebecca Fletcher
- b. ABT 1636 Milford, New Haven, CT
- d. 25 Jan. 1714/15 Middleton, New Haven, CT
- Family (1): Andrew Warner Jr.
  - b. 1622 Hatfield, Essex, England
  - d. 26 Jan. 1681 Middletown, Middlesex, CT
  - Father: Andrew Warner s/o Jn & My Purchase
  - Mother: Mary Humphrey d/o Robt & An Holland
Family (2): (18637i_a2) Jeremy Adams AFT 26 Jan. 1681 Hartford, Hartford, CT -- PARRISH/ DUNCAN LINE
- b. [ABT 1599] Barton St. Davids, Somerset, England England
- d. 11 Aug. 1683 Hartford, Hartford, CT
- freed from watching & warding 2 Mar. 1664/65 Age [over] 60
- m(1): Rebecca Baseden ABT 1639
  b. ABT 1608 Staplehurst, Kent, England
  d. 22 Dec. 1678/ 22 Dec. 1689 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
  Family (1): Samuel Greenhill/ Grinnel 24 June 1628 Cranbrook, Kent, England
  b. 1603/04 Staplehurst, Kent, England
  d. 1635 Hartford, Hartford, CT
  Father: Edward Greenhill of Wilts

REF: Judie Mozey mozeyoninn@att.net c/o http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=judiemozey&id=I12251

"FLETCHER, (9222[1]a) JOHN, Wethersfield, m. bef. 1641, (9222[1]a[1]) Mary, d. of wid. Joyce Ward, whose h. prob. came not to N. E. and by the old lady's will, 15 Nov. 1640, pro. 4 Mar. foll. naming s. Edward, left in Eng. Anthony, William, Robert, and John here, I presume this was her only d.
"She writes, that Mr. Wollerslove of Clipsham, Co. Rutland, was her atty. to receive money, and makes F. her s.-in-law, excor. See Trumbull, Coll. Rec. I. 431.
"He rem. to Milford, and had after liv. there two yrs. join. the ch. 1641, in wh. yr. his d. Sarah was bapt. Hannah, 1643, Elizabeth 1645; Samuel, 1649, d. young; Abigail, 1652, so that Mary and (9222[1]a1) Rebecca, we may be sure, were earlier of the six ds. by this w. He was deac. and d. 18 Apr. 1662.
"His wid. m. John Clark of Milford, wh. d. 1674, and when she made her will at Farmington 1679, in it are ment. these ds. Mary Stevens, Rebecca, w. of the sec. (9222[1]a1[1]) Andrew Warner, Hannah, w. of John Chittenden of Guilford, Sarah, w. of John Stanley, Abigail F. unm. and Elizabeth wh. was w. of Elnathan Botsford, wh. was d. leav. d. Elizabeth."
-- James Savage "A Genealogical Dictionary Of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newEngland/savage/bk3/

m(2): poss. (9223) Margaret unknown ABT [1617] prob. England

[b. ABT 1603] prob. England
d. BEF 12 May 1677 Concord, Middlesex, MA?

m(3): poss. Sarah unknown AFT 1652 of Concord, Middlesex, MA

[b. ABT 1603]
d. 12 May 1677 Concord, Middlesex, MA (source = ??)

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)

[b. ABT 1597]
d. 14 Oct. 1652 Concord, Middlesex, MA (source = ??)
Family (1): (9222) Robert Fletcher
i. (4611) Grissell Carey Fletcher

ii. Ens. William Fletcher

c. 1 Sep. 1622 Harewood, York, England
d. 6 Nov. 1677 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
immigrated with wife Apr. 1635 on "Elizabeth"
m. Lydia Fairbanks 17 Sep. 1645 Concord, Middlesex, MA
- b. 13 June 1622 Lincolnshire, England
- d. 12 Oct. 1704 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
- Father: Richard Fairbanks s/o Geo & Mry Ferrar
- Mother: Elizabeth Daulton d/o Johnes
- Family (1): Edward Bates
  - b. 26 Nov. 1606 of Boston, Lincoln, c. Aston Clinton, Bucks, England
  - d. 25 1665 Boston, Suffolk, MA
  - Parents unknown
a. (4611vi_a) Joshua Fletcher
b. (2509vii[1]) Samuel Fletcher -- STEVENS LINE

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bobnjackies&id=I02427

c. William Fletcher

b. 21 Feb. 1655/56
d. 23 May 1712 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
m. Sarah Richardson 17 Sep. 1681 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
- b. 25 Mar. 1659 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
- d. 30 Jan. 1747/48 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
- Father: Capt. Josiah Richardson s/o Ezek& Sunh Bradford?
- Mother: Remembrance Underwood d/o Wm & Sar
1. Esther Fletcher
- Family: Stephen Pierce Jr.
  b. 1679 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  d. 9 Sep. 1749 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  Father: Stephen Pierce s/o Tho & Eliz Cole
  Mother: Tabitha Parker d/o Jac & Sar Wyman

-> 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

-> 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

iii. Francis Fletcher (M)
- b. 10 May 1626 Concord, Middlesex, MA
- d. 14 June 1704 Concord, Middlesex, MA
- m. (10032[2]d[2]2) Elizabeth Wheeler -- STEVENS LINE
  - b. 3 Jan. 1635/36 Concord, Middlesex, MA
  - d. 14 June 1704 Concord, Middlesex, MA
"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
iv. Luke Fletcher
- b. 1620/21 England
- d. 21 May 1665 Concord, Middlesex, MA
"FLETCHER ...LUKE, Concord, br. of Francis, d. May 1666, leav. small est. prob. no ch."
-- James Savage op cit
v. Samuel Fletcher
- b. 1632 Concord, Middlesex, MA
- d. 9 Dec. 1697 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
- m(1): Margaret Hailstone 14 Oct. 1659 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  - b. ABT [1639] of Taunton, Bristol, MA
  - d. 1675 Westford, MA
  - Father: William Hailstone (~[1609]-AFT 1675) of England
- a. Sarah Fletcher
  - b. 24 Aug. 1663 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
- b. Samuel Fletcher
  - b. 23 July 1664 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  - d. 24 Jan. 1705 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
- c. Hannah Fletcher
  - b. 14 Sep. 1666 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  - d. 18 Sep. 1759 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
- e. Lydia Fletcher
  - b. 26 Sep. 1669 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  - d. 2 May 1742 Grafton, Worcester, MA
- f. William Fletcher
  - b. 1 Jan. 1673 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  - d. 21 Mar. 1743 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
- m(2): Hannah Foster 16 June 1677 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  - b. 1 Nov. 1649 Dedham, Norfolk, c. 1 Dec. 1656 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  - d. 11 June 1683 Clemsford, Middlesex, MA
  - Father: Samuel Foster (1619/20-1702) of England
  - Mother: Esther Kemp (1632-1702) d/o Edw & Ann
- a. Elizabeth Fletcher
  - b. 6 Mar. 1678 Concord, Middlesex, MA
  - d. 24 July 1715 Westford, Middlesex, MA
- b. Hannah Fletcher
  - b. 30 July 1676
  - d. 18 Sep. 1752 Westford, Middlesex, MA
  "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
- m(3): Mary Stow 3 Sep. 1684 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
  - b. ABT 1660
"FLETCHER ...SAMUEL, Chelmsford, a of Robert, m. 14 Oct. 1659, Margaret, I d. of William Hailstone, freem. 1690."
-- James Savage op cit
[poss. vi. Mary Fletcher
- b. 1635 Concord, Middlesex, MA
- d. Concord, Middlesex, MA]

"FLETCHER... ROBERT, Concord 1635, constable 1637, d. 3 Apr. 1677, aged 84; had Luke, Francis, Samuel, and William, part, no doubt, b. in Eng."
-- James Savage op cit

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.

The following is the yDNA analysis for this Fletcher line, as per http://www.genealogy.fletcher.net/

[LAST REVISED 15 Feb. 2006]

Haplogroup	DYS 393	DYS 390	DYS 19	DYS 391	DYS 385a	DYS 385b	DYS 426	DYS 388	DYS 439	DYS 389-1	DYS 392	DYS 389-2	DYS 458	DYS 459a	DYS 459b	DYS 455	DYS 454	DYS 447	DYS 437	DYS 448	DYS 449	DYS 464a	DYS 464b	DYS 464c	DYS 464d
Robert Fletcher ARV Concord, MA ABT 1636 (not related to Wm. of Saco, ME nor to Wm. (1502 Cockermouth, Cumbria-)
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

FIFTEENTH GENERATION

18444. William Fletcher

b. 1570 Chelmsford, York, England
d. prob. England
Father: Lancelot Fletcher
Mother: Ellen Patrickson
m. (18445) Anne Finney 22 Oct. 1587 Lenton, Nottingham, England

18445. Anne Finney

b. 1566 Lenton, Nottingham, England
d. England
Father: Jeffrey Finney
Mother: Ellen Smedley
Family (1): (18444) William Fletcher
i. (9222) Robert Fletcher
ii. Hope Fletcher 1625 Essexshire, England
- b. ABT 1605 England
- d. BEF 2 Nov. 1640 Hartford, Hartford, CT
- Family: (9318[1]a1) Rev. Samuel Stone 1625 Essexshire, England
  - b. 30 July 1602 Hertford, Hertford, England
  - d. 20 July 1663 Hartford, Hartford, CT
  - ARV Newton, MA 4 Sep. 1633 on "Griffin"
  - Founding colonist of Hartford, Hartford, CT 1636
  - Religion: Nonconforming Minister
  - Educ.: A.B., A.M. 1620, 27 Emmanuel College of Cambridge
  - Curate at Stisted near Chelmsford, Essex, England 1627-30
  - Chaplain to Capt. Mason's troops in Pequot War
  - m(2): (4938[3]) Elizabeth Allen 1641 Hartford, CT -- HOLCOMB LINE
- a. (5029ix[1]) Mary Stone -- STEVENS LINE
  "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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