Fletcher, Paul (b. 1654, d. 9 AUG 1676)

Note: Military: Served in King Philip's War

Note: Military: Sergeant

Note: After her first husband Thomas died, she had four other husbands:
(2) Humphrey Griggs, (3) Henry Kibby, (4) John Gurney, (5) John Burge

Note: Francis remained with his father in Concord and became a great landowner. he was reported in full communion with the church at Concord, 1677, and made a freeman in the same year. In 1666 he owned lot 17 in the east quarter containing 437 acres. A petition to license a man to sell wine is signed by him, 14 Dec 1661.


Compiled by Michael Roman:
FRANCIS FLETCHER [#496], b. England abt. 1620, d. after 1704, m. Concord, MA Oct. 11, 1656 ELIZABETH WHEELER (dau. of George Wheeler and Katherine Pin), bap. Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England Jan. 3, 1635-6, d. Concord June 14, 1704.

Francis was the only son of Robert Fletcher who remained in Concord where he farmed his father's properties and cared for his parents in their old age. Francis' name often appears in the Concord Town Records as a land owner. In 1666 he owned over three hundred and fifty acres in the east part of Concord on the road to Boston.[2/2528]

Francis Fletcher became a freeman on May 23, 1677 and on June 1 was a member of the church in Concord and in full communion with the same. He was also a Selectman and served on the grand jury. On March 10, 1697-8 Francis and others were summoned by a Court venire to serve on a jury of inquest on the body of Timothy Jones [Superior Court of Judicature, Files 2841, 3748].[2/29]

Francis left no will but disposed much of his land via deeds of gift to his sons Samuel, Joseph, John, and Hezekiah. The daughters probably received their portions at the times of their respective marriages. Elizabeth Fletcher died on June 14, 1704. Francis died sometime thereafter.[2/32]


REF: [1] The Fletcher Genealogy - Edward Fletcher, 1871
[2] The Fletcher Manuscript - Winifred Lovering Holman, 1952
(found at NEHGS, 101 Newbury St. Boston)
[3] Middlesex County Deeds
[4] Middlesex County Probate
[5] Concord Town Records

Children (all born in Concord, MA):
1. Samuel, b. Concord, MA Oct. 6, 1657, d. Oct. 23, 1744,
m. Concord June 15, 1682 Elizabeth Wheeler, b. Feb. 23,
1664, d. Oct. 26, 1744
2. Joseph, b. April 15, 1661, m(1) June 7, 1688 Mary Dudley, d.
April 27, 1705, m(2) Mrs. Elizabeth Carter?
3. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 24, 1663, d. Concord, MA April 18, 1762,
m. Concord Nov. 28, 1683 Samuel Stratton, b. Concord, MA March
5, 1660, d. Concord Nov. 30, 1717
4. John, b. Feb. 28, 1665, m. Feb. 18, 1690 Hannah Hunt
5. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1668, m. Ebenzer Brooks
6. Hezekiah, b. April 6, 1672, m. Concord May 11, 1703 Mary Wood
7. Hannah, b. Oct. 24, 1674
8. Benjamin, b. Dec. 1, 1677, d. Concord April 28, 1703

Note: Married: (1) Margaret Hailston
(2) Hannah Foster
(3) Mary (Stowe) Cotton

Source: (Birth)
Title: 50 Great Migration Colonists
Author: Threlfall, John Brooks
Publication: Heritage Books. Madison, WI. 1990
Media: Book

Page: 497

Source: (Birth)
Title: Vital Records of Middlesex Co., MA to the end of the year 1849.
Publication: Search & Research Publishing. Wheat Ridge, CO. 1999
Media: Electronic

Data:
Text: Concord Vital Records. p. 61

Note: from Prescott Memorial, p. 50.

"He enlisted one hundred men, which he commanded in the unfortunate expedition to Cuba in 1740. Upon its failure, in 1743, he returned to this country, and soon after was sent by the Government to England, where he was treated with great respect. But, being seized with small pox, he died of that disease in London, Dec. 30, 1743; in his thirty-seventh year. In testimony of the esteem in which his services were held, the British Government conferred upon his widow, an annual pension during her life."

Note: Military: Lieutenant

Note: He resided in Concord and was a prominent citizen of the town. Town clerk,
1701-1703; Selectman, 1701-1704. Probably he and his wife went to spend the
rest of their lives in Sudbury with their son, Abraham.

Source: (Birth)
Title: Vital Records of Middlesex Co., MA to the end of the year 1849.
Publication: Search & Research Publishing. Wheat Ridge, CO. 1999
Media: Electronic

Page: Concord Registers: Book 1, p. 9

Note: Commanded a company at Crown Point in 1758.

Graduation: Date: 1730
Place: Harvard College

Source: (Death)
Title: Vital Records of Middlesex Co., MA to the end of the year 1849.
Publication: Search & Research Publishing. Wheat Ridge, CO. 1999
Media: Electronic

Page: Concord Births, Marriages & Deaths. p. 60

Note: William and Judith settled in Woburn, Mass., about 1644 near a place called
Dry Brook.

Note: Served three years in the Revolutionary War.

Note: Came to New England in 1635.

Source: (Birth)
Title: 50 Great Migration Colonists
Author: Threlfall, John Brooks
Publication: Heritage Books. Madison, WI. 1990
Media: Book

Page: 300

Note: Judith and John were married on board the "Planter" from London upon which
they embarked 22 March 1633 as servants of Nicholas Davis.

Note: Deacon.

Note: Deliverance may or may not belongin this family.

Note: under age in 1659.