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224. Robert Fletcher (c. 1592–1677)

Robert Fletcher was born about 1592 in England. [1] He died on 3 April 1677 in Concord. [2]

Robert Fletcher is said to have settled in Concord in 1635. He was chosen constable on 2 November 1637. [3]

Children of Robert Fletcher:

i. Luke Fletcher [1] died in 1665. [3]

ii. William Fletcher was born about 1622 in England. He died on 6 November 1677. He married Lydia Bates.

iii. Samuel Fletcher married Margaret Hailston on 14 Ocober 1653. [1]

Samuel settled in the part of Chelmsford that became Westford. [1]

iii. Francis Fletcher was born in 1636 in Concord. [1] He married Elizabeth, the daughter of George and Katherine Wheeler, on 1 August 1656. [1]

iv. Grissell Fletcher died on 9 July 1669 in Chelmsford. [4] She married first Thomas Jewell. [4] He was born about 1608 and died between 10 April and 21 July 1654. [4] Grissell married second Humphrey Griggs on 1 November 1655 in Braintree. [4] She married third Henry Kidby on 8 October 1657 in Dorchester. [4] She married fourth John Gurney on 12 Novemer 1661 in Braintree. [4] She married fifth John Burge on 3 July 1667. [4]

Thomas Jewell came to New England on the Planter in 1635. [4]

Endnotes:

1. Vital Records of Littleton, Massachusetts (Charlestown: Acme Bookbinding, 1994), 438–9.

2. Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635–1850 (Boston: Beacon Press, n.d.), 19.

3. Lemuel Shattuck, History of the Town of Concord ... (Baltimore: Clearfield, n.d.), 18, 370.

4. "Great Migration 1634–1635, I–L," digitized book, AmericanAncestors, 59–61.

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