He married (1st) Katty Cummings, and settled in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts. (Source: Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, page 129 .) [NOTE: The 1881 Fletcher Family History incorrectly lists her name as Molly Cummings.]
Children of Joseph Fletcher, Jr. & Katty (Cumings) Fletcher (born in Dunstable):
1. Molly Cumings, b. 15 September 1775; married Daniel Lovejoy.
2. Isaac, b. 23 November 1784; married Abigail Stone.
3. Elizabeth Underwood, b. 24 February 1790; married William Merrill.
4. Catherine, b. 6 May 1792, d. 30 September 1826.
5. Lucinda, b. 26 November 1795, d. 21 December 1796.
He married (2nd) the widow Abigail Read in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; intentions to marry published 14 August 1797. (Source: Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, page 165.)
Child of Joseph & Abigail Fletcher (born in Dunstable):
6. Joseph, b. 14 September 1798.
Joseph Fletcher died in Dunstable 26 December 1832 at the age of 81 years. (Source: Vital Records of Dunstable, page 215.)
Additional sources:
"Fletcher Genealogy: An Account of the Descendants of Robert Fletcher, of Concord, Mass." by Edward H. Fletcher (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1971), pages 70-71.
"Descendants of Robert Fletcher: The First Six Generations," unpublished manuscript by Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., F.A.S.G. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1950).
He married (1st) Katty Cummings, and settled in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts. (Source: Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, page 129 .) [NOTE: The 1881 Fletcher Family History incorrectly lists her name as Molly Cummings.]
Children of Joseph Fletcher, Jr. & Katty (Cumings) Fletcher (born in Dunstable):
1. Molly Cumings, b. 15 September 1775; married Daniel Lovejoy.
2. Isaac, b. 23 November 1784; married Abigail Stone.
3. Elizabeth Underwood, b. 24 February 1790; married William Merrill.
4. Catherine, b. 6 May 1792, d. 30 September 1826.
5. Lucinda, b. 26 November 1795, d. 21 December 1796.
He married (2nd) the widow Abigail Read in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; intentions to marry published 14 August 1797. (Source: Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, page 165.)
Child of Joseph & Abigail Fletcher (born in Dunstable):
6. Joseph, b. 14 September 1798.
Joseph Fletcher died in Dunstable 26 December 1832 at the age of 81 years. (Source: Vital Records of Dunstable, page 215.)
Additional sources:
"Fletcher Genealogy: An Account of the Descendants of Robert Fletcher, of Concord, Mass." by Edward H. Fletcher (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1971), pages 70-71.
"Descendants of Robert Fletcher: The First Six Generations," unpublished manuscript by Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., F.A.S.G. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1950).
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In memory of
JOSEPH FLETCHER
who died
Dec. 26, 1832
aged 81
Source: Nason, Elias "History of Dunstable, Massachusetts": A Mudge & Son, printers, Boston 1877
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