John Fletcher

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1. [S165] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, four volumes (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), II:173 "John [Fletcher], Wethersfield, m. bef. 1641, 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. 451. 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, Eliz. 1645 ; Samuel, 1649, d. young; Abigail, 1652, so that Mary and 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 Farrnington 1679, in it are ment. these ds. Mary Stevens, Rebecca, w. of the sec. Andrew Warner, Hannah, w. of John Chittenden of Guilford, Sarah, w. of John Stanley, Abigail F. unm. and Eliz. wh. was w. of Elnathan Botsford, wh. was d. leav. d. Eliz."
2. [S934] Charles J. Hoadly, editor, Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven From May, 1653, to the Union (Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Company, 1858), 427, from Court of Magistrates 16 Oct 1661, at which John Fletcher of Milford presented three oaths (his, his wife Mary's, and her brother John's): "Know all men whom it may concerne y^t I, John Fletcher, of Milford, in ye colony of New Hauen in New England, aged about fifty nine yeares, doe vpon my certaine knowledge testify vpon oath, that when as I dwelt in England, neare to one Henry Bacon & William Bacon, brother to y^e sayd Henry Bacon, and I neuer heard or knew any more of them y^t were their owne brethren by the fathers side, and they dwelt when I first knew them, in Stretton, in the county of Rutland, within y^e realme of England, & afterwards I knew Henry Bacon when he was remoued to Clipsam in ye same countye of Rutland aforesayd ; and I doe testifye y^t I knew the sayd Henry Bacon brother to the sayd Willm Bacon had one only sone, called Thomas Bacon, well knowne to mee for y^e space of six or seuen yeares, and I haue heard it reported that he went to liue at y^e Barbadoes & there died ; and further I the abouesayd John Fletcher doe testify, y^t' I doe well know y^t y^e ahoue sayd Willm Bacon, brother to y^e sayd Henry Bacon, had a sone called Nathaniell Bacon, whoe was his eldest sone, whoe now liueth in New England and was p'sent at my testifieing hereof, and farther sayth not.
   Witnes, John Fletcher."
3. [S935] J. R. Hutchinson, "Ward of Connecticut: I. Widow Joice Ward of Wethersfield", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record XLIX (July 1918): as Mary Fletcher "my daughter" in the will of Richard Warde, 22 Apr 1635; parish register of Stretton, co. Rutland, 1633, Mary Fletcher, dau. of John and Mary, bap. May 10. Hereinafter cited as Ward of Connecticut: I. Widow Joice Ward of Wethersfield.
4. [S936] Federal Writers' Project, History of Milford Connecticut 1639–1939 (Bridgeport, Conn.: Braunworth & Co., 1939), 7 "The first General Court (town meeting), held on November 20, 1639, granted forty-four church members the franchise as 'free planters'." including John Fletcher, Richard Baldwin, Timothy Baldwin and Joseph Baldwin.
5. [S753] Charles William Manwaring, compiler, A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904), I:38, [62], p. 451 "Ward, Joyce, Wethersfield. Invt. £52-15-06. Taken 24th February, 1640-1, by George Hubbard & Leonard Chester. Will dated 15th November, 1640:
   I, Joyce Ward, of Wethersfield, being sicke in body but whole in mynd, doe make my last will & Testament this 15th day of November, in this prsent yeare of the Lord Christ 1640, in manner and forme as followeth :
   Imprs. I give to foure of my sonnes, that is to say, Anthony Ward, to Willie Ward, Robert Ward, & John Ward, ech of the a pare of sheets, and to my eldest sonne Edward, I give unto him twelve pence of mony; furthermore, I make my sonne in law John Flecher my whole and sole Executor, to pay and discharge all those debts, legaces wch I am bownd to prforme, and for to see my body brought to the ground in a decent manner. Memorand : that I, Joyce Ward, have left my sonne Roberts portion wch his father gave him, wch is (£20) twenty pound, in England, in the hands of my sonne Edward Ward ; I have made Mr. Wollersloue. of Clipsum, in England, in the County of Rutland, my Atturny, for to receave yt for my vse ; if he have gott yt there, my son Robert shall have the whole twenty pound ; but if yt be not gotten, then the six pound wch I paid for the putting out of the saide Robert Ward to Apprentice, shall be prte of that twenty pound.
   Joyce Ward her mark
   Witness : Nathaniel Dickinson
   Roger Prichat."
6. [S934] Charles J. Hoadly, Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven, 427,from Court of Magistrates 16 Oct 1661, at which John Fletcher of Milford presented three oaths (his, his wife Mary's, and her brother John's): "Know all men whom it may concerne y^t I, John Fletcher, of Milford, in ye colony of New Hauen in New England, aged about fifty nine yeares, doe vpon my certaine knowledge testify vpon oath, that when as I dwelt in England, neare to one Henry Bacon & William Bacon, brother to y^e sayd Henry Bacon, and I neuer heard or knew any more of them y^t were their owne brethren by the fathers side, and they dwelt when I first knew them, in Stretton, in the county of Rutland, within y^e realme of England, & afterwards I knew Henry Bacon when he was remoued to Clipsam in ye same countye of Rutland aforesayd ; and I doe testifye y^t I knew the sayd Henry Bacon brother to the sayd Willm Bacon had one only sone, called Thomas Bacon, well knowne to mee for y^e space of six or seuen yeares, and I haue heard it reported that he went to liue at y^e Barbadoes & there died ; and further I the abouesayd John Fletcher doe testify, y^t' I doe well know y^t y^e ahouesayd Willm Bacon, brother to y^e sayd Henry Bacon, had a sone called Nathaniell Bacon, whoe was his eldest sone, whoe now liueth in New England and was p'sent at my testifieing hereof, and farther sayth not.
   Witnes, John Fletcher."