Some Descendants of Capt. Pelatiah Fletcher (Joseph, Joshua, William, Robert) and Dorothy Hildreth of Westford

  1. Betty Fletcher was born on 15 Dec 1757 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Pelatiah and Dorothy] She married Dr. William Little after 15 Aug 1778 when their intention was recorded in Westford. [MVRW]
  2. Dolly Fletcher was born on 21 Dec 1759 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Pelatiah and Dorothy]
  3. Joseph Fletcher was born on 6 Nov 1761 in Westford. [MVRW, s. Pelatiah and Dorothy] He died on 25 Dec 1765 in Westford. [MVRW, s. Pelatiah and Dorothy]
  4. Sarah Fletcher was born on 12 Aug 1763 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Pelatiah and Dorothy] She died on 22 Aug 1782, age 20 years and ten days, in Westford. [MVRW, d. Capt. Pelatiah and Dorothy]
  5. Lucy Fletcher was born on 14 Nov 1765 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Pelatiah and Dorothy] She died on 1 Jul 1766 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Pelatiah and Dorothy]
  6. Pelatiah Fletcher was born on 4 Apr 1767 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Pelatiah and Dorothy] He died on 7 May 1811, age 44, in Westford. [MVRW, s. Pelatiah and Dorothy] Pelatiah, Jr. married first Patty Keyes on 5 Dec 1785 in Westford. [MVRW] Patty, the wife of Pelatiah, Jr., died on 9 Dec 1786 or 1787, age 17 years, ten months and 25 days, in Westford. [MVRW] Pelatiah of Ashburnham married second Sally Woodward on 22 Sep 1788 in Westford. [MVRW] Sally, the wife of Peletiah, Jr., died on 1 Feb 1803, age 33, in Westford. [MVRW] Pelatiah married third Beulah Haywood of Concord on 28 Jun 1803 in Westford. [MVRW] Beulah, the wife [!] of Pelatiah, died on 18 May 1814, age 50, in Westford. [MVRW]
  7. Joseph Fletcher was born on 13 May 1769 in Westford. [MVRW, s. Pelatiah and Dorothy] He died of "dropsy in the chest" on 23 Jan 1847, age 73 or 74, in Westford. [MVRW, m., farmer, s. Pelatiah]
  8. Lucy Fletcher was born on 12 Feb 1771 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Pelatiah and Dorothy]
  9. Adams Fletcher was born on 10 Mar 1773 in Westford. [MVRW, s. Pelatiah and Dorothy] Presumably he died on 7 Aug 1779.
  10. Ezra Fletcher was born on 9 Oct 1774 in Westford. [MVRW, s. Pelatiah and Dorothy] He died on 24 Aug 1832, age 58, in Westford. [MVRW]
  11. Polly Fletcher was born on 11 Aug 1776 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Pelatiah and Dorothy] [FM, pp. 120-127] She died on 19 Dec 1800. [FM, pp. 120-127] Polly married Abraham Prescott [FM, pp. 120-127] on 21 Oct or 26 Dec 1798 in Westford. [MVRW] Abraham was the son of Oliver and Bethiah Underwood and the grandson of Ebenezer and Hannah (Farnsworth) Prescott. [FM, pp. 120-127] He was born on 21 Sep 1769 in Groton. [FM, pp. 120-127] He died in 1866. [FM, pp. 120-127] He married second Olive Adams on 12 Nov 1801. [FM, pp. 120-127]
  12. Adams Fletcher was born on 7 Aug 1779 in Westford. [MVRW, s. Pelatiah and Dorothy] He died on 10 Apr 1823, age 43 years and eight months, in Westford. [MVRW, s. Capt. Pelatiah] He married first Betsey Bateman of Chelmsford on 27 May 1806 in Westford. [MVRW] He married second Abigail Davis on 28 or 29 Jan 1813 in Westford. [MVRW]

References

MVRW Essex Institute, Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Salem, MA, Newcomb & Gauss, 1915.
FM Farnsworth, Moses Franklin,. Farnsworth Memorial: Being a record of Matthias Farnsworth and his descendants in America, Manti, UT, L.A. Lauber, 1897.

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