Allen FLETCHER

Notes:

Buried:
Some confusion exists regarding the reinterment of Alexander's and Rachel's; which were moved from the Old Kirk churchyard in 1883 to Bowmanville Cemetery. Said to have been moved to his son Gordon Drummond Fletcher's plot, they are not there. However, there are two unmarked non-empty graves next to the grave of Alexander's great uncle, Drummond Gordon Fletcher. Neither those graves nor Alexander's or Rachel's graves are in the cemetery interment records. Please view the provided PDF file for more information (same as media under Headstones below).

Alexander married Rachel Corwin. Rachel (daughter of Joseph Corwin and Elizabeth Hixon) was born in 1777 in NJ; died on 23 Apr 1847 in Darlington, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 23 Apr 1847 in Old Kirkyard, Bowmanville, Darlington, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

also listed as born 1771, age 75 at death

Buried:
Said to have had Rachel's and Alexander's graves moved in 1883 to (their son) Gordon's plot. It is unclear if that plot was in the same non-located cemetery (Old Kirkyard, in Bowmanville). They did have a son named Drummond Gordon Fletcher.

Notes:

A pen picture of Alexander Fletcher was written in 1896 by his grandson J. Wesley Fletcher. Grandfather soon after marriage settled below the Whirlpool on the British side of the Niagara where Uncle John was born. He afterward about 1800 moved to Darlington where he was Major of the 2nd Durham Militia and one of the first magistrates of Durham County then a part of York. He was a small man of considerable attainments; was very bright, systematic, shrewd, active, nervous, quick tempered, a very loyal British subject and a strict Presbyterian. He died in his 78th year and Grandmother (Rachel Corwin Fletcher) in her 72nd year." —The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell, Finch 1976

Notes:

Birth:
Baptisms Glenorchy p.57-63, Argyle Parish Register and Dr. McIntyre's Register

(birthplace of Archibald also given as Glen Orchy)

Among the many lands owned or protected by the Fletchers, MacNabs and related clans, Ardbrecknish (Ardvrecknish), Argyllshire, Scotland (today in the United Kingdom), lies along the south shore of Loch Awe, the longest freshwater loch in Scotland, some distance to the northeast of Glasgow. As one leaves Loch Awe to the north, following along the River Orchy, the Bridge of Orchy is found lying just south of the much smaller Loch Tulla. Nestled just a little north of Loch Tulla is Achallader. And almost due east of Ardbrecknish is Loch Earn, with Ardvorlich on its south shore and Dundurn to the east. Southward lies Callander near Loch Venachar, to the east of which one finds Drumvaich, Doune and Dunblane.

Buried:
"...both Archibald and his son Angus lived 'for some time' at Ardbrecknish just south of Glen Orchy and east of Loch Awe. In 1813 Angus the son erected stones for his son Ronald and for Archibald...in this family plot adjoining Achallader farmhouse..." —MacGregor papers

Died:
"1796 Dec. 22 Mortcloth for Archibald Fletcher" —Manuscripts of John MacGregor at Old Registry House, Edinburgh.

Archibald married Flora MacNab in Argyllshire, Scotland. Flora (daughter of Capt. Robert MacNab, 2nd of Dundurn, Perthshire, Scotland and Mary Stuart) was born in 1761; died in 1819 in Glen Orchy, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Went to America about 1765 and returned about 1779.

Died:
Among the many lands owned or protected by the Fletchers, MacNabs and related clans, Ardbrecknish (Ardvrecknish), Argyllshire, Scotland (today in the United Kingdom), lies along the south shore of Loch Awe, the longest freshwater loch in Scotland, some distance to the northeast of Glasgow. As one leaves Loch Awe to the north, following along the River Orchy, the Bridge of Orchy is found lying just south of the much smaller Loch Tulla. Nestled just a little north of Loch Tulla is Achallader. And almost due east of Ardbrecknish is Loch Earn, with Ardvorlich on its south shore and Dundurn to the east. Southward lies Callander near Loch Venachar, to the east of which one finds Drumvaich, Doune and Dunblane.

Modern communities of the area with interactive map: Loch-Awe.Com

Notes:

Married:
'Sketch of the History of the Fletcher Family 1896 by John Wesley Fletcher (1838-1913) of Detroit, Mich. Additions 1936 by Rev. Wm. Percy Fletcher. Begins "Grandfather Fletcher's father Archibald Fletcher married Flora McNab in Argyleshire, Scotland and their children from memory were Archibald, Alexander, Flora, Duncan, James, Ann and Elizabeth. The Fletchers, Campbells and MacNabs intermarried for centuries and the Fletchers wer thus allied to the Clans Campbell and MacNab."----(omitted here Fletcher name origin and meaning)---"Archibald Fletcher and his wife came from Scotland to new Jersey in 1769 in which year our grandfather (Alexander) was born." '
—The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell, by Jessie Howell Finch, 1796
A note was included by JHF: The Corwin family into which Alexander married came from N.J. but so far records of the Fletchers have not been found in that state (Alexander's marriage to Rachel Corwin).
Additional Note: The papers by John Wesley Fletcher called Sketch of the History of the Fletcher Family, was destroyed by water damage, and unfortunately thrown out rather than seeking restoration.

Joseph married Elizabeth Hixon. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Hixon and Margaret) was born in 1731; died on 16 Apr 1814; was buried in Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
"John oig MacInleister the 2nd son of Archibald of Bartavurich (the 8th chief)" —Manuscripts of John MacGregor at Old Registry House, Edinburgh.

Notes:

Name:
Among the many lands owned or protected by the Fletchers, MacNabs and related clans, Ardbrecknish (Ardvrecknish), Argyllshire, Scotland (today in the United Kingdom), lies along the south shore of Loch Awe, the longest freshwater loch in Scotland, some distance to the northeast of Glasgow. As one leaves Loch Awe to the north, following along the River Orchy, the Bridge of Orchy is found lying just south of the much smaller Loch Tulla. Nestled just a little north of Loch Tulla is Achallader. And almost due east of Ardbrecknish is Loch Earn, with Ardvorlich on its south shore and Dundurn to the east. Southward lies Callander near Loch Venachar, to the east of which one finds Drumvaich, Doune and Dunblane.

Modern communities of the area with interactive map: Loch-Awe.Com

Royal Forester of Glenartney. Captain in the 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch).

Buried:
Buried in the traditional burial ground reserved for the chiefs of Clan MacNab.

Robert married Mary Stuart. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
"He was known to have another wife or mistress before Jean Stewart. Burke's calls her Mary Stuart with unknown parents."
—A quote from someone's family tree, alluding to a source. I have not seen this source reference.

Notes:

Bartholomew Corwin was named after his maternal grandfather, Bartholomew Gedney.

Bartholomew married Esther Burt. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married Margaret. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
(birth also given as 1610)

Archibald married Katherine. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Chester Everts Howell book gives Flora's father as married to Janet.

Name:
Among the many lands owned or protected by the Fletchers, MacNabs and related clans, Ardbrecknish (Ardvrecknish), Argyllshire, Scotland (today in the United Kingdom), lies along the south shore of Loch Awe, the longest freshwater loch in Scotland, some distance to the northeast of Glasgow. As one leaves Loch Awe to the north, following along the River Orchy, the Bridge of Orchy is found lying just south of the much smaller Loch Tulla. Nestled just a little north of Loch Tulla is Achallader. And almost due east of Ardbrecknish is Loch Earn, with Ardvorlich on its south shore and Dundurn to the east. Southward lies Callander near Loch Venachar, to the east of which one finds Drumvaich, Doune and Dunblane.

Modern communities of the area with interactive map: Loch-Awe.Com

Notes:

George Corwin (February 26, 1666 ? April 12, 1696) was the High Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials. He signed warrants for the arrest and execution of those condemned of witchcraft. On September 16, 1692, he was ordered by the Court of Oyer and Terminer to preside over the interrogation, under torture of Giles Corey, who was pressed to death for refusing to stand trial for witchcraft. Corwin died of a heart attack, in 1696, at the age of 30, after which his burial was delayed by a Salem resident named Phillip English, who was accused during the Witch Trials, and had his property seized by Corwin. English put a lien on Corwin's corpse, and delayed its burial until he had been reimbursed for the property he lost to Corwin.

George Corwin was the Grandson of John Winthrop, the Younger, the Governor of Connecticutt. His wife, Lydia Gedney, was the daughter of Bartholomew Gedney, one of the magistrates involved in the witch trials.

George married Lydia Gedney. [Group Sheet]

William married Phebe. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
(MacInleister / became Fletcher)

Buried:
(Dalmally Courtyard)

Robert married Anne Campbell. Anne (daughter of Sir John Campbell) died on 06 Sep 1765 in Lochdochart, Scotland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Clan MacNab, by John MacNab of Callandar
Anne Campbell, pgs.17 & 21

Sister of the Earl of Breadalbane, and 2nd wife of Robert MacNab, of Bouvain, 10th Clan Chief. (sic)

Jonathan married Margaret Winthrop. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bartholomew Gedney was a physician and native of Salem, Massachusetts, who participated as a magistrate in the Salem witchcraft trials.

Gedney was present at several of the examinations and later served as a member of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. He was present at the examination of his friend John Alden on May 31, 1692, in Salem Village. When Gedney saw how Alden tormented the girls, he told Alden that he had "always look'd upon him to be an honest Man, but now he did see cause to alter his judgment."

Bartholomew married Hannah Clarke on 22 Oct 1662. Hannah (daughter of William Clarke) was born after 11 Nov 1647 in Lynn, Essex Co, NY; died on 06 Jan 1695 in Salem, Essex Co, MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
(MacInleister / became Fletcher)

Buried:
(Dalmally Courtyard)

Notes:

The Clan MacNab, by John MacNab of Callandar
Alexander MacNab, pg.17

Alexander married Baronet Elizabeth Menzies, of Weem. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Clan MacNab, by John MacNab of Callandar
Elizabeth Menzies of Weem, pg.17

Name:
(Sister of Sir Alexander Menzies of Weem)

Notes:

Parents of Captain George Corwin are not known and documented as of this writing. There is some non-conclusive evidence that his father is John Corwin, and that his grandfather is Matthias Corwin. Further research is needed before including his parents.



Birth:
Emigrated from Northampton, England in 1638, immigrating to Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony in the Americas.

George married Elizabeth Herbert. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Born at Groton, in Suffolk, February 12, 1605/06, he was fitted for college in the celebrated Free Grammar School founded by Edward VI. at Bury St. Edmunds, where he learned to think and act for himself, as every boy of spirit must when away from home and thrown upon his own resources. p.1...(Sketch)

He had now entered the seventieth year of a life which had
involved unremitting exertion and much exposure to severity of climate. It is not therefore to be wondered at that the pressure of physical infirmities had begun to bear heavily upon him, but when, for the third time, he asked permission to relinquish the helm to a younger pilot, proposing to recruit his health by a voyage to England,'(^2) he was met by such a chorus of remonstrance that he resigned himself to die in harness, nor had he long to wait. In September, 1675, he proceeded to Boston to attend a protracted session of the Commissioners of the United Colonies. In March, 1676, when preparing to return to Hartford, he took cold, became feeble, and on the 10th of April was laid beside his father in what is now King's Chapel grave-yard. - "Sketch of John Winthrop the Younger" p.58

Name:
Governor of Connecticut, 1651-1676

John married Martha Fones in 1630. Martha was born on 21 Jan 1609. [Group Sheet]

John married Sarah Mary Bartholomew after 1637 in Salem, Essex Co, MA. Sarah was born about 1612 in Norfolk, England; died after 1648 in Salem, Essex Co, MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
(MacInleister / became Fletcher)

Buried:
(Dalmally Courtyard)

Notes:

The Clan MacNab, by John MacNab of Callandar
John MacNab, pgs.12-17

John married Mary Campbell. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Clan MacNab, by John MacNab of Callandar
Mary Campbell, pg.15

Notes:

This is the paragraph immediately following the family tree image in "The Corwin Genealogy."
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Now, this "tree," without a word of explanation more than the names arranged as above, makes Thomas Curwin, the Quaker, Matthias Corwin, of Long Island, and George Curwin, of Salem, three original immigrants, though at different times, to be brothers, and the sons of a John Curwin, of England., Thomas and George may have been brothers, but the remarks already made, and the general tenor of the Introduction, will apparently quite forbid the placing of Matthias here. Probably this arrangement by Rev. George Curwin was a supposition, upon which he was beginning to work out a Curwin Genealogy ; but his death soon after, (1717.) prevented him from either verifying or disproving the same. It seems impossible to allow such a record to overturn all the testimony which the reader will find respecting another origin of Matthias Corwin. We hope, however, that the truth may be elucidated. The writer would simply observe that the family of Matthias Corwin, on Long Island, have never possessed (so far as his knowledge extends) the Curwen Arms, which the family of George, both in the East and in the West, have cherished; that the early generations of these families are not known to have ever visited or even corresponded with each other. The name of Matthias might have become known to Rev. George, from the neighboring Ipswich records where it yet remains. Rev. George was but two years old when his grandfather died. Matthias moved from Ipswich to Long Island about the time of the birth of the first George's children, 1640 ; while Thomas doee not, as far as known, appear in this country till forty or fifty years after the arrivals of George and Matthias.

Notes:

Birth:
As of the publication of The Story of John Winthrop 1st Gov of MA in 1891, this birth date (Jan 12 1587) was expressed in modern calendar dates as January 22, 1588.

Name:
1st Governor of Massachusetts Colony

Died:
But the governor's hour was come. He fell asleep, "in the great consolations of God," March 26, 1649, in his sixty-second year. - John Winthrop First Gov MA

Buried:
The funeral was delayed till John could come from Connecticut. It was to be so ordered - as said the summons, dated "your father's parlor," despatched by fleet-footed Indian messenger, the ever troublesome Bellingham its first signer-" that it may appeare of what precious account & desert he hath ben, & how blessed his memoriall." It took place April 3, being conducted " with great solemnity and honour," both civic and military. The place of interment was what is now called the King's Chapel Burying-ground, - the spot to be seen at this day.

John married Mary Forth on 16 Apr 1605 in Great Stambridge, County Essex, England. Mary (daughter of John Forth and Thomasine Hilles) was born on 01 Jan 1583; died on 06 Jun 1615 in Groton, MA; was buried in St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, Groton, Babergh District, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary was of Greaat Stanbridge, County Essex, England, and was the first of the four wives of John Winthrop, Sr., followed by Thomasine Clopton, Margaret Tyndal, and Martha Rainsborough. (information from Clopton Family Tree)

Notes:

John and Mary were married by Ezekiel Culverwell.