Eleazer Fletcher (1731 - 1809)

Born 3 Mar 1731 in Westford, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Fletcher — married 16 Jan 1755 in Westford, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1809 at age 77 in Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Eleazer Fletcher was born March 3, 1731 in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Fletcher and Mary Lawrence Fletcher.^{[1] [2][3]}

Eleazor was married January 16, 1755 in Westford to his third cousin, Mary Fletcher, daughter of Joseph Fletcher and Sarah Adams Fletcher.^{[4][3] [5]}

They lived in Westford, just over the line from Littleton, Although their children were all born in Westford, they were recorded in Littleton. The family had moved to Boxborough, Middlesex County, by 1783, when Eleazer appeared as a tithing man, ^[5]

Eleazer Fletcher died in Boxborough February 6, 1809 at the age of 77. He was buried in the North (Hill) Cemetery in Boxborough^[6][2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Town Birth Records 1620-1850; Vital Records of Westford; NEHGS Massachusetts Town Birth Records database on-lind.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} NEHGS Register, Volume 124 (1970); page 205.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} U S Find a Grave Indes, Memorial #73028562.
4. ↑ Massachusetts Town Marriage Records 1620-1850; NEHGS Massachusetts Town Marriage Records database on-line.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Fletcher Family" by E. H. Fletcher, pages 329 and 330.
6. ↑ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988; Boxborough VR Transcripts; Boxborough Deaths, page 68.

See Also

http://records.ancestry.com/Eleazer_Fletcher_records.ashx?pid=25700620

Acknowledgments

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