Major Daniel Fletcher

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Mark White</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Acton Minutemen</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Acton Minutemen"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> back to  <A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acton Genealogies"><U><B>Acton Genealogies</B></U></A></div> <div> Major Daniel Fletcher</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="major_daniel_fletcher_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><I><B>Major</B></I><I> </I><I><B>Daniel Fletcher </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>1718-1776</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#descendants_of_daniel_fletcher" TITLE="Major Daniel Fletcher"><U><B>Descendants of Daniel Fletcher</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Major Daniel Fletcher</B></I></div> <div> <B>    </B></div> <div> Inconsequence of these strained relationships we find Acton voters assembled in town meeting on September 11, 1768 to choose a man to attend the convention at Boston on September 22nd "in order to consult  His Majesty's Service & the Interest of this Province and pass any votes theron". As might had been expected Capt. Daniel Fletcher was the logical choice for the town's representative.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>From; History of the Town of Acton by Harold R. Phalen, pg. 56, Middlesex Printing, Inc., Cambridge, MA., Copyright 1954</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</I></div> <bR> <div> Major Daniel Fletcher, who lived in a house that stood at 119 Parker Street was a veteran of the French and Indian War and had been taken prisoner in Canada 1758. Perhaps it was his aid in the American experience that prompted the Assembly to enlist his aid in the aid in the American attempt to win Canada. Evidently some litigation arose as to his pay, for in October he requested the town to either pay him the same as an ordinary solider or to excise him from further taxation to raise soldier's' pay.</div> <div>  The town voted him down, but he went anyway's and died in Canada in December.</div> <bR> <div> Major Fletcher's  epitaph in Woodlawn Cemetery reads:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>" ' Tis dangers great he has gone through</I></div> <div> <I>From enemies' hand his God him Drew</I></div> <div> <I>When fighting for that noble cause,</I></div> <div> <I>His country and its famous laws.</I></div> <div> <I>But now we trust to rest has gone</I></div> <div> <I>Where wars and fighting there are none."</I></div> <bR> <div> From: Assabet Valley Beacon, Thursday June 28, 1973  .....Upon Which His  Descendents lived in Independence, by Robert Nylander</div> <div> <I>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Fletcher</FONT>, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Daniel</FONT>, Acton. Major, Col. Jonathan Reed's (Middlesex Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of field officers of regiments to be raised for service at Quebec and New York; commissioned June 26, 1776; <I>also</I>, same regt.; rations allowed from June 26, 1776, to Nov. 30, 1776; credited with 157 days allowance; <I>also</I>, same regt.; pay abstract for rations and travel allowance home, dated Boston, March 10, 1777; service with Northern army. </div> <div> <I>From: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution</I>, - Vol. I-XVII (17). </div> <div>           <I> Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="descendants_of_daniel_fletcher"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Batang" ><I><B>Descendants of Daniel Fletcher</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>1.</B>  M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AJ.</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT><I>  (J</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>OSEPH</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT><I>, S</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>AMUEL</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT><I>, F</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>RANCIS</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT><I>)</I> was born October 18, 1718 in Concord, Middlesex, MA., and died December 15, 1776 in Canada.  He married S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARTWELL</FONT> November 12, 1741 in Acton, Middlesex, MA., daughter of J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ONAHAN</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARTWELL</FONT>.  She was born September 22, 1723 in Westford, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AJ.</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>:</div> <div> Major in the 3rd. Battalion</div> <div> enlisted to serve under Capt. Joseph Robbins</div> <bR> <div> More About M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AJ.</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Military service: Revolutinary War</div> <bR> <div> More About D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT> and S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARTWELL</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: November 12, 1741, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <div>      </div> <div> Children of D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT> and S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARTWELL</FONT> are:</div> <div>      i.     D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>, b. November 21, 1742, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >NN</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT>, September 11, 1766, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. June 06, 1743, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>:</div> <div> Minuteman: September 29, 1774, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT> and A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >NN</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: September 11, 1766, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      ii.     C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HARLES</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>, b. January 18, 1742/43; d. December 25, 1747, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HARLES</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      iii.     P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ETER</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>, b. January 01, 1744/45, Holden, MA.; d. April 29, 1806, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARTHA</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARRAR</FONT>, January 23, 1768, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. 1747; d. July 30, 1835, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ETER</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT> and M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARTHA</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARRAR</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: January 23, 1768, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      iv.     S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>, b. March 04, 1747/48, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <div>      v.     R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>, b. January 25, 1749/50, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. October 31, 1826, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT>, January 23, 1768, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. May 20, 1744, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. February 14, 1831, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT>:</div> <div> Military service: April 19, 1775, Revolutionary War</div> <div> Minuteman: September 29, 1774, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKER</FONT> and R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: January 23, 1768, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      vi.     J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>, b. October 23, 1752, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <div>      vii.     C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HARLES</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>, b. November 26, 1754, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <div>      viii.     J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ONATHAN</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>, b. January 21, 1757, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <div>      ix.     B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ETTY</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LETCHER</FONT>, b. October 29, 1759, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> </td> </tr></table></body>