Some Descendants of Joseph Fletcher (Joseph, Joshua, William, Robert) and Elizabeth Underwood of Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts

  1. Elizabeth Fletcher was born on 27 Apr 1736. [Ref, pp. 93-94] She died on 22 Oct 1793. [Ref, pp. 93-94] She married Rev. Josiah Goodhue on 28 Jul 1757. [Ref, pp. 93-94] Josiah was the son of Samuel and Abigail (Bartlett) Goodhue. [Ref, pp. 93-94]
    Samuel was the first Congregationalish minister in Dunstable. [Ref, pp. 93-94] Samuel and Elizabeth later moved to Putney, Vermont. [Ref, pp. 93-94]
  2. Thomas Fletcher was born on 11 Sep 1738. [Ref, p. 101] He died on 22 Dec 1802. [Ref, p. 101] He married Rachel Cummings on 30 Apr 1761. [Ref, p. 101]
  3. Capt. Jonathan Fletcher was born on 30 Mar 1741. [Ref, p. 101] He died on 30 Mar 1813. [Ref, p. 101] He married Lucy Taylor on 9 Feb 1764. [Ref, p. 101]
    Jonathan was a captain of the militia. [Ref, p. 101]
    1. Joseph Fletcher was born on 7 Nov 1777. [Ref, p. 135] He married Rachel Emerson on 22 Jul 1802. [Ref, p. 135] Rachel was the daughter of Lieut. Jonathan Emerson. [Ref, p. 135] She was born on 6 Oct 1781 in Dunstable. [Ref, p. 135] She died on 7 Apr 1863. [Ref, p. 135]
      1. Lucy Fletcher was born on 27 Apr 1803 in Thetford, Vermont. [Ref, p. 167] She married Elias E. Cheney of Danville. [Ref, p. 167]
        1. Samuel F. Cheney was born on 2 Dec 1829 in Boscawen. [Ref, p. 167] He married first Harriet Bryon of Boston. [Ref, p. 167] He married second Ella Phillips of Defiance. [Ref, p. 167] She was born on 8 Feb 1846. [Ref, p. 167]
          Samuel was a soldier in the Civil War. He was captain of the E company of the 21st Ohio Volunteers. [Ref, p. 167] For a time he was an acting colonel. [Ref, p. 167] He was in Sherman's march to the sea. [Ref, p. 167]
          1. Thomas Herbert Cheney was born on 10 Apr 1869. [Ref, p. 168] He died on 29 Mar 1947. [Ref] He is buried in the Kearny Cemetery in Kearny, Buffalo county, Nebraska. Click here to see a photo of his grave.
            • Richard Herbert Cheney was born on 26 Jun 1915 in Nebraska. [Ref] He died on 23 May 1999. [Ref] He is buried in the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery in Evansville, Natrona county, Wyoming. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of his grave.
  4. Susanna Fletcher was born on 27 Oct 1743 [Ref, p. 102] in Dunstable. [Ref, p. 42] She died on 4 Oct 1823 in Tyngsboro. [Ref, p. 42] She married Col. Ebenezer Bancroft. [Ref, p. 42]
  5. Anna Fletcher was born on 7 Apr 1746. [Ref, p. 110, Ama] She died on 22 Nov 1795. [Ref, p. 110] She married Capt. Daniel Emerson of Hollis, New Hampshire. [Ref, 6; 380-381] Daniel was the son of Rev. Daniel and Hannah (Emerson) Emerson. [Ref, 6; 380-381] He was born on 15 Dec 1746. [Ref, p. 110] He died on 4 Oct 1820. [Ref, p. 110]
    Daniel commanded a company of volunteers at Ticonderoga in 1776 and in Rhode Island in 1778. [Ref, p. 110] He was a deacon. [Ref, p. 110]
  6. Sarah Fletcher was born on 20 Sep 1749. [Ref, p. 121] She married Jonathan Eastman of Hollis, New Hampshire on 13 Sep 1770. [Ref, p. 121]
  7. Joseph Fletcher was born on 18 Jun 1752. [Ref, pp. 17-19][Ref, p. 122] He died in 1832. [Ref, p. 122] He married first Molly Cummings. [Ref, pp. 17-19][Ref, p. 122] He married second the widow Abigail Read. [Ref, pp. 17-19][Ref, p. 122] She died on 5 Dec 1838. [Ref, pp. 17-19]
    Joseph settled in Dunstable and later moved to Pepperell. [Ref, pp. 17-19][Ref, p. 122]
  8. Lucy Fletcher was born on 16 Apr 1755. [Ref, p. 122] She married Benjamin Farley of Brookline, New Hampshire on 3 Jun 1781. [Ref, p. 122]
  9. Phineas Fletcher was born on 28 Nov 1757. [Ref, p. 123] He married first Anna Burge on 16 Nov 1783. [Ref, p. 123] He married second the widow Alice Emerson on 10 Mar 1796. [Ref, p. 123]