12. COL. ROBERT9 FLETCHER (ROBERT8, ROBERT7, WILLIAM6, SAMUEL5, ROBERT4, [WILLIAM3 FLETCHER] (2), [LANCELOT2, [WILLIAM1)4,5 was born August 31, 1786 in Temple, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, and died January 30, 1865 in China, Kennebec, Maine. He married (1) NANCY SPRAGUE May 19, 1805 in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine. She was born Abt. 1788 in <<Augusta, Kennebec, Maine>>, and died August 04, 1853 in China, Kennebec, Maine. He married (2) RUTH RICH July 15, 1855 in China, Kennebec, Maine. She was born in Gorham, Maine.
Children of COL. FLETCHER and NANCY SPRAGUE are:
20. i. SGT. ABISHA BENSON10 FLETCHER, b. April 08, 1822, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. June 21, 1906, China, Kennebec, Maine.
ii. SARAH (SALLY) FLETCHER, b. December 20, 1806, Sidney, Kennebec, Maine; d. March 22, 1858; m. CHARLES AUSTIN RUSS, January 27, 1831, Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine; b. May 02, 1808, Belfast, Waldo, Maine.
iii. DR. FRANKLIN PARKER FLETCHER, b. May 15, 1808, Harlem, Lincoln, Maine (now China, Kennebec, Maine); d. October 05, 1896, China, Kennebec, Maine; m. MARIA S. ARNOLD, September 01, 1831, Weeks Mill, Kennebec, Maine; b. 1812; d. March 04, 1860, China, Kennebec, Maine.
iv. MARY ANN FLETCHER, b. June 20, 1810, Harlem, Lincoln, Maine (now China, Kennebec, Maine); m. FRANCIS ANDERSON RUSS, December 08, 1836, Belfast, Waldo, Maine; b. February 03, 1811, Belfast, Waldo, Maine.
v. SOPHIA A. FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1813, Harlem, Lincoln, Maine (now China, Kennebec, Maine); d. January 14, 1853, China, Kennebec, Maine; m. ROBERT MAXWELL, July 04, 1849, China, Kennebec, Maine; b. Abt. 1816; d. May 10, 1875, China, Kennebec, Maine.
vii. CAPT. ALFRED A. FLETCHER, b. August 31, 1817, Harlem, Lincoln, Maine (now China, Kennebec, Maine); d. August 18, 1868, China, Kennebec, Maine; m. ELIZA P. LARRABEE, December 12, 1841, Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine; b. August 22, 1821, Unity, Waldo, Maine; d. February 02, 1875, China, Kennebec, Maine.
viii. ELISABETH S. FLETCHER6, b. Abt. 1821, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. September 09, 1872; m. JOB GIDDINGS, January 30, 1840, China, Kennebec, Maine; b. February 09, 1813; d. October 09, 1887.
ix. MARTHA J. FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1822, China, Kennebec, Maine; m. JOHN REED, June 26, 1853, China, Kennebec, Maine; b. Abt. 1820, New York, New York.
x. SUSAN C. FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1824, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. February 09, 1881, China, Kennebec, Maine; m. ALBION P. WEEKS, June 06, 1858, China, Kennebec, Maine; b. March 1820, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. September 12, 1902.
Generation No. 10
20. SGT. ABISHA BENSON10 FLETCHER (COL. ROBERT9, ROBERT8, ROBERT7, WILLIAM6, SAMUEL5, ROBERT4, [WILLIAM3 FLETCHER] (2), [LANCELOT2, [WILLIAM1)6 was born April 08, 1822 in China, Kennebec, Maine, and died June 21, 1906 in China, Kennebec, Maine. He married MARIAM CLARK SPRATT November 20, 1843 in China, Kennebec, Maine. She was born December 26, 1824 in China, Kennebec, Maine, and died November 23, 1899 in China, Kennebec, Maine.
Children of SGT. FLETCHER and MARIAM SPRATT are:
28. i. WILLIAM ABISHA11 FLETCHER, b. April 24, 1851, Palermo, Waldo, Maine; d. October 12, 1913, China, Kennebec, Maine.
ii. EDWARD A. FLETCHER, b. Bet. 1844 - 1845, Palermo, Waldo, Maine; d. August 18, 1867, China, Kennebec, Maine.
iii. EMMA W. FLETCHER, b. 1847, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. 1848.
iv. BETSEY E. FLETCHER, b. 1849, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. 1852.
v. FANNIE FLETCHER, b. 1853, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. Bef. 1906.
vi. MELVILLE SPRATT FLETCHER, b. October 27, 1854, Palermo, Waldo, Maine; d. March 24, 1948, Merritt, B.C., Canada.
vii. FRED NATHANIEL FLETCHER7, b. September 15, 1856, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. July 21, 1954, Berkeley, Alameda, California; m. JANE ISABEL FRENCH, April 05, 1883, Belfast, Waldo, Maine; b. October 06, 1859, Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine; d. November 1936, Reno, Nevada.
30. viii. MARION L. FLETCHER, b. June 1859, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. Aft. 1906.
ix. EMELINE S. FLETCHER, b. October 27, 1861, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. July 29, 1933, China, Kennebec, Maine; m. CHARLES J. MAIN, October 03, 1888, China, Kennebec, Maine; b. August 1862; d. 1937.
Generation No. 11
28. WILLIAM ABISHA11 FLETCHER (SGT. ABISHA BENSON10, COL. ROBERT9, ROBERT8, ROBERT7, WILLIAM6, SAMUEL5, ROBERT4, [WILLIAM3 FLETCHER] (2), [LANCELOT2, [WILLIAM1) was born April 24, 1851 in Palermo, Waldo, Maine, and died October 12, 1913 in China, Kennebec, Maine. He married EMMA JANE WASHBURN February 19, 1871 in China, Kennebec, Maine. She was born June 1850 in Unity, Waldo, Maine, and died January 21, 1906.
Children of WILLIAM FLETCHER and EMMA WASHBURN are:
31. i. MAUDE ISABELLE12 FLETCHER, b. September 08, 1872, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. 1962.
ii. BLANCHE MABEL FLETCHER, b. December 04, 1877, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. 1970, China, Kennebec, Maine; m. (1) HARRY G. FOWLE, January 01, 1908, China, Kennebec, Maine; m. (2) WILLIAM H. COLE, September 27, 1913, China, Kennebec, Maine; b. 1885, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. 1943, China, Kennebec, Maine.
iii. JENNIE M. FLETCHER, b. January 04, 1882, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. 1967, <<Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine>>.
iv. ROBERT ABISHA FLETCHER, b. May 11, 1887, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. April 16, 1967, East Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine; m. SARAH EDNA WIGGIN, February 03, 1906, China, Kennebec, Maine; b. November 02, 1887, China, Kennebec, Maine; d. June 28, 1980, China, Kennebec, Maine.
Generation No. 12
31. MAUDE ISABELLE12 FLETCHER (WILLIAM ABISHA11, SGT. ABISHA BENSON10, COL. ROBERT9, ROBERT8, ROBERT7, WILLIAM6, SAMUEL5, ROBERT4, [WILLIAM3 FLETCHER] (2), [LANCELOT2, [WILLIAM1) was born September 08, 1872 in China, Kennebec, Maine, and died 1962. She married (1) REV. HUGH ROSS MERITHEW April 23, 1895 in China, Kennebec, Maine, son of JEREMIAH MERITHEW and MARTHA LAMSON. He was born 1868 in <Searsport, Waldo, Maine>, and died 1896.
32. She married (2) CAPT. JEREMIAH MERITHEW October 06, 1899 in <<Warren, Kennebec, Maine>>, son of JEREMIAH MERITHEW and MARTHA LAMSON. He was born 1863 in <Searsport, Waldo, Maine>.
33. She married (3) REV GEORGE LEONARD HIBBARD Aft. 1916. He was born 1865, and died 1944.
Child of MAUDE FLETCHER and REV. MERITHEW is:
i. HELEN13 MERITHEW, b. December 20, 1896; d. 1946; m. RALPH O. SPRAGUE; b. March 15, 1896, Connecticut; d. March 28, 1976, Chelsea, Farmington, Maine.
Child of MAUDE FLETCHER and CAPT. MERITHEW is:
ii. JEREMIAH13 MERITHEW JR..
Generation No. 13
36. HELEN13 MERITHEW (MAUDE ISABELLE12 FLETCHER, WILLIAM ABISHA11, SGT. ABISHA BENSON10, COL. ROBERT9, ROBERT8, ROBERT7, WILLIAM6, SAMUEL5, ROBERT4, [WILLIAM3 FLETCHER] (2), [LANCELOT2, [WILLIAM1) was born December 20, 1896, and died 1946. She married RALPH O. SPRAGUE. He was born March 15, 1896 in Connecticut, and died March 28, 1976 in Chelsea, Farmington, Maine.
More About HELEN MERITHEW:
Burial: 1946, St. George, Knox, Maine
More About RALPH O. SPRAGUE:
Burial: March 28, 1976, St. George, Knox, Maine
Children of HELEN MERITHEW and RALPH SPRAGUE are:
i. ELIZABETH14 SPRAGUE, lived only one week
ii. Son SPRAGUE, b. Vermont.
