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Bethiah <I>Herrick</I> Fletcher

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Bethiah Herrick Fletcher

Birth
Death
21 Dec 1772 (aged 49)
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.5877306, Longitude: -71.4205694
Plot
Old West Division, Range 13(2)
Memorial ID
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Wife of Capt. Benjamin Fletcher. They wed in Westford, MA, on June 29, 1742.

Children (b. or bp. in Westford, MA)
Benjamin, May 8, 1747 -
Joseph, July 18, 1749 -
Bethiah, Nov. 7, 1751 -
Rebeckah, Aug. 16, 1755 - May 10, 1784
Adams, bp. June 18, 1758

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Westford VRs, marriage, pg 163
Fletcher, Benjamin, and Bethiah Herrick, June 29, 1742.

Westford VRs, death, pg 277
Flatcher, Bethiah, w. Capt. Benjamin, Dec. 21, 1772, a. 49y 4m 2d. GR1


Note: It is possible she is the daughter of Jonathan and Bethiah, born in Concord, MA, on Aug. 20, 1721. (Concord VRs, birth, pg 104) However, she would have been 51y 4m 1d at death, which differs from the headstone.
Wife of Capt. Benjamin Fletcher. They wed in Westford, MA, on June 29, 1742.

Children (b. or bp. in Westford, MA)
Benjamin, May 8, 1747 -
Joseph, July 18, 1749 -
Bethiah, Nov. 7, 1751 -
Rebeckah, Aug. 16, 1755 - May 10, 1784
Adams, bp. June 18, 1758

______________
Westford VRs, marriage, pg 163
Fletcher, Benjamin, and Bethiah Herrick, June 29, 1742.

Westford VRs, death, pg 277
Flatcher, Bethiah, w. Capt. Benjamin, Dec. 21, 1772, a. 49y 4m 2d. GR1


Note: It is possible she is the daughter of Jonathan and Bethiah, born in Concord, MA, on Aug. 20, 1721. (Concord VRs, birth, pg 104) However, she would have been 51y 4m 1d at death, which differs from the headstone.

Inscription

Memento Mori
Here lies the
Body of Mrs Bathiah
Fletcher wife of
Capt Benjamin
Fletcher who
departed this Life
Decr 21st 1772
Aged 49 years 4
months & 2 days



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  • Created by: Denise
  • Added: Apr 5, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35570298/bethiah-fletcher: accessed ), memorial page for Bethiah Herrick Fletcher (19 Aug 1723–21 Dec 1772), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35570298, citing Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).