Alexander Fletcher, of Bowmanville

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Name Alexander Squire FLETCHER Born 1769 Scotland Gender Male Buried 1846 Old Kirkyard, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Died Abt 6 May 1846/47 Darlington, Ontario, Canada

Father Archibald FLETCHER, b. 1725, Ardvrecknish, Argyllshire, Scotland , d. 1796 Mother Flora MACNAB, b. 1761, d. 1819, Glen Orchy, Scotland

Married Argyllshire, Scotland

Family Rachel CORWIN, b. 1777, NJ , d. 23 Apr 1847, Darlington, Ontario, Canada

Children

• 1. John Fletcher, b. 1796, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada , d. 12 Jul 1872, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
• 2. Archibald FLETCHER, b. 1800, d. 1882
• 3. Allen FLETCHER, b. 1801, d. Yes, date unknown
• 4. Alexander FLETCHER, b. 23 Apr 1804, Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada , d. 08 May 1893, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
• 5. Elizabeth FLETCHER, b. 1806, d. Yes, date unknown
• 6. Jane FLETCHER, b. 1809, d. Yes, date unknown
• 7. Drummond Gordon FLETCHER, b. 1812, d. 14 Jul 1858, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
• 8. Duncan FLETCHER, b. 1814, d. Yes, date unknown

	9. James FLETCHER,   b. 1816,   d. Yes, date unknown

* Emigration: It was a far cry form the rugged Highlands of Scotland to the wilds of Canada but somehow the late Alexander Fletcher bridged the gulf . Reference Bowmanville and Darlington History by JB Fairbairn Post Master of Bowmanville - Scotland, United Kingdom

• Residence: Petition to John Graves Simcoe for lot in Newark (Niagara on the Lake)1796., Grantham Twp. Upper Canada - May 7 1796
• Census: Alex Rachel and family - 1801 - Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada 1801
• Census: Alexander Rachel & family - 1802 - Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada 1802
• Residence: On 17 May 1802 The Executive Council of Upper Canada of Upper Canada gave a grant to Alexander Fletcher of the Township of Niagara, yeoman for Lot No. 320 on John Street in the Town of Niagara as per an Order in Council dated 16 Feb 1799. (Niagara Town Pap, Twp.Niagara - 1802
• Residence: Bowmanville (Town/Ville), Durham (West, Ouest), Ontario, Canada, Note: See Comment - 1803
• Military service: Bowmanville (Town/Ville), Durham (West - Apr 13 1812 - Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Bowmanville (Town/Ville), Durham (West, Ontario, Canada - 1814
• Residence: On 7th May 1796 the Land Board received a petition of Alexander Fletcher for a grant of two hundred acres of land in Town of Newark (Niagara) and found him qualified to receive two hundred acres of land. The order was referred to Acting Surveyor General. - 7th May 1796
• Census: Bowmanville (Town/Ville), Durham (West - 3rd of April, 1816 - Ontario, Canada
• Census: Bowmanville (Town/Ville), Durham (West - Bet. 1811–1812 - Ontario, Canada
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 6 2017, 4:14:50 UTC