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Simeon Fletcher Sr.

Birth	:	2 May 1722 Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	1800 Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial	:	Fletcher Cemetery, Greenfield, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9266670, -71.8155560
Plot	:	unmarked
Description	:	Location Source: Revolutionary Graves of New Hampshire. nhssar.org Unmarked grave The oldest cemetery is situated on the east side of the road leading from Francestown to Lyndeborough Mountain, and north of the road running over Lyndeborough Mountain, it being land given about 1755 by Simeon Fletcher, whose solitary habitation at that time was a few rods north of it, and where now his dust reposes with many of his descendants and others of the neighborhood. One of the first settlers in town was SIMEON FLETCHER. He was born in Chelmsford, Mass, May 2, 1722. He married Mary... Read More	Location Source: Revolutionary Graves of New Hampshire. nhssar.org Unmarked grave The oldest cemetery is situated on the east side of the road leading from Francestown to Lyndeborough Mountain, and north of the road running over Lyndeborough Mountain, it being land given about 1755 by Simeon Fletcher, whose solitary habitation at that time was a few rods north of it, and where now his dust reposes with many of his descendants and others of the neighborhood. One of the first settlers in town was SIMEON FLETCHER. He was born in Chelmsford, Mass, May 2, 1722. He married Mary Davis, she is assumed buried here. Deeds say that he owned a farm in Chelmsford in 1744, which he sold. Then he removed to the province of New Hampshire (a few years later) and took up some five hundred acres of land in what is now known as the southeast part of Greenfield, built a house and there founded a life-long residence. Five generations of Fletchers have lived there, and four were born there. A daughter, born soon after they came here, was the first white female born in town. He had two neighbors, who settled north of him, one on a hill near Crotched Mountain. He was a man of philanthropic heart, for when roads were unknown he would elevate a pine torch-light at night as a token that all was well with him, and receive a similar signal if all was well with his neighbors. He was the first man in town that ever cut hay enough to winter a cow. Simeon and Mary had seven children--Persis married a Beasom; Annie, married an Ordway; and Mary, a Balch; John and Olive died at the old homestead; Philip married Mary Harper, and tilled the ancestral acres. Philip died at the age of seventy two. SIMEON married Mary Huston, and lived to see all of his children laid in their graves. He died at the age of eighty-four Simeon Fletcher was actually living in Lyndeborough in the 1770s. He was the first man in the settlement to cut enough hay for a cow. He built his house of sawn lumber when there was a sawmill nearby Parents: Isaac Fletcher, Persis Shattuck Spouse: Mary Davis

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Simeon Fletcher Sr.'s memorial is located at: Fletcher Cemetery, Greenfield, Hillsborough County, USA.
When did Simeon Fletcher Sr. death?
Simeon Fletcher Sr. death on 1800 in Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
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Latitude: 42.9266670
Longitude: -71.8155560

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Philip Fletcher

(1752 - 1825)

Simeon Fletcher Jr.

(1758 - 1842)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Fletcher Cemetery
Greenfield, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9266670, -71.8155560

2. Whittemore Cemetery
Greenfield, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9473130, -71.8157820

3. Route 31 Cemetery
Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9001960, -71.8170600

4. Greenvale Cemetery
Greenfield, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9368800, -71.8552200

5. One Man Cemetery
Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9139667, -71.7767194

6. Whittemore Cemetery
Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9470000, -71.7820900

7. Center Cemetery
Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9054330, -71.7654280

8. Old Meeting House Cemetery
Greenfield, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9513970, -71.8689540

9. North Cemetery
Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9438400, -71.7543700

10. West Cemetery
Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8790100, -71.8012800

11. Francestown Cemetery #3
Francestown, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9779320, -71.7971380

12. South Cemetery
Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8807900, -71.7680400

13. Francestown Cemetery #2
Francestown, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9858000, -71.8066490

14. Francestown Cemetery #1
Francestown, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9878130, -71.8123620

15. North Cemetery
Temple, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8624873, -71.8423231

16. Johnson Corner Cemetery
Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8892700, -71.7317200

17. Scobie Road Cemetery
New Boston, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9886110, -71.7516670

18. Thompson Cemetery
Francestown, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0058490, -71.8602940

19. Vale End Cemetery
Wilton, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8436012, -71.7733002

20. Colburn-Balch Cemetery
New Boston, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0000340, -71.7469020

21. Perham Corner Cemetery
Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8616100, -71.7160800

22. Old Street Cemetery
Peterborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8802490, -71.9376068

23. Pine Hill Cemetery
Peterborough, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8877983, -71.9441986

24. Laurel Hill Cemetery
Wilton, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8386002, -71.7422028