The William Fleming Family

Throughout this book I have appended information where I have it, and merged in some other sources. These are in blue when I am appending info from my own files, in red when I append from another source, and these red entries are footnoted on each page to reference the source. Some names of people who marry into the Fleming lines will cross link to another file that has more info on that person’s particular line.

The William Fleming Family

(A Genealogy)

WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF SOME OTHER FLEMINGS OF DELAWARE

By Franklin Marion Brand

Morgantown, West Virginia

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PREFACE

This work is not to be considered a history of this vast family. It would be interesting, of course, to know more about the different persons mentioned in the following pages. But to give even brief biographies of all those entitled to them would require an immense amount of space. There are many people in this family worthy of much more notice than is being given them here.

Nothing can be said about the origin of the name or about the Fleming family in general. Much may be found in regard to these matters in almost any public library. The primary purpose of this undertaking is to give an account of the family of William Fleming, supplemented by a brief mention of some other Flemings of Delaware. William Flem­ing had 65 grandchildren and at least 317 great-grandchildren. To give the names of the descendants of all these is the task that was undertaken by this writer. Of course it has not been possible to obtain them all. But there are enough here to show that this is, indeed, a tremendous family.

The Flemings held a family reunion at Fairmont in the month of August, 1891. Two years later they assembled at Honey Creek, Indiana. But probably the largest gathering of Flemings ever to get together was at Muncie, Indiana, on the 22nd of August, 1894. For these meetings valuable family records were collected and preserved, which have been of much help in the preparation of this genealogy. Many of the older members of the family still have the chart that was prepared under the supervision of Mrs. Thomas W. Fleming for the first reunion at Fairmont. Mrs. Cynthia J. Fleming had almost a volume of names and dates per­taining to the various branches of the family, all of which were turned over to the writer by her son, Claude Fleming.

It is not possible to bring a work of this kind in all respects up to date. The genealogy is brought down to about 1930. Many mistakes in names and dates will no doubt be found. The writer, being acquainted with only a small portion of the members of the family, has had to rely on others for the records. Many persons have rendered valuable assistance in the collection of this material, for which I am truly grateful.

Franklin Marion Brand. Morgantown, West Virginia, November 5, 1941.

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CONTENTS

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WILLIAM FLEMING…………………………………………… I

MARY AND MATTHEW FLEMING……………………… II

ANDREW FLEMING…….part 1…………………………… III

ANDREW FLEMING…part 2

ANDREW FLEMING…part 3

JANE WOLCOTT..part 1….………………………………  IV

JANE WOLCOTT..part 2

JANE WOLCUTT..part 3

JANE WOLCUTT…part 4

ALEXANDER FLEMING…part 1………………………… V

ALEXANDER FLEMING…part 2

ALEXANDER FLEMING…part 3

ALEXANDER FLEMING…part 4

ALEXANDER FLEMING…part 5

ALEXANDER FLEMING…part 6

ALEXANDER FLEMING—part 7

ALEXANDER FLEMING…part 8

JOHN FLEMING…………………………………………………VI

MATTHEW FLEMING (Son of Matthew) part 1…… VII

MATTHEW FLEMING (Son of Matthew) part 2

REBECCA HENDRICKS part 1………………………………VIII

REBECCA HENDRICKS part 2

NATHAN FLEMING ……………………………………………IX

WILLIAM FLEMING (Son of Nathan) part 1……… X

WILLIAM FLEMING (Son of Nathan) part 2

WILLIAM FLEMING (Son of Nathan) part 3

WILLIAM FLEMING (Son of Nathan) part 4

ELIZABETH HAYES part 1……………………………… XI

ELIZABETH HAYES part 2

ELIZABETH HAYES part 3

ELIZABETH HAYES part 4

ELIZABETH HAYES part 5

RACHEL HART…………………………………………………XII

NATHAN FLEMING (Son of Nathan)……………..XIII

LEVEN FLEMING…………………………….. XIV

THOMAS FLEMING (Son of Nathan)..………….XV

JOSEPH FLEMING.……………………………………….XVI

ARCHIBALD FLEMING…………………………………..XVII

BOAZ FLEMING………………………………………………XVIII

CLARISSA HAMILTON……………………………………XIX

WILLIAM FLEMING (Son of Boaz)………………… XX

ELIZABETH BARTLETT…………………………………XXI

DAVID FLEMING…………………………………………..XXII

LEMUEL FLEMING………………………………………XXIII

JEAN RICHARDSON…………………………………… XXIV

MARGARET CUMMINS………………………………… XXV

ELIZA DEREXA HUNSAKER ………………………XXVI

BENAIAH FLEMING ……………………………………XXVII

EUNICE THARP……………………………………………XXVIII

STARLING OWENS……………………………………… XXIX

WILLIAM FLEMING (Son of Benaiah)……… XXX

NATHAN FLEMING (Son of Benaiah)…………XXXI

BENJAMIN TURNER FLEMING……………………XXXII

BENONI FLEMING…………………………………… XXXIII

MARGARET DAVIES………………………………… XXXIV

BOAZ FLEMING (Son of Benoni)…….…… XXXV

RHODA KELLEY………………………………………  .XXXVI

ALFRED FLEMING……………………………………XXXVII

BENJAMIN FLEMING………………………………XXXVIII

FIELDEN FLEMING……………………………………XXXIX

THOMAS FLEMING (Son of William)………… XL

MALINDA ICE……………………………………………XLI

JOHN WILLIAM FLEMING…………………………XLII

MARSHALL THOMAS FLEMING……………… XLIII

ARCHIBALD FLEMING ((of Delaware)…… XLIV

OTHER FLEMINGS OF DELAWARE………… XLV