Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Fancher was born in 1745, in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Fancher III, was 56 and his mother, Thankful Thomson, was 40. He married Olive Dunbar on 30 July 1765, in Northbury, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 22 August 1815, in Clinton, Kirkland, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Clinton, Kirkland, Oneida, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Thomas Fauncher in entry for Thomas Fauncher, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- T. Tancher in entry for Eunice Painter, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Thomas Fauncher in entry for Olive Dunbar, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Spouse and Children
1745–1815 Male
1749– Female
Children (14)
1765–1800 Male
1766–1767 Male
1768–1791 Male
1768– Male
1770– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1689–1759 Male
1705–1759 Female
Siblings (15)
1724–1753 Male
1726–1808 Male
1728–1739 Female
1731–1796 Male
1734–1758 Male
+10 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 31
1776
Age 31
1783 · A Free America
Age 38
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Fanshaw, which is perhaps a habitational name from Fanshaw Gate in Holmesfield (Derbyshire), which is recorded as le Faunchallegatehede in 1456 and Fawnchallegate in 1472. However, this place may take its name from a surname such as Faunchall or Fanshaw, and not the other way about.
In some cases possibly also an altered form of French Fanger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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