Joseph FLACK

1739 - 1825  (85 years)

• Name	Joseph FLACK
  Birth	20 Mar 1739	Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mar 1825	Neshaminy Cemetery, Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Death	19 Mar 1825	Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I2	Tree618J
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	James * FLACK,   b. Abt 1708, Northern Ireland, pos Antrim d. 2 Sep 1802, Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Ann BAXTER,   b. Abt 1714, pos Northern Ireland d. 2 Mar 1801, Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1734	First Presbyterian, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA
  Notes	Title: RECORD OF PA MARRIAGES VOLUME II - - Genealogy Library.com Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821 Name: James Fleck Marriage Date: 12 Jul 1734 Marriage Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spouse's Name: Anne Baxter Source: Ancestry.com - 22 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Euphemia STEVENS OR STEPHENS,   b. Abt 1760, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Nov 1824, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	5 Jul 1780	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Children	1. James FLACK,   b. 15 Apr 1781, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Nov 1861, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)   2. Ann FLACK,   b. 23 Oct 1782, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Jul 1854, Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years)   3. David FLACK,   b. Abt 1783, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Jan 1865, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)   4. Sarah M FLACK,   b. Cal 5 Oct 1786, Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania. USA d. 5 Apr 1848, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years)   5. Elizabeth 'Mary' FLACK,   b. Abt 1788, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Aft 1850, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age > 63 years)   6. Isabella FLACK,   b. Abt 1789, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Bef 1820 (Age < 30 years)   7. Mary FLACK,   b. Abt 1791, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 May 1843, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years)   8. Joseph FLACK, Sen,   b. Abt 1792, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 May 1858, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)   9. John FLACK,   b. Abt 1793, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Bef 1895, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 101 years)   10. William FLACK,   b. Est 1795, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA   11. Euphemia FLACK,   b. 1802, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Jun 1838, Warwick Presbyterian, Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 36 years)   12. Margaret FLACK,   b. 1804, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Oct 1843, Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

• Documents		Tree618J - 1908 Flack Family Reunion. The Doylestown Democrat (Thursday 10th September) 1908 reports on the very 1st Flack Family Reunion. The newspaper article lists all the attendees.
  		Tree618J - WILL. Flack, James: 1708-1802. Will of James Flack; Born 1708 pos Antrim, Northern Ireland; died 2 Sep 1802 Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA. Spouse Ann Baxter.
  		Tree618J - 1908 A set of notes prepared for the 1st Flack Family Reunion. The notes of James Flack "The Historian" prior to the 1st 1908 Flack Family Reunion.
  		Tree618J - Bucks County Court Records Bucks County Court Records - Extracts from Court Records from the website PA-Roots Genealogy.
  		Tree618J - WILL. Flack, Joseph: 1739-1825. Will of Joseph Flack; b. 20 Mar 1739 Doylestown, Bucks, PA; died 19 Mar 1825 Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA.

  
  

  Headstones

  Tree618J - Headstone. Flack, Joseph: 1739-1825. Joseph Flack b. 20 March 1739 Doylestown, Bucks County, PA, USA; d.19 March 1825 Doylestown, Bucks County, PA, USA. Parents: James Flack & Ann Baxter. Spouse: Euphemia Stephens.

  
  

  Histories

  Family History PENNSYLVANIA - BUCKS COUNTY. Tree618J - Descendants of James Flack (1708-1802) and Ann Baxter (1714-1801). James Flack and Ann Baxter who (we think) started off in Northern Ireland before emigrating (est 1733) to Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Their 10 children were:- John, James, Joseph, Sarah, Robert, William, William, Samuel, John & Benjamin.

  
  

• Notes

  NOTES: (1) Named as son in the Will of James Flack dated 3 Aug 1793 - Will proved 20 Sep 1802. Jim Flack - 14 Jan 2008. ~ (2) The main source for naming all Joseph and Euphemias children is a notebook and a selection of correspondence between William Wirt Flack (b 1858) and James Flack (b1834) married to Barbara Y Selner. This is all in the possession of Carol Temlin, a family member of this tree. Jim Flack - 18 Oct 2007. ~ (3) Extracts from letter by James Flack (b. Oct.-7-1834 d. Nov-23-1917) written in 1909/1910:- (i) "Joseph Flack kept store and Samuel a Hotel in Doylestone about the time of the revolution. Here Samuel's child died and they could hardly find anyone to go with him to the Neshaniny Burial Ground to the family plot. Only 3 or 4 went including one woman and all on horseback. The neighbors were very much agitated, because Washington's army was camped in sight of the cemetery and the British this side of Philadelphia and people were expecting trouble any time, should the armies come together." (ii) "Joseph Flack was a private in an Associated Company in Warwick Township, Pennsylvania in 1775 (the Revolutionary War) ." (iii) "Joseph and Samuel Flack owned 49 acres of land in what is now the First Ward of Doylestown borough, lying south and east of Lenape Building on part of which I know reside." SOURCE - Tania Shurko (James Flacks letter copied to me - JAF) NOTES: DOYLESTOWN " ... In 1776 Joseph Kirkbride, Edward and William Doyle, Joseph and Samuel Flack, William and Robert Scott owned the site of the Town and much of the land adjacent. .... .... Joseph and Samuel Flack were the proprietors of an Inn from 1773 to 1791. ..." Source: Ancestry.com: Extracted from a chapter about Doylestown in the book by J H Battle:- Pages 541/542 - History of Bucks County, PA. (A Warner & Co. Publishers. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1887). Jim Flack - 1 Feb 2008. BURIAL: Neshaminy Cemetery, Warwick, Bucks, Pennsylvania. Section K4 Headstone reads as follows:- "In Memory of Joseph Flack Who departed this life March 19th, 1825, Aged 87 years." Photo and transcription by Rich Flack - Oct 2007. WILL: see onsite documentation.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Information from Tania Shurko, (Personal Research). Children of James Flack (b.1708) 'named and dated' in letter written by James Flack (b 7 Oct 1834). Copy in my possesion (JAF)