Robert FLACK^[1]

Cal 1743 - 1814  (70 years)

• Name	Robert FLACK
  Birth	Cal 31 Dec 1743	Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1775/1783	War of Independance - USA
  	Captain Henry DARRAH's Company, Bucks County Militia, under command of Col. William Roberts, September 21, 1778
  Burial	Dec 1814	Neshaminy Cemetery, Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Death	4 Dec 1814	Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I21	Tree618J
  Last Modified	30 May 2011

  
  

  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	Mary WEIR,   b. Est 1743, Pennsylvania, USA
  Marriage	11 May 1768	Abington Presbyterian Church, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	MARRIAGE: "11th May 1768, Robert Flack and Mary Weir." Source: "Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790 By John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle" - Page 89. - Google Online Books. Jim Flack - 23 Nov 2008
  Children	1. Ann FLACK,   b. Est 1768/1788, Pennsylvania, USA d. Aft 1814 (Age > 27 years)   2. James FLACK,   b. Est 1768/1788, Pennsylvania, USA   3. Henry FLACK,   b. 1780/1790, Pennsylvania, USA d. Mar 1845, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 55 years)   4. Thomas Weir (Wier) FLACK,   b. 1777, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Jun 1836, Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 59 years)   5. Robert FLACK,   b. Abt 1791, New Britain , Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1835 (Age 44 years)   6. William FLACK,   b. 6 Nov 1790, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Apr 1850, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 59 years)   7. Sarah FLACK,   b. Est 1768/1788, Pennsylvania, USA   8. Mary FLACK,   b. Abt 1800, Warrington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Bef Mar 1822 (Age < 22 years)   9. Jane FLACK,   b. Est 1768/1788, Pennsylvania, USA d. Bef 1814 (Age < 25 years)
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

• Documents		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 - WILL. Flack, Robert: 1743-1814. Will of Robert Flack; died 4 Dec 1814 Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA.
  		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 - 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 - Bucks County Court Records Bucks County Court Records - Extracts from Court Records from the website PA-Roots Genealogy.

  
  

  Headstones

  Tree618J - Headstone. Flack, Robert: 1743-1814. Robert Flack, husband of Mary Weir. Parents James Flack and Ann Baxter. Plot: Section K4

  
  

  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

  BIOGRAPHY: Named as son in the Will of James Flack dated 3 Aug 1793 - Will proved 20 Sep 1802. JIm Flack - 14 Jan 2008. BIOGRAPHY: Extracts from letter by James Flack (b. Oct.-7-1834 d. Nov-23-1917) written in 1909/1910:- "Robert Flack was enrolled in an associated company of militia from New Britian, Pennsylvania and in Captain Henry's Company of Bucks County Militia." "Resided in New Britain Township" SOURCE - Tania Shurko (James Flacks letter copied to me - JAF) BIOGRAPHY: Robert Flack shown as a private in "Muster Roll of Captain Henry DARRAH's Company, Bucks County Militia, under command of Col. William Roberts, September 21, 1778." SOURCE - Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, Vol. XIV; The History of Neshaminy Presbyterian Church of Warwick, 1727-1876, Turner. - http://www.geocities.com/oldebucks/Captain_Darrah.htm BURIAL: Neshaminy Cemetery, Warwick, Bucks, Pennsylvania. Section K4 Headstone reads as follows:- "In Memory of Robert Flack Sen. Who departed this life December 4th A.D. 1814 Aged 70 years, 11 months, and 4 days." Transcription by Rich Flack - Oct 2007. WILL: 8.438. Robert Flack, New Britain Twp. May 4, 1814. Codicil dated June 30, 1814. Proved December 10, 1814. Wife Mary $250 and Plantation whereon I live for life. Sons James, Henry, Thomas Wier, Robert and William Flack. Daus. Ann wife of Dr. Beans, Sarah wife of Jacob Picker, and Mary Flack. Heirs of December'd. dau. Jane late wife of Andrew McEwen. Sons James, Henry and Robert exrs. Nephew James Flack of Warrington Guardian of ch. of Andrew McEwen December'd. Wits: William Hines, John Wier.

  
  

• 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)