IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR FANCHER RESEARCHERS!
Due to the recent discovery of two earlier generations of Fancher/Fanshaws (circa 1643 to 1720)
when you are figuring out, or recording, a line of descent, it is now necessary to add two additional generations on to the end of previously recorded descendancies. More Information.

First 3 Generations of the Fancher Family
This lineage contains information on the first two (previously unknown) generations. The third generation is briefly outlined to assist researchers.

Fancher Female Genealogies

Martha⁴ Fancher b. bef. 1734 (Wife of John Bell, daughter of Richard³ Fancher of Morris County, NJ)


Fancher Published Genealogies

The following abbreviations are used as references throughout our website. The number appearing after the hyphen in these references is the page number. WHF-23 means that the source of the information is found in William Hoyt Fancher's The Fancher Family, on page 23.

WHF: Fancher, William Hoyt, The Fancher Family, Milford, NH: The Cabinet Press, 1947

PBF: Fancher, Paul Buford, Richard Fancher (1700-1764) Of Morris County, New Jersey; Richard Fancher's Descendants 1764-1992 Fancher-Fansher-Fanchier-Fanshier, Roswell, GA: W. H. Wolfe, GA, 1993.

FFO: Fancher, Paul Buford and Wallner, Alison C., The Fancher Family Origins: William Fancy Fanshaw, New Haven Colony 1643, Suffolk County, New York 1652 to 1677 & Fanshaw, the Origin of the Fancher Surname in America, Atlanta, GA, 2003.

Where To Find Copies:

WHF: Out Of Print. If you are an Ancestry.com subscriber, a copy of this book is available on-line. Re-printed copies are available for purchase at Higginson Books. Re-printed copies are also available in book or CD at Quintin Publications. The New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, MA has a copy in their Library. (This is where William Hoyt Fancher's papers and research are archived.) This work has been filmed by the Church Of Latter Day Saints and is available through any of their Family History Centers:FHL US/CAN Film 1321154 Item 4.
FREE COPY AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT FROM THE FANCHER FAMILY ASSOCIATION.

PBF: Copies can be found in 48 State Libraries, and many other respositories. Copies of this 703 page book are still available from the author for $19. Contact: Paul Buford Fancher. This work has not been filmed by the Church Of Latter Day Saints. A copy of this book can be found in their Salt Lake City Library, Call Number: 929.273 F212fp

FFO: Copies can be found in 48 State Libraries, the NEHGS, the NYGenealogical and Biographical Society, and many Genealogical/Historical Society libraries.The Fancher Family Origins is available on microfiche through the Church Of The Latter-Day Saints a FHL US/CAN Fiche 6007406 (2 fiches). The complete book is available on line at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wallner/fanshawe.htm or  http://www.mindspring.com/~fancher/table.htm 
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