IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR FANCHER RESEARCHERS

Due to the recent discovery of two earlier generations of Fancher/Fanshaws (circa 1643 to 1720), when you are determining, or recording, a line of descent, it is now necessary to add two additional generations on to the end of previously recorded descendancies.

This particularly applies to the (previously) recorded descendancies in William Hoyt Fancher's The Fancher Family (WHF), and Paul Buford Fancher's Richard Fancher (1700-1764) of Morris County New Jersey (PBF). It also applies to the vast majority of genealogies you will find on the Internet.

A person previously recorded as a Fancher³ now becomes a Fancher⁵. And the newly discovered first two generations, William, Jr.² Fanshaw and William¹ Fanshaw, are added on to the tail end of all of the descendancies. For example James Knox Polk⁵ Fancher (James⁴, Richard³, David², Richard¹), as recorded in Paul Fancher's book, now becomes James Knox Polk⁷ Fancher (James⁶, Richard⁵, David⁴, Richard³ Fancher, William, Jr.², William¹ Fanshaw).

Yes, we know this can be confusing! But for the sake of accuracy, all lines of descent recorded on this website include these first two (Fanshaw) Fancher American generations:

FANCY - FANCHER - FANSHAW
        This lineage contains information on the first two (previously unknown) generations.
Fanchers have been in this Country for more than 360 years!

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