John FLACK

1652 - 1717  (65 years)

• Name	John FLACK  [1, 2]
  Birth	1652	Saffron Walden, Essex
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	11 Jan 1652/53	Saffron Walden, Essex
  Death	19 Dec 1717	Thorley, Hertfordshire   [3]
  Burial	21 Dec 1717	Thorley, Hertfordshire   [4]
  Person ID	I53919	Tree001D
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	John FLACK,   b. 1614, Bartlow, Cambridgeshire
  Mother	Ann BARKER,   b. Abt 1616, Pos Wimbish, Essex d. Jun 1653, Saffron Walden, Essex (Age ~ 37 years)
  Marriage	11 May 1643	Wimbish, Essex   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F20423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1652, Pos Saffron Walden, Cambridgeshire d. May 1726, Harlow, Essex (Age ~ 74 years)
  Children	1. John FLACK,   b. Abt 1685, Pos Saffron Walden, Cambridgeshire d. Bef Nov 1717 (Age ~ 32 years)   2. Robert FLACK,   b. 1687, Saffron Walden, Essex d. 24 Aug 1750, Thorley, Hertfordshire (Age 63 years)   3. Ann FLACK,   b. 1689, Saffron Walden, Essex   4. Mary FLACK,   b. Abt 1690, Pos Saffron Walden, Cambridgeshire   5. Henry FLACK,   b. 1692, Saffron Walden, Essex d. Sep 1725, Thorley, Hertfordshire (Age 33 years)   6. Catherine FLACK,   b. 1694, Saffron Walden, Essex   7. Jeremiah FLACK,   b. 1696, Thorley, Hertfordshire d. Jan 1756, Thorley, Hertfordshire (Age 60 years)   8. Emory FLACK,   b. 1698, Thorley, Hertfordshire
  Family ID	F15560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Will of John Flack of Thorley, Hertford Yeoman Reference: PROB 11/566 Proved by the Perogative Court of Canterbury 19 Dec 1718 Persons named: ·Wife Annie ·Son Henry ·Son Jeremiah ·Daughter Anne ·Daughter Katherine ·Grandchildren o John Flack son of my son John deceased o Robert Flack, John Flack and William Flack sons of my son Robert o Henry Eve son of my daughter Anne o William Poole, John Poole and Mary Poole children of my daughter Mary ·Daughter in law Elizabeth, widow of my son John deceased, "one guinea to buy her a ring". ·Friend and cousin Mr John Rons of Bishops Stortford to be overseer of this will and to assist my Executrix (his wife Anne) in the execution thereof. Signed 16 November 1717 (in the fourth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George) Wits: Joseph Phillips, Sarah Ballard and Henry Dykes Codicil dated 23 Nov 1717 Wits: Joseph Phillips, John Brett and Sarah Brett Notes: 1.Anne Flack married Henry Eve in 1715 according to Browne's Index of Essex Marriages. 2.Mary Flack married John Poole on 19 June 1712 in Thorley, Hertfordshire 3.John Flack married Elizabeth Etheridge in 1714 at Farnham, Essex according to Boyd's Marriage Index.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1879] Society of Genealogists, Saffron Walden, Essex: Parish Registers, (1558-1837), Baptisms. 11 Jan 1652 FLACK John son of John & Ann [S1928] Perogative Court of Canterbury, Will of John Flack Yeoman of Thorley Hertford 1718. Signed 6 Nov 1717, codicil added 23 Nov 1717, proved 19 Dec 1718 Mentions his wife Annie, his sons Henry and Jeremiah, his daughters Anne and Katherine, grandchildren John (son of his son John deceased), Robert, John and William Flack (sons of his son Robert), Henry Eve son of his daughter Anne, William, John and Mary Poole children of his daughter Mary. He also leaves his daughter in law Elizabeth Flack, widow of his son John, one guinea "to buy her a ring". He appoints his "friend and cousin" Mr John Rons (or Rous) of Bishop Stratford (sic) to be overseer of this his Will and his wife Annie as the sole executrix. [S1445] Thorley St James the Great Hertfordshire MIs. Here lyeth the body of Mr John Flack tenant of Thorley Hall who departed this life the 19th day of Decemb 1717 in the 65th year of his age. In testimony of his regard to so honest a man his landlord Moses Raper esq hath caused this stone to be set up. In these two graves are depositied the remains of Mr Robert Flack and Mary his wife and also near the place Mr John Flack father of the said Robert. This stone indended only to indicate where the above mentioned bodies are buried. Refers the reader for more particular information to two stones erected against the church wall by Moses and Matthew Raper esqr whose testimonials of respect to their memory there inscribed render a further inscription here superfluous. [S1448] Church of LDS, Thorley, Hertfordshire: Parish Records, Burials. 21 Dec 1717 FLACK John [S230] Society of Genealogists, Boyd's Marriage Index Essex. [S2681] Society of Genealogists, Wimbish, Essex: Parish Registers, (1572-1837), Marriages. 11 May 1643: John FLACK and Ann BARKER