"This is a collection of 3500 family group sheets created by Paul B Fancher (PBF) during his forty-three year hobby of pursuing the Fancher Family. Included are indexes of names of 20,000 names from these sheets and sorted in various ways to assist other people researching the family.".

This is a finding aid for Paul B. Fancher's microfilmed genealogical collection.

Compiled notes regarding Fancher families not connected to the author's known family lines.

Richard Fancher lived in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey where he died in 1764. His wife was Martha. They had five children: Richard (b. 1731), Martha (b. 1731, William (b. 1735), Benjamin (b. 1735), David b. ca. 1738), Amy (b. 1764), and William (b. 1744). Descendants lived mainly in New York, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, and elsewhere.

William was born in Long Island, New York. He married Thankful Thomson, daughter of John Thomson and Hannah Wheadon, November 20, 1723 in Branford, Connecticut . They had 14 children. The family moved from Branford to Waterbury about 1745 or 1746. Thankful was born July 7, 1705 in Branford, Connecticut and died August 19, 1759. William died August 20, 1759.

Descendants of David Fansher (1771-1852), who was born in Roxbury, New Jersey, the son of Captain Richard Fansher and Sarah Douglas. David was a farmer. He married in Canoyoharie, Montgomery Co., New York in 1795 Elizabeth Belinger (b. 1788), the daughter of Frederick Christian Belinger. Family moved from New York State to Upper Canada in 1822. They lived two years near Hamilton before moving westward to Zone Township (later Euphemia), Kent County...

"In the following is information about two original generations of the Fancher Family that are earliest known Fanchers in America. Included is a sketch about the individual families and a link to their family line in other sections in [Paul B. Fanchers] records. Included here is information about the first two families, William Fanshaw and his son William Fanshaw, Jr. The family started as Fancy, then Fanshaw, and finally almost exclusively Fancher....

Compiled notes regarding African-American Fancher families.

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Richard Fancher who was born ca. 1700 in France or Colonial America. He married Martha Bell sometime prior to the year 1732 in Connecticut. They lived in Roxbury Township, Morris Co., New Jersey and were the parents of five sons and three daughters. Descendants lived in Connecticut, Kentucky, New York, Tennessee, Alabama, Ohio, Missouri, Texas and elsewhere.