Good morning friends, Possible link using our surname in this site MEREDITH or MERIDETH etc Hope possible link for you, Bluchp56@aol.com Jerry Special thank you to tlhc@hotmail.com, for this valuable information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~truax/Flitcraft/PG02.htm *Joseph Flitcraft Married Mary Meredith Joseph was the son of <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~truax/Flitcraft/PG01.htm">Samuel and Sarah (Carter) Whitcraft</A>. Joseph and Mary were married in Burlington County (now Mercer County) in New Jersey on May 13, 1762. They lived at Mount Holly, New Jersey. The 1779 tax records list Joseph Flitcraft as householder in Burlington County, North Hampton Township--same as tax listing for 1774. Joseph & Mary had 5 children. Four of them (Charles, Abraham, Hannah, and Rebecca) took the original English name of "Whitcraft". Levi was the only child that kept the name of "Flitcraft". Some of the children went west to Ohio, including Levi. Almost all the children were Quakers. Joseph and Mary (Meredith) Flitcraft had 5 children: Charles Whitcraft. He served in the War of 1812 with Great Britain (Information from book "Records of Officers and Men in New Jersey in Wars 1791-1815"). He enlisted in Philadelphia, PA April 23, 1812 for 5 years. He was 24 years old (so must have been born in 1788) and was born in New Jersey. He served to close of War in 1815 and went on to serve in War with Algiers (1815). He had been in the hospital on Oct 1, 1814 to Feb. 1, 1815 and was discharged from service at Navy Yard, Gosport, VA, March 20, 1815 on disability. Any other information on him from then on unknown. *<A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~truax/Flitcraft/PG03.htm">Levi Flitcraft</A>. He married Alcada Robinson and went west to Ohio. Levi was a private in service during War of 1812 with Great Britain (1812-1815). He served under Captain John Selah's Company of Infantry, Major Samuel J. Read's battalion, New Jersey--detailed militia, stationed at Billingsport, New Jersey. He enrolled for service on Sept. 19, 1814 for 6 months duty; He was discharged Dec. 22, 1814. Levi's son John and his brother Abraham served in the same outfit and have same war histories. (Information from book "Records of Officers and Men in New Jersey in Wars 1791-1815"). Levi and Alcada had seven children (click on Levi Flitcraft above for further details). Abraham Whitcraft. He married Mary Robinson. He served as a private in service during War of 1812 in same outfit as his brother Levi (see above for further details). He enrolled for service Sept 19, 1814 for 6 months duty and was discharged Dec. 22, 1814--all same as Levi. Hannah Whitcraft. She married Samuel Sailor. Rebecca Whitcraft. She married twice--#1 an Allen, #2-John Morris. Special Note: information above from book "Records of Officers and Men in New Jersey in Wars 1791-1815" (War history). All other information above is from Quaker records.