Flaugher Name Study

Surnames/tags: Flaugher Flacher Flaughers

This is a project that I hope will become a valuable reference point for any Flaugher researchers alike to share their knowledge by posting their DNA tests, resources, pictures, stories, and anything else of interest to this surname.

Please join by contacting the project leader, Alison Andrus. See the section on our goals and what you can do below. Post questions and comments to the bulletin board and add details about your particular area of interest.

Contents 1 Our Goals 2 What You Can Do 3 The Truth Of Our Origins Is In Our DNA 4 What Is Their Country of Origin? 5 Known Spelling Variations, to name a few... 6 Early Known Immigrants By the Name 7 Early Known American Settlement 8 How Do You Pronounce Flaugher? 9 Early Records and Resources

Our Goals

Although DNA analysis can assist in determining that two or more participants who have tested their yDNA descend from a common male ancestor, it will not identify the specific ancestor without the use of accurate record documentation used in genealogical research.

Currently, there is no Flaugher DNA Study registered at Family Tree DNA or any other testing company. To fully understand the origins of the Flaugher surname, we need males by the name to test their yDNA for analysis.

The purpose of this study is to bring together any descendants of the Flaugher family who are willing to work together to establish an accurate Flaugher Family tree by using the best possible sources available for documentation to make new connections. There are many spelling variations. We need to find out if any of those families with names spelled closely to our own are related.

What You Can Do

1. Work cooperatively together with other Flaugher profile managers to create the best Flaugher tree possible.
2. Add the category for Flaugher Name Study to profiles.
3. Search out original rather than derivative documentation and add sources to Flaugher profiles.
4. Write comprehensive, well-sourced biographies.
5. Check for duplicates and request merges.
6. Contact Alison to request PPP status for those profiles that meet the criteria for project protection. This will protect them from an incorrect merge.
7. If you are a male with the Flaugher surname or a variant and haven't already, please consider testing your yDNA through Family Tree DNA so that we can all have a better understanding of our heritage and possibly make new discoveries.
8. Do you have a Flaugher profile you are especially proud of? Let Alison know and we will feature it on this page.

The Truth Of Our Origins Is In Our DNA

With so many spelling variations, DNA comparisons have become the only reliable way to track down distant branches of the family.

Unfortunately, there are no surviving males in our branch of the Flaugher family but I have had my mother and her sister, who were born with the surname Flaugher, tested for your comparison;

• Audrey Flaugher - AncestryDNA
• GEDMatch ID A740601
• Ancestry.com member ALi1202

• Shirley Flaugher - AncestryDNA
• GEDMatch ID A013162
• Ancestry.com member ALi1202

Please add your own tests.

What Is Their Country of Origin?

It has been said that the Flaughers are of English descent and had gone to the Alsace-Lorraine to flee from religious persecution under the rule of Queen "Bloody" Mary. From there they may have traveled into the Black Forest region. Different researchers have guessed that they were either French, German or Swiss before coming to America.

A genealogical study was reportedly commissioned by Otto Mueller in St. Louis, Missouri in 1950. It said that Christian's Naturalization papers had been located and they stated that he had come to the United States from Switzerland with his wife who was from the Black Forest in Alsace, Germany. From what I know, no one else has been able to locate these papers, let alone have copies made from them.

Known Spelling Variations, to name a few...

• Flacher
• Flacker
• Flager
• Flaher
• Flatcher
• Flauer
• Flauger
• Flaugher
• Flaughers
• Flaughter
• Flawher
• Flocher
• Flocker
• Floher
• Flougher

Early Known Immigrants By the Name

Our earliest known ancestor by the name was Christian Flaugher, born about 1732 in a country not yet determined.

The name Christian Flacher appears on a passenger list for the "St Andrew," under Captain Robert Brown, which sailed from Rotterdam and Cowes, England, arriving in Philadelphia on Aug. 18, 1750.

Previously, Hans Jacob Flacher arrived on the ship "Fame," under Capt. William Hyndman, which also sailed from Rotterdam and Cowes, England, arriving in Philadelphia on Oct. 17, 1749. Researchers believe there is a connection between the two men, but Hans Jacob Flacher's whereabouts after his arrival have not been found.

Early Known American Settlement

On Oct. 10, 1750 a deed of conveyance from Joseph Crimpleton to Christian Flacker was recorded at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, conveying farm property situated two miles from Waynesboro on Antietam Creek.

On Aug. 8, 1767, Christian Flaugher purchased 60 acres of farmland in Antietam (now Washington Township, Franklin County) Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Early 1780's tax records show households with similar names in early Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and later Franklin County, Pennsylvania which encompassed parts of Washington County, Maryland, primarily in the Hagerstown area.

If you have ancestors specifically from these areas with similar sounding names, you could be a member of this family! Please consider joining this study. We need you!

Are the following people related?

Last Name in Record	First Name in Record	Probable Association	Tax Year	Census Year	Town or Ward	County in Pennsylvania	Occupation if Given	Remarks	Record added to Profile
Flatcher	Abraham	None yet	1783		Strabane	York
Flatcher	Abraham	None yet	1786		Straban	York
Flaugher	Adam	Christy Flaugher	1778		Antrim	Cumberland			Adam Flaugher
Flaugher	Adam	Chrisley Flaugher	1779		Washington	Cumberland			Adam Flaugher
Flatcher	Adam	Christian Flatcher	1780		Washington	Cumberland			Adam Flaugher
Flaher	Adam	Christian Flaher	1781		Washington	Cumberland			Adam Flaugher
Flaugher	Adam	Christopher Flaugher	1782		Washington	Cumberland			Adam Flaugher
Floherr	Adam	None	1786		Washington	Franklin			Adam Flaugher
Flake	Adam	Christian Flaugher	1788		Antrim	Franklin			Adam Flaugher
Flake	Adam	James Flake	1789		Antrim	Franklin			Adam Flaugher
Flaucher	Adam	None yet		1790	Washington	Maryland			Adam Flaugher
Flagalor	Andrew	None yet	1782		Exeter	Berks
Flatcher	Archibald	None yet	1779		Barree	Bedford
Flatcher	Archibald	None yet	1787		Huntington	Bedford
Flatcher	Charles	None yet	1787		Franklin	York
Flaugher	Christy	Adam Flaugher	1778		Antrim	Cumberland			Christian Flaugher
Flaugher	Chrisley	None yet	1779		Washington	Cumberland			Christian Flaugher
Flather	Christian	Adam Flaher	1781		Washington	Cumberland			Christian Flaugher
Flaugher	Christopher	Adam Flaugher	1782		Washington	Cumberland			Christian Flaugher
Flasher	Christ	None yet	1785		Mulberry Ward	Philadelphia		and for John Moore's Estate
Flaugher	Christian	Adam Flake	1788		Antrim	Franklin			Christian Flaugher
Fleger	Christefor	None yet		1790	North Hungtington	Westmoreland
Flawer	Coll	None yet	1782		Middleton	Cumberland
Flacker	David	None yet	1782		Huntington	York	taylor
Flohere	David	None yet	1772		Manheim	Lancaster
Flohre	David	None yet	1773		Rapho	Lancaster
Flarcher	Egnew	None yet	1787		Fawn	York
Fleyer	Frederick	None yet		1790	York	York
Flauer	Henry	None yet	1788		Maidencreek	Berks
Flatcher	James	None yet	1773		Mount Pleasant	Bedford
Flatcher	James	None yet	1779		Bedford	Bedford
Flake	James	Adam Flake	1789		Antrim	Franklin
Flatcher	John	None yet	1768		Londonderry	Chester
Flatcher	John	None yet	1779		Londonderry	Chester
Flatchor	John	None yet	1781		Concord	Chester
Flacher	John	Thomas Flacher	1783		Rostraver	Westmoreland	single	Thomas appears to be the elder
Flager	John	None yet	1786		Franklin	Franklin
Flatcher	John	None yet	1787		Franklin	York
Flecher	John	None yet		1790		Bedford
Flatcher	Joseph	None yet	1783		Newbury	York
Flohr	Leonard	Valentine Flohr	1779		Dover	York
Flohar	Leonhard	Valentine Floher	1781		Dover	York
Flokr	Leonard	Valentine Flohr	1785		Dover	York
Floher	Lorentz	None yet	1786		Chestnut Hill	Northampton
Flohr	Leonard	None	1788		Franklin	York
Flohr	Leonard	None	1789		Franklin	York
Flager*	Paul	None yet	1787		Exeter	Berks	sawmill	*looks more like Feager to me
Flager	Philip	None yet	1780		Northern Liberties	Philadelphia
Flager	Philip	None yet	1781		Northern Liberties	Philadelphia		and for Zacharia Andrew's estate along with George Heiberger and John Hepp
Flager	Philip	None yet	1782		Northern Liberties	Philadelphia	baker	and for Zacharia Andrew's Estate (house) along with George Hydelberg (smith shop) and John Hepp (house)
Flager	Philip	None yet	1783		Northern Liberties	Philadelphia		and for Andrews' Estate
Flager	Philip	None yet	1785		Northern Liberties	Philadelphia
Flager	Philip	None yet	1786		Northern Liberties	Philadelphia		and for Jacob Debra's Estate (house & lot) and for John Brown's (along with Michael Overturf and the Widow Hoockey)
Flacker	Robert	None yet	1781		Oxford	Chester
Flatcher	Simon	None yet	1785		Dickinson	Washington
Flatcher	Simon	None yet	1787		Dickinson	Washington
Flacher	Thomas	John Flacher	1783		Rostraver	Westmoreland		taxed more than John, who is single.
Flohr	Valentine	Leonard Flohr	1779		Dover	York
Flohr	Valentine	Leonard Flohr	1780		Dover	York
Floher	Valentine	Leonhard Flohar	1781		Dover	York
Flohr	Valentine	Lanhard Flohr	1782		Dover	York
Flohr	Valetine	Leonard Flokr	1785		Dover	York
Flohr	Valentine	Leonard Flohr	1787		Dover	York
Flohr	Valentine	None	1788		Dover	York
Flohr	Valentine	None	1789		Dover	York
Flacker	William	None yet	1785		Mulberry Ward	Philadelphia		for Widow Brown's Estate
Flatcher	William	None yet	1787		North Ward	Philadelphia
Flagalor	William	None yet	1789		North Ward	Philadelphia

How Do You Pronounce Flaugher?

There has been a lot of interesting discussion amongst the Flaugher descendants over the years as to the pronunciation used by the different branches of the family. This would account for all the different spellings found in the records. Some branches pronounce a hard "g" whereas others are silent. Other variations of the pronunciations are Flocker, Flacker, Flower, Flo-her, Fla-her and Flogger, to name a few. Some branches have added a "S" to the end whereas some very early branches of the family have gone with the more traditional Fletcher or Flocker spellings.

Early Records and Resources

• Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950

• Pennsylvania Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863. Box 1026, microfilm, 14 rolls. Records of the House of Representatives. Records of the General Assembly, Record Group 7. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.

• Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.