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 1755 - 1840

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• Birth	Jan 1755	Washington County, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1839/1840	New York, USA
  Person ID	I4394	Tree608J
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2009
  Father	Richard FLACK,   b. Est 1730/1740, pos Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland
  Family ID	F1987	Group Sheet
  Family	Margaret MCCARTER,   b. 1751, Washington County, New York, USA ,   d. 1835, New York, USA
  Married	Abt 1774	Washington County, New York, USA
  Children	> 1. Richard FLACK,   b. 1776/1784, pos Washington County, New York, USA > 2. John FLACK,   b. Est 1778, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Jun 1854, Lisbon, St Lawrence County, New York, USA > 3. James FLACK,   b. 27 Jul 1787, pos Washington County, New York, USA ,   d. 27 Jul 1877, Lisbon, St Lawrence County, New York, USA > 4. Robert FLACK,   b. 1791, Hebron, Washington County, New York, USA ,   d. 1857, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA   5. Samuel FLACK   6. Nancy FLACK   7. Martha FLACK   8. Jane FLACK   9. Mary FLACK
  Family ID	F1986	Group Sheet

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: This is one of the old families of St. Lawrence County, New York, intermarried with one still older in New England. James Flack, a soldier of the war of 1812, was one of the early settlers of the town of Lisbon, St. Lawrence county. Andrew Newcomb is of record in Boston, Massachusetts, as early as 1663. The alliance between the two families was formed about 1850, when two brothers, descendants of James Flack, married sisters, descendants of Andrew Newcomb. Both families have produced many men eminent in the professions and in business. They have been valiant in war and no less useful in times of peace. There have been noted scientists in the family, skilled physicians, ministers of the Gospel and famous agriculturists. ~ James Flack, probably son of Richard Flack, was born in January, 1755, in Washington County, New York, died 1839. He was a resident of the town of Lisbon, St. Lawrence County, New York, prior to the war of 1812. Richard and John Flack settled there shortly after 1802. When James came, or what was the relationship between them {Richard and John}, is not shown. He was married and had a child four months of age at the time he entered the army. His wife, feeling unsafe in her home so near the scene of hostilities, mounted a horse and, taking her baby, rode to Plattsburg and thence to Hebron, Washington county, New York. James became an extensive lumberman of the county. In 1818, when the turnpike was built from Ogdensburg to Parishville, Thomas Craig built a hotel at a point on the load that soon became the business center of the town of Lisbon. A Post-Office was established, two churches built, an ashery, a store and a carriage shop. James Flack bought and enlarged the hotel which so improved the town that it was named in his honor, Flackville. He married Margaret McCarter, born in Washington county, New York, 1751, died 1835. Children: Richard John James Robert Samuel Nancy Martha Jane Mary. Source: From the website "Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs" - copy on Main Website. Jim Flack - 26/9/2005 BIOGRAPHY: Research Paper on "Flack/Reynolds links" shows similar content as above - copy also on Main Website. Jim Flack - 29 Jan 2009 DEATH: One ancestry tree says - 14 Jan 1840 - MCCLELLANSS BURYING GROUND, E HEBRON, NEW YORK, USA - check it out. TREE: Now part of Tree608J - amended 29 Jan 2009 Tree Heads currently are are:- James Flack (1735) and Hannah Whyte James Flack (1755) and Margaret McCarter Jim Flack - 29 Jan 2009.

• Sources

  [S729] Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911, (edited by Cuyler Reynolds).