See also

Family of John FLECK and Isabella BLACK

  • Husband:

  • John FLECK (1779-1836)

  • Wife:

  • Isabella BLACK (c. 1782-bef1814)

  • Marriage:

  • c. 1812

  • DUR, ENG

  •  

  • While I have been unable to confirm this Marriage I have entered it confirming the Pledge in a form of a Bond that John had given to John Cropton the father of his second wife, confirming he had been married previously to a Isabella Black and was presently a Widower.

Husband: John FLECK

James FLECK James FLECK Margaret (Marg) FLECK Grace FLECK Mary FLECK Thomas Henry FLECK William FLECK Isabella BLACK Clara Hill FLECK Isabella Barker FLECK James Cook FLECK Cropton Cook FLECK Isabella CROPTON Christiana FLECK Margaret COOK Mini tree diagram

  • Name:

  • John FLECK

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • James FLECK (1739-1817)

  • Mother:

  • Margaret COOK (1742-1804)

  • Birth:

  • Mar 1779

  • Redcar, NRY, ENG

  • Christening:

  • 9 Mar 1779 (age 0)

  • St. Germain's Church Marske by the Sea, NRY, ENG1

  • Title:

  •  

  • Captain

  • J12 Job / Occupation, Purchased Own Business:

  • 1826 (age 46-47)

  • Sunderland, DUR, ENG2

  •  

  • Cause: Established the Firm 'Fleck & Co.'

    He established the Firm 'Fleck & Co.' which commissioned the building of the Schooner 'Captain Cook' 158 tons built of Fir & Beach Single Deck with Beams, copper fastened with proved iron cables - 13 feet of draught of water when loaded

    Surveyed London classified A 1.

  • H04 Happenings, Experiences, Personal Experience (1):

  • 17 Dec 1827 (age 48)

  • Essex Coast, ESS, ENG3

  •  

  • Cause: Rescue at Sea of the Collier 'Vine'

    Saved the lives of the crew of the Collier 'Vine' after a collision with the Collier 'Brothers', the ship was sinking, her main sails were hanging over her sides, the crew were on deck calling for help. Captain John Fleck part owner of the Brig 'Captain Cook' brought his alongside the sinking vessel and rescued everyone.

  • J07 Job / Occupation, Mariner:

  • 1834 (age 54-55)

  • Monkwearmouth Shore, DUR, ENG4

  •  

  • Cause: Shipmaster/Owner

  • H04 Happenings, Experiences, Personal Experience (2):

  • 1835 (age 55-56)

  • Admiralty, LND, ENG5

  •  

  • Cause: Notation

    According to Mr A. G. Long, Executive Engineer at Admiralty, 1935 - "John Fleck married twice, had four (4) children by his second wife - Isabella (nee Cropton)"

  • Residence (1):

  • to 1836 (age 56-57)

  •  

  • Residence (2):

  •  

  •  

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Master Mariner, "CAPTAIN COOK", Sunderland, Durham,Eng.

  • Death:

  • 9 Oct 1836 (age 57)

  • Waterloo Place, Monkwearmouth Shore, DUR, ENG6,7

  •  

  • Cause: Natural causes

    Intestate: Proxy of Renunciation, confirming his Death,

    made and Signed by two of his Children, (Clara and Isabella) on 9th July 1850 at

    Sunderland, Durham and Cropton on the 16th July 1850, London.

    Article under Deaths, Sunderland Herald 12th October 1836 - read:

    "At Monkwearmouth, on the 9th inst. aged 58, Mr. J. Fleck, master mariner, nephew to the late Capt. Cook"

  • Burial:

  • 12 Oct 1836

  • St. Peter's Church Monkwearmouth, DUR, ENG

Wife: Isabella BLACK

John FLECK Mini tree diagram

  • Name:

  • Isabella BLACK

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1782

  • DUR, ENG

  • Death:

  • bef 1814 (age 31-32)

  • DUR, ENG

Sources

1.

I.G.I. (International Genealogical Index). Batch P007931 Source Call 0844553. Genealogical Society of Utah (Salt Lake City).

2.

North of England Maritime Directory. Shipping Register & Commercial Adviser. Newcastle(NSW) Region Public Library. Tel: (02) 4992 4531.

3.

Newspaper. 'Standard' 11 March 1828 page 4. Rod Fleck Collection.

4.

Pigot's Directory. 1834. Sunderland Record Office.

5.

Admiralty, London. Ancestry Co. UK.

6.

Proxy of Renunciation. A112/1850. Rod Fleck Collection.

7.

Sunderland Herald. 12 October 1836. Rod Fleck Collection.