Flitner Family Archive

Joseph Flitner Jr.’s 1833 Trip to Bermuda

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 17:04:42 GMT

Joseph Flitner Jr. (1808-1850) was given command of the brig Enterprise no later than October 1832, when he was twenty-four years of age. In the following year, while sailing from Baltimore to Bermuda with a cargo of “flour, meal, corn, oxen, sheep, &c” he encountered a capsized merchant vessel from which he rescued a young boy and returned him to his home in Bermuda. Instead of receiving a hero’s welcome, Captain Flitner was served with a summons to appear in court, where the owner of the capsized vessel accused him of taking a large sum of money from the vessel.

Joseph Flitner Jr 1833 trip to Bermuda (PDF)

Flitner Family Article

Tue, 08 Mar 2016 04:21:45 GMT

Susan E. Flitner, wife of Francis William Flitner, wrote this article, which was published in The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder in 1889. The article provides a genealogy of four generations of the Flitner family in America, beginning with Zacharias Flitner’s arrival in Boston around 1764 and his settlement in Gardinerston, Maine. In addition, the article includes brief biographies of Zacharias Flitner and these descendants: Benjamin Flitner, born 1768; Francis Flitner Sr., born 1774; Joseph Flitner Sr., born 1779; Benjamin Flitner Jr., born 1805; Isaac Flitner, born 1809; Eli Flitner, born 1811; Samuel Oakman Flitner, born 1809; Zachariah Flitner, born 1811; Joseph Flitner Jr., born 1808; William Ladd Flitner, born 1813; George Washington Flitner, born 1815; Samuel Cutts Flitner, born 1816; George Frederick Flitner, born 1847; Joseph Henry Flitner, born 1840; and David Flitner, born 1849.

Flitner Family by Susan E Flitner (PDF)

Zacharias Flitner in Quebec, 1762

Sun, 08 Nov 2015 04:28:43 GMT

The Flitner Family article in the Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder says that Zacharias Flitner arrived in Boston from Germany around 1764. However, there is evidence that he lived in Quebec as early as 1762, serving as provost marshal in the British army.

Zacharias Flitner in Quebec (PDF)

Hiram Hanover

Sun, 04 Oct 2015 01:55:58 GMT

Born in 1808 in Pittston, Hiram Hanover was a grandson of Zacharias and Lucy (Colburn) Flitner, and a son of Hannah Flitner and William Hanover. Hiram moved to Texas in 1838 and became an important figure in Texas history. His biography in The Handbook of Texas Online can be accessed on the website of the Texas State Historical Association.

Contributed by: David Hanover, Tyler, Texas, great-great grandson of Hiram Hanover

Lost and Never Heard From: Francis Flitner Jr., William Flitner, and the Schooner Warsaw

Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:45:32 GMT

Abstract

In 1835, when Francis Flitner Jr. was 28 years old, he became captain and part-owner of the schooner Warsaw built that same year in Gardiner, Maine, across the Kennebec River from his home in Pittston. Among his crew of six were five local men between the ages of 16 and 21, including his cousins Samuel Cutts Flitner and Oliver Colburn Jr. The Warsaw’s first documented voyage, from New Haven, Connecticut, to Barbados, began on November 19, 1835. Thereafter, the Warsaw was engaged primarily in transporting cargo, passengers, and the U.S. mail between New York and St. Marks, West Florida. In late August 1838, the Warsaw sailed from New York for St. Marks but encountered a hurricane before reaching Key West. Francis’s cousins had left the Warsaw by that time, but his brother William, age 20, had joined the Warsaw’s crew as mate.

The article provides many facts about the life and times of Francis Flitner Jr. as well as the construction, ownership, and voyages of the Warsaw. The article also includes references to these relatives: Thomas Agry Sr., Zacharias Flitner, Lucy Flitner, Samuel Oakman Sr., Francis Flitner Sr., Elizabeth Flitner, Samuel Oakman Flitner, Zachariah Flitner, David Neal Flitner, Joseph Flitner Jr., William Ladd Flitner, Samuel Cutts Flitner, Oliver Colburn Jr., Joseph Oakman, Francis W. Flitner, and Susan E. Flitner.

Article revised: July 6, 2019

Lost and Never Heard From by Arthur L Flitner (PDF)