Flitner Family Article
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.