"Samuel (Stow) … m. by 1650 Hope Fletcher (eldest known child b. Charlestown 16 June 1650 [recorded at Middletown]), daughter of William Fletcher (Middletown records include among 'The record of the births of the Children of Mr. Samuell Stow by his wife Hope the daughter of Mr. William Fletcher' the birth record at Charlestown on 16 June 1650 for son John Stow [Kempton Anc 3:347, citing 'Middletown Land Records, 1:22])."