Charles Fish (1801 - 1845)

Born 3 Feb 1801 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Esther B. (Williams) Fish — married 10 Apr 1822 in Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1845 at age 44 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Charles Fish, born 3 Feb 1801 at Groton, Connecticut ^[1], was the sixth child of Bridget (Gallup) Fish (1768-1842) and Sands Fish (abt.1762-1838) .

His biography is provided in the Fish genealogy ^[2] (reference citations inserted):

1989 CHARLES8 FISH (Sands7, Nathan6, Nathan5, Samuel4, John3, Alice2, John1), ship's officer and teacher, son of (1885) Sands and Bridget (Gallup) Fish, was b. Feb. 3, 1801, at Groton, Conn.; d. Aug. 17, 1845. He was a sailor and ship's officer, hatter and school teacher; a member of the Methodist Church, kind and easygoing. He m. Esther B. Williams, dau. of Nicholas E. and Lucretia Williams, Apr. 10, 1822 ^[3]. She was b. Feb. 12, 1803; d. Sept. 20, 1889.

Their children were:

1. Nathan Fish (1823-1826)
2. Frances M. Fish (1826-1827)
3. Charles D Fish (1828-1830)
4. William Stebbins Fish (1833-1879); married Hortense Desire Gallup

This Charles Fish died 17 Aug 1845. His grave is in Fish Cemetery #18, Mystic, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[4].

Notes

Observe care not to confuse this person with Charles Fish [d. 12 Feb 1876] of Tolland County, Connecticut, who married Esther Trowbridge (1794–1875), and who probably was not related to the Fish families of Groton, New London County, Connecticut. Their grave memorials are in East Cemetery, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA ^[5],^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA
2. ↑ The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 308, no. 1989: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=368
3. ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #79384087
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #25503061
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #25503071

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n395/mode/1up

• Anna Chesebrough Wildey. Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough. New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903 page 425. at Google Books.