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Bridget Fish formerly Gallup

Born 5 Oct 1768 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Daughter of Benadam Gallup IV and Bridget (Palmer) Gallup

Sister of Benadam Gallup V, James Gallup, Desire (Gallup) Worthington, John Gallup, Lucy (Gallup) Haley and Simeon Gallup

Wife of Sands Fish — married 18 Jun 1789 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Descendants

Mother of Asa Fish, Hannah Fish, Lavinia (Fish) Denison, Simeon Fish, Sands Fish, Charles Fish, Nathan Gallup Fish, Alden Fish and Bridget (Fish) Clift

Died 24 Mar 1842 at age 73 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Bridget Gallup, born 5 Oct 1768 at Groton, Connecticut, was the second child of Bridget Palmer & Benadam Gallup.

She married 18 Jun 1789 at Stonington, Connecticut, Sands Fish. They had 9 children, all born at Groton:

Asa Fish, b. 17 Jul 1790
Hannah Fish, b. 10 Mar 1792
Levina Fish, b. 1 Oct 1794
Simeon Fish, b. 17 Jan 1797
Sands Fish, b. 27 Feb 1799
Charles Fish, b. 3 Feb 1801
Nathan Gallup Fish, b. 7 Sep 1804
Alden Fish, b. 7 Aug 1808
Bridget Fish, b. 21 Aug 1811

Bridget (Gallup) Fish died 24 MAR 1842 at Stonington, Connecticut, and was buried at Fish Cemetery 18, Mystic: Find A Grave: Memorial #79384971 Inscription:

In Memory of/ Bridget Fish/ widow of/ Dea. Sands Fish/ Who died/ March 24, 1842/ in the 74th year/of her age.

Bridget GALLUP Headstone Photo

Sources

Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough: Author: Anna Chesebrough Wildey: Publication: New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903: page 325, 425. Note: public domain book at Google Books

Palmer Groups (1901-1905); Leavitt, E. W.; Palmer, L. M.; p. 137, no. 945: https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n150

Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; page 390, no. 158: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n412/mode/1up

The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 293, 300, no. 1885: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=353; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=360

History

This profile was created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.

Merged with WikiTree profile Gallup-321 created through the import of Oct 14 2012.ged on Nov 10, 2012 by Pam Carter.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bridget by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:

Arthur Nelson : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #484160
Mary (McGrath) Klier : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #359193