Prudence Brown (Dean) Fish (1799 - 1873)

Born 2 Jun 1799 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of Asa Fish — married 30 Sep 1818 in Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1873 at age 74 in Mystic, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

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Biography

This Prudence Brown Dean was born 02 Jun 1799 at Stonington, Connecticut, daughter of James Dean (1751-1836) and Prudence (Brown) Dean (1776-1799) ^[1].

She married 30 Sep 1818 at Stonington, Connecticut, Asa Fish ^[2]. They resided at Stonington, where they raised their full family of 9 children:

1. James Dean Fish Sr (1819-1912), b. Aug. 7, 1819; d. Mar. 24, 1912, at 92; m. Mary Esther Blodgett; m. (2) Belle Rogers; m. (3) Sally Laing Reber
2. Sands Helme Fish (1821-1893), b. Sept. 19, 1821; d. Nov. 5, 1899; m. Emeline Beebe.
3. Hannah (Fish) Randall (1823-1899); married Elias Perkins Randall
4. Silas Fish (1825-1906); married Mary Dorrance Stoddard
5. Asa Fish (1828-1909), b. Apr. 11, 1828; d. Apr. 1, 1909; m. Eleanor Hoxie Peckham
6. Prudence Fish (1830-); m. Uriah Hayden Dudley
7. Benjamin Fish (1834-1922)
8. John Dean Fish (1837-1838), b. Feb. 23, 1837; d. Aug. 29, 1838. 2000
9. Fanny Dean (Fish) Woodhull (1839-1928); married Caleb Smith Woodhull

This family was counted in census records of 1850 and 1860 in Stonington, Connecticut ^[3],^[4].

Prudence Brown (Dean) Fish died 24 Dec 1873 at Mystic, Connecticut. Her grave is in Elm Grove Cemetery Mystic, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3W-CJHW : 7 February 2023), Prudence B Dean, ; citing Birth, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143429.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3W-CJHZ : 7 February 2023), Prudence B Dean, ; citing Marriage, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143429.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68T-4RV : Wed Nov 08 02:27:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Asa Fish and Prudence Fish, 1850.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRW-KRN : Thu Oct 05 03:12:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Asa Fish and Prudence B Fish, 1860.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #125445165

• The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 301, no. 1984: https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/301/mode/1up

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 373, no. 46: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n395/mode/1up