Phebe (Denison) Fish (1741 - 1818)

Born 22 Jun 1741 in New London, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Avery II — married 11 Jun 1761 in Groton, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1818 at age 77 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Phebe Denison was born 22 Jun 1741 at New London, Connecticut. She was the seventh child of Daniel and Rachel Starr Dension ^[1].

Phebe Denison was baptized in New London on Aug. 2, 1741^[2] .

Her first marriage was on 11 Jun 1761 at Groton, Connecticut, to her step-brother, Ebenezer Avery (Ebenezer was her mother's third husband's son, Ebenezer Avery Jr.). They had 6 children, as profiled.

After Ebenezer was killed in 1781 in battle at Ft. Griswold, Phebe married Jonathan Fish. The date of their marriage is uncertain; their online memorial sites state that they were married in 1782, however Jonathan's first wife lived until 1790. Probative work is encouraged.

Her will was executed on December 24, 1818. In her will she left all of her property and possessions to her daughters, Lucy Morgan & Elizabeth Minor, her sons, Ebenezer, Hezekiah, Henry, & Cyrus Avery, and her granddaughters, Judy Lucy Morgan, Julia Stoddard, Phoebe D., and Hannah Minor .

Phebe (Denison/Avery) Fish died 29 December of 1818 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut. Her grave is in Colonel Ledyard Cemetery, Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[3].

Notes

Phebe Denison was descended from Elder Brewster of the "Mayflower" through both her mother & her father.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7G-2SWB : Fri Nov 10 01:03:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Phebee Denison and Daniel Denison.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VPT-Z42M : Fri Oct 06 15:55:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Phebe Davison and Daniel Davison, 2 August 1741.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #72275405

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 287: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/29/mode/1up?view=theater

• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934. Phebe Fish death date 22 Dec 1818.

• Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. Probate records, Vol. 9-10, 1812-1819. Probate date: December 24, 1818.

• The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 248, no. 272: https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/248/mode/1up

Profile History

This profile was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged; later merged with data via import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.