Asa Fish (1828 - 1909)

Born 11 Apr 1828 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor Hoxie (Peckham) Fish — married 12 May 1857 in Westerly, Washington, RI

Died 1 Apr 1909 at age 80 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Asa Fish, born 11 Apr 1828 at Stonington, Connecticut ^[1], was the fifth child of Prudence Brown (Dean) Fish (1799-1873) and Asa Fish (1790-1861).

He married 12 May 1857 at Westerly, Rhode Island, Eleanor Hoxie Peckham (1835 - 1921) ^[2].

Their children were:

• Carrie Fellows Fish (1860-1891) ^[3]
• Eleanor Fish (1862-1932) ^[4]
• Silas Fish (1871-) ^[5]

Asa Fish died 1 Apr 1909 at Mystic, Connecticut ^[6]. His grave is in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-MWL : 3 December 2014), Asa Fish, 11 Apr 1828; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1J-SXV : 6 December 2014), Asa Fish and Eleanor Hoxie Peckham, 12 May 1857; citing Westerly,Washington,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 930,814.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7G-CRL : 12 April 2016), Callie J Fish in household of Asa Fish, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 27, family 228, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,613.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7G-CRG : 12 April 2016), Eleanor Fish in household of Asa Fish, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 27, family 228, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,613.
5. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2494-SZF : 20 March 2015), Asa Fish in entry for Silas Fish and Helen Gaston, 18 Jun 1906; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,558,590.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7ZR-9J8 : 3 December 2014), Asa Fish, 01 Apr 1909; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 3,124.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #125445141

• Fish, Lester Warren. The Fish Family in England and America (Tuttle Publishing Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1948): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=361

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 374, no. 58: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n396/mode/1up