Jonathan Fish (1723 - 1796)

Born 1723 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail Fish — married 3 Dec 1747 in Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1796 at about age 73 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Jonathan Fish, born in 1723 at Groton, Connecticut, was the fourth child of Martha Williams & Moses Fish.

Military Service

Jonathan Fish performed Patriotic Service in Connecticut in the American Revolution.

Jonathan Fish is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A041939.

He was commissioned a Captain under the Colonial Government, Oct. 23, 1769; he later served in the American Revolutionary War.

Jonathan Fish married first, 03 December 1747, Abigail Fish, at Groton, Connecticut. They had at least 9 children:

1. Mary Fish, b. Apr. 18, 1749; d. Oct. 13, 1824, age 75; m. Joseph7 Fish, Feb. 29, 1776.
2. Martha Fish, b. Apr. 1, 1753; m. Russell Avery, Dec. 13, 1770.
3. Matilda Fish, b. Mar. 18, 1756; d. May 15, 1837, age 71; m. Jesse Morgan, Mar. 6, 1783.
4. Abigail Fish, b. Jan. 25, 1758; m. Joseph Latham, May 11, 1775.
5. Lydia Fish, b. Mar. 20, 1761; m. Ebenezer7 Fish (Samuel6, Samuel5, John4), and had (1757) Jemima, who m. Capt. Elihu Spicer.
6. George Fish, b. Mar. 20, 1763; d. Jan. 24, 1847, age 84; m. Sarah Hinckley, Jan. 20, 1785.
7. Eunice Fish, b. July 18, 1765; m. David Ashcraft, June 24, 1811.
8. Jemima Fish, b. Oct, 31, 1767; m. Joshua Morgan, Jr., about 1787.
9. Jonathan Fish, b. June 16, 1770.

According to Fish and Denison families' genealogy records, Jonathan Fish married second, Phebe (Denison) Avery (1741-1818), widow of Ebenezer Avery (he was killed at the Ft. Griswold massacre). 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.

Jonathan Fish died 26 December 1796 at Groton, Connecticut. His grave is in Old Packer Burying Ground, Burrows Cemetery, Groton, Connecticut ^[1].

Grave marker inscription: IN Memory of/ Capt Jonathan Fish/ who died/ Decr 26, 1796/in the/74th year of his age

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #37398316

• 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

• DAR record A041939

• The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 283, no. 1630: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=344;size=75

Acknowledgements

Compiled by Clovis LaFleur. This profile was created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010. Merged with profile created by Dana Jones through the import of starkaron5gen.ged on Feb 1, 2014.