Born in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Seth Fish Sr.
and Mary (Turner) Fish
Sister of
Peleg Fish, Ambrose Fish, Hannah (Fish) Tupper, Mary (Fish) Holmes, Seth Fish Jr., Jireh Fish, Seth Fish, Abiah (Fish) Ellis, William Fish, Ephraim Fish and Benjamin Fish Sr.
Wife of
Thomas Sears
— married
23 Apr 1752 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Mother of
Mary Sears and Mary Sears
Died before
before age 51
in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Mehitable Fish was born on 13 March 1716/17 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, (then) Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Seth Fish and Mary Turner. [1] Mehitable married Thomas Sears of Plymouth, as his second wife, on 23 April 1752 in Sandwich.[2] Widow Mehitable Sears' inventory, "late of Sandwich" was filed 6 Feb 1769 by Prince Tupper Administrator, foots up to £26.13.8
Two daughters born: Mary born 1753 who died in infancy, and Marcy born 3 May 1755 in Plymouth, married Capt. Samuel Smith in 1773 in Sandwich.
Sources
- ↑ C.L. Kardell & R.A. Lovell, Jr., Vital Records of Sandwich MA to 1885 (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 1996), p. 77.
- "Mehetabel Fish Daughter of sd Seth and Mary Fish was Born the 13th day of March Anno Domini 1716/17."
- ↑ C.L. Kardell & R.A. Lovell, Jr., Vital Records of Sandwich MA to 1885 (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 1996), p. 185.
- "April ye 23d 1752 then Thomas Sears of Plymouth & Mehetable Fish of Sandwich were Married by mr Abraham Williams Minister at Sandwich."
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mehitable:
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