Thomas
Fitzwater
aka Fitzwalter
Born in Hanworth, Middlesex, England
Son of Robert Fitzwater
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Cheney
— married
8 Jun 1672 (to Sep 1682) in Devonshire House Monthly Meeting, Bishopsgate Without, London, England
Husband of
Elizabeth (Coates) Fitzwater
— married
1684 in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Died
at age 59
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Biography
Thomas' birth year is questionable: some sources say 1640 and some say 1643.
Thomas married Mary Cheney in 1672.[1]
Thomas arrived in Pennsylvania aboard the ship Welcome in 1682 with his sons, George and Thomas. His wife, Mary, and two of his four children, Mary and Josiah, had died of smallpox during the voyage. [2][3]
Thomas arrived in 1682 in Pennsylvania[4]
Thomas and Elisabeth Palmer announced the marriage intention a second time on 3 June 1684 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and were left at liberty to accomplish the marriage.[5]
He married his second wife, widow Elizabeth (Coates) Palmer at the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in 1684.[6]
Thomas was in a family history in Pennsylvania.[7]
Excerpts from Michael Tepper's "New World Immigrants", Vol 1 via ancestry.com [2]
- "Thomas Fitzwater and family (23-28) were from Kingston-on-Thames near London. He is named in the London port book as lading goods on the Welcome on July 27 and is also on the Pemberton list as a Welcome passenger. He went to Bucks County with his sons Thomas and George, but his wife, Mary, and two children, Josiah and Mary, died on the voyage. He brought a servant with him whose name was John Ottey, though Pemberton's writing has been read various ways, including the "John Hey" given by Armstrong. Fitzwater married again in 1684 but his second wife, Elizabeth Palmer, created a scandal among the Friends (of Welcome?) by leaving him; nor could several committees from the Meeting argue her into returning. Fitzwater died in 1699 (Battle, p. 679; "Minutes of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for 1696", in Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, IV (Philadelphia, 1909), 209 et passim." .....
- pg 304 - New World Immigrants - Welcome Notes - "The will of Thomas Fitzwater, who died 6 Oct. 1699, is undated but was probated 2 Nov. 1699 [Pub's of the Gen'l Society of Penn'a 3:33]. It mentions only sons Thomas and George and daughter-in-law Elizabeth (Palmer) Jackson (aka step-daughter). His second wife (Elizabeth Palmer) had either died or the separation had become permanent."
Thomas died on 1 October 1699 and was buried in Dresher, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.[8]
Sources
- Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Marriages (1682-1714) from the Manuscripts of Samuel Smith as Prepared by the New Jersey Historical Society: Philadelphia Co., PA; Contributed to the MDGenWeb Archives by Mary Paynton usgwarchives.net
- New World Immigrants, Vol. I books.google.com
- ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900", Source number: 2217.002; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1, Ancestry Record 7836 #414485 (accessed 12 July 2022)
Name Thomas Fitzwater Gender Male Birth Place EN Birth Year 1643 Spouse Name Mary Cheney Marriage Year 1672 Number Pages 1 - ↑ Section: The Real Welcome Passengers Source Information Ancestry.com. Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., comp. Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s", Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1682; Page Number: 158, Ancestry Record 7486 #2978931 (accessed 12 July 2022)
Name Thomas Fitzwater Arrival Year 1682 Arrival Place Pennsylvania Primary Immigrant Fitzwater, Thomas Source Publication Code 4960 Annotation Date and port of arrival. For other references to the Welcome, see source numbers 242, 1342, 4752 (indexed in PILI first edition); 6610, 8370 (PILI 1983); and 9143, vol. 1 (PILI 1984). Source Bibliography McCRACKEN, GEORGE E. "Welcome Notes." In the American Genealogist. Vol. 38:3 (July 1962), pp. 152-163. Household Members Thomas Fitzwater - ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #8527213 (accessed 12 July 2022)
Name Thomas Fitzwater Event Type Marriage Intention (Marriage) Marriage Date 3 Jun 1684 Marriage Date on Image 3 1684 Fourth Marriage Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Residence Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spouse Elisabeth Palmer Monthly Meeting Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Religion Sect Pre-Separation Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Meeting State Pennsylvania Meeting County Philadelphia - ↑ Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Marriages (1682-1714) from the Manuscripts of Samuel Smith as Prepared by the New Jersey Historical Society: Philadelphia Co., PA; Contributed to the MDGenWeb Archives by Mary Paynton usgwarchives.net
- ↑ Family History Or Pedigree: "U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943", Volume: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. II, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3753 #129224 (accessed 12 July 2022)
Name Thomas Fitzwater Residence Date on Image 03 Second 1684 Translated Residence Date 3 Apr 1684 Residence Place Pennsylvania Monthly Meeting Philadelphia Monthly Meeting - ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current", Find a Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi, Ancestry Record 60525 #23603094 (accessed 12 July 2022)
Name Thomas Fitzwater Gender Male Birth Date 8 Aug 1640 Birth Place England Death Date 1 Oct 1699 Death Place Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Cemetery Fitzwater Burial Ground Burial or Cremation Place Dresher, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Has Bio? Y Children Thomas Fitzwater George Fitzwater URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54701105/thomas-fitzwater
See also:
- See also: Sabra Smith, "My Own Time Machine"; Fitzwater Genealogy pdf; Fitzwater Genealgoy:Then to now
- Ancestry of Clarence V. Roberts & Frances A. (Walton) Roberts; comprising a chart and sketches of some fifty-six ancestral families who settled mostly in or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Published by the compiler, Clarence V. Roberts. Pages 60-68 babel.hathitrust.org
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Andrea Powell for contributions to this profile
- Thank you to William Howard for creating WikiTree profile Fitzwater-121 through the import of WB Howard 050913.ged on May 10, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by William and others.
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SJ Baty
Died in Prussia?
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Age error needs to be fixed - family member impossible age.
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Andrea Powell
Fitzwater-121 and Fitzwater-41 appear to represent the same person because: Immigrant Thomas Fitzwater of Welcome
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