Nathan Fish II (1727 - 1822)

Born 11 Sep 1727 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Katharine (Niles) Fish — married 13 Oct 1748 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut

Husband of Catherine (Helme) Fish — married 24 Jul 1759 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1822 at age 95 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

This ["The Younger"] Nathan Fish was born 11 September 1727 at Stonington, Connecticut Colony. Nathan was a son of Nathan Fish Sr. (bef.1699-1732), and was the only known child of Abigail (Havens) Fish (1699-1727), who died five days after he was born.

Nathan Fish married first. Catharine (or Katherine) Niles, 13 October 1748 at Groton, New London County, Connecticut^[1]. They had 4 children in the timespan through March 1756:

1. Nathan Fish III (1749-1806), b. July 17, 1749; m. Phebe Packer d. August 1806
2. Samuel Fish (1751-1837), b. March 31, 1751; m. Susan Lamb; d. November 26, 1837
3. Katharine (Fish) Gallup (1753-1825), b. August 24, 1753; m. Jesse Gallup, March 16, 1775; d. December 15, 1825
4. Simeon Fish (1756-1757), b. March 24, 1756; d. February 4, 1757

Catharine (Niles) Fish died 9 January 1759. Subsequently Nathan married second Catherine Helme (alternatively spelled 'Helms') 24 JUL 1759 at Groton, New London County, Connecticut^[2]. They had 10 children during the timespan though August 1776:

1. Abigail (Fish; 1760-1851), b. May 21, 1760; d. June 30, 1851, at 91; m. Luke Perkins, who fell in defense of Fort Griswold, September 6, 1781; m. (2) John Wood, who d. New London, Connecticut, June 21, 1784.
2. Sarah (Fish; 1761-1791), b. July 1, 1761; m. Josiah Gallup, November 4, 1787; d. February 11, 1791
3. Sands Fish (abt.1762-1838), b. October 16, 1762, m. Bridget Gallup. (go to page 300); d. August 20, 1838
4. Hannah (Fish; 1764-1847), b. August 3, 1764; m. Frederick Denison, August 19, 1789; d. February 22, 1847
5. Mary (Fish; 1765-1848), b. November 3, 1765; m. Christopher Lester, April 10, 1791; d. October 10, 1848
6. Silas Fish (1767-1835), b. August 29, 1767; m. Cynthia Bliss d. June 1, 1836
7. Roswell Fish (1769-1845), b. March 4, 1769; d. March 7, 1845; m. Isabel Phelps. (go to page 315)
8. Cynthia (Fish; 1770-1855), b. September 21, 1770; m. Benadam Gallup, October 14, 1792; d. December 23, 1855
9. Edmund Fish (1772-1798), b. February 5, 1772; d. September 8, 1798, of yellow fever.
10. Nancy Anna Fish (1776-1859), b. August 26, 1776; d. November 14, 1859; lived on the old homestead; a singer, a worker, a student of the Bible, and enemy of hypocrisy, a friend of all the good. A conscientious, earnest, Christian woman.

Nathan Fish died 22 October 1822 at Stonington, Connecticut^[3]

Burial: Old Packer Burying Ground, West Mystic, New London, Connecticut^[3]. Gravestone inscription:

"In memory of Nathan Fish who died October 22, 1822 aged 95 years & 1 month.

"Mark well the saint; the perfect man.

He died in peace, no other can.

Filled length of days, his life was blessed.

His -- are done, he now can rest."

You can see a picture of his gravestone at ^[3].

Excerpt from The Fish Families in England and America, pages 292-293:

1876 CAPT. NATHAN6 FISH (Nathan5, Samuel4, John3, Alice2, John1), eldest son of (1502) Nathan and Abigail (Havens) Fish, was b. September 11, 1727. As he was but five years old when his father died, he was taken by his grandmother, Mary Havens, and remained with her at Shelter Island, New York, until he was twelve. He then returned and was sent to school under the famous Master Niles.

His guardians were Thomas Mumford and Mary Havens. He was heir to a large estate. He married on October 13, 1748, at Groton, Connecticut to Catherine Niles, daughter of Nathan Niles, by whom he had four children. She was b. July 18, 1729, d. January 9, 1759, and was buried in the old Niles Burying Ground on her father's land. She was a Baptist. On July 24, 1759, he married 2nd a cousin of his first wife, Catherine Helme of Newport, Rhode Island, daughter of Rouse, Jr., and Sarah (Niles) Helme. She was b. March 1737, and d. August 22, 1818, at 81. Her mother, Sarah Niles, was a daughter of Nathaniel Niles, Jr. (b. March 21, 1677, at New Shoreham, Rhode Island, d. 1766), who married on January 20, 1699, to Mary (Hannah) Wilson, daughter of Robert and Mary Wilson.

He was faintly remembered by his great-grandson, Rev. Frederic Denison, who was but three at his death. He remembers him as sitting in the corner of the front room near the fireplace with short clothes, silver shoe and knee buckles, long waistcoat and white flowing hair--a patriarch. Known as as "Gentleman of the Old School," he was a man of serene philosophy, a large property-holder, inclined to the quiet enjoyments of the home, not interested in political affairs although he was a Justice of the Peace and represented Groton in the State Legislature (as Captain Fish), in 1771. On July 25, 1755, he united with the Baptist Society.

He built to the west of his grandfather, Samuel4 Fish, and about halfway between the highway and the house now occupied by Alden8 Fish (which was built in 1800 by Nathan's son Sands), and the highway leading from Cow Hill was opened in 1818. (The first bridge over Mystic River at Mystic Bridge Village was also built in 1818.) He d. at 95, OctOBER 22, 1822, and was buried with his second wife in Packer Burying Ground.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-145 Groton, Page 61, citing Groton records Vol. 2, page 12
2. ↑ Source: #S-145 Groton, Page 61, citing Groton records Vol. 2, page 12 "Katharine Holmes"
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71194557/nathan-fish: accessed 23 September 2023), memorial page for Nathan Fish (11 Sep 1727–22 Oct 1822), Find A Grave: Memorial #71194557, citing Packer Cemetery, West Mystic, New London County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by mommycita (contributor 47019680).

• Source S-145 Title: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.

• Source Title: Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

• Source Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library.

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; page 373, no. 30: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofs00whee_1/page/n395/mode/1up

• Source: Author: Kathleen Baker Title: Fish, Fyshe Families-Descendants of Augustine Fyshe of Great Bowden, England Publication: Name: Internet web site: http://pages.prodigy.net/kathyb/Fyshe.htm;

• Groton Vital Records; FISH, Nathan, m. Katherine NILES, October 13, 1748, Vol. 2 page 12: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=8a21edd9-7508-4fb4-9450-b1897d80d77f&tid=890183&pid=-2032327839