Priscilla (Arthur) Fish (1718 - 1771)

Born 2 Nov 1718 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Fish — married 8 Nov 1739 in Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1771 at about age 52 in Newport, Rhode Island [uncertain]

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Biography

Priscilla Arthur was a daughter of John Arthur (1676-1719) and Mary (Folger) Arthur (1684-1720). She was born on 2 Nov 1718 at Nantucket, Massachusetts ^[1],^[2].

She married 8 Nov 1739, Benjamin Fish, son of Preserved and Ruth Fish. They had 12 children:

1. Sarah (Fish) Coggeshall (1740-1803); married Peleg Coggeshall
2. Preserved Fish, b. 13 Dec 1741; d. Portsmouth
3. Rhoda Fish, b. 30 Dec 1743; married Richard Peckham; d. 22 Jun 1795 @ Nantucket
4. Stephen Fish (1745-1781); married Ruth Coggeshall
5. Peace Fish, b. 14 Oct 1747; d. 18 Jun 1816
6. John Fish, b. 19 Aug 1749; d. 4 Nov 1769
7. Silas Gilbert Fish (1751-1842); married Susanna Sisson
8. Artemas Fish (1754-1834); married Ann Shrieve; d. 1834
9. Elihu Fish (1756-1840); married Katherine Greene
10. Elijah Fish (25 Feb 1759 - 18 Sep 1771)
11. Elisha Fish (1762-1833); married Hannah Sisson
12. Gardner Fish, b. 7 Sep (or Nov) 1765; married 20 Dec 1792 Alice Thornton Farmer, Albany County, NY

Priscilla (Allen) Fish died 1 Apr 1771.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/Nantucket/Images/NantucketV1_B039.shtml)
2. ↑ Fish, Lester Warren. The Fish family in England and America: genealogical and biographical records and sketches Rutland Vermont, USA. 1948; p. 69: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=111