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Rachel (Bishop) Fitch (1763 - 1808)

Rachel Fitch formerly Bishop
Born in Greenwich, Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 27 Dec 1785 in Horton Township, Kings, Nova Scotiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 44 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

Rachel was born 15 Sep 1763 in Horton Township, KIngs Co., Nova Scotia, the daughter of Captain William and Jemima (Calkins) Bishop.

She married 27 Dec 1785 in Horton Township, Frederick Fitch and they had 9 children.

She died 25 Jun 1808, aged 39, 2 months after the birth of her youngest child and is buried in the Old Burying Ground, Wolfville, Kings Co., Nova Scotia.

Sources

  • "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PL-GP1 : 9 March 2018), Frederick Fitch in entry for Edward A. Fitch, 14 Nov 1867; citing Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia, reference p 30 cn 44; FHL microfilm 1,298,861.
  • Tangled Roots : Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia, a New England planter family, Volume II, Captain William Bishop, page 6.
  • Township Books of Kings County, Nova Scotia compiled by Lorna Woodman Evans, pages 88, 99
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