Samuel Fish (1751 - 1837)

Born 17 Jul 1751 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Lamb) Fish — married 5 Jan 1777 in Groton, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1837 at age 86 in Halifax, Vermont, United States of America

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Biography

Private Samuel Fish served with 8th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Fish is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A047772.

Samuel Fish, born 17 Jul 1751 at Groton, Connecticut, was the second child of Catharine Niles, the first wife of Nathan Fish.

Per the Fish family anthology (1948): He was a shoemaker in youth, but left for service in Connecticut Volunteers. He wrote [to] his father, "New Haven, Sept. the 16, 1776, we expect to march tomorrow for east Chester." About 1781 he went with wife, two children and brother Nathan, through a trackless forest, on horseback, to Halifax, where he became a farmer. He was a member of the Halifax Baptist Church.

Samuel Fish married Susan Lamb 05 JAN 1777 @ Groton, Connecticut ^[1]. They had 8 children:

1. Nathan Fish (1778-1830); married Esther Greene
2. Hannah Fish (28 Dec 1779 - 12 Apr 1786)
3. Mary (Fish) Everett (1781-1833); married Jacob Everett
4. Phebe (Fish) Taggart (1783-); married Thomas Taggart
5. Catherine (Fish) Breed (1786-1878); married John Breed
6. Samuel Fish (1788-1883); married 1) Service Packer; 2) Bersheba Packer
7. Eunice (Fish) Boyden (1791-1841); married Samuel Boyden
8. James Fish (1793-); married Mary Lamb

Samuel Fish died 26 Nov 1837 @ Halifax, Vermont. His grave is in Bell Cemetery, Halifax, Windham County, Vermont, USA ^[2].

Notes

Apparently the above transcribed Fish genealogy account is off by a few years on their move to Vermont, as their first child was born there in 1778 ^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #62714632
3. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVQ-7HC : Tue Oct 31 13:38:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Nathan Fish and Samuel Fish, 23 Jan 1778.

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 373, no. 34: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n395/mode/1up [Note: This reference incorrectly states his wife's given name as 'Sarah'.]

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 29 Apr 2020), "Record of Samuel Fish", Ancestor # A047772.

• The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 293, 296, no. 1880: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757&view=1up&seq=356

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3X3-K?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 468 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.