Thomas Fish (1717 - abt. 1764)

Born 19 Mar 1717 in Portsmouth, Newport Co, Rhode Island

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Died about 1764 at about age 46 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas Fish was born on 19 Mar 1716 / 17, the son of William Fish and Mary (Bennett) Fish, at Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island ^[1].

He married and had several children at Tiverton, Rhode Island ^[1]. These are documented:

• Zuriel Fish; married Alice Hart
• Pardon Fish (1751-1850); married Rhoda Mosier
• Caleb Fish, b. 1752; married Deborah
• Robert Fish, b. about 1758
• Abner Fish; married 1) Sallie Brewster; 2) Mary Ransbury

On 21 Feb 1764 he married a second time, to Rebecca (maiden surname possibly Brownell), the widow of Benjamin Turner. Together, they had at least two children: ^[1]

• Brownell Fish, b 22 Sep 1765
• Turner Fish, abt. 1760 - 21 Sep 1842; married Deborah W. Fish ^[2]

Notes

Do not confuse this person with Thomas Fish (1716-1775), son of Martha (Williams) and Moses Fish Sr. of Groton, who married Jemima Morgan.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Fish, Lester Warren. The Fish Family in England and America (Tuttle Publishing Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1948, 530 pages) - Person No. 591; Pages 87
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8369600

Acknowledgments:

• Thank you to Michael Schill for creating Fish-1743 on 28 Oct 13.