Elizabeth (Fish) Rose (abt. 1707 - 1794)

Born about 1707 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Rose — married 27 Nov 1735 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1794 at about age 87 in Griswold, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth (or Elisabeth) Fish was a daughter of Elizabeth (Williams) Fish (abt.1690-1753) and Samuel Fish (abt.1684-1731), of Stonington, Connecticut ^[1],^[2]. Her birth date is not certain.

She married 27 Nov 1735, Peter Rose (1707-1787). Their children included:

• Josiah Rose, 23 January 1736 – 6 October 1762
• Peter Rose Jr (1739-1827)
• Daniel Rose, 21 February 1741 – 11 February 1822; married probably Jerusha (Brewster)
• Elisha Rose (1744-abt.1829)
• Elisabeth Rose, 13 February 1746 – 7 September 1829; married Reuben Partridge (1742-1820) ^[3]
• Nathan Rose, 30 December 1749 – 20 October 1754
• Nathan Rose, 23 February 1758 – 14 October 1774

Elisabeth (Fish) Rose died 20 Feb 1794. Her grave is in Geer Cemetery, Griswold, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[4]. The inscription on her grave stone (severely eroded, thus illegible from the depicted image) apparently reads "in ye 88 year of her age", thus indicating her birth year as 1706 or early 1707. A precise expression of the year would be 1706/07, accounting for the Julian/Gregorian calendar shift which affected all dates within the first 3 months of every year from 1582 until 1752 when the British adopted the Gregorian calendar.

Sources

1. ↑ The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 270, no. 1507: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=330
2. ↑ Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 372, no. 27: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofs00whee_1/page/n394/mode/1up
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #69996873
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #69997216