Born in Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Gavitt
and Anna (Unknown) Gavitt
Sister of
John Gavitt and William Gavitt
Wife of
John Prentice Babcock
— married
15 Mar 1778 in Connecticut
Wife of
Aaron Fish
— married
13 Dec 1782 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Stanton Prentice Babcock, Nancy Babcock (Fish) Stevens, Frances D. (Fish) Norton, Electa Eldredge (Fish) Burbank, Eliza (Fish) Spencer, Aaron Gavit Fish, Gilbert B. Fish and Hannah (Fish) Spencer
Died
at about age 52
in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Oct 2016
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Biography
Anna Gavitt, born 29 Dec 1761, was a daughter of William Gavitt (1737-), whose family lineage extended for several generations through Hopkinton and Westerly, Rhode Island. Her mother is not yet evident.
Anna (Gavitt) Babcock was the widow of John P. Babcock who was killed 1781 at the Fort Griswold Massacre. [1] They had one child who survived to adulthood:
- Stanton Prentice Babcock (1778-1856); married Lucy Crary
Anna (Gavitt) Babcock married 2nd to Aaron Fish in 1782, at Groton, Connecticut. They had 9 children:
- Nancy Babcock Fish (1783-1844); married Joshua Stevens
- Frances D. Fish (1786-1865); married Hezron Norton
- Electa Eldridge (Fish) Burbank (1789-); married Jacob Burbank Jr.
- William Fish (15 Mar 1791 - 1797)
- Eliza Fish (1792-1824); married Thomas Spencer
- Aaron Gavit Fish (1794-1877); married Lucy Ann Phelps
- Hannah Fish (1796-)
- Gilbert B. Fish (1796-)
- Bela W. Fish (9 Oct 1798 - 6 Aug 1803)
In 1801 this family moved to Westfield, Massachusetts. Anna (Gavitt)(Babcock) Fish died in 1814 at Westfield, Massachusetts.
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Feb 5, 2020), "Record of BABCOCK, JOHN PRENTICE", Ancestor # A004255.
- Wakefield, Homer. "Wakefield memorial, comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield"; Bloomington, IL, Private Printing; 1897
- The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 290, no. 1852: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=350
- Gavit, Joseph. Philip Gavet of Salem, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1923) Vol. 77, Page 42.
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