Abigail (Morgan) Fish (1796 - 1875)

Born 13 Apr 1796 in Groton, Connecticut, United States of America [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 19 Oct 1875 at age 79 in Connecticut, United States of America

Biography

Abigail Morgan, born 13 Apr 1796, was a daughter of Abigail Morgan (1771-1796) and Elisha Morgan (1762-1796). Her birth location probably was in or near Groton, Connecticut, where her birth family resided.

She married 24 Mar 1819 Abel Fish. Three children are documented:

• George Frederick Fish, 2 March 1820 – 1897 ^[1]
• Lorenzo Fish, b. 4 March 1825 [see memorial site for his brother George] ^[2]
• Albert Fish, 1 February 1828 – 25 May 1876

This family was counted in censuses of Salem, Connecticut ^[3],^[4],^[5].

Abigail (Morgan) Fish died 19 Oct 1875. Her grave is in Baptist Cemetery #2, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #101494620
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #101494620
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68R-6JZ : Fri Oct 06 18:12:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Abel H Fish and Abby Fish, 1850.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR4-B2F : Wed Oct 04 23:28:31 UTC 2023), Entry for A H Fish and Abby Fish, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7G-5H4 : Wed Oct 04 23:00:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Albert H Fish and Abby Fish, 1870.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #24160778

• Morgan genealogy : A history of James Morgan, of New London, Conn., and his descendants; from 1607 to 1869 ... With an appendix containing the history of his brother, Miles Morgan, of Springfield, Mass.; and some of his descendants ...by Morgan, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Harris), 1805-1881 Published 1869

• The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 284, no. 1760: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=344