Title: Notes
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1360 CAPT. SAMUEL4 FISH, ESQ. (John3, Alice2, John1),
youngest son of (73)
John and Mary (Ireland) Fish, was b. 1656. His father appeared at Mystic and
Groton, Conn., in 1655, so presumably he was b. at Mystic (others say New
London). He was bapt. at Stonington, Conn., in 1680. His estate, inherited from
his father, John3, was situated between the Mystic River and the northcastern
slope of Fort Hill. Near the center of his lands was Pequot Hill, on the
northeastern slope of which, between the present highway that runs parallel with
it and the river, he erected his house. The old cellar, in the west end of the field
belonging to the late Russell Fish, Esq., may still be traced (1872) by a
depression in the earth. He was a Capt. in the French and Indian War (1676). He
was admitted to the first church at Stonington Apr. 18, 1689. His name appears
in patent of New London in 1704, the year prior to the incorporation of Groton.
He was the second selectman at Groton on its organization and was reclected to
this position for many years. He m., about 1682/83, Sarah Starke, who was b.
1660, dau. of Aaron Starke, Sr. She d. Dec. 11, 1722, and he m. (2) Dorothy
(Wheeler) Smith. He d. Feb. 27, 1733. He was a Representative to the Gen.
Court of Connecticut in 1706-07-08-12, a man of dignity and influence. He lies
buried in the old Packer Burying Ground at Groton.
Children:
+1497 Samuel6, b. 1682 or 1684; d. Jan.
20, 1731; m. Elizabeth Williams.
1498 John, b. about 1686; d. Mar.
29, 1704/05.
+1499 Moses, b. about 1688; d. Jan. 24,
1773, age 85; m. Martha Williams.
1500 Abigail, b. 1690; d. June 17,
1784, age 94; m. Capt. Daniel Eldridge;
m. (2)
Dea. Daniel Denison.
+1501 Aaron, b. about 1693; m. Irene Sprague,
of Lebanon, Conn.
+1502 Nathan, bapt. Aug. 19, 1699; d. July
13, 1732; m. Abigail Havens;
m. (2)
Mary Burrows.
1503 Sarah, b. about 1702; d. Dec.
20, 1733; m. Rev. Hezekiah Lord of
Preston,
Conn.
He was married to Dorothy Wheeler after 1722 in
Stonington, Ct. Dorothy Wheeler was born about
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