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GENEALOGY 


Fitch    Family 


NORTH    AMERICA, 


Printed  for  Private  Distribution. 


COLLECTED  AND  ARRANGED  BY  JOHN  G,  FITCH. 


OLMSTED,  OHIO. 

1886. 


TWO    HUNDRED    COPIES    PRINTED. 


-SAMUEL  BARKER,    PRINTER, 
CLEVELAND,    OHIO. 


HAROLD  B.  LEE  LIBRARY 
BfilGHAM  YOUNG  UNIVERSITY 

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PREFATORY    XOTE. 


The  principal  object  of  this  volume  is  to  exhibit  the  gene- 
alogy of  that  branch  of  the  Fitch  family,  who  are  descended 
from  Thaddeus  Fitch,  formerly  of  Vernon,  Connecticut. 

A  large  number  of  the  Fitch  Family,  residing  in  Northern 
Ohio,  hold  a  family  reunion  annually,  and  are  organized  for 
that  purpose  under  the  name  of  the  "Fitch  Association." 
Through  the  efforts  of  the  Association,  the  complete  genealo- 
gical record  of  the  family  was  obtained  and  the  purpose  of 
this  volume  is  to  preserve  and  perpetuate  such  record. 

In  the  preparation  of  the  work,  our  thanks  are  due  to  Hon. 
J.  8.  T.  Stranahan,  from  whose  book  entitled  "Genealogies 
Stranahan,  Josselyn,  Fitch  and  Dow,"  we  have  drawn  much  of 
our  information  of  the  earlier  generations  of  the  family  ;  to 
Mr.  E.  F.  .Tagger,  of  Windham,  ().,  Mrs.  Rachael  Bradford,  of 
Uncassville,  Conn.,  Mr.  A.  Judd,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  for  valu- 
able informations;  and  also  to  Mr.  M.  AV.  Fitch,  of  Oakland, 
Cab,  whose  patient  researches  have   enabled  us  to  complete 

the  family  record. 

J.  G.  F. 
Olmsted,  0.,  December,  1886. 


NORWICH  TOWN. 

First  House  Lots,  1660 


The  Fitch  Family. 


The  Fitch*  name  was  anciently  written  Fytche, 
FFytche,  Fytch.  Ffytch,  Ffitch,  and  some  branches 
of  the  family  in  England  still  retain  one  or  another 
of  the  forms  of  this  old  orthography.  The  family 
originated  in  Germany,  and  the  modern  German 
families  Ficlite,  Fieht,  Feicht,  are  probably  des- 
cended from  the  original  stock  still  remaining  in 
that  country.  There  is  a  traditionary  legend  that 
the  family  came  to  England  from  Saxony,  from  a 
place  having  a  German  name,  meaning  in  English 
"Fitch  fields." 

In  the  records  of  the  Herald's  Office,  in  London, 
the  genealogy  ot  the  Fitch  family  is  quite  full, 
much  more  so  than  common.  In  the  Herald's  visi- 
tations to  Essex,  the  family  pedigree  is  traced  back 
from  sons  to  fathers,  step  by  step,  to  William,  sec- 
ond son  of  John  Fitch,  who  was  living  in  Fitch 
Castle,  in  the  Parish  of  Widdington,  in  the  north- 
west part  of  Essex,  in  the  22d  year  of  the  reign  of 
Edward  L  i.  e.  A.  D.  1294. 


*From  "the  Fitch  family"  by  the  late  Prof.  G  L.  Mills,  not 
published. 


6  FITCH     FAMILY 

Stranahan,  in  his  "Genealogies"  to  whom  we 
have  already  acknowledged  our  indebtedness,  gives 
an  account  of  the  Fitch*  family  in  England,  differ- 
ing in  some  particulars  from  that  above  given. 

Among  the  earlier  settlers  in  Xew  England  of 
the  name  of  Fitch,  Stranahan  and  also  Prof.  Mills 
mention  the  following  : 

"Jeremiah,  who  was  the  first  Fitch  whose  name 
appears  on  record  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  at 
Lynn  1084,  Reading  1644,  Boston  1652,  where  four 
children- are  recorded  as  horn  to  him,  two  of  them 
sons,  of  whom  one  died  in  infancy.  Deacon  Zece- 
riah,  of  Heading,  brother  of  Jeremiah,  had  seven 
sons  and  one  daughter.  James  and  wife  came  in 
1685,  settled  in  Brooklyn,  had  only  one  daughter. 
Richard,  of  Boston,  brother  of  James,  died  child- 
less. John,  of  Rehobeth,  probably  a  brother  of 
James  and  Richard,  killed  in  the  obstinate  Indian 
fight,  at  Rehobeth,  March  26, 1675,  had  four  daugh- 
ters and  one  son  who  died  a  minor.  John,  of 
Gloucester,  who  married  Mrs.  Mary  Coil,  1667,  but 
of  whose  descendants  we  are  not  informed." 

John,  of  Windsor,  Conn.,  died  1676,  had  been 
there  many  years,  but  probably  not  related  to- 
others of  the  name  in  Connecticut." 


*See  appendix  I. 


GENEALOGY.  < 

"Samuel,  of  Hartford,  1050,  school  teacher  and 
representative:  married  Mary,  widow  of  William 
Whiting  ;  had  Samuel  who  went  to  Milford,  and 
Thomas,  born  1652,  who  lived  at  Wethersfield.  It 
it  thought  he  may  have  been  a  brother  of  Rev. 
James.  The  above  were  early  settlers  of  Xew 
England,  not  known  to  be  of  the  raee  of  Rev. 
James." 

"From  one  of  the  remaining  fragments  of  the 
ancient  Church  register  of  Booking,  adjoining 
Braintree,  in  Essex,  we  learn  that  Thomas  F  fitch 
married  Ann  Pew,  August  6,  Kill.  Of  their  chil- 
dren, five  sons  and  the  widowed  mother,  emigrated 
to  America,  and  settled  in  Connecticut."  The 
names  of  only  three  are  known  with  certainty, 
viz  :  Thomas,  Joseph  and  James. 

Thomas  Fitch,  came  in  company  with  other 
emigrants  in  1638,  and  settled  at  Xorwalk  ;  (his 
wife  unknown)  had  two  sons,  and  was  great-grand- 
father to  Thomas  Fitch,  Governor  of  the  Colony 
of  Connecticut,  from  1754  to  17<><;. 

"Joseph  Fitch,  of  Xorwalk,  Conn.,  in  1652;  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1660,  where  he  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Stone,  removed  at  Wind- 
sor, Conn.,  where  he  purchased  a  twentieth  part  of 
the  original  township,  and  was  living  as  late   as 


8  FITCH    FAMILY 

1713."  His  great -grand  so  11,  John  (whose  father 
and  grandfather  bore  the  name  of  Joseph),  horn  in 
East  Windsor,  Conn.,  January  21st,  1743,  was  the 
inventor  of  the  first  steamboat,  "of  whose  many 
misfortunes  the  greatest  was  that  lie  appeared  in 
the  world  before  it  was  prepared  to  appreciate  the 
importance  of  the  great  discovery  he  had  made." 

"  (Rev.)  James  Fitch,  in  whom  we  are  more  par- 
ticularly interested,  and  whose  descendants  we 
propose  to  trace  in  the  following  pages,  wTas  born 
at  Bocking,  County  of  Essex,  England,  on  the  24th 
of  December,  1622,  and  was  consequently  in  his 
sixteenth  year  when  he  came  to  this  country,  in 
1638.  After  a  long  and  thorough  course  of  pre- 
paration for  the  ministry,  under  the  Eevs,  Hooker 
and  Stone,  of  Hartford,  he  was  ordained  in  1646, 
as  pastor  of  the  Church,  at  Saybrook,  Conn.  Here 
he  remained  until  1660,  when  he  decided  with  the 
greater  portion  of  his  congregation  to  remove  to 
the  new  settlement  at  Norwich.  He  labored  there 
faithfully,  as  the  pastor  of  the  Church,  which  was 
gathered  anew,  until  1696,  when  he  became  dis- 
abled from  further  active  service  by  a  stroke  of 
palsy.  The  town  evidenced  its  appreciation  of  his 
character  and  services  by  voting  to  him,  for  several 
successive  years,  a  continuance  of  a  portion  of  his 


GENEALOGY,  V 

salary,  although  he  was  a  large  land  holder  in  Nor- 
wich, as  well  as  in  the  towns  of  Lebanon  and  Wind- 
ham. Jn  1702,  he  retired  to  Lebanon,  where  sev- 
eral of  his  children  had  settled  and  where  he  died." 
"During  the  early  colonial  period  in  which  Mr. 
Fitch  lived,  the  clergy  held  the  predominant  influ- 
ence in  New  England,  in  secular  as  well  as  religious 
affairs.  Their  countenance  and  advice  was  sought, 
not  only  in  spiritual  matters,  but  in  the  decision  of 
political  questions,  affecting  the  public  interest,  as 
well  as  the  worldly  affairs  of  their  parishioners. 
Thus  we  find  that  Mr.  Fitch,  in  addition  to  being 
an  original  proprietor  of  Norwich,  was  one  of  the 
legatees  of  Joshua  Uncas,  and  thus  an  original 
proprietor  also  of  the  town  of  Windham,  where  he 
received  an  allotment  of  five  of  the  forty-eight 
shares,  (of  a  thousand  acres  each)  into  which  that 
township  was  divided,  lie  was,  also,  much  inter- 
ested in  the  settlement  of  the  town,  as  well  as  of 
Lebanon,  and  there  is  the  best  reason  for  believing 
that  his  counsel  and  assistance  was  frequently  soli- 
cited by  the  early  planters  of  those  places.  At  the 
first  town  meeting  held  in  Windham,  June  11, 
1692,  a  committee  was  appointed  'to  go  to  Mr. 
Fitch  to  advise  with  him  about  a  minister,'  and  it 
is  probable  that   he    often   visited  the  new  planta- 


10  FITCH    FAMILY 

tions,  and,  at  times,  preached  to  the  people  before 
they  had  settled  ministers  of  their  own.  And,  al- 
though we  possess  but  a  meager  record  of  his 
ministry,  there  is  sufficient  evidence  that  he  was 
well  qualified  to  lay,  broadly,  wisely  and  well,  the 
foundations  of  the  Colony  in  whose  affairs  he  evi- 
dently held  a  prominent  position  of  usefulness. 
Distinguished  for  the  penetration  of  his  mind,  the 
energy  of  his  preaching  and  the  sanctity  of  his  life, 
he  seems  wrell  to  have  deserved  the  encomium  of 
Cotton  Mather,  who  calls  him  the  'holy  and  acute 
Mr.  Fitch.'  Many  younger  ministers  studied  with 
him,  who  were  afterwards  notable  preachers  of  the 
word ;  and  when  his  venerable  teacher,  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Hooker,  of  Hartford,  died,  he  waa  invited  to 
take  his  place.  To  this  nattering  request,  his- 
laconic  reply  was,  'with  whom  shall  I  leave  these 
few  sheep  in  the  wilderness.'  An  election  sermon, 
which  he  preached,  by  invitation,  before  the  Colo- 
nial Assembly,  received  the  compliment  of  being 
the  first  election  sermon  ever  printed.  To  the  Mo- 
hegan  Indians  he  not  only  preached  in  their  own 
language,  but  strove  by  gifts  of  his  land,  to  induce 
them  to  adopt  the  habits  of  civilization.  This 
called  forth  a  letter  of  thanks  from  the  General 
Assembly   of  the  Colony   of  Connecticut,  accom- 


GENEALOGY.  11 

paniecl  by  an  appropriation  for  the  use  of  his 
assistants,  and  a  committal  to  his  charge  of  the 
Indians  captured  in  'King  Philip's  war.'  To  his 
influence  indeed,  the  Colony  had  been  largely  in- 
debted for  the  co-operation  of  Owaneeo,  Uncas  and 
other  Indians  in  that  war,*  in  which  he  had  also 
served  as  a  Chaplain,  with  such  acceptableness  as 
to  call  forth  from  the  Assembly  an  urgent  request 
that  he  would  act  again  in  the  same  capacity.  He 
has  been  justly  characterized f  as  'a  wise,  kind  and 
good  man,  greatly  beloved  by  his  people,  and  who 
during  the  fifty  years  of  his  ministry,  exercised  a 
beneficial  and  extended  influence,  not  only  in  spirit- 


*"The  Rev.  Mr.  Fitch  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  true 
philanthropy  and  of  enlarged  missionary  zeal.  He  made  early 
efforts  to  instruct  the  natives  in  the  truth  of  the  goapel.  He 
took  pains  to  acquire  their  tongue,  and  was  a  frequent  visitor 
in  their  wigwams.  He  impressed  them  with  his  own  sincerity 
and  benevolence,  so  that  others  who  like  Uncas  himself  re- 
mained obstinate  in  their  unbelief,  accorded  him  their  entire 
confidence  and  regarded  him  with  affectionate  respect.  To 
their  temporal,  as  well  as  spiritual  wants,  he  was  always  alive. 
His  converts  were  formed  into  a  settlement  by  themselves 
upon  lands  which  he  partly  presented  and  partly  procured  for 
them  from  the  town." — Bishop  Lee's  Discourse  at  Norwich 
Jubilee,  p.  133. 

tin  ancient  Windham  Genealogies,  published  in  the  Willi- 
mantic  Journal,  by  the  late  excellent  Wm.  L.  Weaver. 


12  FITCH    EAMILY 

ual  matters,  but  in  secular  affairs — in  things  per- 
taining to  the  welfare  of  the  Colony  and  the  good 
order  and  prosperity  of  the  new  plantations.'  His 
printed  works,  although  few,  were  highly  appreci- 
ated by  the  best  minds  of  that  day.  They  comprise 
a  most  tender  and  affectionate  Sermon  preached  at 
the  funeral  of  his  mother-in-law,  the  wife  of  Major 
John  Mason ;  an  Election  Sermon  (in  Yale  Coll. 
Lib.)  previously  alluded  to,  preached  in  1674;  and 
in  the  possession  of  Mr.  George  Brinley,  of  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  is  a  volume  of  133  pages,  12mo,  con- 
taining three  distinct  treatises  by  Mr.  Fitch,  viz : 
'An  explanation  of  the  solemn  advice,  recommended 
by  the  Council  in  Connecticut  to  the  inhabitants 
in  that  jurisdiction  Respecting  the  Reformation  of 
those  evils  which  have  been  the  procuring  cause  of 
the  late  judgments  upon  New  England,'  Boston, 
1683  ;  'A  brief  discourse  proving  that  the  first  day 
of  the  week  is  the  Christian  Sabbath  wherein,  also 
the  Objections  of  the  Anti-Christian  Sabbatarians 
of  late  risen  up  in  Connecticut  Colony  are  refuted,' 
and  'The  Covenant  which  was  solemnly  Renewed 
by  the  Church  in  Norwick,  in  Connecticut  Colony, 
in  New  England,  March  22,  1675.'  We  have  also 
seen  a  volume  by  him  entitled,  'The  first  Principles 
of  the  Doctrine  of  Christ;  Together  with  Stronger 


GENEALOGY.  13 

Meal  for  them  that  are  skil'd  in  the  word  of  Right- 
eousness, or,  The  Doctrine  of  Living  unto  God 
wherein  the  Body  of  Divinity  is  briefly  and  meth- 
odically handled  by  way  of  Question  and  Answer. 
Published  at  the  desire  and  for  the  use  of  the 
Church  of  Christ,  in  Norwich,  in  New  England,  by 
James  Fitch,  pastor  of  that  Church,"  Boston,  1679. 
The  three  pages  of  'To  the  Reader'  are  signed  by 
the  celebrated  Rev.  Dr.  Increase  Mather.  He  also 
wrote  an  interesting  account  of  his  work  for  the 
'heathen/  in  1674,  which  is  printed  in  Mass.  Hist. 
Soc.  Coil's  1st  series  i.,  208,  besides  many  letters  to 
the  Assembly  which  may  be  found  in  Trumbull's 
Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut/* 

"Mr.  Fitch's  long  and  useful  life  closed  on  Xov. 
18,  1702,  according  to  the  inscription  on  his  grave- 
stone although  Lebanon  records  say  Xov.  19.  His 
wife  survived  him  and  was  living  in  1711.  The  date 
and  place  of  her  death   has  not  been  ascertained." 

uHis  grave  in  the  old  burying  ground  at  Leba- 
non, Conn.,  near  the  resting  place  of  the  Trum- 
bulls,  is  marked  by  an  upright  slab  bearing  the 
following  inscription  :  "  * 


■Said  to  have  been  -written  by  his  son,  Rev.  Jabez  Fitch. 
Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  First  Series  x.,  68. 


14  FITCH    EAMILY 

REMEMBER  ETERXITY. 

IN    HOC    SEPULCRO    DEPOSITEE    SUNT    RELIQUIAE 
YIRI    YERE    REVERENDI    D  :    IACOBI    FITCH  I    NATUS 
FUIT    APUD    BOOKING  IN  COMITATU    ESSEXL^)  IN  ANGLIA, 
ANNO    DOMINI    1622    DECEMBR  24  -  QUI    POSTQUAM 
LINGUIS    LITERATIS    OPTIME    INSTRUCTUS    FUISSET 
IN    NOVANGLIAM    VENIT    ^ETAT.    16    ET    DEINDE    VITAM 
DEGIT    HARTEORDLiE    PER    SEPENNIUM    SUB    INSTITU- 
-TIONE  VIRORUM  CEEEBERIMORUM  D  :  HOOKER  ET  D  :  STONE 
POSTEA    MTNERE    PASSORALI   FUNCTUS    EST    APUD    SAY- 
BROOK    PER   ANNOS    14    ILLINC    CUM    ECCKESLE    MAIORI 
PARTE    NORYICUM    MIGRAYIT    ET    IBI    CETEROS    VITJE 
ANNOS    TRANSEGIT    IN    OPERE    EVANGELICO    IN    SEN- 
-ECTUTE    VERO    PR^l    CORPORIS    INFIRMITATE    NECES- 
-SARIO    CESSABAT    AB    OPERE    PUBLICO  :    TANDEMQUE 
RECESSIT    LIBERIS    APUD    LEBANON    UBI    SEMIANNO 
EERE    EXACTO    OBDORMIYIT    IN    IESU    ANNO    1702 
NOVEBR    18    ETAT    80    VIR,    INGENII   ACUMINE, 
PONDERE    JUDICII,    PRUDENTIA    CHARITATE,    SANCTIS 
LABORIBUS,    ET    OMNIMODA    VITiE    SANCTITATE    PERIT- 
IAQUOQUE    ET    VI    CONCIONANDI    NULLI    SECUNDUS. 


TRANSLATION. 

"  In  this  grave  are  deposited  the  remains  of  that 
truly  reverend   man,  Mr.  James  Fitch.     He  was 


GENEALOGY.  15 

born  at  Booking,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  in  Eng- 
land, the  24th  day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  1622  :  who  after  he  had  been  most  excellently 
taught  the  learned  languages  came  into  iS'ew  Eng- 
land at  the  age  of  sixteen,  and  then  spent  seven 
years  under  the  instructions  of  those  very  famous 
men,  Mr.  Hooker  and  Mr.  Stone.  Afterwards  he 
discharged  the  pastoral  office  fourteen  years  at 
Saybrook.  Thence  he  removed  with  the  major 
part  of  his  Church  to  Norwich,  where  he  spent  the 
other  years  of  his  life  in  the  work  of  the  gospel. 
In  his  old  age  indeed  he  was  obliged  to  cease  from 
his  public  labors  by  reason  of  bodily  indisposition 
and  at  length  retired  to  his  children  at  Lebanon, 
when  after  spending  nearly  half  a  year  he  slept  in 
Jesus  in  the  year  1702,  on  the  18th  day  of  Novem- 
ber, in  the  80th  year  of  his  age." 

"He  was  a  man  as  to  the  smartness  of  his  genius, 
the  solidity  of  his  judgment,  his  charity,  holy 
labors,  and  every  kind  of  purity  of  lite,  and  also  as 
to  his  skill  and  energy  of  preaching,  inferior  to. 
none." 

(From  a  signature  of  1651.) 


16  FITCH    FAMILY 

Rev.  Mr.  Fitch  married  (1),  October,  1648,  Abi- 
gail (daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Whitfield,  minister 
■of  Guilford,  Conn.;)  she  died  September  9,  1659. 
He  married  (2),  October,  1664,  Priscilla,  daughter 
of  Major  John  Anne  (Peck*)  Mason. f.  Children 
by  his  first  wife,  (all  born  at  Saybrook,  Conn. :) 

James2,  born  August  2,  1649. 

Abigail,  born  August,  1650,  married  Capt.  JohnJ 
(son  of  Major  John)  Mason  and  had  two  children  : 

Elizabeth,  born  January,  1651-2,  married  Rev. 
Edward  Taylor,  of  Westfield,  Mass.,  September  5, 
1674 ;  she  died  in  1689,  having  had  eight  children 
most  of  whom  died  young.g 


;i:  Supposed  to  have  been  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert  Peek,  of 
Hingham,  England,  and  Mass. — See  History  of  Hingham,  page 
20.     Also,  Dorcester. 

t  See  Appendix  II. 

tOne  of  the  six  Connecticut  Captains  killed  in  the  Swamp 
Fight,  in  King  Philip's  war. 

#Mr.  Tayh>r  was  a  student  with  Rev.  Mr.  Fitch,  and  his  at- 
tachment to  the  daughter  probably  commenced  at  that  time. 
A  love  letter  received  by  her  from  him  before  their  marriage 
has  been  preserved,  which  is  interesting  as  showing  the  quaint 
and  peculiar  style  of  the  age.  The  letter  was  accompanied  by 
a  rough  pen  sketch  of  a  carrier  dove  with  a  olive  branch  in 
its  mouth  and  the  following  inscription  on  the  body  of  the 

<iove  : 

"This  dove  and  olive  branch  to  you, 

Is  both  a  post  and  emblem  too." 


GENEALOGY. 


17 


Hannah,  born  September,  1653,  married  Thomas 
Meeks  or  Mix,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Jnne  30, 
1679,  and  settled  on  the  East  side  of  the  Shetucket, 
within  the  limits  of  Ancient  Norwich  ;  they  had 
nine  children : 

Samuel5,  born  April,  1655. 

Dorothy,  born  April,  1658,  became  the  second 
wife  of  Xathaniel  Bissell,  of  Windsor,  Conn.,  had 
two  children,  and  died  June  28,  1691.  Children  by 
his  second  wife,  (all  born  at  Norwich,  Conn.)  : 

Daniel4,  born  August  16,  1665. 

John"',  born  January,  1667. 

Jeremiah1,  born  September.  1670. 

Jabez7,  born  April,  1672. 

Ann.  born  April,  1675.  married  Joseph  (only 
son  of  Major  William)  Bradford,  of  Plymouth,  (by 
his  second  wife);  they  settled  at  Xorwich,  but  re- 
moved to  Lebanon,  where  she  died  October  17, 
1715,  leaving  issue  : 

Nathaniel8,  born  October,  1679. 

Joseph9,  born  Xovember,  1681. 

Eleazer10,  born  May  14,  1683,  married  his  first 
cousin,  Martha,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Anne 
(Mason)  Brown,  of  Swanzey,  Mass.  ;  settled  at  Le- 


18  FITCH    EAMILY 

banori,  Conn.,  where  he  was  a  deacon,  and  where 
he  died  about  1747.  His  wife  survived  him ;  to 
whom  he  left  his  property,  having  no  issue. 


Descendants  of  the  Rev.  JAMES  FITCH,  the  Set- 
tler, in  the  Line  of  his  Son  James. 


"(Major)  James  Fitch2  was  a  prominent  and  in- 
fluential man  in  his  day  ;  and  the  owner  of  a  vast 
amount  of  land,  which  he  accumulated  by  legisla- 
tive grants,  by  purchase  from  other  grantees,  and 
through  his  intimate  connection  with  the  Indians, 
of  whom  he  was  a  noted  friend  and  patron.  Indeed, 
after  the  death  of  Major  John  Mason,  he  possessed 
more  influence  over  the  sachems  than  any  one  else 
in  the  colony.  In  1684,  he  received  from  Owaneco 
the  native  right  and  tit/le  to  a  large  tract,  extend- 
ing from  the  Qumibaug  River,  north  of  the  present 
town  of  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  westward,  forty-five 
miles  and  northward  to  beyond  the  northern  boun- 
dary of  Massachusetts.  Out  of  this,  in  1686,  he 
sold  the  Town  of  Pomfret,  consisting  of  15,100 
acres,  for  £30 !  In  1687,  he  received  from  the 
same  Chief  parcels  of  land  in  Plainfield  and  Can- 


GENEALOGY.  19 

terbury,  several  miles  in  extent.  In  addition,  also, 
he  owned  land  in  various  localities  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Norwich,  and  as  one  of  Joshua's  lega- 
tees, and  an  original  proprietor  of  Windham,  was 
allotted  live  one  thousand  acre  shares,  one  located 
at  Windham  Centre,  one  at  Willimantic,  and  three 
at  Mansfield.  He  settled  at  Norwich,  but  lived  in 
Preston,  Plainfield,  and  Canterbury,  of  which  latter 
town  he  was  the  founder,  having  purchased  the 
land,  made  the  first  clearing,  laid  it  out  in  farm 
and  house  lots,  and  erected  the  first  barn  and 
framed  house  within  its  limits.  He  was  a  brave 
and  experienced  partisan  soldier  in  the  Indian 
wars ;  and  active  in  politics,  representing  Norwich 
for  several  sessions,  in  the  General  Assembly,  and 
was  chosen,  in  1681,  one  of  the  Assistants  of  the 
Colony.  An  early  patron  of  Yale  College,  to 
which  he  gave  the  glass  and  nails  for  its  first 
edifice,  he  further  renewed  his  interest  by  an  en- 
dowment of  637  acres  of  land  in  Killingly  Town- 
ship— an  act  which,  in  the  then  peculiar  situation 
of  the  infant  institution,  (1701)  ensured  its  estab- 
lished permanence.  He  evidently  possessed  good 
abilities,  excellent  business  capacity,  great  activity, 
energy,  and  industry,  and  was  among  the  very 
foremost  men  of  the  Colony  in  his  day.  He  died 
in  Canterbury,  November  10,  1727,  aged  80." 


20  FITCH    FAMILY 

Major  Fitch  married  (1)  in  1676  Elizabeth  Mason, 
youngest  daughter  of  Major  John,  and  sister  of  his 
father's  second  wife  ;  she  died  Oct.  8,  1684,  and  he 
married  (2)  May  8,  1687,  Mrs.  Alice,  daughter  of 
Major  William  Bradford,  of  Plymouth,  and  widow 
of  Rev.  Wm.  Adams,  of  Dedham,  Mass.  Children 
(by  his  first  wife) : 

James,  born  January,  1678,  died  aged  one  week. 

James,  born   June,  1679,  died  early,  unmarried. 

Jedidiah,  born  April  17,  1681,  married  Elizabeth 
,  had  Elizabeth  and  Peter. 

Samuel,  born  July  12,  1683,  had  James,  Samuel. 
Sarah,  Mary,  John,  etc. 

Elizabeth,  born  1684,  married .    Children  (by 

his  second  wife)  : 

Abigail,  born  February  22,  1688,  married  Col. 
Dyer  of  Canterbury,  Conn. 

Ebenezer,  born  January  10,  1690. 

Daniel,  born  February,  1693,  married  Anna 
Cooke. 

John,  born  1695. 

Bridget,  born  1697. 

Jerusha,  born  1699,  married  Daniel  Bissell. 

William,  born  1701. 

Jabez,  born  1703. 


GENEALOGY.  21 

Descendants  of  the  Ber.  JAMES  FITCH,  the  Set- 
tler, in  the  Line  of  his  Son  Samuel. 


Samuel3,  (son  of  Rev.  James)  was  one  of  the 
earliest  inhabitants  east  of  Shetucket,  a  landholder 
in  East  Norwich,  (in  what  is  called  Long  Society, 
now  included  in  Preston,  Conn.,)  where  his  father 
had  a  large  grant ;  was  a  settler  there  in  1(387,  and 
living  as  late  as  1725.*  His  wile's  name  is  un- 
known. He  had  various  lots  of  land  granted  to 
him,  and  laid  out  in  the  town  of  Lebanon,  Conn., 
in  1695  and  1701,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  he 
ever  resided  there,  although  some  oi  his  descen- 
dants settled  there.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  the 
late  Col.  Asa  Fitch,  of  Bozrah,  Conn.,  (and  also  of 
the  Colonel's  wife — a  second  cousin  of  the  same 
name,)  from  whom  are  descended  the  Fitch  fami- 
lies of  that  town  ;  and  also  of  Hon.  G-.  N.  Fitch, 
U.  S.  Senator  from  Indiana,  and  other  prominent 
men.  From  deeds,  etc.,  we  learn  the  names  of  his 
Children — Hezekiah  ;  Jabez  ;  Benjamin  ;  Peletiah1. 

Peletiah1,  (son  of  Samuel3)  married  Eliz. who 

died  1778,  at  residence  of  her  grandson,  Col.  Asa 


1  Miss  Caulkins  says  he  died  in  1725.     Nearly  all  the  infor- 
mation we  have  concerning  this  family,  is  from  land  records. 


22  FITCH    FAMILY 

Fitch,  at  Bozrah,  Conn.  He  died  1750,  leaving  a 
son,  Benjamin2. 

Benjamin'2  married  Amy ,  who  died  at  Lis- 
bon, 1795,  aged  66.  He  died  at  Lisbon,  1763,  aged 
36,  leaving  John8. 

John3  died  1840,  aged  92,  and  had  John,  Jr.,  (M. 
D.,)  of  Clinton,  1ST.  Y.,  who  died  1841,  jc.  61,  and 
had  Eliza  S.,  first  wife  of  Col.  John  Barstow;  John 
L.  of  Bridgeport,  born  1807,  who  married,  1841, 
Eliza  Worden,  and  had  William  W. ;  John  H.  ; 
Frank  E. ;  and  (twins)  Mary  W.  and  Marion ; 
Jared  W. ;  (M.  D.,)'of  Oneida,  K  Y.;  Thomas  B., 
of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Irene,  second  wife  of  Col.  Bar- 
stow;  William  M.  ;  Emory  W.  ;  and  Frank  E. 


Descendants  of  the  Rev.  JAMES  FITCH,  the  Set- 
tler, in  the  Line  of  his  Son  Daniel. 


(Capt.)  Daniel4,  (son  of  Rev.  James),  settled  at 
New  London  (at  the  place  now  known  as  Mont- 
ville),  Conn.  ;  was  an  active  soldier  in  the  Indian 
wars  of  his  day;  and  owned  three  farms,  one  at 
Dry  Brook,  one  lying  on  both  sides  of  "the  Con- 
necticut path,"  (the  road  to  Hartford  through  Col- 
chester), and  a  homestead  at  Trading  Cove,  which 


GENEALOGY.  23 

was  a  town  grant  to  his  father,  and  which  has  des- 
cended, by  inheritance,  to  his  descendants  in  the 
present  day. 

He  married,  March,  1698,  Mary,  (daughter  of 
Matthew)  Sherwood,  of  Fairfield,  Conn.;  and  died 
June  3,  1711.     Children: 

Adonijah,  born  April,  1700 — called  "  Captain  ;  " 
and  married  twice.  By  his  first  wife  had  Anne, 
who  married  her  second  cousin,  Samuel  Hyde,  and 
Sarah,  who  married  Thomas  Rogers,  of  Montville. 
Captain  Adonijah's  second  wife  was  Anne,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Calkins)  Hyde,  of 
Lebanon,  and  widow  of  Simon  Gray,  of  Lebanon. 
Captain  Adonijah  had  other  children  whose  names 
are  unknown. 

James,  born  October,  1702,  (according  to  Preston 
records,  but  in  private  records,  October  18,  1703), 
— called  "Captain" — married  Anne  (daughter  of 
Robert)  Dennison,  and  settled  at  Lebanon,  where 
he  died  in  1789 ;  and  was  ancestor  of  Hon.  Jere- 
miah Mason,  an  eminent  lawyer  and  United  States 
Senator  from  jSTew  Hampshire  ;  who  spent  his  lat- 
ter years  in  Boston,  Mass. 

Lemuel,  born  January,  1704,  named  in  distribu- 
tion of  his  father's  estate,  was  at  Colchester  in  1731. 

Mary,  born  September,  1707,  married  (1)  1726, 


24  FITCH    FAMILY 

Rev.  James  Hillhouse,  first  minister  of  Montville,, 
and  probably  ancestor  of  all  of  that  name  in  this- 
country.*  (2)  in  1740,  Rev.  John  Owen,  of  Groton,. 
Conn.     She  died  1768. 

Daniel,  married  November  16,  1732,  Sarah  Sher- 
wood, (daughter  of  Samuel)  of  Stratford,  now 
Bridgeport,  Conn.  He  died  in  1755,  leaving  a 
large  property,  a  widow  and  the  following  Chil- 
dren: Samuel,  Sherwood,  James,  Abiah,  Rachel,. 
Eleanor,  Sarah,  Mary,  Anne  and  Abigail. 


Descendants  of  the  Rev.  JAMES  FITCH,  the  Set- 
tler, in  the  Line  of  his  Son  John. 


(Capt.)  John  Fitch5,  (son  of  Rev.  James)  re- 
ceived from  his  father  on  the  13th  of  May,  1696,. 
the  gift  of  a  thousand  acres  right  in  Windham, 
Conn.,  the  home  lot  of  which  was  number  13  at 
the  center,  and  the  house  built  by  him  remained  in 


*  Among  whom  was  a  daughter  of  Hon.  James  Hillhouse,. 
who  became  the  first  wife  of  Rev.  Dr.  Hewitt,  of  Bridgeport, 
Conn.,  and  had  Rev.  Augustus,  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church ;  Rebecca,  who  married  Dr.  —  Bowen,  of  Bridgeport, 
and  Dr.  Henry,  a  surgeon  in  the  civil  war  in  Tennessee,  and 
who  married  Catharine  Hurd,  of  Bridgeport. 


GENEALOGY.  25 

the  family  over  a  hundred  years.  He  had  a  super- 
ior education  for  that  day  and  was  a  prominent  and 
useful  citizen.  He  was  chosen  Town  Clerk  of 
Windham,  Dec.  4,  1704,  which  office  he  held  by 
successive  annual  re-elections,  until  his  death  in 
1743,  a  period  of  thirty-eight  years.  He  was  also 
for  a  short  time  Judge  of  Probate,  and  Captain  of 
Militia,  and  represented  the  town  in  the  Colonial 
Legislature  at  twenty  different  sessions,  from  1712 
to  1742.  He  first  "owned  the  covenant"  in  the 
Xorwich  Church,  of  which  he  was  a  full  member 
in  1700.  He  was  a  man  of  wealth,  high  social 
position,  and  extensive  influence. 

He  married  July  10,  1695,  Elizabeth,  eldest 
■daughter  of  Thomas  and  Miriam  (Tracy)  Water- 
man, of  Norwich,  Conn.  He  died  May  24,  1743, 
.aged  75  years;  she  died  June  25,  1751,  aged  about 
76  years.     Children  : 

Elizabeth,  born  June  1,  1696,  married  Xathaniel 
Webb,  of  Windham,  son  of  Samuel  Webb,  the  first 
Windham  settler  of  that  name,  and  became  the  an- 
cestor of  the  Windham  and  Scotland  Webb 
families. 

Miriam,  born  October  17,  1699,  married  Heze- 
kiah  Riley,  of  Windham,  and  died  in  1744,  with- 
out issue. 


26  FITCH    FAMILY 

Priseilla,  born  February  5,  1702,  married  Rev. 
Solomon  Paine,  of  Canterbury,  Conn. 
John,  born  March  18,  1705. 


Descendants  of  the  Rev.  JAMES  FITCH,  the  Set- 
tler, in  the  Line  of  his  Son  Jeremiah. 


"  (Capt.)  Jeremiah  Fitch6,  ancestor  of  the  Cov- 
entry, Columbia,  Andover,  Willimantic  and  Bolton 
families  of  the  name,  settled  at  Lebanon,  Conn., 
where  lands  had  been  granted  him  soon  after  his 
marriage.  He  remained  there  until  1703,  (perhaps 
a  little  later)  where  he  removed  and  settled  on 
lands  now  included  in  South  Coventry.  The  home 
farm  owned  by  him  in  Coventry  (in  which  it  was 
included  in  1723),  is  yet  in  possession  of  his  des- 
cendants, being  owned  by  the  heirs  of  the  late  Dea. 
Appollos  Fitch.  The  old  homestead  was  a  little 
north  of  the  present  home  and  on  the  other  side  of 
the  road.  Miss  Caulkins  gives  it  as  a  tradition  that 
the  Fitchs  always  selected  their  farms  beside  rivers, 
and  were  noted  for  securing  the  best  lands.  Capt. 
Jeremiah  certainly  acted  in  accordance  with  the 
tradition  ;  his  farm  (which  is  located  in  the  "Flan- 
ders   District"  and    was    called    "the    mile    and    a 


GENEALOGY.  27 

•quarter"),  is  a  beautiful  and  excellent  one,  includ- 
ing a  large  slice  of  the  Willimantic  Meadows" 
mentioned  in  the  early  records  where  the  first 
Windham  and  Norwich  settlers  it  is  said,  were  ac- 
customed annually  to  resort  for  their  winter  supply 
of  hay  before  the  country  was  much  cleared.  In 
October,  1708,  he  was  commissioned  Captain  of  the 
second  company  of  militia  in  the  town  of  Lebanon. 
This  second  company  was  probably  in  the  second 
society  (now  the  town  of  Columbia,  Conn.,)  then 
known  from  the  shape  of  the  district,  as  Lebanon 
Crank.*  Capt.  Jeremiah  and  his  wife  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Windham  Church  before  that  in  Cov- 
entry was  formed,  and  the  first  mention  of  him  in 
the  latter  Church's  records  (the  first  portion  of 
which  is  missing)  is  October  22,  1719,  when  he  was 
appointed  one  of  the  committee  to  "seat"  the  in- 
habitants of  the  "Mile  and  a  Quarter"  in  the  meet- 
ing-house, L  e.  to  assign  them  their  proper  places. 
In  1723  he  was  chosen  a  Selectman  of  Coventry, 
which  office  he  held  for  six  years — the  last  time 
being  in  1735.  He  represented  the  Town  in  the 
General  Assembly  during  ten  sessions  (1725-1734), 
possessed  considerable  influence  in  town  affairs, 
and  was  esteemed  by  his  cotemporaries. 

*MSS.  Rec.  Vol.  IV  p.  48,  Sec'y  of  State's  Office. 


28  FITCH    FAMILY 

He  was,  according  to  family  tradition,  a  noted 
land  surveyor,  and  surveyed  much  of  the  towns  of 
Lebanon,  Coventry,  and,  it  is  said,  a  portion  of 
Windham.  There  are  some  interesting  facts  in  the 
life  of  Capt.  Fitch,  as  related  by  Hon.  J.  Hammond 
Trumbull,  in  an  account  of  the  "  Hartford  Riot,'r 
published  in  the  Hartford  Press  some  years  since, 
and  which  from  their  inaccessibility  to  general 
readers  are  worthy  of  preservation  in  this  form  for 
the  benefit  of  those  particularly  interested.  After 
giving  some  account  of  the  will  of  Joshua  Uncas 
and  his  legatees,  as  well  as  of  the  difficulties  con- 
cerning land  titles  that  arose  in  consequence,  he 
says,  "that  about  1700,  pioneer  settlers  found  their 
way  from  Hartford  and  Windsor  to  what  is  now 
probably  the  south-east  part  of  Coventry,  some 
under  former  conveyances  from  the  legatees,  others 
by  "  squatters'  law,"  — took  possession  of  lands 
about  Wongumbaug  pond,  between  Hop  and 
Willimantic  rivers.  Not  far  above  the  junction  of 
the  two  streams,  Capt.  Jeremiah  Fitch,  a  son  of 
Rev.  James,  and  brother  of  Major  James  Fitch  of 
Canterbury,  who  at  this  time  was  one  of  the  most 
popular  and  influential  men  in  Eastern  Connecticut 
(though  a  determined  opponent  of  Gov.  Salton- 
stall)  had  purchased  a  considerable  tract  and  estab- 


GENEALOGY.  29 

lished  his  residence.  His  house,  however,  and  part 
of  his  farm,  was  south  of  the  boundary  of  Coven- 
try, as  first  established,  and  was  alleged  to  be  with- 
in the  tract  reserved  by  Joshua  for  his  sons,  and 
was  conveyed  by  Abimeleck,  the  last  surviving 
son,  to  Major  John  Clark  and  Rev.  Thomas  Buck- 
ingham, of  Saybrook.  In  May,  1721,  Major  Clark 
brought  an  action  in  the  Superior  Court  of  Hart- 
ford County  to  recover  possession.  The  case  was 
obstinately  contested  on  both  sides,  and  in  March, 
1722,  judgment  was  given  for  plaintiff,  and  execu- 
tion granted  for  costs,  amounting  to  £14  13s. 
Capt.  Fitch  was  obstinate — it  was  returned  unsatis- 
fied, and  he  was  committed  to  Hartford  Prison. 
His  neighbors  at  Hop  River,  "the  Mile  and  a  Quar- 
ter," Lebanon  and  Coventry,  were  indignant,  and 
similar  action  was  threatened  against  some  of 
themselves — there  was,  indeed,  scarcely  a  farm  in 
that  region  over  which  there  was  not  two  or  three 
conflicting  titles.  They  resolved  on  a  demonstra- 
tion. On  Monday  afternoon,  October  22,  1722,  a 
party  from  Hop  River,  and  some  from  (East) 
Windsor,  about  fifty  in  all,  crossed  the  Hartford 
ferry  and  marched  to  the  jail  to  demand  the  im- 
mediate release  of  Capt.  Fitch.  The  jailor  refused 
compliance — but  a  battering-ram  was  soon  found 


30  FITCH    FAMILY 

in  a  piece  of  timber  lying  near — the  door  was  burst 
open — they  rushed  in  and  carried  off  Capt.  Fitch 
in  triumph.  Their  retreat,  however,  was  not  un- 
molested. Col.  Wm.  Whiting,  the  High  Sheriff, 
with  some  assistance,  overtook  them  at  the  river- 
side and  made  every  exertion  to  recapture  the 
prisoner.  His  efforts  were  unavailing.  The  rioters, 
after  the  interchange  of  a  few  blows,  and  much 
scuffling,  all  got  on  board  the  ferry  boat  and  com- 
pelled the  ferryman,  in  spite  of  Col.  Whiting's 
command  to  the  contrary,  to  put  off  from  the  shore 
and  land  them  on  the  east  side. 

At  the  Special  Court,  May,  1723,  fifteen  were 
convicted  of  riot,  etc.  Two  were  sentenced  to  be 
branded  in  the  forehead,  others  were  fined  from 
£2  to  £20,  and  two  or  three  escaped  by  giving 
evidence  for  the  prosecution.  Capt.  Fitch  was 
fully  acquitted  of  all  participation  in  the  riot  and 
"burglary" — the  Court  not  regarding  it  as  a  crime, 
or  even  evidence  of  "burglarious  intent,"  that  he 
walked  out  of  prison  with  his  friends,  when  the 
doors  were  open. 

This  lawsuit  had  a  curious  sequel:  Major  Clark 
found  it  more  difficult  to  keep  than  to  obtain  pos- 
session. In  1724  he  was  again  a  suitor  in  the  Su- 
perior Court  to  recover  the  land  of  which  Captain 


GENEALOGY. 


31 


Fitch  had  again  "dispossessed"  him— when  the 
jury  gave  a  verdict  for  the  defendant.  So  Capt, 
Fitch  was  left  in  quiet  possession.  Among  the 
participants  in  the  expedition  and  riot  was  Stephen 
Brown,  the  first  Willimantic  settler  of  that  name. 
He  was  the  cousin  of  Capt,  Fitch,  his  mother  and 
Jeremiah's   hoth   being    daughters    of  Maj.    John 

Mason.* 

Capt.  Jeremiah  Fitch  married  Ruth,  probably 
daughter  of  Stephen  Giffordt  and  Hannah  Gallup,! 
of  Norwich.  Capt.  Fitch  died  in  Coventry,  Conn., 
May  22,  1736,  aged  65  years,  his  wife  survived 
him,  and  was  living  in  1756.      Children  ; 

Jeremiah,  born  probable  in  1707  or  1708. 

(Twins),  Lucy  and  Ruth,  born  April  18,  1699,  in 
Lebanon,  Conn.  Ruth  married  Daniel  Whitmore, 
of  Coventry,  Conn. 

Hannah,  born  January  18,  1701,  in  Lebanon, 
Conn.,  married  Humphrey  Davenport,  of  Coven- 
try, Conn.,  May  9,  1726. 

Aimer2,  born  July  8,  1703,  in  Lebanon,  Conn. 

Gideon,  probably  born  in  Coventry,  Conn.,  mar- 

*  Weaver  says,  with  truth  that  the  Masons  and  Fitches 
were  all  powerful  in  Eastern  Connecticut  in  their  day,  and 
their  influence  was  felt  in  the  whole  Colony. 

t  Appendix  III.  t  Appendix  IV. 


32  FITCH    FAMILY 

ried  Sarah  Caulkins,  probably  settled  in  Norwich, 
Conn. 

Elisha3,  born  in  Coventry,  Conn.,  was  executor 
of  his  father's  will. 

James4,  born  in  Coventry,  Conn. 

Joseph,  born  in  Coventry,  Conn. 

Stephen,  born  1712,  in  Coventry,  Conn.,  mar- 
ried, January  24,  1837,  Eleanor  Strong,  and  proba- 
bly removed  to  Willimantic.  Weaver,  in  Genealo- 
gies of  Ancient  Windham,  (No.  cxiv),  devotes  con- 
siderable space  to  the  proof  of  this  Stephen  having 
been  the  son  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  Fitch.  The  most 
important  fact,  in  addition  to  other  presumptive 
testimony  which  he  presents,  is,  that  the  late 
Jeptha  Fitch,  of  Coventry,  son  of  Abner,  and 
grandson  of  the  Captain  Jeremiah,  born  in  1752, 
and  died  in  1829,  stated  distinctly  to  his  descen- 
dants now  living,  that  Stephen  Fitch,  father  of  the 
late  Erastus  Fitch,  of  Willimantic,  was  his  own 
cousin.  This  could  not  be,  unless  their  fathers 
were  brothers.  Stephen  above  named,  was  son  of 
Stephen  the  Willimantic  settler.  'This  statement 
being  so  recent  and  distinctly  remembered,'  renders 
it  certain,  in  his  opinion,  'that  the  Willimantic 
Fitches  are  descendants  of  Rev.  James  Fitch  and 
Major  John  Mason.' 


GENEALOGY.  33 

(Lieutenant)  Jeremiah',  (son  of  Capt.  Jeremiah6) 
married,  (1)  January  6,  1730,  Mercy,  (daughter  of 
Capt.  Thomas).  Porter,  of  Coventry,  Conn.  She 
was  born  October  10,  1708,  and  died  January  27, 
1734.  He  married  (2)  widow  Martha  Gilford, 
dune  4,  1744.  He  died  January  8,  1779,  in  his  72d 
year.      Children,  (:>y  his  first  wife)  : 

Lucy,  born  September  12,  1730. 

Mary,  born   January  18,  1738,  died  May  7.  174!). 

Hannah,  born  September  13,  1735. 

John,  born  September  13,  1742,  died  March  25, 
174f>. 

(  By  his  second  wife)  : 

Mercy,  horn  June  7,  174ii,  died   March   10,  1761. 

Jeremiah,  horn  January  4,  174S,  married  Sep- 
tember  8,  177h,  Sybil  Dimmick,  had horn  1777. 

Jeremiah,  born  177N. 

(Twins),  Mary, — still-horn — and  John,  horn 
December  20,  1 7">4. 


34 


FITCH    FAMILY 


House  built  by  Capt    Abner  Fitch,  Coventry,  Conn.,  still 
occupied. 


GENEALOGY. 


35 


(Capt.)  Abner,2  (son  of  Captain  Jeremiah,0)  re- 
moved with  his  father's  family  to  Coventry,  about 
1706-  where  he  married  (1)  Muth  Rose?*  of  that 
town'  February  17.  1736.     He  married  (2)  widow 

Lee,  when  he  was  8:2  years  old,  and  died  at  the 

age  of  95.  From  the  Coventry  Town,  Church  and 
Society  Records,  he  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of 
considerable  note.  In  the  year  1731, '34  and '50, 
he  was  a  Lister  and  Inspector :  in  1737  and  .>'.>  a 
Grand  Juror  ;  in  173:],  "46  and  '65  a  Highway  Sur- 
veyor;  173G  a  Collector  of  Ministerial  Kates:  m 
1747  and  '50  an  Auditor  of  the  accounts  of  the  two 
previous  treasurers  of  the  Society:  in  1751,  Moder- 
ator of  the  Society's  Meeting  :  and  in  1753,  one  of 
the  "Seaters"  of  the  Meeting  Ilonse,  an  office  of  no 
small  importance  and  respectability  in  those  days. 
Capt.  Fitch  and  h;s  wife  are  found  upon  the  list  of 
church-members  during  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  Hun- 
tington, who  was  settled  in  1763— there  having 
been,  apparently,  no  previous  church  records.  Mr. 
Fitch  is  called'  -Sergeant"  in  1747:  -Ensign  in 
1750,  and  -Captain"'  in  1753.  Children,  (all  by 
first  wife)  : 

Jeremiah,  born  March  29,  1737. 

Jephta,    born    March    26,    1740,    probably    died 

young.  . 

Bettie,  born  September  11,  1743,  married  Daniel 
Cutler,  of  Lisbon,  Conn.,  where  she  died. 

Ruth,  born  October  13.  and  died  Dec.  3,  1744. 

Ruth,  born  ,  married Lyon,  of  Wood- 
stock, where  they  lived  ami  died. 

Aimer/'  born  November  IS,  174i». 

Jeptha,6  born  September,  17">± 

;:  Appendix  V. 


36  PITCH    FAMILY 

:Klisii.\.:;  (son  of  (/apt.  Jeremiah,6)  married,  May 
27,  1736,  Priscilla  Patten.     Children: 

Deborah,  born  1736,  died  October  15,  1741. 

Elemiiel,  born  1739. 

Deborah,  born  and  died  174± 

Joseph,  born  1748. 

Josiah,  born  174b,  married  Ruhama  Allen,  bad 
Jerusha,  Phiiena,  Mason,  Anthon,  Parmissa. 

Nathan,  born  174S. 

Deborah,  born.  \l-rl. 

Elijah,  born  17;">4. 

Jasper7. 

James4,  (son  of  Capt.  Jeremi  ih(i  )  married,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1788,  Phebe  Meei      ■  Iren: 

Richard,  born  Jan,;  ,  VI. 

Phebe,  born  March  6,  I 

Jesse,  born  March  11,  1752. 


GENEALOGY. 


37 


House  built  by  Jeremiah  Fitch.  Vernon,  Conn. 


38  PITCH    FAMILY 

Jeremiah  Fitch,  (sod  of  Capt.  Abner  Fitch,  of 
Coventry,  Conn.,)  settled  at  Windsor,  Conn.  On 
the  17th  of  July,  1756,  Capt.  Abner  Fitch  nought 
of  Joseph  Webster  a  farm  kta  certain  piece  or  par- 
cel of  land  lying  in  said  Windsor,"  and  it  is  not  im- 
probable that  Jeremiah  Fitch,  his  son,  may  have 
occupied  the  farm  soon  after  its  purchase  by  his 
father.  By  deed  of  gift  dated  October  28th,  1705, 
Capt.  Abner  Fitch  conveyed  the  same  land  to  his 
son  Jeremiah  in  which  he  is  spoken  of  as  "my  well 
beloved  son,  Jeremiah  Fitch,  of  Windsor,  in  the 
County  of  Hartford."  etc.  The  farm  appears  to 
have  been  a  tine  one.  The  farm  buildings  were 
located  on  the  south  side  of  the  road  on  rising 
ground,  affording  to  the  westward  a  fine  view  of 
the  Hockauum  River  and  the  broad  valley  of  the 
Connecticut.  In  the  opposite  direction  arose  the 
rugged,  wooded  hills  and  mountains  which  bound 
the  valley  on   the  east. 

We  are  unable  to  give  more  than  a  meager  ac- 
count of  Jeremiah  Fitch.  He  was,  according  to 
family  tradition,  a  farmer  and  tavern  keeper.  At 
the  time  he  first  settled  on  this  farm  it  was  included 
in  old  Windsor;  then  it  formed  part  of  Fast 
Windsor  ;  next  it  was  a  part  of  the  Parish  of  Xorth 
Bolton,  formed  of  parts  of  Bolton  and  Fast  Wind- 
sor; and  lastly,  by  act  of  the  Legislature  in  1808, 
the  Parish  of  North  Bolton-  was  incorporated  a 
town  and  called  Vernon.  The  farm  remained  in 
possession  of  the  Fitch  family  until  about  1830, 
when  it  was  sold  by  the  widow  and  sons  of  Thad- 
deus  Fitch,  previous   to  their  emigration  to  Ohio. 


Sec  Barber's  Hist,  of  Conn. 


GENEALOGY.  41 

The  manufacturing  Village  of  Talcottville  is  now 
located  on  it. 

Jeremiah  Fitch  married  February  1,  1759,  Abi- 
gail Whitmore,  at  Coventry,  Conn.,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  (.Dorcas)  Whitmore,  of  Killingly,  Conn. 
She  was  born  at  Killingly,  July  5,  1733.  Accord- 
ing to  the  records  of  Killingly,  Daniel  Whitmore, 
his  wife  and  five  children,  died  in  1741,  and  it  is 
not  improbable  that  the  family  were  broken  up  and 
that  Abigail  was  living  with  some  relative  in  Cov- 
entry at  the  time  of  her  marriage  to  Jeremiah 
Fitch.  Jeremiah  Fitch  died  August  20,  1796, 
buried  at  North  Bolton  (now  Vernon,  Conn.)  His 
wife  survived  him  more  than  twenty  years,  dying 
February  4,  1818,  and  buried  beside  her  husband. 
Children  :« 

Daniel,  born  January  17,  1760,  died  unmarried, 
July  20,  1785. 

thaddeus,  born  July  27,  1761. 

Iioxana,  born  June  13,  1763. 

Thankful,  born  January  16,  1765. 

Converse,  born  October  24,  17(51*. 

Mirriam,  born  January  (J,  1772. 

Thaddeus  Fitch,  (son  of  Jeremiah  Fitch),  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Webster,  of  North  Bolton,  Nov.  27, 
1788.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Elijah  Webster,  of 
Bolton,  where  she  was  born,  September  10,  1766. 
Her  grandfather,  Ezekiel  Webster,  was  killed  by 
the  Indians  near  Syracuse,  X.  Y.  Thaddeus  Fitch, 
by  the  terms  of  his  father's  will,  inherited  one-half 
of  his  father's  land,  "lying  in  Bolton  and  East 
Windsor;" — "Thaddeus  on  the  north  side  of  the 
farm  lying  in  Bolton  ;  " — subject  to  the  right  of  his 
mother  to  "one-half  the  improvement  of  my  land," 


42  FITCH    FAMILY 

so  runs  the  will.  The  portion  of  the  farm  devised 
to  Thaddeus  Fitch  included  the  house  and  other 
farm  buildings,  and  became  his  home  during  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  His  mother  appears  to  have 
lived  with  him  until  his  death  ;  and  afterward  un- 
til her  death,  with  her  grandsons  Chester  and 
Chauncey  Fitch,  who  occupied  the  old  home  after 
the  death  of  their  father  Thaddeus  Fitch.  She 
was,  according  to  the  testimony  ot  her  grandson, 
Chauncey  Fitch,  a  "nice  old  lady."  Thaddeus 
Fitch  was  a  prosperous  iarmer,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  the  owner  of  lands  in  East  Windsor  and 
East  Hartford,  in  addition  to  the  farm  inherited 
from  his  father.  He  appears  to  have  been  a  man 
of  good  standing  in  the  community.  In  1802  he 
was  collector  of  the  Society  for  rate  for  the  Eccle- 
siastical Society  of  North  Bolton.  In  1805  he  was 
a  surveyor  of  highways.  At  a  general  meeting  of 
Republicans  in  1805  he  appears  to  have  beep  ap- 
pointed sole  manager  for  the  County  of  Tolland; 
and  was  executor  of  his  father's  will.     Children  ': 

Daniel,  born  November  1,  1789. 
Chester,  born  March  17,  1791. 
Nancy,  born  June  10,  1793. 
Chauncey,  born  January  1,  1795. 
Almvra,  born  January  19,  1797. 
Eli,  born  September  28,  1798. 
Betsey,  born  October  25,  1800. 
Sanford,  born  November  19,  1802. 
Horace,  born  November  18,  1804. 
Flisha,  born  July  3,  1807. 

Walter,  born   Feb.   28,  1809;  died  June  3,  1811. 
Mary,  born  February  25,  1811  ;  died  September 
15,  1830. 


GENEALOGY.  43 

Thaddeus  Fitch  died  April  16,  1816,  aged  54 
years,  and  was  buried  at  Vernon,  Conn. 

Rebecca,  widow  of  Thaddeus  Fitch,  married  (2) 
February  11,  1819,  John  Walker,  Esq.,  of  Vernon, 
Conn.     He  died  November  18,  1828. 

After  the  death  of  her  second  husband,  Rebecca 
Walker  went  to  Ohio  with  her  children.  She  died 
at  the  home  of  her  son  Eli,  at  Olmsted,  O.,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1841>.  aged  83  rears,  and  was  buried  at 
Olmsted,  0. 


Descendants  of  THADDEUS  FITCH,  in  the  Line 
of  his  Son   Daniel. 


Daniel  Fitch,  (sou  of  Thaddeus  Fitch),  married 
Jerusha  Loomis,  January  7,  1818.  She  was  the 
daughter  ot  Gideon  Loomis,  of  East  Windsor,  Conn., 
born  August  25.  179-3:  and  was  a  descendant  of 
Joseph  Loomis.  the  first  settler  in  this  country,  who 
came  over  with  his  family  in  the  ship  Mary  and 
John  from  at  or  near  Bristol,  England,  in  the  year 
1630.  He  settled  first  at  Dorchester,  Mass..1  re- 
moved to  Windsor,  Conn.  His  name  and  that  of 
his  son  John,  appear  on  record  among  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Windsor,  in  1640.  Mr.  Fitch  lived  with 
his  father-in-law  at  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  and  car- 
ried on  his  farm,  where  he  remained  until  1823, 
when  he  moved  to  Genessee  County,  X.  Y.,  and  to 
Cattaraugas  County  in  1825,  where  he  settled  on  a 
farm.  In  1840  the  removal  to  Ohio  and  eventually 
settled  on  a  farm  in  Townsend,  Huron  County,  O., 


44  FITCH    FAMILY 

where  he  died  September  18,  1852,  and  was  buried 
at  Xorwalk,  0.  He  was  an  earnest  Christian,  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and  much  re- 
spected in  the  communities  where  he  lived.  He 
was  jointly  with  his  brother  Chester,  executor  of 
his  father's  will.  Jerusha  Fitch,  after  the  death  of 
her  husband,  removed  with  nearly  all  her  family 
to  Rock  County,  Wisconsin,  where  she  remained 
until  1874,  when  she  returned  to  Xorwalk,  ()., 
where  she  died  Feb.  21,  1875,  and  was  buried  beside 
her  husband.      Children: 

Walter  W.,  born  November  18,  1818. 

Henry  L.,  born  February  22,  1816. 

Thaddeus,  born  March  BO,  1818. 

Mary  Ann,  born  August  16,  1820. 

Harriet  E.,  born  October  12,  1822.  All  born  at 
Hast  Windsor,  Conn. 

Emily  C,  born  March  19,  1825. 

Horace,  born  April  3,  1827. 

Augustus  B.,  born  July  18,  1830. 

Alfred  B.,  born  October  11,  1833. 

Xewell  D.,  born  Xov.  25,  1835.  All  born  at 
Leon,  Cattaraugas  Co.,  X.  V. 

Walter  Fitch,  (son  of  Daniel  Fitch),  went  with 
his  father's  family  to  New  York  State  in  1823,  and 
to  Ohio  about  1840.  He  married  Laura  Barton  of 
Hidgeville,  ().,  July  4,1845.  They  had  five  Children  .- 

Caroline,  born  at  Olmsted  Falls,  ().,  in  184H. 

Plumer,  born  at  Ridgeville',  0.,  in  1848. 

James,  born  at  Townsend,  O.,  in  1850. 

(Twins),  Mary  and  Sarah,  born  at  Avon,  Rock 
Co.,  Wis.,  in  1857. 

Walter  W.  Fitch  died  at  Spring  Vallcw  Wis., 
October,  1866. 


GENEALOGY.  45 

Caroline  Fitch,  (daughter  of  Walter  Fitch),  mar- 
ried Henry  Johnson,  1874. 

Mary  Fitch,  (daughter  of  Walter  Fitch),  married 
Silas  Bliss;  1879.  One  child,  Walter  W.  Bliss, 
horn   1880. 

Sarah  Fitch,  (daughter  of  Walter  Fitch),  married 
Alexander  Hamilton  1883.  One  child,  Laura, 
horn  1885. 

Henry  L.  Fitch,  (son  of  Daniel  Fitch),  married 
Harriet  Wells  at  Dayton,  Cattaraugas  Co.,  X.  Y. 
Children  : 

•  lane,  horn  at  Leon.  X.  Y.,  in  1S44.  Married 
Mortimer  Xelson  in  1864.  They  had  six  children 
— three  sons  and  three  daughters. 

Erwin,  born  at  Leon,  X".  Y.,  in  184(5,  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  war  of  the  southern  Rebellion.  He 
died  at  Madison,  Wis.,  in  1865. 

Thaddeus,  (son  of  Daniel  Fitch),  married  at  Leon, 
X\  Y.,  in  1840,  Lucy  Boardman.     Children: 

Alanson  I>..  born  at  Berea,  ()..  July  26,  1842, 
died  September   10,  L843. 

dames  A.,  born  at  Olmsted,  ().,  in  1S44.  He 
married  Olive  Miner,  at  Collins,  0.,  Oct.  10.  1865, 
and  died  at  Clyde.  O.,  Jan.  8,  1874. 

Edgar  E.,  horn  at  Townsend,  O.,  Nov.  2.~>,  1848, 
married   Ida  Hatfield,  at  Clyde,  O.,  duly  12,  1876. 

Mary  A.,  (daughter  of  Daniel  Fitch),  married  at 
Leon,  X.  Y.,  in  1840,  Charles  Morse.  One  child, 
Lucius,  born  at  Leon,   X".  Y.,  in  184:-). 

Mary  A.  Morse  died  at  Berea,  0.,  Oct.  12,  1845. 
Buried  at  Berea,,  O. 

Harriet  Fitch,  (daughter  of  Daniel  Fitch),  mar- 
ried at  Leon,  X.  Y.,  Simon  Purely,  Feb.  26,  1843.. 
Tbev  had  two  Children  : 


46  FITCH    FAMILY 

Juliette,  born  at  Towneend,  0.,  in  1845,  and 

Eugene,  born  June  9,  1851,  died  April    4,   1865. 

Juliette  Purdy  married  John  Ward,  Jan.  4, 18(54. 
One  child.  Eugene,  born  at  Spring  Valley,  Wis., 
March  21, 1865.    Mr.  Purdy  lives  at  Brodhead,  Wis. 

Emily  C,  (daughter  of  Daniel  Fitch),  married  at 
Townsend,  Ohio,  December  27,  1848,  George  Ben- 
son. Mr.  Benson  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the 
Rebellion:  A  member  of  Company  B,  25th  Reg't 
Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  died  at  Hilton  Head, 
S.  C,  September  6,  18(14.     Children  : 

Ella  L,  born  August  30,  1850,  married  at  Xor- 
walk,  ().,  Sept,  8,  1880,  Mark  K.  Lee. 

Emma,  born  at  Townsend,  ().,  October  12,  1853; 
died  at  Xorwalk,  ().,  December  (>,  1870. 

Frank  A.,  born  at  Orfordville,  Wis.,  September 
22,  1857,  married  at  Fremont,  O.,  Vinnie  Gallagher, 
August  6,  1884.  One  child,  Kate  F.  Benson,  born 
May  1,  1880.  Emily  C.  Benson  married  (2)  James 
Seeley,  March  10,  1868.     They  live  at  Xorwalk,  O. 

Horace  Fitch,  (son  of  Daniel  Fitch),  was  born  in 
the  State  of  Xew  York,  removed  with  his  father's 
family  to  Ohio,  and  with  his  mother  and  family  to 
Rock  County,  Wis.  He  was  popular  among  his 
associates,  and  had  many  friends.  He  was  never 
married.  He  was  a  soldier  in  Company  E,  22d 
Regiment  Wisconsin  Volunteers  in  the  war  of  the 
Rebellion.  Died  at  Danville,  Kentucky,  January 
4,  1863;  and  was  buried  at  Orfordville,  Wis. 

Augustus  Fitch,  (son  of  Daniel  Fitch),  married 
Anna  Bunting,  July  4,  1 858.     Children : 

May,  born  January,  1859. 

Emma,  born  in  1861. 

Jesse,  born  in  1863. 


GENEALOGY.  47 

Fred,  born  in  1865. 

Hattie,  born  1868. 

Alfred  B.,  (son  of  Daniel  Fitch),  married  Sarah 
E.  Whitehead,  of  Plymouth,  Wis.,  in  1864.  One 
child,  Frank  E.,  born  February  17,  1867. 

Newell  D.,  (son  of  Daniel  Fitch),  married  Martha 
Shirley,  of  Spring  Valley,  Wis.,  January  21,  1864. 
Children  : 

Hubert,  born  Nov.  8,  1864,  died  Aug.  22,  1866. 

Horace,  born  Oct.  15,  1869.  died  Nov.  28.  1870. 


Descendants  of  THADDEUS  FITCH,  in  the  Line 
of  his  Son  Chester. 


CHESTER    FITCH,    (second   son  of  Thaddeus 

Fitch),  received  a  fair  common  school  education 
and  was  brought  up  a  farmer.  He  married  Betsy 
Edmonds,  March  17,  181:],  who  was  born  Septem- 
ber 20th.  1792.  and  was  an  adopted  daughter  of 
Daniel  Elmer  of  North  Bolton.  Conn.  At  the 
death  of  his  father,  in  1816.  Mr.  Fitch  inherited  a 
part  of  his  large  farm,  on  which  he  lived  until 
1880,  when  lie  removed  to  Pomfret,  Chantaqna 
County,  X.  Y.  In  1831  he  removed  to  Olmsted, 
Cuyahoga  County,  Ohio.  He  purchased  a  tract  of 
land  on  Rocky  River,  in  the  northerly  part  of  the 
Township,  which  he  improved  and  made  into  a 
valuable  farm.  He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  of 
character,  active  and  persevering  in  whatever  he 
undertook  to  perform.  His  wife  died  June  23, 
1863,  and  was  buried  at  Olmsted,  O.      He  married 


48  FITCH    EAMILY 

(2)  in  1865,  Anna  Morris.  In  1867,  lie  sold  his 
farm  and  removed  to  Mount  Vernon,  ().,  where  he 
remained  until  the  death  of  his  second  wife  in 
1876,  when  he  went  to  live  with  his  son  Tudor,  in 
Michigan.  He  died  December  14,  1881,  aged  91 
years,  and  was  buried  in  Olmsted,  0. 
Children,  all  by  his  first  wife  : 

Elizabeth  E.,  born  December  24,  1813,  died  Aug. 
12,  1814. 

Charles  C,  born  May  29,  1815. 

Smith  W.,  born  April  17,  1817. 

Eliza  Ann,  born  April  18,  1819. 

Frederick,  born  June  2,  1821. 

Adaline,  born  August  18,  1824. 

Tudor,  born  August  10,  1826. 

Hudson,  born  September  30,  1828. 

Alfred,  born  April  14, 1832,  died  Aug.  24,   1834. 

Alfred  White,  born  October  2,  1835. 

Charles  C.  Fitch,  (son  of  Chester  Fitch),  was 
born  on  the  old  Jeremiah  Fitch  farm,  at  Vernon, 
Conn.  In  1830,  he  went  with  his  father's  family 
to  Fomfret,  Chataqua  Coanty,  N.  Y.,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1831,  at  which  time  his  lather  and 
family  reniOAcd  to  Olmstead,  O.  He  married  May 
3d,  1842,  Lydia  II.  Wilson,  who  was  born  at  St. 
Albans,  Vt.,  March  30,  1822,  and  was  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Brooks  Wilson,  of  Ohnsred,  O.,  died  of  con- 
sumption October  19,  1867,  and  was  buried  at 
Olmsted,  O.  Mr.  Fitch  married  (2)  March  10, 
1870,  Ellen  M.  Dry  den,  of  Olmsted  Falls,  daughter 
of  C.  P.  Dry  den,  and  a  descendant  of  Artemus 
Dryden,  of  Holden,  Mass.,  the  first  settler  in  this 
country.  He  is  a  prosperous  farmer  at  Olmsted,  O. 
Children  all  by  his  first  wife  : 


GENEALOGY.  49 

Maryette  M.,born  July  24, 1843,  married  George 
Arundell,  of  Newbery,  England,  October  15,  1884. 
They  reside  at  Cleveland,  O. 

Martha  Z.,  born  November  10,  1845,  married 
Herbert  O.  Kennedy,  November  20,  1872,  son  of 
John  Kennedy  of  Olmsted,  0.     Children  : 

Helen  M.,  born  June  11, 1874,  died  April  28, 1882. 

Alice  K.,  born  March  13,  1876. 

Mattie  F.,born  Dec.  30,  1832,  died  April  14, 1884. 

Melvin  W.,  born  April  11,  1852,  married  Lelia, 
daughter  of  John  Ronep,  of  Olmsted,  O.,  Decem- 
ber 24, 1873.     Children: 

Lydia  E.,  born  May  22,  1875. 

Mary  W.,  born  August  7th,  1877. 

Dell,  born  May  4,  1880,  died  January  29,  1881. 

Agnes  M.j  born  Dec.  27,  1881. 

Charles  C.  Fitch  had  other  Children : 

Emma  R.,  born  August  4, 1848,  died  Oct.  19, 1850. 

LuceyM.,born  Feb.  24, 1862,  died  Mar.  28, 1864. 

Gerty  M.,  born  Sept.  12, 1866,  died  Feb.  24, 1867. 

Smith  Webster,  (son  of  Chester  Fitch),  married 
his  first  cousin,  Sabra  Maria,  eldest  daughter  of  Eli 
Fitch,  Dec.  3,  1842.     Children  : 

Emily  Helen,  born  March  29,  1844,  married 
Asher  Stearns  in  1870,  who  was  a  member  of  Co. 
1, 150  Reg't  Ohio  Nat.  Guards  in  the  hundred  days 
service  in  the  late  war.     They  have  : 

Mabel  Maria,  born  Jan.  7,  1871. 

Loring  Burton,  born  June  22,  1874,  died  March 
24,  1875. 

Sabra  Mertilla,  born  March  6,  1877. 

Bessie  Fitch,  born  May  4,  1881. 

Hudson  Arthur,  born  Jan.  12,  1846,  married 
Mary  Odell.     They  have  one  child,  Otis. 


'50  '  FITCH    FAMILY 

Mr.  Fitch  enlisted  Dec.  28,  1863,  in  Company  D. 
125th.  O.  V.  I.',  was  promoted  to  1st  Serg'tSept.  lr 
1865,  and  was  mustered  out  with  the  company 
Sept.  25,  1865.  In  May,  1^64,  he  joined  his  regi- 
ment at  Dallas,  Ga.  He  remained  with  the  regiment 
until  late  in  August,  when  in  the  great  flanking 
movement  of  Sherman's  Army  to  the  rear  of 
Atlanta ;  being  unable  to  march  with  the  regiment 
on  account  of  sickness,  he  was  taken  prisoner  and 
confined  at  Andersonville  Prison.  From  an  ac- 
count of  his  experiences  as  a  prisoner,  written  by 
himself,  we  append  a  few  extracts — as  faintly  in- 
dicating the  sufferings  he  endured  in  the  service  of 
his  country.  Speaking  of  the  prison  fare,  at  An- 
dersonville, he  says :  "Our  rations,  which  were 
cooked,  consisted  of  a  piece  of  coarse  corn  bread, 
made  from  cob  meal,  about  one  and  one-half  inches 
square — one  pint  of  boiled  beans  (bugs,  dirt  and 
gravel  stones  included),  a  mouthful  of  boiled  beef, 
and  sometimes  a  few  grains  of  salt."  About  Sept. 
10,  1864,  5000  of  the  prisoners  of  Andersonville 
were  transferred  to  Savannah,  where  they  remained 
until  Oct.  12,  when  they  were  transferred  to  the  pri- 
son at  Millen,  Ga.  From  here  he  managed  to  escape, 
but  was  recaptured  and  taken  back  to  prison.  Speak- 
ing of  the  punishment  inflicted  on  him,  he  says  i 

"  The  stocks  is  an  instrument  of  torture  which  is- 
used  by  Southern  planters  to  punish  refractory 
slaves.  The  person  to  be  confined  is  forced  to  lie 
down  on  his  back,  with  the  limbs  crossed  at  the- 
knees ;  his  feet  are  then  confined  about  two  and  a 
half  feet  from  the  ground  by  means  of  two  thick 
boards  with  holes  through  them  large  enough  to 
accommodate  the  ankles,  which  shut  together  con- 


GENEALOGY.  51 

fining  a  person  in  such  a  position  as  to  render  it 
impossible  to  change  position."  "Towards  night 
it  began  to  grow  cold,  and  by  9  o'clock  it  was  al- 
most impossible  to  keep  from  freezing ;  as  I  was 
not  allowed  any  fire,  food,  water  or  covering  of  any 
kind.  "The  next  morning  the  assistant  Com- 
mandant, one  Capt.  Cameron,  a  deserter  from  our 
army  came  to  me,  and  asked  me  how  I  enjoyed  my 
comfortable  bed.  I  replied  that  'Paul  and  Silas 
were  once  fastened  in  the  stocks,  and  I  presumed 
that  my  feelings  in  regard  to  its  comfort,  were 
similar  to  theirs.  He  was  nearly  beside  himself 
with  rage,  grinding  his  teeth  he  swore  with  a  bit- 
ter curse,  that  he  would  'tame  me  yet'.  During 
the  second  day  and  night  of  his  confinement  in  the 
stocks,  a  cold  rain  fell  which  froze  his  limbs  to  his 
knees,  icicles  hung  to  his  heels,  and  froze  to  his 
hair.  Continuing  his  narrative,  he  says  :  I  tossed 
my  arms  to  and  fro  and  beat  myself  to  keep  from 
freezing  to  death.  My  mouth  and  throat  were 
parched  with  thirst,  and  hunger  gnawed  at  my 
vitals.  I  prayed  that  death  might  come  and  release 
me  from  my  suffering.'  " 

At  8  P.  M.  of  the  next  day  he  was  released,  "so 
weak  and  benumbed  that  I  could  not  stand." 
When  Sherman's  Army  approached  Millen,  the 
prisoners  were  removed  to  Blackshaer,  Ga.  Here 
he  remained  until  November  26,  when  observing 
a  vacant  place  in  the  ranks  of  some  prisoners  who 
were  about  to  be  paroled,  he  steped  into  the  vacant 
place,  and  managed  to  escape  to  "Gods  Country." 

Newton  Clarence,  born  Dec.  27, 1847,  died  in  1849. 

Charlotte  Annette,  born  Sept.  10,  1850,  married 

Cassius    Stearns,  in    1873.      Mr.    Stearns    was    a 


52  FITCH    FAMILY 

soldier  in  the  late  war ;  a  member  of  Co.  I.  150th 
Reg't   Ohio   Nat.    Guards,   in   the   hundred    days 

service.     Children : 

Neva  Mary,  born  Sept.  4,  1874. 

Emily  Josephine,  born  Feb.  14,  1876. 

Howard  Gray,  born  September  14,  1877,  died 
September  7,  1878. 

Edna  Wealthy,  born  May  4,  1879. 

Frank  De  Alton,  born  Jan.  13,  1853,  married 
Hattie  Porter,  who  died  in  1881.  They  had  one 
child,  Grade,  born  Jan.  16,  1879.  He  married  (2) 
Nettie  Palmer.     Children  by  his  second  wife  : 

Fred,  born  January  16,  1883. 

Alton,  born  February  19,  1885. 

Edwin  Leslie,  born  August  5,  1862,  married 
Melissa  Palmer  in  1884.  One  child,  Clayton,  born 
April  15,  1885,  died  Sept.  7,  1885.  Sabra  Maria,, 
wife  of  Smith  W.  Fitch,  died  April  8,  1864,  and 
was  buried  at  Olmsted,  O. 

Eliza  Ann,  (daughter  of  Chester  Fitch),  married 
May  25th,  1841,  John  H.  Perkins,  who  was  born  in 
Massachusetts,  May  22,  1819.    Children: 

John,  born was  a  soldier  in  Co.  I.,  150th  Reg't 

Ohio  Nat.  Guards,  in  the  hundred  days  service, 
married  Rhuemma  Coe,  July  25th,  1861.  One 
child,  Hattie  Eldora,  born  Sept.  7,  1863,  married 
Herman  J.,  (son  of  James  W.)  Fitch. 

Alfreda  P.,  born  at  Huron,  0.,  July  11,  1842, 
married  May  6, 1860,  fm.  Cousins.  Two  Children  : 

William  V.,  born  at  Dover,  O.,  May  7,  1861y 
married  Lucy  L.  Terwillager,  at  Scotts  Station, 
Michigan,  Feb.  3,  1885.     She  died  Nov.  1,  1885. 

John,  born  at  Brady,  Mich.,  January  18,  1867. 


GENEALOGY.  5& 

Betsey  I.,  born  at  Huron,  ().,  Dec.  3,  1844,  died 
at  Olmsted,  0.,  Oct.  27,  1856. 

Chester  H.,  born  at  Huron,  ().,  August  14,  1845r 
married  Jan.  6,  1867,  Collisca  Ooe,  who  was  born  at 
Dover,  0.,  Dec.  14,  184^5.     Childn  n  ; 

Herman  C,  born  Nov.  2,  1867. 

Burton  8.,  born  May  30,  1870. 

Clayton  F.,  born  August  12,  1872. 

Judson  B.,  born  August  15,  1874. 

Infant,  born  and  died,  in  1876. 

Vernon  X.,  born  February  27,  1882. 

Russell  C,  born  at  Olmsted,  O.,  May  10,  1848r 
married  Anna  Feuchter,  Mar.  25, 1884.  Two  children: 

Eva,  born  February  15,  1885. 

Clarence,  born  April  27,  18&6. 

Ernest  D.,  born  at  Olmsted,  O.,  April  29,  1851r 
married  Pena  Wershing,  December  16,  1880.  No 
children. 

Morgeana,  born  at  Olmsted,  O.,  August  31, 1854r 
died  September  5,  1855. 

Celia  J.,  born  at  Olmsted,  O.,  April  15,  1857, 
died  July  31,  1861. 

Eliza  A.  Perkins,  died  July  26,  1872. 

John  H.  Perkins,  died  March  15,  1878.  Both 
buried  at  Olmsted,  O. 

Frederick  Fitch,  (son  of  Chester  Fitch),  married 
Elvira  Dwinell,  April  4,  1849.  She  was  born  in 
Franklin,  Vermont,  January  31,  1825.  In  1853, 
he  moved  to  Pavilion,  Michigan,  where  he  settled 
on  a  farm.  His  wife  died  August  1  J,  1859,  and 
was  buried  at  Pavilion,  Michigan.  He  married  (2) 
Phebe  Peck,  in  1873.  Frederick  Fitch  died  June 
28,  1875,  and  was  buried  at  Pavilion,  Michigan- 
Children   by  his  first  wife  : 


54  FITCH    FAMILY 

Allison  Frederick,  born  at  Olmsted,  0.,  January 
18,  1850,  married  at  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  September 
27,  lb77,  Mary  C.  Himebaugb.  One  child,  Mida 
C,  born  February  11,  1882.  Mr.  Fitch  resides  at 
Alcksburg,  Michigan. 

Addison  Alberto,  born  at  Olmstead,  O.,  Feb.  18, 
1852,  died  at  Wakeshma,  Mich.,  June  16,  1867, 
buried  at  Pavilion,  Mich. 

Emma  Gertrude,  born  in  Pavilion,  Mich.,  June 
25,  1854,  died  October  12,  1854,  buried  at  Pavilion, 
Michigan, 

Emma,  born  at  Pavilion,  Mich.,  January  16, 1856, 
married  at  Olmsted,  O.,  Sept.  23,  lb77,  Frank  H. 
Perry.  One  child,  Frankie  Helen,  born  April  8, 
1881.     They  reside  at  Vicksburg,  Michigan. 

Eva  Elvira,  born  at  Pavilion,  Mich.,  August  1, 
1859,  died  October  15,  1859. 

Flora  May,  born  June  8,  1874,  the  child  by  his 
second  wife. 

Adaline,  (daughter  of  Chester  Fitch),  married 
November  3,  1841,  Herod  Stocking,  who  was  born 
at  Dover,  O.,  July  5,  1819,  and  was  the  son  of 
Joseph  and  Jane  Stocking.     Children: 

Charles  F.,  born  at  Olmsted,  0.,  August  4,  1842, 
married  Sarah  E.  Wickham,  of  Wood  County,  O., 
January  1875.     Children  : 

Nettie,  born  November,  1876,  died  Feb.,  1877. 

Adaline,  born  April,  1&79. 

Eoselle,  born  at  Olmsted,  0.,  Dec.  21,  1845,  died 
at  Angola,  Indiana,  February,  1846. 

Joseph,  born  at  Angola,  Indiana,  March,  1848, 
died  July,  1849. 

Joseph  Chester,  born  at  Angola,  Indiana,  Dec. 


GENEALOGY.  00 

2,  1852,  married  August  20,  1876,  Lyclia  A  Brad- 
brook.     Children : 

Ernest,  born  at  Bowling  Green,  O.,  June  8, 1877. 

Ethel,  born  June  24,   1879. 

Myrll,  born  Aug.  16,  1884,  at  Grand  Rapids,  0. 

Willis,  born  at  Dover,  0.,  Jan  31,  1861,  married 
April  27,  1886.  Emma  0.  Rochty. 

Tudor,  (son  of  Chester  Fitch),  married  Mary 
Dlmmick,  May,  1850.     Children: 

Chester,  born  February,  1851,   married ,  and 

had  Addison,  Luella,  Arthur,  Ernest,  Gertrude, 
and  Chester. 

Augusta,    born    1854,    married Rily.     No 

children. 

Maud,    born married Riley.     Children  : 

Charles,  Xed,  Estelle.  Tudor  Fitch  lives  at 
Pavillion,  Mich. 

Hudson  Fitch,  (son  of  Chester  Fitch),  was  born 
on  the  old  Fitch  farm  at  Vernon,  Conn.  He  came 
to  Olmsted,  0.,  in  1*31,  with  his  father's  family, 
where  he  has  since  remained,  engaged  in  the  oc- 
cupation of  farming.  He  married  Abigail  Wilson, 
(sister  of  his  brother  Charles  first  wife),  October 
31, 1849.    She  was  born  October  13,  1831.     Children: 

Isabelle  F.,  born  June  14,  1852,  married  Orfila 
Stearns,  January  28,  1874.  Mr.  Stearns  enlisted 
September,  10,  1862,  in  the  15th  Ohio  Battery,  then 
at  Holly  Springs,  Miss. ;  and  served  with  the  Bat- 
tery at  the  siege  of  Vicksburgh.  He  was  trans- 
ferred to  Company  H.  Fourth  Regt.  Yet.  Res. 
Corps,  with  which  he  served  to  the  close  of  the  war. 
Children  : 

Bertha  L.,  born  June  18,  1875. 

Gertrude  J.,  born  April  20,  1S79. 


56  FITCH    FAMILY 

Retta  L:,  born  August  3,  1856,  married  Edward 
I).  Heyden,  October  28,  1874.  Mr.  Heyden  enlis- 
ted in  St.  Lawrence  County,  K.  Y.,  where  he  then 
resided,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  and  served  three 
years  and  ten  months  as  a  soldier  in  the  late  war. 
He  was  orderly  for  Gen.  Halleck  during  the  time 
he  was  Commander-in-Chief,  and  afterwards  served 
in  Louisiana  and  the  southern  States.  He  was 
•discharged  as  Sergt.  Co.  D.  lith  New  York  Cav- 
.alry.     Children  : 

Mavis,  born  August  21,  1875. 

Lois,  born  June  7,  1877. 

Infant  daughter,  born  May  27,  1679,  died  Sept. 
14,   1879. 

Bessie,  born  July  13,  1880. 

Claude  I).,  born  June 2, 1^3.  Mr.  Hayden  lives 
in  Frontier  County,  Nebraska. 

Alfred  White  Fitch,  (son  of  Chester  Fitch),  mar- 
ried at  Olmsted  0.,  October  11,  1856,  Sarah  L. 
Thompson,  who  was  born  Jan.  26,  1838.  Mr.  Fitch 
removed  to  Kalamazoo  County,  Michigan,  in  1862, 
and  to  Eaton  County,  Mich.,  in  1874,  where  he  now 
resides.  They  have  one  son,  Merwin  A.,  born  July 
27,  1859.  He  married  Effie  Bosworth,  October  14, 
1880.  She  was  born  August  7,  1862,  in  Pittsford, 
Hillsdale  County,  Michigan. 

Nancy,  (daughter  of  Thaddeus  Fitch),  married 
Minor  White,  of  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  (now  Man- 
cheste),  March  31,  1814.  He  was  born  at  East 
Windsor,  Conn.,  February  24,  1784.  He  filled 
several  offices  in  town — a  Representative  in  the 
State  Legislature — for  fourteen  years  a  select  man — 
often  an  appraiser  and  distributor  of  Estates  in 
.town.     He  lived  the  life  of  a  farmer,   and    by   the 


GENEALOGY.  57 

aid  of  his  wife  acquired  a  good  property.  Their 
descendants  of  children,  grand,  and  great  grand 
children  are  thirty-live.  They  had  live  children  as 
follows  : 

Emily,  born  January  25,  1815,  died  Feb.  20, 1839. 

William,  horn  October  14,  1816. 

Henry  Hudson,  born  February  15,  1822.    # 

Harriet,  born  April  10,  1825. 

Mary  Fitch,  born  July  14,  1828. 

Minor  White  died  at  his  home  in  Manchester, 
Conn.,  May  31,  1868.  His  wife  died  February  21, 
1«74.     They  were  buried  at  Manchester,  Conu. 

William,  (son  of  Minor  and  Nancy  Fitch). 
White,  married  May  25,  1841,  Mary  Howlett,  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  where  she  was  born  Feb.  26,  1«19. 
Mr.  White  settled  on  a  farm  in  his  native  town. 
After  remaining  a  number  of  years,  he  sold  his 
farm  and  removed  to  St.  Paul,  Minn.  From  thence 
he  removed  to  Wilmar,  Minn.:  and  at  length  to 
Wahpeton,  Dakota,  where  he  now  resides.  In  his 
native  town  of  Manchester,  Conn.,  he  was  honored 
by  being  elected  Select  man  for  the  town  ;  and 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  held  the  latter  office  for 
a  number  ot  years,  while  living  at  Wilmar,  Minn. 
Children: 

Evalina  L.,  born  at  Manchester,  Conn.,  March  26, 
1848,  married  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Henry  L.  Wil- 
liams. August  5,  1869.     Children: 

Mary  A.,  born  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  July  1,  1870. 

Henry  White,  born  Xov.  11,  1872. 

William  Minor,  born  at  Manchester,  Conn.,  May 
10,  1845,  married  at  M alone,  X.  Y.,  June  11,  1872, 
Emma  Elizabeth  Sabin.     Children  : 

Grace  W.,  born  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  July  10,1874. 


58  FITCH    FAMILY 

Mary  E.,  born  at  Litchfield,  Minn.,  July  8,  1877. 

William  Minor  White,  died  at  Litchfield,  Minn., 
May  8,  1877.  Mary  E.,  his  daughter,  died  at  Red 
Wing,  Minn.,  July  31,  1878,  both  buried  at  Litch- 
field, Minn. 

Charles  Lemuel,  born  at  Manchester,  Conn.,  June 
1,  1848%married  Monrovia  Hutchinson,  at  Minea- 
polis  Minn.,  in  1875.  One  child,  lioy,  born  in  1876, 
died  at  Wilniar,  Minn.,  in  1876.  Monrovia  White 
died  at  Wilmar,  Minn.,  in  1876.  He  married  (2) 
at  Wilmar,  Minn.,  Mary  Porter.  Children  by  his 
second  wife  : 

Charles  Henry,  born  at  Wilmar,  Minn.,  in  1880. 

Eva  Anna,  born  at  Wilmar,  Minn.,  in  1883. 

William  M,,  born  at  Wahpeton,  Dak.,  in  1886. 

Mary  Howlett,  born  at  Manchester,  Conn.,  April 
25,  1853,  married  Elson  Baldwin,  at  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  in  18s0. 

George  Hudson,  born  at  Manchester.  Conn.,  Feb. 
13,  1859,  married  at  Litchfield,  Minn.,  Feb.  22, 
1882,  Henryetta  K  Pixley.     Children : 

Mary  Elizabeth,  born  at  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
November  25,  1882. 

George  Franklin,  born  at  Wahpeton,  Dakota, 
April  26,  1886. 

Henry  Hudson,  (son  of  Minor  White),  lives  on 
the  old  homestead  at  Manchester,  Conn.  He  has 
been  agent  and  general  manager  for  many  years  in 
the  manufacture  of  paper  and  cotton  goods,  in  his 
own  and  other  towns.  He  has  represented  his 
town  several  terms  in  the  State  Legislature,  and 
filled  other  and  minor  places  of  trust.  He  married 
Cordelia  Howlett,  of  Windsor,  Conn.,  Nov.  27, 1845. 
She  died  Oct  21,  1869.     Children  : 


GENEALOGY.  59 

Alice  Cordelia,  born  March  9,  1851,  married 
June  10,  1874,  Elisha  C.  Hilliard.     Two  children  : 

Charlotte  Cordelia,  born  Nov.  15,  1876,  and 

Elisha  Ernest  born  March  26,  1881. 

Henry  Kirk,  born  April  18,  1854,  and 

Minor  Hudson,  born  November  4,  1860. 

Henry  Hudson  White,  married  (2)  Elizabeth 
Hilliard,  of  Manchester,  February  22,  1871.  Chil- 
dren by  his  second  wife: 

Charlotte  Florence,  born  October  21,  1874. 

Harlow  Hilliard,  born  July  27,  1 880. 

Harriet,  (Daughter  of  Minor  White),  married 
Edward  II.  Griswold,  June  10,  1847.     Children: 

Ella  M.,  born  May  28,  1850. 

Abbie  ,1.,  born  May  24,  1852,  died  Sept.  11,  1861. 

Ida,  born  January  16,  1857. 

Hattie,  born  July  27,  1861. 

Mary  Elsie,  born  August  15,  1 863.  They  live  at 
South  Manchester,  Conn. 

Mary  F.,  (daughter  of  Minor  White),  married 
Dwight  Spencer,  of  Manchester,  Coim.  She  died 
March   6,  1870.      Children  • 

Xellie,  born  March  12,  1859,  married  June  20, 
1881,  Win.  H.  Chrlds,  of  Hartford,  Conn.    Children  : 

Xellie  R.,  born  May  24,  1882. 

Mary,  born  March  7,  1886. 

Frank  Fitch  Spencer,  born  September  30,   1865. 


60  FITCH    FAMILY 

Descendants  of  THADDEUS  FITCH,  in  the  line 
of  his  son  Chauncey. 


Chauncey  Fitch,  (son  of  Thaddeus  Fitch), 
married  Anna  Loomis,  of  East  Windsor,  Conn., 
December  30,  1819.  She  was  sister,  of  Jerusha, 
wife  of  his  brother  Daniel,  and  also  of  Harriet,  wife 
of  his  brother  Horace,  and  was  born  January  24, 
1797.  Mr.  Fitch  first  occupied  with  his  brother 
Chester,  the  old  homestead  at  Vernon  Conn.,  and 
afterwards  carried  on  the  large  farm  of  his  father- 
in-law,  Gideon  Loomis,  at  East  Windsor,  Conn. 
In  November,  1831,  he  started  with  his  family,  for 
Olmsted,  0.  The  vessel  on  which  they  took  pas- 
sage at  Buffalo,  was  driven  by  stress  of  weather 
into  the  harbor  of  Dunkirk.  His  wife  was  taken 
sick  with  a  fever,  and  the  family  was  taken  to  the 
house  of  his  uncle,  Ebenezar  Webster,  in  Pomfret, 
near  Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  where  his  wife  died,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1831,  and  was  buried  in  the  burying  ground 
at  Pomfret.  Mr.  Fitch,  with  his  mother  and  family, 
proceeded  on  in  a  sleigh,  arriving  at  Olmsted,  0., 
December  25.  He  purchased  a  tract  of  wild  land 
in  the  central  part  of  the  township,  on  which  he  es- 
tablished his  residence.  In  the  fall  of  1833,  he 
returned  to  Connecticut,  and  on  August  18,  was 
married  to  Clarissa  Loomis,  sister  of  his  first  wife. 
She  was  born  March  28,  1802.  In  common  with 
other  pioneers,  in  Ohio,  he  endured  the  hardships 
and  privations  incident  to  the  settlement  of  a  new 
country;  and  by  persevering  industry  and  economy, 
acquired  a  fair  property.       He  was  for  many  years 


GENEALOGY. 


61 


a  prominent  member  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
Among  the  people  of  the  township  he  was  highly 
respected,  holding  at  various  times  a  number  of 
township  offices  -familiarly  called  "Uncle  Chaun- 
cey,"  and  widely  regretted  at  his  death.  He  died 
June  6,  1881,  aged  86  years,  and  was  buried  at 
Olmsted,  0.  Children  by  his  first  wife,  all  born  in 
Connecticut. 

Francis  R.,  born  November  11,  1820,  at  the  old 
Fitch  home,  in  Vernon,  Conn. 

Alfred  B.,  born  at  E.  Windsor,  Conn.,  August 
18,  1822,  died  at  Olmsted,  O.,  March  30,  1832,  was 
buried  at  Olmsted,  O. 

Julius  D.,  born  at  East  Windsor,   Conn.,  March 

14,  1825. 

Margaret  Ann,  born  at  E.  Windsor,  Conn., 
January  12,  1827. 

John  Gk,  born  at  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  January 
27,  1829.  Children  by  his  second  wife,  born  at 
Olmsted,  0. 

Nancy  Ann,  born  August  9,  1834 

Gilbert  Loomis,  born  November  12,  1838. 

Francis  R  Fitch,  (son  of  Chauncey  Fitch),  mar- 
at  Hamburg,  K  Y.,  November  17,  L852,  Ulyssa 
Purdy,  who  was  born  at  Hamburg,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  15, 
1822.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer  at  Olmsted,  O  ; 
and  was  a  man  of  ability  and  good  judgment, 
having  many  friends  who  were  greatly  shocked  at 
his  sudden  death.  He  died  October  7,  1857,  aged 
37  years,  and  was  buried  at  Olmsted,  0. 

Julius  D.  Fitch,  (son  of  Chauncey  Fitch),  received 
a  good  education  at  the  common  schools,  and  at 
"Rocky  River  Seminary."  He  married  Eliza 
McKenzie,  at  Otsego,  Mich,  January    24,    1853. 


62  FITCH    FAMILY 

She  was  the  daughter  of  Donald  McKenzie,  who 
came  to  this  country  from  Scotland,  about  1830, 
and  was  horn  at  Burlington,  Vt ,  August  9,  1834. 
They  live  at  Joliett,  111.     Children  : 

Ella  Virginia,  horn  September  18,  1858. 

Kenneth  Chauncey,  born  Novembea  6,  1871. 

Margaret  Ann,  (daughter  of  Chauncey  Fitch), 
married  May  1,  1862,  Isaac  C.  Rittenberg.  He  was 
born  in  the  Province  of  Ontario,  Canada,  February 
7,  1823,  came  to  Cleveland,  0  ,  with  his  father's 
family  in  1840  They  reside  at  Elyria,  0.  Chil- 
dren born  at  Olmsted,  O. 

Chauncey  W.,  born  December  24,  1864. 

Clara  M.,  born  May  24,  1872 

John  G.  Fitch,  (son  of  Chauncey  Fitch),  was  a 
Lieutenant  in  Co  1 ,  150th  Regt.  Ohio  Nat.  Guards, 
in  the  hundred  days  service  in  the  late  war  He 
married  April  17,  1860,  Ellen  II ,  daughter  of 
Abram  S.  Underbill,  of  Olmsted,  0.,  and  a  descen- 
dant of  Capt.  John  Underbill,  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  New  England.  She  was  born  at  Olmsted, 
a,  March  12,  1837.  They  live  on  the  old  Chaun- 
cey Fitch  farm,  at  Olmsted,  O.     Children: 

Anna  Loomis,  born  October  4,  1862,  married 
Odell  Stearns,  March  26,  1884.  One  child,  Hazel, 
born  February  28,  1885. 

Rufus  J.,  born  October  30,  1870. 

Adaline  Pearl,  born  July  9,  1875. 

Nancy    Ann,    (daughter    of    Chauncey    Fitch), 
married  Charles  Monk,  November  24,   1859.     One. 
child,  Francis  Thomas,  born  March  13,  1863. 

Gilbert  Loomis,  (youngest  son  of  Chauncey 
Fitch),  received  a  good  education  at  Baldwin 
University.     He    died    unmarried,    at    La  Crosse, 


GENEALOGY.  63 

WiB  ,  August  20, 1 865,  aud  was  buried  at  Olmsted,  O. 
Almyra,  (daughter  of  Thaddeus  Fitch),  married 
Simeon  Wetherell,  Jr.,  October  3,  1816.  He  died 
at  Manchester,  Conn.,  August  9,  1871,  aged  78 
years.  Almyra  TVetherell,  died  at  Manchester, 
Conn.,  Oct  25,  1870  Both  buried  at  Manchester, 
Conn.     Children: 

Francis  X.,  born  July  13,  1817,  died  June  22,  1819. 

Esther  S..  born  March  12,  1819. 

Simeon  F.,  born  December  19,  1820. 

Elizabeth  F.,  born  May  19,  1822. 

Ealph  T.,  born  November  8,  lo25. 

Horace,  born  October  3,  1827. 

AVells,  born  November  22,  1^2! ». 

Mary  A ,  born  February  24,  1832. 

Henry  W\,  born  December  23,  1834. 

Martha,  born  July  5,  1837. 

Esther  S.,  (daughter  of  Simeon  Wetherell,  Jr.), 
married  July  5,  183.3,  Ralph  Cutler,  of  Manchester, 
Conn.  One  child.  Kosabelle  E.,  born  July  24, 1846, 
married  April  28,  1869,  A.  A  Alderman,  of  Man- 
chester. Conn.      Chill rin  : 

Ralph,  born  March  28,  1871,  died  July  4,  1872. 
Ethel,  born  Nov.  26,  1872.  died  April  19,  1880. 
Melvin,  born  March  21,  1875. 
Esther,  born  Jan.  22,  1877,  died  Dec.  2,  1880. 
Frank,  born  January  6,  1883. 
Simeon   F.,    (son   of    Simeon    TVetherell,    Jr.), 
married  February  4, 1844,  Jane  A.  Vorra.    Children : 

Maria  J.,  born  January  9,  1845. 
Emma  S.,  born  Jan.  9,  1847,  married   Nov.    30, 
1871,  Arthur  H.  Eogers,  of  M  anchester,  Conn. 
Mary  E.,  born  Sept.  19,  1852,  married  Dec.   18, 


64  FITCH    FAMILY 

1873,  Alfred  L.  Bidwell  of  Manchester,  Conn.  He 
died  April  2,  1886.     Children  : 

Jennie  Pauline,bornOct.  2, 1875,  died  Dec.  9, 1875. 

Clarence  F.,  born  Nov.  1,  1876. 

Isaac  Reed,  born  March  9,  1884. 

Ellen  Mvra,  (daughter  of  Simeon  F).,  born  July 
4, 1855,  married  Nov.  22,  1882,  Frank  W.  Carpenter. 
One  child,  Florence  M.,  born  Jan.  6,  1885. 

Elizabeth  F,  (danghter  of  Simeon  Wetherell,  Jr.), 
married  April  26,  1843,  Azel  G.  Snow,  of  East 
Haddam,  Conn.     Five  Children: 

Infant  daughter,  born  Nov.  12,  1844,  died  Nov. 
30,  1844. 

Infant  daughter,  born  Sept.  12,  1846,  died  Oct.  2, 
1846. 

Frederick  W.,  born  July  24, 1850,  married  March 
5,  1874,  xAJice  Stone.     Children  : 

Martha  J.,  born  March  23,  1853,  died  August 
10,  1853. 

Emma  E.,  born  August  23,  1865. 

Ralpt  T,  (son  of  Simeon  Wetherell,  Jr.),  married 
Clara  Meech.      Children  : 

Ralph  T.,  born ,  died .  Irene,  born , 

married  S.  R.  Kellogg,  of  Clarks,  Nebraska.  Six 
Children  : 

Henry,  born ,  died . 

Jennie,  born ,  died . 


George,  born ,  died . 

Ernest,  born . 

Laurie,  born — — . 

Nellie,  born . 

E.  May,  (daughter  of  Ralph  T).,  born ,  mar- 
ried Arthur  T.  Brown,  of  Helena,  Montana.  One 
child,  Clara. 


GENEALOGY.  65 

Horace  (son  of  Simeon  Wetherell,  Jr.),  married 
Nov.  29,  1848,  Lneina  Bailey,  of  Middletown,  Conn. 
Children  : 

Teresa  Maria,  born  Aug  17,  1850,  married  Mav 
19,  1869,  John  M.  Terrell.     Five  children  : 

Edith  Alice,  horn  September,  1870. 

Alice  Edith,  born  July  1872. 

Irene  Belle,  born  May  1878. 

Harrison  W.,  born  April  15,  1884. 

Helen  Wetherell,  born  September,  1885. 

George  Wells,  born  July  26,  1852,  married 
Henrietta  I.  Ashton,  of  Middletown,  Conn.  Two 
children,  Eva  and  Grace. 

Isabel  Almyra,  daughter  of  Horace  Wetherell, 
married  January,  1883,  H.  Adison  Pierce,  of 
Springfield,  Mass.  One  child,  Kenneth  Adison, 
born  July,  1885. 

Charles  Fremont,  born  September  21,  1856,  died 
September  20,  1858. 

Celia  Lucina,  born  Feb   20,  1859. 

Mary  Anna,  born  August  6,  1860. 

Hattie  Elizabeth,  born  Oct.  30,  1862,  died  May 
29,  1863. 

Lucina,  wife  of  Horace  Wetherell,  died  June  1, 
1868,  aged  40  years. 

Horace  Wetherell,  married  (2)  Abba  Ann  White, 
of  Bolton  Conn.,  Nov.  3,  1869.  Children  by  his 
second  wife : 

Hattie  White,  born  August  20,  1870,  died  April 
15,  1878. 

Lulu  Esther,  born  March  23,  1873. 

Horace  Herbert,  born  August  22,  1874. 

Martha  Elizabeth,  born  May  15,  1876. 

Clayton  White,  born  June  3,  1882. 


66  FITCH    FAMILY 

Wells,  (son  of  Simeon  Wetherell  Jr.),  married 
April  30,  1864,  Mary  R.  Thompson,  of  South  Wind- 
sor, Conn.     Children  : 

Lillian  Eva,  born  June  10,  1865. 

Henry  Wells,  born  June  29, 1868. 

Mabel  Grace,  born  Feb.  17,  1879. 

Mary  A.,  (daughter  of  Simeon  Wetherell,  Jr.), 
married  George  Holcomb.  One  child,  Clarence  F., 
born  1851.  She  married  (2)  William  Tufts,  in 
June,  1860.     Children  : 

Jessie  S.,  born  Aug.  22,  1861,  married  Dec.  22, 
1880,  Charles  Rose,  of  Manchester,  Conn.  They 
have  two  children.  Harold,  born  Oct.  20,  1881, 
and  Bessie  born  Dec.  18,  1884. 

Addie  G.,  born  July  21,  1865. 

Minnie  R.,  born  Aug.  24,  1868,  died  Aug.  24, 
1869.  Mary  A.  Tufts,  died  at  Springfield,  Mass., 
May  6,  1870. 

Henry  W.,  (son  of  Simeon  Wetherell,  /  Jr.), 
married  Sept.  1854,  Amey  Foster,  of  Middfetown, 
Conn.  They  had  one  child,  Frank  F.,  born 
August,  1855. 

Henry  W.  Wetherell,  died  Jan.  7,  1866,  at  Jack- 
sonville, Florida,  and  was  buried  at  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut. 

Martha,  (youngest  daughter  of  Simeon  Wetherell, 
Jr.),  married  K  Gardner  Wells,  April  13,  1856. 
One  daughter,  Amy,  born  April  15,  1861,  died  May 
24,  1856.  N.  Gardner  Wells,  died  March  30,  1873, 
aged  56  years.  His  widow,  now  1886,  resides  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut. 


GENEALOGY.  67 

Descendants  of  THADDEUS  FITCH,  in  the  line 
of  his  son  Eli. 


Eli  Fitch,  (son  of  Thaddeus  Fitch),  married 
Sabra  Cady,  September  22,  1821,  and  settled  on  a 
farm  in  East  Windsor,  Conn. 

Sabra  Cady.  was  born  at  East  Windsor,  Conn., 
January  12,  1803,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Elijah 
Cady  of  that  town,  who  married  Sabra  Loomis,  a 
descendant  of  Joseph  Loomis,  of  Windsor,  Conn., 
the  first  settler  in  this  country.  Mrs.  Fitch  was 
also  a  descendant  of  Elisha  Fitch,  son  of  Capt. 
Jeremiah  Fitch,  of  Coventry,  Conn.  Xahum  Cady 
her  grandfather,  married  Deborah,  daughter  of 
Elisha  Fitch  :  was  drafted  as  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  the  revolution.  Tie  hired  his  brother-in-law 
Elijah  Fitch,  to  take  his  place  ;  who  was  taken  pris- 
oner by  the  British  and  starved  to  death  in  a  Prison 
Ship,  near  Long  Island.  In  1831,  Mr.  Fitch  re- 
moved to  Ohio,  settling  on  a  farm  at  Olmsted, 
Cuyahoga  County.  His  farm,  bordering  on  Rocky 
River,  is  a  very  tine  one  in  this  respect,  carrying- 
out  the  tradition  that  the  Fitches  selected  their 
farms  beside  streams  of  water.  He  was  a  man  of 
more  than  ordinary  ability,  though  not  liberally 
educated,  yet  he  was  well  informed  and  possessed 
a  remarkable  memory.  In  all  the  affairs  of  life  he 
was  honest  and  upright;  liberal  in  his  views,  and 
much  esteemed  in  the  community  where  he  lived. 
He  was,  and  also  his  wife  inclined  to  a  belief  in 
Universalism,  though  not  members  of  the  Church. 


68  FITCH    FAMILY 

He   died   November   4,   1868,   and  was  buried  at 
Olmsted,  O.     Children: 

Sabra  Maria,  born  at  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  May 
22,  1824. 

Miles  Webster,  born  at  East  Windsor,  Conn., 
February  27,  1826. 

Charlotte  Elvira,  born  at  East  Windsor,  Conn., 
March  29,  1829. 

Mary  Eliza,  born  at  East  Windsor,  Conn., 
July  15,  1831. 

Emily  Helen,  born  at  Olmsted, 0.,  March  15, 1834, 
died  October  22,  1835,  buried  at  Olmsted,  0. 

Julia  Ann,  born  at  Olmsted,  O.,  June  23,  1836. 

Seymour  Cady,  born  at  Olmsted,  0.,  Oct.  18,  1839. 

Herbert  Olmsted,  born  at  Olmsted,  0.,  April  lj, 
1845. 

Sabra  Maria,  (eldest  daughter  of  Eli  jFitch)  mar- 
ried Smith  W.  Fitch,  her  first  cousin.  For  an  ac- 
count of  her  family,  see  family  of  Chester  Fitch. 

Miles  Webster,  (son  of  Eli  Fitch),  was  a  natural 
artist;  after  receiving  instruction  he  established 
himself  at  Fremont,  O  ,  as  a  photographer  and 
portrait  painter.  After  remaining  some  years  he 
removed  to  Toledo,  0.  He  had  the  misfortune  to 
loose  his  wife,  and  all  his  children  but  one  son  in 
childhood.  Hoping  to  benefit  this  son,  whose  health 
was  very  poor,  being  threatened  with  consumption 
— as  well  as  his  own  health,  in  the  fall  of  1^86, 
Mr.  Fitch  removed  to  Oakland  Cal.  Mr.  Fitch 
married  Kate  Pitt  at  Fremont,  0  ,  April  3,  1862. 
Children : 

Wilbur,  born  Dec,  1862,  died  in  1867. 

Herbert  Pitt,  born  July  16,  1865. 

May  Belle,  born  Aug.  18,  1868,  died  in  1869. 


GENEALOGY.  69 

Thomas,  born  Jan.  1371,  died  Dec.  1871. 

He  married  (2)  Jennie  Bassett,  Nov.  1875.  His 
first  wife  died  February  18,  1871. 

Charlotte  Elvira,  (daughter  ofEli  Fitch),  married 
Algernon  0.  Smith,  who  was  a  merchant  and 
manufacturer,  at  Fremont.  ().,  where  he  died  Nov. 
29,  1868.     Children: 

Frank  Lewis,  born  June  23,  1855. 

Annie  C,  born  May  5,  1859,  died  September  27, 
1879,  and  was  buried  at  Canon  City.  Col.,  where 
Mrs.  Smith  still  lives. 

Mary  Eliza,  (daughter  of  Eli  Fitch),  married 
James  Hickey,  Aug.  24,  1850.  He  was  the  son  of 
Michael  Hickey,  of  County  Kildare,  Ireland,  where 
he  was  born  in  1824.  He  came  to  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.,  with  his  mother  and  family  in  1845.  He  is  by 
trade  a  builder,  and  had  charge  of  a  large  portion 
of  the  stone  work  on  the  Cleveland,  Columbus,  and 
Cincinnati  Rail  Road.  He  is  now  1886,  a  large 
farmer  and  land  owner,  at  Olmsted,  O.  Himself, 
and  also  his  wife,  are  prominent  members  of  the 
Catholic  church.  They  have  a  large  family  of 
children,  as  follows  : 

Michael  John,  born  June  16, 1851,  married  Mary 
Pollard,  Feb.  20,  1878.     Children : 

Nano  M.,  born  Jan.  26,  1879. 

James  F.,  born  Nov.  30,  1880,  died  Nov.  29, 1881. 

Teressa  Agnes,  born  Feb.  1,  1883. 

Richard,  born  Jan.  27, 1884.  They  live  at  Pitts- 
burgh, Mo. 

May  Ann,  born  March  6,  1853,  married  John 
Downey,  at  Pittsburgh,  Mo.,  Oct.  30,  1877. 
Children : 

Thomas  K,  born  Sept.  10,  1879. 


70  FITCH    FAMILY 

James  H.,  born  December  27,  1881. 

M.  Vincent,  born  July  20, 1884.  Mr.  Hickey  had 
other  children  as  follows : 

Katharine  Sabra,  born  Oct.  30,  1854. 

James  Eli,  born  Sept  19,  1856. 

Essie  Julia,  born  Dec.  27,  1858. 

Theresa  Viola,  born  Sept.  9,  1860 

Emily  Helen,  born  Feb.  20,  1863,  died  May  8, 
1865,  buried  at  Olmsted,  O. 

Dennis  Miles,  born  June  28,  1865,  died  Feb.  4, 
1886,  buried  at  Olmsted,  O. 

Francis  Peter,  born  May  22.  1867. 

Gertrude  Emily,  born  May  30,  1870. 

Vincent  Patrick,  born  Oct  12,  1872. 

John  Joseph,  born  Feb.  18,  1875,  died  April  29, 
1879,  buried  at  Olmsted,  O. 

Julia  Ann,  (daughter  of  Eli(  Fitch),  married 
William  W.  Mead,  Dec  17,  im%:~  Children  : 

Harry  William,  born  Dec.  15,  1865. 

Gertrude  Evelyn,  born  March  23,  1868.  Mr. 
Mead  is  a  prominent  citizen  of  Olmsted  Falls,  O., 
and  was  for  several  years  by  successive  re-elections, 
treasurer  of  the  Township  of  Olmsted,  O. 

Seymour  Cady,  (son  of  Eli  Fitch),  married  Eliza 
Broady,  June  7,  1862      Children  : 

Sabra  Eliza,  born  August  18,  1863,  died  August 
28,  1878. 

Guy  Leslie,  born  Jan.  19,  1865.  Eliza,  wife  of 
Seymour  Fitch,  died  July  16,  1873,  and  was  buried 
at  Elyria,  O. 

Herbert  O.,  (son  of  Eli  Fitch),  married  Jennie 
Rickard,  Sept.  26,  1866  One  child,  Stewart,  born 
April  7,  1870.  Mr.  Fitch  lives  at  Fort  Wayne, 
Indiana.     He  was  a  member  of  Co.  1 ,  150  Reg't. 


GENEALOGY.  71 

Ohio  Xat.  Guards,  in  the  hundred  days  service  in 
the  late  war,  and  served  with  the  Regiment  in  the 
Fortifications  at  Washington,  D   C. 

Betsv,  (daughter  of  Thaddeus  Fitch),  married 
Horace  Wright,  July  13,  1826.  He  died  at  Phila- 
delphia, March  27,  1829  They  had  one  son,  Horace, 
who  died  at  Troy,  X.  Y.,  December  11,  1827.  She 
married  (2)  about  1840,  John  Walker,  of  Fredonia, 
K  Y.  Two  children,  Lewis,  and,  Elizabeth,  who 
married  Aimer  K.  Perry,  of  Aurora,  111 ,  where  she 
died.  Betsey  Walker  died  at  Olmsted,  0.,  October 
28,  1868,  and  was  buried  at  Olmsted,  O. 


Descendants  of  THADDEUS  FITCH,  in  the  line 
of  his  son  Sanford. 


Sanford  Fitch,  (5th  son  of  Thaddeus  Fitch), 
received  a  fair  education,  and  learned  the  trade  of 
a  clothier.  In  1821,  he  married  Clarisca  While; 
and  1823,  removed  to  Chautaqua  County,  X.  Y. 
In  the  western  part  of  the  County  he  purchased  a 
tract  of  wild  land,  which  he  improved  and  on  which 
he  lived,  until  the  summer  of  1831 ;  at  which  time 
he  went  to  Ohio,  and  purchased  land  in  the  Town- 
ship of  Olmsted,  Cuyahoga  County  After  making 
some  improvement  on  his  land,  he  returned  to 
Chautauqua,  X.  Y.  In  the  fall  of  1832,  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  his  new  purchase,  arriving  at 
Olmsted,  December  26.  Mr  Fitch  cleared  up  and 
improved  his  farm,  built  substantial  buildings  ;  but 


72  FITCH    FAMILY 

in  1847,  feeling  that  his  health  would  be  better  in- 
some  locality  further  from  Lake  Erie,  he  sold  his- 
farm  and  removed  to  Wadsworth,  Medina  County, 
O.  The  change  not  proving  beneficial,  as  he  had. 
anticipated  after  remaining  some  time;  he  sold  out 
and  removed  to  a  large  improved  farm  in  Lagrange,. 
Lorain  County,  O.  Beng  a  great  sufferer  from 
asthma,  and  his  health  not  permitting  the  active  du- 
ties of  a  farmer,  he  again  sold  his  farm  and  bought 
property  in  the  Village  of  Wellington,  0.  Mr. 
Fitch  was  for  many  years  and  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  an  honored  member  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
loved  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  In 
political  matters  he  was  a  whig,  (as  were  most  of 
his  brothers),  but  on  the  formation  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  he  transferred  his  allegiance  to  it,  and 
adhered  to  it  ever  after.  In  all  the  localities  where 
he  had  a  residence  the  people^elected  him  to  posi- 
tions of  public  trust ;  the  duties  of  which  he  per- 
formed with  credit  to  himself,  and  satisfaction  to 
the  people.  Fie  died  at  his  home  in  Wellington, 
August  18,  1869,  and  was  buried  in  the  "Butternut 
Ridge"  Cemetery,  at  Olmsted,  0.  Clarissa  Fitch, 
(his  wife),  died  at  the  residence  of  her  daughter y. 
Electa  (.Mrs.  Leach),  in  Medina,  0.,  January  1st, 
1886,  and  was  buried  by  the  side  of  her  husband  at 
Olmsted,  0, 

Children  of  Sanford  and  Clarissa  Fitch  : 

.lames  W.,  born  at  East  Windsor,  Conn  ,  March 
9,  1822. 

George  Kenyon,  born  in  Chautauqua  Co.,  1ST.  Y. r 
March  2,  1826. 

Clarissa  J  ,  born  in  Chautauqua  Co  ,  X    Y,  Aug; 
17,  1828. 


GENEALOGY.  73 

William  S  ,  born  in  Chautauqua,  X.  Y  ,  June  25, 
1830. 

Cordelia  Frances,  born  in  Olmsted,  0  ,  July  11, 
18H3 

Henrv  S  ,  born  at  Olmsted,  0  ,  April  9,  1836. 

Albert  M.,  born  at  Olmsted,  0.,  January  31, 1839. 

Benjamin  F.,  born  at  Olmsted,  0.,  Sept.  3,  1842. 

Electa,  born  at  Olmsted,  O.,  Dee.  4,  1845. 

Wells,  born  at  Wadsworth,  O.,  Feb.  16,  1849, 
died  February  17,  1861,  buried  at  Olmsted,  O. 

Two  died  in  infancy. 

James  W.  Fitch,  (eldest  son  of  Sanford  Fitch), 
married  at  Olmsted,  ().,  October  2,  1842,  Lucretia 
P.,  daughter  of  Vespasian  Stearns.  He  settled  on 
a  farm  at  Olmsted,  0.,  on  which  he  has  lived  for  a 
period  of  forty  three  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fiteh 
have  twelve  children  six  sons  and  six  daughters — 
now  1«86 — all  Living  as  follows: 

Alice  O.,  born  July  30,  1845,  married  James 
Gage,  February  12,  1868.  One  child,  Myrton  E., 
born  November  0,  1868.  James  Gage  died  Sept. 
21»,  1883,  and  was  buried  at  Olmsted.  0. 

Ellen  L.,  born  August  31,  1849,  married  Robert 
Henry,  December  13,  1871.  One  child,  Damie 
Ellen,  born  Aug.  2,  1874.  Robert  Henry  died  at 
Dennisou,  Texas,  February  12,  1880,  and  was 
buried  at  Olmsted,  ( ). 

Ellen  L.,  married  (2)  R,  T.  Elliott,  of  Olmsted,  ()., 
February  21,  1884. 

Priscilla  S  ,  born  January  6,  1850,  married  Alfred 
Glendenning,  of  Dover,  ().,  November  25,  1868. 
Children  : 

Lucretia  (>.,  born  December  3,  1869. 

Charley,  born  December  14,  1875. 


74  FITCH    FAMILY 

George  S.,  born  January  20, 1852,  married  Emma 
McKendre,  in  Crawford  County,  Wis.,  July  4,  1873. 
Children  : 

Lavern,  born  June  25,  1875,  died  Oct.  15,  1881. 

V^ada,  born  January  6, 1878. 

Clinton,  born  January  8,  1882. 

Alma,  born  August  6,  1884. 

Harriet  E.,  born  March  24,  1854,  married  George 
Barnum,  November  19,  1873.     One  child. 

Harry  A  ,  born  September  25,  1881. 

Clara  J .  born  November  1,  1856,  married  Frank 
Snow,  of  Parma,  0  ,  November  8,  1882.     Children  : 

Orlo  and  Rolla,  twins,  born  January  6,  1884. 

Frank  Jay,  born  March  4,  1859,  married  Anna 
B.  Stark,  May  22,  lb79.     Children  : 

Lillian,  born  February  17,  1880.  ) 

Edna,  born  June  23,  1884,  died  Sept.  15,  1884. 

Vespasian  S.,  born  August  4, 1862,  married  Alice 
M.  Alford,  March  10,  1882.      Children: 

Howard  0.,  born  December  23,  1883,  died  July 
30,  1884,  buried  at  Olmsted,  O., 

Avice  Ruth,  born  December  2,  1884. 

Herman  J.,  born  April  i9,  1866,  married  Hattie 
~E.  Perkins,  June  22, 1884.  One  child,  Hazel  Pearl, 
born  August  24,  18^5. 

Byron  E.,  born  July  8,  1868. 

Grace  E.,  born  November  10,  1871,  and 

Arthur  L.,  born  Oct.  25,  1873. 

George  Kenyon  Fitch,  (2d  son  of  Sanford  Fitch), 
learned  the  trade  of  a  printer,  in  the  offices  of  the 
Elyria  Atlas  and  the  Cleveland  Herald.  In  1847, 
lie  went  to  New  Orleans,  and  soon  afterwards  ac- 
quired an  interest  in  a  job  printing  establishment. 
In  1849,  he  shipped  a   small   amount  of  printing 


GENEALOGY.  75 

material  by  sailing  vessel  from  Xew  Orleans  for 
California  :  went  thither  by  the  Isthmus  route,  and 
early  in  1850,  established  at  Sacramento  the  Daily 
Transcript  newspaper,  which  he  and  partners  after- 
wards removed  to  San  Francisco  ;  where  some  years- 
later  it  was  merged  in  the  Alta  California  ;  Mr. 
Fitch  having  previously  become  interested  in  the 
latter  journal,  from  which  he  retired  in  1856 
In  1859,  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  San 
Francisco  Evening  Bulletin,  and  has  since  been 
prominently  identified  with  that  journal.  He  has 
also -been  part  owner  ot  the  Morning  Call  since  1857- 
In  1857,  he  married  Tiara  Virginia  Duvall.  daugh- 
ter of  Wm.  T.  Duvall,  of  Washington,  I).  C,  where 
she  was  horn  March  21,  1837.  She  is  a  descendant 
of  Marcen  Duvall,  a  French  Huguenot  who,  about 
the  middle  of  the  17th  century  left  France  on  ac- 
count of  religious  persecution,  and  settled  in  Mary- 
land. Of  three  children,  daughters,  two  lived  to 
maturity. 

Clara,  born  February  19,  1858,  was  killed  at 
Monterey,  in  1882,  by  being  accidentally  thrown 
from  a  carriage. 

Virginia,  born  September  12,  1859,  is  now,  188H,. 
the  only  living  descendant. 

Clarissa  J.  Fitch,  (eldest  daughter  of  San  ford. 
Fitch),  was  married  at  nineteen  years  of  age  to  Rev. 
Henry  Moore,  then  Pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  at  Strongville,  0.  Mr.  Moore  was  born  at 
Floyd,  X.  Y.,  August  13,  1813  ;  was  educated  at 
the  Oneida  Institute,  AVhiteborongh,  X.  Y.  IHirtng- 
the  early  years  ot  his  ministry,  he  was  a  strong- 
anti-slavery  advocate,  and  labored  zealously  for  the 
abolition  of  slavery.     His  first  field   of  labor  as  a 


76  FITCH    FAMILY 

minister  was  at  Mantua,  O.,  and  afterwards  in  suc- 
cession at  Wayne,  0. ;  Evans,  N.  Y. ;  Johnston ville, 
and  Amherst,  0.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  are  now 
living  with  their  son-in-law,  Dr.  Von  Ruck,  at 
Norwalk,  0.     Children  : 

Clarissa  Harriet,  born  in  Strongville,  ().,  Jan.  29, 
1849,  died  in  Amherst,  O  ,  June  21,  1850. 

Delia  Harriel,  born  Nov.  3,  1851,  in  Amherst,  0., 
married  December  25,  1872,  Dr.  Karl  Von  Ruck, 
of  Stuttgardt,  Germany.     They  have  two  children  : 

Silvio  Henry,  born  Aug.  24,  1875. 

Cella  Grace,  born  March  6,  1877. 

Mary  Alice,  born  April  2,  1855,  in  Camden,  ( >., 
married  August  21,  1877,  George  A  Bishoprick, 
of  St.  Catherine's,  Canada,  who  died  July  19,  1885. 
They  had  four  children  : 

Karl,  born  July  7,  1878. 

George  Emil,  born  May  24,  1881. 

Wellesford  Henry,  born  February  12,  1883. 

Grace  Alice,  born  October  10,  1885. 

Carrie  Belle,  born  in  Camden,  0„  October  11, 
1857,  died  September  5,  1858. 

Abbie,  born  Aug.  30,  1859,  at  Johnsville.  0. 

Grace,  born  in  Camden,  O.,  March  17,  1862. 

Henry  Wells,  born  June  29,  1864,  in  Camden,  0. 
Is  a  graduate  of  the  Western  Reserve  Medical  Col- 
lege, in  Cleveland. 

Wm.  S.,  (son  of  Sanford  Fitch),  received  a  fair 
education  in  the  common  schools  and  at  "Rocky 
River  Seminary."  In  early  life  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  has  since  resided.  He  married  at 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  September  28,  1862,  Annie 
Theller,  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  E.  A.  Theller, 
formerly  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.     She  died  and  also,  an 


GENEALOGY.  77 

infant  son,  in  September,  1863      Mi".  Fitch  married 

(2)  at  San  Francisco,  January  29,  1867,  Frances 
Lytle  Wood,  who  was  born  March  26,  1849,  in  the 
old  Fort  called  '-Alamo,"  in  the  town  of  San  An- 
tonia,  Texas.  Children  by  his  second  wife,  all  born 
at  San  Francisco. 

Beatrix,  born  December  24,  1867. 

May,  born  May  1,  1869,  died  June  26,  1869. 

Sherman,  born  January  18,  1872. 

Cordelia  Frances,  (daughter  of  Sanford  Fitch), 
married  at  Medina,  0.,  August  17,  1851,  Chester  J. 
•Colborn,  a  merchant.     Children  : 

Amanda  Jane,  born  at  Medina,  O.,  September  17, 
1852,  married  at  IJays  City,  Kansas,  March  29, 1872, 
Alonzo  B.  Webster.  One  child,  Alan,  born  Oct.  4, 
1875,  at  Dodge  City,  Kan. 

Edward  Fenton  Colborn,  born  at  Medina,  0., 
August  12,  1854,  married  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan, 
December  29,  1830,  Lizzie  Louisie  Dygert.  One 
<Jiild,  Chester  Treat  Ramsdell  Colborn,  born  at 
Gunnison,  Colorado,  Dec.  7.  1886. 

Chester  J.  Colborn,  died  at  Medina,  O.,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1857. 

Cordelia  F.  Colborn,  married  (2)  Markus  Joseph 
Riley  Treat,  at  Medina,  0.,  June  26,  1861.  They 
live  at  Hays  City,  Kansas. 

Henry  S,  (son  of  Sanford  Fitch),  married  Eliza- 
beth Bradford,  at  Brunswick,  O.,  April,  1859. 
Children : 

Harry  B.,  born  1860. 

William  S.,  born  1863 

Infant  daughter,  born  February  6,  1866,  died 
in  August,  1866. 

Infant  son,  born  June,  1867,    died    Sept.    1867. 


78  FITCH    FAMILY 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Henry  Fitch,  died  at  Mansfield,. 
0.,  in  August,  1867. 

Albert  M.,  (son  of  Sanford  Fitch),  married  Alice 
Harrison,  of  LaGrange,  0.,  July  5,  1877,  who  died 
December  30,  1877.  He  married  (2)  October  13, 
1869,  Emma  J.  Hill,  of  Camden,  0.  In  1868,  Mr. 
Fitch  engaged  in  the  clothing  business  in  Welling- 
ton, O.,  where  he  built  up  a  prosperous  business  ; 
and  where  he  remained  until  1«85,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Elyria,  O.,  where  he  continues  the  same 
business.     Children : 

Xelson  S.,  born  September  22,  1870. 

Albert  H.,  born  April  11,  1874 

Pearle  E ,  born  June  16,  18s2. 

Benjamin  F.,  (son  of  Sanford  Fitch),  settled  in 
Louisville,  Ky.,  and  engaged  in  the  Dry  Goods 
trade.  He  was  very  successful  in  acquiring  proper- 
ty, but  died  young.  He  married  March  9,  1868, 
Florence  E.  Willson,  of  Louisville,  Ivy.     Children : 

Nellie  H.,  born  June  22, 1870 

Clara,  born  June  12,  1872. 

Benjamin  F.,  born  March  2,  1877.  Benjamin  F. 
Fitch,  died  July  29,  1879,  and  was  buried  at  Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

Electa,  (youngest  daughter  of  Sanford  Fitch), 
married  at  Wellington,  O.,  July  17,  1866,  Ossian 
X.  Leach,  who  was  born  at  Sullivan,  O.,  October 
21,  1841.  Mr.  Leach  engaged  in  the  clothing 
business  at  Wellington,  O. ;  but  in  1872,  removed 
to  Medina,  O.,  where  he  has  built  up  a  prosperous 
business.     Children: 

Frank  H.,  born  May  2,  1867. 

Bertha  H.,  born  April  2,  1870,  died  Nov.  2., 
1872. 


GENEALOGY.  79 

Florence  Alice,  born  January  17,  1872. 
Amy  Gertrude,  born  Nov.  13,  1870,  diedJanuary 
17,  1872. 


Descendants  of  THADDEUS  FITCH,  in  the  line 
of  his  son  Horace. 


Horace  Fitch,  (son  of  Thaddeus  Fitch),  married 
February,  1829,  Harriet  Loomis,  daughter  of 
Gideon  Loomis,  of  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  and  sister 
of  Jerusha  Loomis  wife  of  his  brother  Daniel,  and 
also  of  Anna  and  Clarissa,  wives  of  his  brother 
Chauncey.  She  was  born  September  6,  1806.  In 
1831,  he  removed  to  Olmsted,  0.,  settling  on  a  farm 
in  the  southerly  part  of  the  township  ;  where  he 
remained  for  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  a  man 
social  in  his  disposition,  a  genuine  wit,  and  an 
excellent  horseman.  His  wife  died  October  10, 
1865,  aud  was  buried  at  Olmsted,  0.  He  died  Dec. 
28,  1S72,  also  buried  at  Olmsted,  O.     Children  : 

Lewis,  born  at  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  July  18, 
1830. 

Edward,  born  at  Olmsted,  O.,  October  16,   1833. 

Amelia  Ann,  born  at  Olmsted,  O., March  16, 1834. 

Abbey  Ann,  born  June  17,  1836. 

Emily,  born  February  22,  1840. 

Harrison  H.,  born  February  24,  1841. 

Loren  Loomis,  born  April  20,  1845. 

Horace,  born  February  29,  1848. 


80  PITCH    FAMILY 

Lewis  Fitch,  (son  of  Horace  Fitch),  married 
Lucy  Howard,  February  7,  1852.  He  removed  to- 
Iowa,  but  not  liking  the  country,  returned  to  Ohio- 
eventually,  settling  at  Grand  Rapids,  where  he 
still  resides.     Children: 

Fayette  W.,  born  August  14,  1854. 

Newton  Charles,  born  July  4,  1856. 

Harriet  E  ,  born  August  1,  1858. 

Jane  D.,  born  May  25,  1867. 

Flora,  born  August  25,  1871. 

Frederick  J.,  born  Jan.  16,  1878. 

Edward  (son  of  Horace  Fitch),  married  Feb.  22, 
1854,  Sarah  Touslee,  at  Olmsted,  ().,  and  moved  to 
Iowa,  where  his  wife  died  July  15,  1854.  He  mar- 
ried (2)  June  15,  1860,  Jane  Gaylor,  of  Clayton 
County,  Iowa.     They  had  two  children  : 

Hala,  born  January  2,  1862,  who  married  John 
Wilcox,  July  1,  1883,  at  Park    Rapids,   Minnesota. 

Charley,  born  May  1,  1870. 

Jane  died  November  22,  lt>76.  Mr.  Fitch  mar- 
ried (3)  Helen  Hall,  February  8,  1881,  and  removed 
•to  Hubbard  County,  Minn  ,  where  he   now  resides. 

Amelia  Ann,  (daughter  of  Horace  Fitch),  mar- 
ried William  Busby ■,  February  7,  1852.  They  had 
three  children  : 

Mary  Elizabeth,  born  December  27,  1852,  mar- 
ried Joel  Rice,  July  6,  1878.     One  child. 

Harry  Busby,  born  June  2, 1882 

Walter  Edward  Busby,  born  September  1,  1855, 
married  Dora  Cornilia  Lilly,  November  22,  1880. 
They  have  one  child,  Ruby  Mav,  born  August  lly 
1881. 

Hiram  Charles,  born  January  1,  I860,  died  March. 
6,  1864,  buried  at  Olmsted,  0. 


GENEALOGY.  81 

Amelia  Ann  Busby,  died  October  4,  1863,  and 
was  buried  at  Olmsted,  O 

Abby  Ann  (daughter  of  Horace  Fitch),  married 
at  Olmsted,  0  ,  February  22,  1855,  Horace  Touslee. 
They  removed  to  Monticello,  Iowa,  where  she  died 
January  31,  1873.  Horace  Touslee  was  born  at 
Smithv'ille  #.  Y  ,  June  24,  1833.     Children  : 

Edward  Perry,  born  at  Olmsted,  O.,  November 
14,  1855 ;  married  at  Rock  Grove,  Iowa.  Mary 
Elizabeth  Foote,  November,  1875. 

Emily  Rosell,  born  at  Elkhart,  Iowa,  April  2, 
185s*',  married  George  Sebaugh,  of  Green,  Butler 
Co.,  Iowa,  Dec   1,  1«76. 

Harriet  Ann,  born  at  Colesburg,  la ,  married 
July  4,  1881,  at  Cardot  Falls  Wis., Benjamin  Frank- 
lin Carle 

Merit,  born  at  Colesburgh,  Iowa,  Jan  16,  1862, 
died  July  21,  1863,  buried  at  Colesburg,  Iowa. 

Charles  Horace,  born  at  Dyersville,  Iowa,  May 
1,  1870. 

Emily,  (daughter  of  Horace  Fitch),  married 
George  Richardson,  December  24, 1867.  One  child, 
Ella,  born  Sept.  22,  186^.  She  married  (2)  Alvah 
R.  Barnard,  July  11, 1880.     They  live  at  Olmsted,  O. 

Harrison  EI.,  (son  of  Horace  Fitch),  married 
Martha  A.,  daughter  of  Robert  N.  Fuller,  one  of 
the  early  settlers  of  Columbia,  Lorain  County,  O., 
where  she  was  born  October  13,  1846.  Mr.  Fitch 
is  a  prosperous  farmer  at  Columbia,  0.  He  enlist- 
ed March  5,  1864,  in  Company  G,  125th  Ohio  Vol. 
Infantry,  and  served  with  the  Regiment  in  Ten- 
nessee and  Georgia ;  was  mustered  out  June  18, 1865. 


82  FITCH    FAMILY 

Loren  Loomis,  (son  of  Elorace  Fitch),  enlisted  at 
the  age  of  17,  in  Co.  C,  124th  Regt.  O.  V.  L,  in 
September.  1862  In  the  fall  of  1863,  was  trans- 
ferred to  Co.  I).,  8th  Regt.  Vet.  Res.  Corps,  and 
sent  to  Camp  Douglas,  Chicago.  In  the  spring  of 
1864,  he  was  commissioned  1st  Lieutenant,  and 
assigned  to  duty  as  Post  Adjutant,  at  Camp  Fry, 
Chicago,  111.  In  April,  he  was  made  Adjutant,  of 
the  156th  Regt.  111.  Vol.  Infantry,  and  served 
through  Tennessee  and  Georgia  to  the  close  of  the 
war.  "lie  married  April  10,  1869,  Jennie  S.,  young- 
est daughter  of  H.  K.  and  Philinda  Miner,  of  Olm- 
sted Falls,  0.     They  have  one  child  : 

Florence  L.,  born  at  Olmsted  Falls,  O.,  January 
29,  1874.  Mr.  Fitch  lives  at  Jackson,  Mich.,  and 
is  employed  as  conductor  on  the  Fort  Wayne  and 
Jackson,  and  Lake  Shore  and  Mich.  Southern  R'y. 

Horace,  (youngest  son  of  Horace  Fitch),  married 
Martha  Perkins,  at  Olmsted,  0.,  November  8, 1870. 
They  had  six  children  : 

Jessie  H.,  born  August  7,  1872. 

Willie  R,,  born  February  2,  1874. 

Harlo  B.,  born  May  1,  1876,  died  August  12,  1877. 

Rollie  R.,  born  October  16,  1877. 

Jennie,  born  May  8,  1879. 

May  M.,  born  September  5,  1881. 

Martha  (Perkins)  Fitch,  was  born  May  28,  1846, 
and  died  from  an  overdose  of  chloroform,  January 
3,  1884.  He  married  (2)  March  31,  1883,  Mary  A. 
Harding,  who  was  born  August  19, 1851.  One  child  : 

Dallas  A.,  born  June  15,  1884.  In  the  spring  of 
1885,  Mr.  Fitch  removed  to  Frontier  Co.,  Nebraska, 
where  he  now  resides. 


GENEALOGY. 


83 


Descendants  of  THADBEUS  FITCH,  in  the  Line 
of  his  Son,  Eli  sua. 


Elisha  Fitch,  (son  of  Thaddeus  Fitch),  married 
Mary  Ann  Olcott,  August  15,  1831.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Earned  Olcott,  of  Manchester,  Conn., 
and  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Olcott,  a  merchant  of 
Hartford.  Conn.,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the 
town.  Mr.  Fitch  removed  to  Olmsted,  O.,  soon 
after  his  marriage  ;  settling  on  a  tract  of  wild  land 
in  the  northerly  part  of  the  town.  Here  he  re- 
mained engaged  in  clearing  up  and  improving  his 
farm  until  1856  :  when  he  bought  some  land  in  the 
village  of  Olmsted  Falls,  on  which  he  built  a  fine 
residence,  and  where  he  remained  for  the  rest  of 
his  life.  He-was  punctual,  exact  and  honest  in 
business  matters,  and  in  his  life  and  conduct 
practically  exemplified  the  principles  of  <  hristian- 
itv  He  d'ied  Jan  11.  1884,  and  was  buried  at  Olm- 
sted, 0  Mr.  and  Airs  Fitch  had  no  children  ;  but 
have  an  adopted  daughter,  Helen,  wdio  married 
James  Atkinson,  of  Ridgeville,  0.,  in  1864.  Chil- 
dren : 

Arthur  E.,  Albert  Everett  and  Clarence 

Roxana,  (daughter  of  Jeremiah  Fitch,)  married 
Elnathan  Grant"     Their  Children  : 

Lodica,  who  married of  New  York,  and  had 

Philanda. 

Roxana,  who  married Brown. 

Diantha,  who  died  at  Rockville,  Conn.;  in 


1859. 


84  FITCH    FAMILY 

Daniel  Fitch  Grant,  who  died  in  1854. 

Roxana  Grant,  died  Dec.  10,  1842.  Her  husband, 
Elnathan  Grant,  died  August  31, 1849  They  were 
buried  at  Vernon,  Conn. 

Thankful,  (daughter  of  Jeremiah  Fitch),  married 
Jonathan  Skinner,  Nov.  9,  1786.  We  have  no 
further  account  of  them. 

Converse  Fitch,  (son  of  Jeremiah  Fitch),  inherit- 
ed from  his  father  one-half  of  his  landed  estate, 
subject  to  his  mother's  right  to  "one-half  the  im- 
provement" of  it.  The  will  says  :  "Converse  all  in 
East  Windsor  and  so  much  of  the  farm  lying  in 
Bolton,  on  the  jfottth  side,  as  to  make  him  equal." 
He  married  Anna  Grant,  at  North  Bolton,  October 
11,  1792.  We  have  no  certain  information  that  he 
ever  lived  on  the  farm  inherited  from  his  father. 
The  greater  portion  of  his  life  was  spent  on  a  farm 
in  Tolland,  Conn.,  where  he  died  and  was  buried, 
but  the  date  of  his  death  has  not  b^en  ascertained. 
His  wife  died  January  7,  1855,  and  was  buried  by 
the  side  of  her  husband  at  Tolland    Their  Children  : 

Augustus,  born  November  8,  1793,  settled  at 
Rootstown,  N.  Y. 

Russell,  born  September  30,  1795,  died  Novem- 
ber 11,  1820. 

Warren,  born  May  6,  1797,  married  (1)  Mary 
Safford,  who  died  Sept.  5,  1834.  He  married  (2) 
Rachael  Usher,  who   died  July  5,  1844.     They  had 

one  son   Rufus,  who  married Usher,  and  had 

two  children.  Rufus  died  Jan.  2,  1864.  His  wife 
ciied  Ma/  ^0,  1868  William,  (son  of  Warren),  now 
living  at  Rockville,  Conn.,  married  Nancy  Robin- 
son. One  child,  Mary.  Henryetta,  (daughter  of 
Warren)    married    Loomis,    of    Andover,    Conn. 


GENEALOGY.  85 

Oliver,  (son  of  Warren),  lived  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 
Two  children.  Mary,  (daughter  of  Warren),  mar- 
ried Whiting  G.  Wells,  of  Gilead,  Conn.  She  died 
May  18,  1886. 

Fanny,  (daughter  of  Converse  Fitch),  born  May 
17,  1799,  married  Joseph  T.  Truman.  Died  at  her 
sons,  in  State  of  New  York. 

Abial,  (son  of  Converse  Fitch),  born  April  8, 
1801.  Married  Asenath  Andrews,  of  Coventry, 
Conn.     Their  Children : 

Milton  L.,  born  August  3,  1832. 

Frances,  born  Sept,  26,  1834,  married  Charles  T. 
Bryant,  and  have  Melissa  A.,  born  April  8,  1837, 
who  married  John  B.  Ingraham. 

Anna  G.,  born  January  29,  1839. 

Hattie  L.,  born  Sept  10,  1^42. 

Cornelia  A  ,  born  June  14,  1847. 

Holsey,  (son  of  Converse  Fitch),  born  February 
8,  1803,  died  May  22,  1830 

William,  (son  of  Converse  Fitch),  born  Feb.  15, 
1805,  died  June  25,  1825. 

Orson,  (son  of  Converse  Fitch),  born  June  23, 
1809,  died  July  8,  1835. 

Nathan  S  ,  (son  of  Converse  Fitch),  born  May  5, 
1811.  Married  Electa  Strickland,  of  Bolton,  Conn. 
Had  Emily  and  Irving,  the  latter  now  living  at 
Hartford,  Conn      Each  of  them  have  two  children. 

Lorena,  (daughter  of  Converse  Fitch),  born  June 
1,  1813,  married  Wm  Nelson  Northrop  Lives  at 
Ellicottville,  N  Y.  They  had  one  son,  Edward  D. 
Northrop,  who  resides  at  Greenville,  Ga.,  and  has 
five  sons. 


8$  FITCH    FAMILY 

.Miriam,  (daughter  of  Jeremiah  Fitch),  married 
Joel  Thrall,  of  North  Bolton,  Conn.,  January  9, 
1799.      Children  : 

Joel,  born  1799,  married  Irma  Avery,  of  Bolton, 
Conn.     One  child,  Emily.     He  died  in  1869. 

Willis,  born  January  14,  1801,  married  Christia- 
na Bissell,  of  North  Bolton,  Conn.      Children  : 

Edward  B,  married,  lives  at  Hartford,  Conn., 
and  Irma  S. 

Willis  Thrall,  died  June  20,  1884,  buried  in 
Spring  Grove  Cemetery,  Hartford,  Conn 

Sally,  (daughter  of  Joel  and  Miriam  Fitch  Thrall), 
born  at  Bolton,  Conn.,   in   1803,  died  May  6,  1854. 

Buried  at  Willimantic,  Conn.     She  married  (1) 

Putnam.     One    child,  George.     (2) Loveland, 

one  child,  Caroline. 

Phila,  (daughter  of  Joel  Thrall),  born  at  Bolton, 
Conn.,  died  November  5,  1822.  Buried  at  Willi- 
mantic, Conn. 

Joel  Thrall  died  July  27,  1834.  His  wife  died 
September  25,  1846. 

"Abner,5  (son  of  Capt.  Aimer,-)  resided  half  a 
mile  south  of  the  old  Capt.  Jeremiah  Fitch  place, 
now  (1886)  in  possession  of  Deacon  Appollos  Fitch's 
family.*  He  sold  his  farm  to  his  brother  Jeptha, 
a  part  of  his  family  had  gone  west  to  Bridgewater, 
Oneida  Co.,  X.  Y.,  and  he  was  preparing  to  follow 
when  his  hip  was  broken  by  the  oversetting  oi  his 
wagon,  while  on  the  road  between  his  late  home 
and  the  old  Fitch  place.  He  was  carried  to  the 
latter  place,  but  only  lived  a  fortnight  after  the  ac- 
cident, dying  on  the  23d  of  March,  1797,  aged  47, 


*  By  regular  descent. 


UEXEALOGY.  87 

and  was  buried  in  the  South  Coventry  burying 
ground  His  wife,  Elizabeth  Root,  whom  he  mar- 
ried in  1771,  was  a  woman  of  great  energy  ;  and 
after  her  husband's  death  went  to  Bridgewater,  X. 
Y.,  with  the  remainder  of  her  family.  She  after- 
wards married  Capt.  John  Mills,  who  died  soon 
after  their  marriage,  and  she  removed  to  Delhi,  N. 
Y.,  and  from  thence  to  Franklyn,  Delaware  Co., 
K  Y.,  where  she  resided  until  Oct.  10,  1817,  when 
she  died  of  apoplexy,  in  the  64th  year  of  her  age. 
Children  : 

Ebenezer  Root,8  born  Sept  26, 1772. 

Thomas,'1  born  July  28,  1774. 

Elizabeth,10  born  April  25,  1776. 

Diantha,u  born  February  18,  1778. 

Vine,  born  March  23,  1780,  was  a  school  and 
music  teacher,  and  died  suddenly  at  Canandaigua, 
X.  Y.,  1803,  unmarried 

Cornelius  Root,1'2  born  July  22,  1783. 

Latham,13  born  June  20,  1785. 

William,14  born  May  16,  1787. 

Mary,15  (or  Polly),  born  February  20,  1789. 

Ursula,16  born  January  8,  1792." 

"Jeptha,"  (son  of  Abneiy)  married  (1)  January 
23, 1777,  Ursula,  (daughter  of  Capt  Ebenezer)  Root, 
and  a  sister  of  Elizabeth  Root,  his  brother  Abner's 
wife.  She  died  August  19,  1»21,  aged  66.  (2)  at 
72  years  of  age,  widow  Sally  Hartshorn.  He  died 
in  1829.      Children  : 

Deadamia,  born  November  23,  1777.  died  Sept. 
17,  1846,  in  Willimantic,  unmarried. 

Ephriam,  born  December  9,  1778,  died  at  Coven- 
try, Sept.  6,  1806,  unmarried. 

Apollos,17  born  March  10,  1780. 


88  FITCH    FAMILY 

Phebe,  born  December  31,  1781,  married  Capt. 
Joseph  Root  Simms." 

Jasper,7  (son  of  Elisha,3)  married  Eunice  (daugh- 
ter of  Zenas)  Howes,  of  Windham,  Conn.  Chil- 
dren : 

Fanny,  1808,  unmarried. 

Henry  H.,  born  1810,  married  Mary  Barber.  No 
issue. 

Mary  J.,  born  1812,  married  (1)  Luther  Friek. 
(2)  John  Capen.     No  issue. 

William  A.,  born  1814,  married  Lois  Perkins. 
No  issue. 

Lucy  P.,  born  1816,  married  Timothy  Perkins. 
Died  in  Massachusetts.     Two  children : 

Alfred  H.,  born  1819,  married  Martha  Parker, 
April  27,  1842 

Caroline,  born  1824,  married  Samuel  T.  Loomis, 
of  Coventry,  Conn.     Three  children. 

"Ebenezer  Root,8  (son  of  Abner,5)  married  Sarah 
Dow,  Jan.  17,  1796,  and  soon  after  removed  to  a 
farm  in  Westmoreland,  Oneida  Co.,  X.  Y.,  where 
he  continued  till  his  death,  August  19,  1820.  His 
wife  died  in  Westmoreland,  March  7,  1842,  aged 
66  years.     Children  : 

Phebe,  born  Angust,  1738,  became  the  second 
wife  of  Bradford  Seymour,  of  lTtica,  N.  Y.,  and 
died  1«4 — . 

Abner,  born  Dec.  1,  1800,  a  farmer,  and  lived  on 
old  homestead,  in  Westmoreland.  Died  unmar- 
ried, 1862. 

Statira,18  born  May,  1803. 

Ebenezer  R,19  born  April  25,  1805. 

Arsinor,20  born  February,  1807. 

Marianne,21  born  March  7,  1813. 


GENEALOGY.  89 

Diantha,  born  Apr.  14,  1818,  unmarried  in  1867." 
"Thomas,'1  (son  of  Abner,5)  studied  medicine  and 
married  Olive  Fletcher  He  settled  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Delhi,  X.  Y.  He  was  after- 
ward a  merchant  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  cashier 
of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  of  that  city. 
He  afterwards  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Louisville  and  Portland  Canal,  on  the 
Ohio  River,  and  through  his  exertion,  most  of  the 
stock  was  taken  up  in  Philadelphia  and  the  work 
completed.  He  died  in  1850.  His  wife  died  in 
1853.     ( 'hildren  : 

Fletcher,  born  1804,  in  Delhi,  X.  Y.,  died  in 
Philadelphia,  1825. 

Diantha.  born  March  3,  1813,  in  Philadelphia, 
unmarried  in  1867. 

Mary,  born  January  6,  1820,  married,  October  4, 
1837,  J.  C.  Thatcher,  from  Xew  London,  Conn.,  a 
dry  goods  merchant  in  Xew  York  City.  She 
died  in  1856      Their  children  were  : 

Thomas  Fitch,  born  Dec.  2,  1838,  who  married 
Mary,  (daughter  of  Dr.  Wm.  H.)  Rockwell,  of 
Brattleboro,  Yt.,  and  now  lives  at  Flatbush,  L.  I. 
One  child. 

Mary  ().,  born  September,  1841. 

John  Christopher,  born  February  29,  1844. " 

"Elizabeth,10  (daughter  of  Abner,5)  married  at 
Bridgewater,  X.  V.,  about  1803,  Jesse  Ives,  a  native 
of  Torrington,  Conn.     Children  : 

Fanny,  born  in  1805,  at  Y  nitestown,  X.  Y.  un- 
married in  1867. 

Charlotte,  born  in  1810,  at  Bridgewater,  X.  Y  , 
unmarried.  Both  these  sisters  live  on  and  manage 
their  large  farm  with  much  success. 


90  FITCH    FAMILY 

"Diantha,11  (daughter  of  Abner,5)  married  Rufus 
Bunnell,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College.  He  was  an 
active  business  man  and  accumulated  a  large  for- 
tune. He  died  July  13,  1856.  His  wife  died  June, 
1858.     Children: 

George,  born  1805,  died  in  1806. 

William  Rufus,  born  March  6,  1806,  married  (1) 
Sarah  Haight.     (2)  Cornelia  Sterling 

James  Fitch,  born  March  27,  1807,  unmarried  in 
1867,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College. 

Thomas  Fitch,  born  November,  1808,  married 
Mathilda  (McCoy),  widow  of  W.  H.  Beck,  in  1834." 

"Cornelius  Root,12  M.  D.,  (son  of  Abner,5)  was 
eminent  and  successful  in  his  profession,  at  Delhi, 
K  Y.  He  married  March  12,  1816,  Paulina, 
(daughter  of  Marsh)  Farrington,  (who  was  a  son  of 
Col.  Thos.  Farrington,  of  the  Revolutionary  Army 
and  Elizabeth  Cotton),  and  died  July  12,  1846,  at 
Delhi,  X.  Y      Children  : 

Fitz  James,  born  Dec.  7,  1817,  unmarried,  re- 
sides at  Catskill,  X.  Y. 

Thomas,  (M.  D),  born  April  13,  1820,  resides  at 
Prattsville,  X.  Y. 

Jessee  Ives,  born  Nov.  30,  1824,  lawyer,  resides 
in  Oregon. 

Ellen,  born  May  28,  1828,  resides  at  Claryville, 
H".  Y. 

Cornelius  R.,  born  August  20,  1829,  resides  at 
Lexington,  Ky. 

Frederick,  born  May  19,  1834,  resides  at  Lexing- 
ton, Ky. 

Emma,  born  February  3,  1839,  resides  at  Clary- 
ville, X.  Y." 

"Latham  Fitch,  (son  of  Abner,5)  married  Alice, 


GENEALOGY. 


91 


daughter  of  John  Holdridge,  a  lieutenant  ot  the 
Revolutionary  War.     Children : 

Julia,  born  October  18,  1815. 

Ralph,  born  December  25,  1817. 

William  Root,  born  March  25,  1820. 

Emily  A.,  born  August  17,  1825. 

Latham  Fitch,  died  at  Castile,  K.  Y.,  January 

23   1853  " 

"br  William,14  (son  of  Abner,5)  married  Hannah 
"Follett,  born  <  )ctoher,  1790.     Children  : 

.lames,-2  born  December  17, 1812.  p 

Qrsula,  born ,  died  Sept.,  1836,    in    Bridge- 
port, Conn. 

Elizabeth,  born  September  18, 1810,  died  October 
1,  1835,  at  Franklin,  X.  Y.  '  .      ' 

Diantha,  born  May  26,  1818,  died  June  4,  183bv 
Mary,  born    April  30,  1820,  at  Franklin,  KY., 
married  L.  M.  Bissell  of  that  place  in  1866.     Ghil- 

(I l'f '71  ' 

Diantha,  William  F.  and  James  ;  William,23  born 
January  26,  1822.  ^     .      _  _     lfl  . 

Dr.  William    died  at  Dryden,  ST.  Y.,  July  16th, 

Mary,15  or  Polly,  as  she  was  familiarly  called, 
(daughter  of  Abner,5)  became  the  second  wife  ot 
Col.  John  Mitchell,  in  Wayne,  N.  Y.,  where  she 
died  in  1845."  .   _   .,     .. 

"Ursula,16  (daughter  of  Abner,5)  married  Martin 
Miner,  about  18  L  6,  a  merchant  in  Unadella,  N.  Y. 
She  died  in  1830,  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.     Children  : 

Fitch,  born  about  1817. 

Isaac,  born  about  1819,  supposed  to  have  been  m 
the  Texan  Kavy,  when  that  Republic  was  lighting 
for  her  liberty. 


92  FITCH    FAMILY 

George,  born  about  1823,  was  'Col,'  and  living  in 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  at  the  close  of  the  war  of  the  Rebel- 
lion. 

Thomas,  born  about  1825. 

Ellen,  born  about  1828." 

Apollos,17  (son  of  Jeptha,6)  .lived  in  Coventry, 
Conn.  Married  August  18,  1801,  Sybil  Edgerton, 
born  1781,  inherited  the  old  Capt,  Jeremiah  Fitch 
farm,  spent  his  days  upon  it  and  left  it  to  his 
widow  and  children,  who,  in  1867,  were  living  upon 
it.     He  died  August  19,  1842.     Children  : 

George  Edgerton,  born  August  18,"  1802,  died 
April  17,  1882. 

Lucy  Eliza,  born  May  6,  1804,  died  1885. 

Ursula  Root,  born  Nov.  2, 1805,  died  January  26, 
1848. 

Ephriam  Alson,  born  October  1,  1807,  died  Sept. 
30,  1824. 

Newton,  born  November  14,  1809,  married  Jane 
Carolina  Bidwell,  of  Coventry,  Oct.  10,  1832  He 
died  October  28,  1843.  His  widow  and  daughter, 
Diantha  L  ,  are  now,  1886,  living  at  Willimantic, 
Conn. 

Lucretia,  born  Oct.  9,  1811,   died  July  28,  1846. 

Jephtha,  born  June  29,  1813,  died  Sept    3,   1818. 

Phebe,  born  May  29,  1815,  married  Isaac  C. 
Perkins,  of  Hartford,  Conn  ,  died  March   14,   1848. 

Sybel,  born  Nov.  16,  1817,  died  Aug.  26,  1839. 

Sarah  Ann,  born  August  1,  1820,  married 
Araunah  Judd,  of  Coventry,  Conn.,  December  19, 
1854.  They  now  reside  in  Hartford,  Conn.  Mrs. 
Judd,  is  now,  1886,  the  owner  by  (inheritance),  of 
the  old  Capt.  Jeremiah  Fitch  farm,  in  Coventry, 
Conn  ;  which  has  remained  continuously   in   the 


V 


GENEALOGY.  93 

Fitch  family,  since  Capt.  Jeremiah  Fitch  first 
settled  upon  it  about  1706. 

Maria,  born  October  1,  1823,  married  Henry 
Albro,  of  Coventry,  Conn.,  September  25,  1861. 
-She  died  February  3,  1882 

"Statira,38  (daughter  ofEbenezer  R8),  married  in 
1832,  Samuel  W.  Johnson.      Children  : 

Samuel;  Sarah;  Amos  F.  ;  Thomas  S." 

"Ebenezer,19  (son  of  Ebenezer  R  ,8)  married  Jan. 
1,  1851,  Jane  Lewis;  lives  on  the  old  homestead 
farm,  at  Westmoreland,  N".  Y,      Children : 

Sarah,  born  October  9,  1853. 

Abner  Lewis,  born  August  20,  1856. 

Ebenezer  R,  born  November  22,  1859" 

"Asinore,20  (daughter  of  Ebenezer  R.8),  married 
May  24, 1832,  Albert  P.  Seymour,  of  Westmoreland, 
ST.  Y.     Chi  drew. 

Alfred  R,,  born  January  14,  1837. 

Bradford,  born  October  28,  1841. 

Mary,  born  July  19,  1845. 

Albert  P.,  Jr.,  born  Nov.  9,  1846. 

"Marianne,21  (daughter  ofEbenezer  R8),  received 
what  was  at  that  period,  deemed  a  solid  and 
thorough  female  education,  which  embraced  a  prac- 
tical and  useful  discipline,  and  rendered  her  an  ac- 
curate English  scholar.  The  correctness  of  her 
deportment  in  childhood,  and  the  general  style  of 
her  mind  in  youth,  gave  ample  promise  of  the 
future  woman.  Her  remarkable  even  temper,  in- 
dustrious and  active  habits,  fondness  for  useful 
knowledge,  and  compactness  of  mind,  suggested  a 
future  character  of  very  much  more  than  common 
power.  The  religious  tendencies  of  her  mind  and 
heart  dated  from  her  early  youth.     Conscientious 


<»4  FITCH    FAMILY 

in  the  discharge  of  religious  duties,  fond  of  reading 
the  Bible  and  other  religious  books,  a  regular  at- 
tendant upon  the  public  worship  of  God,  she  was 
indeed  deemed  a  Christian  by  those  who  knew  her 
best,  long  before  she  ventured  to  cherish  the  hope 
for  herself.  When  in  later  life,  she  finally  conclu- 
ded to  assume  the  responsibilities  of  membership 
with  the  visible  church  of  Christ ;  the  step  was  not 
taken  without  the  most  rigid  self-examination. 
Her  early  thoughts  on  the  subject  of  religion,  like 
her  more  mature  ones,  were  solid  and  practical, 
she  was  never  a  doubter,  and  never  a  caviller  with 
the  word  of  God.  Her  difficulties  were  not  with 
the  Truth  as  revealed  in  the  Bible,  but  wholly  with 
herself.  Passing  up  into  womanhood  with  these 
general  features  of  mind  and  character ;  she  was 
married  in  1837,  at  the  age  of  24  years,  to  Mr. 
James  S.  T.  Stranahan,  who  at  that  time,  was 
a  merchant  and  manufacturer,  in  the  Town 
of  Florence,  Oneida  County,  New  York, 
where  they  resided  for  three  years  after. 
In  1840,  the  family  removed  to  the  City  of  Newark, 
"S.  J.,  where  the  two  children  surviving  her  were 
born,  and,  in  February,  1845.  she  removed  to  the 
City  of  Brooklyn,  H".  Y.,  where  she  continued  to 
reside  until  the  time  of  her  death,  a  period  of  a 
little  more  than  twenty-one  years.  Soon  after 
coming  to  Brooklyn,  she  became  a  member  of  the 
congregation  of  the  South  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Brooklyn,  and  in  1855,  she  and  her  husband,  con- 
nected themselves  with  that  Church  by  a  public 
profession  of  their  faith  In  1851,  she  made,  with 
her  husband,  an  extensive  tour  through  Europe. 
In  the  City  of  Brooklyn  they  occupied  a  high  social 


GENEALOGY.  95 

position  Mr  Stranahan  having  been  elected  a  Re- 
presentative to  the  thirty-fourth  Congress,  and 
subsequently  occupying  other  positions  of  respon- 
sibility in  the  City  and  State.  Mrs.  Stranahan  was 
active  in  every  good  work  in  the  City  of  her  adop- 
tion and  those  who  knew  her  felt  that  they  could 
confide  in  her  judgment  her  discernment,  her  tact, 
and  her  unflinching  integrity  and  principle.  For 
eight  years  she  was  the  first  Directress  of  the  "Gra- 
ham Institute  for  the  Relief  of  Aged  and  Indigent 
Females,*'  a  position  requiring  the  exercise  of  rare 
abilities,  and  the  most  skillful  management  to  har- 
monize the  discords,  and  quiet  the  misunderstand- 
ings, inevitable  in  such  an  institution.  Her  discre- 
tion, equanimity  and  tact,  were  equal  to  the  duties 
of  the  place  and  under  her  administration  peace 
and  quiet  reigned.  It  was  probably  from  the 
knowledge  of  her  executive  abilities,  that  she  was 
unanimously  chosen  to  preside  over  the  Woman's 
Relief  Association,  organized  in  Brooklyn,  on  the 
23rd  of  Xovember.  1862.  as  auxiliary  to  the  United 
States  Sanitary  Commission.  This  position  was 
also  one  which  required  great  tact  and  skill  in  the 
presiding  officer.  About  eighty  churches  of  differ- 
ent denominations  in  Brooklyn,  co-operated  in  the 
work  of  the  Association  and  it  had,  also,  numer- 
ous auxiliaries  scattered  over  the  Island  Their 
diverse  elements  were  held  together,  in  perfect 
harmony  by  Mrs.  Stranahan's  skillful  manage- 
ment, till  the  occasion  ceased  for  their  labors.  The 
Association  was  from  first  to  last  a  perfect  success, 
surpassing  in  its  results  most  of  the  branches  of 
the  Commission  and  surpassed  in  the  harmony  and 
efficiency  of  its  action  by  none.     Mrs    Stranahan 


96  FITCH    FAMILY 

in  her  final  report  says  :  'The  aggregate  of  our  ef- 
forts, including  the  results  of  our  Grand  Fair,  re- 
presents a  money  value  of  not  less  than  half  a  mil- 
lion of  dollars — $300,000  of  this  sum  were  paid 
into  the  treasury  of  the  United  States  Sanitary 
Commission  in  cash;  and  hospital  supplies  were 
furnished  to  the  amount  of  over  $200  000  more, 
embracing  the  various  things  needed  for  the  com- 
fort of  the  sick  and  wounded  soldier."  The  Great 
Fair  of  Brooklyn  owes  its  origin  to  the  Woman's 
Relief  Association.  It  was  at  first  proposed  that 
Brooklyn  should  unite  with  New  York  in  the 
Metropolitan  Fair,  but  on  further  deliberation  it 
was  thought  that  a  much  larger  result  would  be 
attained  by  an  independent  effort  on  the  part  of 
Brooklyn  and  Long  Island  and  the  event  fully  jus- 
tified the  opinion  It  is  much  to  say,  but  the  proofs 
of  the  statement  are  ample,  that  no  one  of  the  Sani- 
tary Fairs,  held  from  1863  to  1865.  equalled  that  of 
Brooklyn  in  its  freedom  from  all  friction  and  dis- 
turbing influences  in  the  earnestness  of  its  patriotic 
feeling  and  the  complete  and  perfect  harmony 
which  reigned  from  its  commencement  to  its  close. 
This  gratifying  condition  of  affairs  was  universally 
attributed  to  the  extraordinary  tact  and  the  execu- 
tive talent  of  Mrs.  Stranahan.  As  was  well  said 
by  the  pastor,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Spear,  "she  was  the 
right  woman  in  the  right  place.  She  gave  her 
time  to  the  work  with  a  zeal  and  perseverance  that 
never  faltered  and  with  a  hopefulness  for  her 
country,  which  yielded  to  no  discouragement  or 
despondency.  As  a  presiding  officer  she  discharged 
her  duties  with  self-possession,  courtesy,  skill  and 
method,    that    commanded    universal    admiration. 


s  GENEALOGY.  97 

She  had  a  quick  and  judicious  insight  into  the  var- 
ious ways  and  means  by  which  the  meetings  of  the 
Association  could  be  rendered  interesting  and  at- 
tractive The  business  part  of  the  work  was  con- 
stantly under  her  eye  Xo  woman  ever  labored  in 
a  sphere  more  honorable,  and  but  few  women 
could  have  tilled  her  place  Her  general  temper  of 
mind,  her  large  and  Catholic  views  as  a  Christian, 
and  then  her  excellent  discretion,  eminently  fitted 
her  to  combine  all  the  Churches  in  one  harmonious 
and  patriotic  effort"  Upon  the  disbanding  of  the 
Association,  when  all  necessity  for  its  labors  had 
ceased  Mrs  Stranahan  returned  to  the  quiet  of  her 
borne,  and  except  her  connection  with  the  Graham 
Institution  gladly  withdrew  from  any  conspicuous 
or  public  position  Her  health  was  found  to  be 
somewhat  impaired  by  her  assiduous  devotion  to 
her  duties  as  connected  with  the  Association,  but 
she  made  no  complaint,  and  her  family  did  not  feel 
alarmed.  The  Spring  of  1866  found  her  so  feeble, 
that  it  was  thought  the  pure  and  bracing  air  of  the 
Green  Mountains  might  prove  beneficial  in  restor- 
ing her  strength  but  her  days  were  numbered,  and 
on  the  30th  of  August  she  died  at  Manchester  Yt , 
giving  up  her  spirit  "calmly,  peacefully,  even 
smilingly,*'  as  was  said  by  a  witness  of  the  scene. 
Her  death  was  that  of  a  Christian,  her  loss — a  loss 
not  only  to  her  own  loved  and  loving  home  circle, 
but  to  the  city  and  the  community  in  which  she 
dwelt ?* 

Children  of  James  S.  T.  Stranahan: 

Mary,  born  at  Xewark,  X.  J.,  July  14.  1840. 
Fitch  James,  born  at   Xewark   X.  J.,  September 
25,  1843. 


98  FITCH    FAMILY 

"James,22  (son  Dr  Wm  ,u)  married  May,  (daughter 
of  Noah)  Plumb,  of  Bridgeport,  Conn  ,  Oct.  23, 
1837.     Children: 

Mary,  born  Nov.  22,  1839  ;  unmarried  in  1867. 

Walter,  born  December  4.  1840,  married  in  1865, 
8.  M.  Leith,  of  North  Carolina,  has  children;  he 
was  lieutenant  in  6th  Connecticut  Regt.  and  woun- 
ded at  Fort  Wagner,  S.  C  ,  and  promoted  to  Major. 

Elizabeth  born  Nov   10.  1849." 

"William.  Jr  ,w  (son  of  Dr.  William14),  graduated 
at  the  Albany  Medical  College,  in  1846  He  mar- 
ried Urania  t.  Everitt      Children  : 

Mary  Everitt,  born  June  15,  1852,  in  Virgil,  New 
York. 

Elizabeth,  born  April  25.  1856. 

Katie,  born  July  14,  1861,  in  Dryden,  N.  Y." 


Descendant*  of  REV.  JAMES  FITCH,  in  the  line 
of  his  son  Jabez. 


Rev  Jabez  (son  of  Rev.  James),  graduated  at 
Harvard  College,  in  1694  ;  and  after  his  father  be- 
came disabled  by  paralysis,  was  invited  to  occupy 
his  pulpit  with  a  view  to  settlement  After  preach- 
ing there  about  a  year,  however,  he  declined  the 
call  to  settle;  was  subsequently  elected  a  Tutor  and 
Fellow  of  Harvard  College,  and  in  1703.  was  or- 
dained at  Ipswich,  Mass.,  as  a  colleague  of  the  Rev. 
John  Rogers.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H,  where  he  was  installed  about  1725, 


GENEALOGY.  99 

and  where  he  died  November  22,  1746  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  (daughter  of  John)  Appleton,  June 
10    1704.      Children  : 

Mary;  Ann;  John  graduated  at  Harvard    Col- 
lege, 1728.     James" 


Descendants  of  REV.  JAMES  FITCH,  the  settler 
in  the  tine  of  his  son  Nathaniel. 


''(Capt.)  Nathaniel  Fitch,8  (son  of  Rev.  James), 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Lebanon  Conn., 
where  he  owned  a  grist  mill  and  a  fulling  mill.  He 
married  (1)  December  10.  1701  Ann,  (daughter  of 
Joshua)  Abel,  of  Norwich,  (  onn  ,  who  died  July  3, 
1721.  aged  47  years;  (2)  September  17  1729,  Mind- 
well  Tisdale,  of  Lebanon,  Conn  Capt,  Fitch,  died 
May  4,  1759,  aged  79  years.  Children  by  his  first 
wife : 

Ann,    born    November,    1702,    married ■ ; 

Children : 

Joshua  born  February  13,  1704. 

Latham,  born  March  29,  1705. 

Nehenrah,  born  February  10  1708. 

James  born  October  15.  1709. 

John,  born  January  7,  1712. 

Nathaniel,  Mehitable,  born  February  3,  1717, 
married Whiting 

Elizabeth,   lorn  May  26,  1718,  married Bis- 

sell,  died  December  18,  1747;  had  Daniel  living 
in  1755, 


100  .FITCH    FAMILY 

RachaeL  born  October  1720,  died  May  28,  1726. 
Abel,  born  November  22,  1722. 
Caleb,  born  June  17, 1725  Ghitdrenhj  second  wife  : 
Jabez  born  October  4  1730  died  Nov.  14,  1736. 
Ezekiel,  born  March  11,  1732  ;  living  in  1755 
Isaac,  born  May  10.  1734,  was  joint  executor 
with  his  mother  of  his  father's  will. 


Descendants  of  Iter.  JAMES  FITCH,  in  the  Line 

of  his  Son,  Joseph. 


"Joseph  9  (son  of  Rev  James),  settled  first  at  Sto- 
nington. Conn,  but  after  his  second  marriage 
moved  to  Lebanon.  Conn.,  where  he  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days  and  appears  to  have  been  a 
man  of  wealth.  He  married  (1)  Sarah  (daughter  of 
Major  Samuel  Mason),  who  died  previous  to  1721. 
(2)  Ann.  (eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Whiting), 
of  Windham.  Conn,  Dec.  29,  17-1.  He  died  May 
9,  1741.  She  died  at  Windham,  September  18, 
1778      Children  by  first  wife  : 

Judith  born  in  Stonington,  Conn. 

Sarah,  born  Jan  24.  1704,  in  Stonington,  Conn., 
married  and  had  children 

Mason,  born  September  11.  1708,  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1729  ;  died  March  10,  1734. 

Joseph,  born  February  14,  1711,  was  "Captain," 
married  Zervia,  (daughter  of  Daniel  Hyde),  of  Le- 
banon, Conn.     No  children. 


GENEALOGY.  101 

Children  by  second  wife  : 

Samuel  born  January  16  1724-  at  Lebanon,  Conn  , 
graduated  at  Yale  College,  1742.  was  a  lawyer  in 
Boston,  married  Elizabeth  Lloyd;  was  Attorney 
General  of  Massachusetts  ;  died  in  La  n  don,  England, 
in  1784 

Eleazar,  born  August  29.  1726,  graduated  at 
Yale  College  ;  settled  at  Windham.  Conn.  ;  was 
Sheriff  and  a  noted  Loyalist  during  the  revolution. 

Azel  born  November  7.  1728.  was  "Captain;" 
died  about  1769,  probably  unmarried. 

Ichabod.  born  May  17.  1734. 

Ann,  born  July  12,  1737. 

Thomas,  born  June  11,  1739,  died  Jan.    2,  1747." 


APPENDICES 


APPENDIX  I. 


From  Morant's  History  of  Essex,  England,  we  learn  that 
Braintree,  in  that  County  was  settled  hy  the  Flemish  who  left 
the  Netherlands,  on  account  of  the  cruelties  of  the  Duke  of 
Alva.  Fichte  is  a  German  name,  and  the  ancestors  of  the 
Fitch  family  of  Braintree,  were  undoubtedly  of  this  Flemish 
emigration  to  England.  Ralph  Fitch,  one  of  the  earliest 
English  voyagers  to  India,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  16th  Cen- 
turv,  was  a  merchant  at  London  ;  and,  as  that  city  is  only  40 
miles  from  Braintree  and  the  adjoining  village  of  Bocking,  he 
may  very  possibly  have  been  a  native  of  that  part  of  Essex, 
and  even  an  ancestor  or  direct  relation  to  Thomas  Fitch,  pro- 
genitor of  the  American  family. 

APPENDIX  II. 

Major  John  Mason,  the  father  of  Priscilla,  second  wife  of 
Rev.  James  Fitch,  was  born  in  England,  in  1600,  had  a  military 
training;  and,  (with  Miles  Standish,  John  Underhill,  and 
Gardner,  all  famous  soldiers);  served  under  Sir  Thomas 
Fairfax,  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  is  supposed 
to  have    come   to   New   England  with  the   company  which 


104  APPENDICES. 

settled  at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  in  1630;  and  in  1032,  was  sent  by 
the  General  Court,  in  company  witn  John  Gallop,  and  twenty 
men  in  a  shallop  of  20  tons  burden,  to  break  up  a  gang  of 
pirates  which  had  infested  the  coast,  an  undertaking  which  he 
prosecuted  with  courage  and  prudence,  despite  the  hardships 
of  the  winter  season.  For  this  he  received  £10  from  the 
Government,  and,  in  November  of  that  year,  was  made  Captain. 
In  September,  1(534,  he  was  one  of  a  commitie  of  military  men 
who  were  appointed  to  select  sites  for  fortifications  in  Boston 
harbor,  and  personally  superintended  the  erection  of  works 
on  Castle  Island.  In  1635  he  represented  the  the  Town  of 
Dorchester  in  the  General  Court,  and  while  a  member  of  that 
body,  June  3d,  the  second  application  of  the  Rev.  John  Ware- 
ham  and  his  church,  of  Doi-chester,  for  permission  to  remove 
to  and  found  a  colony  on  the  Connecticut  River  was  received 
and  granted.  In  this  enterprise,  Mason  was  the  leader,  and 
an  honored  and  much  trusted  participant  in  the  trials  of  the 
tedious  journey  through  the  woods,  in  October,  1635,  and  the 
subsequent  hardships  of  the  winter  of  1835-6,  which  resulted 
in  the  founding  of  the  present  Town  of  Windsor,  Connecticut. 
Soon  the  three  new  settlements  of  Hartford,  Wethersfield  and 
Windsor,  were  threatened  by  the  Indians,  and  then  Mason 
led  the  gallant  little  band  of  settlers  against  the  savages- 
tracking  them  to  their  fastness;  and,  in  the  celebrated 
"Swamp  Fight,"  completely  crushing  out  the  the  Peqreots. 
This  brilliant  campaign  and  battle  forms  so  conspicuous  a 
page  of  New  England  history  that  it  is  unnecessary  for  us  to 
give  the  details,  interesting  as  they  are.  Mason,  was  on  this 
occasion  the  Savior  of  the  Infant  Colony,  and  his  services 
were  properly  recognized  by  the  General  Court  at  Hartford, 
which  created  him  the  "public  military  officer  of  the  Planta- 
tions of  Connecticut,"  with  a  salary  of  £40  per  annum,  a 
position  which  he  held  until  within    two   years   of  his  death, 


APPENDICES.  107 

a  period  of  about  35  years- -first  with  the  title  of  "Captain," 
afterwards  of  "Major,"  and,  being  the  only  Major  in  the 
Colony,  he  was  frequently  named  in  the  public  acts  of  the 
Court  as  "The  Major,"  no  other  designation  being  necessary 
to  distinguish  him.  He  was  the  drill  master  also  of  the 
Colony,  being  authorized  to  "train"  all  the  inhabitants  there- 
of ten  days  in  each  year.  He  removed  to  Say  brook  in  1647,  it 
being  the  post  of  most  importance  and  greatest  danger, 
and  was  empowered  to  have  command,  not  only  of  all  sol- 
diers, but  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  ;  similar  orders  were 
given  in  1652.  Thus  the  habeas  corpus  act  was  suspended, 
and  dictatorial  authority,  for  the  time  conferred  upon  Mayor 
Mason . 

So  important  was  the  presence  of  Major  Mason  to  the 
infant  Commonwealth,  that  the  General  Court,  in  answer  to 
his  request  for  permission  to  embark  in  a  project  for  a  settle- 
ment in  Deleware,  returned  the  reply :  "That  it  is  much  in 
the  desire  of  the  whole  Court  that  he  would  not  entertain  the 
thought  of  removing  his  abode  out  of  this  Colony,  whereunto 
they  cannot  give  the  least  allowance  or  approbation" — but 
the  court  cannot  wholly  deny  him,  and  "are  content  that  he 
shall  attend  the  services  for  three  months,  provided,  he  will 
engage  himself  to  return  within  that  time,  and  continue  his 
abode  as  formerly,"  also  in  a  letter  of  complaint  to  the  Com- 
missioner of  the  United  Colonies,  they  say  that  the  Narragan- 
setts  had  fired  eleven  bullets  into  a  house  "in  hopes  as  they 
boasted  to  have  slain  him,  whom  we  have  cause  to  honor," 
whose  safety  we  cannot  but  make  ourselves  bound  to  protect, 
our  deputy  governor,  Major  Mason." 

The  Major,  indeed,  would  seem  to  have  been  much  less 
careful  of  his  own  safety  than  the  General  Court ;  the  last  of 
the  instructions  to   him,  when  sent  on  an  expedition  to  Long 


108  APPENDICES. 

Island,  (then  belonging  to  Connecticut),  was,  "we  do  not 
judge  it  convenient,  that  you  should  in  your  own  person,  make 
after  any  Indians  in  the  woods,"  &fi. 

In  further  testimony  of  their  appreciation  of  Mason's  ser- 
vices and  gratitude  for  them,  they  made  him  grants  of  con- 
siderable tracts  of  land,  to  two  of  which  only  can  we  refer. 
On  the  5th  of  June,  1041,  "that  Captain  Mason  shall  have  500 
acres  of  ground  for  him  and  his  heirs,  about  Pequot  Country. 
On  the  11th  of  September,  1651,  also  the  island  commonly 
called  Chipachange,  (now  Mason's  Island),  in  Mistic  Bay,  as 
also  100  acres  near  Mistic,  when  he  shall  make  a  choice.  A. 
portion  of  this  Island  is  still  owned  and  occupied  by  the 
descendants  of  Mason. 

But  not  only  were  the  military  affairs  and  Indian  affairs  of 
the  Colony  almost  entirely  entrusted  to  the  charge  of  Major 
Mason,  or  governed  by  his  counsel.  For  a  series  of  years  (from 
1037  to  '41,  he  was  a  Magistrate ;  and,  from  1641  to  '59  an  assis- 
tant or  member  of  the  General  Court,  and  from  1659,  he  was 
Lieutenant  Governor,  for  ten  successive  years  when  he  de" 
clined  a  re-election,  and  for  two  years,  during  the  absence  of 
Governor  Winthrop,  in  England,  endeavoring  to  obtain  a 
charter  for  the  Colony,  he  was  acting  Governor.  He  was  also 
one  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  United  Colonies  (Conn., 
Mass.,  and  Rhode  Island),  for  the  years  1047,  '54,  '55,  '50,  '57 
and  '01. 

Captain  Mason  was  by  far  the  most  prominent  person  in  the 
company  that  removed  from  Saybrook,  and  founded  the  town 
of  Norwich.  The  deed  of  the  town  which  was  executed  on 
the  0th  of  June,  1059  by  Uncas  Owaneco  and  Attawanhood; 
was  executed  in  the  presence  of  John  Mason  and  Thomas 
Tracy.  This  was  the  third  town  in  Connecticut  of  which 
Major  Mason  had  been   the   founder.    The   other  two  were 


APPENDICES.  109 

Windsor  and  Saybrook.      And   he   was  also  one  of  the  early 
and  influential  settlers  of  Dorchester,  in  Massachusetts. 

Major  John  Mason  possessed  all  the  elements  of  greatness. 
His  purposes  were  high  and  noble ;  his  will  was  strong  and 
determined.  He  was  possessed  of  remarkable  firmness  and 
promptitude,  a  courage  that  was  absolutely  fearless,  united 
with  a  prudence  and  moderation  the  most  considerate  and 
reflecting.  He  was  yet  a  man  of  moderation  and  a  friend  of 
peace  ;  and  by  his  firm  cautious  and  resolute,  and  yet  pacific 
course  he  prevented  or  checked  in  the  outset  every  tendency 
to  disorder  or  violence.  These  high  qualities  made  him  not 
only  a  great  soldier,  but  an  admirable  legislator  and  Magistrate, 
and  caused  him,  as  we  have  seen,  to  be  selected  as  the  master 
mind  in  all  the  important  measures  undertaken  by  the  Colony 
for  a  long  series  of  years.  Never  do  we  find  recorded  a 
single  manifestation  of  an  intolerent  or  persecuting  spirit. 
Envy,  hatred  and  malice  seemed  to  find  no  place  in  his  heart. 
He  was  virtuous  in  his  life  and  habits,  and  in  the  relation  of 
husband  and  father  he  was  without  reproach. 

His  form  was  suited  to  the  noble  and  devoted  character  of 
the  man.  He  is  described  as  large  in  size,  lofty  in  stature, 
and  of  a  commanding  presence.  There  was  certainly  nothing 
feeble  or  effeminate  in  his  composition  ;  and  whatever  excess 
of  sternness,  or  harshness  or  impetuosity,  there  may  have 
been  in  his  character,  there  was  never  anything  bordering  on 
tyranny  or  injustice;  and  those  rougher  and  harsher  features 
were  moderated  and  tempered  by  the  sinsere  faith  and  humble 
life  of  the  christian.  He  suffered  during  the  last  year  of  his 
life  with  one  of  the  most  painful  of  diseases,  and  died  on  the, 
30th  day  of  January,  1672,  in  the  seventy  second  year  of  his 
age. 


110  APPENDICES. 

The  closing  paragraph  of  the  last  letter  he  wrote  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Colony,  is  in  the  spirit,  as  it  is  in  the 
language  of  an  apostle,  entreating  their  remembrance  at  the 
throne  of  grace,  he  adds:  Beseeching  the  God  of  Peace,  who 
brought  again  from  the  dead  the  Lord  Jesus ;  the  great  Shep- 
herd of  His  sheep,  to  make  us  perfect  in  every  good  word  and 
work  to  do  his  will,  into  whose  hands  I  commend  you  and 
your  mighty  affairs,  who  am  your  afflicted,  yet  true  servant," 

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His  grave  had  been  neglected,  and  its  exact  location  lost,  the 
stones  which  marked  it  having  been  removed  and  built  into  a 
wall.  At  the  bi-centennial  settlement  celebration  at  Norwich, 
in  1859,  which  was  attended  by  an  immense  crowd,  and  con- 
tinued two  days,  Governor  Wm.  A.  Buckingham  presiding ; 
(see  description  and  proceeding  iri  "Norwich  Jubilee,")  funds 
were  raised  and  a  committee  appointed  to  purchase  the 
ground  and,  erect  a  suitable  monument  to  the  memory  of  (as 
the  Masonic  master  Clark,  said  when  laying  the  corner  stone 
on  the  second  day),  "a  man  called  "Captain,"  "Major"  and 
"Major-General"  John  Mason,  who  though  not  a  Mason,  most 
remarkably  exemplified  the  principles  of  Masonry." 

On  the  banks  of  the  Yantic  and  about  a  mile  distant,  were 
the  farm  and  house  where  John  Mason  lived  and  died ;  and  on 
the  same  stream  a  short  distance  above,  under  the  shadow  of 


APPENDICES.  Ill 

a  magnificent  oak  the  solitary  remains  of  the  primeval  forest, 
on  an  elevation  from  which  you  see  around  the  woods  and 
cultivated  fields,  comfortable  and  costly  jesidences  and  amid 
the  countless  evidences  of  the  industry  and  wealth  of  his  de- 
scendants, rest  his  remains,  henceforth  to  be  marked  by  an 
appropriate  monument.  "Hon.  J.  A.  Rockwell's  address,  1859. 

Major  Mason,  by  his  second  wife  Anne  Peck,  of  Hartford, 
whom  he  married  in  July,  1639 ;  had  the  following  children  : 
Tssbel ;  Priscilla,  who  became  the  second  wife  of  Rev.  James 
Fitch;  Samuel;  John,  who  married  Abigail,  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Rev.  James  Fitch  ;  Rachel ;  Anne  ;  Daniel ;  and 
Elizabeth,  who  became  the  first  wife  of  Major  James  Fitch." 

( See  Hineman's  Catalogue  of  the  first  settlers  of  Connecticut ; 
Caulkins  History  of  Norwich;  Hall's  History  of  Norwalk  ; 
Stiles  History  of  Windsor,  Conn.) 

APPENDIX  III. 

Stephen  Giftbrd,  an  original  proprietor  of  Norwich,  in  1660, 
married  (  I )  in  1<><>7,  Mary  Gove.  She  died  in  January,  1672  ; 
he  then  married  (2)  Hannah,  (daughter  of  2nd  Capt  John,) 
Gallup  in  1672.  Children  by  his  first  wife,  Samuel,  born  1668, 
Hannah,  born  1671.  Children  by  his  second  wife,  John,  born 
1673,  Ruth,  born  1676,  married  Capt.  Jeremiah  Fitch,  (son  of 
Rev.  James);  Stephen,  born  1679,  Aquilla,  born  1682. 

APPENDIX  IV. 

John  Gallup  was  of  Dorchester  in  1630,  removed  soon  to 
Long  Island  (now  called  Gallup's  Island,  as  supposed  after 
him)  in  Boston  Harbor;  was  a  fisherman  and  pilot,  had  a 
home  and  garden  in  town  ;  joined  the  Church  in  January, 
1634,  and  became  a  freeman   in   April   following.     In  the  ex- 


112  APPENDICES. 

pedition  made  with  Capt.  Mason  in  pursuit  of  the  pirate  Bull 
(alluded  to  on  page  104.)  He  won  great  credit  for  courage  and 
energy.  In  July,  1630,  he  again  distinguished  himself  by  his 
attack  on  the  murderers  of  Oldham,  as  related  by  Trumbull  in 
his  history  of  Connecticut,  who  says,  "One  John  Gallup,  on 
the  20th  of  July  1636,  going  from  Connecticut  to  Boston,  in 
his  boat  of  20  tons  burthen,  discovered  John  Oldham's  vessel 
(another  Boston  Captain)  full  of  Indians.  Suspecting  that 
they  had  murdered  Mr.  Oldham,  he  hailed  them,  but  received 
no  answer.  Gallup  was  a  bold  man;  and,  though  he  had  with 
him,  but  one  man  and  two  boys,  he  immediately  bore  down 
upon  them,  armed  with  two  guns,  two  pistols  and  duck  shot, 
and  fired  so  thick  among  them  that  he  cleared  the  deck.  The 
Indians  all  got  under  the  hatches.  He  then  stood  off  and  run 
down  upon  her  quarter,  with  a  brisk  gale,  nearly  oversetting 
her ;  and  so  frightened  the  Indians,  that  six  leaped  into  the 
sea  and  were  drowned.  He,  a  second  time,  also,  raked  her 
fore  and  aft,  with  his  shot,  and  bored  her  with  his  anchors ; 
but  the  Indians  kept  themselves  so  close  that  he  ran  down 
upon  her  a  third  time,  and  five  more  Indians  leaped  overboard 
and  were  drowned.  He  then  boarded,  and  took  two  of  the  In- 
dians and  bound  them ;  two  or  three  others  armed  with  swords, 
in  a  little  room,  could  not  be  driven  from  their  retreat,  he  fas- 
tened the  hatches  down  upon  them.  Mr.  Oldham's  corpse- 
was  found  on  board.  Captain  Gallup  fearing  the  Indians 
might  get  loose  if  together,  and  having  no  place  to  keep  them 
apart,  threw  one  overboard.  He  buried  the  corpse  in  the  sea, 
stripped  the  vessel  of  goods  and  rigging,  and  took  her  in  tow ; 
but  night  came  on — the  wind  rose,  and  he  was  obliged  to  let 
her  go  adrift."  He  afterwards,  carried  the  ammunition  and 
provisions  in  his  vessel,  and  received  the  prisoners,  to  keep  or 
bind,  for  the  expedition  sent  by  Massachusetts  and  Connecti- 
cut, under  the  command  of  Major  Mason,   in  pursuit  of  the 


APPENDICES.  113 

remnant  of  the  Pequots,  after  the  destruction  of  their  fort  at 
Mistic  by  Captain  Mason.  He  brought  his  wife,  Christobel, 
from  England.  He  died  in  the  summer  of  1650.  His  will 
provides  for  wife  and  ehileren,  and  gives  £2  to  a  new  meeting 
house  then  building.  Will  of  widow  (published  in  Gen.  Reg., 
V.  444i  was  made  1055.  Children,  John,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Joan,  married  Thomas  Joy.  (See  also,  Heral.  Jour.  No. 
XXII..  73.) 

Captain  John  Gallup,  2d  of  Boston  (son  of  proceeding)  born 
in  England,  served  in  Pequot  war,  under  Major  Mason,  for 
which  Connecticut  gave  him  a  grant  of  100  acres  of  land  ;  was 
at  Taunton.  164."..  a  short  time  and  removed  to  New  London, 
in  1651,  and  to  Stonington,  of  which  he  was  representative, 
October.  1665,  and  May  1067.  He  was  one  of  the  six  Connec- 
ticut Captains  killed  in  the  great  Narragansett  Swamp  Eight, 
19th  December,  1675,  the  hardest  battle  of  Philip's  War,  where 
80  men  were  killed  and  150  wounded,  of  whom  many  died 
before  relief  could  be  had.  He  married  Hannah  (daughter  of 
Margaret)  Lake,  a  widow,  who  resided  at  John  Winthrop's.* 
Children  ;  Hannah,  born  1044,  married,  1072,  Stephen  Gilford, 
of  Norwich,  as  his  second  wife;  John,  made  a  freeman  1073; 
Esther,  born  1653,  married  U>74,  Henry  Hodge,    of  Taunton  ; 


*  Margaret  bake.  (Mrs.)  was  at  New  London,  104(5,  and  many 
years  after,  see  (ien.  Reg.  vii.  165).  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Col.  Edmund  Bead,  of  Wickford  Co.,  Essex,  Eng.,  and  eldest 
sister  of  Elizabeth,  second  wife  of  John  Winthrop,  Jr.,  John 
Lake,  her  husband  was  descended  from  the  Lakes,  of  Norman- 
ton,  Yorkshire,  who  claimed  descent  through  the  ( ailleys 
from  the  Albinis.  Earls  of  Arundel  and  Sussex,  from  the 
Counts  of  Louraine,  (the  right  line  of  Charlemagne)  and  from 
"William  the  conqueror.  (Heraldie  Journal,  No.  xxii.,  75.) 
She  died,  says  Felt,  1672,  leaving  two  daughters.  Hannah, 
who  married  John  Gallup  2d ;  Martha,  who  married  Thomas 
Harris. 


114  APPENDICES. 

Benadam,  born  1656 ;    William,    born  1658;   Christobel,    born 

16 ,   married,    Peter   Oasarv  ;  Eliza,  born   16 ,  married 

Henry  Stephens ;  Mary,  born  Hi ,   married  John  Cole, 

of  Boston;  Margaret,  born  16 ,  in  1704,  unmarried. 

APPENDIX    V. 

"Robert  Rose,  of  Wethersfield,  1639,  from  Watertown,  Mass  , 
came  in  the  Francis,  fro  n  Ipswich,  Suffolk  Co.,  Eng  ,  in  1634, 
aged  40,  with  wife  Margery,  aged  40,  and  children.  Was  Con- 
stable, 1640;  Representative,  1641,  '42,  '43;  removed  before 
1648,  to  Stratford;  and.  in  list  of  freemen,  1659.  He  died  at 
Branford,  1665,  leaving  a  good  estate.  Children,  (all  but  the 
youngest  born  in  England.)  John,  born  1624  ;  Robert;  Eliz- 
abeth, born  1626  ;  Mary,  born  1628  ;  Samuel,  born  1630;  Sarah, 
born  1632;  Daniel,  born  1636;  Dorcas,  born  1637. 

Daniel  Rose,  of  Wethersfield,  (son  of  Robert),  was  born  in 
England,  came  over  when  three  years  old.  was  called  63  years 
old  in  1696;  married  in  1664,  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  the 
first  John  Goodrich.  Children;  Elizabeth,  born  1665; 
Daniel,  1667;  married  1706,  at  Colchester,  Mary  Foot,  daughter 
of  3d  Nathaniel;  Sarah,  born  1681;  Abigail,  born  1683; 
Dorothy,  born  1687;  Lydia,  born  1680. 

Daniel  Rose,  Jr.,  of  Wethersfield,  (son  of  Daniel),  born  1667, 
married  at  Colchester,  14th  May,  1706,  Mary,  daughter  of  the 
3d  Nathaniel  Foot;  removed  to  Coventry,  about  1726.  Child- 
ren, Ruth,  born  1706,  died  young:  Jehiel,  born  September  8, 
1708,  Ensign  of  Coventry,  much  respected  ;  Daniel,  horn  20th 
August,  1710;  Josiah,  born  27th  November,  1712;  Ruth,  born 
13th  March,  1717,  married  17th  February,  1736,  Captain  Aimer 
Fitch. 

APPENDIX   VI. 

The  Fitch  and  Mason  Arms. 
The  Fitch  Arms  given  in  this  volume,  are  copied  from  an 
impression  of  the  seal  of  Thomas  /itch,  Governor  of  Connec- 


APPENDICES.  115 

ticut,  from  1754-61),  appended  to  a  document  of  the  date  of 
1757.  Its  heraldic  description  is  as  follows  :  Yert  a  chevron 
between  three  leopard's  heads,  or,  crest  a  leopard's  head  ca- 
bassed,  or  in  the  mouth  a  sword  proper  hilt  gules.  "These 
are  given  by  Burke,  as  those  of  Fitch  of  Headall  and  Woodham, 
Walter  Co.,  Essex  and  Eltham,  and  Mount  Mascul  Co.,  Kent. 
Morant  states  that  the  Fitch  family  bought  several  estates  in 
the  Co.  Essex,  about  the  middle  of  the  16th  century.  One 
branch  settled  at  Brazen  Head,  in  Lindrell  ;  the  other  and 
principal  branch,  at  little  Canfield,  a  few  miles  distant.  (Hist. 
Essex.  11.  446.  463.)  A  branch  of  the  Fitch  family  was  set- 
tled at  Bocking,  as  early  at  least,  as  1569,  when  John  Fitch, 
gentleman,  held  the  manor  of  Boones  an  messuage  of  Lyons 
in  that  Parish.  (Morant,  11.  387.  (Heraldic  Journal XIII. ,4(5-47.) 

The  Mason  arms,  here  given,  are  taken  by  permission  of 
Mr.  Theo.  W.  Mason,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  from  a  copy  of  an 
ancient  painting  on  parchment,  in  the  possession  of  Mr. 
William  Fitch,  of  Norwich  Town,  Conn.  They  are  described 
by  Burke,  as  "Yert  two  lions  combatant,  or,  Crest  a  mermaid 
proper." 

The  seal  of  Major  Mason  given  on  this  page,  is  copied  from 
an  impression  found  on  some  of  his  letters,  now  preserved  in 
the  Massachusetts,  and  also   Connecticut  Archives,   and  the 

arms  there  depicted  arc  probably  those  of  his  second  wife 

Peck.     (See  Heraldic  Journal,  xiii.,  41-12,  1866.) 


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Page  ft,  5th  line  from  bottom,  for  Coil,  read  Coit. 

Page  13,  1st  line,  for  meal,  read  meat. 

Page  2ft,  13th  line  from  bottom  of  page,  for  where,  read  when. 

Page  40,  lltb  line  from  top  of  page,  for  Ronep,  read  Pomp. 

Page  66,  3rd  line  from  bottom  of  page,  for  1856,  read  1866. 

Page  69,  4th  line  from  bottom  of  page,  for  1884,  read  1885,  and 
last  line,  for  Thomas  K.,  read  Thomas  H. 

Page  71,  12th  line  from  bottom  of  page,  forClarisca  While,  read 
Clarissa  White. 

Page  78,  4th  and  5th  lines  from  top  of  page,  for  1877,  read  1867. 

Page  79,  2nd  line  from  top  of  page,  for  1870,  read  1873,  and  3rd 
line  for  January,  17,  1872,  read  March  loth,  1874. 

Page  7i>,  7th  line  from  bottom,  for  1833,  read  1832,  (prodadly.) 

Page  82.  5th  line  from  bottom,  for  1884,  read  1882. 

Pages  88  and  93,  for  Arsinor,  read  Arsinoe,  and  for  Arsinore, 
read  Arsinoe. 

Pages  8s  and  93,  for  Marianne,  read  Mariamne. 


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