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"I give my daughter, Abigail Davis, the two-thirds part of my household goods. To my wife, Elizabeth, one-third, to have the first choice, also so much more of my movable estate, exclusive of the £200, the produce of my lands, as to
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make up one-third part of the whole movables, and €10 over, as is provided in my will, exclusive the £200 to depend on for- ever." His will was witnessed by Joshua Hempstead, Daniel Denison, and Noah Lester. A claim in his will reads thus: " After my sons come to the enjoyment of my estate and con- clude to sell, my house and land shall be sold to a Baptist principles man, if he will give as much as anyone else." The original will was witnessed by three of the members of the Baptist church (Pepper Box), viz .: Joseph Gilbert, Deacon, Stephen Gorton, Elder, Elizabeth Tober.
Children.
15. Isaac, b.
; m. Mary Reynolds, 4 July, 1732.
16. Samuel, b. ; I. Stebbins, 27 April, 1724.
17. Ebenezer, b.
18. Thomas, b.
19. Abigail, b. ; m. Davis.
19a. Jedediah, b. 16 March, 1712; m.
II. SAMUEL (8), b. about 1691, son of Samuel Fox and Bathsheba ( Rogers) Smith ; married Rachael Rogers, dau. of Capt. Jonathan Rogers and Naomi Burdick. He died in 1745. She died in 1754.
Children.
20. Jonathan, b. 5 Oct., 1715; m., had no issue.
21. Hannah, b. 4 May, 1717; m. Daniel Lester, 2d wife, 17 April, 1745.
22. Samuel, b. 29 June, 1719; m. Prudence Turner.
23. James, b. 21 July, 1722; m., had no issue.
24. Rachel, b. 24 May, 1724; m., had two children who were foolish.
25. Bathsheba, b. 11 April, 1727; died young.
26. Naomi, b. 31 April, 1731; m. 1st, - Beebe; 2d, Ebenezer Rogers.
27. Bathsheba, b. 31 Aug., 1733; m. Isaac Rogers.
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III. SAMUEL (9), b. abont 1707, son of Samuel Fox and Margaret Brintnal; married 12 Nov., 1729, Abigail Har- ris, daughter of James Harris and Sarah Rogers. Hle in- herited that portion of his father's estate which lay to the south and east of the homestead farm in Montville, inelud- ing the mills called " Fox Mills." His mansion house stood on the oldl Colchester road on the site of the present house, late the residence of Salmon (. Vibber, deceased. She was re- ceived into the church by Rev. David JJewett. He died about 1786.
Children.
28. Margaret, b. 20 Oct., 1730; m. Samuel Thompson.
29. Sarah, b. 16 April, 1732; m. David S. Denison.
30. Abigail, b. 7 Nov., 1733; died young.
31. Amy, b. 19 March, 1734-5.
32. Delight, b. 18 Oct., 1739; m. Nathaniel Thompson.
33. Anna, b. 30 Oct., 1740; m. Elisha Comstock.
34.
Elisha, b. 15 Oct., 1743; m. Anna Fitch.
35. Zoviah. b. 12 Nov., 1745; died young.
36. Rachel, b. 4 July, 1747.
37. Alpheus, b. 18 June, 1749.
38. Abigail, b. 25 March, 1754; m. Elijah Harris.
III. BENJAMIN (13), b. 29 Ang., 1715, son of Samuel Fox and Margaret Brintnal; married Abigail ( Fox) Brockway, daughter of Rachel Fox. They settled in the state of New York.
Children.
39. William, b. ; removed to the state of New York.
40. Cornelius, b. ; m. Lucy Gray.
41. Nathan, b. ; m. Polly Chapel.
12. Samuel, b. , 1762; m. Esther Lester, 30 Nov., 1788, dan. of Thomas Lester. Had children, Jere- miah, b. 26 Feb., 1790; Sally, b. 6 Dec., 1791.
43. Dila, b. ; m. Raymond Griswold.
44. Abigail, b. : m. Jeremiah Broekway.
45. Lucy, b. ; m., had dau. who m. Harris Keene.
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III. EZEKIEL (14), b. about 1721, son of Samuel Fox and Margaret Brintnal; married Mehitabel Lamson of Boston. He inherited the old homestead mansion and a large portion of the land connected with it, being that portion of the farm that lay to the north and west. IIe was a member of Rev. Mr. Jewett's church at the time the old meeting-house stood on the site of the Raymond Hill Cemetery. He was chosen an elder in 1778. He was active in the affairs of the church and society, and held important offices in the town. In a deed, dated 26 April, 1787, he conveyed to his son, Samuel, " for the consideration of the love and parental affection I have to my son all that part of my farm beginning at the corner by the New London and Colchester road, where the road from that turns to my house, thence northerly to the old orchard, thence by the fence to the woods, thence easterly in a straight line to a highway leading from my house to my mills, thence by said highway till it comes to my brother, Samuel, deceased, land, thence by said Sanmel's land to the first-mentioned high- way, and thence to the first point of beginning." She died 20 Jan., 1776, aged 56 years. He died 20 March, 1800.
Children.
46. Mehitabel, b. , 1746; m. Nathaniel Vibber.
47. Samuel, b.
, 1748; m. Anna Hill.
48. Brintnal, b. 1750; m. Mary Hill.
49. Margaret, b. , 1753: m. George B. Dolbeare.
50. Charlotte, h.
, 1754; m. Jonathan Ilill.
51. Ezekiel, b. 1758; m. Elizabeth Chester, dau. of Joseph Chester and Elizabeth Otis. They had a son, Ezekiel, b. 18 June, 1781; m. 26 June, 1803, Lydia Lord. He died 25 June, 1782, aged 24 years. She afterwards married 12 July, 1787, Thomas Adgate.
III. SAMUEL (22), b. 29 June, 1719, son of Samuel Fox and Rachel Rogers; married Prudence Turner. He died at Salem, Conn., 13 Dec., 1809. She died there 29 Jan.,
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1808. Both were buried in the Dolbeare burying-ground at Salem. Their remains were, in 1884, brought to Montville and laid in the old Fox burying-ground, near Oakdale. He had a son, John, who had children, John, Jesse, Elijah, and Ezekiel. Jesse, b. abont 1754; married Ruth -, and settled in Colchester. Elijah, b. abont 1764; married 1st, Polly Parks of Plainfield; 24, Betsey Taintor of Colchester, and died 5 Nov., 1805. Elijah Fox had by his first wife a daughter, Lney, who married Caleb Palmer; daughter, Sybel, b. 1789: married Charles Hill of Montville; also sons, Samuel and Otis. He had by second wife son, Charles. John settled in Boston and Ezekiel settled in New London, where he kept a house of entertainment. He married -, and had a daughter, Rachel Wright, who married Increase Wilson of New London.
!V. ELISIJAA (34), b. 15 Oct., 1743, son of Samuel Fox and Abigail Harris; married Anna, daughter of Daniel Fitch and Sarah Underwood. He lived at the old homestead for- merly occupied by his father. He died 19 April, 1800. She died 21 Ang., 1836.
Children.
52. Parmelia, b. about 1764; m. Jonathan Avery.
53. Daniel, b. 19 July, 1766; m. Lucy Angel.
Eleanor, b. , 1768; m. Elisha Forsyth.
55. Abigail, h. , 1773: m. James Fitch.
56. Sarah, b. 1777; died 8 June, 1532, mmm.
57. Mercy, b. 15 Jan., 1783; m. Thomas Bradford. Anna, b. 20 Jan., 1786; m. Adonijah Fitch.
59. Rachel, b. 15 Feb., 1788: m. Nicholas Bishop.
IV. SAMUEL (47), b. about 1748, son of Ezekiel Fox and Mehitabel Lamson; married Anna Hill, daughter of George Hill and Joanna Vibber. He lived on the farm given to him by his father, located on the old Colchester road, near the present town farm. After his death the farm was sold to George Allen, and afterwards owned by George Fox, son
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of Brintnal. IIe died 19 Aug., 1807, aged 59 years. She died 2 Jan., 1805, aged 53 years.
Children.
60. Charles, b. 17 March, 1775; died 25 March, 1855. Ile was a cripple.
61. Washington, b. 27 Oct., 1780; m. 31 Jan., 1808, Elea- nor Dolbeare. They removed to Goshen, where he was a farmer, and died 2 Aug., 1870. She died 3 Sept., 1875; no issue.
62. Mary, b. 13 Dec., 1782; m. Elisha Dolbeare.
63. Lyman, b. 14 March, 1789; m. Lanra Bradford.
64. Peggy, b. 1 Oct., 1792; m. Wilber.
65. Joseph, b. 12 May, 1786; m. Norah Buckingham.
66. Nancy, b. 19 June, 1785; m. Rufus Rogers.
67. Martha, b. , 1777; died 25 Nov., 1796.
IV. BRINTNAL (48), b. about 1750, son of Ezekiel Fox and Mchitabel Lamson; married Mary Hill, daughter of George Hill and Joanna Vibber. IIe lived on the old homestead formerly occupied by his father and grand- father at Montville. He was a farmer. He died 2 Dec., 1831. She died 16 Nov., 1837.
Children.
68. Mehitabel, b. about 1771; died 21 Sept., 1856.
69. Guy, b. 1775; m. Eunice Pettis, 25 March, 1804, and had Sophia; m. John E. Todd; Marietta, Har- riet, and Sarah. IIe settled in the state of New York.
70. Lamson, b. 2 Feb., 1781; m. Eleanor Comstock.
71. George, b. 6 Nov., 1783; m. Aurelia Cook.
72. Sally, b. 13 Sept., 1784.
73. Henry, b. 14 Nov., 1786; m.
74. Robert, b. 20 March, 1789; m. Emeline (Bolles) Smith.
75. Betsey, b. 13 July, 1790; died 19 July, 1855, um.
IV. DANIEL (53), b. 19 July, 1766, son of Elisha Fox and Anna Fitch; married 30 Dec., 1792, Lucy Angel, daugh-
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ter of James Angel. He lived on the farm occupied by his father and grandfather. He was a farmer. He died 9 May, 1820, at Montville. She, with her sons and daughter, Amy, removed to Mississippi about 1830, where they all married and settled. She died 18 Sept., 1843, at Vicksburg, Miss.
Children.
76. James Angel, b. 19 March, 1794; m. John Brown, b. 26 May, 1797; m. Sophia A. Gilbert.
78. Amy Brown, b. 26 Dec., 1799; m. Judge Edward Ran- dolph.
79. Eleanor, b. 16 Feb., 1802; m. Azel Fitch Rogers.
80. Sammel Sherwood, b. 25 April, 1805; m. Elizabeth Brown.
81. Elisha, b. 17 April, 1810; m. Lucy Moore.
IV. LYMAN (63), b. 14 March, 1789, son of Samuel Fox and Anna Ilill; m. 28 Jan., 1813, Laura Bradford, dangh- ter of James Fitch Bradford and Mary Merwin. He settled in Cornwall Hollow, Conn., where he died 18 June, 1867. He had a son, John Bradford, b. in 1819, and probably other children. This son was living at Thomaston, Conn., in 1884. Other children were, Charlotte, James, Nancy, Mary, and Henry.
V. LAMSON (69), b. 2 Feb., 1781, son of Brintnal Fox and Mary Hill; m. abont 1800, Eleanor Comstock, dangh- ter of Jared Comstock and Rachel Chester. He settled at Colchester and was a successful farmer. His inventory, at his death, amounted to near fifteen thousand dollars. He died at Colchester.
Children.
82. Ezekiel, b. Dec., 1801.
83. Almira, b. 4 July, 1805; m. Nathaniel Comstock.
84. Enoch, b. Ang., 1807; died Sept., 1878.
85. Ursula, b. 9 June, 1809.
86. Henry, b. 5 Ang., 1813; m. Elizabeth Beckwith.
ST. Caroline, b.
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88. Harriet Newell, b.
89. John, b.
90. Ellen, b.
V. GEORGE (70), b. 6 Nov., 1783, son of Brintnal Fox and Mary Hill; m. 10 June, 1825, Aurelia Cook, daughter of Rev. Rozel Cook. He settled in Montville and occupied the farm formerly owned by Samuel Fox, and afterwards by George Allen. Ile sold his farm in 1853 and removed to Waterford, where he died 17 June, 1857. She died there 21 April, 1869. He had an only daughter, Sarah C., b. 26 June, 1826; married John F. Brown, who removed from Waterford and settled in Montville on Raymond Hill, where he died.
V. ROBERT (75), b. 20 March, 1789, son of Brintnal Fox and Mary Hill; married 9 June, 1839, Emeline (Bolles) Smith, daughter of Ebenezer Bolles and Polly Cooley Gilbert. He was a farmer and occupied the old homestead near what is now Oakdale. He died 21 Dec., 1865. She died 14 Jan., 1880, aged 58 years.
Children.
91. Albert N., b. 12 March, 1840.
92. Joel HI., b. 17 Sept., 1842; m. Addie Woodmansee.
93. Levi W., b. , 1845; died 24 April, 1866.
VI. HENRY (86), b. 5 Aug., 1813, son of Lamson Fox and Eleanor Comstock, daughter of Jared Comstock and Rachel Chester; m. 9 Jan., 1848, Elizabeth Beckwith, daugh- ter of Elisha Beckwith and Sabra Beebe. He settled in Salem, Conn. Was a farmer. He died there 26 Nov., 1884. His wife was living at Salem in 1896.
Children.
94. Ellen E., b. 30 Dec., 1848.
95. Millard Henry, b. 20 Dec., 1850; died 15 Oct., 1851.
96. John Milton, b. 9 Sept., 1853; m. Nettie Fuller.
97. Henry Beckwith, b. 19 Aug., 1860; m. Fannie Rix.
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VI. JOEL II. (92), b. 17 Sept., 1843, son of Robert Fox and Emeline ( Bolles) Smith; married 10 June, 1868, Addie Woodmansee, daughter of Solomon Woodmansce. He was living in 1896 on the old Fox homestead in Montville, a farmer. His wife died in March, 1895.
Children.
98. Franklin Henry, b. 30 April, 1869; died 20 April, 1872.
99. Bell Bolles, b. 9 Sept., 1870; m. Orrin Keables.
100. Jennie Eveline, b. 20 Meb., 1872; m. Timothy O'Leary.
101. Albert John, b. 28 July, 1874.
FITCH FAMILIES.
Rev. James Fitch, the ancestor of the Montville families of the name, was born at Bocking, in the county of Essex, Eng- land, in 1622. He was only sixteen years of age when he came to America, being one of a band of thirteen young men, all intending to enter the ministry. He was placed, after his arrival in this country, under the instruction of Messrs. Hooker and Stone at Hartford, where he remained seven years.
He married first Abigail Whitfield, daughter of Rev. Henry Whitfield, minister at Guilford, Conn., in October, 1648. She died 9 Sept., 1659. He afterwards married Pris- cilla Mason, daughter of Major John Mason, Oct., 1664.
In the year 1646 a church was formed at Saybrook over which Mr. Fitch was ordained pastor. In 1660, after the death of his first wife, Mr. Fitch, with a part of his church, re- moved to Norwich. He learned the language of the Indians, and often went among the tribe endeavoring to enlighten their darkened minds and win them from their vices and degrada- tion in which he found them. The Mohegan sachems, not- withstanding their obstinacy to the Christian religion, were warmly attached to Mr. Fitch and his family. Large tracts of land were conveyed to them, either in trust or as absolute grants. A tract of land five miles in length and one in breadth, located in what is now the town of Lebanon, was conveyed by Owaneco to Mr. Fitch. On this tract some of his children settled, and among them he died in 1702, being abont eighty years of age.
The following inscription is found on the gravestone erec- ted to the memory of the Rev. James Fitch in the old burying- ground at Lebanon:
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" In this grave are deposited the remains of that truly rev- erend man, Mr. James Fitch. He was born at Boeking, in the County of Essex, England, the 24th day of Dec., in the year of our Lord 1622. Who, after he had been most ex- cellently taught the learned languages, came to New Eng- land at the age of sixteen years, and then spent seven years under the instruction of those very famous men, Mr. Hooker and Mr. Stone. Afterwards he discharged the pastoral office fourteen years at Saybrook, thence 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, where, after spending nearly half a year, he slept in Jesus in the year 1702, on the 18th day of November, in the 80th year of his age."
Children by Abigail.
2. James, b. 2 Ang., 1649; m. 1st, Elizabeth Masou; 2d, Alice (Bradford) Adams.
3. Abigail, b. Ang., 1650; m. Captain John Mason.
4. Elizabeth, b. Jan., 1652; m. Rev. Edward Taylor.
5. Hannah, b. Sept., 1653; m. Thomas Meeks (or Mix).
6. Samuel, b. April, 1655; m. (wife's name unknown.) He died in 1725, leaving children.
7. Dorothy, b. April, 1658; m. Nathaniel Bissel.
Children by Priscilla.
S. Daniel, b. 16 Ang., 1665; m. Mary Sherwood.
9. John, b. Jan., 1667; m. Elizabeth Waterman.
10. Jeremiah, b. Sept., 1670; m. Ruth Gifford.
11. Jabez, b. April, 1672; m. Elizabeth Appleton.
12. Ann, b. April, 1675; m. Major William Bradford.
13. Nathaniel, b. 1679; m. 1st, Ann Abel; 2d, Mindwell Tisdale.
14. Joseph, b. Nov., 1681; m. 1st, Sarah Mason; 2d, Ann Whiting.
15. Eleazer, b. 14 May, 1683; m. Martha Brown.
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II. JAMES (2), b. 2 Aug., 1649, eldest son of Rev. James Fitch and Abigail Whitfield; m. 1st, Elizabeth Mason, youngest daughter of Major Mason and sister to his father's second wife in 1676. She died 8 Oct., 1684. He then mar- ried second wife, Alice (Bradford) Adams, daughter of Ma- jor William Bradford of Plymouth and widow of Rev. Wil- liam Adams of Dedham, 8 May, 1687. Major James Fiteh was a prominent and influential man in his day. He was a noted friend and patron of the Indians, and after the death of Major John Mason possessed more sway over the sa- chems than any other individual, not excepting their other distinguished advocate, Captain Samuel Mason. He was noted as a land surveyor, land register, land speculator, and a land holder to an immense extent. By legislative grants, by pur- chase from other grantors, and intimate connection with the Indian sachems, he accumulated a vast number of acres. In
1684 he obtained from Owaneco the native right and title to a broad tract of unsettled land in the vicinity of the present town of Brooklyn, Conn. Out of this tract the town of Pom- fret was purchased of Captain Fitch for thirty pounds, and consisted of 15,100 acres. The conveyance was made 5 May, 1686. In 1687 Owaneco conveyed to him parcels of land in the towns of Plainfield and Canterbury of such extent as to be measured by miles. Besides this, he had tracts in various localities in the towns about Norwich. Major Fitch settled at Norwich, but lived in Preston, Plainfield, and Canterbury. He was the founder of Canterbury, having purchased the land, made the first clearings, laid out farms and house lots, and built himself the first barn and the first framed house within its limits. Major Fitch was a brave soldier and an expe- rienced partizan in Indian warfare. He was active also in political affairs. He was an early patron of Yale College, gave the glass and nails for the college edifice, and endowed it with 637 acres of land in the town of Killingly. His histo- rian, Miss Caulkins, says " Tradition and record give intima- tions of one defect in his character. He could not always re-
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sist the temptation to convivial excess, but appears to have had the Christian grace to acknowledge the fault when committed and to repent of it." He was evidently a man of good abili- ties, excellent business capacity, great activity, energy, and industry, and was counted among the foremost men of the colony in his day. He died at Canterbury, 10 Nov., 1727, aged 80 years.
Children by Elizabeth.
16. James, b. Jan., 1678; died in infancy.
17. James, b. June, 1679; died young.
18. Jedediah, b. 17 April, 1681: m. Elizabeth
19. Sammel, b. 12 July, 1683; m. Mary ---.
20. Elizabeth, b. 1684.
Children by Alice.
21. Abigail, b. 22 Feb., 1688; m. Colonel Dyer.
22. Ebenezer, b. 10 Jan., 1690.
23. Daniel, b. Feb., 1693; m. Ann Cook.
2-1. John, b. 1695.
25. Bridget, b. 1697.
26. Jerusha, b. 1699; m. Daniel Bissel.
27. William, b. 1701.
28. Jabez, b. 1703.
II. SAMUEL (6), b. April, 1655, second son of Rev. James Fitch and Abigail Whitfield. It is not ascertained whom he married, but it is known he had children. He lived in East Norwich, in what was called Long Society in the town of Preston. There is no record of his family to be found in the Norwich records, and no will or distribution of his estate. " Nearly all the information," says a biographer, " obtained of him is from land records, such as deeds of gift to his chil- dren and other conveyances where the relationship is men- tioned." Some of his descendants settled in Lebanon, and he was the ancestor of the Bozrah Fitch families, descendants of the late Colonel AAsa Fitch of that town. Samuel Fitch was also the ancestor of Hon. G. N. Fitch, ex-Senator of Indiana,
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and other prominent men. He died in 1725. His children, whose names have been recovered from deeds and other doc- uments, were:
29. Hezekiah, b.
30. Jabez, b.
31. Benjamin, b. ; m. Amy -; died in 1763.
32. Peletiah, b. ; m. Elizabeth
33. Samuel, b. (probably).
IT. DANIEL (8), b. 16 Ang., 1665, eldest son of Rev. James Fitch by his second wife, Priscilla Mason: married March, 1698, Mary Sherwood, daughter of Mathew Sherwood of Fairfield, Conn. IIe settled in the North Parish of New London, now Montville, near the Norwich line. It appears that he lived at one time in Preston, as a partial record of his family is found in that town. He was an active soldier in the Indian wars of his day. His inventory shows that he owned three farms in North Parish, one at Trading Cove, on which he lived, one at Dry Brook, and one lying on both sides of the path leading to Hartford, through Montville and Colchester. The homestead farm at Trading Cove was a town grant to his father, and a portion of it still occupied by his de- scendants. He died 3 June, 1711. His wife survived him, and married Joseph Bradford.
Children.
33a. Adonijah, b. April, 1700; m. 1st, Sarah Fitch, his cou- sin: 2d, Ann (Hyde) Gray.
33b. James, b. 18 Oct., 1703; m. Ann Denison.
33c. Lemmel, b. Jan., 1704; m. Mary Bigelow.
33d. Mary, b. Sept., 1707; m. Rev. James Hillhouse.
33e. Daniel, b. 1709; m. Sarah Sherwood.
II. JOHN (9), b. Jan., 1667, second son of Rev. James Fitch by his second wife, Priscilla Mason; m. 10 July, 1695, Elizabeth Waterman, eldest daughter of Thomas Waterman and Marian Tracy. He settled at Windham, and was a large
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landholder. On the 13th day of May, 1696, his father gave him a deed of one thousand acres of land at Windham Center. He was chosen town clerk of Windham 4 Dec., 1704, and was re-elected every year thereafter during his life. He also held the office of judge of probate for a short time, and was captain of a company of militia. He died 24 May, 1743. She died 25 June, 1751.
Children.
34. Elizabeth, b. 1 June, 1696; m. Nathaniel Webb.
35. Mariam, b. 17 Oct., 1699; m. Hezekiah Repley.
36. Priscilla, b. 5 Feb., 1702; m. Solomon Paine.
37. John. b. 1S March, 1705.
II. JEREMIAII (10), b. Sept., 1670, third son of Rey. James Fitch by his second wife, Priscilla Mason; m. Ruth Gifford, probably daughter of Stephen Gifford and Hannah Gallup of Norwich. He settled at Lebanon, where he had lands granted him soon after his marriage. He remained in Lebanon until 1703, and perhaps longer. He removed, and settled on lands now included in the town of Coventry. Ho was the ancestor of the Coventry, Columbia, Andover, and Bolton Fitch families. He died at Coventry 22 May, 1736. Ilis wife survived him, and was living in 1756.
Children.
38. Jeremiah, b. 18 April, 1690; m. 1st, Merey Porter, Jan. 6, 1730; 2d, Martha Gifford, June 4, 1744.
39. Hannah, b. 18 Jan., 1700: m. Humphrey Davenport.
40. Abner, b. 8 July, 1703; m. 1st, Ruth Rose, Feb. 17, 1736: 2d. Widow Lee.
41. Gideon, b. ; m. Sarah Caulkins.
42. Elisha, b. ; m. Priscilla Patten, May 27, 1736.
43. James, b. ; m. Phebe Mecough, Oct. 6, 1738.
44. Joseph, h.
45. Ruth, b. : m. Daniel Whitmore.
46. Stephen, b. 1712; m. Eleanor Strong.
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II. JABEZ (11), b. April, 1672, fourth son of Rev. James Fitch by his second wife, Priscilla Mason; married 10 June, 1704, Elizabeth Appleton, daughter of Hon. John .Ap- pleton of Ipswich. He graduated at Harvard College in 1694, and was a Congregational clergyman. After his father was disabled from preaching by a paralytic attack in 1694, he was invited to occupy his father's pulpit with a view to settlement. He preached there about a year, but declined the call to set- tle. He was elected Tutor and Fellow of Harvard College, and in 1703 was ordained at Ipswich as colleague of the Rev. John Rogers, but removed afterwards to Portsmouth, N. H., where he was installed about 1720. He died at Portsmouth, 22 Nov., 1746. She died there 18 Oct., 1765, aged 84 years. His children were Mary, Ann, John, Harvard, and James.
HI. JOSEPH (14), b. Nov., 1681, sixth son of Rev. James Fitch by his second wife, Priscilla Mason; m. 1st, Sarah Mason, youngest daughter of Major Samuel Mason by his first wife. She died previous to 1721. He afterwards mar- ried, 29 Dec., 1721, Ann Whiting, eldest daughter of Rev. Sanmel Whiting, first minister of Windham. He first set- tled in Stonington, where his children by his first wife were born, and afterwards removed to Lebanon. He died 9 May, 1741. She died at Windham, 18 Sept., 1778.
Children by Sarah.
47. Judith, b.
48. Sarah, b. 24 Jan., 1704; m. Adonijah Fitch, her con- sin.
49. Mason, b. 11 Sept., 1708; died March 10, 1734. Grad- nate of Yale.
50. Joseph, b. 14 Feb., 1711; m. Zerviah Hyde.
Children by Ann.
51. Samuel, b. 16 Jan., 1724; m. Elizabeth Lloyd.
52. Eleazer, b. 30 Ang., 1726.
53. .Azel, b. 7 Nov., 1728; died about 1769, umm.
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54. Ichabod, b. 17 May, 1734.
55. Ann, b. 12 July, 1737.
56. Thomas, b. 11 June, 1739; died 24 Jan., 1747.
II. NATHANIEL (13), b. about 1679, fifth son of Rev. James Fitch by his second wife, Priscilla Mason; married 1st, Ann Abel, 10 Dec., 1701, daughter of Joshua Abel of Nor- wich. She died 3 July, 1728. He then married, 2d, Mind- well Tisdale of Lebanon, 17 Sept., 1730. He settled at Leb- anon, and was among the early settlers of that town. He died + May, 1750.
Children by Ann.
57. Joshua, b. 13 Feb., 1704.
58. Nathan, b. 29 March, 1705.
59. Nehemiah, b. 10 Feb., 1707.
60. James, b. 15 Oct., 1709.
61. John, b. 7 Jan., 1712.
62. Nathaniel, b. 3 Feb., 1717: m. Whiting.
63. Mehitabel, b. twin to Nathaniel.
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