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Daniel Titterson. The location of his house lot is shown on a map drawn by Rev. Benjamin L. Swan, and printed in the 'Haw- ley Record' at page 432, where it is marked as belonging to John Willcockson, the person to whom it was sold by Mr. Fish. In the autumn of 1654, a controversy commenced between John Fish and some young men in the town, growing out of unwar- wanted accusations which he made against them. This trouble was carried into the courts and very probably was the cause of his selling all his property in Stratford a year later, to John Will- cockson, and leaving town. The town records contain four dif- ferent entries of separate parcels of land so sold. The date of the deeds of sale was Sept. 29, 1655, but the records were not made until 1662-1671. Miss Caulkins in her History of New London says that John Fish appeared there early in 1655 with wife and children, whose names she gives as John, Jonathan and Samuel. There are no records of the birth of these children in Stratford. I judge that Samuel was the second of John Fish's children who reached maturity, and as he d. Feb. 27, 1733, in the 77th year of his age, he appears to have been born soon after his father came to New London. The records of the Congregational Church of Stonington, under date of March 13, 1680, show the baptisms of Samuel, son of John Fish; Mary, daughter of John Fish, and John, son of John Fish. These were all adult persons at that time. Of John Fish's children, I have further records of only Samuel and John, Junior. At what date John became a resident of the town of Stonington, I cannot say, but in 1668, when a cen- sus was ordered by the colonial authorities to be taken of the inhabitants or heads of families in Stonington, John Fish was one of forty-three persons enumerated. A home lot was laid out to each of these inhabitants, upon condition that it should be built upon within six months and inhabited. A twelve-acre home lot was granted to John Fish, being allotment No. 5, and was retained by him through life. His son, Samuel Fish, under date of Dec. 26, 1710, conveyed this lot to James Dean, who afterwards, on Nov. 8, 1711, conveyed it to Ebenezer Searles, as is shown by the Stonington land records. The first wife of John Fish was doubtless the mother of all his children named above. Aug. 6, 1674, John Fish was acting town clerk at a town meet- ing held in Stonington. See town records."
In 1675 was the Narragansett war, or expedition against the
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Indians under King Philip. The colony of Connecticut contribu- ted about three hundred volunteers to this expedition from her white settlers, besides a large number of friendly Pequot Indians. Both John Fish and his son Samuel were among these volun- teers, and about 1700, when the colony set apart the town of Vol- untown to be allotted to the Indian war volunteers, there were grants made for each of them. As John Fish had then been dead several years his grant came into the possession of his son Sam- uel, who in his will, dated Aug. 7, 1730, bequeathed his own grant to his son Samuel, and divided his father's grant between his sons Moses and Aaron. Two of Samuel's grandsons settled on these lands in Voluntown, and their descendants are still owners thereof. Aug. 22, 1679, the same day Mr. John Fish was chosen and unanimously voted schoolmaster for the town of Stonington, to instruct children in reading, writing, arithmetic and grammar, such as shall be inclined. December 5, 1680, Mr. John Fish was admitted a member of the Congregational Church of Stonington, Aug. 25, 1681, Mr. John Fish and widow Hannah (Palmer) (No. 7) Hewitt Sterry were married. She was a daughter of Walter and Rebecca (Short) Palmer, and was married April 26, 1659, to Capt. Thomas Hewitt, who was a seafaring man. He sailed upon one of his voyages and was never heard of again. In 1670, Mrs. Hewitt petitioned the General Court for permission to marry again, which was granted, and on Dec. 27, 1671, she was married to Roger Sterry. Mr. Sterry died before 1680, and on Aug. 25, 1681, she became the third wife of John Fish. Mr. Fish seems not to have any children who survived except by the first wife. He was a land surveyor, and laid out some of the public grants as the Stonington records bear witness. His brother-in- law, Gershom Palmer, was associated with him in such work in 1680 and 1681. By grant and by purchase he himself became proprietor of considerable tracts of land in Groton and Stoning- ton and other towns near by.
2. John Fish (No. 2), eldest son of John Fish, Sr., m. Mar- garet - -, family name and birth unknown. He was bapt. as an adult in the First Congregational Church of Stonington, April 18, 1680, but did not unite with the church until April 18, 1695, when his wife Margaret, joined the church, and their chil- dren bapt. John Fish probably died not very long after this. His widow, Margaret Fish, m. Samuel Cleveland of Canterbury,
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Conn., and had two more children, Abigail and Timothy. From the fact that John Fish's widow went to Canterbury so soon after his death and m. again, it is thought that she may have come from that neighborhood, or have had relatives there.
CHILDREN:
3 SAMUEL, bapt. April 18, 1695.
4 MARY, bapt. same day.
6 DAVID, bapt. same day, m. Grace Palmer March 30, 1721.
7 MARGARET, bapt. same day, m. Gideon Cobb (No. 17), Cobb family.
8 JOHN, bapt. Nov. 8, 1696, m. Esther Johnson July 19, 1726, and spent his life in Canterbury, Conn., and had a large family of children, and d. July 4, 1782, in the 87th year of his age.
Samuel Fish (No. 3), b. in 1656, as we learn by his epitaph on his gravestone, m. Sarah He d. Feb. 27, 1733; his widow d. Dec. II, 1722, aged 62 yrs; both buried in the old Packer burying ground in Groton; m. 2d, widow Dorothy (Wheeler) Smith.
CHILDREN:
9 SAMUEL, b. in 1684, m. Sarah
10 JOHN, b. in 1686.
11 MOSES, b. in 1688, m. Martha Williams.
12 ABIGAIL, b. in 1691, m. Capt. Daniel Eldridge; 2d, Dea. Daniel Deni- son.
13 AARON, b. in 1693, m. Irene Sprague.
14 NATHAN, b. Aug. 19, 1699, m. Abigail Havens; 2d, Mary Burrows.
15 SARAH, b. Aug. 2, 1702, m. Hezekiah Lord of Preston, Conn.
David Fish (No. 6) m. Grace Palmer, March 29, 1721 ; both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
16 DAVID, b. Jan. 20, 1721-2.
17 GRACE, b. Feb. 11, 1724.
18 JASON, b. Sept. 26, 1726.
19 TITUS, b. March 13, 1728-9.
20 JOHN, b. March 3, 1730-1.
21 EUNICE, b. June 2, 1734.
22 AMBROS, b. Aug. 21, 1735.
23 ISAAC, b. Aug. 13, 1740.
Samuel Fish (No. 9) m. Sarah CHILDREN: -. He d. Jan. 20, 1724.
24 CAPT. JOHN, b. about 1712, m. Lucretia Packer, d. in Groton Oct. 4, 1795. 25 CAPT. DANIEL, b. about 1714, m. Rebecca Palmer (No. 122), that fam- ily, Feb. 17, 1743; 2d, Sarah Hillard, daughter of John Hillard, and wife Hannah Rossiter (No. 10), Rossiter family. He gave to the First Congregational Church of Stonington the house and farm at Wequete- quock, still in its possession.
26 SARAH, b. , m.
Morse.
27 ELIZABETH, b. , m. -- Rose.
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28 SAMUEL, b.
29 JANE, b. - ", m. Rev. Timothy Wightman.
Nathan Fish (No. 14) m. Ist, Abigail Havens in 1726; 2d, Mary Burrows.
CHILDREN:
30 NATHAN, b. in 1727, m. Catharine Niles; 2d, Catharine Helms. CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
31 ABIGAIL, b. in 1729, m. Jonathan Fish, d. Sept. 18, 1790.
32 ICHABOD, b. in 1732, d. Nov., 1737.
Nathan Fish (No. 30) m. Catharine Niles Oct. 13, 1748. Mrs. Fish d. Jan., 1759. He m. 2d, Catharine Helms, July 24, 1759, d. Aug. 22, 1818.
CHILDREN:
33 NATHAN, b. July 31, 1749, m. Phebe Packer, d. at Halifax Aug., 1806.
34 SAMUEL, b. July 17, 1751, m. Sarah Lamb, d. at Halifax Nov. 26, 1837.
35 CATHARINE, b. Aug. 24, 1753, m. Jesse Gallup March 16, 1775.
36 SIMEON, b. March 24, 1756, d. Feb. 4, 1757.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
37 ABIGAIL, b. May 21, 1760, m. Luke Perkins; 2d, John Wood.
38 SARAH, b. July 1, 1761, m. Josiah Gallup Nov. 4, 1787, d. Feb. 11, 1791.
39 SANDS, b. Oct. 18, 1762, m. Bridget Gallup.
40 MARY, b. Nov. 3, 1765, m. Christopher Lester, d. Oct. 10, 1848.
41 SILAS, b. Aug. 29, 1767, m. Cynthia Bliss, d. June 1, 1836.
42 ROSWELL, b. March 5, 1772, m. Isabell Phelps of Springfield, Mass.
43 CYNTHIA, b. Sept. 21, 1770, m. Benadam Gallup Oct. 14, 1792 (No. 157), Gallup family.
44 EDMUND, b. Feb. 5, 1772, d. Sept. 8, 1798.
45 ANNA, b. Aug. 6, 1776, d. Nov. 14, 1859.
Sands Fish (No. 39) m. Bridget, daughter of Dea. Benadam and Bridget (Palmer) Gallup, June 18, 1789 (No. 158), Gallup family. He d. Aug. 20, 1838; his wife d. March 24, 1842. CHILDREN:
46 HON. ASA, b. July 17, 1790, m. Prudence B. Deane.
47 HANNAH, b. March 10, 1762, d. Sept. 8, 1815, m. Fred Denison (No. 227).
48 LEVINIA, b. Oct. 1, 1794, m. Isaac Denison (No. 406), that family, Feb. 18, 1817.
49 SIMEON, b. Jan. 17, 1797, m. Eliza Roe Randall.
50 CHARLES, b. Feb. 3, 1801, m. Esther B. Williams April 10, 1822.
51 NATHAN GALLUP, b. Sept. 7, 1804, m. Emeline Frances Miner (No. 293), Miner family.
52 ALDEN, b. Aug. 7, 1808, m. Sally Ann Beebe March 15, 1843.
53 BRIDGET, b. Aug. 21, 1811, m. Capt. William Clift June 18, 1833 (No. 38). Clift family.
Hon. Asa Fish (No. 46) m. Prudence B. Deane Sept. 30, 1818, by the Rev. Ira Hart (No. 35), Deane family. He was one of the most prominent men of Stonington, holding the offices of Select-
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man, Senator and Judge of Probate, up to the life limit. He d. April 20, 1761.
CHILDREN:
54 JAMES DEANE, b. Aug. 7, 1819, m. Mary Esther Blodget June 4, 1843. She d. July 17, 1868; m. 2d, Isabella Rogers March 18, 1872; she d. Dec. 20, 1879.
55 SANDS HELME, b. Sept. 19, 1821, m. Emeline Beebe March 14, 1850.
56 HANNAH, b. June 6, 1823, m. Elias P. Randall (No. 107), that family, March 15, 1843.
57 SILAS, b. Oct. 23, 1825, m. Mary Dorrance Stoddard April 10, 1851. 58 ASA, b. April 11, 1828, m. Eleanor Hoxie Peckham May 12, 1857.
59 PRUDENCE, b. Aug. 1, 1830, m. Uriah H. Dudley April 10, 1855.
60 BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 2, 1834.
61 JOHN D., b. Feb. 23, 1837, d. Aug. 29, 1838.
62 FANNY DEANE, b. Sept. 5, 1839, m. Caleb Smith Woodhull Jan. 1, 1861.
Simeon Fish (No. 49) m. Eliza Roe Randall Oct. 15, 1823 (No. 134), that family. She d. June 23, 1872 ; he d. April 25, 1863. CHILDREN:
63 WILLIAM R., b. July 13, 1824, m. Lydia W. Williams Jan. 19, 1848 (No. 27) 64 NATHAN SANDS, b. April 11, 1828, m. Janette Morgan of Poquonock March 24, 1850.
65 JED RANDALL, b. Nov. 20, 1832, m. Myra Oltz Nov. 18, 1868; she d. Feb. 23, 1870; m. 2d, Josephine Oltz Sept. 18, 1871.
THOMAS FISH FAMILY.
I. REV. JOSEPH FISH, son of Thomas Fish of Duxbury, Mass., b. Jan. 28, 1705, was a graduate of Harvard College in 1728. Among his classmates was the Rev. Nathaniel Eells, long his neighbor and friend, as pastor at Stonington, settled in the ministry at almost the same time. These earnest men went on side by side through nearly the whole of their long lives. Mr. Fish was settled in Stonington, now North Stonington, second pas- tor of the Congregational Church in 1732. He m. Rebecca (No. 20), daughter of William Pabodie of Duxbury, Mass., and great- granddaughter of John Alden, of the Mayflower, Dec. 6, 1732. He d. May 26, 1781, in the 76th year of his age, and the 50th of his ministry. His wife d. at Fairfield Oct. 27, 1783, aged 80 yrs.
CHILDREN:
2 MARY, b. May 19, 1736, m. Rev. John Noyes in 1758 (No. 139), Noyes family; m. 2d, Gen. Gold S. Silliman in 1775; m. 3d, Dr. J. Dickinson in 1804; d. at Wallingford July 2, 1818, aged 83 yrs.
3 REBECCA, b. Jan. 11, 1739, m. Benjamin Douglas, d. and was buried at New Haven Feb. 8, 1766, aged 28 yrs.
4 JOSEPH, Jr., b. and d. April 13, 1743.
Nathaniel Fish, brother of the Rev. Joseph Fish, lived in Ston- ington, now North Stonington, Conn., m. Mary Pabodie (No. 24), that family, in 1736, sister of his brother's wife.
CHILDREN:
6 MILLER, b. Oct. 9, 1737.
7 WILLIAM, b. April 26, 1738.
8 ELIAKIM, b. Feb. 2, 1741.
9 JOSEPH, b. March 21, 1742.
10 NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 6, 1744.
11 LYDIA, b. March 1, 1746.
FRINK FAMILY.
I. JOHN FRINK came to Stonington, Conn., as early as 1666. He was the son of John and Mary Frink of Ipswich, Mass. He bought a tract of land on Taugwonk in Stonington, upon which he erected a dwelling house for himself and family. He was in King Philip's war. He was m. several years before he came to Stonington to live, having been united in m. to Grace Stevens of Taunton, Mass., in 1657. He brought with him to Stonington his wife and three daughters.
CHILDREN:
2 GRACE, b. in 1658, m. James Willet June, 1677.
3 HANNAH, b. in 1661, m. William Park (No. 26), that family, Dec. 30, 1684.
4 DEBORAH, b. in 1665, m. Gershom Lambert in 1686.
5 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 14, 1668, m. Hannah Miner.
6 JOHN, b. May 18, 1671, m. Hannah Prentice.
7 THOMAS, b. May 25, 1674, m. Sarah Noyes.
8 JUDITH, bapt. April 15, 1680.
Samuel Frink (No. 5), m. Hannah, daughter of Ephraim Miner (No. 40), Miner family, Jan. 6, 1692.
CHILDREN:
9 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 14, 1693, m. Margaret Wheeler.
10 ANDREW, b. Aug. 7, 1694.
11 GRACE, b. Dec. 18, 1695.
12 JAMES, b. Nov. 5, 1697.
13 HANNAH, bapt. March 17, 1700.
14 JEDEDIAH, bapt. June 7, 1702.
15 JERUSHA, bapt. May 24, 1704.
16 ELIAS, bapt. Dec. 22, 1706.
17 ABIGAIL, bapt. May 2, 1708, m. John Holmes.
John Frink (No. 6) m. Hannah Prentice Feb. 15, 1694. He d. March 2, 1718.
CHILDREN:
18 JOHN, b. Oct. 7, 1694.
19 NICHOLAS, b. Dec. 17, 1696, m. Deborah Pendleton.
20 THOMAS, b. Jan. 15, 1700.
21 HANNAH, b. Nov. 27, 1701.
22 ZACHARIAH, b. Nov. - , 1702, m. Elizabeth Gallup.
23 MARY, bapt. April 19, 1705.
24 JOSEPH, bapt. June 6, 1708, m. Judith Palmer June 12, 1732.
25 BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 25, 1710, m. Tacy Burdick.
26 WILLIAM, bapt. March 10, 1714.
27 THANKFUL, bapt. Feb. 8, 1716.
28 ESTHER, bapt. Jan. 23, 1717.
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Thomas Frink (No. 7) m. Sarah Noyes of Sudbury, Mass, date of marriage not preserved.
CHILDREN:
29 ABIGAIL, b. -. 30 ABIGAIL, b. -. 31 THOMAS, b.
Samuel Frink (No. 9) m. Margaret Wheeler (No. 18), that family, May 26, 1714.
CHILDREN:
32 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 26, 1715, m. Mary Stanton.
33 ISAAC, b. Dec. 25, 1717, m. Anna Noyes.
34 DAVID, b. May 30, 1720, m. Eunice Gallup.
35 MARGARET, b. Sept. 2, 1722.
36 ANDREW, b. Feb. 23, 1724, m. Abigail Billings.
37 HANNAH, b. May 28, 1727, m. John Gallup April 9, 1747.
38 ABIGAIL, b. May 6, 1729, m. Rufus Hewitt (No. 53), that family.
39 JABEZ, b. Jan. 16, 1732, m. Elizabeth Hobart.
40 MARY, b. Nov. 10, 1734, m. Thomas Holmes, Jr., March 15, 1764. Samuel Frink (No. 32) m. Mary Stanton Feb. 19, 1741. CHILDREN:
41 SARAH, b. Feb. 10, 1742.
42 DESIRE, b. Feb. 14, 1744.
43 SAMUEL, b. Aug. 31, 1747, m. widow Joannah Hinckley.
44 HENRY, b. Feb. 14, 1749, m. Desire Palmer.
45 DANIEL, b. Feb. 23, 1752, m. Elizabeth Davis.
Andrew Frink (No. 36) m. Abigail Billings Aug. 6, 1746. CHILDREN:
46 ANDREW, b. Nov. 8, 1746.
47 STEPHEN, b. Aug. 12, 1748, m. Mary Baldwin.
48 OLIVER, b. May 16, 1750.
49 LUCY, b. Dec. 9, 1752.
50 PHILURA, b. Jan. 21, 1755, m. William Searle (No. 22), that family.
51 LATHAM, b. Dec. 14, 1757.
Isaac Frink (No. 33) m. Anna Noyes (No. 119), Noyes fam- ily, Nov. 6, 1738; both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
52 MARGARET, b. Aug. 28, 1739.
53 ISAAC, b. July 20, 1741, m. Margaret Stanton.
54 ANN, b. Aug. 19, 1743.
55 MARY, b. May 4, 1745.
56 ELIZABETH S., b. July 6, 1748, m. Jeremiah Holmes (No. 50), that family. David Frink (No. 34) m. Eunice Gallup in 1744, both of Ston- ington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
57 EUNICE, b. Dec. 4, 1745. 58 LOIS, b. April 8, 1746. 59 ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 12, 1747.
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60 HANNAH, b. Dec. 30, 1748.
61 DAVID, b. June 12, 1750.
62 MARY, b. Jan. 26, 1752, m. Peter Hobart (No. 8), that family.
63 ESTHER,, b. Oct. 21, 1754.
64 ADAM, b. March 8, 1756.
65 NATHAN, b. April 8, 1759.
66 ISAAC, b. Feb. 4, 1761.
Nicholas Frink (No. 19) m. Deborah Pendleton Nov. 30, 1715 (No. 16), that family.
CHILDREN:
67 NATHAN, b. Oct. 12, 1716.
68 JOHN, b. March 7, 1718, d. young.
69 WILLIAM, b. Oct. 30, 1719.
70 DEBORAH, b. June 15, 1722.
71 SARAH, b. March 7, 1724.
72 OLIVER, b. Dec. 12, 1726.
73 EPHRAIM, b. Jan. 8, 1728.
74 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 20, 1731.
Zachariah Frink (No. 22) m. Elizabeth Gallup (No. 29), that family, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Harris) Gallup.
CHILDREN:
75 UZZIEL, b. in 1716.
Benjamin Frink (No. 25) m. Tacy Burdick of Westerly, R. I., Jan. 12, 1732.
CHILDREN:
76 JOHN, b. Oct. 26, 1732, m. Anna Pendleton.
77 SAMUEL, b. Oct. 24, 1734, m. Prudence Wilcox July 27, 1756.
78 AMOS, b. Jan. 18, 1737, m. Mary Fitch.
79 JOSEPH, b. June 20, 1739.
80 PRENTICE, b. July 31, 1741, m. Desire Frink.
81 PRUDENCE, b. March 18, 1744.
82 TRACY, b. Sept. 22, 1748.
83 ANN, b. Sept. 22, 1748.
83a OLIVER, b. Sept. 4, 1751.
Samuel Frink (No. 43) m. Mrs. Joannah (Rose) Hinckley, widow of John Hinckley, Nov. 29, 1764.
CHILDREN:
84 PRUDENCE, b. Jan. 19, 1764, m. Prentice Frink.
85 SAMUEL, b. Sept. 16, 1765.
86 JOANNAH, b. Jan. 26, 1769, m. William Vincent (No. 16), that family.
87 MARY, b. Sept. 23, 1770.
Henry Frink (No. 44) m. Desire Palmer (No. 184), that fam- ily, July 15, 1772.
CHILDREN:
88 SAMUEL, b. and d. Dec. 24, 1772.
89 SAMUEL, b. Jan. 16, 1773.
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FRINK FAMILY.
90 HENRY (twin), b. Jan. 16, 1773. 91 Twins, b. Nov. 27, 1774, b. d. young. 92 POLLY, b. May 24, 1774. Daniel Frink (No. 45) m. Elizabeth Davis in 1776. CHILDREN:
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93 BETSEY, b. Sept. 10, 1778. 94 DANIEL, b. April 21, 1781. 95 ELISHA, b. July 16, 1783. 96 DUDLEY, b. Sept. 23, 1785.
97 SAMUEL, b. March 23, 1788, d. unmarried.
98 JOSEPH, b. Dec. 3, 1790, m. Hannah Breed.
Stephen Frink (No. 47) m. Mary Baldwin (No. 32), that fam- ily, Nov. 8, 1780; both of Stonington, Conn. CHILDREN:
99 STEPHEN, b. Oct. 20, 1781. 100 EDWIN, b. March 4, 1784.
Prudence Frink (No. 84) m. Prentice Frink March 4, 1784. CHILDREN:
101 PRENTICE, b. Sept. 19, 1784.
102 JOSEPH, b. Dec. 20, 1786.
103 PRUDENCE, b. Oct. 6, 1788, m. Gilbert Collins (No. 12), that family. 104 NANCY, b. Dec. 20, 1790, m.
Isaac Frink (No. 53) m. Margaret Stanton (No. 145), that fam- ily, Jan. 23, 1762.
CHILDREN:
104a WILLIAM, b. Nov. 23, 1762, m. Wealthy Downer.
105 ISAAC, b. April 26, 1765.
106 ANNA, b. Oct. 24, 1767.
107 ELIAS, b. Feb. 9, 1770.
108 CYRUS, b. Jan. 5, 1772.
109 POLLY, b. Feb. 26, 1778.
110 DARIUS, b. Feb. 26, 1778, m. Ruby Armstrong of Franklin, Nov. 2, 1806. 111 EUNICE, b. Feb. 24, 1780.
Prentice Frink (No. 80) m. Desire Frink Nov. 13, 1763. CHILDREN:
112 . PRENTICE, Jr., b. June 26, 1764.
113 ROSWELL, b. April 9, 1766.
114 NATHAN, b. April 22, 1768.
115 RUFUS, b. April 21, 1770. 116 DESIRE, b. July 7, 1772.
117 STANTON, b. April 12, 1775.
118 LOIS, b. Aug. 20, 1777.
John Frink (No. 76) m. Anna Pendleton Nov. 22, 1750. CHILDREN:
119 JOHN, b. Sept. 12, 1751. 120 GILES, b. May 12, 1753. 121 SARAH, b. Dec. 9, 1755.
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Joseph Frink (No. 98) m. Hannah Breed (No. 120), daughter of Capt. Jesse Breed Oct. 31, 1823 ; she d. June 20, 1827; m. 2d, Mrs. Lucy (Billings) Coats, widow of Asher Coats. CHILDREN:
122 HANNAH, b. -, m. Thomas H. Baldwin May 24, 1847. 123 JOSEPH, b.
CHILD BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
124 MARY, b. -.
William Frink (No. 104a) m. Wealthy Downer Jan. 3, 1790. CHILDREN:
125 WILLIAM, b. Dec. 7, 1790.
126 FANNY, b. Aug. 8, 1792.
127 BENJAMIN F., b. Aug. 12, 1794.
128 PITTS D., b. Oct. 12, 1796, m. Nancy Pendleton (No. 83).
129 MARY A., b. Oct. 12, 1798.
130 ISAPENA, b. Sept. 28, 1800.
131 ALEXANDER, b. - , m. Miner.
Amos Frink (No. 78) m. Mary Fitch Feb. 4, 1759. CHILDREN:
132 AMOS, b. Nov. 18, 1760.
133 GILBERT, b. Dec. 12, 1762.
Jabez Frink (No. 39) m. Elizabeth Hobart Sept. 20, 1759. CHILDREN:
134 JABISH, b. Aug. 4, 1760.
135 ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 13, 1761.
136 CHARLES, b. June 11, 1763.
137 PEREZ, b. Oct. 3, 1765.
138 MARY, b. April 3, 1767.
139 EZRA, b. April 2, 1769.
140 JONATHAN, b. Nov. 14, 1770.
141 DUDLEY, b. Jan. 11, 1773.
Samuel Frink (No. 77) m. Prudence Wilcox July 27, 1756. CHILDREN:
142 JANIUS, b. Dec. 8, 1758. 143 LUCRETIA, b.
GALLUP FAMILY.
The name is said to be derived from the German words "Gott" and Lobe"-God and Praise, as Godfrey comes from "Gott" and. "Frende"-God and Peace. In the old English records the name is spelled in different ways, as Gollop, Gollopp, Golloppe, Golop. The present English family still retain Gollop. In the Boston records, we find almost as great a variety of spelling as the an- cient England records, Gallup preponderating, however, by the large majority in this country.
I. JOHN GALLUP, the ancestor of most of the families of that name in this country, came to America from the Parish of Mosterne, County Dorset, England, in the year 1630. He was the son of John Gollop, who m. - Crabbe, who was the son of Thomas and Agnes (Watkins) Gollop, of North Bowood and Strode, and whose descendants still own and occupy the manors of Strode. He m. Christobel -, whose full name does not appear. He sailed from England March 20, 1630, in the ship Mary and John, arriving at Nantasket (the name was changed to Hull in 1646), May 30, 1630. He first went to Dorchester, but soon after he was a resident of Boston. The family being again united, they became members of the first church, the old South, in Boston. He became a landholder, owning land in the town, and an island of sixteen acres in Boston Bay, which still bears his name. He owned Mix's Mate or Monumental Island, as some- times called, where he pastured sheep. He was a skillful mariner, well acquainted with the harbor around Boston. He achieved great distinction by piloting in the ship Griffin, a ship of three hundred tons, in Sept., 1633, through a new found channel, when she had on board the Rev. John Cotton, Rev. Thomas Hooker, Rev. Mr. Stone and other fathers of New England, among her two hundred passengers. Perhaps the most notable and interest- ing episode, if it may be so called, in the life of the sturdy cap- tain, was his successful encounter with a boat load of Indians, whom he captured and destroyed off Block Island. They had murdered John Oldham, a man of ability, and they were having a hilarious time in his boat when they were overtaken by Capt. Gallup, and after a brief encounter, were captured. This has been
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called the first naval battle on the Atlantic coast. He was ac- companied by his two sons and a hired man. This battle gave the captain a colonial, and later a national reputation, and more than anything else made him famous. This incident and what is revealed of the purpose of the Indians was the beginning of the great Pequot war.
Mr. and Mrs. Gallup both died at Boston, he in 1649, as an in- ventory of his estate was made Dec. 26, 1649. She died July 27, 1655. An inventory of her estate was made Oct. 31, 1655. Their wills are the earliest on record. (See Appendix.)
CHILDREN:
2 JOHN, b. in England about 1615, m. Hannah Lake in 1634.
3 SAMUEL, b. in England; came to this country in 1633, m. Mary Phillips.
4 NATHANIEL, b. in England; came to this country in 1633, m. Margaret Eveley.
5 JOAN, b. in England; came to this country in 1633, m. Thomas Joy in 1627.
John Gallup (No. 2) came to this country with his mother, two brothers and sister Joan, in the ship Griffin, arriving at Boston on the 4th day of Sept., 1633. He married Hannah Lake, daugh- ter of John and Margaret Lake, and sister of Elizabeth Read, who married John Winthrop, Jr., Governor of Connecticut. She also came to this country with her mother, in the ship Abigail, ar- riving Oct. 6, 1635, after a passage of ten weeks.
He left Boston in 1640, and went to Taunton, then a part of Plymouth Colony, where he remained until 1651, when he re- moved with his family to New London, where he lived until 1654, when he came to what is now Stonington, then a part of New London, and settled upon a grant of land given him by that town in 1653, in recognition of the distinguished services of himself, and father in the Pequot war.
His dwelling house where he resided, was situated near where there is now (1899) an old well, in an orchard, on the farm re- cently owned by the Messrs. Greenman brothers, under the im- provement and management of Dea. Warren Lewis. Capt. John Gallup's land grant was bounded on the west by Mystic River, on the south by Capt. John Stanton's homestead place and Capt. George Denison's land, on the east by said Denison's land and the so-called town lots, and on the north by Thomas Park's land, which he purchased of the Rev. Richard Blinman. He represented the town at the General Court in 1665, 1667. He was also an In-
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dian interpreter. When King Philip's war broke out, although he was over sixty, age had not quenched his martial ardor, New London County having raised seventy men under Capt. John Mason of Norwich, and Capt. George Denison of Stonington, Capt. Gallup joined with them at the head of the Mohegans. These troops forming a junction with those of the other colonies, were engaged in the fearful swamp fight at Narragansett, Dec. 19, 1676, within the limits of the present town of South Kingston. R. I. In storming the fort he led his men bravely forward, and was one of the six captains who fell in this memorable fight, and was buried with his fallen comrades in one grave, near the battle ground. A complete victory was gained over the savage foe, but with great loss of life on both sides. The General Court after- wards made several grants of land to his widow and children, in consideration of the great loss they had sustained by his death and for his public services.
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