Maj. James Fitch, Esq.

Maj James Fitch

• Birth: Aug. 2, 1647 Saybrook Point Middlesex County Connecticut, USA
• Death: Nov. 10, 1727 Canterbury Windham County Connecticut, USA
• Burial: Cleaveland Cemetery Canterbury Windham County Connecticut, USA
• Maintained by: Lynn Stoops Chapel Originally Created by: Nareen, et al Record added: Aug 14, 2007
• Find A Grave Memorial# 20948382 -tcd
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20948382/james-fitch

Here lies the Body of Maj'r James Fitch Esq'r son of ye Rev'd Mr. James Fitch Pastor first of Saybrook then Norwich. He was born at Saybrook 1647. He Was very Useful in his Military & in His Magistracy to which he was chose'n & Served successively many years to ye Greate Acceptance & Advantage of His Country: being: A Gentleman of Good Parts & very forward to Promote ye Civil & Religious interes'ts of it. He died Nov. 10, 1727 Aged 80 y.

He married Elizabeth Mason and Alice (Bradford) Adams, widow of William Adams.

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Parents:

• James Fitch (1622 - 1702)
• Abigail Whitfield Fitch (1622 - 1659)

Spouses:

• Elizabeth Mason Fitch (1654 - 1684)*
• Alice Bradford Fitch (1661 - 1744)*

Children:

• Abigail Fitch Dyer (1686 - 1759)*
• Ebenezer Fitch (1689 - 1724)*
• Jeremiah Fitch (1698 - 1699)*
• Lucy Fitch Cleaveland (1698 - ____)*
• Jerusha Fitch Bissell (1699 - 1780)*
• Jabez Fitch (1704 - 1784)*

Siblings:

• James Fitch (1647 - 1727)
• Elizabeth Fitch Taylor (1651 - 1689)*
• Samuel Fitch. (1655 - 1725)*
• Daniel Fitch (1665 - 1711)**
• John Fitch (1669 - 1743)**
• Jeremiah Fitch (1670 - 1736)**
• Jabez Fitch (1672 - 1746)**
• Ann Fitch Bradford (1675 - 1715)**
• Nathaniel Fitch (1679 - 1759)**
• Joseph Fitch (1681 - 1741)**
• Calculated relationship
  • Half-sibling

Notes

Helped to establish Yale University. There is an Archway dedicated to him at the University

Family

From https://minerdescent.com/2010/07/24/james-fitch/

James Fitch was for a period of almost twenty years one of the most powerful men in the colony. To his enemies he was “Black James” or the “Great land pirate,” but he led a faction devoted to charter government and native right that helped mark the transition from Puritan commonwealth to provincial Yankee society.

James first wife Elizabeth Mason was born in Aug 1654 in Saybrook, CT. She was the widow of William Adams of Dedham, Massachusetts. Her parents were Maj. John MASON and Anne PECK. The family relationship was unusual. When James married Elizabeth in 1675, Elizabeth’s older sister Priscilla had been James’ step-mother for over 10 years having married his father in 1664. Elizabeth died 8 Oct 1684 in Norwich, Conn.

James second wife Alice Bradford was born 27 Mar 1661 in Plymouth, Mass. Her parents were William Bradford and Alice Richards. William and Alice lived on the north side of Jones River in Stony Brook, Kingston, in the Plymouth Colony. William Bradford Plymouth Solider (Wiki) was Major Commander-in-chief of the Plymouth forces in the Great Swamp Fight in 1675 where he was severely wounded. He was active in politics. Alice died 10 Mar. 1745/46 Canterbury, Windham, CT

Children of James and Elizabeth Mason

• i. James Fitch III b: Jan 1676/77; d. within the week.
• ii. James Fitch III b: 7 Jun 1679; died as a child
• iii. Jedediah Fitch b: 17 Apr 1681 in Norwich, CT; d. 20 Nov 1756 in Nantucket, Mass. He moved to Nantucket and there in 1701 married 1701 to Abigail Coffin b: 9 Jul 1683 in Nantucket, Mass.
• iv. Samuel Fitch , Sr. b: 12 Jul 1683 in Norwich, CT; d. 1729 in Lawrenceville, New Jersey; m. Mary Smith b: Sep 1682 in Burlington, New Jersey

Children of James and Alice Bradford

• v. Abigail Fitch b: 22 Feb 1686/87 in Norwich, CT; d. 19 May 1759 in Windham, CT; m. John Dyer , Sr., Colonel b: 9 Apr 1692 in Weymouth, Mass.
• vi. Ebenezer Fitch , Sr. b: 10 Jan 1689/90 in Norwich, CT; d. 20 Nov 1724 in Windsor, CT; m. 1712 to Bridget Brown b: 7 Jul 1685. Bridget was previously married to John Perry , Captain and Samuel Hall b: Abt. 1678
• vii. Daniel Fitch , Sr. b: Feb 1692/93; d. 1752; m. 1719 to Anna Cook b: 1695
• viii. John Fitch , Captain b: 1695; d. 1782
• ix. Lucy Fitch b: ABT 1698; m. Henry Cleveland b: 22 DEC 1699 in Chelmsford, Mass. Henry’s uncle, Aaron Cleveland, is the 4th great grandfather of President Grover Cleveland.
• x. Jerusha Fitch b: 19 Feb 1698/99 in Canterbury, CT; d. 1780 in Windsor, CT; m. 1718 to Daniel Bissell , Jr. b: 31 Oct 1694 in Windsor, Conn.
• xi. Theophilus Fitch , Sr. b: 1701 in Norwich, CT; d. 20 Jul 1751 in Canterbury, CT; m. 15 Dec 1731 to Mary Huntington b: 4 Aug 1707 in Windham, CT; m2. 2 Oct 1734 to Grace Prentice b: Jan 1705/06 in Newton, Mass.
• xii. Jabez Fitch , Sr., Colonel b: 30 Jun 1702 in Canterbury, CT; d. 31 Jan 1784; m1. 29 May 1722 to Lydia Gale b: 9 Jul 1699 in Watertown, Mass.; m2. 14 Jan 1754 Elizabeth Darby b: Abt. 1706; m3. 1782 Rebecca Ensworth b: Abt. 1706

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 23 2016, 17:41:20 UTC