John Fyshe

• BIRTH 1555
• DEATH 2/1622 (aged 66–67) Great Bowden, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
• BURIAL 2/19//1622 St. Peter & St. Paul's Churchyard, Great Bowden, Harborough Dist., Leicestershire, Eng.
• MEMORIAL ID 206237689

Last Will & Testament,== filed 1622/23 Leicester wills No. 102, proved 1623/24 2 jan. (sic ):

John Fysh of Bowden Magna, county of Leicester, yeoman, being sick of body do
ordain and make, etc. To William Fish my second son and his heirs, one old
cottage with two cow pastures and ten sheep, commons adjoining unto his
dwelling house, which I purchased of Sir Thomas Giyfin. To Francis Fish
my fifth son, one cottage with a close and orchard now in the occupation of
Richard Winant, laborer. To Robert 2 Fish of Market Harborough, my son-
in-law [who married Alice 2 Fish], one piece of meadow in little Bowden field,
called Stony Holme. To Thomas 3 , eldest son of Robert 2 and Alice 2 , Five arable
lands in Lubnam brook, now in his occupation. To Elizabeth Ashton, my
niece, one cottage with two cow pastures and ten sheep common, she paying
yearly for the same unto John 2 Fish my youngest son 6s.8d during her natural
life providing that John 2 shall have power to cut, lop and carry away wood.
To John Fish my youngest son and his heirs, three closes which I purchased
of my kinsman William Cradock of Famdon, one lying west of town betwixt
the land of John 2 Fish and Richard Kirbie, another in the middle of the town,
next to the land of Jeffrey Parsons and John Mason, and one in yeast and
next to the lands of Francis Fish and Thomas Wells the younger, also the old
cottage after the death of Elizabeth Ashton, my niece, and all my timber
except one tazletre and a squared piece of my myle, which I give unto my
eldest son Austin (Augustine) Fish further except the mylln post, and give
it unto Austin 2 Fish my eldest son, he paying his mother 40s., residue to
Margaret my wife, whom executrix.

seal
Signed: John Fysh I. F.

/Divided by a\
\Spray of rosesJ

Witnesses: Augustine Fish
William Hallick

Proved 9 mar. ( sic .) by relict and executrix. [2]

Parents
Augustine Fyshe unknown–1579

Spouse
Margaret Cradock Fyshe 1557–1630 (m. 1577)

Children all born in Market Harbourgh, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England
Augustine Fysh 1578–1646 m. Christian Yeoman
William Fysh 1581–1658 m. 1st: abt. 1605 to Katherine, 2nd: 1620 to Anne Parsons,
Kathryn Fysh. 4/5/582 -4/29/1646 m.1615 Richard Garvoise (1580-)
Thomas Fish 1585–1673 m. 1609 Mary Sprigge
Sarah Fysh bapt. Apr. 11, 1586-2/6/1606 m. John Johnson, 1604.
Ambrose Fyshe 1588–1628
May "Mary" Fyshe 12/589-2/27/1590/91 [14 months]
Elizabeth Fish bapt. Nov. 15, 1591; m. Edward Marston, 1616.
Francis Fyshe 1593–1630
Anne Fish bapt. June 2, 1596.
Alice Fyshe Fishe Nov. 6, 1597-1639 m. Robert Fyshe, 1617/18
Mary Fish bapt. 8 Dec 1599 Market Harborough, Leics, England, d. , married Maurice Dixe
John Fish bapt. Jan. 26, 1601/02, [living in 1622]

Descendant Details== [3]

-- Augustine 2 , bapt. June 11, 1578, Market Harborough, Leicestershire; d. Apr. 29, 1646, Great Bowden, Leicestershire; m. Christian Yeoman
-- William, bapt. Mar. 9, 1580/81, Market Harbourgh, Great Bowden, Leicestershire; d. Sept. 13, 1658, Market Harborough, Great Bowden, Leicestershire; married twice: 1st: abt. 1605 to Katherine & 2nd: 1620 to Anne Parsons,
-- Kathryn, b. 5 Apr 1582 Market Harborough, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, bapt. Apr. 15, 1582 , d. 29 Apr 1646 Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England, Married 1615 Richard Garvoise (1580-)
-- Thomas, bapt. 8 May 1584, Great Bowden, Leicestershire; d. 12 Jan. 1673/74, East Farndon, Northamptonshire, England. He m. 1609, Lubenham, Leicestershire, Mary Sprigge., b. 24 Jan 1585, Lubenham, Leicestershire, England d. 12 Jan 1673 • Wedgenock Park, Warwickshire, England [3 children went to Massachussetts]
-- Sarah, bapt. Apr. 11, 1586, Market Harborough, Leics, England, d. 6 Feb 1606, Leicestershire, England; m. John Johnson, 1604.
-- Ambrose, bapt. July 6, 1588, Market Harborough, d. 1628, Carlton, Northamptonshire, England, married, had children
-- May (Mary), Dec 1589, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, d. 27 Feb 1590/91 • Great Bowden, Leicester [14 months]
-- Elizabeth, bapt. Nov. 15, 1591; m. Edward Marston, 1616.
-- Francis, bapt. Oct. 29, 1593 (Five years after the defeat of the Spanish Armada).
-- Anne, bapt. June 2, 1596.
-- Alice, bapt. Nov. 6, 1597; m. Robert Fyshe, 1617/18.
-- Mary, bapt. 8 Dec 1599 Market Harborough, Leics, England, d. , married Maurice Dixe
-- John, bapt. Jan. 26, 1601/02, [living in 1622]

Notes

Husband of Margaret Cradock Fish (Fyshe) was buried 28 April 1630 at Great Bowden

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206237689/john-fyshe

Sources

[2] https://archive.org/details/fishfamilyinengl00fish/page/4 Will:

[3] p. 58, John Dean Fish, The Fish Family of Great Bowden in Leicestershire, England, in, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record

[4] p. 5-6, Lester Warren Fish The Fish family in England and America : genealogical and biographical records and sketches

[5] p. 57, John Dean Fish, The Fish Family of Great Bowden in Leicestershire, England, in, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, by Greene, Richard Henry, 1839-1926; Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909; Dwight, Melatiah Everett; Morrison, George Austin, 1864-1916; Mott, Hopper Striker, 1854-1924; Totten, John Reynolds, 1856-1936; Pitman, H. Minot (Harold Minot), 1888-; Ditmas, Charles Andrew, 1887-1938; De Forest, Louis Effingham, 1891-; Mann, Conklin; Maynard, Arthur S; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Publication Date, 1922 Burial: