Alice Fyshe Fishe

• BIRTH 6 Nov 1597 Market Harborough, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
• DEATH 8 Nov 1639 (aged 42) Great Bowden, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
• BURIAL St. Peter and St. Paul's Churchyard, Great Bowden, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
• MEMORIAL ID 207202493

Alice Fyshe was baptized on November 6, 1597, in Great Bowden, Leicestershire County, England. She was the eleventh of thirteen children born to John Fyshe and his wife Margaret, whose surname is believed to be Cradock. She married Robert Fish on February 24, 1617/18, in the Market Harborough church and they had eleven children together, some baptized on the dates shown in the Great Bowden (GB) church, and some in the Market Harborough (MH) chapel.

Their children were – ancestor Thomas; John on January 21, 1620/21 in MH, who went to New England with his brother; Ruth on September 1, 1622 in MH; Mary on January 24, 1623/24 in GB, who died at three months old and buried on May 14, 1624 in MH; another Mary on April 24, 1625 in MH; Joseph on September 17, 1626 in MH; Nathan on March 7, 1629/30, in MH, who died at 18 months-old, and was buried on October 4, 1631 in MH; Tabitha on May 8, 1630 in MH, who died unmarried at age 27 and was buried on March 23, 1657/58 in GB; Hannah on November 24, 1633, in MH; a daughter Christian on December 10, 1637, in GB; and Benjamin on August 11, 1639, in GB.

On May 6, 1673, Thome that was one of the qualifications of the title Freeman. Six years later Thomas was granted a license to sell victuals and drink to travelers at a town meeting held on April 23, 1679. It is not known what became of Alice after her husband died, but she was left with nine children. There isn’t an entry for a widow named Alice Fish, by any spelling, in the Leicester Archdeaconry Registry Marriage Bond records, nor is there a burial record for her in this area. It could be possible that she came to New England with her children and remarried, or she could have taken over her husband’s business, and left the area. We will probably never know what happened to her. [2]

Parents
John Fyshe 1555–1622 b. & d. in Great Bowden, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
Margaret Cradock Fyshe 1557–1630 b. & d. in Market Harborough, Harborough District, Leicestershire

Spouse
Robert Fish, b. 1593, Great Bowden, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England, d. 20 Dec 1639, Market Harborough, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
First cousin - their fathers were brothers, John and Thomas, sons of Augustine Fyshe, I..

Siblings
Augustine bapt. 11 June 1578-1646
William bapt. 9 March 1580/1-1658
Kathryn bapt. 15 April 1582
Thomas bapt. 8 May 1584 -1673
Sara bapt. 11 April 1586
Ambrose bapt. 6 July 1588 -1628
May bapt. 20 December 1589
Elizabeth bapt. 15 November 1591
Francis bapt. 29 October 1593-1630
Anne bapt. 2 June 1596
Mary bapt. 8 December 1599
John bapt. 26 January 1601/2

Children
Thomas Fish 1619–1687
Sarah Fish Stark 1620–1685
John Fish 1621–1689
Mary Fish 1624–1624
Nathaniel Fish 1629–1631
Tabitha Fishe 1630–1657

Descendant Details

Children:
-- Thomas Fish, b. 1618/19, bapt. 1 Jan 1618/19 at Great Bowden, Leicestershire, [Migrated to Portsmouth, Rhode Island], d. Dec 1687, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island Province, British Colonies
-- John Fish, b. 1620/21 Great Bowden, Leicestershire, bapt. 21 Jan 1620/21 at Market Harborough, [Migrated to Connecticut] d. 1689, Mystic River, Groton, New London, Connecticut Province, British Colonies
-- Ruth Fish, b. 1622, bapt. 1 Sept 1622 at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, d.
-- Mary Fish, b. Jan 1623/24, bapt. 24 Jan 1623/24 at Great Bowden, Leicestershire, d. 1624 at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, Buried 14 May 1623/24 at Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
-- Mary Fish, b. April 1625, Bapt. 24 April 1625, at Market Harborough, d.?
-- Joseph Fish, b. 1626, bapt. 17 Sept 1626 at Market Harborough, d.
-- Nathan[iel] Fish, b. abt Feb/March 1629/30 - Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, bapt. 7 March 1629/30 at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, d. about 3 Oct 1631, Buried: 4 Oct at Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
-- Tabitha Fish, b. 1630, b. Great Bowden, Leicestershire, Bapt. 8 May 1630, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. d. 30 May, 1657/58, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England
-- Hannah Fish, b. 1633, bapt. 24 Nov 1633 at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, d.
-- Christian Fish, b. 1637, bapt. 10 Dec 1637, at Great Bowden, Leicestershire, d. ?
-- Benjamin Fish, b. 1639, bapt. 11 Aug 1639, at Great Bowden, d.

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207202493/alice-fishe

Sources

[2] http://jtbullock.com/Tree/AbigailWilbur.html]

[3] The Fish Family of Great Bowdern in Leicestershire, England, in, The New York genealogical and biographical record, by Greene, John Dean Fish p. 64 - 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, Publisher: New York, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society