David Fish

David Fish, son of David and Jemima Tallman Fish, born in Portsmouth, R. I., March 15, 1734, died in Portsmouth, R. I., December 3, 1779.

He married in Portsmouth, R. I., December 14, 1757, Lydia Dennis, daughter of Joseph and Sarah( Durfee) Dennis, born in Portsmouth, R. I., October 12, 1735, and died March 13, 1814.

They had twelve children:

• Sarah, born in Portsmouth, R. I.. July 26, 1758; married Robert Hazard.
• Christopher, born in Portsmouth, R. I., December 25, 1759.
• Jemima, born in Portsmouth, R. I., May 6, 1761; married Thomas Richardson.
• Mary, born in Portsmouth, R. I., January 23, 1763; married Andrew Nichols.
• Hannah, born in Portsmouth, R. I., December 14, 1764.
• Hannah, born in Portsmouth, R. I., October 24, 1766.
• Stephen, born in Portsmouth, R. I., October 24, 1768.
• Joseph, born in Portsmouth, R. I., April 13. 1770; married Amey Chase.
• Lydia, born in Portsmouth, R. L, May 2, 1772.
• Susannah, bom in Portsmouth, R. L, February 20, 1773.
• Ruth,born in Portsmouth, R. L, March 7, 1776.
• Rachel, born in Portsmouth, R. L, March 12, 1779.

From Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation:

"David Fish, was a Quaker and during the greater part of his life followed the occupation of a farmer. He volunteered during a smallpox epidemic at Newport to care for the diseased, after doctors and nurses had died, and while performing this duty contracted the malady, which caused his death. Thus his wife, Lydia (Dennis) Fish, was left with a large family of children to care for."

Sources:

"Genealogical record of the descendants of Thomas Brownell, 1619 to 1910" - https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalreco00brow3/genealogicalreco...

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/l/Laura-E-Malelu-NC/...

Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation

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