Deborah Fish

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Biography

Deborah Barrows was probably born by about 1668 if she was aged 18 at her marriage. Her likely parents, John and Deborah (Pratt?) Barrows, resided in Plymouth, so that is her likely place of birth.[1] Nathan Fish and Deborah Barrows married at Plymouth on 20 December 1687.[2] Plymouth marriage records state, "Nathn ffish Was Married to Deborah Barrows the 20th of december 1687".[3][4] Nathan's wife's name does not appear in Sandwich records, but the Plymouth church records state "Deborah Fish (who was Barrow) living now at Sandwich was July 15 (1688) declared guilty of fornication with her now husband before marriage."[5]

Children born Falmouth:

Bartholomew, b. 16 Jun 1687, m. Hannah Harding 1716
John, b. 01 Jun 1689, m. Rachel Wing 1720
Ebenezer, b. 25 Apr 1690, m. Abigail Handy ca. 1725
Samuel, b. 02 Feb 1692, m. Thankful Meiggs 1719
Nathan, b. 02 Oct 1694, m. Patience Shattuck 1730, removed to Groton, MA and Mason, NH
Meriar/Mariah, b. 31 Jul 16??, m. John Hatch 1716
Thankful, b. 12 Aug 1701
Rebekah, b. 25 Aug 1703
Elizabeth, b. 28 Oct 1705, m. Benjamin Handy 1731
Rowland, b. 25 Jul 1708, d. aft. Jan 1760, m. Elizabeth Harding 1731

Disputed Marriage

Disproved:
The marriage of Nathan Fish and Deborah Burgess in the following article has been disproved: NEHGR; vol CXXXVIII; pp 130-133; The Wife of Nathan Fish of Falmouth, Contributed by David Kendall Martin, West Chazy, NY. The NEHGR article states that the 1709 copy "in the opinions of [the author and] several others, the Falmouth record reads: "Nathan fish and debro burg were mared the 25d day of december in the year 1686."

Deborah (Barrows) Fish (abt. 1668 - aft. 1708)

Deborah Fish formerly Barrows aka Barnes disproved, Burgess disproved

Born about 1668 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England [uncertain]

Daughter of John Barrow [uncertain] and Deborah (Pratt) Bucklin [uncertain]

Sister of Robert Barrow [half], Joshua Barrows, Benajah Barrows and Ebenezer Barrows

Wife of Nathan Fish — married 20 Dec 1687 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Mother of Bartholomew Fish, John Fish, Ebenezer Fish, Mariah (Fish) Hatch, Samuel Fish, Nathan Fish, Thankful Fish, Rebecca Fish, Elizabeth (Fish) Handy and Rowland Fish

Died after 25 Jul 1708 after about age 40 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Profile last modified 20 Mar 2021 | Created 27 Jun 2013

Sources

↑ Martin E. Hollick, "John Barrows of Plymouth, Mass.," NEHGR Vol. 166 (Apr 2012):123.
↑ Robert E. Bowman, Nathan and Deborah (Barrows) Fish of Falmouth, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 80 (Jan. 2005), pp. 53-55 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
↑ Lee D. van Antwerp, Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993), p. 85, citing Book 1, p. 127.
↑ George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Plymouth, MA, Births, Marriages and Deaths (MA: The Mayflower Descendant, 1900-1937), Vol XIII, p. 203 [citing PVR p. 127]
↑ Plymouth Church Records, Vol. I and II, 1620-1859 [15 1688]
Acknowledgments

Contributors: Bobbie Hall, Steve St. Martin, Laura Scott, LJ Massey.