John Brown Fitch

From Fitch Genealogy - a record of six generations of the descendants of Deacon Zachary Fitch; by Stearns, Ezra S.; p.15.

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33. Timothy Fitch, b. in Boston, Oct. 23, 1725, son of Joseph (20), was a prosperous merchant in Boston. He is frequently and honorably named in the records of Boston, and in 1764 he was one of the gentlemen invited to attend the selectmen at the annual visitation of the schools. During the later years of the Revolution he met several losses and retired from business, and subsequently lived in Medford. He m. Aug. 19, 1746, Abigail (Hall) Donahue, b. in Medford, Aug. 15, 1725, dan. of Andrew and Abigail (Walker) Hall, and widow of Capt. David Donahue. She died leaving six daughters. He m. second, Oct. IG, 17G0, Eunice (Brown) Plaisted, b. in Salem, 1731, dau. of Benjamin and Eunice (Turner) Brown, and widow of _________Plaisted. He d. in Medford, Sept. 28, 1790. The widow Eunice d. in July 1799.

Children, by first wife :

i. Abigail, bapt. April 5, 1747; m. Nov. 5, 1771, Hugh Tarbet. [sic] He d. about 1790. The widow receipts, 1800, for one-seventh of her father's estate, of which Hon. Peter Chardon Brooks was admr. Four children : (1) Hugh. (2) Abigail, b. 1773; m. Dec. 31, 1795. Augustus Hunt, b. 1769, son of Samuel and Hannah (Taylor) Hunt, He was a merchant, Temple street, Boston. He d. 1812. She d. Oct. 29, 1813. (3) Fitch. (4) Nancy, m. Samuel Buell, postmaster of Medford, 1797-1813. ii. Elizabeth, m. Lendall Pitts, b. 1747, son of Hon. James and Eliza- beth (Bowdoin) Pitts. He d. in Boston, Dec. 31, 1784. Four chil- dren : (1) William, b. Aug. 22, 1779; m. Dec. 15, 1810, Emily Shattuck of Suffield, Conn. She d. Dec. 15, 1831 ; he d. 1846. (2) James Lendall, b. 1780, d. 1798. (3) Elizabeth Warner, b. Dec. 15, 1783; m. Gerard Cazeneau, French Consul at Portsmouth, N. H., and New York City. He d. in France, 1830; she d. 1851. (4) .¥«;•- garct Gordon, b. 1784; unm. ; d. Aug. 17, 1823. iii. Margaret, b. about 1751; m. Gordon. She d. without issue. iv. Hannah, bapt. Feb. 4, 1753-4; m. Joseph Barrell. She d. soon after marriage. Their daughter, Hannah, m. Benjamin Joy of Boston. V. Sarah, m. Edward Gray; and d. without surviving children, before 1790. vi. Betsey, d. unm., before 1800.

Children, by second wife :

49. vii. John Brown, m. Hepzebah Hall. viii. Eunice, m. April 19, 1789, Andrew Hall, b. Feb. 2G, 1761, sou of Ben- jamin and Hepzebah (Jones) Hall. See Hall Genealogy ix. Charles Harrison, m.______Orne. He was a merchant of Medford. X. Hannah Brown, b. May 14, 1777; m. Sept. 18, 1794, Ezekiel Hersey Derby, b. in Salem, Nov. 1, 1772, H.U. [Harvard University] 1791, son of Elias Hasket and Elizabeth (Crowninshield) Derby. He d. Oct. 31, 1852. See Essex Inst. Collections, iii., 287.

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