John Fitch, of Rehoboth

Disambiguation

John Fitch, of Rehoboth was not the same as John Fitch, of Windsor who married Ann Fitch. Nor was he the same as John Fitch, of Braintree in Essex or as John Fitch (died young).

Origins

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635 (NEHGS, Boston, 2001) Vol. II C–F, 532–33 (Fitch). < AncestryImage >

At London 18 July 1635, a John Fitch, aged 14, was registered for passage to New England on the Defense; a fellow passenger was 30-year-old James Fitch, a probable relative, who settled in Boston.

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Biography

John Fitch was born before 1620 in England and died 21 January 1697/8 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

He married about 1660 to Mary (Sutton) Fitch was born before August 10, 1625 in Great Saxham, Suffolk, England and was baptized on August 10, 1625 in Great Saxham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Her parents were John Sutton, of Hingham & Rehoboth and Julian "Judeth" (Adcocke) Sutton.

Together they had the following children:

1. Mary (Fitch) Ormsby;
2. Sarah (Fitch) Mason;
3. Rebecca Fitch;
4. Hannah (Fitch) Brown;
5. John Fitch;
6. Jeremiah Fitch.

She died on November 4, 1703 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America.

Comments

'The nuncupative will of Julian Sutton also shows that she conveyed to her son-in-law, Sergeant John Fitch "in reference to charges he had been at with her." As Mary Fitch, daughter of John and Mary (Sutton) Fitch, was married 11 May 1667 to Thomas Armsbee or Ormsby (Vital Records of Taunton, vo. 2, p. 184), her grandmother [sic], Mary (Sutton) Fitch, was born probably in England as early as 1626.'

References

1. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Fitch_%2815%29
   1. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897) page 823, Deaths. 'FITCH ... John, Jan. 21, 1697-8'
   2. French, Howard Dakin. Sutton Family: Compiled for William Arthur Whitcomb of Dedham, Mass. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 1937) 91:64. 'The nuncupative will of Julian Sutton also shows that she conveyed to her son-in-law, Sergeant John Fitch "in reference to charges he had been at with her." As Mary Fitch, daughter of John and Mary (Sutton) Fitch, was married 11 May 1667 to Thomas Armsbee or Ormsby (Vital Records of Taunton, vo. 2, p. 184), her grandmother [sic], Mary (Sutton) Fitch, was born probably in England as early as 1626.'
   3. Rounds, H. L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts probate records: Bristol County, Massachusetts probate records. (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987) page 17. 'Will of JOHN FITCH of Reho., dtd. 20 June 1693, prob. 23 Feb. 1697/8. Wife Mary. 4 daus: Mary, Rebecca, Sarah & Hannah. ...[1:211/2].'
2. link to The English “Origin of John1 Sutton of Hingham and Rehoboth, Massachusetts” by Eugene Cole Zubrinsky. Winter 2018. "Mary Sutton, bp. Great Saxham 10 Aug. 1625
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) "Julian Adcocke, Wife of John Sutton of Hingham and Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Their Family" Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. pp.12, 13. < link for subscribers. >
4. GEDCOM Note She came to America August 10, 1638 on the ship DILIGENT.
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sutton-627
6. French, Howard Dakin. Sutton Family: Compiled for William Arthur Whitcomb of Dedham, Mass. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 1937), 91:64.
7. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963), page 269. 'FITCH, John (-1698) & Mary [SUTTON]; b 1651; Rehoboth'
8. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/LKQM-H7K
9. GEDCOM Note He came to America August 19, 1635 on the ship BLESSING.
10. Genealogy of the Fitch family in North America. Page 6. < Archive.Org > John, of Rehobeth, probably a brother of James and Richard, killed in the obstinate Indian fight, at Rehobeth, March 26, 1675, had four daughters and one son who died a minor.