Nathaniel Fish

Nathan Fish: Birth: 27 Nov 1648 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Death: 17 Mar 1719 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Parents:Nathaniel Fish (1619 – 1694) and Mehitable Miller (1624 – 1660). Spouse: Deborah Barnes b.1667.

Sandwich Vital Records in Plymouth Colony Records (PCR vol 8) lists Nathaniel Fish born November 27,1648. Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts,(1850) vol 1 lists Nathaniel Fish marrying Deborah Barrows on December 20, 1687.

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Nathan Fish (abt. 1660 - aft. 1712)

Nathan Fish
Born about 1660 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Nathaniel Fish [uncertain] and Lydia (Miller) Fish [uncertain]
Brother of Thomas Fish [half], Nathaniel Fish [half], Ambrose Fish [half], John Fish [half], Lydia (Fish) Jefts, Mercy (Fish) Blackwell [half], Jonathan Fish, Thomas Fish and Samuel Fish
Husband of Deborah (Barrows) Fish — married 20 Dec 1687 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father 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 1712 after about age 52 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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Contents

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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
2.1 Disputed/Disproved Birth
2.2 Disputed/Disproved Marriage
2.3 Disputed Death Date
3 Sources
Biography

Nathan Fish was probably born about 1660, or earlier, in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, likely the son of Nathaniel Fish and his second wife, Lydia Miller [1][2]

Nathan Fish and Deborah Barrows married at Plymouth on 20 December 1687.[3] Plymouth marriage records state, "Nathn ffish Was Married to Deborah Barrows the 20th of december 1687".[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]

In 1712 or 1713, Nathan Fish was alloted Lot #2 in the Plains section, and lot #24 in the Hills section, of the "New Purchase" of 1681.[6] His son Nathan would have been aged 18 at this time, too young to receive a share in the division of lots, therefor, Nathan Sr. must have been living.

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
Research Notes

Disputed/Disproved Birth

Date: 27 NOV 1648
Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, USA[7]
This birth record reads: "164[8] Nathaneel fish was born the 27th of november." Clearly Nathan's older brother, not himself.
Disputed/Disproved Marriage

The marriage of Nathan Fish and Deborah Burgess in a 1984 NEHGR article, "The Wife of Nathan Fish of Falmouth," has been disproved:[8] This 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."

A TAG article in 2005 concludes: "Nathan Fish and Deborah Barrows were married at the date in Plymouth vital records, 20 December 1687, and that their son "bartolew" was born on 16 Jun 1688 (not 1687), for which the Plymouth Church admonished Deborah Fish for fornication. Consequently, there is no basis for asserting the existence of a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Nye) Burgess named Deborah. [9]

Disputed Death Date

One import gave his death date as March 17, 1719 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Mass. After checking Sandwich & Falmouth VRs, findagrave.com, capecodgravestones.com, Lester Warren Fish's genealogy, TAG and the NEHGR, as well as Barnstable County Probate records, the conclusion is that this is a date incorrectly taken from an article discussing the possibility of a Burgess wife, and the date is actually the death date of Jacob Burgess, not Nathan Fish. The date is found in the Pedigree files on FamilySearch.org, but no where in a reliable source.

Sources

↑ Lydia Brownson, et als., Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families, manuscript (c1965, Falmouth Public Library, Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts) Vol. 20, p. 143
↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. , American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. (cites Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941. Vol. 54:274, b. 1660, Massachusetts.)
↑ Bowman, Robert E., 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 - .) Link by $ubscription
↑ 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
↑ Dorothy S. Svenning, Archivist, Falmouth Historical Society, 18th Century Deeds viewable here
↑ Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Births Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.;
Birth date: 27 November 1648 Birth place: Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, USA
↑ Martin, David Kendall, "The Wife of Nathan Fish of Falmouth," NEHGR Vol. 138, pp 130-133;Link by $ubscription.
↑ Robert E. Bowman, "Nathan and Deborah (Barrows) Fish of Falmouth, Mass.," The American Genealogist Vol. 80 (Jan. 2005):55.
See also:

Fish, Lester Warren. The Fish Family in England and America. (Rutland, VT: Tuttle Pub. Co., 1948)
Hollick, Martin E., John Barrows of Plymouth, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2012) Vol. 166, WN 662, Page 123.