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Phebe Fish (Denison)

Also Known As: "Avery"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: New London, New London, Connecticut Colony
Death: December 29, 1818 (75)
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Daniel Denison and Rachel Avery/Denison
Wife of Lt. Ebenezer Avery, Jr. and Capt. Jonathan Fish
Mother of Col. Ebenezer Avery; Lucy Morgan; Elizabeth Miner; Hezekiah Avery; Henry Avery and 2 others
Sister of Mary Thompson; Col. Daniel Daniel Denison, Jr.; Thomas Denison; Rachel Copp; Samuel Denison and 5 others

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About Phebe Fish

Phebe was the daughter of her husband's step-mother. She was descended from Elder Brewster of the "Mayflower" through both her father and her mother.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 248-9



Phebe was married, June 11, 1761, to Ebenezer Avery, Jr., of Groton, Conn., son of her mother's second husband. Ebenezer Avery, Jr., was killed in Fort Griswold, Sept. 6, 1781.

DENISON GENEALOGY, ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN GEORGE DENISON, Of Stonington Connecticut, by John Denison Baldwin and William Clift, Worcester, MA, 1881, p 37


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Phebe Fish's Timeline

1743
September 18, 1743
New London, New London, Connecticut Colony
1762
August 8, 1762
Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony
1766
April 24, 1766
Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony
1768
October 28, 1768
Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1772
July 20, 1772
Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1776
September 2, 1776
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1779
July 7, 1779
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1818
December 29, 1818
Age 75
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States