Ruth Fish

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Ruth (Coggeshall) Fish (1745 - 1816)

Ruth Fish formerly Coggeshall

Born 15 Dec 1745 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, Colonial America

Daughter of John Coggeshall and Elizabeth (Freeborn) Coggeshall

Sister of Ann (Coggeshall) Butts [half], John Coggeshall, Giles Coggeshall, Elizabeth (Coggeshall) Albro, Baulston Coggeshall, Cornelius Coggeshall, Hannah Coggeshall, Edmund Coggeshall, Paul Coggeshall, Mary Coggeshall and Freeborn Coggeshall

Wife of Stephen Fish — married 26 Apr 1769 (to Jul 1781) in Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Mother of Rachel Fish and Rachel (Fish) Swain

Died 2 Jul 1816 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

14:42: Cheri (Hallisey) Ryals-Hallisey edited the Biography for Ruth (Coggeshall) Fish (1745-1816). (Edited children: added 1st daughter named Rachel ) [Thank Cheri for this]

Biography

Ruth Coggeshall, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Freeborn) Coggeshall, was born on 15 or 28 Dec 1745 at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, Colonial America.[1]

She married Stephen FIsh, son of Benjamin and Priscilla (Arthur) Fish, on 26 April 1769 at Portsmouth, Rhode Island.[1]

Ruth died on 2 July, or 7 Jan. 1816 at Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts.[1]

Children of Ruth and Stephen

Rachel Fish (1770-1771) Rachel Fish (1771–1863) married Jonathan Swain Alice Fish (1774–1848) Lydia Fish (1776–1871) married Hezekiah Swain Isaac Fish (1778–1853) Stephen Fish (1779–1780) Sources

Source: Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899: Name: Ruth Coggeshall; Birth Date: 15 Dec 1745; Birth Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA; Father Name: John Coggeshall; Mother Name: Elizabeth Coggeshall; Page number: 65 Source: Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899: Name: Hannah Coggeshall; Birth Date: 11 Jul 1744; Birth Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA; Father Name: John Coggeshall; Mother Name: Elizabeth Coggeshall; Page number: 65 Source: Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899: Name: Baulston Coggeshall; Birth Date: 26 Oct 1739; Birth Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA; Father Name: John Coggeshall; Mother Name: Elizabeth Coggeshall; Page number: 65 Source: Elizabeth Coggeshall, b. 1738. Barney Genealogical Record. Eliza Starbuck Barney's Journal. Nantucket Historical Association. Update 24 Jan 2013. Accessed: 15 Nov 2015. URL: http://www.nantuckethistoricalassociation.net/bgr/BGR-o/p578.htm#i1... Source: John Coggeshall, b. 1735. Barney Genealogical Record. Eliza Starbuck Barney's Journal. Nantucket Historical Association. Update 24 Jan 2013. Accessed: 15 Nov 2015. URL: http://www.nantuckethistoricalassociation.net/bgr/BGR-o/p578.htm#i1... Source: Giles Coggeshall. Barney Genealogical Record. Eliza Starbuck Barney's Journal. Nantucket Historical Association. Update 24 Jan 2013. Accessed: 15 Nov 2015. URL: http://www.nantuckethistoricalassociation.net/bgr/BGR-o/p578.htm#i1... Source: John Coggeshall, b. 1701. Barney Genealogical Record. Eliza Starbuck Barney's Journal. Nantucket Historical Association. Update 24 Jan 2013. Accessed: 15 Nov 2015. URL: http://www.nantuckethistoricalassociation.net/bgr/BGR-o/p311.htm#i9318 Source: Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899; Name: John Coggeshall; Father: John Coggeshall; Marriage Date: 15 Feb 1734; Marriage Place: Rhode Island; Spouse: Elizabeth Freeborn; Father in Law: Gideon Freeborn; Page number: 14 Source: Ancestral Family Trees: View Individual Member Trees Citation Information: Detail: Source Information; Title: Ancestry Family Trees; Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository Information: Ancestry.com Source: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: John Coggeshall; Event Type: Death; Birth Date: abt 1698; Death Date: 1795; Death Place: Nantucket, Massachusetts; Death Age: 97; Father Name: John Coggeshall; Mother Name: Mary Slocum Coggeshall; Spouse Name: Elizabeth Freeborn Source: Rhode Island Colonial War Servicemen, 1740-62: Given Name: John; Surname: Coggeshall; War Served In: King George's War; Notes: Served in Capt. Cole's Co. in 1746. Source: Rhode Island Colonial War Servicemen, 1740-62: Given Name: John; Surname: Coggeshall; War Served In: Old French & Indian War; Notes: Served in Col. Babcock's Co. in 1759. Source: Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1740-1890: Name: John Coggeshall; State: RI; County: Newport County; Township: Portsmouth; Year: 1740; Page: NPL; Database: RI 1740-1743 Colonial Census Index Source: Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1740-1890: Name: John Coggeshall; Father Name: John Coggeshall; Mother Name: Mary Coggeshall; Death Date: 9 Oct 1795; Death Place: Rhode Island, USA; Page number: 64 ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Coggeshalls in America : genealogy of the descendants of John Coggeshall of Newport, with a brief notice of their English a [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Coggeshall, Charles Pierce,. The Coggeshalls in America : genealogy of the descendants of John Coggeshall of Newport, with a brief notice of their English antecedents. Boston, Mass.: C.E. Goodspeed, 1930. Page 53, 54. Available at Ancestry.com.