Samuel Fitch, Sr.

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Samuel Fitch (1674 - 1742)

Samuel Fitch

Born 4 Mar 1674 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England

Son of Samuell Fitch and Sarah (Lane) Fitch

Brother of Job Fitch and Sarah Fitch

Husband of Elizabeth (Walker) Fitch — married 20 Mar 1695 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England

Husband of Eunice (Rogers) Fitch — married after 26 Nov 1716 [location unknown]

Father of Sarah Fitch, Sarah (Fitch) Hixson, Samuel Fitch, Joseph Fitch, Benjamin Fitch, John Fitch, Jeremiah Fitch, Zachariah Fitch and Elizabeth Fitch

Died 4 Apr 1742 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England

09:00: Anne B removed Eunice (Taylor) Clarke (1678-1761) as spouse of Samuel Fitch (1674-1742). [Thank Anne for this]

Biography

Birth

Samuell Fitch, s. of Samuel, born Mar. 4, 1673-4.[1]

Marriages

His first marriage was to Elizabeth Walker 20 Mar 1695/6 in Bellerica, Massachusetts.[2] She died 26 November 1716, and he subsequently married Eunice (Rogers) Marshall, widow of John Marshall. A daughter named Elizabeth was born to Samuel and Eunice Fitch on 22 September 1718, in Billerica, Massachusetts.[3]

Samuel Fitch did not marry Eunice Taylor

Despite claims made in the Fitch Genealogy p. 8[4] and the History of the Town of Bedford p. 10[5] Samuel Fitch did not marry Eunice Taylor. Samuel and Eunice Fitch had a daughter Elizabeth born in 1718[6] Eunice Taylor was still married to William Clarke in 1720, when the heirs of her father John made an agreement to settle his estate.[7] Her gravestone also calls her Eunes Clarke relict of William Clarke,[8] proving she remained William's wife until his death.

Death

Samuel was a resident of Bedford, Massachusetts, when he wrote his will on 13 November 1741.[3] He died at Bedford on 4 April 1742.[9] The will was proved on 7 June 1742.[10]

Children[11]

Sarah b. Dec 25, 1696; d. Feb 4, 1696/7 Sarah b. Mary 4 1698; m. Aug 26 1727 Richard Hickson of Houghton Samuel b. Feb 14, 1699/1700 Joseph b. Oct 2, 1702 Benjamin b. July 30, 1705 John b. Feb 12, 1707/8 Jeremiah Zachariah b. Feb 13, 1712/3 Elizabeth, by his second wife, b. 22 Sept 1718; m. Joseph Mead From Fitch Genealogy, Pg. 8:

16. Samuel Fitch (3), b. March 4, 1673-4, was son of Samuel (2). In addition to the estate of his father, he received from his maternal grandfather, Job Lane, one-fourth of the Winthrop farm, upon which he settled at the time of his marriage. (See Hazen's Billerica,[12] and Brown's Bedford.[13]) This farm was in Billerica, and in the incorporation of Bedford, 1729, it was included in the new town. His children were born in Billerica, but those who remained upon the paternal acres were residents of Bedford. He was a soldier in the Indian War, 1706; and many of his sons and grandsons were soldiers in the French and Indian War or in the Revolution. He was town clerk and selectman, and through life an intelligent useful citizen. He m. March 20, 1695, Elizabeth Walker, b. Feb. 13, 1677-8, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Wyman) Walker of Billerica. She d. Nov. 26, 1716. Seven of her eight children survived her. He m. second, 1717, Eunice Taylor, b. in Concord, Dec. 22, 1678, dau. of John and Eunice (Wooley) Taylor. He d. April 4, 1742. The widow Eunice d. Aug. 27, 1767. From History of the Town of Bedford, Genealogical and Biographical, Pg. 10:

Samuel [Fitch], (3) m. Mar, 20, 1695, Elizabeth Walker, dau. of Joseph. She d. Nov. 26, 1716. He m. 2d, Eunice Taylor. He d. April 4, 1742; she d. Aug. 27, 1767, aged 91. Ch. Sarah, b. and d. 1696. Sarah, b. May 4, 1698; m. Richard Hixson. Samuel, (4) b. Feb. 14, 1699; m. 1732, Joanna Kidder, settled in Westford, d. Jan. 1775. h Joseph, (4) b. Oct. 22, 1702. h Benjamin, (4) b. July 30, 1703. John, (4) b. Feb. 12, 1707-8, settled in Lunnenburg, 1728, and doubtless the one for whom Fitchburg was named. h Jeremiah, (4) b. (?). h Zachariah, (4) b. Feb. 13, 1712. By 2d wife, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1718, m. Joseph Mead. For the homestead of Samuel Fitch(3) see Brookside. His will dated Nov. 13, 1741, gives wife Eunice west end of dwelling house and cellar, and corn, rye, beef, pork and necessaries, to be provided by son Jeremiah, who was to have all at his mother's decease, excepting legacies to other ch. This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?

Sources

↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Reading. births p. 92, marriages p. 338, deaths p. 520. (Images: Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). ↑ Vital records of Billerica, Massachusetts to the year 1850. Boston, Mass.: New England historic genealogical society, 1908 ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chase, Douglas W., and Stanley L. Johnson. "William Marshall of Billerica, Bedford, Concord, and Holden, Massachusetts." New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 163 (2009). Pages 183-191. ↑ Fitch Genealogy : A Record of Six Generations of the Descendants of Deacon Zachary Fitch, of Reading: by Ezra S. Stearns, Printed by D. Clapp & Son, Boston, 1902. Samuel Fitch, is Record #16, Pg. 8 ↑ History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891, with a Genealogical Register of Old Families, by Abram English Brown, published by the author, Bedford, 1891. Samuel Fitch, Genealogical and Biographical, Pg. 10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-YXJ : 10 November 2020), Elizabeth Fitch, 22 Sep 1718; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14468/22201-co5/38413582 ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113367402/eunice-clarke : accessed 10 October 2021), memorial page for Eunice “Eunes” Taylor Clarke (20 Oct 1678–3 Apr 1761), Find A Grave: Memorial #113367402, citing Old Burying Ground, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Amy Levesque (contributor 47156425) . ↑ Vital Records of Bedford, Massachusetts. Bedford Deaths, page 121. ↑ Chase and Johnson ↑ Fitch, Roscoe Conkling,. History of the Fitch family A.D. 1400-1930 : a record of the Fitches in England and America, including "pedigree of Fitch" certified by the College of Arms, London, England. (Haverhill, Mass.: Record Pub. Co., 1930.) p. 231 ↑ History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, by Henry Allen Hazen (1849-1900), A. Williams and Co., Boston, 1883. ↑ History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891, with a Genealogical Register of Old Families, by Abram English Brown, published by the author, Bedford, 1891. Fitch Genealogy : A Record of Six Generations of the Descendants of Deacon Zachary Fitch, of Reading: by Ezra S. Stearns, Printed by D. Clapp & Son, Boston, 1902. Samuel Fitch, is Record #16, Pg. 8. Fitch Genealogy, Pg. 8. History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891, with a Genealogical Register of Old Families, by Abram English Brown, published by the author, Bedford, 1891. Samuel Fitch, Genealogical and Biographical, Pg. 10. History of the Town of Bedford, Gen. & Bio., Pg. 10 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: No. 5196, 29 Dec 1894, Henry Fitch Jenks, son of John Henry Jenks and Mary Rand Fitch, grandson of Jeremiah Fitch and Mary Rand, great-grandson of patriot Jeremiah Fitch, Jr, (SAR Patriot #: P-158933) and his wife Lydia Smith, great-great-great grandson of Samuel Fitch and his wife Elizabeth Walker. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky. Microfilm, 508 rolls Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850: Samuel Fitch and Elizabeth Walker, 20 Mar 1696, Billerica, Middlesex County Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States; FHL microfilm # 0769338 & 0901881 Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Bedford Deaths, Samuel Fitch, 4 Apr 1742. Vital records of Bedford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1850. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903

GEDCOM Note

[PG] inherited property from his father, and also one fourth of the Winthrop farm from his grandfather, Job Lane. This farm was located in the part of Billerica that was included in the new town of Bedford in 1729. He fought in the 1706 Indian War, and was a town clerk and selectman. Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000128646211833&label=@S1065@