William Fish

William Fish

Birth: June 7, 1695, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

Death: 1768, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island / Alt. Death 1764

Will: Apr 25, 1764 Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island

Will Probated Oct 10, 1768 Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island

Father: Robert Fish, Lieutenant b: Bet 1657 and 1661 in Portsmouth, RI; d.

Mother: Mary HALL b. 1667, Portsmouth, RI; d. Jun 8, 1735

Marriage 1) Jun 14, 1716, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Spouse: Mary BENNETT, b. ca 1693; d. bef Mar 1737/1738, Tiverton (from MA 1746), Newport, RI, age: 44; dau of Robert and Ann (CORY) BENNETT

Children:

• Thomas Fish b: 9 Mar 1717 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
• Alice Fish b: Aft 1717
• Rebecca Fish b: Aft 1717
• Mercy Fish b: Aft 1717
• Mary Fish b: Abt 1718 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
• William Fish b: Abt 1720 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
• Deliverance Fish b: Abt 1721
• Anna Fish b: Abt 1724 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island; d. Dec 7, 1815

Marriage 2) March 15, 1737/1738

Spouse: Mary SHRIEVE, or SHERIFF, b. Jun 9, 1696; d. ? , Tiverton (from MA 1746), Newport, RI

Marriage 3)

Spouse: Amy (?) b. ca 1693; d. aft 1764, age: 71

Note:

Will: Apr 25, 1764 Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, mentions: Father, Robert Fish of Portsmouth (dec); Unnamed wife living; Sons, Thomas, and William Fish; Daughters, Mary Fry, Rebeckah Whelen late of Swansea (dec) leaving unnamed children, Anna Gifford, Alice Springer, Deliverence Fish, and Marcy Cook; grandsons , Robert Fish and Thomas Cook; granddaughter, Patience Fish

NOTES (1) !SOURCES: The Fish Family in England and America, page 95; Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 7, page 16. Researched by Gertrude Clifton Pierce Nelson. The Fish Family in England and America by Lister Warren Fish, A.B., M.D., and Colonel Medical Corps Reserve, U.S. Army; Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Volume 2, Tiverton, Rhode Island Probate Records 1747-1768, pages 382-383. Researched by Robert Arthur Brown.

!NOTES: He was willed land in Tiverton which stayed in the Fish family until 1930. The Old Fish Cemetery is located on this land and over 100 of the Fish Family were buried there. !DEATH: William Fish's Will dated 25 April 1764 and proved 10 October 1768 mentions father Robert Fish late of Portsmouth deceased; unnamed wife living; sons Thomas Fish and William Fish; daughters Mary Fry, Rebeckah Whelen late of Swanzey, Massachusetts deceased leaving unnamed children, Anna Gifford, also Springer, Deliverance Fish and Marcy Fish. Witnessed: Stephen Mumford, William Osbond, Benjamin Sheldon.

!OTHER MARRIAGES: William Fish married 2nd Mary Shrieve on 15 March 1737-1738. William Fish married 3rd Amy

CITING THIS RECORD The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9SZB-1K4 : accessed 2016-12-18), entry for William Fish, submitted by kmerrill2720012. ANCESTRAL FILE Ancestral File Number 3LLT-162

Burial:

Fish Cemetery, Tiverton, Newport, RI

Sources:

"Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SK-LMG

"Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KG-BQX

William Fish - Ancestral File familysearch.org

http://capecodgenes.com/web%20cards/wc26/wc26_316.html

The Tallman Family - http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...

One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, Author: John Osborne Austin, Publication: Massachusetts, 1893

Portsmouth, RI Vital Records, Page: 56

Tiverton, RI Vital Records, Page: 382