Person:Jeremiah Fitch (3)
Captain Jeremiah Fitch
b.Sep 1670 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
d.22 May 1736 Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 Oct 1664
  1. Daniel Fitch1665 - 1711
  2. John Fitch1667/68 - 1743
  3. Captain Jeremiah Fitch1670 - 1736
  4. Rev. Jabez Fitch1672 - 1746
  5. Ann Fitch1675 -
  6. Captain Nathaniel Fitch1679 - 1759
  7. Joseph Fitch1681 -
  8. Eleazur Fitch1683 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Jeremiah Fitch1670 - 1736
  • W.  Ruth Gifford1676 - Aft 1736
m. Bef 1699
  1. Lieutenant Jeremiah FitchAbt 1707 - 1779
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Captain Jeremiah Fitch
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Sep 1670 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1699 Based on birth of daughter Lucy
to Ruth Gifford
Will[1] 8 Mar 1735/36
Death[1][3] 22 May 1736 Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Burial[4] Nathan Hale Cemetery, South Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Probate[1] 18 Jun 1736 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edward Francis Waterman. The Waterman Family. (New Haven, Conn. (I and II); Hartford, Conn. (III): E.F. Waterman (I and II); The Connecticut Historical Society (III), 1939, 1942, 1954)
    1:653.

    "5. (Capt.) Jeremiah2 Fitch (James1), born at Norwich, Conn., Sept. 1670, died at Coventry, Conn., 22 May 1736; married Ruth Gifford, born at Norwich, 30 Dec. 1676, living 1736, daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Gallop) Gifford.

    He was appointed Lieut, of the Lebanon trainband, May 1702; Capt., New London County Troop, May 1704; and Capt., 2d Co. in Lebanon, Oct. 1708. He served as Deputy for Lebanon, May and June 1709, Oct. 1712, May 1714, and Oct. 1717; for Windham, Oct. 1723; and for Coventry, May and Oct. 1725, May, July and Oct. 1728, May and Oct. 1732, Feb., May and Oct.
    1733, and May and Oct. 1734. He was a Justice for New London County, 1709.

    His will, dated 8 Mar. 1736, proved 18 June 1736, named his wife Ruth; sons Jeremiah, Abner, Gidion, Elisha, and James; daughters Hannah Fitch and Ruth Fitch; brother Joseph Fitch of Lebanon and son Elisha of Coventry to be executors; son Stephen has had portion. Elisha refused to act, and the eldest son Abner Fitch was made administrator. The file contains receipts from James Fitch of Coventry, 24 Jan. 1742/3; Gideon Fitch of Norwich, 6 Feb. 1743/4; and Daniel and Ruth Whitmore (she daughter of Jeremiah Fitch), 15 Apr. 1747."

  2. ↑ Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Hartford, Conn.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913)
    1:39.

    Mr James ffitch Pastor of the Church of christ at Norwich was maried With Mrs Prissilla Mason the Daughter of Major Mason of Norwich was in October Ano Dom : 1664
    The names & ages of their children as ffoloweth
    ...
    Jeremiah ffitch was borne in Sept Ano: Dom 1670

  3. ↑ Deaths from Town Records, in Dimock, Susan W. (Susan Whitney). Births, marriages, baptisms, and deaths: from the records of the town and churches in Coventry, Connecticut, 1711-1844. (New York: Baker & Taylor Company, 1897)
    181.

    "Capt. Jeremiah Fitch, d. May 22, 1736"

  4. ↑ Jeremiah Fitch Sr., in Find A Grave.
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