Person:Cordilla Fitch (1)

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Cordilla Fitch
b.16 Oct 1738 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
d.Jun 1762
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1 Apr 1719
  1. Elisha Fitch1719/20 -
  2. Dr. Pelatiah Fitch1722 - 1803
  3. Lurena Fitch1724 - 1726
  4. Asa Fitch1730 - 1755
  5. Lurena Fitch1732 - 1781
  6. Jabez Fitch1736/37 - 1812
  7. Cordilla Fitch1738 - 1762
  8. Cynthia Fitch1743 -
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Name Cordilla Fitch
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 16 Oct 1738 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Death[2][3] Jun 1762 At sea
References
  1. ↑ Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Hartford, Conn.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913)
    1:96.

    Cordile ye Son of Jabez Fitch and of his wife Anne was Born october 16th 1738.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Brewster Book", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    2:21.

    Cordilla, Son to ye s'd Jabez &c. [Anna] was born Oct'r 15th 1738. He died at Sea in June 1762.

  3. ↑ "The Diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr.", in Society of Mayflower Descendants (Boston, Massachusetts). Pilgrim Notes and Queries. (Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants)
    2:120.

    [2:70 1761 Feb] ye 25th I heard y Surprizing News of Cap't Perkens being Taken by ye French & he himself & Brother Cordilla carry'd into Martineco ...
    The 4th Day of Janu Cap't Perkins Saild ou[t] of N: London, & I am Informed yt ye 17th Day after they went out they were taken, So consequently ye Surprizing accident hapned on ye 21st Day of Jan.
    [2:120] Saturday ye 28th [Aug 1762] I hear'd ye Sorrowfull News of ye Death of my Bro'r Corddilla, with Some affecting Circumstances attending ye Same.
    How Short & hasty is our Life
    How vast our Souls affairs
    Yes Senseless mortals vainly strive
    to lavish out their Years.
    Our Days runn thoughtlessly along
    without a moment's Stay
    Just like a Story or a Sond
    we pass our Lives away.
    [Sept] ye 14th I was riding very Early & got to Job Brakets by 10 oClock where I larnd yt my Bro'r went to Martenego Jail about ye 26th of Januy 1760 [sic]. ye 19'tyh of March was taken on Bord His Majesty's Ship ye Monticu, ye 5th Aprll was put over to ye Crisent. ye 5th of May was left Sick at Antigue to recrute & ye begining of June went on Board His Majestys Ship ye Lakester & Saild with ye Fleet for England. & yt he Died on their passage near ye Last of June 1760 [sic]. Thus Ends ye Short History of ye life of my poor Bro'r Cordilla. who in ye 23rd Year of his Age Died at Sea his Body Buried in ye Ocean & his Soul Departed into one of those tow Eternal worlds of Spirits where all my Departed friends & Relations are gon to Receive their Rewards according as they have Improv'd yr Short Space of probation.
    [The dates given in the diary as 1760 are almost certainly wrong. It is not so clear if the year of death should be 1761 or 1762. Based on his birth in Oct 1738, the 23rd year of his life, as mentioned here, would suggest 1761 is the correct year for the above events, but the Brewster Book says he died in 1762 which suggests all the events should be 1762?]

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