... The Fithian family trace their ancestry to one William Fithian, a native of England, whose will bears date Dec. 11, 1678. According to a family tradition, they came to America, and were among the little band of refugees who fled from the religious persecution at that time, and landed in South Hampton, Long Island, where they subsequently settled some time prior to the war of the Revolution; nearly all the members of the family that were eligible, served in that struggle; one Phillips was in command of a body of men who were participants in the "tea party" in Boston harbor. The first after William was Samuel ...
