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ID: I1693
Name: Thomas Fish 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 1 JAN 1619 in Market Harborough, Great Bowden, Liecestershire, Eng 2
Death: 1 DEC 1687 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI 2
Note: 3Resided in Portsmouth, RI. In 1643 he had land granted to himand in 1655 was made a freeman. In Mar 20 1660 he had a houseand land deeded to him for fencing 2 acres but owners Henry andAnn Ayres retained a life estate in the land. In 1665 he boughtof James Babcock two parcels of land and dwelling house, barn,and orchard for 50 pounds. The same year he sold 4 acres toThomas Lawton. In 1674 he was on the Town Council. In hiswill, proved Dec 13 1687 he gave 20s to daughter Alice.
Change Date: 17 SEP 2002

Father: Robert Fish (Fysch) b: 12 AUG 1593 in Market Harborough, Great Bowden, Liecestershire, Eng
Mother: Alice Fish (Fysh, Fishe) b: 6 NOV 1597 in Market Harborough, Great Bowden, Liecestershire, Eng

Marriage 1 Mary Sherman b: 1625
Married: 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI 2
Children
Alice Fish b: ABT 1652 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
Mehitable Fish
Thomas Fish
Mary Fish
John Fish
Daniel Fish
Robert Fish

Sources:
1.     Text: Henry Knowles of Rhode Island and some of his descendants by Stanwood Knowles Bolton, A.B. published in the NEHG Rigister, Vol 87, Oct 1933.
2.     Text: Church of Jesus Christ Ancestral File v 4.19
3.     Text: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin,




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TYPE Web Site
AUTH PJ Autry <pjautry@@aol.com>
TITL Guyette, Sherman, Autry, et.al.
URL http://worldconnect.rootsweb. com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&id=I915&db=pjautry
TYPE Web Site
AUTH PJ Autry <pjautry@@aol.com>
TITL Guyette, Sherman, Autry, et.al.
URL http://worldconnect.rootsweb. com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&id=I915&db=pjautry
He was the founder of the Fish/ Fyshe family in America. He was born and Bapt in Great Bowden but was at Portsmouth RI in 1643. 'At a period when most settlers could not sign their names, Thomas Fish's name appears in bold legible handwriting. He was appointed to many town offices and was prominent in the early affairs of the Portsmouth Colony, a part of the Incorporation of Providence Plantations on Narragansett Bay in New England ' He and his family were survivors of King Philip Wars one hundred years before Rev War.
DATE 23 JUN 2000