Thomas Fish 
Thomas was born about 1649 in Portsmouth, , RI.1 Thomas' father was Thomas Fish and his mother was Mary Sherman. His paternal grandparents were Robert Fish and Alice Fyshe. He had three brothers and three sisters, named John, Robert, Daniel, Mehitable, Mary and Alice. He was the oldest of the seven children. He died in 1684.1 General Notes
Thomas married Grizzel Strange (aka Grissigon Strange) in 1668. What is unusual about the marriage is the record in which it states; "Thomas Fish of the Town of Portsmouth, junior, was married unto Grisigon Strange, daughter of John of the said Portsmouth on the 16th of Dec. 1668. The birth of the said Thomas and Grizzigon fishes children are as follows: Alice fish was born 15 Sept, 1671, Grizzel, 12 April 1673, Hope 5 March 1675, Preserved 12 Aug. 1679, Mehitable 22 July, 1684."
Within nine months of the settlement of Portsmouth, followers of Anne Hutchinson broke away and formed a new settlement which they called Newport. Almost immediatley, a government of the two settlements was established and Thomas Fish was appointed deputy to the general assembly at Newport.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b. in Harborough, Great Bowden,England
- b.~ 1540 d.~ 1601
- b.12 Aug 1593 in Leicestershire,,England d.20 Dec 1639
- b.~ 1617 in Market Harborough, New Bowden, Leicestershire, England d.~ 1687
- d.1579
- b.~ 1555 d.9 FEB 1621/22 in Bowden, Magna or Market Harborow, Great Bowden Parish, England
- b.<06 Nov 1597
- d.BET. 1630 - 1632
- b.~ 1649 in Portsmouth, , RI d.1684
- d.~ 1699
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‌Thomas and Grissel were married in a religious ceremony on December 10th, 1668.1 They had a son and four daughters, named Preserved, Alice, Grissel, Mehitable and Hope.
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