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Biography
Lieut. Robert Fish,[1] blacksmith, was the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Soule?) Fish. He was born at Portsmouth, R.I., about 1665. He became prominent in the affairs of the Colony, and held many government offices.
In April 1681 he was appointed constable.
On April 9, 1686, Robert was made a freeman of Portsmouth. This indicates that he had become a member of the church, of the Quaker Church no doubt or perhaps the Baptist (no mention has been made in the history of the establishment of the Baptist Church upon the Island). . . .
He married Mary Hall 16 SEP 1686 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, George Lawton, Justice of the Peace, presiding.[2][3][4] She was daughter of Zuriel and Elizabeth (Tripp) Hall and died June 8, 1735.
A coat-of-arms associated with his surname may be found in "Tercentenary of New England Families.
Robert Fish died in 1730 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, at which time he was a Lieutenant in the Colonial Militia.[5][6][7]
- An LDS Ancestor File claims he died 16 SEP 1723 and is buried in Portsmouth.[2]
- His home was the location where on Feb 27, 1790, a large number of citizens met to consider the new Constitution of the United States of America and give instructions to delegates to the State Convention to be held in South Kingston.
Last Will & Testament
His will dated Dec 12, 1728, was proved in 1730, his sons Daniel and David being named Executors.[8]
- To son Robert, 5s, he having already had his portion.
- To son William, land in Tiverton, R.I. [which remained in the Fish family until 1930].
- To daughter Mary Dexter, 10 pounds.
- To daughter Alice Peck, 30 pounds, and irons and Negro woman Rose at death of parents.
- To beloved wife Mary, use of the south end of the house, the newest part, and sufficient room in the cellar, all the garden and half of the orchard while a widow, and the keep of a cow and horse free of cost to her as well as the keep of a swine or two, and of geese, turkeys, and dunghill fowls, as many as she pleases to keep. She to have also a supply of good merchantable firewood at her door yearly, together with 100 lbs. pork, 10 bushels Indian corn, all to be at her dwelling house, free of cost to her. As a free gift she has also 1 horse or mare, 1 cow, and all the household stuff (except andirons) to do as she pleases with. If she sees fit to demand her dower, on account of needing it, she shall have that too. Negro woman Rose to be hers for life.
- To son Daniel he gives negro boy Jo, and to son David negro boy Tony, "together with all the rest of my smith working tools whatsoever." The rest of personal property to sons Daniel and David equally; who are also to have certain lands and use of 1/2 the house, orchard, etc., and upon death of their mother they are to have the whole, paying legacies. If either brother dies, then the other to have his share, unless issue were left by one dying. To son Jonathan lands in Portsmouth. He provides for his burial lot to be fenced about and cared for and used for "any near relatives" to bury, and erect monuments, etc., with free ingress and egress, not witting or wilfully doing and damage.
- Executors, sons Daniel and David.
- Witnesses, Job Sherman, John Bennett, Wm. Sanford.
Children
- Robert Fish; married 1) Anne Palmer; 2) Alice Wilson
- Mary Fish; married Thomas Dexter
- William Fish; married Mary Bennett
- Zuriel Fish
- Isaac Fish
- Alice Fish; married Nathaniel Peck
- Jonathan Fish; married Michael Rhodes
- Daniel Fish; married Mary Tallman
- David Fish; married Jemima Tallman
Sources
- ↑ The Early Fish Family in England
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ancestral File Online: Fish; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R).
- ↑ Source: #S518 Page: 226
- ↑ Source: #S520 Page: 504
- ↑ Source: #S518 Page: 226
- ↑ Source: #S520 Page: 504
- ↑ Source: #S521 Page: 2232
- ↑ John Osborne Austin, "One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families," Massachusetts 1893, p.??
- Fish, Lester Warren. The Fish Family in England and America (Tuttle Publishing Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1948, 530 pages) p 83
- Source: S518 William Richard Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, New York:Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1908)
- Source: S520William Richard Cutter, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1915)
- Source: S521George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Location? Publisher? Date? Page?
- Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I., Narrangansett Historical Pub. Co., 1891) Vol. 04: Newport County: Births, Marriages, Deaths p21 Robert Fish and Mary Hall of Zuriel by George Lawton Sept 16, 1686
