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Genealogy of the Fitch family in North America - citizen hylbom blog

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16 FITCH FAMILY<br />

Rev. Mr. <strong>Fitch</strong> married (1), October, 1648, Abi-<br />

gail (daughter <strong>of</strong> Rev. Henry Whitfield, m<strong>in</strong>ister<br />

<strong>of</strong> Guilford, Conn.;) she died September 9, 1659.<br />

He married (2), October, 1664, Priscilla, daughter<br />

<strong>of</strong> Major John Anne (Peck*) Mason. f. Children<br />

by his first wife, (all born at Saybrook, Conn. :)<br />

James 2 , born August 2, 1649.<br />

Abigail, born August, 1650, married Capt. JohnJ<br />

(son <strong>of</strong> Major John) Mason and had two children :<br />

Elizabeth, born January, 1651-2, married Rev.<br />

Edward Taylor, <strong>of</strong> Westfield, Mass., September 5,<br />

1674 ; she died <strong>in</strong> 1689, hav<strong>in</strong>g had eight children<br />

most <strong>of</strong> whom died young.g<br />

;i: Supposed<br />

to have been a daughter <strong>of</strong> Rev. Robert Peek, <strong>of</strong><br />

H<strong>in</strong>gham, England, and Mass.—See History <strong>of</strong> H<strong>in</strong>gham, page<br />

20. Also, Dorcester.<br />

t See Appendix II.<br />

tOne <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> six Connecticut Capta<strong>in</strong>s killed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Swamp<br />

Fight, <strong>in</strong> K<strong>in</strong>g Philip's war.<br />

#Mr. Tayh>r was a student with Rev. Mr. <strong>Fitch</strong>, and his at-<br />

tachment to <strong>the</strong> daughter probably commenced at that time.<br />

A love letter received by her from him before <strong>the</strong>ir marriage<br />

has been preserved, which is <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g as show<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> qua<strong>in</strong>t<br />

and peculiar style <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> age. The letter was accompanied by<br />

a rough pen sketch <strong>of</strong> a carrier dove with a olive branch <strong>in</strong><br />

its mouth and <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>scription on <strong>the</strong> body <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

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