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