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

18 FITCH EAMILY
banori, Conn., where he was a deacon, and where
he died about 1747. His wife survived him ; to
whom he left his property, having no issue.
Descendants of the Rev. JAMES FITCH, the Set-
tler, in the Line of his Son James.
"(Major) James Fitch 2 was a prominent and in-
fluential man in his day ; and the owner of a vast
amount of land, which he accumulated by legisla-
tive grants, by purchase from other grantees, and
through his intimate connection with the Indians,
of whom he was a noted friend and patron. Indeed,
after the death of Major John Mason, he possessed
more influence over the sachems than any one else
in the colony. In 1684, he received from Owaneco
the native right and tit/le to a large tract, extend-
ing from the Qumibaug River, north of the present
town of Brooklyn, Conn., westward, forty-five
miles and northward to beyond the northern boun-
dary of Massachusetts. Out of this, in 1686, he
sold the Town of Pomfret, consisting of 15,100
acres, for £30 ! In 1687, he received from the
same Chief parcels of land in Plainfield and Can-