By Lester Warren Fish
List of Illustrations . . . . . . XIII
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . XV
Explanations . . . . . . . XVII
Introduction . . . . . . . XIX
Diagram of Ancestry . . . . . . XXII
Book I FAMILIES IN ENGLAND
Early Fish Families . . . . . 1
John1 Fyshe and the Elder Sons . . 5
The Thomas2 Fish Line . . . . 10
Alice2 Fish (m. Robert2 Fish) . . . 11
Others of the name . . . . . 13
Book II FISH FAMILIES IN AMERICA
The Immigrant Ancestors . . . . 17
THE RHODE ISLAND LINE
The Founding of Rhode Island . . . 20
The Carpenter Family . . . . 26
The First Baptist Church in America . . 28
Industries of Rhode Island . . . 30
Thomas3 Fish and Descendants . . . 31
THE UPPER NEW YORK LINE
Preserved Fish5 and Descendants . . . 37
Robert Fish4 and Descendants . . . 83
The Fishes of Trenton . . . . 95
RHODE ISLAND-VERMONT LINE
Daniel5 Fish and Descendants . . . 105
Ancestors of Preserved7 Fish (Banker) . . 111
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THE VERMONT LINE
Preserved7 Fish of Ira . . . . 122
Early Vermont History . . . . 131
Nicholas Montgomery Powers, the Bridge Builder . 155
The Leicester8 Fish (The Author's) Line . . 172
THE CONNECTICUT LINE
John3 Fish and Descendants, most of whom
settled in Connecticut and New York . . 252
THE NEW YORK (STATESMAN) LINE
Jonathan3 Fish and Descendatns, mostly of
New York City and Pennsylvania . . . 320
THE MASSACHUSETTS LINE
John3 Fish and Descendants, most of whom
remained in Sandwich, Mass. . . . 344
to be continued...