By Lester Warren Fish
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Mary (either Pease or Shepard). In his will he mentions his
wife Mary Shepard, his grandson Franklyn Wright9 Fish, and
the children of his sister Ruth Austin, as living on the James
Austin farm on Sugar Creek in Kendall, Stuart Co., Ohio; also a
niece, Abigail Templeton, who lived on a farm in Wasington
Co., Vt. On July 2, 1807, a removal certificate was issued by the
Quaker community of Flushing, LI, dismissing Mary, wife of
Preserved Fish, to New Bedford.
He lived at No.87 Fourth Street, New York City.
Having reared no children of his own he legally adopted William
Middleton, and named him William Middleton Fish. He was b.
in 1812; d. in 1840, at the early age of 28. He m. Oct 29, 1832,
Lydia Ann Franklin, and had: (896) Franklyn9 Wright, b.July
8, 1833.
896 FRANKLYN WRIGHT9 FISH (William8 (Middleton, adopted
son of Preserved7), Isaac6, David5, Robert4, Thomas3,
Alice2, John1), was b. July 8, 1833, in New York city, the only son of
William (Middleton) and Ann (Franklin) Fish. (William Middleton
was legally adopted by Preserved7 Fish of New York Coty,
New Bedford and Providence.) Franklyn m. Fanny Smith, in
1854; m. (2) Susan Biddle, in 1871.
Children:
+ 897 Carleton Rittenhouse10, b.1856
By second wife:
898 Joseph Boucher, b.1872
899 Susan Lillian, b.1880
897 CARLTON RITTENHOUSE10 FISH (Franklyn9, William8 (Middleton),
Preserved7, Isaac6, David5, Robert4, Thomas3, Alice2,
John1), only son of (896) Franklyn and Fanny (Smith) Fish,
was b. in 1856; m. Ida Meacham about 1878.
Children:
+ 900 Ozro Meacham11, b.1880; m. Mary Warren Lincoln
+ 901 Carlton Neyle, b.1882; m. Rose Otto
902 Brian Neville, b.1885; d.1906?
903 Charles Rittenhouse, b.1887, unm.
904 Charlotte Lincoln, b.1891; m. before 1930, Warren E. Glancy.
One dau. (905) Jean Meacham Glancy, b.1931
900 OZRO MEACHAM11 FISH (Carlton10, Franklyn9, William8
(Middleton), Preserved7, Isaac6, David5, Robert4, Thomas3,
Alice2, John1), eldest son of (897) Carlton and Ida (Meacham)
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Fish, was b. in 1880; m. about 1908, Mary Warren Lincoln, who
d. some time after 1917.
Children:
906 Ozro Meacham12, b.1909
910 Lincoln, b.1914
911 Byron Neyle, b.1915
912 Warren H., b.1917
901 CARLTON NEYLE11 FISH (Carlton10, Franklyn9, William8
(Middleton), Preserved7, Isaac6, David5, Robert4, Thomas3,
Alice2, John1), son of (897) Carlton and Ida (Meacham) Fish,
was b. in 1882; m. Rose Otto about 1913.
Children:
910 Carlton Rittenhouse12, b.1915
911 Albert Richard, b.1916
912 Neyle Rose. b.1919
913 David, b.1928
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895 RUTH7 FISH (Isaac6, David5, Robert4, Thomas3,
Alice2, John1), only dau. of (839) Isaac and Ruth (Grinnell) Fish,
was b. at Dartmouth, Mass., about 1768. On Nov. 11, 1787, she
m. James Austin, son of Jeremiah and Jemima (Tallman) Austin.
In 1808 they were living at Ferrisburg, Vt. Children (Austin):
(895a) Hannah8, (895b) Dorcas, (895c) Patience, (895d) Abigail,
(895e) Isaac, and (895f) Jeremiah.
Ruth probably lived on a farm on Sugar Creek in Kendall,
Stark Co, Ohio, in 1846, when her brother Preserved willed that
farm to her children, after her death, and her husband deid there.
It seems, however, that some of the children remained in Vermont
as he willed a farm at Worchester, Washington Co., Vt.,
to her dau. Abigail (Templeton).
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846 PATIENCE6 (FISH) AUSTIN (David5, Robert4, Thomas3,
Alice2, John1), youngest of the sixteen children of (583) David
and Jemima (Tallman) Fish, was. b. Apr. 13, 1753; d. Dec 29,
1831, age 78. On Feb 26, 1783, she m. Jeremiah Austin, son of
Jeremiah and Margaret (Congdon) Austin of Rochester, Mass.,
who was a farmer there, on the part now called Mattapoisett.
About 1796 they moved to Little Compton, R.I., thence in 1808
to Ferrisburg, Vt., and afterwards to a farm in Nantucket, Mass.,
where he died. He published a book, "Gospel Doctrine Vindicated."
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Children:
914 David Austin7, b. about 1783.
915 Isaac Austin, b.1785
916 Joseph Austin, b.Dec 13, 1786; d. Aug 1817; m. Dec 7,1808, Rachel Hussy
917 Jemima Austin, b. about 1788
918 Daniel Austin, b. about 1789
MISCELLANEOUS FISH RECORDS, PROBABLY OF DESCENDANTS
OF THOMAS3
919 THOMAS FISH, of Jamestown, RI; m. at Newport, RI,
Apr 4, 1774, Isabella Merriss, and had (920) William Merriss
Fish, b. June 21, 1775, d. July 22, 1839, m. Mary Keeler, who
was b. Jan 19, 1782, and d. July 8, 1850. Their dau., (920 1/2)
Eunice, m. John Allen McClure, Apr 7, 1830, and Miss Nancy
Hendy of Jefferson City, Mo., is her great-granddaughter.
921 JOB FISH,b.1713; d. at Scituate, Mass., Jan 30, 1798, at 85.
922 JOHN FISH, ESQ., b.1715; d. at Scituate, Mass., Feb 11, 1798, age 83.
923 JIREH FISH, m. Marcy Farrar Feb 7, 1767, at Dartmouth, Mass.*
924 JOHN FISH (of Warren, RI) m. Rachel Reed Sept 5, 1790, at Newport,RI
* According to the file of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Lineage Book VI p.185
entry 10079, #923 JIREH FISH is a descendant of #2417 Ambrose4 of Sandwich, MA Lester p.348--mkm