By Lester Warren Fish
86 THE FISH FAMILY
Children:
584 Mary6, b. Feb 26, 1718/19
585 Anne, b.Aug 21, 1720
586 Robert, b.May 5, 1723; d.Sept 11, 1724
587 Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1725; m. Edward Dyre (probably)
By second wife (born at East Greenwich):
588 Mary, b. Sep 17,1727; m. Thomas Wood, May 2, 1748
589 Robert, b.May 30, 1729
590 John, b. June 10, 1732; d.Aug 5, 1756
577 WILLIAM5 FISH (Robert4, Thomas3, Alice2, John1), son of
(100) Robert and Mary (Hall) Fish, was b. at Portsmouth, R.I.,
June 7, 1695; d. in 1764.
William was willed land in Tiverton which remained in the
Fish Family until 1930, when it was sold by the widow of Henry9
Fish. Upon this land occurred "the Battle of Tiverton," also
known as the "Swamp Fight" or the "Battle of Pocasset," and
of no small importance in King Philip's War. It took place south
of the present northern boundary of Tiverton, R.I., in a cedar
swamp, east of the Fish Road and west of Stafford Pond. Entering
the swamp, the English were shot down rapidly as they advanced,
but the Indians were driven from their ambuscades
with fearful loss. In the old Fish Cemetary located upon this
farm, over one hundred of the Fish family were buried. All of
them known to John Shrieve8 Fish, but he left no record of them
and no stones mark each grave. This burial plot was located
half way to the hospital lot from the Fish Road; was also used
to bury soldiers killed nearby, but graves are now invisible and
it is overgrown. It lies east of all the cleared lots, and a 15-acre
swamp, in an open area surrounded with trees. This information
was furnished by Cora10 (Fish) Hunt, who has a map of the area
and has visited the battle site and burying grounds.
He was m. June 14, 1716, by Justice William Hall, to Mary
Bennett, dau. of Robert and Anne (Cory) Bennett; m. (2) Mar.
15, 1737/38, by Justice John Dexter to Mary Shrieve, dau. of
John and Jane (Haven) Shrieve of Portsmouth; m. (3) in later
years, Amy -------, who d. after 1764.
Children:
+ 591 Thomas6, b.Mar 19, 1716/17; m. -----; m. (2)Rebecca Turner, in 1764
592 Mary, b.1718; m.Thomas Cpry, Nov 15, 1747
593 Rebecca, d. before 1754; m.-----Whelen of Swanzy, Mass.
594 Anna, b.1724; m. Adam Gifford, Oct 3, 1745
595 Alice, m. Richard Springer; m(2) Benj. Gifford
596 Deliverance, m. Benjamin Hambly, Mar 25, 1765
597 Mercy, m. John Cook, June 11, 1758
+ 598 William, m. Priscilla Sherman