By Lester Warren Fish
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Jonathan6, son of (581) Jonathan5, we may designate him as
Jonathan6 and his children as of the seventh generation.
Children:
+ 680 Gerothman7 (Jerothman), b.1771; d.1843; m. Lydia _______.
681 Phoebe (?); (Tradition says they had a dau. (681 1/2) Phebe.)
+ 682 John, b.1782; d.1859; m. Jane Palmer.
683 Perry, m. Martha ______.
684 Pardon, and perhaps others.
Very Little is known concerning the last two brothers, Perry7
and Pardon7, except that they also migrated to Oneida Co.
Perry Fish is listed as a land-owner in Trenton, in 1814 (Oneida
Historical Society, Utica). There is also mention of "Perry Fish
and Wife Martha," of Trenton in 1830 (Oneida Mortgages,
Vol. XX, p.275). No further records of this family have been
found.
Pardon7 Fish, youngest son and probably the namesake
of the Rev. War veteran (see p.94), was in the Holland Patent
in 1805, and signed a paper for the First Presbyterian Church
(records destroyed), with his brothers Gerothman, John and
Perry. This paper is a family record by copy. NOthing further
concerning him or his family.
The fact that Gerothman7 was eldest son of Jonathan6 would almost
throw out the fact that said Jonathan was the son of Jonathan5 unless Jonathan5 (5 or 6? blurred...?--ed.)
had no issue, or all daughters, by his first wife.
680 GEROTHMAN FISH (Jonathan6, Jonathan5, Robert4, Thomas3,
Alice2, John1), Pioneer, eldest son of (677) Jonathan and
Phebe (Perry?) Fish, was b. probably in Rhode Island in 1771;
d. at Oriskany, N.Y., May 24, 1843. In 1790 with his father's
family he settled in eastern New York State, probably at Saratoga
as mentioned above, but it is not thought that he accompanied
his family to Rensselaerville. Some time after his marriage,
but before 1797, he became the very first settler of Holland
Patent, Trenton, N.Y., having purchased the land from the
first American owners, Horace and Seth Johnson and Andrew
Craige, who had taken it over from Henry, Lord Holland, it
being a part of Lord Holland's grant of 2,000 acres from the
Corwn. (A copy of this original deed dated Jan 26, 1799, but
not recorded until 1808, is in the County Clerk's office in Utica,
N.Y., Vol. XVI, p.313)
1805. A document of great interet, in the possession of the
Unitarian Church at Trenton, is a letter, dated 1805, from the
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old first Presbyterian church, founded 1797 (not now standing,
all records destroyed), asking for the loan of their pastor, Rev.
John Sherman, who was a grandson of Roger Sherman, the
signer of the Declaration of Independence. This letter was
signed by the officers of the church, including Gerothman, John
and Perry Fish.
1814. The list of Oneida County Land Owners in 1814, belonging
to the Oneida Co. Historical Society, shows: Gerothman
Fish, 30 acres in Trenton, 541/2 acres in Deerfield (an Adjoining
township).
1835. U.S. Census for Trenton: Gerothman Fish 2/6: 80
acres, 3 horses, 12 sheep, cows, etc.
1842. Many deeds are on file showing transfers of property
by Gerothman and Lydia Fish up to that date.
1843. Gerothman Fish buried in Cemetary at Oriskany. May 24,
age 72 years (dates on stone).
Children (probably born at Trenton):
685 William8, b.1801; d.1844. May have had sons: (685a) Luther
Giteau9; and (685b) John R. Fish
+ 686 Daniel, b.about 1805; d.May 31, 1850; m. Anna Maria (Hart?).
687 Lydia, b.1811; moved to Oriskany about 1835, and had descendants
who lived in Sherburn,N.Y.
688 Ruhe Elizabeth, b.1812; m. Milo Merrill and had: (688a) Milo9
Merrill, Jr., b.1846, m Sarah _____, b.1845; and (688b) August
H. Merrill, Assistant Atty. Gen., State of New York, 1907-14 and
again in 1932, and Corportation Counsel for the City of Utica,
1919. Milo had a son, Orry10 Merrill, of Oriskany.
To clarify the above: Ruhe and Milo Sr had five children: Milo, Jr.,
Myron, Milton, Maslow, and Mary. Milo Jr. m. Sarah and had Orry and August.
--this clarification from a descendant. --ed.
689 Diana, b.1814; m. ______ Cooley, and had: (689a) Ellen9 Cooley;
and (689b) Orris Cooley, b.1848.
686 DANIEL FISH (Gerothman7, Jonathan6, Jonathan5, Robert4,
Thomas3, Alice2, John1), lanowner, son of (680) Gerothman
and Lydia Fish, was b. about 1805 at Trenton, N.Y.; d. at
Oriskany, N.Y., May 31, 1850. He m. Anne Marie (Hart?),
who m. (2), Abijah Gregory. Daniel evidently lived at Trenton
until after 1835, as his name is on a Trenton deed so dated. He
was one of the Oriskany landowners who sold the land for the
right of way for the first railroad through New York State. His
1837, which later became the New York Central Railroad (Vol.
LXXXVI, p.93, Oneida Co. Clerk's Office, Utica, NY). There
are also records of deeds in which he and Anna Maria transfer
property as late as 1850 (Vol. CXIV, p.273).
Children:
690 Lydia9
+ 691 Sarah Anne, b.1829; m. Oliver Gibson.
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