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also abt. Sandwich: Sandwich,MA pt. 1
& Sandwich,MA pt. 2
& Sandwich,MA pt. 3
& Sandwich,MA pt. 4
& Sandwich,MA pt. 5
& Sandwich,MA pt. 6
& Sandwich,MA pt. 7
p.7 John Fish, settler from Plymouth
p.11 John Fish was one of the first 62 settlers between 1637-1640. A long term settler.
Jonathan Fish was one of the first settlers, but was gone before 1700.
Nathaniel Fish was among the settlers of 1637-1640 (one of first 62 settlers)
who became a long term settler
p.44 Cecilia Fish (widow of John Fish) 1667 her house was on the corner of
"the lots" and Tupper Road
p.45-47 Nathaniel Fish's house on map (#3) on Main street
(town neck was fenced for cattle...adjacent marrsh on Scusset and
Shawme sides issued to various families...4 residences along the back
road....those of Ceclia Fish (widow of John Fish) were town neck or
the planting commons or "lots"
p.49 Jarves St: The location of Nathaniel Fish's house is not clearly
stated but it was taken by tiwn later as home for Rev. Roland
Cotton so it was near the meetinghouse
p.89 Around June 20, 1658 Quakers were kept for 6 days under house arrest at
Nathaniel Fish's house
p.123 "3 early settlers of Fish were almost certainly brothers.
John and Nathaniel remained here. Jonathan removed to Long Island,
NY in 1654 where many Sandwich families relocated at the time of
Leveridge [a minister]. Jonathan became well known in NY
p.132 Nathaniel Fish's house was bought for Rev. Cotton
p.148 Jonathan Fish in 1714 should have 40 acres of sheep pasture near Snake Pond
(a sheep pasture lot)
p.186 Reuben Fish was appointed one of the guardians of Marshpee June 12, 1788
p.200 Jan 26, 1773: The First Meeting of Correspondence for the town
included Nathaniel and Simeon Fish
p.233 Benjamin Percival's old house in Ashumet sold to the Fish family
p.242 there were 22 Fish families in Sandwich in the 1790 census
p.249 Nathaniel Fish was the tax collector of 1781 and died that year
p.255 Howland Fish died at sea on a ship leaving Charleston, SC in 1825
p.269 Jonathan Fish was the carpenter for the meeting house enlargement 1804
p.273 Rev. Phineas Fish dined with Harvard classmate Ezra Shaw Goodwin 1815
p.297 Daniel Fish hada house opposite the East Sandwich Post Office
p.304 1828 Roland Fish operated a Saloon Restaurant in Sandwich at Railroad
Depot
p.316-317 Calvin Fish in 1825 entered the fast cheap transport packet service
with the sloop SARAH and the schooner NANCY FINLAY
p.318 The Fish family was one of the families that declined precipitously
in population in Sandwich after 1820
p.320 Edmond Fish in 1849 worked at carpentry in California until his health
gave out. He reached Sandwich by way of Panama but died within a few
days of arrival
p.352 George E. Fish made a portrait of his father
p.353-4 portrait of Rev. Phineas Fish (1784-1854) by his son, George E.
p.354 Rev. Phineas Fish appt. 1809 nominated to Indian Church at Mashpee but
the Indians were outraged
p.356 Efforts were made in 1837 and 1839 to dismiss Rev. Phineas Fish from
Indian Church at Mashpee
p.361 houselot of Reverend Phineas Fish in Mashpee near Barntable
p.519 FISH was one of earliest surnames in Sandwich....but later declined