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Benjamin Fish 1716–1798 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 April 1716

Birth Location: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: 23 October 1798

Death Location: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Preserved Fish

Mother: Ruth Cooke

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Benjamin Fish was born in 1716 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Preserved Fish And Ruth Cooke. Benjamin Fish passed away in 1798 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Fish was born in 1716 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Preserved Fish And Ruth Cooke.
  • Benjamin Fish passed away in 1798 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

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Benjamin Fish's Ancestors

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Benjamin Fish
1716–1798
Birth Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
Preserved Fish
1679–1745
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Ruth Cooke
1682–1775
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Grandparents
John (Cooke) Jr
1653–1737
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Ruth Shaw
1660–1737
RI
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cooke
1630–1691
Mary Borden
1633–1690
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Capt. Cooke
1600–1677
Rebecca Westcott
1605–1672
Richard Borden
1595–1671
Joan Fowle
1604–1688

Benjamin Fish's Timeline

2 Records

1716
14 April 1716
Birth of Benjamin Fish in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1798
23 October 1798
Age 82
Death of Benjamin Fish in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 April 1716
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 October 1798
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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