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Josiah Fish 1755–1811 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 February 1755

Birth Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 10 May 1811

Death Location: Batavia, Genesee County, New York, United States of America

Father: John Jr

Mother: Deborah Sheffield

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Hazelton

Children(s): Libbeus Fish, Josiah Fish, Elijah Fish, Sullivan Fish

Josiah Fish was born in 1755 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Fish Jr And Deborah Sheffield. Josiah Fish married Elizabeth Hazelton, and had children including Elijah Stanton Fish, Josiah Fish, Libbeus Fish, Sullivan Fish. Josiah Fish passed away in 1811 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Josiah Fish was born in 1755 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Fish Jr And Deborah Sheffield.
  • Josiah Fish married Elizabeth Hazelton, and had children including Elijah Stanton Fish, Josiah Fish, Libbeus Fish, Sullivan Fish.
  • Josiah Fish passed away in 1811 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Josiah Fish's Ancestors

Self
Josiah Fish
1755–1811
Birth Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
John Fish Jr
1715–1808
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Deborah Sheffield
1726–1826
Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
John Fish
1687–1732
Reading, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Lewis
1691–1734
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
William (Sheffield) III
1699–1732
Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Mary Adams
1699–1754
Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Stephen Fish
1655–1716
Mary Micrist
1659–1703
Samuel Lewis
1641–1698
Sarah Dutton
1662–1757
William Sheffield
1667–1732
Hannah Bullard
1674–1750
Moses Adams
1654–1724
Lydia Whitney
1657–1719
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel Mecrist
1626–1725
Sarah Dawes
1635–1725
Thomas Dutton
1621–1686
Susannah Palmer
1626–1684
Benjamin Jr
1634–1689
Henry Adams
1634–1676
Elizabeth Paine
1620–1676
Jonathan Jr
1634–1702
Anna Jones
1632–1702

Josiah Fish's Descendants

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Josiah Fish (11 February 1755–10 May 1811) m. Elizabeth Hazelton (1757–March 1798)
  1. 1. Libbeus Fish 1781–1859
  2. 2. Josiah Fish 1787–1842
  3. 3. Elijah (Stanton) Fish 1791–1861 m. Fannie Spencer 1796–1872
    1. 1. Emily (Fanny) Fish 1829–1905
    2. 2. Henry (Spencer) Fish 1818–1863
    3. 3. Fanny Fish 1820–1827
    4. 4. Edmund Fish 1824–1904 m. Mary Barrett 1815–1898
      1. 1. Lucian (Elijah) Fish 1862–1943
  4. 4. Sullivan Fish 1777–1778

Josiah Fish's Timeline

3 Records

1755
11 Feb 1755
Birth of Josiah Fish in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1755
11 February 1755
Birth of Josiah Fish in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1811
10 May 1811
Age 56
Death of Josiah Fish in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Feb 1755
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 February 1755
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] North America, Family Histories
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 May 1811
    Event Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories
    [3] North America, Family Histories
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Batavia, Genesee County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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