OBIT:
Name: Fowles, Lewis Abe
Date: 1896
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: 1823 - 1896. Woodvale Cemetery Berea, Ohio.

There is no solid proof at this time that this Hannah is the one who was married to Lewis Fowles, however, the 1900 census lists his wife as a 75 year old and shows that she was born in Dec 1824, the same month and year that Ebenezer Fish's daughter, Hannah, was born.

MARRIAGE: Possible record for this union: FISH, HANNAH and FOWLS, LEWIS 0004 0285

This quote provides the confirmation that Hannah (Joanna) DID marry into the Fowls/Fowles family:
"Two other children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer FISH, Johanna (now Mrs. FOWLS), and John Moses married Miss BRAINERD. They endured hardships and discomforts long before enjoying the ordinary pleasures of existence. Fever and ague also added to the trials of the first settlers. Ebenezer was ninety-three when he died."----Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve

1. Helen FOWLES b. Abt 1850; d. 19 May 1934, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Arthur S. FOWLES b. Jun 1859, of Middleburgh Hts., Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 16 Dec 1943, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Cora FOWLES b. Abt 1860; d. Feb 1921.
4. John L. FOWLES, Sr. b. Abt 1854; d. Dec 1920, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 1. Justin L. FOWLES
6. Joanna FOWLES

Came to Middleburg (previously called West View) about 1808. The area of Middleburg that he settled later became part of Berea. His brother, Ephraim, and youngest brother, John, lived near him. There may have been other brothers or relatives, too. I've seen mention of David, Philo, and Stephen Fowls/Fowles in the area but it's uncertain who these men were.

The 1820 census showed that there were probably 9 oh his children living in the home at the time, 3 males and 6 females. At least one historical account mentions that he had 10 children. Another says he had 8 boys and 2 girls.

OBIT: Name: Fowles, Abraham
Date: 11/26/1848
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Age 58. City Cemetery Berea, Ohio.

1. Lucy FOWLES b. 22 May 1813, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. James L. FOWLES b. 29 Aug 1815, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 16 May 1877, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 2. Lewis Abe FOWLES b. Abt 1823, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1896.
4. Florentine FOWLES b. Abt 1833, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 27 Jun 1884, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Betsey Emeline FOWLES b. Abt 1824, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Almina FOWLES b. Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Florinda FOWLES b. 1835; d. 2 Jan 1876, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
8. Huldah FOWLES
9. Nancy M. FOWLES d. Bef 1855.

MILITARY: Fought in the War of 1812 and was with Commodore Perry on Lake Erie. Took part in a skirmish on Mackinaw Island. Also one of the guards of the Indian chief, Omic who was the first criminal hung in Cleveland. Entered the service 22 Aug 1812 and left 14 Dec 1812. (see "General History of Cuyahoga County", by Crisfield Johnson, 1879, pg 60)

After the war, he returned to Connecticut where he met and married his wife. He returned to Brooklyn, Ohio about 1818.

DEATH: Fish Ebenezer 3/26/1880 92 yr 2 32
Source:
Cuyahoga County Deaths1867 - 1890Feuchter to Fisher, Earnst
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/deaths/coarch/part1/pg058.html

OBIT: Name: Fish, Ebenezer
Date: Mar. 29, 1880
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025.
Notes: Fish- March 26, at 4 p. m., Ebenezer Fish, aged 93 years. Funeral from M. E. Church, Brooklyn Village, Monday, Mar. 29, at 2 o'clock p. m. 1880. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

BURIAL: Fish, Ebenezer Jr. 4/30/1880 age 93 Lot 61 (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

1. Eliza Ann FISH b. 3 Oct 1816, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Jul 1905.
2. Lydia Emily FISH b. 12 Apr 1818, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Mary Matilda FISH b. 28 Sep 1819, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 3. Hannah (Johanna) FISH b. 13 Dec 1824, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. John Stanton FISH b. 26 Mar 1830, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 20 Sep 1903, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Robert E. Ward HISTORY OF THE CLEVELAND GERMANS. See Chapter 1. The
surname Fowls appear to have been some form of Americanization of a German
name, perhaps from VOGEL, or GEFLÜGEL.

"Fowls Road in Middleburg Heights recalls a prominent family headed by
David L. Fowls (also Fowles) who is said to have been a German from
Hannover. He reportedly arrived in America as mercenary soldier in the
army of King George of England. In 1813, he followed his sons, Abram and
John, to Plumbfield, as Middleburg Heights was then called. According to a
family history, the father deserted to the American cause and served on
General Washington's staff as an interpreter.1 He died in Middleburg
Township in 1834. "

1.. "Fowles Family History." n. Pag. [3]. See also the newspaper account
of the second Fowles Family Reunion(Aug.27, 1901) in the Berea Enterprise
(Aug.30, 1901), p.5, col. 2. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of
Robert Fowles, Martin B. Lewis, Helen Simpson, Kermit Simpson, and Dorothy
McKelvey, the late Baldwin-Wallace College historian.

DEATH: Set out for Newburgh to obtain a team of oxen. During his return home to Middleburg, he grew weak from the cold, set free his oxen from the cart, and sat down on some branches and leaned against a tree where he was found.

1. Lucy HICKOX b. 6 Dec 1777, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
2. Nathaniel HICKOX b. 16 Feb 1779, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 1812.
3. Jemima HICKOX b. 25 Apr 1780, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 1 Nov 1813.
4. Hannah HICKOX b. 12 Dec 1782, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 22 Jul 1785.
5. Hannah HICKOX b. 22 Jul 1785, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
6. Azel Azor HICKOX b. 12 Sep 1787, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
7. Eri HICKOX b. 19 Feb 1790, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 21 Jan 1864.
8. Esther HICKOX b. 20 Sep 1792, Lorain, Lorain, Ohio; d. 15 Apr 1828, Euclid Cemetery, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
9. Jared HICKOX b. 8 Jun 1794, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 18 Feb 1870.
10. 5. Rachel Ann HICKOX b. 5 Sep 1797, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.

In the fall of 1811, James FISH, his wife, two children, Mrs. STANTON, his wife's mother, and Moses FISH, his cousin, moved in an ox team to Ohio and stopped at Newburg. Brooklyn at this time was a wild forest full of the red man, the township had been surveyed and run into quarter sections by agents who lived in Connecticut. James and Moses FISH thought they would look at these lands. James selected a good piece and Moses selected a quarter section. James built a log cabin and his family moved into it, but becoming frightened by Indians, went back to Newburg. Other families coming, they moved again to Brooklyn. Moses wrote to his brother Ebenezer, in Connecticut, to come and take one-half his land, which he did. A road (now Denison avenue) was run from Newburg to Rockport, which divided the property of the FISHES. They built a log cabin, in which they lived till the war of 1812. Ebenezer enlisted for six months and came out with honors. Afterward Moses was drafted. His health being poor, Ebenezer took his place and served the remainder of the war. He went back to Connecticut, married Miss Johanna STANTON, a smart, worthy woman who, on hearing of his Ohio farm, proposed moving there. Accordingly in 1818, with their two children, Eliza and Emily (afterwards Mrs. CORBIN and Mrs. BOOTH), his two brothers, and their families came in a large wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen. They all built and lived in log cabins.

Two other children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer FISH, Johanna (now Mrs. FOWLS), and John Moses married Miss BRAINERD. They endured hardships and discomforts long before enjoying the ordinary pleasures of existence. Fever and ague also added to the trials of the first settlers. Ebenezer was ninety-three when he died.
----"Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve"

Ebenezer and Moses Fish, who came with James from the East, settled upon 80 acres of land in Brooklyn, in 1812. Ebenezer located on the north side of what is now Denison Avenue and Moses on the south side. Neither was then married.
----"A history of Cuyahoga County and the city of Cleveland",Chicago: American Historical Society, 1924, 1339 pgs, [pg63]


BURIAL: Fish, Ebenezer 1757-1827 Revolutionary War Soldier born in Groton, CT and walked to this area. (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

Source of the names of some of Ebenezer's children:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=laney&id=I1852

OBIT: Name: Fish, Ebenezer Sr.
Date: 1827
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025.
Notes: age 70. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio

BURIAL: Fish, Lydia 10/15/1848 age 88 Lot 61 wife of Ebenezer Fish (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

1. Abigail FISH b. 2 Jan 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1849, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Susanna FISH b. 11 Jan 1783, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Mar 1848.
3. Lydia FISH b. 5 Dec 1785, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Jan 1869, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 6. Ebenezer FISH, Jr. b. 11 Jun 1787, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 26 Mar 1880, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. 30 Apr 1880, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Moses FISH b. 25 Oct 1789, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Apr 1840, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
6. Daniel FISH b. 7 Apr 1792, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Oct 1880.
7. Eunice FISH b. 25 Oct 1795, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 31 Jul 1882, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
8. Jemima FISH b. 28 Apr 1797, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 22 May 1849, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
9. Eveline FISH b. 30 Jul 1799, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Sep 1859, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
10. Matilda A. FISH b. 1 May 1803, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 9 Aug 1849, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

BIRTH: In a letter written by his daughter, Lydia, his death is metioned as having occured on 24 May 1851 when he was 90 years old, so based on that information we can estimate his birth as having occurred about 1761.

1. 7. Joanna STANTON b. 24 Feb 1787, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1849, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. William A. STANTON b. 1790.
3. Hannah STANTON b. 1795; d. Feb 1866.
4. Lydia G. STANTON b. 21 Dec 1799, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Jun 1854, Noank, New London, Connecticut.