1784 - 1862

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• Birth	13 Mar 1784	Montville, New London Co., Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jun 1862	Ronald, Ionia Co., Michigan
  Buried	Norvell, Jackson County, Michigan ?
  Person ID	I119584	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	03 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Joseph FISH, b. 3 Apr 1752, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut
  Mother	Abigail LOTHROP, b. 24 Feb 1757, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut
  Family ID	F2568	Group Sheet
  Family	Cynthia BARROWS, b. 10 Nov 1785, Thompson, Windham Co., Connecticut
  Married	11 Dec 1806	Marcellus, Onondaga Co., NY
  Children	> 1. Sophia FISH, b. 26 Nov 1807, Otisco, Onondaga Co., New York > 2. Charles B FISH, b. 7 Jan 1809, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., New York > 3. Jerusha FISH, b. 4 Mar 1810, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., New York > 4. William B FISH, b. 26 May 1812, Williamson, Wayne Co., New York > 5. George B FISH, b. 13 Nov 1813, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., New York > 6. Austin S FISH, b. 26 Aug 1815, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., New York > 7. Clarissa D FISH, b. 3 Nov 1817, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., New York > 8. Sarah FISH, b. 13 Oct 1819, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., New York > 9. Joseph Grant FISH, b. 23 May 1821, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., New York > 10. Lemuel B FISH, b. 31 Mar 1823, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., New York > 11. Cynthia FISH, b. 13 May 1825 > 12. Laura J FISH, b. 28 Mar 1827, Tully, Onondaga Co., New York
  Family ID	F2352	Group Sheet

• Notes

  The descendancy of Joseph Fish was provided by a fellow genealogist who is highly reliable. The following excerpt taken from "History of the Fish Family" by Cynthia Fish Hunt: "Joseph Fish was the fourth son of Joseph and Abigail Lathrop Fish and was born in Montville, New London Co., Conn March 13, 1784. When quite a lad he came with his parents into the state of New York settling in Little Falls, Herkermer Co., where they kept tavern in a double log house. When Joseph became of age he left home to make his own way in the world, bidding the family goodbye and never saw his mother again, for she died soon after. He went into Onondaga County, where the city of Syracuse now stands and was engaged in boiling salt for a time. Eventually he went into the town of Otisco where his brother Uriah had located a farm and began making improvements. He there made himself useful in wielding the axe for he was an expert chopper and the conutry was almost an unbroken wilderness. In the course of time he formed new acquaintances for he was of a genial nature and fond of company. Very soon the adloining town of Marcellus held a strong attraction for him in the person of Cynthia Barrows, whose acquaintance he had made and who eventually became his wife." See Cynthia Barrows for more excerpts from Cynthia Fish Hunt. -Also- There is an article written by his son Lemuel, about 1884. He only said that Joseph "was born in Connecticut, March 15, 1784 of English descent. He came to Onondaga, NY, while yet a young man in which state he married and there was born to him six sons and six daughters."

• Sources

  [S2439] Notes of Jamie Fish.