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• Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	21 Jan 1619/1620	Market Harborough, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1689	Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Person ID	I47184	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Robert FYSHE, b. 12 Aug 1593, Market Harborough, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England
  Mother	Alice FYSHE, b. Bef 6 Nov 1597, Market Harborough, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England
  Family ID	F20967	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Margaret (Mary) IRELAND, b. 1633/1635
  Children	> 1. John FISH, Jr., b. Abt 1652, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut   2. Alice FISH   3. Jonathan FISH, b. Abt 1654, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut   4. Mary FISH > 5. Samuel FISH, Sr., b. Abt 1656, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F222	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Martha STARKE
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Hannah PALMER, b. Bef 15 Jun 1634, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Ma
  Married	25 Aug 1681	Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F237	Group Sheet

• Notes

  1. A John Fish was reported in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts as early as 1637 in the Caulkins History of New London but nothing more was recorded for him until 1655 in New London, New London County, Connecticut with his wife and children John, Jonathan, and Samuel (note though that Samuel was not born until 1656!). According to his descendant, John D. Fish, John had been in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1654 and several years prior where he sold his home lot of about 6 acres to John Willcockson Sepember 29, 1655. John removed from New London to Stonington, New London County, Connecticut prior to 1666 where in 1668 he had met the 2 year residence requirement to be acknowledged as an "inhabitant" and was 1 of 43 heads of families enumerated in the colonial census taken that year. For being enumerated, John received 12 acres of land, allotment #5, upon which he was to build within 6 months. John lived there until his death. His son Samuel sold this land to James Dean December 26, 1710 who later sold it to Ebenezer Searies November 8, 1711. 2. John was an acting town clerk August 6, 1674. 3. John and his son Samuel volunteered in 1675 for the Narragansett War or expedition against the Indians under King Philip (King Philip's War). For this effort both received land grants in what became Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut - so named for the three hundred or so volunteers. John's land passed to Samuel and Samuel then passed his land to his son Samuel and the original land of his father he divided between his sons Moses and Aaron who settled there. 4. August 22, 1679 John was unanimously voted schoolmaster for the town of Stonington "to instruct children in reading, writing, arithmetic and grammar as shall be inclined". 5. John was admitted to the First Congregational?Church of Stonington December 5, 1680. 6. John was a land surveyor, laying out public land grants in Stonington. He was associated with his brother-in-law, Gershom Palmer for much of this work in 1680 and 1681. By grant and purchase he became proprietor of considerable tracts of land in Stonington and Groton, New London County, Connecticut and other nearby towns.