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• Birth	17 Jul 1751	Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Nov 1837	Hallifax,, Canada
  Person ID	I52404	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	04 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Nathan FISH, b. 11 Sep 1727, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Mother	Catherine NILES, b. 18 Jul 1729
  Family ID	F19649	Group Sheet
  Family	Sarah (Susanna) LAMB, b. 30 Jul 1757
  Married	5 Jan 1777	Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Children	> 1. Nathan FISH, b. 23 Jan 1778 > 2. Samuel FISH, b. 13 Oct 1788, Windham, Vt   3. Hannah FISH, [child], b. 28 Dec 1779   4. Mary FISH, b. 17 Dec 1781   5. Phebe FISH, b. 13 Dec 1783   6. Catherine FISH, b. 5 May 1786
  Family ID	F22763	Group Sheet

• Notes

  MILITARY: Military Note: Samuel Fish was a shoemaker in youth, but left for service in the Connecticut Volunteers. He wrote his father. "New Haven, September 16, 1776, we expect to march tomorrow for east Chester." About 1781 he went with wife, two children and brother Nathan, through a trackless forest, on horseback, to Halifax, where he became a farmer. He was a member of the Halifax (Vermont) Baptist Church."The Fish Family in England and America"; by Lester Warren Fish; pp. 296-303; The Tuttle Publishing Company; Rutland, Vermont; 1948 (929.2 F532-2 LAPL) (FH 29.0 SR)Samuel Fish served in the Revolutionary War. Family removed to Guilford, Vermont (between) 1780-81. "Boston Transcript: Thee Genealogy Column"; October 10, 1928; Item 7646 (MicroFiche SCGS)Samuel Fist served as a Private in the Connecticut militia in the Revolutionary War."SAR Patriot Index"; #199882 (CD Randall Library)Additional Resources:"Biographical Dictionary of the United States" by Lamb; III:96