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Fitch, Colonel Eleazer

Male 1726 - 1796  (69 years)


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  • Name Fitch, Eleazer 
    Prefix Colonel 
    Born 30 Aug 1726  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 4 Sep 1726  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch Id LZ27-SGH 
    Graduate Yale College Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 23 Jun 1796  Chambly, Chambly, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19074  USA
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2016 

    Father Fitch, Captain Joseph,   b. Nov 1681, Norwich Twp, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1741, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Whiting, Ann,   b. 2 Jan 1698, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1778, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married Abt 1700  Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 29 Dec 1731

      MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Connecticut.
    Family ID F668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Fitch, Capt. Joseph,   b. Nov 1681, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1741, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Whiting, Ann,   b. 2 Jan 1698, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1778, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bowen, Amey,   b. 18 Jun 1728, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED 
    Married 4 Apr 1746 
    Notes 
    • !SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 4 Jan 1940, SLAKE.
    Children 
     1. Fitch, Annabella,   b. 18 Apr 1747, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1827, Norwich, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Waterman, Elizabeth,   b. 12 Feb 1749, Lebanon Twp, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1776, Norwich, New Lond. Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     3. Fitch, Amy,   b. 20 Jun 1751, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED
     4. Fitch, Thomas,   b. 9 Oct 1753, Windham Twp, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED
     5. Fitch, Philena,   b. 4 Jul 1755, Windham Twp, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1796, Cochecton, Sullivan, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     6. Fitch, Henry,   b. 12 Oct 1757, Windham, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED
     7. Fitch, Sarah,   b. 18 Jan 1760, Windham Twp, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED
     8. Fitch, Mary,   b. 22 Nov 1761, Windham Twp, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1791  (Age 29 years)
     9. Fitch, Christopher,   b. 23 Apr 1763, Windham Twp, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED
     10. Fitch, Frances,   b. 27 Aug 1765, Windham, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED
     11. Fitch, Frances,   b. 27 Aug 1765, Windham Twp, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED
     12. Fitch, George,   b. 7 Mar 1768, Windham Twp, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED
     13. Fitch, Lucy,   b. 20 May 1771, Windham Twp, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DECEASED
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F6760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • On the 7th of January 1767, a petition was presented to the lieutenant govenor of New York by Nathan Whiting, Samuel Fitch, Eleazer Fitch, James Smedley, David Baldwin, Andrew Myers, Samuel Whiting, Robert Aiton, Amos Hitchcock and Nathan Haines Whiting, cover
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      On the 7th of January 1767, a petition was presented to the lieutenant govenor of New York by Nathan Whiting, Samuel Fitch, Eleazer Fitch, James Smedley, David Baldwin, Andrew Myers, Samuel Whiting, Robert Aiton, Amos Hitchcock and Nathan Haines Whiting, cover
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      DOCUMENTATION

      !BIRTH: V.R. of Lebanon, Conn.,
      !MARRIAGE: Genealogies of Conn., Families (NEHGR) Vol. II, page 521 & 522.
      DEATH:

      Colonel Eleazer Fitch was a graduate of Yale (1743), and was a lawyer.
      He married 4 April 1746, Amy Bowen of Providence. They settled at Lebanon,
      Conn. later removed to Windham, where he was a Colonel of militia and Sheriff
      of the county. He refused to take a part against the British government, in
      the war of the Revolution, and at the close of the war went to St. Johns,
      L.C. (?) where he died. Source - Genealogies of Connecticut, Vol II, page
      521-522.

      GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as " Col ." Eleagier

      PREFIX: Also shown as Col.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
      Anne Whiting; Female; Birth: 24 NOV 1712 Windham, Windham, Connecticut; Death: 18 SEP 1778; Father: Samuel Whiting; Mother: Elizabeth Adams; Spouse: Joseph Fitch; Marriage: 29 DEC 1731; Film Number: 455510 Page Number: Reference number:
      Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 11/24/2007