Some Descendants of Perez Fitch (Jabez, James, James) and Martha Coggeshall of Stamford, Connecticut

  1. Martha Fitch was born on 20 Jul 1754 in Stamford. [CVR]
  2. William Fitch was born on 10 Oct 1756 in Stamford. [CVR]
  3. Betsey Fitch was born on 4 Oct 1765 in Stamford. [CVR]
  4. Abigail Fitch was born on 29 Mar 1766 in Stamford. [CVR] She died in Nov 1782, age 222 [!]. [HGDF, p. 236] She married her stepbrother Hon. James Davenport [CCAC, pp. 678-9, the second daughter [!]] on 7 May 1780 in Stamford. [CVR][HGDF, p. 236] James was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Huntington) Davenport. [CVR] He was born on 12 Oct 1758 [HGDF, p. 236] in Stamford. [CVR] He married second Martha Cogshall on 7 May 1780. [HGDF, p. 236] She died on 3 Aug 1797. [HGDF, p. 236]
    James graduated from Yale in 1777. [CCAC, pp. 678-9] He was a member of the state legislature. [HGDF, p. 236] He was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. [HGDF, p. 236] He was a Representative of Congress in 1796. [HGDF, p. 236]
  5. Samuel Fitch was born on 20 Aug 1768 in Stamford. [CVR] He married Elizabeth Holly on 12 Oct 1781 in Stamford. [CVR][DWET, p. 341, says William married Elizabeth Holly] She was possibly the daughter of Abraham and Mary (Webb) Holly, born on 25 Jan 1770 in Stamford. [CVR]
  6. Unknown Daughter was born say 1770. She died of consumption. [CCAC, pp. 678-9] She was engaged to Rev. Abiel Holmes. [CCAC, pp. 678-9]
    Abiel graduated from Yale in 1783. [CCAC, pp. 678-9]

References

CVR AmericanAncestors.org, Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
HGDF Davenport, Benedict, History and Genealogy of the Davenport Family, New York,l S. W. Benedict, 1851.
DWET Tuttle, George Frederick,. The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, Rutland, VT, Tuttle & Co., 1883.
CCAC Wright, Conrad Edick, ed., Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence, Massachusetts Historical Society, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 2005.