Some Descendants of Jabez Fitch (Jabez, James, James) and Lydia Huntington of Canterbury

  1. Ebenezer Fitch was born on 26 Sep 1756 in Norwich. [Ref][Ref] He died on 21 Mar 1833 in West Bloomfield, New York. [Ref] He married Mary (Backus) Cogswell in May 1792. Mary was the daughter of Maj. Ebenezer Backus. [Ref]
    Ebenezer graduatd from Yale in 1777. [Ref] He taught in Hanover, New Jersey for a year. [Ref] He received his D. D. degree from Harvard in 1800. [Ref] He was a tutor at Yale from 1780 to 1783. [Ref] For the following three years he unsuccessfully followed a business career. [Ref] He was a gain a tutor at Yale from 1786 to 1791 and also acted as the librarian. [Ref] He was licensed to preach in May 1787. [Ref] He was elected precepter of a new academy in Williamstown, Massachusetts in Oct 1790. [Ref] In 1793 this academy was incorporated as Wiliams College and Ebenezer was appointed the first president. [Ref] He was ordained on 7 Jun 1795. [Ref] He resigned from Williams in May 1815 and became the pastor of the West Bloomfield Presbyterian church, a post he held for the rest of his life. [Ref]
  2. Lydia Fitch was born on 9 Oct 1758 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 2 Aug 1759 in Canterbury. [Ref] She is buried with her sister Abigail in the Cleveland cemetery in Canterbury click here to see a photo of her grave.
  3. Lydia Fitch was bron on 14 Jun 1760 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 22 Jun 1760 in the Congregational Church in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 148] She died of illness on 21 Jan 1800 in Marietta, Ohio. [Ref, p. 45] She married Eliphaz Perkins in 1780. [Ref, p. 46]
  4. Abigail Fitch was born on 24 Jul 1762 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 2 Aug 1762 in the Congregational Church in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 149] She died on 24 Apr 1763 in Canterbury. [Ref] She is buried with her sister Lydia in the Cleveland cemetery in Canterbury click here to see a photo of her grave.
  5. Jabez Gale Fitch was born on 20 Mar 1764 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 1 Apr 1764 in the Congregational Church in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 150]
  6. Sarah Fitch was born on 28 Apr 1766 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 11 May 1766 in the Congregational Church in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 151]
  7. Anne (Anna) Fitch was born on 3 Feb 1769 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 7 Feb 1768 in the Congregational Church in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 151] She married Daniel Clark Sanders. [Ref, 136;317]
  8. Chauncey Fitch was born on 17 Jan 1771 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 20 Jan 1771 in the Congregational Church in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 152]
  9. Samuel Fitch was born on 30 Mar 1773 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptisesd on 4 Apr 1773 in the Congregational Church in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 153]
  10. Lucy Fitch was born on 24 Mar 1777 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 5 May 1777 in the Congregational Church in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 153]
  11. Alice Fitch was born on 2 Jun 1781 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 22 Jul 1781 in the Congregational Church in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 153]