Notes for John Fish: John was educated at the school in his home village of Market Harborough, England, which was a prepatory school for the universities. After his father's death, he and his brother Thomas and perhaps another brother, Joseph, immigrated to Rhode Island around 1643. John found his way to Wethersfield and Mystic, CT where he married in 1651. They purchased land and built a home in Stratford in the New Haven Colony. John had a quick temper and spoke with a strong "North Country" dialect or accent. He was young and impulsive and worked as a surveyer, school teacher, and a colonial soldier. In 1655, he sold his land and moved to Groton, CT where his in-laws, Robert Burrows and Mary Ireland, lived. During the Narragansett War (or the Expedition against the Indians under King Philip) in 1675-76, he and his son Samuel were among 300 volunteers. They were given land grants for fighting the Indians.
Mary Ireland was his first wife. His second wife, Martha Stark, left him for another man. He married his third wife, Hannah Steery, in 1681. His three sons and daughter were all from Mary Ireland.
More About John Fish and Hannah Palmer Hewitt Sterry: Marriage: Aug 25, 1681, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Children of John Fish and Mary (Martha) Ireland are:
John Fish (b. Jan 21, 1619/20, d. 1689)
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