John Fitch, of Braintree in Essex - Múltiple John Fitches

Who gets which biography & sources?

My 7th Gt Grandfather died of the plague in 1666 n Braintree, Essex. ENGLAND

GEDCOM Note

He came to America August 19, 1635 on the ship BLESSING.

GEDCOM Note

Biography

John was a clothier. He may have participated in the Civil War, because he was known as Captain John Fitch. In the Great Plague of 1665, when people in Braintree were dying at the rate of 50 or more per week,he was one of the Overseers, one of those who "bestowed their charitytowards maintaining the poor of Braintree the time of the Plague." Unfortunately, he was also one of its victims.

Notes

• remained in England where he was a clothier in Braintree.
• He was a Captain in the Civil War against the King.
• He died in the Plague of 1666 in Braintree.

Sources

• Fitch, John T. - A Fitch Family History - English Ancestors of theFitches of Colonial Connecticut, publ. 1990 by Picton Press, Camden, Maine.* Fitch, John G. The Genealogy of the Fitch Family (1886)
• Fitch, Roscoe Conkling. A History of the Fitch Family (College of Arms, London, England. Haverhill, Mass.: Record Pub. Co., 1930)

Which Fitch married Mary Fitch

Mary married [[John Fitch, of Rehoboth John Fitch, of Rehoboth] John Fitch].

Together they had the following children:

1. [[Mary Ormsby Mary Ormsby] Mary (Fitch) Ormsby];
2. [[Sarah Mason Sarah Mason] Sarah (Fitch) Mason];
3. [[Rebecca Fitch Rebecca Fitch] Rebecca Fitch];
4. [[Hannah Brown Hannah Brown] Hannah (Fitch) Brown];
5. [[John Fitch John Fitch] John Fitch];
6. [[Jeremiah Fitch Jeremiah Fitch] Jeremiah Fitch].

This looks mixed up.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fitch-511

Parents

He is the son of Deacon Zachary Fitch and Mary Wallace.

His parents were Thomas FITCH and Anna REEVE. [1]

Birth

John was born 1621 and was Christened 8 April 1621 the son of Zacharie and Mary Fitch. [2]

Alternative birth date: Capt. John Fitch was born 16 Jul 1615 in Bocking, Essex, England. [1]

He passed away about 1698, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

First Marriage to Ann Hillier

John married his first wife Ann Hillier in England. [1]

1645 Marriage to Mary Sutton

He married Mary SUTTON in Massachusetts around 1645. Mary Sutton was born about 1626 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Her parents were John SUTTON and Julian LITTLE. Mary died 4 Nov 1703 in Rehoboth, Mass. [1]

1676 Death

John made his will June 30, 1693 and died 21 Jan 1697/8 in Rehoboth. [1]

Children

Father of Mary Ormsby; Hannah Brown; Rebecca Fitch; Sarah Fitch; John Fitch; and Jeremiah Fitch.

Disambiguation

John Fitch, of Rehoboth was not the same as John Fitch, of Windsor who married Ann Fitch Nor was he the same as John Fitch, of Braintree in Essex or as John Fitch (died young)