Individual Details
(24 Dec 1622 - 18 Nov 1702)
At the age of sixteen he had entered college at Cambridge, when he came over in 1638, the youngest of three sons, with his mother, a widow, to this country. He then passed seven years under the instruction of those eminent divines, the Rev. Mr. Hooker and his assistant the Rev. Mr. Stone, both graduates of Emanuel College, Cambridge, of which the former was a Fellow, and both regularly ordained clergymen of the Church of England, though afterwards silenced by the Spiritual Court for non-conformity. Mr. Fitch was ordained at Saybrook in 1646, the Rev. Mr. Hooker presided at "this ceremony, with the imposition of hands by those appointed to that office - the same form was always used, - and was a Congregational ordination in the strictest sense of the term." He was considered a man of great learning and piety. His penetration of mind as well as energy caused him to be often consulted in civil affairs. Priscilla, the daughter of Major Mason, was his second wife, his first being Abigail, the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Whitfield of Guilford. He had a large family. His sons were prosperous and extensive land owners, and prominent in the public service, and"the daughters are said to have been very handsome, attractive and accomplished ladies." Among his descendants at the time of the Revolution there were a number who sided with the mother country, and went to Canada or London to live. Several were very distinguished men in both the civil and army life of the English government.
Events
| Birth | 24 Dec 1622 | Brazen Head, Bocking, Essex, England | | | |
| Christen | 25 Dec 1622 | Saint Mary's Church, Bocking, Essex, England | | | |
| Emigration | 1638 | | | | |
| Occupation | 1646 | Received Theological Training in Hartford Under Rev Thomas H | | | |
| Marriage | 2 Oct 1664 | Norwich, New London, Connecticut, British America - Priscilla MASON | | | |
| Death | 18 Nov 1702 | Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British America | | | |
| Burial | 20 Nov 1702 | Lebanon, British America | | | |
| Burial | 20 Nov 1702 | Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British America | | | |
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