Individual Details

Thomas Fitzwater

(3 May 1673 - 4 Apr 1748)

Events

Birth3 May 1673Hanworth, Middlesex Co., England
Marriage1698Philadelphia Co., Pa - Mary Foster
Marriage25 Oct 1732Friends MM, Phil., PA - Mary Potts
Death4 Apr 1748Lower Dublin, Philadelphia Co., PA

Families

SpouseMary Potts (1688 - 1762)
SpouseMary Foster (1675 - 1731)
ChildDeborah Fitzwater (1718 - )
FatherThomas Fitzwater (1643 - 1699)
MotherMary Cheney ( - )
SiblingMary Fitzwater ( - )
SiblingJosiah Fitzwater (1673 - 1682)
SiblingGeorge Fitzwater (1674 - 1750)
SiblingMary Fitzwater (1678 - 1682)

Notes

Marriage

Mary (Potts) Tyson, widow of Matthias, married (second) 11mo., 1732, Thomas Fitzwater, permission granted by Abington Meeting, 10mo. 25, 1732, and the marriage reported at the next meeting, 11mo. 29, as having been accomplished meanwhile. The Fitzwater family was one of great prominence politically and socially in Abington township and vicinity, and also in the city of Philadelphia, where a principal street is named for it. The Fitzwaters intermarried a number of times with the Tyson family.