Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Fish was born on 3 July 1685, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Daniel Fish, was 23 and his mother, Abigail Mumford, was 23. He married Sarah Dennis about 1700, in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. He died on 26 September 1712, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 27.
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- Thomas Fish, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Fish -
- Thomas Fish, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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1703
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.
1703
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English fish, fisch, fisk ‘fish’ (Old English fisc, Old Norse fiskr), a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish.
Americanized form of German Fisch , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. The surname of Jewish and German origin is also found in Britain.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Poisson ‘fish’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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