Theophilus Fitch Jr

Brief Life History of Theophilus

When Theophilus Fitch Jr was born on 8 May 1737, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Theophilus Fitch, was 36 and his mother, Grace Prentice, was 33. He married Hannah Stevens on 9 November 1757, in Jefferson, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died about 1780, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Theophilus Fitch Jr
1737–1780
Hannah Stevens
1738–1820
Marriage: 9 November 1757
Sarah Fitch
1758–1835
Prentice Fitch
1760–1837
James Fitch
1762–1788
Catharine Fitch
1767–1847
Theophilas Fitch
1770–1845
Freelove Fitch
1773–1783

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  • Theophilus, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Theophilas in entry for Caroline Fitch, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Theophilus Fitch, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""

Name Meaning

from Old French fiche, perhaps ‘pointed implement for fixing or transfixing something or someone’ (such as a lance?), a derivative of Old French fichier ‘to fix, fasten, pin on, stick into, pierce’. Compare Modern French fiche ‘peg, pin’. Reaney remarks that ‘as Hugh Malet is said to have abandoned for a time his nickname ‘little hammer’ in favor of Fichet (see Mallet ), fiche must have been used of a pointed weapon, a spear or lance, and Fitch and Fitchett (see Fitchett ) of a spearman or a knight famous for his exploits with the lance’. Use of Fiche as a personal name is possibly implied by diminutive personal name forms such as Fechet (see Fitchett ) and Fechel, attested in Fechel de Fercalahn, 1225–50. The latter is perhaps the source of the now extinct English surname Fetchell.

occasionally a variant of Fitz .

English:

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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