Rachael Fitch

Brief Life History of Rachael

When Rachael Fitch was born about 1706, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, John Fitch, was 40 and her mother, Elisabeth Waterman, was 32. She died in her hometown, and was buried in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Fitch
1667–1743
Elisabeth Waterman
1675–1751
Elizabeth Fitch
1696–1780
Rachael Fitch
1706–
Miriam Fitch
1699–1744
Priscilla Fitch
1702–1782
John Fitch Jr.
1704–1760

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    World Events (4)

    1776

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

    1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold

    The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    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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