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Jonathan Fish

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Jonathan Fish Veteran

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
29 Jun 1841 (aged 83)
Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Burial
Mannsville, Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
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J0NATHAN FISH

Born: Sept. 12, 1757
Died: June 29, 1841 in the town of Ellisburg, Jeff. Co., N.Y.
Married: Nov. 28, 1841 at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Mass., LILLIS
MASON
Born: Dec. 20, 1765 at Warren, Mass.
Died: Mar. 21, 1848 aged 82 yrs.(g.s.) in town of Ellisburg, N.Y.

Service: Jonathan Fish served as a private in the Revolution having enlisted in the R.I. troops from Dighton, R.I. Nov. 1775. Served in Capt. James Briggs' Co., Col. Benjamin Brewer's Mass. Regt. In 1776 served in Capt. Benjamin Pierce's Co., Col. Babcock's R.I. Regt. While in this service he volunteered on board the galley "Spitfire" and helped capture a sloop and brig loaded with coffee, flour and naval stores.
War Department, Washington, D. C.

Remarks: Jonathan Fish and his wife are buried in the Brewster cemetery in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N.Y.

Note: The 1840 Census of Pensioners, published Washington, D.C., 1841, lists Jonathan Fish, age 83, Town of Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., NY.

J0NATHAN FISH

Born: Sept. 12, 1757
Died: June 29, 1841 in the town of Ellisburg, Jeff. Co., N.Y.
Married: Nov. 28, 1841 at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Mass., LILLIS
MASON
Born: Dec. 20, 1765 at Warren, Mass.
Died: Mar. 21, 1848 aged 82 yrs.(g.s.) in town of Ellisburg, N.Y.

Service: Jonathan Fish served as a private in the Revolution having enlisted in the R.I. troops from Dighton, R.I. Nov. 1775. Served in Capt. James Briggs' Co., Col. Benjamin Brewer's Mass. Regt. In 1776 served in Capt. Benjamin Pierce's Co., Col. Babcock's R.I. Regt. While in this service he volunteered on board the galley "Spitfire" and helped capture a sloop and brig loaded with coffee, flour and naval stores.
War Department, Washington, D. C.

Remarks: Jonathan Fish and his wife are buried in the Brewster cemetery in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N.Y.

Note: The 1840 Census of Pensioners, published Washington, D.C., 1841, lists Jonathan Fish, age 83, Town of Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., NY.

Gravesite Details

Husband of Lillis Fish. Aged 84 years



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