Samuel Fitch

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Samuel Fitch
Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[1]
In office
May 1736 – October 1736
Serving with Samuel Hanford
Preceded byJames Lockwood,
Samuel Hanford
Succeeded bySamuel Hanford,
John Betts, Jr.
In office
October 1741 – October 1743
Serving with John Betts, Jr.,
James Lockwood
Preceded byJohn Betts, Jr.,
In office
May 1744 – October 1748
Succeeded byJames Lockwood,
In office
May 1750 – October 1751
Serving with
Preceded byJames Lockwood,
Succeeded byJames Lockwood,
In office
May 1752 – May 1753
Serving with
Preceded byJames Lockwood,
Succeeded by,
In office
October 1753 – October 1754
Serving with ,
Preceded by,
Succeeded by,
In office
October 1760 – October 1761
Serving with
Preceded by,
Succeeded by,
Thomas Fitch, V
Personal details
BornJuly 1701[2][3]
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[3][4]
Died1787[4]
Norwalk, Connecticut[4]
Spouse(s)Susannah Belden Whiting[4][5] (daughter of Daniel Belden, widow of William Whiting)
ChildrenSusannah Fitch Church, Elizabeth Fitch Rogers (m. Nehemiah Rogers),[3] Samuel Jr., Daniel Fitch, Anne Fitch St. John (m. Stephen St. John), Jonathan Fitch[4]
ResidenceNorwalk, Connecticut Colony[3]

Samuel Fitch (July 1701 – 1787) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1736, October 1741, May and October 1742, May 1743, May and October 1744, May and October 1745, May and October 1746, May and October 1747, May 1748, May and October 1750, May 1751, May and October 1752, October 1753, May 1754, October 1760, May 1761.

He was the son of Thomas Fitch III (1675–1731), and brother of Governor Thomas Fitch.[3][6]

He was a New England King's Commissioner, and a large land proprietor. He inherited the tract of land which adjoins the harbor to the east of Gregory Point.[3]

On May 27, 1743, he was named auditor of the colonial treasury.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
  2. ^ Register of the Connecticut Society of the Colonial Dames of America
  3. ^ a b c d e f The Heroes of the American Revolution and Their Descendants
  4. ^ a b c d e "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MW3P-YVS : accessed 2014-05-30), entry for Samuel FITCH.
  5. ^ New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  6. ^ Norwalk After Two Hundred & Fifty Years
  7. ^ Norwalk vol.1
Preceded by Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1736 – October 1736
With: Samuel Hanford 		Succeeded by
Samuel Hanford
John Betts, Jr.
Preceded by
John Betts, Jr.
 Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1741 – October 1743
With: John Betts, Jr.
James Lockwood 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1744 – October 1748
With: Thomas Benedict
Joseph Platt
James Lockwood
 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1750 – October 1751
With: 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1752 – May 1753
With: 		Succeeded by

Preceded by

 Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1753 – October 1754
With:
Succeeded by

Preceded by

 Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1760 – October 1761
With: 		Succeeded by
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