Norwalk

Hon. Samuel Fitch lst- had (see page 1751 seven children. Of these, Daniel, one of his three sons, married Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Marvin"1- (son of Samuel who was son of Matthew **% who was son of Matthew Marvin"1). Daniel and Rebecca Fitch had (the same number of sons as had Samuel Fitch""-, their father) Samuel, Henry and Jona- than. The three brothers resided, the first in what is now known as the Gov. Fitch house, the second about where the present Myrtle Avenue opens into East Avenue, and the third in the house, built by himself, and occupied, in 1896, by Oscar W. Raymond of East Xt>r- walk. Henry, the middle named brother, born. Jan. 29, 1773, married, July 19, 1796, Abby, born, June 8, 1775, daughter of Ebenezer and Ruth (Raymond) Whitney. Mrs. Henry Fitch's mother was a daughter of the patriot Simeon Raymond of "Old Well," and her father (a mariner) was the son of David Whitney who was proprietor of the Silvermine "Whitney Mill," which David was the second son of the first (recorded) vestryman of St. Paul's Church, Norwalk, Hezekiah Whitney (son of Joseph, who was son of John, who was son of Henry Whitney, the settler). The brother of Abby (Mrs. Henry Fitch) was Eben Whitney, for many years the well recalled silversmith of New York. To leave a watch for repair at Eben Whitney's Pearl Street store, or to purchase an article from his shelves was to be dealt by as agreed upon. He w as a faithful man and closed an honored city and country life (in Norwalk) May 22, 1869. Henry and Abby Fitch had seven children. Daniel, their oldest son, born April 2, 1799, a man of solid integrity, married, Sept. 15, 1822, Sarah, daughter of Zechariah Whitman and Sarah Fitch. He lived on the old Mar- vin property at the foot of Strawberry Hill, where the ancient "Fairfield path" rounded, in coming from the east, into the Fort Point path. His house is still standing at the head of Fitch Street. The children of Daniel and Sarah Fitch (barring two who died early) were : Henry W. j married Mary Dykeman. had : Charles H. and Birdena. Sarah Elizabeth ; unmarried. Edwin W. ; married Almira Nickerson, had Mary E., who married Lewis Hanford. Rebecca E. ; unmarried. Nancy E. ; married Dan. L. Hanford of North Salem, N. Y„ had : Edwin W., Jas. L., Frank H., George W. D.Warren: married Sarah, daughter of James and Sally Percival ; had, Florence. George W. : married Frances Beardsley : had. daughter. Lulu. GOV. FITCH NORWALK, 1896, BLOOD. Several of Gov. Fitch's children (see page 208) were Norwalk non-married and non-resident; which fact numerically narrows this town's descent from His Colonial Ex- cellency, whose children Thos.. Mary and Timothy (mainly Timothy) transmitted the local gubernatorial blood, the following allusion to which fittingly finishes this Home-Lot record. Hannah, oldest daughter of Timothy '* and Esther (Piatt) Fitch, was the second wife 222 NORWALK. of Capt. Azor Belden2d-of Wilton. Through this marriage there was a Norwalk grandson, George F. Belden 2d-, (son of George F. and brother of Henry H., and nephew of Piatt Belden) who married Louisa, daughter of William and Lucinda Cornwall, and had, Charles Fred'k, George Win., Robert Henry, Thos. Fitch and Catharine J. (Mrs. Edson K. St. John.) Of these sons of George F.2d-and Louisa Belden, Charles Frederick, married Frances Marsden, (no children); George William, married Katharine Loomis, (had, Arthur, Louisa, Henry, Frederick) ; Robert Henry, is unmarried, and Thomas Fitch, married, first, June 14, 1888, Elinor Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Perry, (had, Ward P.; George F.) and married, second, Mamie Josephine, daughter of John McDonnell (had, Florence.) Mrs. Samuel Marvin Fitch (Esther, daughter of Timothy and Esther (Piatt) Fitch) married her third cousin. He was the grandson of Gov. Fitch's brother Samuel, and she was the Governor's grand-daughter. She, like her sister Sarah, (Mrs. Jabez Raymond) possessed virtues which were the natural outcome of a benevolent disposition and was an interesting woman. Her home beneath the "Governor Fitch Tree" (her husband bought the Governor's property) was a fond habitation. Their children were: Betsey ; married (second wife) David Roberts ; no children. Edward ; Samuel Marvin 2d- born, Sept. 18, 1800. Mrs. Jabez Raymond (Sarah, daughter of Timothy and Esther (Piatt) Fitch) was a genuinely "whole" character, the charm of whose hearthstone was cordiality rather than conventionality. She was social and well knowing what good things were and how to make things such, her hospitable table, fifty or sixty years ago, spread with substantials and supplied with golden butter and snow-light and almost snow-white bread, was irresisti- ble. Her husband was of true Raymond stock. He attended to the farm and left house- hold matters to the direction of his capable wife. The children were : George A. ; married, Huldah Finch: no issue. Piatt F. ; married, Huldah Ann, daughter of Hezekiah and Emma (Meeker) Smith. Mary Esther; died, 1 88 1 , unmarried. Edward, son of Samuel Marvin and Esther (Fitch) Fitch, married, first, Sarah, daughter of David and Tamar (Gedding) Roberts, and had : Edson ; married, Mary Ann Bowen ; no children. Elizabeth; married, as his second wife, James Bowen, had: Bessie, died young; Jessie Fitch, unmarried. James, died in infancy. Thomas ; died unmarried. George (Hon.); married Helen Porter, had: Joseph; Esther, died in infancy. Edward Fitch (son of Samuel Marvin and Esther) married, second, Julia Silliman, NORWALK. daughter of Hezekiah and Emma (Meeker) Smith, and had, Sarah, who, in 1896, occupies the Governor Fitch home. As George, son of Jabez and Sarah (Fitch) Raymond, had no children, and as his sister Mary K. was unmarried, it follows that Jabez F., only child of Piatt F. and Huldali A. Raymond, and the children of said Jabez F. are the only lineal descendants of Gov. Fitch through his grand-daughter Sarah, daughter of his son Timothy. The Jabez Fitch Ray- mond here referred to (son of Piatt F. and Huldah A. Raymond) married, first, Sarah, daugh- ter of Franklin and Mary Peck, and had no children. He married, second, May 31, 1887, Augusta Sophia, daughter of Augustus and Maria (Skeels) Peck of New Haven, and had ; Augusta; born and died, March 7, 1 888. Richard Piatt ; born, Oct. 1 1, 1892. Eugene Fitch; born, July 14, 1889. Theodora; born, April 27. 1897. Samuel Marvin ad-,son of Samuel Marvin lft- and Esther (Fitch) Fitch, married, Nov. 23, 1828, Mary, born, Mar. 29, 1808, daughter of Paul and Nancy Coffin of Nantucket ; had : Henry; b. Sept. 29, 1829, died young. Rebecca I.; born, Oct. 6, 1832. Henry R. ; born, Aug. 20, 1830. Emily F. lst-; b. Sept. 9, 1834, d. young. Emily Fitch aJ-; born, Jan. 25, 1838, married, first, William, son of John Mallory of Norwalk, no issue ; married, second, (Sept. 20, 1862) as his second wife. Henry D. Carroll of Springfield, Mass. She died, Nov. 24, 1866, leaving one son, Charles H. Carroll, born, April 17, 1864. William E. ; born, July r8, 1849, married, first, Nov. 14, 1873, Sarah Long, and had one child, George, born, Jan. 26, 1875. The mother died, Feb. 3, 1875, and her husband married, second, Oct. 1876, Agnes McQuhae. Charles'51', son of Timothy and Esther (Piatt) Fitch, married Sally Nash, and had : Sally Ann; born, April 27, 181 5. Betsey; married, Jacob Scribner of Wilton, had, Ann, Harriet, Emma. Timothy P> ; born, May 6, 1821, married, Oct. 6, 1844, Anna E. Stevens of North Stamford ; no children. William ; died young and unmarried. Henry R., son of Samuel M.*d- and Mary (Coffin) Fitch, married, first, Oct. 1854, Eliza, daughter of John and Betsey (Hoyt) Knapp. No issue. He married, second, Fran- ces E., born July 6, 1838, daughter of Ebenezer and Esther Weed of Darien, and had : Charles M. ; born. April 3, 1863. Unmarried. Mary Bell ; born, Jan. 19, 1867. Unmarried. ElbirtW. ; born, June 15, 1869. Unmarried. Rebecca I, daughter of Samuel M.Jd-and Mary (Coffin) Fitch, married, Sept. 18. 1854, Burr, son of John and Betsey (Hoyt) Knapp, and had : Frederick Marvin ; born, June 27, 1856. Unmarried. 224 NORWALK. Emily Fitch; born, April 9, 1858. Unmarried. Edward Fitch; born, July 5, i860. Married, Nov. 28, 1885, Nellie, daughter of James and Ellen W. Cotter; had Edwina, born, Nov. 28, 1886. Mary Elizabeth; born, Aug. 9, 1862; married, Sept. 22, 1887. Herbert Mat- thewson. No children. William Henry; born, Feb. 10. 1867; unmarried. Henry Burr; born, Aug. 21, 1879: unmarried. Burr Knapp died Aug. 26, 1 88 1. Sally Ann; daughter of Charles'"' and Sally (Nash) Fitch, married, Charles, born, March 18, 1809, son of Charles Fox of Wilton, and had : Ann E. ; born, Oct. 4, 1834, died, Aug. 20, 1 841 . Clarissa; born, Oct. 15, 1835, died, Sept. 25, 1836. Jeanette; born, Oct. 31, 1836. Charles; born, May 20, 1838. Edwin; born, Aug. 18, 1839. George A.; born, Sept. 4, 1840, died, Sept. 14, 1869. Ann Elizabeth; born, Feb. 4, 1842, died, Sept. 21, 1842. William H. ; born, Feb. 21, 1843, died, July 7, 1869. Theodore; born. May 22, 1845, died, Jan. 11, 1896. Harriet A. ; born. Jan. 9. 1849, died, March I, 1851. Jeanette, daughter of Charles and Sally Ann (Fitch) Fox, married, April 9, 1856, Samuel B., son of Daniel and Nancy (Raymond) Sherwood of Greenwich, and had : Frank Fitch; born, Feb. 20, 1857. married, Dec. 1885, Annie Coughlin of Brook- lyn; had, Frank C, born, Nov. 24, 1886. Sarah E. ; born, April 11, i860, married, Dec. 24, 1879, Theodore K. Purdy; had, Harry, born, Feb. 10, 1880. Charles Fox"1-, oldest son of Charles'"1 and Sally Ann (Fitch) Fox, married Cor- nelia Kidney, and had : Cornelia Isabel; (married, Chas. L. Wood of Stamford, had: Maud, born, 1886; Lester, born, 1889); Charles*lh\ deceased; Kate, unmarried; Lucy, died in infancy ; George, died in infancy ; Bertha, died young. Edwin Fox. son of Charles and Sally Ann (Fitch) Fox. married, June II, 1863, Harriet Kidney, and had : Harriet, deceased ; Florence, married, William Arrance, (had one child, living in Jersey City.) Theodore Fox married, Nov. 27, 1867. Anna A. Provost, and had: Famham C. : born, Jan. 1869, of Bridgeport, Conn. Albert Lester; born, June 1877.