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 by
James Lockwood, Samuel Hanford
Succeeded by
Samuel Hanford, John Betts, Jr.
In office October 1741 – October 1743
Serving with John Betts, Jr., James Lockwood
Preceded by
John Betts, Jr., John Belding, Jr.
In office May 1744 – October 1748
Serving with Thomas Benedict, Joseph Platt, James Lockwood, Elnathan Hanford
Succeeded by
James Lockwood, Joseph Platt, Jr.
In office May 1750 – October 1751
Serving with Joseph Platt, Jr.
Preceded by
James Lockwood, Joseph Platt, Jr.
Succeeded by
James Lockwood, David Lambert
In office May 1752 – May 1753
Serving with Joseph Platt, Jr.
Preceded by
James Lockwood, David Lambert
Succeeded by
James Fitch, Noah Taylor
In office October 1753 – October 1754
Serving with Joseph Platt, Jr., Theophilus Fitch
Preceded by
James Fitch, Noah Taylor
Succeeded by
Joseph Platt, Jr., James Fitch
In office October 1760 – October 1761
Serving with Joseph Platt, Jr.
Preceded by
Joseph Platt, Jr., Joseph Betts
Succeeded by
Peter Lockwood, Thomas Fitch, V
Personal details
Born
July 1701[2][3] Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[3][4]
Died
1787[4] Norwalk, Connecticut[4]
Spouse(s)
Susannah Belden Whiting[4][5] (daughter of Daniel Belden, widow of William Whiting)
Children
Susannah Fitch Church, Elizabeth Fitch Rogers (m. Nehemiah Rogers),[3] Samuel Jr., Daniel Fitch, Anne Fitch St. John (m. Stephen St. John), Jonathan Fitch[4]
Residence(s)
Norwalk, 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]
^An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
^Register of the Connecticut Society of the Colonial Dames of America
^ abcdefThe Heroes of the American Revolution and Their Descendants
^ abcde"Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MW3P-YVS : accessed 2014-05-30), entry for Samuel FITCH.
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