FITCH ANNEX

Abigail (Fitch) McLean Pedigree

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Origin of the surname “Fitch:”

Generation

8

7 Reverend James Fitch

1. Biographical notes:

Born 24 December 1622 at Bocking, Essex County, England. Died 18 Novewmber 1702; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York. Emigrated from England to America in 1638.

2. Wife: (?)

3. Children:

a. Peletiah Fitch: See generation 6, below.

6 Honorable Peletiah Fitch, M.D.

1. Biographical notes:

Born 26 May 1722 at Norwich, Connecticut. Died 16 April 1803; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York. Physician and Judge of Cumberland County, New York.

2. Wife: Elizabeth Burrows

Born 1725. Died 21 September 1795 (age 70); interred Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York.

3. Children:

a. Honorable Asa Fitch, M.D.: Born 10 November 1765 at Groton, Connecticut. Died 24 August 1843; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York. Married Abigail Martin (b. 28 Aug 1772 at Sturbridge, MA, d. 26 Mar 1839), daughter of Colonel Adam and Abigail Martin of Martinsburg, New York. Built a “pretentious mansion,” square with gambrel roof, at Fitch’s Point (near Salem). A rerouting of the state road on which this house was constructed resulted in it being off the highway, but still in view.

(a. Asa Fitch, Jr., M.D.: Born 24 February 1809. Died 8 April 1879. Physician and naturalist (entomologist). Married Elizabeth McNiel (b. 5 Apr 1812 at Sulluster, N.Y., d. 19 Nov 1902).

b. William Fitch: See generation 5, below.

5 William Fitch

1. Biographical notes:

Born 1772. Died 7 October 1844 (age 72); interred Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York.

2. Wife: Lucinda (?)

Born 1789. Died 21 May 1856 (age 67); interred Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York.

3. Children:

a. Abigail Fitch: See generation 4, below.

4 Abigail Fitch:

Born 6 September 1812 at Salem, New York. Died 11 January 1914 at Battenville, New York; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York. Married John G. McLean, generation 4 of the McLean Annex.

a. Additional notes from Ruth Frances (Bryant) Rubright, who got them from her aunt Ruth (Reynolds) Whitaker:

· A Judge McLean built the farm on which Lincoln Edward Reynolds resided near Battenville, New York.

· Henry McLean, a cousin of Fitch McLean, had a son, Louis, who was a friend of Lawrence Watson Reynolds (son of Lincoln). Louis had been a page in the Senate. He had a daughter, Carrie, who resided at Shushan and was a little younger than Maude Elise (Reynolds) Bryant, Lincoln’s oldest child.

· Cornelia McLean reportedly married a McFarland, but this conflicts with her gravestone.

· The Maxwells were relatives.

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