Ancestry of Albert Fish
 
compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Albert Fish should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.  
 
 
 
 
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com
 
 
Ancestry of Albert Fish
1 Albert Howard Fish, b. Washington, D. C., 19 May 1870, electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N. Y., 16 Jan. 1936 [for the murder of Grace Budd]  
m. New York, N. Y., ... [ca. 1895]  
Anna May Hoffman, b. ... [ca. 1876], d. ... [in 1917 ran off with a boarder named John Straube].  
Four sons and two daughters, ae. 21 - 35 in 1934.
PARENTS
2 Randall Fish, Potomac riverboat captain, b. China, Kennebeck Co., Maine, ... 1795, d. of senile debility in an ambulance while being removed from a dining saloon near the depot of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad to the Washington Asylum Hospital, Washington, D. C., 16 Oct. 1875 [Evening Star 18 Oct 1875], bur. in the Masonic Grand Lodge ground of the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D. C., 19 Oct. 1875 [Evening Star 20 Oct 1875],  
m2.
3 Ellen Howell, b. ... , Ire., ... 1838, d. ... [in 1877 a clerk in the Treasury department]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Bolton Fish, b. ... [ca. 1770], slain in battle at Lundy's Lane, Niagara Falls, Ontario, 25 July 1814  
m. Vassalboro, Me., 22 Feb. 1792
5 Annie Bragg, b. ... [ca. 1772], d. Dover, Piscataquis Co., Me., ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Capt. George Fish, b. ... , d. ... [lost at sea]  
m.
9 Jerusha Clark, b. Nantucket Island, Mass., 20 Dec. 1732, d. Harlem, Lincoln Co., Me. [now China, Kennebec Co., Me.], 25 Sept. 1807
10 Nathaniel Bragg, b. Attleboro, Bristol Co., Mass., 17 Feb. 1743, d. ... [1830-1840]  
m. Hallowell, Kennebec Co., Me., 10 Apr. 1766
11 Hannah Moore, b. Oxford, Mass., 12 Dec. 1747, d. Dover, Piscataquis Co., Me., 31 March 1842
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
18 Jonathan Clark, b. Nantucket, Mass., 18 May 1704, d. Lincoln Co., Me., ... [before 1780]  
m. Nantucket, Mass., 5 Dec. 1728
19 Miriam Worth, b. Nantucket, Mass., 2 Jan. 1709/10, d. Lincoln Co., Me., ... [before 1795]
20 John Bragg, b. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 20 Jan. 1717, d. Sidney, Kennebec Co., Me., ... [1810-1811]  
m. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 28 Apr. 1743
21 Annis Pullen, b. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 1 Jan. 1717, d. Bristol, Mass., ... [before 1800]
22 Nathan Moore, b. Oxford, Worcester Co., Mass., 15 Apr. 1726, d. Vassalboro, Kennebec Co., Me., ... [before 12 June 1776]  
m. Oxford, Worcester Co., Mass., 18 Feb. 1746/7
23 Sarah Towne, b. Oxford, Worcester Co., Mass., 12 March 1727/8, d. ... , Me., ... [after 12 June 1776] [Edwin Eugene Towne, Descendants of William Towne (1901)]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
36 Thomas Clark, b. Boston, Mass., 22 Feb. 1674/5, d. Nantucket, Mass., 18 Sept. 1740  
m. Nantucket, Mass., 13 Dec. 1700
37 Mary Church, b. Dover, Mass., ... [ca. 1674], d. Nantucket, Mass., ... [after 1714]
38 Jonathan Worth, b. Nantucket, Mass., 31 Oct. 1685, d. ... 26 July 1719  
m. Nantucket, Mass., 16 Apr. 1707
39 Mary Hussey, b. ... 24 March 1689, d. ... 8 Jan. 1771
40 Thomas Bragg, b. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 10 Aug. 1685, d. Attleboro, Bristol Co., Mass., 2 March 1754  
m. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 4 Aug. 1710
41 Mary Fiske, b. Swansea, Mass., 19 Apr. 1684, d. Attleboro, Bristol Co., Mass., 1 Jan. 1724/5
42 Nicholas Pullen, b. Widworthy, co. Devon, ... 1683, d. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., ... June 1723  
m. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 19 Jan. 1710
43 Mary Tucker, b. ... [ca. 1688], d. ...
44 Collins Moore, b. Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Mass., 17 Oct. 1698, d. Oxford, Worcester Co., Mass., ... [before 22 Feb. 1742/3]  
m. ... 2 May 1722
45 Bathsheba Woods, b. ... 5 Apr. 1702, d. Charlton, Mass., ... 1773
46 Samuel Towne, b. Topsfield, Mass., 25 Jan. 1695, d. Oxford, Mass., ... 1760  
m. ... 16 Apr. 1722
47 Sarah Lamb, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
72 John Clark, b. Plymouth, Mass., ... 1637, d. Lyme, Conn., ... March 1718/9  
m. Boston, Mass., ... [ca. March 1666/7]
73 Sarah ... , b. ... , d. ...
74 John Church, b. Watertown, Mass., 10 March 1637, d. Dover, Mass., 7 May 1696  
m. Salisbury, Mass., 10 May 1637
75 Abigail Severance, b. Salisbury, Mass., 25 March 1643, d. ...
76 John Worth, b. Nantucket, Mass., 19 May 1666, d. Martha's Vinyard, Mass., ... 1732  
m. ... 22 Sept. 1684
77 Miriam Gardner, b. Salem, Mass., ... 1667, d. Nantucket, Mass., ... 1700
78 Stephen Hussey, b. Lynn, Mass., ... 1630, d. Nantucket, Mass., 2 Apr. 1718  
m.
79 Martha Bunker, b. Topsfield, Mass., 1 Nov. 1656, d. Nantucket, Mass., 21 Nov. 1744
80 John Bragg, b. ... [ca. 1659], d. Bristol, R. I., ... [before 5 Aug. 1746]  
m. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 12 Oct. 1684
81 Elizabeth Miller, b. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 12 Feb. 1663/4, d. Bristol, Bristol Co., R. I., 9 Sept. 1741
82 Joseph Fiske, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
83 Elizabeth Bartram, b. ... , d. Swansea, Mass., ...
84 John Pullen, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
85 Anstis Dabney, b. ... , d. ...
88 Richard Moore, b. Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Mass., 12 Sept. 1670, d. Oxford, Worcester Co., Mass., 19 Nov. 1767  
m.
89 Mary Collins, b. Middletown, Middlesex Co., Conn., 16 June 1672, d. Oxford, Worcester Co., Mass., 12 Jul7 1760
90 Nathaniel Woods, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
91 Eleanor ... , b. ... , d. ...
92 John Towne, b. Topsfield, Mass., 2 Apr. 1658, d. ... 1740  
m. ... 2 Feb. 1680
93 Mary Smith, b. ... , d. ...
94 Abial Lamb, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
95 Hannah Taylor, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
144 Thomas Clark, b. ... 18 March 1599, d. Plymouth, Mass., 12 March 1696/7  
m. ... [ca. 1631]
145 Susan Ring, b. ... 1605, d. Plymouth, Mass., 28 June 1697
150 John Severance, b. ... , d. Salisbury, Mass., 9 Apr. 1682  
m. ... 1635
151 Abigail Kimball, b. ... , d. Salisbury, Mass., 17 June 1658
152 William Worth, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
153 Sarah Macy, b. ... , d. ...
154 Richard Gardner, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
155 Sarah Shattuck, b. ... , d. ...
156 Christopher Hussey, b. ... , d.  
m.
157 Theodate Bachelder, b. ... , d. ...
158 George Bunker, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
159 Jane Elizabeth Godfrey, b. ... , d. ...
162 Robert Miller, b. ... [ca. 1632], d. Warren, R. I., 16 March 1699  
m.
163 Elizabeth Sabin, b. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., ... [1642-1643], d. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 7 Feb. 1717/8
176 Jacob Moore, b. Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Mass., 28 Apr. 1645 d. Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Mass., 23 March 1715  
m.
177 Elizabeth Loker, b. ... , d. Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Mass., 14 Dec. 1690
178 Samuel Collins, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
179 Mary Marvin, b. ... , d. ...
184 Jacob Towne, bapt. Yarmouth 11 March 1632, d. Topsfield, Mass., 27 Nov. 1704  
m. ... 26 June 1657
185 Catherine Simonds, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
288 John Clark, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
289 Mary Morton, b. ... , d. ...
290 William Ring, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
291 Mary Durrent, b. ... , d. Plymouth, Mass., 15 July 1631
306 Thomas Macy, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
307 Sarah Hopcott, b. ... , d. ...
308 Thomas Gardner, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
309 Margaret Frier, b. ... , d. ...
310 Samuel Shattuck, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
311 Damaris ... , b. ... , d. ...
312 John Hussey, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
313 Mary Wood, b. ... , d. ...
314 Rev. Stephen Bachelder, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
315 Ann Bate, b. ... , d. ...
324 John Miller, b. ... [ca. 1602], d. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 7 Feb. 1689  
m.
325 Elizabeth Baugh, b. ... [ca. 1612], d. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 18 Apr. 1680
326 William Sabin, b. Tichfield, co. Hampshire, 11 Oct. 1609, d. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 8 Feb. 1667/8  
m.
327 Mary Elizabeth Wright, b. ... [ca. 1618], d. Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass., 27 Sept. 1660
352 John Moore, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
353 Elizabeth Rice, b. ... , d. ...
368 William Towne, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
369 Joanna Blessing, b. ... , d. ...
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
648 Robert Miller, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
649 Elizabeth ... , b. ... , d. ...
650 Charles Baugh, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
651 Joan Ludlow, b. ... , d. ...
652 Samuel Sabin, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
653 Elizabeth ... , b. ... , d. ...
654 Richard Wright, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
655 Margaret ... , b. ... , d. ...
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 
 
 
 
 

1930 New York, Queens Co., Queens, ED 641, Sheet 1A, line 36

Straube John     H  45  M  30   NJ   Germany  Germany    Salesman   Meat
        Anna     W  43  M  28   NY   NY       NY
        Rose     D  14  S       NY   NJ       NY
        Mary     D  10  S       NY   NJ       NY
        Edward   S   5  S       NY   NJ       NY

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1920 New York, New York Co., Manhattan, ED 1198, Sheet .., line 57

Fish Albert H   H  49  M  Washington DC  Maine          New Jersey    Painter
     Anna       W  41  M  New York       Germany        Germany
     Albert H   S  20  S  Pennsylvania   Washington DC  New York      Machinist  Metals
     Anna       D  18  S  Pennsylvania   Washington DC  New York      Packer  Cigarettes
     Gertrude   D  17  S  New York       Washington DC  New York      Packer  Cigarettes
     Hughine    D  12  S  New York       Washington DC  New York      At school
     John       S   9  S  New York       Washington DC  New York      At school
     Henry      S   6  S  New York       Washington DC  New York

The daughter "Hughine" was actually a son named "Eugene", but this is what the schedule says

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NOTES
 
 
 
 
1920 NY Manhattan ED 1198 sh 17B, 83 E 113 St  
 
 
 
 
 
368 & 369 -- Other children of William and Joanna (Blessing) Towne include Mrs. Rebecca Nourse and Mrs. Mary Estey, both of whom were hanged as Witches during the Salem (Mass.) witchcraft delusions of 1692.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FURTHER NOTES
 
 
 
 
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) publishes a Patriot Index, a list of persons whose honorable service in the cause of independence during the American Revolution renders their female descendants eligible for membership in the NSDAR. Several ancestors of Mr. Fish appear in the Patriot Index, including:


    Nathaniel Bragg (number 10)

While Mr. Fish was not eligible for membership in the NSDAR (by not being female), he was eligible for membership in the equivalent organization for men, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
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William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com