Thomas Fitch (politician, around 1696)

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Thomas Fitch IV (born around 1696 in Norwalk , Colony of Connecticut , † July 18, 1774 ) was a British politician and the governor of the Colony of Connecticut between 1754 and 1766.

Career

Thomas Fitch IV was born in Norwalk around 1700. He was the eldest son and first child of Thomas Fitch III. and his first wife Sarah Boardman Fitch. Thomas graduated from Yale in 1721 and then did his Masters . He married Hannah Hall in 1724. The couple had several children, the first, Thomas Fitch V, being born in 1725. Thomas Fitch IV was Norwalk's Justice of the Peace , Deputy and Assistant to the Connecticut General Assembly , Lieutenant Governor ( Deputy Governor ), Chief Justice (in the Connecticut Superior Court ) and ultimately Governor of the Colony of Connecticut.

Thomas Fitch died on July 18, 1774 and was buried in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery .

Tomb inscription from Thomas Fitch IV.

THE HONORABLE THOMAS FITCH, ESQ.
GOV. OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT,
Eminent and distinguished among mortals.
for great abilities, large acquisitions, and a
virtuous character.
a clear, strong, sedate mind,
and an accurate, extensive acquaintance
with law and civil government;
a happy talent of presiding,
close application and strict fidelity,
in the discharge of important trusts,
no less than.
for his employments by the voice of the people
in the chief offices of State,
and at the head of the colony.
Having served his generation by the will of God ,
fell asleep July 18 in Domini 1774 ,
in the 78th year of his age.

Fitch's house

Fitch's house was partially burned down during the "Norwalk Fire" in the aftermath of the attack by William Tryon and British forces in July 1779. Only one wing of the house remained. Fitch's descendants lived in the rebuilt house until 1945. In 1956, the Fitch house was moved to make way for the Connecticut Turnpike to be built . It now stands as part of the Mill Hill Historic Park in Norwalk, near the village green .

legacy

  • The Street Fitch in East Norwalk has been named in memory of the family Fitch, mitinbegriffen: Thomas Fitch I. (1612-1704), a founder of the city; Thomas IV, the governor and Thomas Fitch V, soldier and patriot.
  • His son, Colonel Thomas Fitch V (1725–1795), served with the British colonial troops in the French-Indian War , mainly in upstate New York , near Fort Crailo . After the war, Thomas V returned to Norwalk, where he was a prominent resident during and after the American Revolutionary War . He was on the city council and helped rebuild it after the Norwalk fire in 1779.
  • The former Thomas Fitch School on Strawberry Hill Avenue in Norwalk was named after them in his honor, as well as the contributions of the other Thomas Fitches to the city.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Connecticut State Library FitchT ( English ) Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 21, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cslib.org
  2. ^ Roscoe Conkling Fitch: The History of the Fitch Family 1400-1930 . Archived from the original on June 9, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 7, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rac.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk
  3. ^ Ferenz Fedor: The Birth of Yankee Doodle . Vantage Press, Inc, New York 1976, ISBN 533-02047-6.
  4. ^ Elsie Nicholas Danenberg: The Romance of Norwalk . The States History Company, New York 1929.