 1758 - 1833 (74 years)
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| Name |
Fish, Nicholas [1] |
| Prefix |
Col. |
| Born |
28 Aug 1758 |
New York City, New York, USA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
20 Jun 1833 |
New York City, New York, USA [1, 2] |
| Buried |
Saint Mark's Church-In-The-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA [2] |
| Siblings |
1 sibling |
| | 1. Fish, Sarah, b. 1755, d. Unknown | | | 2. Fish, Col. Nicholas, b. 28 Aug 1758, New York City, New York, USA , d. 20 Jun 1833, New York City, New York, USA (Age 74 years) |
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| Person ID |
I6318 |
Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist |
| Last Modified |
4 Sep 2021 |
| Father |
Fish, Jonathan, b. 1727, d. 26 Dec 1779 (Age 52 years) |
| Mother |
Sackett, Elizabeth, b. 25 Jun 1729, d. 10 Apr 1778 (Age 48 years) |
| Married |
5 Oct 1750 |
| Children |
2 children |
| | 1. Fish, Sarah, b. 1755, d. Unknown | | | 2. Fish, Col. Nicholas, b. 28 Aug 1758, New York City, New York, USA , d. 20 Jun 1833, New York City, New York, USA (Age 74 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2592 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Stuyvesant, Elizabeth, b. 11 Feb 1775, d. 6 Sep 1854 (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
30 Apr 1803 [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Fish, Susan Elisabeth, b. 26 Jul 1805, d. 20 Jul 1892, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 86 years) |
| | 2. Fish, Margaret Ann, b. 11 Feb 1807, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA , d. 3 Mar 1877, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA (Age 70 years) |
| | 3. Fish, Hon. Hamilton I, b. 3 Aug 1808, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA , d. 7 Sep 1893 (Age 85 years) |
| | 4. Fish, Elizabeth Sarah, b. 25 May 1810, d. Unknown |
| | 5. Fish, Petrus Stuyvesant, b. 13 May 1813, d. 7 Nov 1834 (Age 21 years) |
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| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2015 |
| Family ID |
F2596 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 28 Aug 1758 - New York City, New York, USA |
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 | Child - Fish, Margaret Ann - 11 Feb 1807 - Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA |
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| Child - Fish, Hon. Hamilton I - 3 Aug 1808 - Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA |
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| Died - 20 Jun 1833 - New York City, New York, USA |
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 | Buried - - Saint Mark's Church-In-The-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA |
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| Notes |
- 312. Nicholas Fish, b. Aug. 23, 1758, d. June 30, 1833; m. Elizabeth Stuyversant. [Weygant, p67]
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312. Colonel Nicholas Fish, 1758-1833, son of Jonathan Fish and (96) Elisabeth Sackett, was married Apr. 30, 1803, to Elisabeth Stuyvesant, a lineal descendant of Petrus Stuyvesant, Dutch governor of New Amsterdam. He was born in New York City. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was a student at Princeton College, but immediately turned aside from his books, secured a commission as Lieutenant, and entered the patriot army, serving at first on staff of Brig.-General Charles Scott. In November, 1776, he was commissioned Major of the Second New York Regiment of the Line, and a little later was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He participated in the battle of Saratoga, and in 1778, was Division Inspector under Baron Steuben. At the battle of Monmouth he commanded with credit a body of light infantry, and in 1779 accompanied General Sullivan on his expedition against the Indians. Later he had a command under Lafyette. At the battle of Yorktown he was actively engaged, taking a prominent part in the storming of a redoubt, and was a witness to the surrender of Cornwallis. In 1786 he was appointed Adjutant General of the State of New York, and held that position for several years. In 1794 he was a Supervisor of Revenue; in 1797, President of the New York Society of the Cincinnati; and from 1800 to 1817 an Alderman in the Municipal Government of New York City. Colonel Fish was reported to have been a strict disciplinarian, had the confidence of Washington and was on intimate terms with Hamilton and many of the prominent statesmen of his time. [Weygant, pgs 119-120]
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- [S2647] Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, (Ancestry.com), 462 (Reliability: 3), 4 Sep 2021.
FISH, Nicholas, soldier, b. in New York city, 28 Aug,m 1758; d. there 20 June, 1833. He entered the College of New Jersey at the age of sixteen, but soon left and began the study of law in the office of John Morin Scott. In the spring of 1776 he was appointed aide-de-camp to Gen. Scott; on 21 June of that year, major of brigade under the same officer; on 21 Nov., major of the 2d New York regiment, and at the close of the war was a lieutenant-colonel. He was in both battles of Saratoga, in 1778 was a division inspector under Steuben, commanded a body of light-infantry at the battle of Monmouth, served in Sullivan's expedition against the Indians in 1779, was attached to the light-infantry under Lafayette in 1780, and in 1781 took an active part with his regiment in the operations that resulted in the surrender of Cornwallis. He was major of the detachment under Hamilton which gallantly stormed a British redoubt at Yorktown. Col. Fish was an excellent disciplinarian, was an intimate friend of Alexander Hamilton, and possessed in a high degree the confidence of Washington. He was appointed adjutant-general of the state of New York in April, 1786, an office which he held many years. He was a supervisor of the revenue under Washington in 1794, and an alderman of New York city from 1806 to 1817. He married Miss Stuyvesant, a descendant of the Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam. Col. Fish was an active member of many of the benevolent, literary, and religious institutions of his native city, and became president of the New York society of the Cincinnati in 1797.
Transcribed by Ted Smith
- [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 2), 4 Sep 2021.
Memorial ID 341
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/341
Nicholas Fish
Birth 28 Aug 1758
New York, USA
Death 20 Jun 1833 (aged 74)
New York, USA
Burial
Saint Marks Church-In-The-Bowery Churchyard
Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer. Born in Newtown, New York, he began law studies at age 16 at Princeton and at King's College (now Columbia University), where he met his lifelong friend Alexander Hamilton. At the start of the Revolution the two joined the "Hearts of Oak" volunteer militia and the following year Fish was appointed major in the 2nd New York Regiment. He served with distinction throughout the war, weathering the brutal winter at Valley Forge (1777 to 1778), and in action at the battles of Long Island (1776), Saratoga (1777), and Monmouth (1778). At Yorktown (1781) he was Hamilton's second in command of three battalions and their efforts were decisive in the British defeat and surrender. After the war Fish served as New York State Adjutant General (1786 to 1833) and as a New York City alderman (1806 to 1817), though his bids for US Congress and as Lieutenant Governor of New York met with defeat. In 1804 he married into the prominent Stuyvesant family. At the end of his life he was chairman of the Board of Trustees at Columbia College, a post later held by his son, Hamilton Fish. He was buried in the churchyard of St. Mark's, across the street from his home (the Stuyvesant-Fish House, now a historic landmark); there is also a memorial tablet for him inside the church. In John Trumbull's famous painting "The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown" (1820), Fish is shown standing at the bottom right corner.
Bio by: Bobb Edwards
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S3] Charles H. Weygant; The Sacketts Of America Their Ancestors and Descendants 1630-1907; Newburgh, N. Y. 1907; Journal Pri, Weygant, Charles H., (Newburgh, N. Y., 1907), pg119 (Reliability: 3).
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