Salmon Fish

(23 December 1782 - following 1860)
Salmon Fish|b. 23 Dec 1782\nd. fol 1860|p484.htm|John Fish Senior|b. s 1755|p2745.htm|Hannah (--?--)|b. s 1760|p2746.htm|||||||||||||
Salmon was born in Massachusetts on 23 December 1782.1,2 He was the son of John Fish Senior and Hannah (--?--). An alternate form of his name was Solomon and the Biblical king is almost certainly the one for whom he was named, not the fish.3 He was a blacksmith at some point in his life.4 An alternate form of his name was Fisk.5 A "religious test" was recorded 19 June 1806 for "Salmon Fish" in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont.6 He married Thirza Dutton in Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, on 8 January 1807.7,8,9 Salmon was probably age 16 and under 26 in Stephen Dutton's household in the 1810 Census taken in Chester.10 He was "warned out" of Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont, on 27 May 1816.11 His name was legally changed to Salmon Fremont presumably after his marriage to Thirza and the birth of their children.12 He was a head of household in the 18 June 1860 census taken in Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire, as "Salmon Fremont" age 77, a farmer; his real estate was valued at $2,000 and his personal property at $500, the equivalent of $51,000 (total) in the year 2000; Thirza Dutton resided in the same household, as "Tirzah Fremont" age 76; as did Osgood Mussey Morse, a farmer age 41 (whose personal property was valued at $250, the equivalent of $5,100 in the year 2000); Faustina Fish, as "Fostina Morse" age 41; Cynthia M. Morse, a student age 15; William August Morse, a student age 13; and Charles O. Morse, age 2.9 Salmon died following 1860 in Haverhill, N.H..13

Children of Salmon Fish and Thirza Dutton

Cited documentation

  1. [S225] Fremont, Salmon, 1860 US Census, Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire; www.ancestry.com Sep 2004, pg. 856, age 77 b. "Mass."
  2. [S93] Thomas Bellows Peck, compiler, Vital Records of Rockingham, Vermont, From the Beginning of the Records to January 1, 1845; and, Records of the First Church of Rockingham, Vermont, From its Organization, October 27, 1773 to September 25, 1839 (Pittsford, VT: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1994 republication in one volume (originally 1908 and 1902, respectively)), pg. 68, "Children of John and Hannah Fisk ... Salmon, born December 23, 1782."
  3. [S167] It is very likely that his name was pronounced with the vowel in the first syllable the same as in English "saw", and not as in "sat". His parents may not even have been aware his name might be read as a pun.
  4. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, second edition. (Boston: Press of Geo. E. Crosby & Co., 1887), pg. 161.
  5. [S93] Peck, Vital and Church Records, Rockingham, Vt., pg. 68, "Children of John and Hannah Fisk ... Salmon."
  6. [S93] Peck, Vital and Church Records, Rockingham, Vt., pg. 97 "Religious tests: John R. Gibson, Salmon Fish. June 19, 1806."
  7. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 161, "Thirza . . . m. Solomon Fish."
  8. [S117] Dutton, Ruth Alice (Williams), compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton". Latest included date 1946. pg. 0, "Tirzah ... married Solomon Fish".
  9. [S225] Fremont, Salmon, 1860 Census Haverhill, N.H.
  10. [S104] Dutton, Stephen, 1810 US Census, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont; NARA M252 Roll 65, pg. 442, although the male in this houshold age 16 to under 26 fits Stephen's son Levi, there is a Levi Dutton who is a head of family in Chester in this census that I believe to be Stephen's son; I speculate that this male 16-25 is Thirza's husband Solomon Fish, although he was actually 28 years old.
  11. [S93] Peck, Vital and Church Records, Rockingham, Vt., 146, "Warnings, Continued ... May 27, 1816 ... Salmon Fish and Tirza Fish, his wife, and Horace Fish and Mary Fish, their children."
  12. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg. 0, "Solomon Fish (changed name to Fremont)".
  13. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 161, "rem. Haverhill, N. H., both d. there."
 
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