1757 - 1827

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• Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	1757	Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Sep 1827	Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I132	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2005 00:00:00
  Father	John FISH, b. Abt 1712, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Mother	Sarah LATHAM, b. 25 Sep 1723, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet
  Family	Lydia FISH, b. 20 Mar 1761, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Married	Bef 1781	Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Children	> 1. Abigail FISH, b. 2 Jan 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut   2. Susanna FISH, b. 11 Jan 1783, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 3. Lydia FISH, b. 5 Dec 1785, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 4. Ebenezer FISH, Jr., b. 11 Jun 1787, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 5. Moses FISH, b. 25 Oct 1789, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 6. Daniel FISH, b. 7 Apr 1792, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 7. Eunice FISH, b. 25 Oct 1795, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 8. Jemima FISH, b. 28 Apr 1797, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 9. Eveline FISH, b. 30 Jul 1799, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 10. Matilda A. FISH, b. 1 May 1803, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet

• Headstones		Fish, Ebenezer Sr. (1757-1827) Status: Located. Fish Monument and grave marker to the right for Ebenezer Fish Sr., Revolutionary War veteran.
  		Fish, Ebenezer Sr. (1757-1827) Status: Located. Grave marker (full length view) Ebenezer Fish, Sr. Died Sept 4, 1827 Aged 70 Lydia wife of Ebenezer Fish, Sr. Died Oct 15, 1848 In her 88th year Revolutionary Soldier 1775-1783 Placed by the Lakewood Chapter D.A.R.
  		Fish, Ebenezer Sr. (1757-1827) Status: Located. Close-up view of grave marker showing details for Ebenezer and his wife, Lydia Fish.

• Notes

  In the fall of 1811, James FISH, his wife, two children, Mrs. STANTON, his wife's mother, and Moses FISH, his cousin, moved in an ox team to Ohio and stopped at Newburg. Brooklyn at this time was a wild forest full of the red man, the township had been surveyed and run into quarter sections by agents who lived in Connecticut. James and Moses FISH thought they would look at these lands. James selected a good piece and Moses selected a quarter section. James built a log cabin and his family moved into it, but becoming frightened by Indians, went back to Newburg. Other families coming, they moved again to Brooklyn. Moses wrote to his brother Ebenezer, in Connecticut, to come and take one-half his land, which he did. A road (now Denison avenue) was run from Newburg to Rockport, which divided the property of the FISHES. They built a log cabin, in which they lived till the war of 1812. Ebenezer enlisted for six months and came out with honors. Afterward Moses was drafted. His health being poor, Ebenezer took his place and served the remainder of the war. He went back to Connecticut, married Miss Johanna STANTON, a smart, worthy woman who, on hearing of his Ohio farm, proposed moving there. Accordingly in 1818, with their two children, Eliza and Emily (afterwards Mrs. CORBIN and Mrs. BOOTH), his two brothers, and their families came in a large wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen. They all built and lived in log cabins. Two other children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer FISH, Johanna (now Mrs. FOWLS), and John Moses married Miss BRAINERD. They endured hardships and discomforts long before enjoying the ordinary pleasures of existence. Fever and ague also added to the trials of the first settlers. Ebenezer was ninety-three when he died. ----"Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve" Ebenezer and Moses Fish, who came with James from the East, settled upon 80 acres of land in Brooklyn, in 1812. Ebenezer located on the north side of what is now Denison Avenue and Moses on the south side. Neither was then married. ----"A history of Cuyahoga County and the city of Cleveland",Chicago: American Historical Society, 1924, 1339 pgs, [pg63] BURIAL: Fish, Ebenezer 1757-1827 Revolutionary War Soldier born in Groton, CT and walked to this area. (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland) Source of the names of some of Ebenezer's children: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=laney&id=I1852 OBIT: Name: Fish, Ebenezer Sr. Date: 1827 Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025. Notes: age 70. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio