Fitch (Y-DNA)

Status summary

Still to do of January 1, 2023:

• Recruit patrilineal descendants of James Fitch to Y-DNA test and publish their results. Such descendants are encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Biography

First Generation

(Maj.) James Fitch, son of James (Thomas, George, Roger) Fitch and Abigail Whitefield, was born Saybrook (prob. now Essex), CT 2 Aug 1649 and died Canterbury, CT 10 Nov 1727. He married twice, first Jan 1676 Elizabeth Mason (not descended from a Mayflower passenger) and second Norwich 8 May 1697, Alice Bradford and by this marriage they had seven children: Abigail (1687/8), Ebenezer (1689/90), Daniel (1692/3), Lucy (c1697), Jerusha (1699/1700), Theophilus (c1702) and Jabez (c1703).

DNA results TBD

Further DNA testing needed

Testing of patrilineal descendants is needed. Any male who believes their patrilineal ancestry goes through James Fitch is encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

References and External Links

• Wakefield, Robert S. and Lainhart, Ann Smith, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 22 Bradford General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. 2004