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Thomas Fish died after 1762 Ann died after 1762

Christopher Fysh 1 born circa 1742 2 baptized 5 December 1742, Cockley Cley 3 died 29 August 1822 4 buried 19 September 1822, St. Margarets, Lynn 5 Notes: He was probably already in Kings Lynn in 1761 when 'Elisbabeth the daughter of Christopher Fysh' was buried in St. Margarets 7th May 1761. On 12th July 1760 Christopher Hewitt, woolen draper of Kings Lynn, made his will. Here he provided for 'the maintenance of my son John Hewitt who is under the misfortune of Lunacy and now in Norwich Bethlam for and during his natural life' under the supervision of 'Ann Fysh the wife of Thomas Fysh of Cockley Cley, Thatcher' and after the death of his son his property in Lynn was left to 'Christopher Fysh son of the aforesaid Ann Fysh'. This suggests to me that Christopher Fysh was probably apprenticed to Christopher Hewitt who was probably a relation. There is no record of such an apprenticeship amongst the Kings Lynn records, or among those of the Inland Revenue Apprenticeship Tax records in the Public Record Office, but, in the latter case there, would have been no tax to be paid if there were only a nominal premium paid which was often the case between relatives. In 1765, 1772 and 1775 he took apprentices (Apprentices Duties Index). For the first two he is listed as a Taylor, for the last as Woollen Draper. for a note on his parentage see below#

married 8 September 1760 at St Margaret, King's Lynn 6 Jane Smith 1735-1806

Elizabeth d.1761 Hewit 1763 - 1764 Hewitt c1767 - 1811 children Jane Springell b.1769 Benjamin 1771 - 1797 Christopher 1773 - 1774 Susannah 1774 - 1775 Susan d.1776 Susannah 1778 - 1801

children of Christopher and Jane Fysh Elizabeth Fysh died 1761 died 1761 7 buried 7 May 1761, St. Nicholas, Kings Lynn 8 Hewit Fysh 1763-1764 born 1763 baptized 1 June 1763, St. Margarets, Lynn 9 died 1764 10 buried 1 February 1764, St. Margarets, Lynn 11 Hewitt Fysh circa 1767-1811 born circa 1767 died 1811 buried 19 April 1811, Meeting House, Maze Pond, Southwark  married (1) 26 January 1793 Cirencester, Gloucester, England Mary Wilkins 12 circa 1756-1804  married (2) 27 January 1806 Saint Giles, Camberwell, Surrey, England Elizabeth Ann Chase 13 1786-1832 Jane Springell Fysh born 1769 baptized 17 December 1769, St. Margarets, Lynn Benjamin Fysh 1771-1797 draper 14 of Watford 15 born 1771 baptized 23 December 1771, St. Margarets, Lynn died 1797, Watord 16 Notes: According to JPG Fysh he became a draper in Watford (near London) where he died in 1797 aged 25 and unmarried. (info: Goodbye Norfolk, I must leave you, by JPG and AVGA Fysh, an article in the Norfolk Ancestor, Vol 3, part 7, December 1984. No sources or references are provided for any of the statements in this article) Christopher Fysh 1773-1774 born 1773 baptized 9 December 1773, St. Margarets, Lynn died 1774 17 buried 18 December 1774, St. Margarets, Lynn 18 Susannah Fysh 1774-1775 born 1774 baptized 6 January 1775, St. Margarets, Lynn died 1775 19 buried 24 July 1775, St. Margarets, Lynn 20 Notes: died young? Susan Fysh died 1776 died 1776 21 buried 7 July 1776, St. Margarets, Lynn 22 Susannah Fysh 1778-1801 born 1778 baptized 14 May 1778, St. Margarets, Lynn died 1801, London buried 25 November 1801, Southwark, Maze Pond Baptist 23 Notes: I cannot now find where I found the baptism of this child, presumably in the registers of St. Margarets, Lynn. The burial date and age seems to suit her.

# The parents of Christopher Fysh In the Cockley Cley parish registers there is an entry for 1742: bapt Dec 5 Xper Fish of Thos & Ann On the 19th September 1822 Christopher Fysh, Gentleman, of Tower Street, aged 80, was buried in St. Margaret's, Lynn. This would give him a birth date of approximately 1742. I have also been able to establish the approximate birth years of his brothers Thomas Fysh and Francis Fysh which also tally with baptisms in the same register. I am therefore assuming that these three children were baptised at Cockley Cley, the children of Thomas and Ann Fish.

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