Samuel Fitch | |
Office: | Member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk[1] |
Term Start: | May 1736 |
Term End: | October 1736 |
Predecessor: | James Lockwood, Samuel Hanford |
Alongside: | Samuel Hanford |
Successor: | Samuel Hanford, John Betts, Jr. |
Term Start2: | October 1741 |
Term End2: | October 1743 |
Predecessor2: | John Betts, Jr., John Belding, Jr. |
Alongside2: | John Betts, Jr., James Lockwood |
Term Start3: | May 1744 |
Term End3: | October 1748 |
Alongside3: | Thomas Benedict, Joseph Platt, James Lockwood, Elnathan Hanford |
Successor3: | James Lockwood, Joseph Platt, Jr. |
Term Start4: | May 1750 |
Term End4: | October 1751 |
Predecessor4: | James Lockwood, Joseph Platt, Jr. |
Alongside4: | Joseph Platt, Jr. |
Successor4: | James Lockwood, David Lambert |
Term Start5: | May 1752 |
Term End5: | May 1753 |
Predecessor5: | James Lockwood, David Lambert |
Alongside5: | Joseph Platt, Jr. |
Successor5: | James Fitch, Noah Taylor |
Term Start6: | October 1753 |
Term End6: | October 1754 |
Predecessor6: | James Fitch, Noah Taylor |
Alongside6: | Joseph Platt, Jr., Theophilus Fitch |
Successor6: | Joseph Platt, Jr., James Fitch |
Term Start7: | October 1760 |
Term End7: | October 1761 |
Predecessor7: | Joseph Platt, Jr., Joseph Betts |
Alongside7: | Joseph Platt, Jr. |
Successor7: | Peter Lockwood, Thomas Fitch, V |
Birth Date: | July 1701[2] [3] |
Birth Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |
Death Date: | 1787 |
Death Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
Residence: | Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |
Spouse: | Susannah Belden Whiting[4] [5] (daughter of Daniel Belden, widow of William Whiting) |
Children: | Susannah Fitch Church, Elizabeth Fitch Rogers (m. Nehemiah Rogers), Samuel Jr., Daniel Fitch, Anne Fitch St. John (m. Stephen St. John), Jonathan Fitch |
Samuel Fitch (July 1701 – 1787) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1736, October 1741, May and October 1742, May 1743, May and October 1744, May and October 1745, May and October 1746, May and October 1747, May 1748, May and October 1750, May 1751, May and October 1752, October 1753, May 1754, October 1760, May 1761.
He was the son of Thomas Fitch III (1675–1731), and brother of Governor Thomas Fitch.[3] [6]
He was a New England King's Commissioner, and a large land proprietor. He inherited the tract of land which adjoins the harbor to the east of Gregory Point.[3]
On May 27, 1743, he was named auditor of the colonial treasury.[7]