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Show JOURNAL ,OF JOSEPH FISH, 1840-1926 lIaving been born of goodly parent's I commenced my p'ilgriragc ,at Twelve Jale Grove,., Q place vcl'f(b miles from Joliet, 'Will County, Illinois, on Thursday a.fternoon of Jun 27, 1.840. My father' B name ws Horace Fish. He was the you ngest son of Joseph ]'1s}) I "vho vms the son of Nathan Fisht who we..$ born in lranchuset ts, and wo auppo e ed to be a .desc enden t of the Joseph Fish \'1110 was .. chaplain for Captain Ohurchill' s CompeXlY in the campa:i.gn against King Philip. f My mo·ther s name 'li"aS l-Iannah Leavi t t ,vlho was the daughter of JeT01'Piah l.r.c::r:.vitt, who wao the son of' Jonathan Leavitt, whose native state was 'lIow Harnpshire. My great grEmclfather, l7athan, went to .soa and was ' , , , , neve r heard from afterward. In the great struggle for independence my forefa.thers sides 'with the co'l cnf.e e , and. two of my grandmother's took brothers (Josoph Fish'1 wife, Sally Spear)" were' under a'aneTa!' MOl"gan, good se:r:vice Q,t S<?ratoga and Stillwa.ter, and other vIsll- and did fought fields. ihY erandf.at,hel", Joseph ]'4ish, and his wife, Sally Spear, \'Vera the first settlers of Stanstead Loyrer Canada. COuntYf T'b.ey pen e t ra t ed into the forest :tor many and located at Hatley, at mile'st Lower Canada. In' the aettlint$ of this place tlleY underwent n.l0..!'!y If hnrd.nhipl. ,There were no roads in that dense forest. and. all. the provisions ,utensils;. OJ1d. i:mpleme:ntE which they had, thoy Were com-polled to carryon their backs for many t."lil.es. They had lran.y troubles before they had built a house and oleared a ffJ.lYn. 1'[y father, Horaco 'Fish, was born e.t Hatley, Stanstead County, q Lower Canada on January 6, 1 ?99. He was the youngest of a family P of four son s; Lemue 1, Jo ssp h, Champi on and Horace. ' He l'llarri ed Eannah Leav"itt !.fial'ch 18, 1824, by whom he raisecl a family of six children; Julia, g.al""tth Betsey J"alle,' Joseph" ll1na lra-ria, and ' . , _" -, . , Franklin Richa.rds. M'" mother wa s December 26, 1805. ' r- born in the state of Vermotlt at JOh11sbury, on Af·ter my father' s marriage he reTLla'j,ned '';I'l. th his paz-ent s for time; since he w.s the youngest tlJ..ey wiht.d. him to r({lja.in. He finally comnen ced to make a home for himself, and. erected a Tra.me house. He u,lso cleared off a farm and buj.l t a s8wmil1, wh:tch be tended him8elf.. Be Irig of a nat.ur s.L me chanf ea.L turn, he did all his own \v():rk,' such as making wagons, 'shoes, cooper war e , etc He was very industrious, and 80011 found himself in " aome good CirCUTI1stan.ces. \iilhen the Elders of the C'hurch of' Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints visited Canada in 1835 and lB36 many of his neighbors were baptized. My mother was baptized in the year 1836. lfy father had never belonged to e:ny relig:toua denomt na tf on and did net j'oin the church at tIde time. with a large numl)er levertholesa, of his neighbors (mostly :r'elati vee of my mother), he fi tted up an out:fi t and. started to gs:her wi th the Saints. The company left Ha.tley on July 20, 1837 a.nd traveled through the state of le_'l Yorlc. Here he found faTni lies by the name of Fish who wer-e cousins. Part of t'l1.e company traveled by water up the lakes l:y parerlts wen t by land a Long the shor-e of the Lakea pa.:m:tng through Butialo, Erie t and other towns along the shore. ·rhey arrved at Joliet, Illinois,on September 19, 1837. , , lit , <nq. jl $iT r,JP4!} |
