Parish records from:-

Colchester All Saints

Baptisms to 1841 

  1. 1687/8  6 March, Joseph son of Jacob & Sarah Fitch

  2. 1703/4  29 January, Jacob son of Jacob Fitch & Grace

  3. 1704  26 June, Daniel son of Jacob Fitch & Grace, born 18 June

  4. 1705  -- May, Grace daughter of Jacob Fitch & Grace [date illegible, but end of month]

  5. 1708  11 May, Elizabeth daughter of Jacob Fitch & Grace

  6. 1709  6 November, Rachel daughter of Joseph Fitz & Grace

  7. 1758  8 October, Susanna daughter of Abraham & Susanna Fitch

  8. 1767  8 February, George Scholding son of George & Mary Fitch

  9. 1768  10 April, George Scholding son of George & Mary Fitch, born 26 March

  10. 1768  19 July, Sarah daughter of Thomas & Mary Fitch

  11. 1788  27 March, Sarah daughter of Thomas & Mary Fitch

Marriages to 1841 

  1. 1656  26 May, Jesac Degrave bachelor = Ann Fetch spinster, both of St Martin

  2. 1687  13 June, Thomas Coats = Mary Fitch

  3. 1716  17 September, Abraham Fitch = Rebecca Coleman

  4. 1721  9 July, Samuel Fitch = Mary Hardy

  5. 1732  19 December, John Bawtree = Grace Fitch

  6. 1739  20 December, John Everitt = Elizabeth Fitch

  7. 1741  30 October, Albertus Bevan bachelor = Sarah Fitch spinster

  8. 1752  2 October, Abraham Fitch widower = Susanna Webb spinster, both of St Botolph

  9. 1753  27 May, Benjamin Knock = Elizabeth Fitch of St Botolph

  10. 1759  23 January, James Fitch widower = Mary Smith spinster, both of this parish Witnesses John Dehorn, George Hibble

  11. [1762  March, Banns published. between John Sayers bachelor & Susanna Fitch widow of St Botolph, but marriage not recorded]

  12. 1772  26 October, William Wasp bachelor = Jane Fitch spinster, both of St Botolph Witnesses Joseph Shepheard, William Smith

  13. 1773  17 June, James Ellis bachelor = Mary Fitch spinster, both of St Botolph Witnesses Sarah Watts, Joseph Lane

  14. 1778  29 September, James Vince bachelor = Rachel Fitch spinster both of this parish by licence. Witnesses  James Fitch, William Edwards. [Licence  adds that J.V. and R.F. are both 21+; bond adds that J.V. is a taylor]

  15. 1783  29 September, John Halls bachelor = Sarah Fitch spinster, both of St Botolph Witnesses William Halls, Susannah Halls

  16. 1784  18 October, Thomas Emery bachelor = Mary Fitch spinster, both of St Botolph Witnesses Sarah Fitch, Jonathan Richarson (sic) Emery

  17. 1790  12 December, William Pleasant bachelor = Elizabeth Fitch widow, both of this parish Witnesses Robert Harrison William Edwards

  18. 1818  1 January, William Brooker bachelor = Sarah Fitch spinster, both of St Botolph Witnesses Sarah Halls, Joseph Brooker

  19. 1821  28 February, Thomas Fitch bachelor of St George’s Southwark Surrey = Sarah Tucker Hodges spinster by licence. [The licence is not in Browne’s Marriage Licence Index.] Witnesses Susannah Sergeant, Charlotte Courtney, James Girling

Burials to 1841  

  1. 1681  14 August, Tobias Fitch

  2. 1681  31 October, Michaell Fitch

  3. 1685  11 October, Anne Fitz [Recorded under the same date in 1684 and 1685: the 1685 record looks correct.]

  4. 1690  11 December, Serah Fitz

  5. 1691/2  26 January, John Fitch

  6. 1702/3  3 February, Jacob child of Jacob Fitch

  7. 1704  30 October, Daniel child of Jacob Fitch

  8. 1704  8 December, John Fitz

  9. 1704  13 December, Isaack Fitch

  10. 1706  29 April, Jacob Fitch, a slay striker [cf. St Botolph’s]

  11. 1714  1 December, Mary Fitch

  12. 1716  17 June, Martha Fitch

  13. 1717  10 June, Joseph Fitch

  14. 1720/1 17 March, Martha Fitch

  15. 1724/5  13 January, John Fitch

  16. [1743  28 November, Jacob Fitch crossed out; cf. 28 Nov. 1744]

  17. 1744  28 November, Jacob Fitch

  18. 1745  5 May, Joseph Fitch

  19. 1745  5 August, Jacob Fitch

  20. 1749  30 July, Ann Fitch

  21. 1757  8 June, Jacob Fitch

  22. 1761  9 July, Grace Fitch

  23. 1762  19 November, Mary Fitch

  24. 1769  2 June, William Fitch

  25. 1785  19 January, Jemima Fitch

  26. 1794  14 September, James Fitch [gravestone says died 10 September aged 75]

Though these records have been transcribed with care, no responsibility in any form can be held for their accuracy or completeness.