George Hitch (1745/1746-1812)

Hannah Weeks (1747-1812)

Joseph Church (1752-)

Deborah Perry

Capt. George Hitch (1773-1853)

Abigail Church (1790-1848)

Joseph Franklin Hitch (1837-1918)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Anna Louise Scrymser Laura Delano Hitch+ Robert Scrymser Hitch+ Joseph Franklin Hitch Born: 12 Jul 1837, Bristol Co., MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Marriage (1): Anna Louise Scrymser on 21 Apr 1880 in Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA 1 2 Died: 19 Jun 1918, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA 1 2 6    In the Massachusetts State Census of 1855, Joseph Hitch is listed in household 253 (with Nathaniel Church) in the South District of Fairhaven, Bristol County as follows: - Joseph Hitch, student, age 18, born in MA. In the Federal Census of 1900, Joseph Hitch is listed in Kings County, New York in a household as follows: - Joseph Hitch, born 7/1837 in MA - Louise Hitch, born 1/1847 in NY - Laura Hitch, born 7/1881 in NY - Robert Hitch, born 7/1883 in NY. Joseph married Anna Louise Scrymser on 21 Apr 1880 in Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA.1 2 (Anna Louise Scrymser was born in Jan 1847 in NY 1 7 8 and died on 23 Jun 1923 in Kings Co., NY 1 2 6.)

1 "A Hitch Orchard", by Daisy Hitch, 1931.

2 Correspondence from Ernest Towers, 54 Witchwood Road, South Yarmouth, MA 02664-2911, dated November 5, 1999.

3 1850 MA Census, Listed as age 13 in the 1850 Bristol Co., MA Census, born in MA.

4 1855 MA State Census, Listed as a student, age 18, in the 1855 Bristol Co., MA Census, born in MA. He is in the household of his uncle Nathaniel Church.

5 1900 NY Census, Listed as born in July 1837 in MA in the 1900 Kings Co., NY Census.

6 Correspondence from Ernest Towers, 54 Witchwood Road, Yarmouthport, MA 02664 dated Jul 30 2001. This package included from Cynthia S. McNaughten: "Hitch Families in Fairhaven" dated Jul 15 1999, "Genealogy - Three Hitch Families in FH" dated Jan 30 2000, "Northern Half of Lot #3" [a history of Fairhaven land ownership] dated Jan 30 2000 and some excerpts from books "Old Time Fairhaven," and "Life of Bates."

7 1920 NY Census, Listed as age 70 in the 1920 Champlain, Kings Co., NY Census, born in NY.

8 1900 NY Census, Listed as born in January 1847 in NY in the 1900 Kings Co., NY Census.