Edward Augustus Hitch ¹

From "A Hitch Orchard":, "Edward Augustus Hitch lived most of his married life in Brooklyn, Long Island, NY. He left New Bedford about ten years before his son Frederick was born. He may have lived in New York City for a time."

In the Federal Census of 1880, Edward Hitch is listed in Kings County, New York in a household as follows: - Edward Hitch, age 28, born in MA - Eugene Hitch, age 25, born in MA - Edward L. Hitch, age 3, born in NY - Charles Hitch, age 2, born in NY.

In the Federal Census of 1900, Edward A. Hitch is listed in Kings County, New York in a household as follows: - Edward A. Hitch, born 6/1852 in MA - Eugenia L. Hitch, born 12/1854 in MA - Edward L. Hitch, born 9/1876 in MA - Charles H. Hitch, born 1/1878 in NY - Frederick C. Hitch, born 9/1886 in NY - Helen P. Chase, born 11/1836 in MA.

In the Federal Census of 1920, Edward A. Hitch is listed in Buffalo, Kings County, New York in a household as follows: - Edward A. Hitch, age 67, born in MA - Eugenia L. Hitch, age 64, born in MA - Fred C. Hitch, age 33, born in NY - Elizabeth H. Thomas, age 70, born in MA - Bertha Oates (servant), age 22, born in NC

Edward married Eugenia L. Chase, daughter of (?) Chase and Helen P. (?), about 1875. (Eugenia L. Chase was born on 19 Dec 1854 in MA ^{2 8 9 10}.)