Joseph Fitch

- Yes, date unknown

• Name	Joseph Fitch  [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	3B1E55CF13EC49DD8D2F68885E5EAFBB74B6
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I274	Bradley - Post
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas Fitch,   d. 20 Jan 1686
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Stone,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1668	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He went to Hartford from Norwalk in 1660. After marriage, he moved to Windsor. His great grandson, John Fitch, invented the steamboat in 1785. John, who was born in South Windsor 21 January 1743, never fully commercialized his invention. See Burpee's Connecticut or other historical texts for details of Fitch's invention and the involvement of Robert Fulton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Story of Connecticut, 974.6., , Vol. II, p. 533.