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Hamilton Fish

The New Netherland Ancestors of

HAMILTON FISH



Cabinet Official [Secretary of State], Governor, House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor, Senator




				__Jonathan Fish1
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			   __Nathan Fish1
			  |    |
			  |    |__Mary (__)1
			  |
		      __Jonathan Fish1
		     |    |
		     |    |__Elizabeth (__)1
		     |
		 __Samuel Fish1,2
		|    |
		|    |     __Jonathan Wright28
		|    |    |
		|    |__Mary Wright1,28
		|         |
		|         |     __Henry Sawtell28
		|         |    |
		|         |__Sarah Sawtell28
		|              |
		|              |__Sarah (__)28
		|
	    __Jonathan Fish1,3
	   |    |
	   |    |          __Cornelis Janszen Berrien2
	   |    |         |
	   |    |     __John Corneliszen Berrien2
	   |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |     __Jan Gerritszen Strycker2,11
	   |    |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |__Jannetje Strycker2,11
	   |    |    |         |
	   |    |    |         |     __Roelof Seubering11
	   |    |    |         |    |
	   |    |    |         |__Lambertje Roelofse Seubering11
	   |    |    |              |
	   |    |    |              |__(__)11
	   |    |    |
	   |    |__Agnes Berrien1,2
	   |         |
	   |         |     __Samuel Edsal11,12,13
	   |         |    |
	   |         |__Ruth Edsal2,11,12
	   |              |
	   |              |     __Richard Woodhull12,13
	   |              |    |
	   |              |__Ruth Woodhull12,13
	   |                   |
	   |                   |__Dorothy Howell13
	   |
       __Colonel Nicholas Fish1,5
      |    |
      |    |          __Joseph Sackett3,14,15
      |    |         |
      |    |     __Joseph Sackett1,4,15
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |     __Richard Betts3,14,15
      |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |__Elizabeth Betts3,14,15
      |    |    |         |
      |    |    |         |__Joanna Chamberlain14
      |    |    |
      |    |__Elizabeth Sackett1,3
      |         |
      |         |     __Richard Alsop4,15,16
      |         |    |
      |         |__Hannah Alsop3,4,15
      |              |
      |              |     __John Underhill16,17
      |              |    |
      |              |__Hannah Underhill4,16
      |                   |
      |                   |     __Robert Feake16,17
      |                   |    |
      |                   |__Elizabeth Feake16
      |                        |
      |                        |__Elizabeth Fones17
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HAMILTON FISH1,5
      |
      |                         __Reverend Balthazar Stuyvesant28
      |                        |
      |                    __Petrus Stuyvesant19
      |                   |    |
      |                   |    |__Margariet Hardenstein28
      |                   |
      |               __Nicholas Willem Stuyvesant18,19
      |              |    |
      |              |    |     __Lazare Bayard19
      |              |    |    |
      |              |    |__Judith Bayard19
      |              |         |
      |              |         |__Judith De Vos19
      |              |
      |          __Gerardus Stuyvesant6,18,19
      |         |    |
      |         |    |          __Brant Arentszen Van Slichtenhorst9,20,23
      |         |    |         |
      |         |    |     __Gerrit Van Slichtenhorst19,20,21
      |         |    |    |    |
      |         |    |    |    |__Aeltje Van Wenckum9,23
      |         |    |    |
      |         |    |__Elizabeth Van Slichtenhorst19
      |         |         |
      |         |         |     __Gerrit Frederickszen Lansing20,21
      |         |         |    |
      |         |         |__Aeltje Lansing20,21
      |         |              |
      |         |              |__Elizabeth Hendricks21
      |         |
      |     __Petrus Stuyvesant1,6
      |    |    |
      |    |    |               __Lazare Bayard28
      |    |    |              |
      |    |    |          __Samuel Bayard27
      |    |    |         |    |
      |    |    |         |    |__Judith De Vos28
      |    |    |         |
      |    |    |     __Balthazar Bayard18,22,27
      |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |__Anna Stuyvesant27
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |__Judith Bayard6,18,22
      |    |         |
      |    |         |          __Jan Loockermans
      |    |         |         |
      |    |         |     __Govert Loockermans16,22,27
      |    |         |    |    |
      |    |         |    |    |__(__)
      |    |         |    |
      |    |         |__Marritje Loockermans18,22,27
      |    |              |
      |    |              |     __Jan Phillips22,27
      |    |              |    |
      |    |              |__Ariaentje Jans22,27
      |    |                   |
      |    |                   |__Lysbeth Setten22,27
      |    |
      |__Elizabeth Stuyvesant1,5,6
	   |
	   |               __John Livingston8
	   |              |
	   |          __Robert Livingston8
	   |         |    |
	   |         |    |__Janet Fleming8
	   |         |
	   |     __Gilbert Livingston7
	   |    |    |
	   |    |    |          __Pieter Tjercks9
	   |    |    |         |
	   |    |    |     __Philip Pieterse Schuyler9
	   |    |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |    |__Geertruyt Philips van Schuylder9
	   |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |__Alida Schuyler8
	   |    |         |
	   |    |         |     __Brant Arentszen Van Slichtenhorst9
	   |    |         |    |
	   |    |         |__Margaretta Van Slichtenhorst9
	   |    |              |
	   |    |              |__Aeltje Van Wenckum9
	   |    |
	   |__Margaret Livingston6
		|
		|          __Wilhelmus Beekman23,24
		|         |
		|     __Hendricus Beekman8,24
		|    |    |
		|    |    |     __Hendrick de Boog23
		|    |    |    |
		|    |    |__Catalina de Booght23,24
		|    |         |
		|    |         |__(__) Slagboom23
		|    |
		|__Cornelia Beekman25
		     |
		     |     __Jacob Teuniszen Loper24,26
		     |    |
		     |__Johanna Loper8,24,26
			  |
			  |     __Cornelis Melyn26
			  |    |
			  |__Cornelia Melyn24,26
			       |
			       |__Janneken Adriaens26



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Biography of HAMILTON FISH

 
HAMILTON FISH, statesman, was born 3 August 1808 in New York, New York, a son of Colonel Nicholas Fish and Elizabeth Stuyvesant. He was graduated at Columbia in 1827, and was admitted to the bar. In 1834 He was defeated with the Whig ticket as member of the State Assembly, and in 1842 was elected a Representative to the 28th congress from the sixth New York district, defeating Democratic candidate John McKeon. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844. In 1846 he was the unsuccessful Whig candidate for Lieutenant-Governor but was elected to that office in 1847, to fill the unexpired term of Lieutenant-Governor Addison Gardiner who resigned. He was elected Governor of New York in 1848 and in 1851 U.S. Senator as successor to Daniel S. Dickinson, Democrat. In the senate he opposed the repeal of the Missouri compromise and after 1856 was a Republican. On retiring from the senate, 4 March 1857, he resumed the practice of law in New York city. He visited Europe with his family, 1859-1860. He advocated the nomination of William H. Seward in 1860; supported Abraham Lincoln in the presidential canvass and in 1861 upheld the Union cause with voice and purse. He was a commissioner with Bishop Ames, appointed by Secretary Stunton in January 1862, "to relieve the necessities and provide for the comfort of Federal soldiers in Confederate prisons," and the refusal of the Confederate government to receive the commissioners except for the purpose of arranging for a general exchange, resulted in the system of exchange soon after adopted. On 11 March 1869, Mr. Fish became Secretary of State of the United States in President Grant's cabinet to succeed Elihu B. Washburn, appointed U.S. Minister to France, and he held the position up to the close of President Grant's second term, 3 March 1877, and in President Hayes's cabinet up to the 12th of March when William M. Evarts assumed the office. He originally suggested and was a member of the joint high commission to arrange the differences with Great Britain. 1871, and a plenipotentiary to sign the treaty settling the Alabama claims, and the Northwestern boundary question with Great Britain the same year. In November 1873, he negotiated the settlement of the Virginius question with the Spanish Minister at Washington. Governor Fish was a trustee of Columbia college, 1840-1893; chairman of the board, 1859-1893; President of the General Society of the Cincinnati, 1854-1893; Chairman of the Union Defense Committee, 1861-1865; President of the New York Historical Society, 1867-1869; trustee of the Astor Library and one of the original trustees of the Peabody Education Fund appointed by the founder. In 1836 he married Julia Kean, a daughter of the Hon. John Kean of New Jersey. She died in 1887. They had three sons, Hamilton, Nicholas, Stuyvesant, and four daughters, who married respectively, William E. Rogers, Col. Samuel N. Benjamin, the Hon. Hugh Otiver Northcote of England, and Sidney Webster. He bequeathed $50,000 to Columbia college: $5000 to St. Luke hospital, and $2000 to the Bellevue training school for nurses. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Columbia in 1850, from Union in 1869, and from Harvard in 1871. He died 7 September 1893 in GlenClyffe, near Garrison-on-Hudson, New York.

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV. 98.
 


 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Riker, James, Jr. The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New York.
       New York:  D. Fanshaw, 1852.  365-370.
   2.  Ibid., p. 338-344.
   3.  Ibid., p. 344-348.
   4.  Ibid., p. 334-338.
   5.  Van Rensselaer, Florence. The Livingston Family in America and Its
       Scottish Origins.  New York:  1949.  109.
   6.  Ibid., p. 90.
   7.  Ibid., p. 82.
   8.  Ibid., p. 81.
   9.  Florence Christoph, Schuyler Genealogy, A Compendium of Sources
       Pertaining to the Schuyler Families in America Prior to 1800, Vol. I.
       The Friends of the Schuyler Mansion, 1987.  16.
  10.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  117.
  11.  Ibid., p. 1370.
  12.  Ibid., p. 526.
  13.  Ibid., p. 1804.
  14.  Ibid., p. 122.
  15.  Ibid., p. 1234.
  16.  Ibid., p. 1453.
  17.  Ibid., p. 558.
  18.  Ibid., p. 97.
  19.  Ibid., p. 1372.
  20.  Ibid., p. 1653.
  21.  Ibid., p. 897.
  22.  Ibid., p. 934.
  23.  Ibid., p. 393.
  24.  Ibid., p. 109.
  25.  Van Rensselaer, op. cit., p. 82-83.
  26.  Burton, Paul Gibson, "Cornelis Melyn, Patroon of Staten Island and Some
       of His Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,
       68 (1937):  3-17, 132-146, 217-231, 357-365.
  27.  Jay, Elizabeth Clarkson, "Jay and Livingston Pedigree," The New York
       Genealogical and Biographical Record, 11 (1880):  114.
  28.  Fish, Stuyvesant, Ancestors of Hamilton Fish and Julia Ursin Niemcewicz
       Kean, His Wife.  New York:  Evening Post Job Printing, 1929.  Almost all
       of the names in this lineage are found in this book.  This book was
       discovered after most of the lineage had been sourced.

 

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