Thomas Fitzwater (1673 - 1750)

Born 1673 in Hanworth, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Potts) Fitzwater — married 25 Dec 1732 in Abington Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1750 at about age 77 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Thomas Fitzwater, son of Thomas and Mary (Cheney) Fitzwater was born in Hanworth Parish in Middlesex England 3-3-1673.^[1] He immigrated to Pennsylvania as a child with his parents, arriving aboard Welcome in 1682.

Thomas had six children with his first wife, whose name is not known:^[2]

1. John Fitzwater, born 1-29-1715; married 3-31-1742 to Elizabeth Tyson.
2. Thomas Fitzwater
3. George Fitzwater who married Mary Walker
4. Sarah Fitzwater who married William Robeson
5. Hanna Fitzwater who married Robert McCurdy
6. Deborah Fitzwater married John Luckens 1734.

Thomas announced for the second time his intention to marry, as his second wife, Mary (Potts) Tyson (widow of Matthias Tyson, of Abington) 10-25-1732 at the Abington Monthly Meeting.

He died about 1748 and in his will dated 16 November 1742 he named his son John Fitzwater executor and made the following bequeathments:^[3]

• son Thomas Fitzwater, 5 shillings
• daughter Sarah Robeson, 5 shillings
• son-in-law John Davis, 5 shillings^[4]
• daughter Deborah Lucans, 5 shillings
• daughter Hanna, £20
• son John Fitzwater, plantation and house where I now live; also, residue of estate.

Witness to the will were: George Fitzwater, William Coleman and Hannah Coleman.

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Sources

1. ↑ If this is old style, date is May 3, 1673 -AP
2. ↑ Roberts, Ancestry of Clarence V. Roberts & Frances A. (Walton) Roberts. Citing as source Tyson-Fitzwater Genealogy pp 42-3; Abington MM minutes.
3. ↑ Roberts, Ancestry of Clarence V. Roberts & Frances A. (Walton) Roberts. Page 66, citing Philadelphia Will Book G. p. 340.
4. ↑ Roberts notes this may be "step-son" as there is no Davis son in law known -AP

See also:

• Find a Grave memorial 62762381, Thomas Fitzwater, II

• Roberts, Clarence V. (b.1862) Ancestry of Clarence V. Roberts & Frances A. (Walton) Roberts; comprising a chart and sketches of some fifty-six ancestral families who settled mostly in or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wm. F.Fell co., Philadelphia (1940) OCLC3530764.

Acknowledgments

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• Thank you to Andrea Powell for contributions to this profile