Nicholas Fish
BIRTH
Aug 28, 1758
New York City, New York
DEATH
June 20, 1833
New York City, New York
FAMILY
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Fish, Nicholas
(1758-1833)
Nicholas Fish was an American Revolutionary War soldier. He was the first Adjutant General of New York.
GRAVE:
GRAVE
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery churchyard
131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, 10003, United States
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HUSBAND
Elizabeth Stuyvesant Fish
(1775-1854)
Margaret Anne Fish
Elizabeth Sarah Fish
(1810-?)
Susan Elizabeth Fish
(1805-1892)
Petrus Stuyvesant Fish
(1813-1834)
Hamilton Fish
(1808-1893)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Hamilton Grange National Memorial | 414 W 141st St, New York, NY 10031 | MUSEUM | ||
Yorktown - Surrender Field | Historical Tour Road, Yorktown, Virginia, 23690, USA | MUSEUM | ||
Stuyvesant-Fish House Marker | 21 Stuyvesant St, New York, NY 10003 | MARKER |
DIED:
New York City, New York
Jun 20, 1833
Fish was born on August 28, 1758, into a wealthy New York City family. He was the son of Jonathan Fish (1728–1779) and Elizabeth (née Sackett) Fish (d. 1778). He attended Princeton University but left before graduating to pursue the study of law at King's College (now Columbia University) through the office of John Morin Scott in New York. There he became actively interested in the organization of the Sons of Liberty.
In 1776 he was appointed by then brigadier general Scott aide-de-camp on his staff. On August 21, 1776, Fish was appointed major of the 2nd New York Regiment. He served as a division inspector under Major General von Steuben in 1778. He participated in the battles of Saratoga and Monmouth, in Sullivan's expedition against the Native Americans in 1779, and in the Virginia and Yorktown campaigns, in which he served for a time on the staff of the Marquis de La Fayette.
At Yorktown, he served as second-in-command to Alexander Hamilton, and commanded Hamilton's New York Battalion in the Assault on Redoubt 10 when Hamilton was given overall command. Along with Hamilton, he served in New York Militia Hearts of Oak (1st Battalion/5th Field Artillery Regiment). Nicholas Fish's portrait can be seen at far right bottom row of John Trumbull's Surrender of Lord Cornwallis painting.