Petrus Stuyvesant Fish
(1813-1834)
BIRTH
1813
PLACE
DEATH
November 7, 1834
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Nicholas Fish
(1758-1833)
SISTER
Margaret Ann Fish
(1807–1877)
BROTHER
Hamilton Fish
(1808-1893)
SISTER
Elizabeth Sarah Fish
(1810–1881)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Petrus Stuyvesant Fish was a son of Revolutionary officer Nicholas Fish and Elizabeth Stuyvesant, born in 1813. He belonged to the New York family whose Stuyvesant Street house survives as a historic landmark. His brother Hamilton Fish later served as governor, senator and secretary of state, but those offices were not Petrus’s. Family histories record Petrus’s death in 1834, at about twenty-one. His occupation and the cause of his early death remain unverified.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Petrus Stuyvesant Fish’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Petrus Stuyvesant Fish is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Petrus Stuyvesant Fish died on Nov 7, 1834. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Petrus Stuyvesant Fish died on Nov 7, 1834. Petrus Stuyvesant Fish was a son of Revolutionary officer Nicholas Fish and Elizabeth Stuyvesant, born in 1813. He belonged to the New York family whose Stuyvesant Street house survives as a historic landmark. His brother Hamilton Fish later served as governor, senator and secretary of state, but those offices were not Petrus’s. Family histories record Petrus’s death in 1834, at about twenty-one. His occupation and the cause of his early death remain unverified. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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