Thomas Fitzwater (died 1699[1]: 422 ) was a Quaker preacher, a civic leader, and was among the first English settlers of colonial Pennsylvania.
In England he was considered a husbandman (small scale farmer) and was active in local Quaker leadership since at least 1669, evidenced by his recorded participation in various monthly and quarterly meetings.
[4]: 352 He and his family departed England from the port at Deal, Kent aboard the Welcome in August 1682,[5] with the intent to participate in Penn's Holy Experiment.
In 1683 Fitzwater was a charter member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, representing Bucks County; [1]: 235 during this term he participated in the committee that drafted the colony's Frame of Government, a proto-constitution.
[1]: 353 [4]: 352 He was a member of the first ever Pennsylvania grand jury, which was convened to adjudicate a case of counterfeiting Spanish silver coins.