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FISKE AND FISK FAMILY
BEING THE RECORD OF THE
Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stad-
haugh, Suffolk County, England, from the time of
Henry IV. to Date, including all the American
Members of the Family.
FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE,
AUTHOR OF THE
Histories of Grafton and Barre, Mass., and Gibson, Harwood, Pierce, Peirce, Pearce, Forbes,' Forbush, and Whitney Genealogies.
Fftsche, Fisc, Fiske, Fisk {spell it either way) Meant true knighthood, freedom, faith, good qualities that stay- Brethren, let the ancient name mean just the same for aye : ' Forward, every youth! To seek the higher good " today !
Rev. Perein B. Fiske, Lyndon, Vt.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR
1896
PRESS OF W. B. CONKEY COMPANY
CHICAGO. ILL.
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MY ANCESTOR, THIS VOLUME IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY
XTbe Hutbor,
ANCESTRAL WORSHIP.
EGYPTIAN mappage or the Grecian urn Did once perpetuate a father's clay; Preserving through slow centuries and gray The human remnant for the hope eterne. And what the fires of funerals could not burn, Nor Time's insidious tooth gnaw quite away, Became a shrine of virtues, where might pray The latest sons, and of their fathers learn.
But we, grown wiser, plant a family tree.
And 'neath its broadening branches sit us down,
Content to trace a noble pedigree
Unapt to urn a rich and high renown;
Content to dream of knights armed cap-a-pie. Yet hoping from the sky to see a crown.
Horace Spencer Fiske. Chicago, May 6, 1896.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Author's Preface, . . . .
The First Fiske, ... -
Origin of the Name Fiske,
Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh,
Coat of Arms, -----
Fiske Wills in Suffolk County, England,
Recollections of a Visit to Laxfield,
The Manor of Stadhaugh,
Visit to Framlingham, Bennington and Laxfield,
Ancestral and Historical,
College Graduates by the Name of Fiske,
FiSKES and Fisks in the Revolutionary War,
Something of the English and American Fiskes,
Named for Fiskes, . - . . .
Our English Ancestors, . . . .
Our American Ancestors and Descendants,
John Fiske
Col. Francis S. Fiske
Isabella H. Fiske
Rev. Franklin W. Fisk
John Fiske
Rev. A. A. Fiske
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Frederick C. Pierce . Frontispiece
Fiske Coat of Arms 5
Fiske Manor House, Stadhaugh, Eng- land, 33
St. Mary's Church, Bury St., Edmunds,
England, 37
Bright Coat of Arms 49
Netherhall, Thurston, England, . . 49
Gail Hamilton 85
Ida Tucker Morris 94
Old Buckman Tavern, Lexington, . 97
Silas Forbush 112
Gov. E. A. Straw of New Hampshire, 140
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas 170
Early Picture of Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas 171
Mrs. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, . . 178 Fiske Homestead, New Hampton,
N. H 189
Allen Fiske, 215
David Edward Fiske 218
Old Fiske Homestead, Amherst, N.H.,2ig Mayor Edward Fiske Gorton, . . . 242
Old Fisk Hill Church 257
Sewall Fiske, 276
Hon. Henry D. Pierce, 280
John Fiske (steel) 300
Rev. Daniel Taggart Fiske, . . . 318
Hon. Henry Clay Fisk, 320
Col. Franklin Fisk, 326
Rev. Wm Allen Fiske, 329
John B, B. Fiske 330
Rev. Albert A. Fiske, 331
Dea. John P. Fiske, 334
Prof. Franklin W. Fisk, 335
Rev. Lewis R. Fiske, 336
Rev. Samuel W. Fiske 338
Rev. Wilbur Fisk, 347
Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, 350
Hon. Warren L. Fiske 403
John Fisk, 408
John M. Fisk, 410
Arthur N. Fisk, 411
Dr. Newell Fisk, 413
Edward F. Fisk 415
PAGE.
Almon P. Fisk 420
Dr. Edward J. Fiske 43°
Stephen P. Fisk 437
Hon. Hiram C. Fisk 439
Lieut.-Gov. Nelson W. Fisk, . . . 440
Rev. David M. Fisk 447
Dr. Cyrus M. Fisk 449
Hon. Joseph Fiske, 461
Charles D. B. Fisk, 467
Lieut. Bradley A. Fiske 469
Rev. Franklin L. Fisk, 47°
Mrs. Katherine Tanner Fisk, . . .471
Dr. George F. Fisk 474
Jerome H. Fisk 492
Rev. Nathan W. Fisk 497
Liberty B. Fiske 509
Louis S. Fiske, 5^0
Solon Fisk 5^4
James H. Fisk, 5^5
Dr. Samuel A. Fisk 528
Major Geo. A. Fiske 55°
Hon. LeanderW. Fiske 554
Geo. W. Fisk, 556
Hon. Wm. J. Fisk (steel), .... 560
Dr. Wm. M. L. Fiske 564
Col. James Fisk, Jr 568
Haley Fisk 57i
Hon. Theron S. Fisk, 573
Dr. C. R. Fisk 574
Mrs. Dr. C. R. Fisk 574
Hon. David L. Fisk 576
Harrison G. Fiske, 583
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, , . . 583
Ella A. Fiske, 589
Dr. Marcus B. Fisk, 598
Capt. Smith W. Fiske, 602
Amos K. Fiske, 604
Hon. Joseph G. Fiske 610
Rev. Herbert F. Fisk 611
Dea. Geo. B. Fiske, 613
George C. Fiske, 616
Capt. John M. Fiske, 620
Albert W. Fisk 622
Douglas A. Fiske, 630
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
I VENTURE the assertion that thus far no antidote has been discovered for the cure of the so-called "genealogical fever." My friends tell me I have it in an aggravated form and it would seem so. Last year I published the Whitney Genealogy, a volume of 700 pages, and now present "The Fiske Family." I have been greatly assisted in my work by Bond's VVatertown and the volume compiled by Rev. Albert A. Fiske of Austin, 111., on the Amherst, N. H., Fiskes. The family is noted for its strong religious proclivities inherited from its English ancestors, who on account of their Puritanic belief, were obliged to tiee from tlieir native land or be beheaded or burnt at the stake at the pleasure of their fanatical associates. One of the emigrant ancestors — a graduate of Immanuel College and an eminent divine — was secreted in a wood-pile for nearly a year and finally escaped to America in disguise, here to become one of the ablest preachers; and as Cotton Mather said, "Did he shine in the golden candlestick of Chelmsford, a plain, but an able, powerful and useful preacher of the Gospel." But few of the early New England families can boast of as many descendants who were in the various professions as the Fiske family.
Until this publication the many emigrant ancestors of the Fiskes have not been connected in any one publication. The matter has been arranged in the same manner as my previous publication.s, like the Register issued by the New England Historic-
Genealogical Society. It is the simplest, most comprehensive and the best of plan yet devised. "T. p- ,i^j ."i-v-J'fTT" A number of abbreviations win be founa in the book of which %e following
are explanations: ae., aged; abt., about; dau., daughter; dec'd, deceased; res., resides or resided, residence; w., wife; wid., widow and widower; yr., year; n. f. k., nothing further known; s. p., sine prole (without issue). There are a number of other abbreviations of such common use that their meaning will be readily under- stood. A name in parenthesis thus: Anna Fisk, dau. of Robert and Sybil (Gould) Fiske, indicates the maiden name of the mother. An interrogation point implies doubt or want of absolute certainty. Birthplaces of the children are not always given, but can be ascertained by reference to the residence of the parents which is always given. I wish to return thanks to all those who so generously furnished the requested information. If all had responded a number of the lines would be more complete. Thanks are especially due, Mrs. Silas A. Pierce, Grafton, Mass.; Miss Lou M. Pierce, Worcester, Mass.; F. L. Ora of Chicago, 111.; Prof. John Fiske, Cambridge, Mass.; Col. Francis S. Fiske of Boston; Hon. Joseph Fiske of Wellesley Farms, Mass.; Rev. A. A. Fiske and others who rendered valuable aid and assistance.
It is the sincere wish of the writer that the descendants of the Fiskes will take as much pleasure in perusing these pages as I did in compiling them.
Very truly,
Chicago, July 30, 1896.
FISKE GENEALOGY.
THE FIRST FISK.
The family of Fiske flourished for a very long period in England, in the County of Suffolk. So early as the eighth year of the reign of King John, A. D. 1208, we find the name of Daniel Fisc of Laxfield appended to a document issued by the King, confirming a grant of land in Digneveton Park, made by the Duke of Loraine to the men of Laxfield. The original is in the Public Record office in Lon- don and is dated May i, 1208. The following is a copy:
ROTULI CHARTARUM, VOL. I, PART i, PAGE 177.
Public Record Office, London.
Confirmation by King John, May i, 1208, to the men of Laxfield of land in the Park of Digneveton, granted by the Duke of Loraine. The following are the names of those to whom the grant was made:
Robert Garenoise, Eustice Percario, Henry de la Hose, Walter de Holoc, William son of Robert, William Daniel, Jeffrey Daniel and Daniel their brother, Daniel Cuppario, Brithmaro, son of Brithwalden, Stephen Proest, Stephen Archer, Eustace son of Phillip, Melvine wife of Roger Gadermod, Picot son of William, Bernard son of Roger, Edmund son of Robert, Jordan son of Robert, William son of Gilbert, Robert son of Brithmar, Simon son of Edric, William Odonis, Godfrey and Herbert, Robert son of Jeffrey, Osbert a clerk, Ralph a clerk, Hade- brand Haiward, Robert son of William, Simon son of Turstan, Brithmar son of Godwin, Roger Haiward, Richard Haddoc, Reignald son of Godwin, and Robert and Daniel his brothers, John Emelin, Johnson of Roger, William Wudewell, Roger Crespip, Henry son of Ade, Roger Hunne, Matilda wife of Gilbert, Ernest de Radbrooke, and Robert his brother, Gerald son of Adwin and DANIEL FISC.
ORIGIN OF THE NAME FISKE.
The name Fisk is simply an older form of Fish. In Anglo-Saxon times the termination sh was regularly sounded hard, like sk. The breakfasting Engliscman of those days ate his fisc from a disc. The name is one of a large class of appella- tives taken from the animal world, such as Herring, Salmon, Pike, Crabb, Tench, Spratt, Peacock, Swan, Drake, Crane, Hawke, Bird, Lyon, Hart, Fox, Bull, Lamb, Kidd, Cheever (goat), Todd (fox), Pmxell (piggy). Hare, Colt, Palfrey, etc.
The origin of this class of surnames is not perfectly clear. The largest and most familiar groups of surnames are either (i) patronymics, such as Johnson, Jones, Wilson, etc. ; or (2) names of villages and estates, such as Washington, Frothingham (a corruption of Fotheringham), Greenough (green field), Holmes (meadow), Stanley (stony pasture), etc.; or (3) names descriptive of occupation or social position, such as Mason, Carpenter, Franklin (country squire). Baker and its feminine Baxter, Thatcher and Thaxter, Weaver and Webster, Draper, Smith, Fletcher (arrow-maker). Chapman (merchant). Cooper, Butler, Cartwright, Sargent. Waterman, Sawyer, Chandler, Bishoo. Abbot, Clark, Constable, Spencer (steward) Grosvenor (chief huntsman). Woodward (forest-keeper), Youmans (yeoman), etc.
The earliest use of family names in England was about the beginning of the eleventh century. Long before that time, indeed, clan names were common, and such were always patronymics, e. g., Fotherings, the descendants of Fother; Beor- mings, the descendants of Beorm; Icklings, the descendants of Ickel. At the time of the Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain (fifth and sixth centuries) it was customary
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for a clan to settle in a stockaded village by itself, and all English towns whose names end in ham or ton, preceded by ing, were originally the abodes of single clans; e. g., Birmingham, home of the children of Beorm; Icklington, town of the children of Ickel. Besides these general clan names no others were in use except individual names, such as Alfred or Edith.
The use of family names, beginning in the eleventh century, increased slowly. It was not until the fifteenth century that such names became nearly universal, and also stationary. At first they were shifting in usage. Thus, the same man might be called Henry Wilson, because his father was named William, or Henry Froth- ingham, because he lived at the village of Fotheringham, or Henry Draper, because of his occupation. If the son of this Henry were named Robert, and were any kind of a worker in metals, from an armourer to a blacksmith, he might be known as Robert Harrison or Robert Smith. Surnames had not ceased to fluctuate in this way until the fifteenth century, and it was not until late in the sixteenth that more importance began to be attached to the family surname than to the individual baptismal name. It appears, therefore, that in tracing back the Fiske genealogy into the fourteenth century, we are approaching the time at which difficulty must arise from fluctuations of surname. Thus the paternal grandfather of David Fiske might have been called David Johnson, if John were his father's name, or David Franklin, if he were a country squire. In the thirteenth century we should be quite likely to encounter such confusion and to find the helpfulness of surnames in tracing genealogies vastly diminished.
Surnames derived from estates or localities seem to have been the first to become stationary, and next after them the surnames derived from trade or office, since sons have so commonly followed their fathers in business. The class of names to which Fiske belongs is certainly quite difl'erent in origin from the three great classes above mentioned. What, then, was its origin? Why should a man be called Wolf, or Heron, or Pike?
We are at first struck with the fact that barbarians commonly use such names, both for individuals and for clans. Such individual names as Grey Wolf or Yel- low Raccoon often owe their origin to some personal peculiarity or to some irrecoverable incident. Among American Indians, and in general among bar- barians all over the world, the clans are apt to have such names as Wolf, Eagle, Salmon, Turtle, etc.; the totem, or symbol of the Wolf clan, the idol or image of its tutelar deity, is likely to be a rude image of a wolf or wolf's head; and in many cases the clan is supposed to have had a wolf for its first ancestor.
Shall we say, then, that animal surnames in modern English are survivals of ancient heathen clan-names? Are Fiskes descended from a Fish clan among the East Angles? To this view there seems to be a serious objection. The conversion of our English forefathers from heathenism to Christianity was com- pleted in the seventh century, at least four hundred years before the earliest use of surnames in England. The old clan system, moreover, had crumbled to pieces long before the Norman Conquest. It is not likely, therefore, that habits of naming characteristic of the old heathen clans could have persisted long enough to give rise to a whole class of surnames so late as the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Between the ancient systems of totem devices and the heraldry of the Middle Ages there were many analogies and doubtless some points of connection; though, on the whole, the former must be regarded as the predecessor of the latter, not as its ancestor. The mediaeval heraldry was growing up in England during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and it made an extensive use of conven- tionalized heads of familiar animals, not merely lions, wolves, and bulls, but many kinds of bird and fish, as well as such imaginary creatures as dragons, griffins, and cockatrices. For example, Lucy is the heraldic name for pike, and the shield of the De Lucy family bears on a field gules three lucies or. From this emblem the family surname is likely to have arisen, just as Geofifrey Plantagenet was so called from the sprig of broom or genesta plant worn in his helmet. The familiar name of Pike, as well as that of the Puritan magistrate, Sir Thomas Lucy, who arrested Shakespeare for poaching, has probably come from the heraldic use of pikes or lucies.
The explanation which serves for one of this class of animal surnames might perhaps serve for all: but there is another point to be considered. Heraldic devices were used not only upon banners and coats-of-arms, but also upon
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signboards, not merely of inns but oi other places of business. In days when reading and writing were not common accomplishments, such devices were in general use, and they survived down to a recent time. For tavern signs they are not yet extinct. In old times, as often at the present day in Europe, the shop and the homestead were usually contained in the same building. Thus in the seventeenth century the father of John Milton, who w-as a solicitor, notary public, and law-stationer, had his office and his home ,in a certain house known as the Spread Eagle, in Bread Street, 'Cheapside. Over the front door was the figure of an eagle with outstretched wings. For four or five centuries before Milton's time, in going through any town, you would have passed by a succession of such signs of hawks, cranes, dolphins, salmon, lambs, and bulls, thus finding your way to the particular shop and homestead of which you were in quest. The principle upon which the signs were chosen is not always obvious. Some- times a family name may have suggested the sign, as if a man named Crow were to paint a black crow over his door; but in early times the sign un- doubtedly preceded and suggested the name. The family which dwelt at the sign of the crow came to be called Crow, in the same way that a family which dwelt at a country house called Greenough or Greenhalge (green field) canie to be called by the name of the house.
There is nothing in the Fiske coat-of-arnis, as used in the last three or four centuries, to suggest fishes or any occupation associated therewith. But if the name goes back into the twelfth century, as quite possibly it may, there is a chance that it may have been connected with some heraldic fish emblem since disused. It is quite as likely to have its origin in a sign. As I said above, it is difficult to determine with confidence the precise origin of names of this class.
The reader may be interested in the coincidence that Laxfield, the name of the parish where our Fiske forefathers dwelt for at least three centuries, means "salmon field." I think the name has been applied to the place for more than a thousand years, but I have no theory as to its origin. The name Stad- haugh (sometimes incorrectly written Stradhaugh) is compounded of stead and haugh. The former means station or home, so that the word "homestead" is a case of tautology. A haugh was a cleared field in the days when much of England was covered with virgin forest. Stadhaugh is thus equivalent to "home in a cleared field."
What Prof. Rasmiis B. Anderson says:
Prof. Rasmus B. Anderson of Madison, Wis., ex-minister to Denmark, in
writing sends the following:
Madison, Sept. 19, 1896.
Col. Fred Pierce, Chicago, 111.
My Dear Sir:— I have your favor of the 13th inst., in regard to the name of "Fisk." Fisk means in Norwegian "fish" and of course the name may be of Scandinavian origin. I am pretty familiar with Scandinavian nomenclature, but I cannot recall any Dane, Swede or Norwegian by that name."
Dr. Henry Mortimer Fiske, a native of Sturbridge, residing in San Francisco, writing in September, 1895, says: "The name for long centuries back was Fiske. It is a Scandinavian name and is as common in Denmark and Sweden as Smith is here. The meaning of the name is 'fish' and all Scandinavians call a fish, fiske. The Danes have in Greenland a harbor called Fiskenares, and also one in the island of St. Thomas, one of the West Indies, of the same name Fiskenares, meaning in English fish harbor. I have also an old book published in London in 1760, called the young man's book of knowledge, which is dedicated to the Rev. James Fiske, a rectdS^ of the church of England. In an old book, a history of one of the counties of England, speaking of one of the civil wars there the name of lord or viscount Fiske is there mentioned as one of the civil magistrates. The book is one of the first printed and is nearly 300 years old. In both Sweden and Denmark the name is always spelt Fiske. I have satisfied myself the name was introduced into England at the time of the Danish invasion. I am further satisfied that the 'e' was left ol¥ in England more for the convenience of spelling on the part of our fore-
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fathers than any other cause, as those old fellows, even the most learned, had a habit of phonetic spelling in many instances a desire to cut things short."
The late Miss Fidelia Fisk of Ooroomeyah, Persia, a veteran missionary, in- formed the writer of this sketch that "there seemed to be some connection between the name and the word 'fiscal.' Somewhere she had been told that, before the appearance of the family name, 'the fisk' was one of the appointed public officers. Much of the revenue of those days was collected in dried fish, and Fisk, or Fiske, is the plural of fish in the Danish language. Quintals of fish were at that time used as currency even.
"A ministerial crank, whom I came upon once in traveling, claimed that 'there were few of the family names in N. E. that could not be traced back to the Greek! ' Whereupon I replied, 'Let me hear you take my name over that course.' Without hesitation he replied, 'Your name came by way of Denmark, did it not? It is probably all one with Fish. Now, in the Greek, fish is ichtheus. Prefix the digamma and you have Fichtheus. Drop the termination, and you have Fich, or Fisch, or Fische, which would very soon be worn down to Fish, or Fiske-Fisk.' "
In reading a valuable article from Rev. Wm. H. Grififis, on the "Influence of the Netherlands upon the N. E. Emigrants," I found a statement to the efifect that "many of the emigrants from Suffolk County, England, to Holland, in returning to England, or coming over to America, were found to have shortened their names to a monosyllable. Fisher thus became Fish."
This led to a brief correspondence, in the beginning of which that stalwart defender of the rights and honors of the Dutch expressed his confidence, that "the name of Fiske-Fisk was among those mentioned in the early literature of the Netherlands." Search, however, only discovered a "Fisker" in Holland, who came from and returned to England, but neither in England nor America was the name of Fisker found thereafter, but the name of Fiske-Fisk is there among the emi- grants before 1640.
It only adds to the plausibility of this theory to remember that almost every- one of the emigrant Fiske-Fisk name had a trade which must have been originally learned in Holland — weaver, tanner, spinner, dyer, etc.
Webster's Dictionary has this to say of the name: Fisk (fisk) verb irrelevant (ch. Swedish fjeska, to bustle about), to run about; to frisk; to whisk. "He fisks abroad and stirreth up erroneous opinions." — Latimer.
Fisk, fisc, fiskin, fysk (Swedish fjeska). "What frek of thy folde fisketh thus aboute?" — Piers Plowman, c. x. 153.
Scots Law: The right of the crown to the movable estate of a rebel. (Ency- clopedic Dictionary.)
Fish, fis, fisc, fisch, fiss, fisshe, fyche, fysch, fysshe, s. (Anglo-Saxon, fisc; cog- nate with Dutch, visch; Icelandic, fisky; Danish, fisk; German, fisch; Swedish, fisk; Goth., fisks; O. Fris., fisk; Welsh, pysg; Irish and Gaelic, iasg; Latin, piscis. (Under head Fish, Encyclopedic Dictionary.)
LORD OF THE MANOR OF STADHAUGH.
Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, held lands in Laxfield Parish, and was probably grandson * of Daniel Fisc, before mentioned. He bore for his arms, chequey, argent and gules, upon a pale, sable, three mullets pierced, or. These arms, with a crest added, were confined to Prof. Nicholas Fiske, professor in Physic, of Stadhaugh, in Laxfield.
In 1633 a charter of confirmation was issued from Herald's College. It acknowledges the use of the arms by a:h ancestor to all the emigrants.
To all and singular persons to whom these presents shall come, Wm. Segar, Knight, Garter Principall, King of Arms of Englishmen, sendeth his due com- mendations and greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Know yea that anciently
* According to Herald's Visitations.
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Motto: Macte virtu te sic itur ad astra.
"So to the stars we go For doing as we ought below."
Arms of Symond Fisiie of Stadhaugh.
from the beginning it hath been a custome in all countries and common wealths well governed, that the bearing of certain signes in shields (commonlie called arms) hath been and are the only markes and demonstrations either of prowess, virtue and valour in times of war or peace, and of good life and conversation for learning, magistracy and civil government in times of peace diversley distributed according to the qualities and deserts of the persons de- meriting the same, which order, as it was most prudentlie devised in the beginning, to stirr and kindle the hearts of men to the imitation of vir- tue and nobleness; even so hath the same been and yet is continually observed to the end that such as have done commendable service to Prince and country either in war or peace may receive due honor in their lives, and also devise after their deathes successively to their posterity. Amongst the which number I find Nicholas Fiske of Studhaw in the parish of Laxfield, in the county of Suffolk, Professor in Phisick, son of Nathan Fiske of the same son of William, son of Thomas, son of William Fiske of Studhaw aforesaid that lived in the raignes of King Henry the sixt, Edward the III, Richard the third and King Henry the seventh, who beared for their coats armor, as foUoweth viz, checkey argent sable, three mtillets or, pearced and wanting onto his said coate of Armes, as diverse to want, a convenient creaste or cognizence
and gules, upon a pale further for an ornament auntient coates are found
fitt for him the said Nicholas to beare, who hath requested me the saide Garter to assign him such a one as he may lawfuUie use without wrong doing or prejudice to any person or persons whatsoever which according to his due request I have accomplished and granted in manner and forme followeth (that is to say), on a healme a torse argent and gules a triangle, argent, above the upper angle an estoile, or, mantelled gules, doubled argent, as more plainly appeareth de- picted in the margent hereof. All which amies and creaste I the said Garter King of Armes by power and authoritie of my office, under the great seal of England, due appoint, give, grant, ratifie and confirme onto the said Nicholas Fiske and to his posteritie forever and that it shafi be lawfuU for him and them to use and show forth the same in signet, shield, ensigne, or coate armor or otherwise at his or their pleasure, at all times, and in all places, according to the ancient laws or arms and laudable custome of England, without let or moUestation. In witness whereof, I the saide Garter have hereonto set my hand and scale of office, the i6th day of November, A. D. 1633, and in the 9th yeare of the raigne of our.Souveraigne Lord Charles by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the Faith, etc.
This motto is evidently taken from Virgil's Aeneid, the ninth book. In the 640th and 641st lines of this book you will find: "Atque his victorem affatur lulum: Macte nova virtute, puer: sic itur ad astra."
Another authority describes the arms as follows: Fisk Armes: Checkie, Ar- gent and Gules, on pale sable 1.88 by .43 inches, check ^ inch Gules right hand upper corner alternate Argent. Form, Top & side 5 checks right lined and right angled; bottom, spade shaped, three Mullets, or, pierced. Crest: Torse 1.03 by .1 inch Argent & Gules, Triange equilateral, .65 inch, above upper angle an Estoile, or, mantled Gules, doubled Argent, .1 inch.
The said arms and crest are ree'istered in the Heraldry book of Middlesex, made by Sir Henry, signed George Knight Richmond. Hen: Lily, Rouge, Rose.
Heraldry, a relic of the feudal ages, took its rise in the crusades, and was em- ployed to denote the manly virtues. Since then armorial bearings have served very much the same purpose of the modern diploma, and have been cherished because deemed the patent or respectability. Esteemed at first by the landed
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gentry at pleasure, they afterwards came under the regulation of law. The Herald's College was established, and a general registration took place in the sixteenth century, when pedigrees were accepted and registered, the disorder or irregularity or fraudulent bought rectified.
FROM BOHN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERALDRY.
Fiske Harrison — see Harrison — Harrison, as borne by Fiske Goodeve. Fiske Harrison, of Copford Hall, County Essex, Esquire, who assumed his additional name and arms of Fiske, on succeeding to the family estate of his mother, Sarah Thomas, only child of Rev. John Fiske, of Thorp, Moriaux County Sufifold, by his wife the daughter and heir of the late Samuel Thomas, of Lavenham, Esquire. Arms — Quarterly, first and fourth, az. two bars, one between six estoiles, three, two and one. er. second and third and three crescents bareg under az. and gu. Crest — A Stork, wings expanded ar. beaked and membered or. Motto — Ferendo et Feriendo.
FISKE WILLS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, ENGLAND.
In 1854 Col. Francis S. Fiske, of Keene, N. H., now a resident of Boston, Mass., and United States Commissioner, employed the well known American genealogist and antiquarian, Horatio G. Somerby, then residing in Camden Square, London, to thoroughly inspect and copj' from the records in the various parishes in Suffolk County, England. He found a mass of very valuable data relating to the English ancestors of the American Fiskes from 1462 to 1635.
Mr. Somerby first visited the several Suffolk parishes where he knew the Fiskes had resided and made extracts from the parish registers which were of sufficient antiquity to suit his purpose. The registers of South Elmham and Weybread, however, in one of which he expected to find the baptism of one of the American emigrants, did not date back far enough to give it. He next consulted some of the wills of the early Fiskes and found sufficient to justify him in the belief that Nathan Fiske, of Watertovvn, Massachusetts Colony, was the eighth in descent from the first Simon of Laxfield, through Robert, of St. James, South Elmham, who was his great-grandfather. Simon was Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, in Laxfield, Suffolk County, England, in the time of Henry the Sixth.
Between the years 1462 and 1635 he found some fifty wills of Fiskes proved in Suffolk County, all of the same family, abstracts of which were furnished and are inserted in their proper places, others of this family are as follows:
WILLIAM FISKE. OF RENDHAM. Will nresented July 17, 1472. Men- tions his sons, William, Robert, Thomas and John and Walter Fiske, of Peasenhall. Wife Margaret.
THOMAS FISKE, OF BADENHAM. Will dated Sept. 13, 1488. Wife Agnes. Sons, William and John.
JOHN FISKE OF DISS CO., NORFOLK. Will dated in 1488. Speaks of his wife, Elizabeth, and Mr. John Fiske, clerk.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF BEEDES. Will dated 1505. Wife, Jane. Witnessed by John Fiske and others.
NICHOLAS FISKE, OF EAST DEREHAM. E. NORFOLK. Will dated Apr. 8, 1529. Wife, Elizabeth. Sons, William, Thomas, John and Ambrose. Daughters, Cicily and Wj^borough.
JOHN FISKE, OF LAXFIELD. Will dated Oct. 2, 1535; proved 1535. De- sires to be buried near his mother Bequeaths legacies to John Fiske, of East Dereham; William Fiske, of East Dereham; Thomas Fiske, of Lowstoft, and to John, son of Simon Fiske. Appoints Jeffrey Fiske, the elder, and his son, John, executors.
JOHN FISKE, THE ELDER, OF WENHASTON. Will dated May 4, J558; proved Jan. 6, 1558-9. Wife, Marion. Son, John. Daughters, Ague- and Susan: daughter Joan Barfot.
THOMAS FISKE, OF NORTHALL. Will dated May 16, 1557: proved May 27, 1557. Desires to be buried at Southrow. Wife, Agnes. Sons, John and Will- iam. Daughter, Margaret. Godson, Christopher Fiske.
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AIARIaN FISKE. OF WENHASTON, widow. Will dated Jan 30. 1558; proved July 31, 1559. So'n, John. Daughter, Agnes; daughter, Joan Barfot.
WILLIAM HSKE OF SOUl'H COVE. Will dated Alar. 13, 1576; proved Dec. 5, 1 581. Wife. Elizabeth. Late daughter, Alice, wife of Richard House. Grandchildren, Judith and Dorothy Fiske. Legacy to Robert Pease and his children.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF ALDBOROUGH. Will dated Sept. 3, 1584; proved Oct. 6, 1584-5. Wife, Margaret. Sons, Francis, Thomas, John and William. Daughter, Margaret. Brothers, John and George.
WILLIAM FISKE OF RENDON. Will dated June 20, 1572. Wife, Isabel.
GEORGE FISKE, OF ALDBURGH. Will dated Jan. 25, 1584-S; proved Feb. 26, 1584-5. Wife, Joan. Brother, John. Mentions William Fiske and his son, Thomas.
RICHARD FISKE, OF SHOTLEY. Will dated Apr. 6, 1589. Wife, Ursula. Son, Jonas.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF LAXFIELD. Will dated Dec. 29, 1590: proved Jan. 22, 1591. To his wife. Jane, a tenement at Stradbrook. Brothers, John and Jeremy. Brothers-in-law, John Punchyard and Thomas Bowett.
JOAN FISKE, OF IPSWICH. Will dated .May 22, 1562. Desires to be buried in the churchyard of St. Mary-at-Elms, in Ipswich.
ROBERT FISKE, OF GREAT LINSTED, single man, nuncupative will, dated Mar. 18, 1601-2. Father and mother, Thomas and Alice Fiske, of Great Crattfield. Brothers. William and John. Sister Alice Sparham and sister, Joan.
ROBERT FISKE, OF ST. TAMES, SOUTH ELMHAM. Will dated Apr. 10, 1592; proved July 28, 1602. Eldest son, William; son, Eleazer, and his wife, Elizabeth; son, Thomas. Daughter, wife of Robert Barnard. Appoints his sons, Jaffrey and Eleazer executors.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF MIDDLETON. Will dated Mar. 18, 1611-12, proved Apr. 22, 1612. Wife, Joan. Sons, Nicholas, William, John and Thomas, all under 22. Daughters, Frances and Margaret, not 21.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF RENDHAM. Will dated Oct. 20, 1603: proved Nov. 17, 1604. Son, Thomas. Daughter, Frances, wife of Anthony Cressye, of Den- nington.
ARTHUR FISKE, OF BULCHAM HAMLET. IN BLITHEBOROUGH. Will dated Dec. 20, 1610; proved Jan. 9, 1610. Wife, Mary. Mentions Agnes, daughter of his brother Samuel, and John Fiske, his apprentice.
JOHN FISKE, THE ELDER, OF ALDBURGH, WOOLEN DRAPER. Will dated Mar. 31, 1617; proved ^Nlay 18, 1617. Wife, Katherine. Sons, John and Thomas. Daughter, Anne; daughter, Emma Bawkey, wife of Edward Bawkey; daughter, Dorothy. Sister, ^Margery Palmer. Cousin, Thomas Fiske and his children.
THOMAS FISKE, OF MARLFORD. Will dated Sept. 18, 1617; proved Nov. 24, 1617. Mentions his grandchild, Thomas, son of hi_s son-in-law, Ralph EverarH: William, son of his sister. Amy Richardson, deceased. Uncles, Robert and John Godfrey. Cousin, Reynolds, of Baddingham; cousin, Blith, of Hales- worth; cousin, Goodall, of Parham; wife's sister, Margary French. Father-in-law, Whight.
ANNE FISKE. Will dated Jan. 6, 1619. Sons, Thomas and Robert. Sisters, Hudson and Palmer.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF SPEXHALL. Will dated Mar. 29, 1618; proved May 2, 1618. Gives to the poor of Hedinghani Co., Norfolk. Wife, Elizabeth. Son, William, and his son, William; son, Edward, and his son, William. Daugh- ters, Mary and Marian; and son-in-law, Robert Balls.
ROBERT FISKE. OF REEDHAM. Will dated Feb. 16, 1609-10; proved Nov. 18, 1610. Wife, Elizabeth. Son, Robert, not 21. Daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Joan. To son, Richard, "who, whether he be living or dead, I know not," forty shillings, to be paid to him within one year after his return to England.
THOMAS FISKE, OF WENHASTON. Will dated Mar. 16, 1602-3; proved June 5, 1604. Wife, Alice. Legacies to his sister. Knight, and William Fiske, re- siding with him. Makes William, son of William Fiske, of Hockingham, to Nor- folk, his princioal heir.
MARY FISKE, OF WEST ORETHAM CO.. NORFOLK, widow. Will dated Aug. 21, 1623; proved Feb. 26, 1624. Eldest son, Christopher. Grandchil-
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dren, Robert, William and Edmund. Son-in-law, Edward Page. Mentions Robert, son of Robert Fiske.
HENRY FISKE, OF WENHASTON. Will dated Apr. 15, 1628; proved July 9, 1628. Wife, Margaret. Son, Henry. Daughters, Rose, Margaret and Prudence.
SIMON FISKE, OF ELMSWELL. Will dated Mar. 15, 1615. Wife, Eliza- beth.
EMME FISKE, OF ELMSWELL, widow. Will dated Feb. 17, 1625; proved Nov. 27, 1626. Son. Robert and his daughter, ]\Iargaret; son Edward and his daughter, Elizabeth. Grandchild, Mary Palmer. Daughter, Elizabeth Martin; daughter, Frances, wife of Roger Bardwell.
JOHN FISKE, OF ELMSWELL. Will dated Sept. 4, 1616: proved Oct. 14, 1616. Brothers, Robert, Simon and Edward. Brother-in-law, Thomas Palmer; brother-in-law, Thomas Bardwell; brother-in-law, Thomas Martin. Appoints his mother, Emme Fiske, executrix.
MARGARET FISKE, OF SWIFTING, widow. Will dated Apr. 19, 1636. To her son, Nathan, one-third of all her goods, and the residue to her daughters, Mary, Margaret and Sarah. Appoints her son, Nathan, executor.
JOHN FISKE, THE ELDER, OF WENHASTON. Will dated May 6, 1636; proved Apr. 21, 1640. To his daughter, Susan Fiske, £40. Appoints his son, John, executor.
AMOS FISKE, OF DENNINGTON, singleman. Will dated Jan. 8, 1641-2; proved Apr. 21, 1642. Sister Frances, wife of John Russell; sister Margaret Fiske, Father-in-law. William Fiske. Mother, Margaret. Directs that his brothers, John and William, the younger, be bound apprentices; brother, William, the elder, residuary legatee.
ZACHARY FISKE, OF WETHERSDEN. Will dated Feb. 18, 1646-7; proved Jan. 2"], 1647-8. Wife, Mary. Mentions William Fiske, eldest son of John Fiske, of Ruttlesden, Gent, and Zachary Fiske, son of Robert Fiske, of Norton, Gent.
THOMAS FISKE, OF SANDCROFT, IN SOUTH ELMHAM. Will dated 1661. Mentions his brother, James and Samuel Fiske, Weybred.
THOMAS FISKE, THE ELDER, OF ALDBOROUGH. Will dated Aug. 9, 1623; proved July 9, 1633. Wife, Emme. Sons, Francis, Thomas and William. Daughters, Emme and Elizabeth. Grandson, John.
FRANCIS FISKE, OF ALDBOROUGH. Will dated Mar. 31, 1634; proved Nov. 27, 1634. Mother, Emma Fiske. Son, John. Appoints his wife, Anne, exec- utrix.
JOFIN FISKE, OF SOUTHWOLD. Will dated Apr. 20, 1648. Bequeathes to his wife, Mary, lands in Wenhaston. Sons, John, Sturgeon and Anthony, all under 21. Daughter, Margaret, wife of Gilbert Hopkin. Daughter, Susan Fiske.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A VISIT TO LAXFIELD.
(By Isabella H. Fiske, of Wellesley Farms, Mass.) To the member of the family who is interested in its early history, and is taking a trip in England there will be hardly anything more fruitful of enjoyment than turning aside a little from the beaten track and visiting his ancestral home of Laxfield, in Suffolk, from which the American branch of the Fiskes emigrated. The town and its vicinity make an interesting study. The nearest railroad town, and one with which the Fiskes themselves were early identified, is Framling- ham, some eight miles distant, and with twenty-five hundred inhabitants. The town itself claims through tradition to date from the time of Redwald, king of the East Angles. It is certainly as early as the Norman period, as the structure of its castle shows.
This is a fine old ruin, one of the largest in England, covering over an acre of ground, with its thick walls, arched gateway, and rising towers. It has a most interesting history, having been held since the earliest records till through the thirteenth century by the baronial family of the Bigods, these being bestowed by Edward I. upon his son Thomas, of Brotherton, and still later coming into the hands of the Mowbrays and Howards; families later represented by the earls and
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dukes of Norfolk. It was at one time surrendered into the hands of John, and again, much later, was seized by the crown and became the residence of Queen Mary of England, being afterwards restored to the Howards by James I. Coming, in the seventeenth century, through purchase, into the hands of Sir Robert Hitcham, it was considerably dismantled, and was finally, on the hard terms of its ■entire demolishment given over by his will into the possession of Pembroke Col- lege, Cambridge.
There is also in Framlingham, the fine old church of St. Michael's, dating in part from the thirteenth century, and harboring as its chief treasure the altar tombs of the Howards; the most noted among whom are the two earls of Surrey, one victor of Flodden field, the other, the gifted poet of the Tudor era, and a victim of Henry VII.
Modern Framlingham is quiet enough, boasting as its chief interest, the Albert Memorial College, a large school for boys. It still keeps its antiquarian interest as central, however.
The name of Fiske is by no means an unknown one here. It may be found upon the stones in St. Michael's churchyard, which is comparatively recent, occur- ring about half a dozen times. It is to be seen in the town records also, and over shop doors and the like, occasionally. In one instance, however, the proprietor — whose name was Fisk — of one of the stores there, on being interviewed in regard to his family was unfortunately unable to trace back his lineage even so far as his own grandfather. But we may feel ourselves quite justified in identifying the early history of the family with that of the town in all the stirring scenes that were witnessed there.
In Framlingham we have a strong recollection of the past. In Laxfield we have the past itself, as something still present, not yet outgrown. It is all de- lightfully typical of England. In the first place, we have the real English coun- try. We have behind us all thought of time and press of circumstances, and stroll leisurely along the winding lanes, shut in by green hedgerows from the sloping hillsides where the sheep and cattle graze peacefully. We have the coun- try life of centuries ago, too. It is all just as it was when, as an old play tells us: "Prince Charlie came riding down to hunt the deer at Laxfield with his men," or when Cromwell and his men came riding along that way on their destructive mission.
Come they did, most probably along this route, for the little church at Laxfield bears traces of vandal hands, which marked the overzeal of the Roundheads. As we enter the little town, of about five hundred inhabitants, the whole atmosphere is delightful, this stepping out of the whirl of traffic, the rush of modern life, and breathing this quieter air, with its suggestions of lavender and musk, its folds and creases of the past still lingering. The great charm is the quaint unconscious- ness of it all. The centuries have slipped by unnoted, and the old church still waits for the awakening touch that seems as far away as ever. The handful of houses grouped around it are true English country homes. The rectory one would wish particularly to visit; a charming little place, which, with its bower of green and rosevines and suggestions of perpetual summer, has all the romance and quaint- ness of the setting of the "Vicar of Wakefield." The rector seems the Vicar ■himself, gray and gentle as he is; a most hospitable man, who keeps up from "his little retreat with the movement of the world's forces, yet with a contemplative, rather than an active interest.
We have a strong sense of ownership in this ancestral home of ours as we linger along its shaded street, on our way to the churchyard. This grows upon us as we find upon the mossgrown stones half obliterated epitaphs, containing the familiar family name. It is something set off from the thoroughfare of the cease- less throng of tourists; a little by-way in which we can take an especial pride, and something as deserving of study as many a better known object of attention.
As we enter the exquisite little church, we note the rich, time-darkened carv- ing, the finely executed stone-work of the fourteenth century, and the later Jacobin influence in the work. It is all genuine from the quaint baptismal font within, to the square tower without, rising amid the trees.
In the parish register, which is hardly ever opened, the records begin with the sixteenth century and the name of an Elizabeth Fisk is found to be one of the •first entries, in 1519. Thus the old register bears witness that the Fiskes were
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identified with the town at the earHest account, and suggests a far-stretching past as a fertile field for the imagination.
The feeling of ownership culminates, of course, in visiting the old homestead, Stadhaugh perhaps a mile distant. It is a fine old estate, with its hundreds of acres still kept up and well stocked with sheep and cattle, and its traces of manor- house dignity. Its quaintly arranged chambers, its rambling roominess, and low- reaching rafters make an effective background for the bright laughter and merry sport of the rosy cheeked English children in the family now occupying it. We may look back here in imagination upon the environments of the Stadhaugh Fiskes in the old days of Henry IV. and Henry VI., when they were persecuted for their loyalty, and picture the lives of our own ancstors there to whose deeds of highmindedness Cotton Mather has made stirring allusion, naming this very estate of Stadhaugh as the scene of the events he has narrated to us. Surely the old homestead, arousing as it does our pride and patriotism, is a fitting link in the past and present of the family history.
Typical as Laxfield and its environs are, it is hard to describe even in detail without seeming to generalize. The associations are of course of more immediate interest than the objects themselves. Yet one gets a great deal of satisfaction, in this particular instance at least, by going back to the haunts of his family's childhood. If you can not do this in person, take down your Oliver Gold- smith and read over again some of the descriptions of Wakefield and its vicar You will hardly be far from the truth. If you can go, do. You will see no reason, if you are a lover of freshness in quaintness, of the historic past, and of rural Eng- land of today to regret having visited your family's early home, Laxfield.
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THE MANOR OF STADHAUGH.
(Rev. Franklin Woodbury Fisk.)
Extracts from my notebook of travel, describing a visit made in July, 1872, to the Manor of Stadhaugh, town of Laxfield, county of Suffolk, England, for several generations in the possession of the Fisk family:
July 23, 1872, Laxfield. at "The Royal Oak" hotel. — Leaving Cambridge at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, I came by rail to Framlingham, the nearest station to Laxfield, six miles distant. Calling on two brothers, Henry and George Fisk, the first a glazier, and the other a shop-keeper, to see if I could learn anything respecting their ancestry. I found that I could learn absolutely nothing except that their father, many years before, came from the neighborhood of Laxfield. I ordered dinner at "The Crown" hotel, at 5 o'clock, and meanwhile visited the old castle, now in ruins, to which Queen Mary fied when Lady Jane Grey was placed upon the throne. It must have been a very strong castle in its day. I also visited the ancient church in which is the tomb of the celebrated poet, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, beheaded by Henry VIII. After dinner I started ofif at 6 o'clock to walk to Laxfield. It was a sweltering day, and I had a hard walk, though in many respects a pleasant one, reaching Laxfield about 8 o'clock. I called at once on the rector of the church, Rev. John Dallas, a gentleman of some 60 years of age, who has been pastor of the church here twenty years. He received me very courteously, and kindly offered to go with me in the morning to the old church and inspect the records of the baptisms, marriages and deaths of persons who had lived in the parish since the time of Queen Elizabeth, as the records did not extend back of that date. After engaging lodgings at "The Royal Oak," I called, at the suggestion of the rector, on an aged gentleman (Mr. Brightly), who for many years has been an officer in the church, and has known the inhabitants of the town for sixty years. He kindly gave me all the information about the Fisk family he possessed, and said that there had been no one of that name living in the town for the last twenty years.
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Woodbridge, July 24. — After breakfast yesterday morning, I accompanied Rev. Mr. Dallas and his accomplished daughter to the venerable church edifice, with its ancient Norman tower. We opened the rusty iron chest, took from it the old records, and pored over them for hours, till 12 o'clock, trying to decipher the almost hieroglyphic characters of the writing. We turned first to the records of baptisms, which we found did not extend back of 1579, and these records, as nearly as we could make them out, were as follows. (There is copied into my notebook a list of twenty-seven baptisms extending from the year 1579 to the year 1651, which was as far as I copied.) The name Fisk stands the second one of the names on these records, and is almost uniformly spelled for some years, "Ffyske," but when a new minister or clerk came to enter the name, he spelled it differently, and often without the final "e." Indeed, in one or two instances the name seemed to have been spelled differently in the same entry of a baptism, thus: "Mary Ffyske, daughter of Nicholas Ffysk, was baptized the 8th day of Nov., 1581." After the entry in the year 1514, the "y" in the name becomes changed into "i," thus: Ffiske or Ffisk.
I noticed this record of a marriage: "Married, Henry Ffiske and Margarette Smith, the 20th day of Sept., 1590."
I find that the "Studhaw" estate (or as it is indiiTerently spelled, "Studhaw," "Sudhaw," "Stadhaugh"), was in the possession of a Mr. John Smith, and I sus- pect that he came into its possession through the marriage connection of the Fisks and Smiths referred to above. This Mr. Smith appears to have been a man of intelligent and benevolent views, as he willed the whole estate, consisting of about 112 acres of excellent land, with good buildings, to the town of Laxfield intrust, the income of which should be forever appropriated to the support of a school for the training in the common branches of an English education, of forty poor orphan boys of the town of Laxfield, or if necessary, of the county of Suffolk, after wliich these boys were to be taught some useful trade. The be- quest was made, I think, in 1718, and ever since the school has been doing this noble work. It is under the care of seven trustees, of whom the Rev. John Dallas is chairman. I visited the school and was much pleased with it.
I walked out with Mr. Dallas to the estate, lying about half a mile from the village, and was politely received and hospitably entertained by the tenants, Mr. Thomas Reed and wife, who showed me through the house, which must have been quite a grand one in its day, though changed from age to age, not always, as I think, for the better. In the garret of the house I saw fine old oak wainscoting that generations ago adorned the lower rooms of the manor house. The biiilding is of stone, of very ample dimensions on the ground, and has a very large kitchen, and butter and cheese rooms, and has commodious outbuildings. The rent of the estate is £170 a year. Mr. Reed's father and grandfather lived as tenants on the estate, in all for ninety years. After spending a very pleasant hour at this de- lightful house of my ancestors for several generations, I returned to the quamt little village of Laxfield. and bidding "good-bye" to my kind friend, Mr. Dallas, walked back to Framlingham, and taking a railway train to this place (Wood- bridge), stopped here over night to call on Mr. Samuel Fisk and his two sons, whom I found to be prosperous business men. The father had left Laxfield forty years ago, and had established himself in Woodbridge, in the cabinet-making busi- ness, in which he had been very successful.
VISIT TO FRAMLINGHAM, DENNINGTON AND LAXFIELD.
(By Prof. John Fiske, of Cambridge.)
With regard to an article on the English Fiskes, I hardly think I know any- thing which you do not know already, but with regard to the Manor House, I can tell you briefly of a visit which I made there in June. 1880. 1 had been givmg some lectures in London, and was going thence to Edinburgh to give a course of lectures there. I stopped at Ipswich and passed a night at the Great White Horse Inn. immortalized in "Pickwick Papers." Took the train next morning for the quaint old market town of Framlingham. The English, by the way, do not pro-, nounce that "1", and I suppose that our Framingham was named after it. At
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PVamlingham, my wife and I tooK a dog cart and drove through Dennington, where Nicholas Fiske lived in the days of "Bloody Mary," to Laxfield, which is nine miles from Framlingham, and almost within the salt smell of the German Ocean. I felt very doubtful whether there would be anything to see at Laxfield more than a meadow or potato patch, but it would be something to see even the site which one's forefathers left when they came to New England. I inquired of a man working on the road, and learned that the Manor House of Stadhaugh was still standing, and that information on local history might be obtained from Mr. Aldrich, the parish clerk. After a pleasant call at the house of this gentle- man, I continued on my way until at the end of a very long hedgerow I saw the quaint farmhouse known as Stadhaugh Manor. The present occupant, Mr. Thomas Read, was standing at the gate. On my mentioning my name, he invited us into tl;e dining-room, a long, low-studded room with large fire-place, tall clock well stocked bookshelves, plants in the window, and all the appearance of com- fort. I learned from Mr. Read that the house was built in the time of Henry VHL, apparently at a season when window taxes were high. Fiskes had lived on the spot since the time of Richard H., and how much earlier I do not know. They came to America in such numbers that the name became nearly extinct in Suffolk. The last Fiske of Stadhaugh died about 1675. The estate then passed into the hands of John Smith, Esq., who died in 1715, leaving the Manor House and farm of about three hundred acres to the Parish of Laxfield with a provision that the income should be devoted to preparing poor boys for the University at Cam- bridge. The place was leased by the parish to a family named Read on a ninety- nine year lease, and at the expiration of that period, the lease was renewed for another century.
My entertainer belonged to the sixth generation of Reads who had lived in that house. He was a fine, tall, stately man, quick in mind and well informed, very like the best type of New England deacon. He seemed interested in seeing a descendant of the ancient Fiskes, and said that it was not often that he had such visitors.
We called upon the vicar. Rev. William Mothersole, who said that we would find on the floor of the parish church the names of some Fiske ancestors buried beneath. The little parish church was built about the time of King Alfred, 1,000 years ago. The floor was covered with strips of a kind of hemp carpet, and on raising them, there was a good deal of dust to be cleared away, and as my time was limited, I gave up the search for Fiske graves. I, however, saw that of "John Smith, Armiger."
The vicar's son, a bright boy of twelve, who was much interested in the proceedings, took me to the village green where the one martyr of Laxfield was burned in the evil days of Mary Tudor. This victim was the Rev. John Noyes, and Fox, in his "Book of Martyrs," tells how his brother-in-law, Nicholas Fiske, of Dennington, visited him the evening before his execution.
I believe there is nothing more of interest to be said about my visit. The country at Laxfield and all about it has that finished, pastoral beauty so character- istic of the English landscape.
ANCESTRAL AND HISTORICAL.
(By Rev. Albert A. Fiske.)
The Fiskes in America are descended from an ancient family of that name, which for centuries and until a recent period, had its seat and manorial lands in Laxfield, in the county of Suffolk, England. As early as 1422, one Symond Fiske resided there as Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, and entitled by grant to coat armour. Several of his descendants appear to have justly gained repute for piety and education, both among churchmen and non-conformists, and numbers of them during the protracted struggle of the Reformation, and especially in the days of Queen Mary, endured severe persecutions on account of their staunch adherence to Evangelical principles.
Robert Fiske, of Laxfield, son of Simon, and fourth in descent from Symond Fiske, of the same, married Sibyl Gold, and had sons, William, Jeffrey, Thomas
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and Eliezer. These parents were the progenitors of all the Fiskes that settled in New England, so far as known, before 1640. In considering their posterity here, we must trace them as descended from two distinct groups, coming over about the same time (1637), one group settling in Wenham, and the other in Watertown, Mass. William Fiske, eldest son of Robert, married Ann Anstye, and had children, John, Nathaniel (who died j^oung), Eunice and Hannah, the last of whom mar- ried William Candler, and was the mother of Rev. Matthias Candler, whose manu- scripts, now on file in the British Museum, furnish the records from which the early history of the Fiskes in England have been compiled. John Fiske, the eldest son of William, above, and grandson of Robert and Sibyl Fiske, married Ann, a daughter of Robert Lantersee, and had children, John, William, Anne and Martha, all of whom, with their mother, embarked for America in 1637. Their father had died previously (in 1633), and during the passage the mother died also. The two brothers, having married in England, settled with their families in Wenham, then a village of Salem, Mass., about 1640. John, who had been already ordained in the English Church, became a noted and influential minister in the colony, and was settled as the first minister of the church in Wenham. Cotton Mather, in that quaint volume entitled "Magnalia," makes honorable allusion to him, both as scholar and preacher, and said that "like the beloved Luke, his praise was in all the churches." His brother, William, became also a man of mark, filled various public offices, was representative to the general court of Massachusetts, but died in the prime of his powers and usefulness, under 40 years of age. Both were able and useful men, were zealous Puritans in religion, and left descendants who per- petuated their good name for several generations. T~ About the same time that Rev. John and his brother established themselves in Wenham, several of their relations became also emigrants to the colony. David Fiske, of Watertown, who settled there with his son, David, and nephews, John and Nathan; and Phinehas Fiske, of Wenham, who brought with him sons, James (afterwards of Haverhill), John and Thomas — these two separate groups of families were respectively descended from J^effrey Fiske and Thomas_Fiske, the third sons of Robert and Sibyl, previously mentioned; ^heir cousin^TRev. John and William, being descended, as we have already shown, from William Fiske, the first son of the same. From these brothers and cousins, eight in all, who were thus early colonized in the commonwealth, have sprung a numerous, widely scattered, and very respectable posterity. Over one hundred and sixty of their number, bearing the family name, are on the roll of college graduates, while very many of them have variously attained distinction as divines, authors, scholars, and public men, two having been prominent candidates for the Presidency of the United States. There is not a university or collegiate institution in this land, which has not had at some period a Fiske filling a prominent chair on its board of faculty, while four of them have been elected to the presidency of such corporations. And as to minisrers and deacons of churches, their number is alijiost beyond enumeration. "
We will now consider more particularly the Wenham group of Fiskes. Rev. John Fiske and family arrived in Cambridge, Mass., in 1637. There he engaged for awhile in teaching school, and afterwards in Salem, where he conducted the first grammar school with remarkable success, his pupils being able, it is said, to conipose readily in Latin, verse or prose. In 1643 he removed to Wenham (adjoining Salem), gathered a church, and became its first pastor, in 1644. and continued such for more than twelve years. In 1655 he removed to the pastorate of the church in Chelmsford, in which he continued till 1677, when he died at the age of y6, leaving a family. Rev. John Fiske was twice married. His first wife, after living with him about thirty-seven years, died in 1771. Such was her remarkable knowledge of Scripture that she was called her husband's concordance. She was the mother of his children.
Moses, only son of Rev. John Fiske that arrived to maturity, graduated at Harvard College in 1662 — the first of the Fiske alumni in this country; was licensed to preach in 1671, and ordained and settled over the church in Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., the following year. He was a preacher of considerable power and animation. Several of his sermons were published, and may be found in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Rev. Mo:es Fiske was twice married. His first wife was Sarah, a daughter of William Symmes, of Charleston, whom he married in 1671. Of his fourteen children those that
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lived were named as follows: Mary, Sarah, Ann, Elizabeth, Moses, John, William, Samuel. Mrs. Sarah, wife of Rev. Moses Fiske, died in 1692. In I700, Jan. 7, he married Mrs. Quincey, a daughter of the distinguished Rev. Thomas Shepard. By her he had, Shepard Fiske, born April 19, 1703; Margaret Fiske, born Dec. 15,' 1705. Shepard Fiske, youngest son of Rev. Closes Fiske, graduated at Harvard College in 1721, and died a physician at Bridgewater, ^lass., in 1779. Mr. Fiske's daughters, except the last, all married clergymen. Two of his sons also, John and William, were clergymen. But the subsequent history of their brothers, Moses and William, is not definitely known.
John Fiske, second son of Rev. Moses Fiske, of Braintree (Quincy), graduated at Harvard College in 1702, preached awhile in Braintree Church, and was or- dained pastor of a church in Killingly, Conn., October 19,1715; his brother-in-law, Rev. Joseph Baxter, of Medfield, preaching the sermon. Here he remained until 1741, when disafifection arising in the church, he was dismissed and retired upon his large landed estate in Killingly, where he died in 1773, in the 89th year of his age. He is reported to have been a good scholar, an able preacher, and wise counselor. His wife was Abigail, a daughter of Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, of Newton, Mass. Of his five children only one was a son, and he died in infancy.
Samuel Fiske, youngest son of Rev. Moses Fiske, of Braintree, graduated at Harvard College in 1708 — where his name appears on the roll without the vowel termination — and was ordained minister of the First Church, in Salem, Mass., in October, 1708. Says Bentley, in his memorial sermon: "Rev. Saniuel Fiske was a man of eminent talents in the pulpit, of firm and persevering mind, and held in high esteem until disaffection sprang up in his church from the ill-defined discipline then existing in our churches. He was a preacher of real abilities, but his high notions of church authority were repugnant to many persons, and interfered with his usefulness. He was dismissed from the First Church, in 1735, and accepted the charge of a new society established by his friends. He preached the first centenary lecture of the First Church, August 6, 1729. The election sermon delivered by him before the Governor and Legislature, in 1731, may be reckoned as among the best. It was published and a copy is preserved among the state archives. He was dismissed from the Third Church in 1745, when he retired from the ministry. By wife, Anna Gerrish, he had five children, but only one of his sons reached maturity, John, born May 6, 1744. Rev. Samuel Fiske died in Salem, in 1770, at quite an advanced age.
John Fiske, only surviving son of Rev. Samuel Fiske, of Salem, engaged in commercial pursuits and acquired property. At the time of the Revolution he commanded the first vessel of war commissioned in the service. At the close of the war, he was commissioned a Colonel, then a Brigadier, and finally a Major General in the State Militia, which position he held until his death, in 1797. He was a man of princely hospitality, of enterprising spirit, and of benevolent im- pulses. He took great interest in the various religious and charitable movements of the day, and contributed freely to their support. He was thrice married, but left no male issue.
Peter Fiske, a grandson of Rev. Moses, of Quincy, married Sarah Perry, of Grafton, Mass., November 15, 1758. Four of their children were there born, Moses, Nathaniel, Peter, Sarah, John. Of these the eldest, Moses, graduated at Dart- mouth College, in 1786; was licensed and preached awhile, but never ordained to the pastorate. He was a tutor in Dartmouth College from 1788 to 1795, when he removed to Helham, Tenn., and died there about 1842. He remained single until 50 years of age, and then reared a family of nine children. He ever manifested a strong disapprobation of negro slavery, although living in the midst of slavery all his days in the south. He was the author of several published works on slavery. John Fiske, brother of above, graduated at Dartmouth College, in 1791, studied theology with Rev. Dr. Lyman, of Hatfield, and was ordained to the ministry at Hadley, Mass., in May, 1794. Preaching for awhile as an evangelist, he ac- cepted a call to the church in New Braintree, and was installed pastor, in August, 1796. In 1809 he enjoyed with his church a remarkable revival, which was re- peated in 1818, 1819, 1826, 1831 and 1842. The fruits of these awakenings were numerous additions to the church. He preached his half century discourse October 26, 1846, which was published. He took a deep interest in the cause of education; was one of the ef^cient helpers in the building up of Amherst College, and received the degree of D. D. from that institution in 1844. He continued
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to preach with the assistance of a colleague, until October, 1854. In March follow- ing, he died in great peace, after a ministry of sixty-one years with the same people. He made a fine figure in the pulpit, being tall, dignified, of serene and intelligent countenance. He possessed a clear and well balanced mind, and a general completeness of character seldom found. His pulpit efforts were marked by eminent good sense and great appropriateness, especially in prayer. Sev- eral of his discourses were published. Mr. Fiske married, in 1796, Elizabeth Mellen, of Milford. They had children: John ]\I., Alary W., William, Sarah, Abby and James. The youngest daughter married George Merriam, one of the pub- lishers of Webster's Dictionary. William Fiske, son of Rev. ]Dr. John, was or- dained to the ministry in 1865, and for years did good and efficient service among the Freedmen.
William Fiske, Esq., who emigrated to America in 1637, in company with his brother. Rev. John Fiske, was born in England, about 1614, and was there married to Bridget Musket, by whom he had several children. He was admitted Freeman (at Wenham), in 1643, and chosen town clerk of the same during the following year. He was elected Representative to the General Court of the Com- monwealth in 1647, and continued in that office by annual election until 1652. He appears to have enjoyed to a large extent the confidence and respect of his townsmen, but was cut short in his career by death, in 1654, in the prime of his life, under 40 years of age; having during the eleven years of his residence in Wenham, repeatedly served in all the positions of trust within the gift of the peo- ple. He died intestate, and therefore most probably of some sudden and acute disease. Letters of administration were granted to his widow, in July, 1654. by which provision was made for the following children, therein named: William, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, and Martha. William, the eldest, was born 1642. Other children may have been born previously, but must have died young. The above named were evidently the only living heirs at the time of their father's decease. No records of births, marriages or deaths were kept on the town books of Wen- ham before 1686, when Capt. Thomas Fiske was instructed to commence their registration . Consequently the facts respecting the early generations are derivable only where private sources are wanting, from the public records of the land and probate offices. These records, for the entire counties of Essex and Middle- sex, and covering a period of over two hundred 3^ears, in connection with various town records, have been carefully examined, and the results of the investigation, after much study, have been compiled in the following pages.
William Fiske, Jr., the eldest son of William Fiske, the emigrant, born in 1642, was married to Sarah Kilham. of Wenham, Jan. 15, 1662, and by her had several children, the record of whose names and births was found among the private papers of his grandson, William Fiske, Sr., of Amherst, N. H.
Mr. Fiske, by occupation a weaver, was admitted a Freeman in 1670: was chosen deacon of the Congregational Church, of which his uncle, Rev. John Fiske, was first pastor, in 1679. He also held various public offices, such as clerk, moderator of the town for many years. He also represented the town of Wenham for eleven different sessions in the General Court of Massachusetts. Indeed, he and others of the family, for fifty years consecutively, were the sole representatives of the town in that body, and until 1720. He inherited to a large extent his father's ability and worthy character, being deacon of Wenham Church for above forty years, and died at a good old age, in his 86th year. In his will, dated 1725, and proved 1728, all of his children are mentioned as legatees, except those who had died previously. But to his sixth son, Ebenezer. who was principal heir and legatee, and also his immediate successor in the deacon's office, was bequeathed "the original homestead," which property became by inheritance the residence also of his grandson. William Fiske, fourth son of Dea. Ebenezer, and remained in the family until March, 1773, when, upon the removal of said William Fiske to Amherst, N. H., it was sold to one Wm. Webber. Nothing now remains to mark the spot but a heap of stones, and the family name becoming extinct in Wenham, only the venerable slabs in the cemetery are left to bear witness to the fact that here was the ancestral seat of an ancient and honorable family, whose de- scendants, widely scattered but still maintaining the high character of their lineage, constitute today the main body of the Fiskes in America. To this source may be traced five distinct branches, which in this work are classified as the Amherst, Upton, Shelburne, Rhode Island and Connecticut lines.
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William Fiske, fourth son of Dea. Ebenezer, of Wenham, principal heir of his estate and sole executor of his will, resided at the ancient homestead in Wenham, where probably his father, himself and his own children were all born, until the decease or removal of his own immediate relatives. Of himself personally little is known, except that in his character and principles he was a staunch Puritan. And considering that the characteristics of race and parentage stamp the in- dividual, it would be strange were the case otherwise. His ancestors from a re- mote period were Puritans or Reformers, a lineage illustrious for their piety and inflexible virtues. His father and grandfather were successively deacons in the original Wenham church, for upwards of seventy years; the same ancient church of which the Rev. John Fiske himself, was the original pastor. More remotely still the family had been identified with that great reformatory struggle in England, from which were gathered the rich fruits of a purer faith and constitutional liberty. Such were the forefathers of William Fiske, and such the ancestral vir- tues, a goodly measure of which he inherited with his patrimony. That he was a man of strong religious convictions and most exemplary life is manifest from the admirable parental discipline by which his children were trained to become excellent citizens, godly men and women, and enabled to exert a wide and benefi- cent influence in their day and generation. And in this respect they but bear em- phatic testimony, alike with other collateral branches, to the strength of that moral principle which, taking root with the parental stock in Wenham, over two centuries ago, has marvelously spread and diffused itself, like a spiritual leaven, through the various descendant and divergent lines, to this day. Mr. Fiske — ta resume the thread of family history — having been appointed sole executor of Dea. Ebenezer's will, remained in Wenham long enough to settle the estate and dispose of the homestead, and various tracts of land, when (in 1773) he removed to Am- herst, N. H., with his wife Susanna, and nine children, and two daughters-in-law, Mary Bragg, the wife of their son, Jonathan, and Eunice Nourse, wife of their son, William. The father, William, Sr., purchased a tract of land on the south side of Walnut Hill, and there the original homestead of the Amherst Fiskes was established. Having lived to see his country proclaimed free and independent, and his family settled in comparative comfort, he died in 1777, in the 52d year of his age.
Of their sons and daughters, all, except Anna, married, and she and two others excepted, William and David, remained in Amherst; all eventually removed and settled elsewhere. Some of them raised large families, and all more or less prospered in circumstances, and the good esteem of their fellow citizens. Of them all, it is believed, it may be truly said that their lives were blameless before God, and their end calm and full of peace. Among the descendants of William Fiske, Sr., of Amherst, may be mentioned Judge Jonathan Fiske, his son. Hon. Jonathan Fiske, Hon. William Fiske, Hon. Francis N. Fiske, Rev. Dr. Franklin W. Fiske, Rev. Dr. L. R. Fiske, Rev. Dr. William Allen Fiske, Rev. A. A. Fiske, and a long roll of deacons and other church officers.
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COLLEGE GRADUATES BY NAME OF FISKE.
Below will be found a list of persons by the name of Fiske and Fisk, who have graduated at the various colleges in this country:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE. MASS.— the following is a list of graduates of Harvard College by the name of Fisk— Fiske. The date at the left denotes the year of graduation, the letters 1 and m signify Law and Medical Schools.
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Graduates not preceded by a star are supposed to be living at the present time:
FISK.— RESIDENCE. *i7o8 Samuel. 1849
*i72i Shepard.
*i759 Samuel. 1853
■•■1772 William.
*i8o5 Charles. *i853
*i824 Benjamin Franklin. i860
♦1843 1 Stuart Wilkins.
♦1846 1 Robert Farris. 1861
♦1864 Albert Levi. 1873 Lyman Beecher, Cambridge, 1862
Mass. 1880 m Samuel Augustus, 37 i8th 1863
Ave., Denver, Colo. *i885 James Lyman. *i863
1886 Frederic Daniell, 32 Quincy St., 1866
Cambridge, Mass. 1889 m Arthur Lyman, 13 West 50th *i868
St., New York City. 1869
*i894 1 Arthur Oilman.
1872 FISKE.
*i662 Moses. 1875
*i702 John.
♦1754 Nathan. 1881
*I774 Abel.
*I785 Thaddeus. *i882
*I787 Oliver. *i882
*I793 Samuel. 1886
*I798 Isaac.
*i8oi Timothy. 1887
*i8i5 John Minot. 1887
*i8i6 Luke. 1890
*i8i8 Robert Treat Paine.
*i8i9 Thomas. 1891
*i825 Augustus Henry.
♦1829 m Calvin Park. 1893
1846 1 Francis Skinner, 98 Federal 1894
Bldg., Boston, Mass.
FISKE.— RESIDENCE. Charles Carroll, 149 E. 46th St., New York City.
Cornelius, 120 Broadway (Room 20), New York City. Edward.
Charles Henry, 60 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
Joseph Emery, Wellesley Hills, Mass.
George Alfred, Jr., Lombard St., Dorchester, Mass. John, Prof., 22 Berkeley St., Cambridge, Mass. m Eugene Rufus. Amos Kidder, "'N e w York Times" Office, New York City. J. McK. Campbell. Arthur Irving, 17 Montrose St., Roxbury, Mass.
George, Room 5, 60 Congress St., Boston, Mass. Andrew, 10 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Fred. Aug. Parker, 44 Cherry St., Somerville, Mass. William Boyd. 1 John Winthrop. m Eustace Lincoln, 22 Pritchard St., Fitchburg, Mass. Edward, Lincoln, Mass. Robert Francis, Milton, Mass. Winthrop Edwards, 465 Beacon St., Lowell, Mass. George Stanley, 261 Clarendon St., Boston, Mass. Charles Henry, Weston, Mass. George Converse, Lombard St., Dorchester, Mass.
YALE COLLEGE, NEW HAVEN, CONN.— The list of graduates by the name of Fisk and Fiske from this institution is as follows:
FISK. 1743 Samuel, Haddam, Conn.; d. 1749. 1877 1747' Benjamin, Portland, Conn.; d. 1881
1802. 1770 Ichabod E., Georgia; d. 1810 1883
(Rev.). 1817 Ezra, honorary degree (Williams 1883
College, 1809). 1892
1826 Charles B., Staunton, Va.; d. 1866. 1829 William L., New Haven, Conn.; 1704
d. 1834 (M. D.). 1840 Stuart W., Natchez, Miss.; d. 1862. 1793 1844 Robert F., St. Paul, Minn.; d.
1863. 1856
1844 Samuel A., Northampton, Mass.; 1863
d. 1884. 1883
1849 Franklin W.. Chicago (D. D.). 1863 Marcus B.. m. 1883
FISK.
Samuel A., Denver. Colo. (M. D.).
Pliny B., d., Ree Heights, So. Dak. (Rev.).
Arthur L., New York City (M. D.).
Henry E., Chicago.
Otis H., Covington. Ky. FISKE.
Phinehas, Haddam, Conn.; d. 1738.
Moses, honorary degree (Dart- mouth College, 1786).
John M., Boston, Mass.
John S., Alassio, Italy.
Elisha S., d., Waitsfield, Vt. (Rev.).
George F., m., Chicago (M. D.).
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BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, R. I.— Below will be found all graduates of the name of Fisk or Fiske. In regard to the abbreviations at the end of each notice: Nee. stands for Brown University Necrology. P. stands for Per- sonal. Harvard stands for Harvard University General Catalogue. Newton stands for Newton Theological Institute General Catalogue. And. stands for An- dover Theological Seminary General Catalogue. The rest explain themselves. The degree given is that of Bachelor of Arts unless otherwise marked.
1826— CALVIN PARKE FISKE, M. D.,Harvard, 1829. From Sturbridge,
Mass.; d. 1874- „ . . , ^ . , ^ ,
1825— DAVID WOODWARD FISKE. Prmcipal Frammgham Academy, 1825-26; lawyer, Wrentham, Mass., 1831-36; merchant, Detroit, Mich., 1836-55; Greenfield, Mich., 1855-71; alderman, Detroit. Born Sturbridge, Mass., Nov. 2, 1801; died Detroit, Mich., July 12, 1871. Nee. 1872
1844— EUGENE RUFUS FISKE; M. D., Harvard University, 1863. Physi- cian, Scottsburg, Ore., 1849-64; Salem, Ore., 1864-77; one of the founders. Medical Department, Willamette University; professor Theory and Practice of Medicine eight years; one of the founders Oregon Medical Society. Editor "Surgical and Medical Reporter," Oregon. Born Cambridgeport, Mass., June 4, 1817; died Salem, Ore., Aug. 27, 1877. Harv.. Nee. 1878
1825— -GEORGE FISKE. Theological student, Cambridge, Mass., 1825-26; in business, Lowell, Mass., 1826-30; teacher, Oswego, N. Y., 1830-32; ordained Epis- copal, 1832; pastor, Oriskany, N. Y., and Rome, N. Y., 1832-37; home missionary, Richmond, Ind., 1837-44; pastor St. Paul's Church, Richmond, 1844-55; farmer and preacher, Richmond, 1855-60. Born Lincoln, Mass., 1804; died Richmond, Ind., Feb. 24, i860. Nee. 1862
1812— ISAAC FISKE. From Weston, Mass.; died 1813.
1808— JOSIAH JONES FISKE, A. M. From Sturbridge, Mass.; died 1838.
1840— OLIVER FISKE. Graduated Newton Theological Institution, 1843; not ordained; resident, Tewksbury, Mass. Newt.
1837— OLIVER JOHNSON FISKE. Student Newton Theological Institu- tion, 1833-35; ordained Baptist, 1837; pastor, Limerock, R. I., 1838-39; teacher, Stewart's Creek, Tenn.; Robertson County, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn., two years; president, Eno College, Gallatin, Tenn., until 1849; pastor various churches. 111., until 1873. Born Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 24, 1809; died Crawfordsville, Ind., Jan. 8, 1886. Nee. 1886, Newt.
1803— PHILIP MANCHESTER FISKE. From Scituate, R. I.; died 1828.
1805— AMASA FISK. Lawyer, Dover, Vt. From Upton, Mass.; died Do- ver, Vt., Mar. 23, 1847. Nee. 1847
1824— CHARLES ROBINSON FISK, A. M. Graduated Andover Theolog- ical Seminary, 1828; ordained Congregational, 1828; home missionary, 1828-31; pastor, Holden, Me., 1831-33; Poland, Me., 1834-35; Presbyterian Church, Logan, Ohio, 1836-?; editor, Galesburg, 111., i849?-5i; pastor, Mendota, 111., 1853-55; resi- dent, Mendota, 1862-?; editor, Delavan, 111. Born Wrentham, Mass., Oct. 27, 1804; died Delavan, 111., Dec. 28, 1869. And'
1869, Ph. B.— DANIEL MOSES FISK, A. M., 1876; Ph. D., Finlay College^ Ohio, 1890. Professor Biology, Hillsdale College, 14 years; pastor First Congre- gational Church, Jackson, Mich., five years; First Church, Toledo, Ohio. Address 2024 Robinwood Ave., Toledo, Ohio. p'
^^^f~^^^^^ FISKE. Student Andover Theological Seminary one year, with class of 1821; not ordained. From Upton, Mass. Born May 24, 1790; died 1854.
^u ^^2^T,?^^^^^ ^^^^' ^- ^- "^^to^' 1796-99; pastor Congregational Church, Wrentham, Mass., 1800-51. Born 1770; died Wrentham, Mass., Jan. 11,
1815-WILBUR FISK, A. M.; D. D., 1835; Augusta College, Kentucky? 18^29' Law student, 1815-17; teacher, near Baltimore, Md., 1816-17; Methodist preacher, Craftsbury Circuit, Vt, i8i8; Charlestown, Mass., 1819-20; presiding elder Ver- mont district, 1823-27; delegate Methodist General Conference, 1824, '28, '32- chap- .Q^^ ^'""'""^-^^^^'fif*",''^' '^^^- principal Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass. wS?P.fn?'M'v ^l^^^y^" University, 1831-39; visitor U. S. Military Academy. West Point, N. Y., 1832; chaplain Middletown Artillery, 1832-39; delegate Wesley^ an Conference, England, and in Europe, 1835-36; member Connecticut Board of
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Education, 1839. Author "Future Rewards and Punishments," 1823; "Sermon on SpirituaUty and Truth of Divine Worship," 1824; Introductory Address, Wesleyan Academy," 1825; "Discourse Before the Legislature of Vermont, General Elec- tion," 1826; "Report of Committee on Education, General Conference," 1828; "Two Discourses on Universal Salvation," 1829; "Sermon, Mass., General Elec- tion," 1829; "Discourse on Predestination and Election," 1831; "Science of Educa- tion, Inaugural Address, Wesleyan University, 1831," 1832; "Substance of a Dis- course on Death of Rev. Edward Hyde, 1832," 1833; "Address on Traffic in Ardent Spirits," 1833; "Substance of an Address Before Middletown Colonization Society," 1835; "Calvinistic Controversy," 1835; "Travels on the Continent of Europe," 1838; "Reply to Pierpont on the Atonement," 18 — . See "Life by J. Holdich," 1842. Born Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 31, 1792; died Middletown, Conn., Feb. 22, 1839.
Wesl., Allibone
1829— ALBERT WILLIAM FISKE. Graduated Andover Theological Seminary, 1832; ordained Congregational, 1833; pastor, Alfred, Me., 1832-44; Scar- boro. Me., 1844-48; Houlton, Me., 1848; Upton, Mass., 1849; Kittery, Me., 1850-5?; Fisherville, now Penacook, N. H., 1857-63; acting pastor. Center Harbor, N. H.^ 1864; Boscawen, N. H., 1865; Warner, N. H., 1865; Barnstead, N. H., 1866-68; Gro- ton, N. H., 1869-71; resident. Penacook, 1863-92. Author of "A New Year Ofifer- ing." Born Upton, Mass., Jan. 16, 1802; died Penacook, N. H., Dec. 7, 1892.
Cong. yr. bk.. Nee. 1893
1821— HON. CALEB FISKE, M. D. Surgeon Continental Army; physician, Scituate, R. I.; Justice Court Common Pleas; original member R. I. Medical Society; president, 1823-24. Born Scituate, R. I., 1753; died Scituate, Sept., 1835. R. I. eye.
AMHERST COLLEGE, AMHERST, MASS.— Following is the list of Fisks and Fiskes graduated here. Information up to 1871 about those marked * will be found in Montague's Biographical Record of Amherst Alumni, i vol., 800.
*Rev. Asa S. Fiske, class of 1855; present address, Ithaca, N. Y.
*Pliny Fisk, class of 1840; died in 1872.
*Samuel Fisk, class of 1848; died in 1864.
Frederick A. Fiske, class of 1836; died in 1878.
Warren C. Fiske, class of 1840; died in 1887.
Warren Cooley Fiske, the son of Stephen and Lucina (Thompson) Fiske, was born at Wales, Mass., Sept. 21, 1816, and was fitted for college at Mon- son Academy. He was graduated at East Windsor (now Hartford) Theological Seminary, 1845; was ordained at East Haddam, Conn., May 19, 1847, and was a home missionary in Wisconsin until 1850, when he became pastor in Marlboro, Conn. After eight years there he was pastor at Canton Centre, Conn., 1858-61; and afterward was acting pastor one year at Barkhamstead and at Wolcott, Conn., from 1869 to 1872. His health failing, he moved to a farm in Charlton, Mass., in May, 1872, and from there to Southington, Conn., Sept. 20, 1884, where he died of consumption, Apr. 17, 1887. Mr. Fiske was married May 19, 1847, to Harriet M., daughter of Rev. Isaac Parsons, of East Haddam, Conn. Four children.
*Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, class of 1842; present address, 212, High Street, New- buryport, Mass.
John Winthrop Fiske. From Bath, Me. Class of 1876; present address, 170 Broadway, New York City.
Arthur W. Fiske. From Granby, Mass. Class of 1880; present address, Gran- by, Mass.
Arthur S. Fiske. Class of 1884; died 1891.
George F. Fiske. From Hyde Park, Mass. Class of 1894; present address, 75 Milton Avenue, Hyde Park, Mass.
George W. Fiske. From Holliston, Mass. Class of 1895; present address. Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE. WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.
FISK, EZRA, M. A. (also Yale, 1817; D. D. Hamilton, 1825), graduated 1809; born at Shelburne, Mass., 1784; lived at Goshen, N. Y., 1813-1833; died at Phila- delphia, Dec. 5, 1833.
FISKE, FREDERICK WILLIAM, M. A., graduated 1872; then lived at Southbridge, Mass., but before 1871 at Hammonton, N. J.; now at 849 Grand Ave. St. Paul, Minn.
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FISKE, CHARLES ALBERT, graduated 1879; res. then Southbridge, Mass.; now a teacher at St. Paul, Minn.
STUDENTS WHO DID NOT GRADUATE.
FISK, EPHRAIM, class 1827 (graduated at Union College, 1827; died at Schenectady, N. Y., 1827).
FISK, RICHMOND, JR., class 1858; in college from 1853 to 1855 or 1853; res. at that time, Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
FISK, ELBRIDGE N., class 1869; in college from 1865 to 1866 or 1867; res. at that time, New York City.
FISKE, ARTHUR WILMOT, class 1880; in college from 1876 to 1877; res. at that time, Granby, Mass.
FISKE, ELISHA SMITH, class 1882; in college from 1878 to 1879; res. at that time, Shelburne, Mass.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, HANOVER, N. H. The list of graduates by the names of Fiske and Fisk from this college are as follows:
FISK, ALLEN, graduated 1814.
FISK, CYRUS M., HON., graduated 1870; res. Lowell, Mass.
FISK, GEO. A., MED., graduated i860; res. Jesup, la.
FISK,. JOHN B., graduated 1798.
FISK, MARTIN H., graduated 1852; res. Temple, N. H.
FISK, MOSES M., graduated 1802.
FISKE, CHARLES A., graduated 1861 ; res. Greenwich, Conn.
FISKE, FRANCIS S., graduated 1843; res. Boston, Mass., No. 94 P. O. Bldg.
FISKE, JOHN, graduated 1791.
FISKE, MOSES, graduated 1786.
FISKE, NATHAN W., graduated 1817.
ANN ARBOR UNIVERSITY, ANN ARBOR, MICH. The graduates are as follows in the several departments.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
LEWIS RANSOM FISKE, A. B., 1850; A. M., 1853; LL. D., 1879; president of Albion College, Albion, Mich.
EDWARD DANIEL FISKE. A. B., i860; A. M., 1863; died at Detroit, Mich., June 7, 1873.
JOSEPH HENRY FISKE (son of L. R. Fiske), A. B., 1877; res. Lead- ville, Colo. (1890).
HORACE SPENCER FISKE, A. M., 1885; A. B. (Beloit College), 1882. Chicago. 111. (Chicago University extension lecturer).
GEORGE MYGATT FISK, A. B., 1890; Ashtabula, O.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
JOEL H. FISK, M. D., 1857; registered from Oberlin, O. MELANCTHON H. FISK, M. D., 1866; Wauwatosa, Wis.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
LEONARD FISKE, LL. B.. 1894: Burlington, Vt. (1894).
NON-GRADUATES.
LEWIS ROSS FISKE (son of L. R. Fiske), 1870-73 (Literary); died Sept. 8,
1895.
ORLANDO PORTER FISK. 1863-64 (Law); registered from Rochester,
N. Y.
ROBERT WASHINGTON FISK, 1882-83 (Law); registered from Mel- rose, 111.
WILBUR WASHINGTON FISK, 1882-83 (Law); registered from Green- castle, Ind.
JOSEPH BAKER FISK, JR., 1894-95 (Literary); registered from Toledo, O.
PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER. MASS. JOSIAH FISK, aged 17, entered the academy in 1778, the first year of the institution, hailing from Andover. As a matter of fact, I find by the manuscript register that he entered on the very first day of the school. He remained in the school until 1780. He is registered as having died in 1781.
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ELBRIDGE FISK entered the school in 1811, aged 12, from Beverly, Mass., and left it in 1812. He was a merchant in Beverly and died in 1846. I found the notice of his death in the Salem Register of Dec. 14, 1846, where he is given the title of "Esq.," and is registered as 47 years old.
AUGUSTUS HENRY FISKE entered in 1821, at the age of 15, to complete his preparation for college, being from Weston, Mass. He graduated at Harvard in 1825. He studied law with Hon. Benjamin Rand, Boston, and at Harvard Law School; was a lawyer of extensive practice in Boston. From 1848 he resided in Weston. He was son of Isaac Fiske, Register of Probate in Middlesex County, and Sukey Hobbs.
JOHN LANDON FISKE left middle class June '90 (at P. A. year): res. 139 Oxford St., North Cambridge, Mass.
PIENRY FREEMAN FISKE left middle class in '87 (at P. A. four years). Cliftondale, Mass.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
This is the list of Wesleyan graduates (including one non-graduate) of the name of Fisk. There were none named Fiske:
FISK, EVERETT OLIN. 18^3: 4 Ashburton Place. Boston, Mass.
FISK, HERBERT FRANKLIN, i860; Evanston. 111.
FISK. SEWALL H., 1840 (non-graduate; died Sept. 18, 1862, in hospital, at Savannah, Ga.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, N. Y.
No one name Fisk or Fiske has thus far graduated at Cornell University, though several persons of that name have matriculated at the university and have pursued studies there. Below are the names of all these persons, with their home address at the time of their attendance in the university:
EPHRAIM JOHN FISKE, of Lebanon, N. Y.; student in Cornell Uni- versity 1878-79.
FERDINAND COMSTOCK FISKE, of Maquoketa, la.; student in Cornell University 1878-79.
CHRISTABEL FORSYTHE FISKE, of Ithaca, N. Y.; student in Cornell University 1894-96.
JOSEPH BAKER FISK, JR., of Toledo, O. : student in Cornell University 1895-96.
COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, PRINCETON, N. J.
The following is a list of all of the names of Fiske given in our Alumni Cata- logues.
FISK, HARVEY, graduate from Hamilton College, 1826: received a de- gree here in 1830.
FISK, E. W., graduated in 1849; present add. Greencastle, Ind.
FISK, H. E., graduated in 1877; present add. 28 Nassau St., New York City.
FISK, P., graduated in 1881 ; present add. 28 Nassau St., New York City.
FISK, W. C, graduated in i8go.
FISK, C. L., graduated in 1895; home add. Wallingford, Conn.
BELOIT COLLEGE, BELOIT, WIS.
The following is a list of the graduates from this institution:
1876— FRANKLIN L. FISK. M. A., clergyman, Elkader, la.
1878— FRANKLIN P. FISK, prin. N. W. Div. H. School, Chicago, 111.
1880— JOHN P. FISK, JR., real estate dealer, Redlands, Cal.
1881— EDWARD O. FISK, M. A., insurance, Minneaoolis, Minn.
1882— HORACE S. FISKE, M. A.. Lect. Univ. Exten., Univ. Chicago, III.
1885— GEORGE F. FISKE. Sec. Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, ME.— The only graduate of the name of Fiske (or Fisk) was Rev. John Orr Fiske. D. D., class of 1837; b. July 13, 1819, Bangor, Me. Pastor at Bath, Me., where he died Dec. 18, 1893.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.— The only graduate from this college is Douglas Andrus Fiske, Bachelor of Laws, 1891; res. Minneapolis, Minn.
TUFTS COLLEGE. ANDOVER, MASS.— Warren Herbert Fiske, 1891; res. 1189 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
KNOX COLLEGE, GALESBURG, ILL.— Sarah R. Fisk, gr. 1851: Mrs. Dunn: died i86r.
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, ILL.— The only gradu- ate of Northwestern named Fisk is Mrs. Aurora Fisk Zeublin, '90, now abroad. Her father is Dr. H. F. Fisk, principal of the Academy of N. W. U., Evanston, ill.
DE PAUW COLLEGE, DE PAUW, IND.— The only graduate is Wilbur A. Fisk, class of 1889, from Richmond, Ind.
PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY, EXETER, N. H.
The graduates are as follows:
ABEL FISK, 1797, ae. 13, Wilton, N. H.
ROBT. T. P. FISKE, 1813, ae. 14, Worcester. Mass.; H. U., 1818, A. M., M. D.
SAMUEL PHILLIPS FISK, 1817, ae. 16, Claremont, N. H.; merchant.
ROBT. FARRIS FISK, 1839, ae. 19, Cambridge, Mass.; Yale College, 1844, A. M., LL. B.; merchant.
SAMUEL AUGUSTUS FISK, 1839, ae. 17, Cambridge; Yale College, 1844, A. M., M. D. ; physician.
CORNELIUS FISKE, 1849, ae. 19, Lincoln, Mass.; H. U., 1853; lawyer in New York.
ARTHUR IRVING FISKE, 1862, ae. 14. Holliston, Mass.; H. U., 1869, A. M.; teacher in Boston.
FRANK WALKER FISKE, 1867, ae. 16, Concord, N. H.; business, Kan- sas City, Mo.
FRANK WINSLOW FISKE, 1868, ae. 19, Peterboro, N. H.
LEWELLYN EUGENE FISKE, 1869, ae. 16, Peterboro.
ANDREW FISKE, 1869, ae. 15, Boston; H. U., 1875, LL. B.; lawyer, Weston.
JOHN WINTHROP FISKE, 1872, ae. 15, Bath, Me.; Amh. Coll., 1876; lawyer.
GEORGE MYGATT FISK, 1886; Ashtabula, O.
IRVING LESTER FISK, 1893; Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
CHARLES NORMAN FISKE, 1894; Upton, Mass.
FISKES AND FISKS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
During the past few years it has been quite the fad to look up one's Revo- lutionary ancestors and at once make application for membership in one of patriotic hereditary societies. Following I give a list of all persons by this name who actively participated in the struggle for American independence. Three of this name were killed at the battle of Bunker Hill; another was the Surgeon who attended the wounded at Lexington.
SOLDIERS FROM MASSACHUSETTS. Aaron Fisk, private. Daniel Fisk, Upton.
Abel Fisk, first lieuenant, Hopkinton. Daniel FisK, private, Deerfield. Abel Fisk, chaplain, Pepperell. Daniel Fisk, private, Waltham.
Abel Fisk, fi.:t lieutenant, Sherborn. Oaniel Fisk (and e), surgeon, Oxford.
Abel Fisk, New Salem. Daniel Fisk, private, Pepperell.
Abijah Fisk, sergeant. Daniel Fisk, second lieutenant.
Abijah Fisk, private, Waltham. David Fisk, private.
Abner Fisk, private. Wells, Me. David Fisk, filer.
Abner Fisk, private, Hol.iston. David Fisk (Dr.), private, Lexington.
Abraham Fisk, private. David Fisk, drummer.
Adam Fisk, lieutenant. David Fisk, private, Holden.
Alpheus Fisk, private, Sturbridge. David Fisk, private, Andover.
Amos Fisk, private, Waltham. David Fisk, private, Concord.
Asa Fisk, private, Holliston. David Fisk, drummer, Pepperell.
Benjamin Fisk, privite, Hadley. David Fisk, sergeant. Lincoln.
Benjamin Fisk, corporal, Upton. David Fisk, Jr., Worcester County.
Benjamin Fisk, private, Cambridge. Ebenezer Fisk, private, Deerfield.
Benjamin Fisk, private, Tewksbury. Ebenezer Fisk, lieutenant.
Benjamin Fisk, private, Andover. Eleazer Fisk, private, Dunstable.
Benjamin Fisk, private, Southbor- Elijah Fisk, corporal, Natick.
ough. Eisha Fisk, private, Hampshire Coun-
Benjamin Fisic, private, Lexington. ty.
Benjamin FisK, private, Groton. Enoch Fisk, private, Needham.
Charles Fisk, private, Hull. Experience Fisk, corporal, Partridge-
Charles Fisk, private. field (Peru).
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Halloway Fisk, private, Mendon.
Henry Fisk, private.
Hezekiah Fisk, private, Brimfield.
J. Fisk, captain.
Jacob Fisiv, private.
James Fisk, sergeant.
James Fisk, Greenwich.
James Fisk, private, Holden, N. H.
James Fisk, sergeant, Worcester.
Jonathan Fisk, sergeant, Holden.
Joseph Fisk (and e), surgeon's mate, later surgeon.
Joseph Fisk (Dr.), (possibly same as above), Lexington.
Joseph Fisk, first lieutenant.
Joseph Fisk, sergeant, Ipswich.
Joseph Fisk, private.
Joshua Fisk, private. Providence.
Joshua Fisk, captain, Natick.
Josiah Fisk, private, Hollis, N. H.
Josiah Fisk, private.
Jason FisK, private, Barre.
Jeremiah Fisk, lieutenant.
John Fisk (and e), ^superintendent of sloop "Tyiannieide;" later com- mander of Brig. "Massachusetts."
John Fisk, private. Wells. Me.
John Fisk, seaman on ''Winthrop."
John Fisk, private, Danvers.
John Fisk, corporal, Groton.
fohn Fisk, private, Littleton or West- ford.
John Fisk (and e), captain. Framing- ham.
John Fisk, Sherborn.
Jonas Fisk, private, Sherborn.
Jonathan Fisk, Billercia.
Jonathan Fisk, lieutenant, Weston. -
Jonathan Fisk, captain, Weston.
Jonathan Fisk, private, Tewksbury.
Jonathan Fisk, Brimfield. ,
Jonathan Fisk, corporal, Wenham. -i
Jonathan Fisk, gunner.
Jonathan Fisk, on board sloop "Provi- dence."
Levi (or y) Fisk, private.
Luther Fiske, private.
Moses Fisk, private, Needham.
Moses Fisk, second lieutenant.
Moses Fisk, corporal, Framingham.
Nathan Fisk, private, Holliston.
Nathan Fisk, private, Northfield.
Nathan Fisk, Gageborough or Par- tridgefield.
Nathan Fisk, private, Sturbridge.
Nathaniel Fisk, Uxbridge.
Nathaniel Fisk, private, Topsfield.
Olivier Fisk, private. -Patrick Fisk, private, Falmouth.
Peter Fisk, private, Groton.
Peter Fisk, private, Westford.
Peter Fisk, corporal.
Pomp (y) Fisk, private, Lexington.
Reuben Fisk, private, Groton.
Richard Fisk, captain, Framingham.
Robert Fisk, private, Woburn.
Robert Fisk, private, Lexington.
Robert Fisk (and e), sergeant.
Rufus Fisk, private, Stafford, Conn.
Samuel Fisk, sergeant, Weston.
Samuel Fisk, sergeant, Templeton.'^
Samuel Fisk, private, Rutland.
Samuel Fisk, private, Topsfield.
Samuel Fisk (and e), private, Swanzey.
Samuel Fisk, Jr., private, Shelburne.
Seth Fisk, Abington.
Simeon Fisk (and e), private, Shirley.
Simeon Fisk, private, Sturbridge.
Stephen Fisk (and e), private, Green- wich.
Sylvanus Fisk, Partridgefield.
Thaddeus Fisk, private, Pembroke.
Thomas Fisk, private, Newton.
Thomas Fisk (and e), private. Par- tridgefield.
Thomas Fisk, corporal, Pepperell.
Wainwright Fisk, Pepperell.
William Fisk, Greenwich.
William Fisk, second lieutenant.
William Fisk, first lieutenant.
William Fisk, Upton.
Zedekiah Fisk, corporal, Shutesbury.
Zadoc Fisk, Shutesbury.
Also the name is given under the
Fisks of Daniel Fisket, private, Nana-
guagus.
RECORD OF CONNECTICUT MEN IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLU- TION.
Page 26, Jonathan Fisk, 10 days, town of Windham, Windham County.
Page 26, David Fisk, 18 days, town of Windham, Windham County.
Page 26, David Fisk, Jr., 17 days, town of Windham, Windham County.
Page 617, David Fisk, private in Capt. Wale's Co.; Col. Jeremiah Mason's Regt. of militia.
Page 663, Eunice Fisk, census of pensions, 1840.
Page 284, Isaac Fisk, Sergeant Major, Southington; appointed Sergeant Apr. 20, 1777; promoted to Sergeant Major in 1780.
Page 631, Isaac Fisk, Sergeant Major, Lamb's Continental Artillery; promoted Lieutenant, Jan. 26, 17S1.
Page 40, John Fisk, private Third Co., First Regt. (Gen. Wooster's), 1775; en- listed May 14, 1775; discharged Dec. 10. 1775.
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Page 115, John Fisk, Ensign; appointed Apr. 15, 1776; resigned Oct. 2, 1776; Capt.
Parmelee's Co. Page 222, John Fisk, private, Warner's Co.; enlisted Apr. 15, 1777; discharged
Oct. 23, 1777. Page 100, Rufus Fisk, private; Revolutionary rolls, Pension Office; Capt. Gallup's
Co., Parson's Regt., Nov. 6, 1776. Page 504, Rufus Fisk, Corporal, Capt. Hewitt's Co., Col. Latimer's Regt., militia
at Saratoga, 1776; paid from Aug. 24, to Nov. 7, 1777. Page 210, Samuel Fisk, private, Kirtland's Co.; enlisted May 8, 1777; deserted July
I, 1780; Sixth Regt. Connecticut Line; paid to 1780. Page 534, Samuel Fisk, Corporal, Capt. Wheeler's Co., Col. Chapman's Regt., 1778;
entered service, Aug. 3; discharged Sept. 12.
NEW YORK LINE. NEW YORK STATE ARCHIVES.
Page 245, Fisk, Isaac, Sergeant in Capt. John Brown's Co.; enlisted in spring of 1777; appointed Sergeant Major, 1779; Second Lieutenant, June 29, 1781; resigned for family reasons, July 14, 1782; A. P. 21-153; South- ingtorv, Hartford Co., Conn.
Page 372, Fisk, Abraham, private, Yates' Regt., Hadlock's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, Joseph, private, Van Renssalaer's Regt., Turner's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, William, private, Van Renssalaer's Regt., Turner's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, Wm., private, Graham's Regt., Lansing's Co.
RHODE ISLAND IN 1776. 352 PAGES. Page 23, Fisk, Squire, Ensign of Sixth Co. (Capt. Barton's), Col. Richmond's
Regt., Oct., 1775. Page 24, Fisk, Squire, Lieutenant. Page 36, Fisk, Benjamin, private in Capt. Martin's Co., Col. Lippel's Regt.. Sept.,
1776.
NEW HAMPSHIRE REVOLUTIONARY ROLLS. VOL. I. Page 564, Fisk, Cato, private; enlisted from Epping in Capt. Rowel's Co., Fourth
Militia Regt., 1777. Page 301, Fisk, David, private in Capt. Timothy Clement's Co., Col. David Gil- man's Regt., Apr. 15, 1776; paid £2, 0, 0, Apr. 9, 1776. Page 391, Fisk, David, private; mustered in Sept. 19, 1776; same company and
regiment as above. Page 487, Fisk, David, private; pay 40 shillings, commenced Dec. 7, 1776; same
company and regiment as above. Page 509, Fisk, David, private; paid £2,0,0, Jan. 14, 1777; same company and
regiment as above. Page 513, Fisk, David, private; paid £2,0,0, from Jan. 7, to Feb. 7, 1777; same
company and regiment as above. Page 304, Fisk, Ephraim, private in Capt. Joshua Abbott's Co-, Fifth Regt., Apr.,
1776 Report. Page 306, Fisk, Ephraim, private in Capt. Joshua Abbott's Co.; paid Feb. and
Mar., 1776; signed by mark. Page 465, Fisk, Eprafaim, private in Capt. Joshua Abbott's Co.; paid Nov. 5, for
Oct., 1776. Page 2>Zy Fisk, James, private in Capt. Reuben Pow's Co. of Minute Men who
marched from Holies, Apr. 19, 1775. Page 2)2>, Fisk, Josiah, private in Capt. Reuben Pow's Co. of Minute Men who
marched from Holies, Apr. 19, 1775. Page 346, Fisk, Josiah, fifer in Capt. Daniel Emerson's Co., Col. Wingate's Regt.,
July, 1776; paid $10,6,0. Page 25, Fisk, Jonathan, private in Capt. Marston's Co., at Crown Point, Sept.
30, 1762. Page 6, Fisk, Mashon, private in Col. Sir Charles Hobby's Regt., Oct. 10, 1710, to
Oct. 10, 1711. Page 566, Fisk, Solomon, private in Capt. Livermore's Co., Col. Thomas Stick-
ney's Regt., 1777. Page 630, Fiske, Cato, private from Epping, in Capt. Wm. Rowell's Co., Col. Na- than Hale's Regt., Mar. 4; paid £26,0,0, Mar. 4, 1778. Page 244, Fiske, David, private in Capt Taylor's Militia Co., Dec. 8, 1775.
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Page 653, Fiske, Solomon, private, Mar., 1777; muster roll of Capt. Daniel Liver-
more's Co., Col. Alexander Scammel's Regt. VOLUME 2. Page 224, Fisk, Aron, private; discharged Sept. 23, 1777; paid £15,6,0; pay roll
of Capt. Kimball Carlton's Co., Gol. Moses Nichol's Regt. his Page 451, Cato X Fisk, private, Col. Folsom's Battalions; from Eppin, Feb. 26, mark. .^778. Page 725, Fisk, Cato, private Eighth Co., Second Regt., commanded by Col. Geo.
Reid. Page 207, Fisk, Ebenezer, private in Capt. James Ford's Co., Col. Moses Nichol's
Regt.; discharged Sept. 19, 1777. his Page 664, Eleazer X Fisk, Jr., private; mustered July 2"], 1779, in Col. Nichol's mark.
Regt.; enlisted from Dunstable. Page- 671, Fisk, Eleazer, Jr., private; mustered July 27, 1779, in Col. Nichol's Regt.;
enlisted from Dunstable. Page 186, Fisk, Ephraim, private in Capt. Peter Kimball's Co., Col. Thos.
Stickney's Regt.; discharged Sept. 25, 1777. Page 671, Fisk, Ephraim, Jr., private in Capt. Peter Kimball's Co., Col. Thos.
Stickney's Regt.; discharged Sept. 25, 1777. Page 129, Fisk, Ephraim, Jr., private; discharged July 12, 1777; paid ii, 18,4, Col.
Thos. Stickney's Regt. Page 743-4, Fisk, James, private in Capt. Reuben Dow's Co., Col. Wm. Prescott's
Regt.; died of disease at Cambridge, May 29, 1775. Page 87, Fisk, Josiah, private; discharged July 14, 1777, in Capt. Dan. Emerson's
Co., Col. Nichol's Regt. Page 510, Fisk, Josiah, private; discharged Aug. 28, 1778, in Capt. Dan. Emerson's
Co., Col. Nichol's Regt. Page 743, Fisk, Josiah, private in Capt. Reuben Dow's Co., Col. Wm. Prescott's
Regt. Page 211, Fisk, Simeon, private; discharged Sept. 28, 1777, in Capt. John Goss'
Co., Captain (^4) Nichol's Regt.; paid £12,7,9. Page 609, Fisk, Solomon, private, enlisted for nine months in Capt. Livermore's
Co., Col. Thomas Stickney's Regt. Page 677, Fiske, Eleazer, private; discharged Jan. 13, 1780, in Major Dan Rey- nold's Co., Col. Hercules Mooney's Regt. Page 729, Fiske, Solomon, private Fourth Co., Third Regt., commanded by Col.
Alexander Scammel.
VOLUME 3. Pafifc 539, Fisk, Amos, private; an account for supplies, in, 15, 4. Page 207, Fisk, Cato, private Eighth Co., Second Regt., commanded by Col. Geo.
Reid, for 1780, from Epping. Page 227, Fisk, Cato, private Third Co. (Capt. Wm. Rowell's Co.), Second Regt,
commanded by Col. Geo. Reid, for 1781. Page 275, Fisk, Cato, private Eighth Co., Second Regt., commanded by Col. Geo.
Reid, for 1781. Page 505, Fisk. Cato, private from Epping; from record of town returns. Page 644-5, Fisk, Cato, private from Epping; from record of town returns. Page 113, Fisk, Eleazer, private; enlisted July 9, 1780, in Capt. James Aiken's Co.,
Col. Thos. Bartlett's Regt. Page 635, Fisk, Eleazer, private; Aug. 31, 1779, paid £39,0,0; Dunstable town
records. Page 105, Fisk, Epheram, private, Capt. Kinsman's return, Concord, July 11, 1780. Page 148, Fisk. Ephraim, private: discharged Oct. 25, 1780, in Capt. Webster's
Co.. Col. Nichol's Regt. Page 479, Fisk, Dr. Joseph, Surgeon. Page 84, Fisk, Nathan, private: discharged Dec. 13, 1780; Dunstable; from pay
roll for recruits, etc. Page 91, Fisk, Nathan, private, aged 16. (Probably in 1780.)
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Page 31, Fisk, Solomon, private; enlisted Mar. 22, 1777, in Capt. Daniel Livver-
more's Co.; died Aug. 10, 1778. Page 23, Fisk, Solomon, private; enlisted Mar. 22, 1777, in Capt. Daniel Livver-
more's Co.; died Aug. 10, 1778. Page 59, Fisk, Solomon, private; paid $6.60; original of this item in possession
of Wm. P. Fiske, of Concord, N. H., 1887.
VOLUME 4. Page 339, Fisk, Eleazer, Jr., private; enlisted from Dunstable, July 27, 1779, in
Fifth Regt. Page 312, Lieutenant Fisk, mentioned in letter of Col. Bedel to Gen. Gates, dated
Haverhill, Jan. 13, 1778.
WORCESTER COUNTY HISTORY, MASS. Volume 2. Page 114, Town of Sturbridge, Simeon Fiske, Nathan Fiske and Joshua Fiske. Page 904, Upton, Wm. Fisk, a selectman and treasurer in 1779. Page 909, Upton, Wm. Fisk, First Lieutenant, Company of Capt. Robert Taft.
Regt. of Col. Silas Wheelock. Page 909, Upton, Daniel Fisk, private Company of Capt. Robert Taft, Regt. of
Col. Silas Wheelock. Page 910, Upton, Daniel Fisk, private Company of Capt. Robert Taft, in 1777. Page 910, Upton, Nathaniel Fisk, private Company of Capt. Thomas Marshal
Baker, 1779; service at Hudson River; Regt. of Col. James Denney. Page 911, Upton, Jacob Fisk, in July, 1780, at R. L, Capt. Thos. Marshal Baker's
Co., Col. Nathan Tyler's Regt. Page 1202, Rutland furnished 103 men, among them is a Jacob Fisk. Page 1391, Holden, David Fiske, an assessor in 1777-78 and '80.
Essex County History, 2 vols., of over 1,900 pages, fo«.id not a single item in re- gard to a Fisk or Fiske.
Plymouth County History, 2 vols., of over 1,200 pages, not a single item found concerning a Fisk or Fiske.
NORFOLK CO. HISTORY (1884). Page 524, Needham, June 6, 1780, Moses Fisk one of a committee on legislative
business. Page 855, Brookline, Thomas Fisk (of Newtown), private in Capt. Timothy
Corey's Co., Col. Baldwin's Regt., Aug. i, 1775. Page 856, Brookline, Enoch Fisk, private in Capt. Thos. White's Co., Col. Will- iam Heath's Regt., Apr. 19, to May 12, 1775 or 6. Bristol County History (1883-6), over 800 pages, no mention of any Fisk or Fiske.
Berkshire County History (1885), 2 vols., of over 1,400 pages. Page 188, Adams, Ebenezer Fisk. Page 196, Lanesborough, Isaac Fisk. Page 201, Peru. Experians Fisk, Sylvanus Fisk, Thomas Fisk.
No companies, regiments or service is given of the Berkshire Co. Rev. soldiers, their names are merely copied from the records at Boston, Mass.
HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT VALLEY (1879). Page 69, William Fisk, of Greenwich, Hampshire Co., a minute man in a company commanded by Second Lieutenant Thomas Weekes, Col. Elijah IVji* ter's Regt. Page 658, Vol. 2, Nathan Fisk, of Northfield, Franklin Co., minute man at J^ev-
ington, in Capt. Eldad Wright's Co. Page 749, Jonathan Fisk, of Coleraine, Franklin Co., at Lexington, in Capt. Hu^h
McLellan's Co., Col. Sam. William's Regt. Page 783, Zedekiah Fisk, recorded with six other men as Revolutionary sohiiers
from Wendall, Franklin Co., Mass. Page 1003, Jonathan Fisk, a resident of Broomfield, Hampden Co. Page 1073, Asa Fisk, of Wales, Hampden Co., was one of a committee to inspect, was probably a minute man; an Asa Fisk of this town was a Captain in the Shay Rebellion. _ FROM THE HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX CO., MASS. 3 Vols. (1890). Vol. 2, Page 621, David Fiske, of Lincoln (a minute man in 177,5), was Sergeant in Capt. William Smith's Co., Col. Abijah Pierce's Regt.
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Vol. 3, Page 229, Wainwright Fisk, of Pepperell, was at Concord; he was a pri- vate in Capt. Nutting's Co., Col. Wm. Prescott's Regt.
Vol. 3, Page 233, Wainwright Fisk, of Pepperell, killed at Bunker Hill, aged 24 years.
Vol. 3, Page 297, Jonathan Fisk, of Tewksbury, was a Revolutionary soldier.
Vol. 3, Page 297, Benjamin Fisk, of Tewksbury, was a Revolutionary soldier.
Vol. 3, Page 721, Abijah Fisk, in Waltham's Co. of minute men, Apr., 1775; also in Capt. Abraham Pierce's Co., Col. Thos. Gardner's Regt.
Vol. 3, Page 721, Amos Fisk, in Waltham's Co. of minute men, Apr., 1775.
Vol. 3, Page 721, Also both names in muster roll of (Oct. 6, 1775,) Capt. Abijah Child's Thirty-seventh Regt. of Foot, commanded by Lieu- tenant Colonel William Bond. Also same names, in 1778, in the "Eight Months' Company."
Vol. 3, Page 784, Abner Fisk, a selectman of Hopkinton, in 1782; Lieutenant Abel Fisk a selectman in 1784. FROM RHODE ISLAND IN 1776. A volume of 352 pages.
Page 2S, Ensign Squire Fisk, October, 1775, Sixth Co. (Capt. Barton's), Col. Richmond's Regt.
Page 24, Lieutenant Squire Fisk, in Continental pay.
Page 36, Private Benjamin Fisk, September, 1776, Capt. Martin's Co., Col. Lip- pel's Regt.
FROM "NEW YORK STATE ARCHIVES. NEW YORK IN THE REVO^
LUTION." 638 pages.
Page 24s, Fisk, Isaac, Sergeant, Capt. John Brown; enlisted spring of 1777; ap- pointed Sergeant Major, 1779; Second Lieutenant, June 29, 1781; re- signed for family reasons, July 14, 1782. A. P. 21-153, Southington, Hartford County, Conn.
Page 372, Fisk, Abraham, private Yates' Regt., Hadlock's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, Joseph, private Van Renssalaer's Regt., Turner's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, William, private Van Renssalaer's Regt., Tqrner's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, Wm., private Graham's Regt., Lansing's Co.
FROM HEITMAN'S HIST. REGISTER OF OFFICERS OF THE CON- TINENTAL ARMY, 1775-1783. Page 176, Fisk, Joseph (Mass.). Second Lieutenant, Twelfth Continental Infantry, Jan. I. to Dec. 31, 1776; Surgeon's mate, First Massachuset*^s. Jan. i, 1777: Surgeon. Apr. 17, 1779, and served to close of war. (Died Sept. 25, 1827.) Page 176, Fisk, Squire (R. I.), Ensign of Richmond's R. I. State Regiment,
Nov. I, 1775. to Apr., 1776. Page 176, Fisk, Thomas (Mass.), Second Lieutenant of Learned's Massa- chusetts Regiment, May, 1775 .
Page 176, Fisk, William (R. I.), Lieutenant of Elliott's Regiment. R. I. State
Artillery, Dec. 12. 1776, to June, 1777. Page 176, Fiske, Daniel (R. I.), Ensign of Tollman's R. I. State Regiment, Dec. 12, 1776, to June, 1777. "The Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolu- tionary War." By Adjt. Gen, Wm. b. Stryker, 1872. 878 pages.
"Safifel's Records of the Revolutionary War," 555 pages; 1894 edition, page 419, Fisk, Joseph, Surgeon, Massachusetts.
An alphabetical list of all Revolutionary War pensioners of the name of Fisk or Fiske that could be found in the lists of 1820 and 1835; the Census Report of 1840, and the "Rejected and Suspended Claims," of 1850:
Abijah Fisk, Middlesex Co,. Mass.; died March 14 1833. Abner Fisk, York Co., Me.; 79 years old in 1835. Abner Fisk, Oneida Co., N. Y. ; 79 years old in 1835. Abner Fisk, Westport, Essex Co., N. Y. ; 81 years old in 1840. Abner Fisk, Lee, Oneida Co., N. Y.; 86 years old in 1840. Mrs. Abigail F., Sturbridge, Worcester Co., Mass.; from rejected and suspended ■claims, 1850. Widow.
Amey Fisk, Cumberland, Providence Co,, R, I.: 79 years old in 1840. Artemas Fisk, Newport Co.. R- I. ; 74 years oi«a in 1835.
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Mrs. Betsey Fisk, Framingham, Middlesex Co., Mass., 8i years old in 1840. Widow.
Cato Fisk, Rockingham Co., N. H.; 64 years old in 1835.
Daniel Fisk, Worcester Co., Mass.; 78 years old in 1835.
David Fisk, Hillsborough Co., N. H.; 70 years old in 1835.
David Fisk, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., N. H.; 83 years old in 1840.
David Fisk, Middlesex Co., Mass.
David Fiske, private and drummer, Middlesex Co., Mass., TZ years old in 1835.
Ephraim Fisk, Merrimack Co., N. H.; 70 years old in 1835.
Ephraim Fisk, Hopkinton, Merrimack Co., N. H.; 81 years old in 1840.
Mrs. Eunice F. Chaplain, Windham Co., Conn.; 86 years old in 1840. Widow.
Experians Fisk, Orleans Co., Vt. ; died June 2, 1825.
Jacob Fisk, Worcester Co., Mass.; 71 years old in 1835.
Jacob Fisk, Windsor, Berkshire Co., Mass. ; "j"] years old in 1840.
James Fisk, Franklin Co., Vt. ; 70 years old in 1835.
James Fiske, Swanton, Franklin Co., Vt.; 'J^ years old in 1840.
John Fisk, private and seaman, Worcester Co., Mass.; "jz years old in 1835.
John Fisk, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; 71 years old in 1835.
John Fisk, Attica, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; 79 years old in 1840.
Jonathan Fisk, Otsego Co., N. Y. ; "]"] years old in 1835.
Jonathan Fisk, Warren Co., N. Y. ; "]•] years old in 1835.
Mrs. Johanna F., Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y.; from rejected and suspend- ed claims, 1850. Widow of John Fisk.
Joseph Fisk, Surgeon, Middlesex Co., Mass.
Joseph Fisk, Sergeant, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Mehitable Fisk, Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.; from rejected and suspended claims, 1850. Widow of Jonathan Fisk.
Nathan Fiske, Middlesex Co., Mass.; 74 years old in 1835.
Nathan Fisk, Dunstable, Hillsborough Co., N. H.; did not serve six months; from rejected and suspended claims.
Noah Fisk, Providence Co., R. I.; 81 years old in 1835.
Mrs. Ruth Fiske, Brookfield, Orange Co., Vt. ; 89 years old in 1840. Widow.
Samuel Fisk, Ostego, Ostego Co., N. Y.; a deserter; from rejected and suspended claims, 1850.
Seberry Fisk, Hampden Co., Mass.; 74 years old in 1835.
Stephen Fisk, private and Sergeant, Windsor Co., Vt. ; 75 years old in 1835.
Stephen Fisk, Royalton, Orange Co., Vt. ; 82 years old in 1840.
Thomas Fisk, Sergeant, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; died Nov. 19, 1828.
William Fisk, Windsor Co., Vt.
Zedekiah Fisk, Wendall, Franklin Co., Mass.; ^6 years old in 1840.
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SECOND.
SUSPENDED AND KF"":TED CLAIMS, 1850.
Name. '^,,.«. County. Remarks.
N. H. Rec, p. 16. Nathan Fiske Dunstable ..Hillsborough .Did not serve six months.
Mass. Rec, p. 61. Abigail Fiske, wid. of Nathan
Fiske Sturbridge . . Worcester Did not serve six months.
N. Y. Rec, p. 96. Samuel Fisk Otsego Ostego .
N. Y. Rec, p. 156. Mehitable Fisk, wid. of Jona- than Fisk Freedom . . . Cattaraugus . . Married long after service;
not a widow July 7, 1838,
N. Y. Rec, p. 162. and died before August
Joanna Fisk, widow of John 16, 1842.
Fisk Brookfield . . Madison Suspended for proof of serv- ice from N. H. Rec.
THIRD.
FROM THE CENSUS OF PENSIONERS, 1840, PRINTED IN 1841.
Name of head of family where pensioner r e - Name. Age. Town. County. sided June 1, '40. Remarks.
N. H. Rec, p. 18. Ephraim Fisk 81 . . Hopkinton .
N. H. Rec, p. 18. Ephraim Fisk 81 . . Hopkinton. . . Merrimack Ephraim Fisk, jr.
P. 20. David Fisk 83. .Amherst Hillsboro'gDavid Fisk, 3d.
P. 26. William Fisk 52. .Dalton Coos William Fisk. He must be a son
Mass. Rec, p. 33. * of a Rev. soldier.
Jacob Fisk 77 . . Windsor Berkshire. . Jacob Fisk.
P. 34. Zedekiah Fisk 76 . . Wendal Franklin. . . Zedekiah Fisk.
P. 36. Seberry Fisk 79. .W. Hampton. Hampshire.
Mass. Rec, p. 38, David Young 84..Athol Worcester. Moses Fisk. A. Fisk in 2d
P. 41. column.
Betsey Fisk 81. .Framingham. Middlesex. Joseph Ballard.
P. 44. Lucy Stodder 82. .Fifth ward.. .Boston .. .Susan Fisk. Fisk name in
R. I. Rec, p. 46. last column.
Amey Fisk 79. .Cumberland. ProvidenceAmey Fisk.
Con. Rec, p. 57. Eunice Fisk 86. .Chaplain Windham .Eunice Fisk.
Vt. Rec, p. 52. James Fiske .97. .Swanton Franklin . .James Fisk.
P. 63. Ebenezer Fisk 53. .Groton Caledonia. .Ebenezer Fisk. Must be a son
P. 65 of a Rev. soldier.
Ruth Fiske 87. .Brookfield. . .Orange Artemas Fiske.
P. 70. Stephen Fisk 82. .Royalton .. . .Orange. . . .Stephen Fisk.
N. Y. Rec, p. 76. Fisk Durand 74. . Westfield . . .Chatauqua. Fisk Durand. Prob. immedi-
P. 80. ate desc. of Fisk.
Abner Fisk 81. . Westport. . . .Essex Ashael Havens.
P. 82. John Fisk 79. .Attica Genesee. . .John Fisk.
P. 89. Abner Fisk 86. .Lee Oneida Alvin Walker.
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FISKE GENEALOGY.
The following copy from the Pension Office at Washington, shows how the records are kept:
O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, F. S. Bureau of Pensions, M. E. C.
Washington, D. C, March 26, 1894.
Madam : —
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Zedekiah Fisk, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired in- formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
June, 1780... August, 1781 May, 1782... June, 1783 . .
Length of Service.
6 months. 2 months.
1 year.
1 year.
Rank.
Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt.
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.
Captain.
Josiah Smith.
Conant.
Burnham.
Potter.
Colonel.
Marshall.
Sears.
Jackson.
American Regiment,
State.
Mass. Mass. Mass.
Battles engaged in. None mentioned. Residence of soldier at enlistment. Town not stated. Date of application for pension. September 15, 1818. Residence at date of application. Wendell, Massachusetts. Age at date of application. Fifty-five years. Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Wm. Lochren, Commisioner.
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SOMETHING OF THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN FISKES.
(By Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, of North Cambridge, Mass.) The most remote ancestors of the Fiske family that have come to our knowl- edge lived in a village or parish of St. James, in the County of Suffolk, England, in the reign of Queen Mary, in the sixteenth century.
There were six brothers, three were Papists and three were Protestants. Their ancestors, parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, as far as history gives an account, are said to have been eminently pious and religious people. Those of Protestant religion were grievously persecuted. Oi.e of them, to avoid being burned at the stake, was hid many months in a wood-pile, and afterward half a year in a cellar where he worked by candle light at manufactures and remained undiscovered. But his many hardships shortened his life. In 1637 four of his children, two sons and two daughters, in consequence of the persecuting spirit of that day, left their home and came over to New England and took up their abode in Salem. John was the eldest of the four, and his father at his death committed to him the charge of his mother, two sisters and youngest brother. John had been educated at Immanuel College, England, and became a preacher of the Gospel, but on account of his non-conformity, being advised by his friends, he relinquished the ministry and turned his attention to the study of medicine, and obtained license for public practice as a physician. On arriving at Salem, however, he recommenced the work of the ministry, his favorite pursuit. He was v.
both a preacher of the Gospel and tutor and instructor to divers young \
men in Salem, and was also employed as a physician whenever he would consent. '->
Their mother died before they arrived in New England. They came well provided with servants and all sorts of tools for husbandry and carpentry, and with provis- ions for their support for three years, out of which they helped others, whom they found in want and distress. They remained together at Salem about three years. John then went to a new village in Salem, called Wenham, where he gathered a church and congregation, and continued their pastor about fourteen years. About the end of the year 1655 he removed to a town called Chelmsford, where he lived the greater part of his days. He died Jan. 14, 1676, aged seventy-five. He left four children, two sons and two daughters. John lived with his father in Chelmsford and was a very useful and respected citizen. Moses was brought up at school, graduated at Harvard University in 1662; was settled in the ministry at Braintree. On the 14th of February, 1671, the wife of Rev. John Fiske died, which was the greatest of all his trials and afflictions. She was endeared to him by forty-three years of mutual care and toil, affection and piety. By her incom- parable knowledge of the Scriptures she became his concordance of the Bible and he needed no other. She could refer him to any passage of the Scripture that he wished to find, "fhe youngest brother of John Fiske who came over with him settled in Watertown and was mechanic or farmer. His name probably was Nathan, for mention is made in Watertown records of Nathan Fiske there in 1664 and of Nathan Fiske, Jr., in 1728, who was representative of the town. Nathan, the son of the above named Nathan Fiske, went from Watertown and settled at Weston. He was the grandfather of Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, of West Cambridge. On Oct. 9 he married Anna Warren, by whom he had three children: Anna, Nathan and Sarah. Having lost his wife he married, Feb. 21, 1738, for his second wife widow Mary Fiske, of Sudbury, by whom he had seven children, namely: Jonathan, Ezra, Samuel, Thaddeus, Mary, Hepzibeth and Nathan, the eldest, who graduated at Harvard in 1754 and was settled in the ministry in Brookfield. It appears that the name of Nathan was uniformly given to the firstborn son, a practice transmitted from generation to generation. Jonathan married Abigal Fiske, of Waltham, Mar. 10, 1760, by whom he had nine children: Nathan, Thad- deus, Micah, Ebenezer, Abigal, Jonathan (who died in infancy), Jonathan, Abigal and Isaac. Among the descendants of Nathan there are eight who have received collegiate educations, seven Hummis of Harvard University, one of Dartmouth
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College, namely, ist, Nathan Fiske, D. D., his eldest son, minister of Brookfield, graduated 1754; 2d, Thaddeus Fiske, his grandson, son of Jonathan Fiske, minister of West Cambridge, graduated 1785; 3d, Oliver, M. D., his grandson, son of Nathan Fiske, D. D., physician of Worcester, graduated 1787; 4th, Samuel, A. M., his grandson, son of Nathan Fiske, D. D., trader in Claremont, N. H., and alter- nately senator and representative to the general court, graduated 1793; Isaac, A. M., his grandson, son of Jonathan, register of probate court in the county of Mid- dlesex, graduated 1798; 6th, Nathan W. Fiske, A. M., his grandson, son of Nathan, son of Jonathan, professor of intellectual and moral philosophy in Amherst Col- lege, graduated at Dartmouth College 1817; 7th, Robert Treat Paine Fiske, M. D., son of Oliver Fiske, M. D., son of Nathan Fiske, D. D., physician in Hingham, graduated 1818; 8th, Augustus Henry Fiske, son of Isaac Fiske, son of Jonathan, attorney-at-law in Boston, graduated 1825. Such are the ancestors and some of the descendants of the Fiske family to which I, Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, of Cambridge, am more immediately related. There are other branches from the same stock, which are spread out in various directions over the United States.
NAMED FOR FISKES.
There are a number of places in the United States named Fisk and quite a number of postoffices of this name. In all cases the names were given in honor of a person by this name. Below will be found a few illustrations:
FISK, VT. — In the years 1765 and 1766 a French general from Canada named Lamathe built a large fort and had it garrisoned with soldiers and implements of war in what is now called the town of Isle La Mott, which is an island sur- rounded by the waters of Lake Champlain, containing 4,883^/^ acres by the original survey, and was named in part after the said French general Lamathe, they changed Lamathe to La Mott for some reason not now known. The town being an island, hence it was called Isle La Mott. There were enlightened, educated French officers occupying said fort from 1766 to some time unknown at this time, when it was evacuated for at least fifty-seven years before a blow had been struck elsewhere within the present domain of the state of Vermont by civilized man. I do not know as you care to have an account of the war for which this fort was built and I have not time to give it. In 1802 Samuel Fisk, Esq., representing said Isle La Mott in the legislature of Vermont, had the name changed from Isle La Mott to Vineyard. In 1830 it was changed back to Isle La Mott. The present postoffice is Fisk, named in honor of Hon. Nelson W. Fisk, lieutenant-governor of Vermont.
FISKDALE, MASS. — Chase's History gives the following account of Fisk- dale, which is a village in the town of Sturbridge: "Two brothers, Henry and Josiah J. Fiske, sons of David, of Fiske hill, and grandsons of Henry, bought Moses Allers' farm, erected the first factory and laid the foundation of the village that bears their name. Moses Allen's farm was deeded to them in 1826." Frederick D. Fiske, office 87 Milk Street, Boston, is at present at the head of the business.
FISK, MO.— Fisk, Mo., Sept. 4, 1895. Dear Sir: Your letter of 28th addressed to town clerk is handed me for a reply. The postoffice here was given the name of "Fisk" for the reason it was a short name, and as a compliment to me, having done quite a mill business here for several years, and am now the postmaster here. I came to this place twelve years ago from Kalamazoo, Mich., or near there, in Van Buren County. My parents originally came from Rhode Island. I was born in Vermont in 1831. My father's name was Samuel B. Fisk. Am cousin to James Fisk, Jr., who was shot by Stokes some years ago. I sup- pose I have a cousin living in Chicago by name of C. W. Fisk. If I can be of any help to you in compiling your work shall be glad to do what I can.
Very truly,
S. W. FISK.
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OUR ENGLISH ANCESTORS.
I. LOilD SYMOND FISKE, grandson of Daniel, was Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, Parish of Laxfield, County of Suffolk, England, lived in the reigns of Henry IV. and VI. (1399-1422), he m. Susannah Smyth; she d.
and he m. 2d Katherine . Simcn Fiske, of Laxfield, will dated
Dec. 22, 1463, proved at Norwich, England, Feb. 26, 1463-4. Bequeaths his soul to God, the Virgin Mary and all the Saints in Heaven. Bequeaths to each of his sons, William, Jeffrey, John and Edmund, 20 pounds. Mentions his dau. Margaret Dowsing. Appoints his wife, Katherine, son John and Nichols Noloch executors. He d. in Feb., 1464; res. Stadhaugh, Laxfield, Suffolk Co., England.
WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Joan Lynne.
JEFFREY, b. in England; m. Margaret .
JOHN, b. in England; m. .
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2. WILLIAM FISKE (Symond), b. Stadhaugh, County Suffolk, England; m. Joan Lynne, of Norfolk. He was of Stadhaugh and lived during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., Richard III. and Henry VII. He d. before his wife, for Joan Fiske, late wife of William, of Laxfield, made her will July 15, 1504, which was proved Feb. 28, 1505. Mentions her sons John, Augustine and Simon, son's wife Anne ^nd daus. Margery and Margaret. Appoints Sir John Fiske, son of John Fiske, and her son Simon executors. He d. about 1504. Res. Laxfield, Eng.
7. i. THOMAS, b. in England; m. Anne .
8. ii. WILLIAM, b. in England, m. Joan .
9. iii. AUGUSTINE, b. in England; m. Joan .
-10. iv. SIMON, b. in England; m. Elizabeth
11. V. ROBERT, b. in England; m. and Joan .
12. vi. JOHN. b. in England; m. .
13. vii. MARGERY, b. in England.
14. viii. MARGARET, b. in England.
3. JEFFREY FISKE (Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m. Margaret
• , d. 1504. His will is dated May 3, 1504, and proved May 13, 1504. Men- tions sons Jeffrey, John and Simon, and daus. Joan and Margery.
His wife made her will the following day, May 4, and it was proved the 13th.
Mentions John and Jeffrey Fiske, brothers, and appoints Rev. John Fiske
executor. He d. May_^ 1504; res. Laxfield, Eng.
15. i. JEFrREY^ b. in England; m. .
16. ii. JOHN, b. in England.
17. iii. SIMON, b. in England.
18. iv. JOAN, b. in England.
19. v. MARGERY, b. in England.
4. REV. JOHN FISKE (Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m. there
. His will is dated Jan. 18, 1507, and was proved Feb. 5, 1512. Mentions
son Sir John Fiske, Chaplain, and son Robert Fiske, Canon of Leyston. To Jane, dau. of Robert, he gives six and eight pence. He d. in 1512. Res. Laxfield, Eng.
20. i. JOHN, b. in England; m. Phillis .
21. ii. ROBERT, b. in England; m. -.
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5. EDMUND FISKE (Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.,
m. Margery
ST. MARY S CHUECH, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, ENG.
His will is dated Aug. 7, 1494, and was proved Oct. 4, 1494. His widow was co-executrix 01 her husband's will. He d. in Sept., 1494; res. Bury St. Ed- munds, County Suffolk, Eng. It was here they attended divine worship. The church was rebuilt in 1424-33, having been originally erected A. D. 1005. It was an elegant structure, 139 feet long, exclusive of the chancel, which was 74x68. The roof of the nave, which was framed in Caen, Normandy, is admired for its light- ness and elegance.
7. LORD THOMAS FISKE (William, Symond), b.-
m. Ann^
Thomas Fiske, the elder, of Laxfield, was Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, made his will Oct. 2.J, 1525. It was proved Dec. 10, 1525. In the document he refers to his wife, but does not mention name; sons William, Thomas and Henry; dau. Agnes and brother Simon. Mentions his lands in Fressingfield. Appoints his sons Henry and Thomas executors. He d. Dec, 1525; res. Stadhaugh, Eng.
22. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Margaret Ball.
23. ii. THOMAS, b. in England; m. .
24. iii. HENRY, b. in England; m. .
25. iv. AGNES, b. in England.
8. WILLIAM FISKE (William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.; m. Joan .
He was of Halesworth, made his will Jan. 31, 1512-13, proved May 12, 1513. Men- tions wife Joan, son Thomas, and brothers Simon and Thomas. He d. in I5I3> res. Halesworth, Eng.
26. i. THOMAS, b. in England.
9. AUGUSTINE FISKE (William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m.
Joan . He was of Laxfield: his will is dated Mar. 15, 1507-08, and was
proved Apr. 11. 1508. His wife was Joan, son Thomas, and brothers Simon and Thomas. He d. 150S: res. Laxfield, Eng.
27. i. THOMAS, b. in England.
ID. SIMON FISKE (William, Symond), b. Laxfield. Eng., ; m. Eliz- abeth ■ She d. in Halesworth in June, 1558. He resided in Laxfield and made his will July 10, 1536. It was proved July 13, 1538. He desires to be buried at the chancel end of the Church of All Saints, in Laxfield. next his father, son Robert, son William, and wife Elizabeth, son Jeffrey, daus. Joan Iverton, Gelyne Warner, Agnes Fiske, son Simon. John Fiske of Holton was supervisor. He d. in Jurffe, 1538; res. Laxfield, Eng.
^ 28. i. - SIMON, b. in England; m. .
'WILLIAM, b. in England.
ROBERT, b. in England; m. Alice .
"JOAN, b. in England: m. Iverton.
-JEFFREY, b. in England.
iGELYNE, b. in England; m. Warner.
AGNES, b. in England.
THOMAS, b. in England.
-ELIZABETH, b. in England.
JOHN, b. in England.
II. ROBERT FISKE (William, Symond), b. Rendham, ; m.
and Joan . He was a clothmaker by trade; will dated Feb. 15, 1563.
He desired to be buried in the parish of St. Mary's at Elms in Ipswich, where his former wif« is buried. John Cole, of Ipswich, was executor. He d. 1563; res. Ipswich, Eng.
38., i. MARGARET, b. in England.
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Wis wife d. before he did. His will is dated Nov. 23, 1550, and proved
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July 2, 1562. Desires to be buried in the churchyard in Holton near his children. He d. 1562; res. Laxfield and Holton, Eng.
39. i. WILLIAM, b. in England.
40. ii. FRANCIS, b. in England.
41. iii. JANE, b. in England; m. Keene.
15. JEFFREY FISKE (Jefifrey, Symond), b. in England,
He was a cooper. He d. Apr. 29, 1591; res. Laxfield, Eng.
20. SIR JOHN FISKE, Chaplain, (John, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.,
; m. Phillis . John Fiske, of Halesworth, Mercer, will dated Oct. 5,
1530, proved Apr. 21, 1531, wife Phillis; brother Robert. John Fiske, of Holton, was executor. He d. s. p. 1531; res. Halesworth, Eng.
21. ROBERT FISKE (John, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m.
. He was Canon of Leyston; res. Leyston, Eng.
42. i. JANE, b. . Mentioned in her grandfather's will.
22. WILLIAM FISKE (Thomas, William, Symond),b. Stadhaugh, Eng., m. Margaret Ball. William Fyske, of Stadhaugh, in Laxfield, County
Suffolk, diocese of Norwich, will dated Oct. 15, 1558, proved May 4, 1559. Men- tions wife Margaret, son John, son Rauf, daus. Alice, Meriam, Jane and Margaret; William Ffyske, son of brother Henry, dec, my daus. Faith and Katherine; exec- utors to be my wife and brother-in-law Robert Ball and Roger Wade of Berrnond- sey. He d. 1559; res. Stadhaugh, Eng.
43. i.* MATHEW, b. in England; m. Elizabeth Jordain, Margaret Hay-
wood and Anne Haggune.
44. ii. FRANCIS, b. in England.
45. iii. JOHN, b. in England; m. Joan Couper.
46. iv. RALPH, b. in England; d. s. p.
47. V. ALICE, b. in England; m. Meriam.
48. vi. JANE, b. in England.
49. vii. MARGARET, b. in England. 49/4-viii. FAITH, b. in England. 49H.ix. KATHERINE, b. in England.
23. THOMAS FISKE (Thomas, William, Symond), b. in England,
His will is dated Jan. 20, 1559. No sons mentioned. He d. Jan., 1559; res. Stadbrook, Eng.
50. i. CHRISTIAN, b. in England; m. Edward Sewell.
51. ii. MARGARET, b. in England; m. Alan Barrett.
52. iii. ALICE, b. in England.
5J. iv. DOROTHY, b. in England. 54. v. JOAN, b. in England.
24. HENRY FISKE (Thomas, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh, Eng., m. . Henry Fiske, of Cratfield, made his will Aug. 19, 1558,
and it was proved Sept. 16, 1558. He bequeaths to his son William all his lands in Frissingfield, called Gooches, son Thomas, and his dau. Mary, son Jefifrey, godson Francis Fiske. Appoints his brother Thomas Fiske, of Stadbrook, and his son William executors. He d. 1558; res. Cratfield, Eng.
55. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. .
56. ii. JEFFREY, b. in England.
57. iii. THOMAS, b. in England; m. Alice .
28. SIMON FISKE (Simon, William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.,
His will is dated Jan. 25, 1505. He gave legacies to his children who were all young and a bequest to his brother, Master John Fiske, ten marks, to sing for his soul one year. He d. 1505; res. Laxfield, Eng.
-^^'58- i- ROBERT, b. in England; m. Mrs. Sybil (Gould) Barber.
59. ii. JOHN, b. in England; m. Thomasine Pinchard.
60. iii. GEORGE, b. in England; m. Anne .
61. iv. NICHOLAS, b. in England; m. Joan Crispe.
62. v. JEFFREY, b. in England.
63. vi. JEREMY, b. in England; m. . 1'
64. vii. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. . ■'
65. viii. RICHARD, b. in England; m. Agnes Crispe.
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66. ix. JOAN, b. in England.
67. X. GELYNE, b. in England.
68. xi. AGNES, b. in England.
30. ROBERT FISKE (Simon, William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.,
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m. Alice . His will is dated Mar. 6, 1549, proved Apr. 5, 1551. His chil- dren were all under twenty-one years of age. Appoints his wife, John Jacob of Forncett and Edmund Crispe of Laxfield executors. He d. 1551; res. Laxfield, Eng.
69. i. NICHOLAS, b. in England.
70. ii. ANNE, b. in England.
71. iii. CHRISTIAN, b. in England.
43. MATHEW FISKE (William, Thomas, William, Symond), b. Stad-
haugh, Eng., ; m. Elizabeth Jordain, dau. of Wm. She d. Jan. 6, 1592; m.
2d, Oct. 24, 1592, Margaret Hay ward, d. Sept. 13, 161 1; m. 3d, Jan. 30, 1612, Anne Huggune. Res. Laxfield, Eng. He d. Nov. 5, 1627. He was a yeoman and resided in Laxfield, but d. in Ubbeston. His will is dated June 11, 1627, and was proved Jan. 13, 1628. Mentions wife Anne, son Nicholas, son John and his son John, dau. Elizabeth, wife of Edmund Stannard.
WILLIAM, bap. in England; d. June 23, 1579.
ELIZABETH, bap. Feb. 12, 1580; m., July 25, 1604, Edmund Stannard; res. Laxfield.
NICHOLAS, b. in England; m. Judith Reade.
JOHN, b. in England; m. Elizabeth Button.
JOHN FISKE (William, Thomas, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh,
m. Joan Couper, dau. of William of Suffolk. He d. ; res.
Studhaugh and Cratfield, Eng.
76. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Arone Hart.
77. ii. JOHN, b. in England.
55- WILLIAM FISKE (Henry, Thomas, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh,
Eng., ; m. —. William Fiske. the elder, of C'-atfield, made his
will Mar. 27, 1607. It was proved Apr. 14, 1608. Mentions sons William, John, Gregory and Henry and brother Thomas. He d. 1608; res. Cratfiela, Eng.
The Fiske Family. — In editing the transcript of the Parish papers of Cratfield, Suffolk, England, made by the late Rev. W. Holland, M. A., Rector of Hunting- field, it became necessary to examine the original documents. Among them I found an indenture of the register for the year 1565 containing among entries of the Plimpton, Mills, Baker, Grimsby-Newson, Gilberde, Brokbanke, Saunders, Button, Curdie and Long families, "William Fyske, sonne of Jefrey Fyske and of Christian his wyfe, was bap. the last daye of Sept. In 1566 William Fyske and Jefrey Fyske were contributors, respectively, toward the enfranchisement of the parish lands.
7^'. i. HENRY, b. in England; m. Margaret Gibson.
79. ii. JOHN, b. in England.
80. iii. GREGORY, b. in England.
81. iv. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Mrs. Elizabeth .
57- THOMAS FISKE (Henry, Thomas, William, Symond), b. in England,
; m. Alice . He d. s. p. His will is dated Mar. 16, 1603, and was
proved June 5, 1604. His wife was Alice. He gave legacies to his sister Knight, and William Fiske residing with him. He makes William, son of William Fiske of Hock'--'^.am to Norfolk his principal heir. He d. in 1604; res. Wenhaston, Eng.
^ '58. ROBERT FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh, p"?-''^bo"t 525; m. Mrs. Sybil (Gould) Barber. For some time he was of the l^arish of St. j^mes. South Elmham, Eng. Sybil, the wife of Robert, was in great ."o^^" ^" the I'me of the religious persecution, 1553-58, as was her sister Isabella, orignially Gouli, who was confined in the castle of Norwich, and' escaped death only by the power of her brothers, who were men of great influence in the county. Robert fled for religion's sake in the days of Queen Mary to Geneva, but returned latCi-, and died at St. James.' His will is dated Apr. 10, 1590, and proved July 28, 1600. Robert Fiske had by Sybil Gould, his wife, four sons and one daughter. The sons were William, Jeffrey, Thomas and Eleazer. Eleazer had
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f M no issue, but the progeny of William, Jeffrey and Thomas in whole or in part set-
I gi tied in New England. About this time was a season of great religious persecu-
tion. From the "Magna Brittannica" we learn that Waybred is a town in Suffolk County, England.
John Noyes, of Laxfield, Suffolk County, shoemaker, was burned at Laxfield Sept. 21, 1557. Vol. v., p. 303.
John Alcock was taken for heresy at Headley Church, imprisoned, and died in prison, and buried in a dunghill. P. 305.
William Brown, a minister, was a long time in trouble for charges of heresy, his living taken from him, and died in poverty. P. 305. Oliver Cromwell was of Suffolk County. P. 175.
Res. Broad Gates, Laxfield, near Framlingham, and St. James, South Elm- hani, Suffolk County, Eng. He d. in 1600.
/^ 82. i. WILLIAM, b. in 1566; m. Anna Anstye and Alice .
83. ii. JEFFREY, b. in England; m. Sarah Cooke.
84. iii. THOMAS, b. in England; m. Margery .
85. iv. ELEAZER, b. in England; m. Elizabeth . He d. s. p. in
Metfield, England, in July, 1615. His will is dated June 3, 1613, and was proved July 4, 1615. To his wife Elizabeth he gave lands, etc., in the parish of St. James, South Elmham, during her life. Gave property to nephews Nathaniel and David, sons of brothers William and Jeffrey, and legacies to the other children of said brothers, and to the children of his brother Thomas. The widow d. in 1629. Her will is dated Jan. 9, 1629. Made bequest to Elizabeth, dau. of Sam- uel Fiske, ten shillings. Her will was witnessed by Nicholas Bancroft and others.
86 v. ELIZABETH, b. in England; m. Robert Bernard. It will be remembered that Robert and Sybil Fiske, of whom their de- scendants were accustomed to speak with respect as Protestant confessors in the reign of Queen Mary, had beside the four sons a daughter Elizabeth, who married Robert Bernard, who was a farmer of the estate of Custrick Hall, in Wecky, County Essex, which he held of Sir Edward Coke, the lord chief justice. And, having mentioned this marriage, Candler brings before us a genealogical fact of great curiosity and impor- tance. It is that a daughter of this Bernard married a Locke, and was the mother of John Locke, who writing about 1660, he describes simply as "John Locke, M. A." Very little is known of Locke's father, but, any one who has written on his life has not had the slightest knowledge of the mother to whom we owe this eminent man. The mother of Locke was brought up among the more zealous Puritans of the Counties of Essex and Suffolk, and heard from her infancy stories of religious persecutions. She must have seen near connections of her family leaving their native homes to find, as they sup- posed, security and peace in a distant land, and the feeling thus engendered in her mind we may easily believe to have been communicated to her son, who in due time became the great defender of the principles of the utmost tolerance in dealing with men in force of conscience and religious opinion. This is a digression, but perhaps it will not be unacceptable to see the name of so illustrious a person now for t'C ir-r^^t time placed in public in family connection with so mary of the v', — ; Puritan settlers in New England. Bernard stcd in the reic-n tion of great-uncle to Candler, who records th- facts which 1 have now brought from their hiding place, and to all the Fiskes who laid the foundation of the familes of that name in the New England states. John Locke (griudson of Robert Fiske), English philosopher, was born at ^v/■rington. Somer- setshire, Aug. 29, 1632, died at Oates, a cou'itry seat in-£ssex, Oct 28, 1704. The moderate inheritance of his family was con- siderably reduced during the civil wars, in which his father was
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a parliamentary captain. Under the brief political ascendancy of the Puritans he imbibed the religious principle and spirit of liberty which actuated that body of men. His education began at Westminster school, from which he was elected in 1651 to Christ Church College, Oxford, where he graduated bachelor of arts in 1655 and master in 1658, continuing to reside in that city till 1664. In after life he regretted that he had spent so much of his time in the university, chiefly from his contempt of the scholastic philosophy and methods which were there upheld; yet he applied himself diligently to the classics, read in private the works of Bacon and Descartes, and enjoyed the friendship of persons whose society and conversation first suggested the idea of his greatest work. His companions were chosen rather from among the lively and agreeable than the sfudious and learned, and his early correspondence often displays wit and irony. The precise and scientific method of Descartes seems to have given the first impulse to his specu- lations, but Bacon exerted a more permanent and congenial influence, and he may be called the metaphysician of the Baconian philosophy. After receiving his degrees he devoted himself principally to medicine, which occupied much of his attention through life, and his eminent proficiency in which is attested by Dr. Sudenham, the greatest authority of his time. In 1664 he accepted the post of secretary in a diplomatic mis- sion to the court of Brandenburg, and, returning to Oxford within a year, was in doubt whether to begin the practice of medicine as a profession, to continue in diplomatic employ- ment, offers of which both in Spain and Germany were made to him, or to enter the church, a considerable preferment in which was promised through the duke of Orleans, lord lieu- tenant of Ireland. He was engaged in studies of experimental philosophy, when in 1666 he became acquainted with Lord Ashley, afterward earl of Shaftesbury, who was then suffering from an abscess in the chest. Locke divined the nature of the disorder, which no one else had been able to discover; the life of the nobleman was believed to have been saved by a surgical operation which the philosopher advised; and the result was a close and permanent friendship between them. Locke ac- companied him to London, and in his house enjoyed the soci- ety of the duke of Buckingham, the earl of Northumberland, Lord Halifax, and others of the most distinguished characters of the time. Ashley united engaging manners with distin- guished ability, and was an admirable talker; and Locke, whose esteem for conversational capacity led him to assign it a first place in the formation of a man's mind, was probably attached in this instance very much by his quality. While residing with him, he superintended the education of his son, and subsequently of his grandson, the third earl of Shaftes- bury, the elegant philosophical writer of Queen Anne's reign. In 1668 he accompanied the earl and countess of Northumber- land on a tour in France, and after his return was employed by Ashley to draw up the fundamental laws of Carolina, which province had been granted to him and seven others. The scheme of government which was prepared, aristocratic and conformed to monarchy, yet tolerant of all religions, indicates the cautious and practical tendencies of his mind, since, though a lover of freedom, he proposed to establish it in a new coun- try only in so far as it had been realized in England. In 1670 he made the first sketch of his "Essay concerning Human Understanding," which was finished in 1687 and published in 1690. In a discussion with five or six friends at his chambers in Oxford, he suggested that the dispute and perplexity could only be solved by a preliminary examination of our own abili-
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ties, and of what subjects our understandings are or are not fitted to deal with. He set down several thoughts on the sub- ject previous to their next meeting, and the work thus begun was often resumed and often neglected during his various avo- cations, and was ultimately completed in retirement and leis- ure. While Shaftesbury was lord chancellor, Locke held the appointment of secretary for the presentation of beneficies, and afterward of secretary to the board of trade. In 1675 he went to France for the benefit of his health, residing at Montpellier, where he became acquainted with Mr. Herbert, afterward earl of Pembroke, to whom his "Essay" is dedicated, and in Paris, where his conversation was welcomed by the most eminent literary and scientific men. He was recalled to England when Shaftesbury regained power for a brief season in 1679; and when that nobleman charged with high treason had taken refuge in Holland, he followed him thither in 1683. He con- tinued to reside there after the death of Shaftesbury, having incurred the hostility of the court by his connection with him. At Amsterdam he kept aloof from the British exiles who were plotting the rebellion of Monmouth, auguring their ill success, and joined with Limborch, Le Clerc, and others, in the forma- tion of a philosophical society for the weekly discussion of im- portant business. Spies were set about him to suggest irri- tating topics, and to report his words to his ruin, but they were foiled by his steady silence concerning the politics of the day. The court therefore resolved to punish him in the only point where he was vulnerable, and ejected him from his stu- dentship in Christchurch College. Still he refused to take part in the schemes of invasion, and concealed himself at Utrecht, where he was employed in writing his letter "On Toleration." In the Bibliotheque universalle et historique of Le Clerc he published in French in 1686 a "New Method of a Common- place Book," in 1687 an abridgement of his "Essay on the Human Understanding," which was published in England in the same year, and in Latin at Gouda in 1689. Its liberal views were attacked by an Oxford theologian, and were defended by Locke in two additional letters. Adopting the theory of a compact, he maintained that the state relates only to civil inter- ests, has nothing to do with matters in the world to come, and should therefore tolerate all modes of worship not im- moral in their nature or involving doctrines inimical to good government. Conscious of no crime, he refused to accept a pardon which William Penn promised to obtain for him from James II., but returned to England after the revolution of 1688 in the same fleet which brought the Princess of Orange, and obtained through Lord Mordaunt the office of commis- sioner of appeals. In 1690 appeared his "Essay concerning Human Understanding," the first work which attracted atten- tion in England to metaphysical speculations, except on the part of merely studious men, and one of the greatest contribu- tions in modern times to the philosophy of the human mind. The celebrity of the author as a friend of religious liberty, the attacks upon it, and the attempts made at Oxford to prevent the students from reading it. were among the secondary causes of its success. Six editions appeared within fourteen years, and through translations into Latin and French the fame of the author was made European. He published in 1690 two "Treatises on Civil Government," written to support the principles of the revolution by establishing the title of King William upon the consent of the people as the only title of lawful government. In 1693 his "Thoughts Concern- ing Education," in which his object is to fashion a gentleman rather than a scholar, and therefore he lays less stress on
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learning than on virtue, breeding and practical wisdom; and in 1695 "The Reasonableness of Christianity," the object of which was to determine what points of belief were common to all the Christian sects, in order to facilitate a plan of the king for the reconciliation and union of them all. He pub- lished a vindication of this work against the charge of So- cinianism, and conducted a controversy with Stillingfieet, who in his work on the Trinity denounced some of the prin- ciples of the "Essay" as opposed to fundamental Christian doctrines. In 1700 he resigned his commissionership in con- sequence of his failing health, and, declining a pension offered him by the king in a personal interview, returned to the man- sion of his friend Sir Francis Masham at Oates, in Essex, where he devoted the remainder of his life to the study of the Scriptures. Among the fruits of his later labors were a "Dis- course on the Miracles," "Paraphrases, with Notes, of the Epistles of St. Paul," and an "Examination of Father Male- branche's Opinion of Seeing all Things in God," which were published posthumously. His excellent treatise on the "Con- duct of the Understanding," which may be regarded as the ethical application of his "Essay," being a scheme of the edu- cation which an adult person should give himself, also ap- peared after his death. He received during his last years, while suffering under an incurable asthma, the affectionate attentions of Lady Masham, a daughter of Ralph Cudworth, and died ultimately in his chair, from the natural decay of a constitution originally weak, while she was reading the Psalms to him. The course and circumstances of Locke's life were in every respect favorable to the production of such work as the "Essa" Concerning Human Understanding." Early im- bued with, zeal for liberty and with the principles of a severe moi"ality, 1 5 whole life was a warfare against the enemies of freedom ii speculation, freedom in worship, and freedom from ever] unnecessary political restraint. Acquainted by his studies both with scholastic subtleties and the physical sciences, he was in mature age admitted to the society of wits and politicians, and became a man of business and of the world. The "Essay" was the product of meditation continued through many years, was composed at intervals, and is in a studied colloquial and rather racy style, which, however at- tractive to the reader, is too figurative, ambiguous, various, and even contradictory, for the purposes of philosophy. The essential character and tendency of his system has therefore always been a matter of dispute between metaphysicians of difterenl schools, and different passages suggest very opposite conclusions. His object was to inquire into the origin, cer- tainty, and extent of human knowledge, and his method was purely psychological, by the patient and tentative observa- tion of the phenomena of consciousness. In the first book he confutes the Cartesian doctrine of innate principles or axioms, which would conflict with his whole theory of the empirical origin of our ideas. This theory is fully developed in the second book, in which he shows that our natural faculties are capable of forming every notion that we possess, that the action of these faculties takes its rise from experience, and that the mind may therefore be compared to a sheet of white paper void of all characters till the events of time inscribe them. Having thus stated the principle that all the materials of our knowledge come from experience, he explains it more particularly by making a distinction between sensation and re- flection as sources of ideas. The former is observation of the external world, the latter of our own mental operations. Though he uses the term reflection in a wavering and indefi-
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nite sense, it does not plainly appear that he ascribed to it any other power than that of a mere formal and logical mechan- ism, to act upon, to combine and compare, and to extensively modify the materials primarily afforded by the senses. In long and acute processes of reasoning he aims to bring the ideas of space, time, infinity, causality, personal identity, sub- stance, and good and evil within the limits of experience. The third book is a treatise on the nature, use and abuse of lan- guage. In the fourth book he passes from ideas to knowl- edge, from psychology to onthology, treating the question as to the adequacy of our ideas and the reality of our knowl- edge. He held a representative theory of perception, main- taining that the mind does not know things immediately, but by the intervention of ideas; that knowledge is real only in so far as there is conformity between our ideas and the reality of things: and that ideas may be entirely inadequate, however distinct they are, thus rejecting the criterion of Descartes. This theory contains the germ of utter skepticism, and was the ground on which Berkeley denied the existence of the material world, and Hume involved all human knowledge in doubt. The distinction established by Kant between the cause and the occasion of our conceptions, making the former to exist in the original constitution of the mind, and the latter in the circum- stances of experience, would have removed the fundamental error involved, perhaps without design, in the system of Locke. There are indications in many passages of his work that he was not satisfied with that tendency to sensationalism, which when rigidly developed bore fruits of utilitarianism in morals, ma- terialism in metaphysics, and skepticism in religion. A biog- raphy of Locke was published in 1829 by Lord King, a lineal descendant of his sister, and added to Bohn's "Standard Library" in 1858. The best complete edition of his works is in 10 vols. (London, 182,3). His philosophical works have been published by J. A. St. John (2d ed., 2 vols., London, 1854). A new biography by H. R. Fox Bourne was announced in 1874. Another daughter of Elizabeth (Fisk) Bernard married
Thomasine, and brother-in-law, John Pinchard of Bedingfield. He d. s. p. 1607;
res. Twitshall, St. Mary, England.
59. JOHN FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in Laxfield, Eng., -; m. Thomasine Pinchard. His will is dated Oct. i, i6o7, mentions his wife,
Thomasine, and brother-in-law, John Pinchard of Bedingfield. He d. s. p. 1607; res. Twitshall, St. Mary, England.
60. GEORGE FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., m. Anne . His will is dated Jan. 6, 1591, and proved Apr. 7, 1593.
His widow was living in 1613. He d. March, 1593; res. Westhall. Eng.
87. i. GEORGE, b. in England; m. Margerv Simonds.
88. ii. THOMAS, b. in England. He was of Westhall; made his will
Apr. IS, 1613, which was proved Aug. 28, 1613. Mentions his mother Anne Fiske, brother George, sister Margaret Whit- tingham, brother Jeffery and his four cliildren Gelyon, Eliza- beth, Anne and Milicent. Appoints his brother George and Thomas Fiske of Wi^sthall executors.
89. iii. MARGARET, b. in England; m. Jeffrey Whittingham. Ch.:
Gelyon. Elizabeth, Anne, and Milicent. Sgyo.iv. JEFFREY, b. England.
6t. NICHOLAS FISKE (Simon, Simon. William, Symond), b. Laxfield,
Eng., ; m. Joan Crispe, dau. of William of Laxfield. His will is dated Aug.
20, 1569; proved Sept. 28, 1569. Witnessed by John Fiske. Fox in his "Book of Martyrs" in relating the account of the burning of John Noyes refers to Nicholas Fiske as Noyes' brother-in-law. He d. Sept., 1569; res. Dennington, Eng.
90. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Helen .
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91. ii. AMOS, b. in England; m. Mary .
92. iii. RACHEL, b. in England.
93. iv. ESTHER, b. in England.
94. V. MARY, b. in England.
63. JEREMY FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in England, ■ m. . She d. Nov. 15, 1624. He resided in Laxfield. His
will is dated Aug. 22, 1630, and was proved Sept. 16, 1630. Made bequests to his son-in-law Peter Cook and his son John, of a house and land in Tittleshall, County Norfolk. He d. Sept., 1630; res. Laxfield, Eng.
95. i. ALICE, bap. Dec. 22, 1588; d. Apr. 7, 1593.
96. ii. ANNE, bap. Mar. 12, 1591; m. Peter Cook. They had a son
John.
64. WILLIAM FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m. . She d. before 1575. He resided in South Elm- ham and fled for religion's sake in the time of Queen Mary. His will is dated Oct. 10, 1575, and proved Jan. 30, 1578. Witnessed by Robert and Jeffrey Fiske and William Ryarde; res. St. Michaels, South Elmham, Eng.
97. i. GELYON, b. in England; m. Aldus.
98. ii. MARGARET, b. in England; m. Bancroft.
99. iii. AGNES, b. in England; m. Borough.
100. iv. MARY, b. in England; unm., 1575.
loi. V. JOSEPH, b. in England.
65. RICHARD FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, Eng., about 1510; m. Agnes Crispe, dau. of Edmund. According to Cotton Mather he lived in the reign of Queen Mary and endured grievous per- secution. There were several branches of Fiskes in the southern parts of the County of Suffolk, England, all springing from a Richard Fiske, who lived at Broad Gates, in Laxfield, a rural village north of Framlingham, where the inhab- itants were so zealous for the reformation that one of them, John Noyes, was most barbarously put to death in the reign of Queen Mary. Fox. in his account of the burning of Noyes, speaks of Nicholas Fiske, who was one of the sons of Richard. Two other of his sons, Robert and William, fled in the time of that ter- rible persecution. It does not appear that Nicholas had any issue. William who had fled was the subject of a parricide, for which his son, Joseph Fiske, suffered the penalty of death at Bury St. Edmunds. Of this branch of the family nothing more need be said, or of the descendants of other sons of Richard, than Robert, from whom sprang all of the name who were in the early emigration. He resided in Laxfield and made his will Sept. 7, 1572, which was proved Nov. 5, 1572. His wife was Agnes, son Elias, daus. Mary, Margaret, Anne, Elizabeth and father-in-law Edmund Crispe. Appoints his brother Robert Fiske supervisor. Witnessed by John, Jeffrey and Nathaniel Fiske. He d. in 1572; res. Laxfield, Suffolk County, Eng.
ELIAS, b. in England; m. Alice .
MARY, b. in England. MARGARET, b. in England. ANNE, b. in England. ELIZABETH, b. in England.
74. PROF. NICHOLAS FISKE (Mathew, William, Thomas, William, Sy- mond), b. Stadhaugh, Eng., ; m. Judith Reade, dau. of William Reade, of
Colchester, Parson of Trinity Church and of St. Martin's Lane. He was born on the old place in Stadhaugh, Parish of Laxfield, Suffolk County, Eng. He received an excellent education, studied medicine, and practiced until his death. On Nov. 9, 1633, he was granted the right to use the Fiske Coat of Arms by the
Herald's College. At that time he was professor of physics. He d. ; res.
Stadhaugh, in Laxfield, Middlesex, Eng.
107. i. JOHN, b. in England; m. Heigham.
MATHEW, b. in England; d. s. p.
MARY, b. in England; m. John Stanard.
ELIZABETH, b. in England.
CATHERINE, b. in England.
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75. JOHN FISKE (Mathew, William, Thomas, William, Symond), b. in
Laxfield, Eng., ; m.. May 5, 1600, Elizabeth Button. He was a weaver by
trade. His will is dated Dec. 24, 1639, and was proved July 4, 1640. He bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth a house in the hamlet of Chepenlake in Fressing- field, which he had of his uncle John Fiske of Cratfield. The will also mentions brother-m-law Richard Spalding and John Tillott. He d. in 1640; res. Laxfield and Mendham, Eng.
112. i. JOHN, bap. Jan. 8, 1603, He d. Nov. 7, 1628. He resided in Stadhaugh, in Laxfield. His will is dated Feb. 22, 1628; was proved Dec. 4, 1628. IMentions his uncle Matthew and his son Nicholas, John son of John son of said Matthew, brother William and his son John, nephew Samuel Cook, brother-in- iaw Erasmus Cook, clerk, dec'd. 113- ii. WILLIAM, bap. Feb. 23, 160=;; m. .
114. iii. ELIZABETH, bap. Feb. 26. "1608; m. Erasmus Cook. He was
a clerk; d. before 1628, leaving son Samuel.
115. iv. MATTHEW, bap. Mar. 12, 1614.
7C\ WILLIAM FISKE (John, William, Thomas, William, Symond), b
Stadhaugh, Eng., ; m. Arone Hart, dau. of William. He d. ; res.
Hardirgs, in Norton, County Suffolk, Eng.
116. i. JOHN, b. in England; m. AHce Hart.
117. ii. THOMAS, b. in England.
118. iii. SAMUEL, b. in England; m. .
78. HENRY FISKE (William, Henry, Thomas, William, Symond), b. in
England ; m. Margaret Gibson. He resided in Cratfield. His will is dated
Mar. 6, 1627, and was proved Nov. 22, 1628. His wife was Margaret, father Will- iam Fiske dec'd, sons William, John and Henry, dau. Margaret wife of John Bar- rett, dau. Mary, kinsman Wolfram and Christopher Smith, brother Henry Gibson. He d. in 1628; res. Cratfield, Eng.
119. i. WILLIAM, b. in England.
120. ii. JOHN, b. in England.
121. iii. HENRY, b. in England.
122. iv. MARGARET, b. in England; m. John Barrett.
123. v. MARY, b. in England.
81. WILLIAM FISKE (William, Henry, Thomas, William, Symond), b.
m England ; m. Mrs. Elizabeth . In his will he is referred to as
William Fiske, the elder, of Cratfield, Gentleman. The instrument is dated Nov. S,_ 1636, and was proved May 29, 1640. His wife was Elizabeth, son William, wife's dau. Frances Meene, nephew William Sandcroft. Appoints his son William executor and his nephew Francis Sandcroft supervisor. He d. 1640; res. Cratfield Eng.
124. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; res. Cratfield.
82. WILLIAM FISKE (Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lax- field, Eng., 1566; m. Anna Anstye, dau. of Walter, of Tibbenham, Long Row,
m Norfolk. She d., and he m. 2d, Alice . William is described as of St.
James m South Elmham, and it is said of him that he fled with his father for religion's sake. His wife was Anne, dau. of Walter Anstye, of Tibbenham., Long Row in Norfolk. They had John, Nathaniel and Eleazer, Eunice, Hannah and Esther. Eunice died unmarried. Esther married John Challie, or Chalke, of Road Hall, and Hannah, William Candler, and was the mother of the genealogist, the compiler of the Candler manuscript in the British Museum. Of the sons, Eleazer settled at Norwich and had female issue only. Nathaniel was of Way- bred, and had children who appear to have remained in England; but of the chil- dren of John all that lived to grow up, four in number, transferred those to the new country. An old record says: "William fyske has livery of the manor and advowson of Hekingham, in County Norfolk, lately belonging to Robert Fyske, his father." His will is dated Nov. 25, 1616, and was proved May 17, 1623. He was of Ditchingham, County Norfolk. The instrument mentions now wife Alice, To the poor of Ditchingham and Bungay. To his eldest son John, lands in St. James, South Elmham; grandchildren Matthias, John and Mary Candler; grand- children John, Anne, Martha, Nathaniel and Eleazer Fiske, all under twenty-one;
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dau. Anne Candler. To son John lands in Metfield, he paying to his brothers Nathaniel and Eleazer and sister Hester six score pounds. Appoints his son John executor. He d. in 1623; res. St. James, South Elmham, and Ditchingham, Norfolk, Eng. . t
^125 i. JOHN, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. Anne Lantersee. 126! ii. NATHANIEL, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. Mrs. Alice (Hend) Leman.
127. iii. ELEAZER, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. and settled in Nor-
wich; had female issue only.
128. iv. EUNICE, b. South Elmham, Eng.; d. unm.
129. V. HANNAH, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. May 4, 1603, William
Candler. He was school master at Tofiford. Their son, Rev. M.ithias Candler, was the author of the celebrated Candler manuscript on file in the British Museum. Other children were John and Mary Candler.
130. vi. HESTER, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. John Chalke, of Red-
nail, Eng.
131. vii. MARY, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. Anthony Fisher, proprietor
of Wignotte, County Suffolk, Eng. He d. Apr. 11, 1640, a son Anthony^ Jr., bap. at Syleham, Eng., Apr. 23, 1591; m. in England, Mary . He d. in America in Dedham or Dor- chester Apr. 18, 1671. His son Anthony, Jr., b. at Syleham, Eng., m. in Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 7, 1647, Joanna Faxon. He d. in Dorchester, Feb. 13, 1670. She was b. in England in 1626, and d. Oct. 16, 1694. His son Eleazer, b. Sept. 18, 1669, m. Oct. 13, 1698, Mary Avery, b. Aug. 21, 1674, d. Mar. 25, 1749. He d. Feb. 6, 1722. His son Benjamin, b. May, 1721, at Dedham, Mass., m. Aug. 11, 1742, Sarah Everett, b. June 7, 1718, d. Aug. 2, 1795. He d. Jan. 18, I777. His son Aaron, b. Jan. 16, 1758, m. Betty Moore, of Bolton. He was sergt. in Rev. army, and d. Oct. 10, 1843. His son Aaron, b. Aug. 30, 1783, m. Hepzibah Walker, d. 1858. His son Rev. Otis, b. June 16, 1808, m. Oct. 13, 1844, Harriet Newell Day, b. Mar. 31, 1816, d. Aug. i, 1890. He d. Sept. 17, 1880. His son Albert Judson, b. Feb. 27, 1851, m. July 12, 1893, Ada Ashard; res. Chicago, 111., with Capt. S. E. Gross, Masonic Temple. Two others of the early settlers from Suffolk County, England, were related to the Fiskes. These were Joshua and Anthony Fisher, who took their freedom, Joshua in 1640 and Anthony, Jr., in 1646. They were brothers, sons of Anthony Fisher, of Syleham, by his wife Mary, who was another dau. _0l_William_and__Anoe Fisk^, of South Elmham; but this is another insfafrce in which we have to regret that Candler in his manuscript did not draw his pedigrees with more precision. Candler does not give us any further information respecting them, but we may form some idea of the class of society from which they sprang from the notice which he takes of two of their brothers who appear to have remained in England: Cor- nelius, who was M. A. and taught the school at East Bergholt, and Amos wh6 farmed an estate called Custridge Hall in the Parish of Wesley, which is in the hundred of Tendring between Colchester and the sea. Cornelius left no issue, and his widow remained with George Smith who was one of the ministers at Dedham, a famous city of Puritan piety. Amos married Anne Morice, the relict of Daniel Locke, and had several children, settled in those parts of Essex, of whom it is not known that any of them followed in the steps of their two uncles. 83 JEFFREY FISKE (Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. at
Laxfie'ld, Eng., ; m. Sarah Cooke. Jeffrey was another son of Robert
Fiske and Sibil his wife. The account of his family is not so clearly given in the Candler manuscript in the British museum as to remove all doubt respecting the true descent as Mr. Candler understood it; but it appears that Jeffrey had a sop David Fiske (see will of his uncle Eleazer) of this branch of the family, who emi-
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grated, whose wife was Sarah Smith, a dau. of Edmund Smith, of Mentham. He took his freedom in 1638, and possibly again in 1647. ("David, 1647, was no doubt son of the freemen of 1638-39.") He d. 1628. His will is dated Oct., 1628; proved Nov. 25, 1628; res. Metfield, Eng.
132. i. ELEAZER, b. in England.
133. ii. DAU., b. in England; m. John Sawyer.
^ 134. iii. DAVID, b. in England; m. Sarah Smith.
84. THOMAS FISKE (Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lax- field, Eng., ; m. Margery . His will is dated Feb. 20, 1610, proved
Feb. 28. 1610. His son Thomas was executor. He d. Feb., 1610; res. Fressing- field, Eng.
135. i. THOMAS, b. in England, of Medfield.
136. ii. JAMES, b. in England.
137. iii. PHINEHAS, b. in 1610; m. Sarah and Elizabeth Easter-
ick.
138. iv. ELIZABETH, b. in England.
139. V. MARY, b. in England.
87. GEORGE FISKE (George, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in
England ; m. Margery Simonds. He resided in Westhall and his will was
dated March 28, 1622, proved May 25, 1622. His wife was Margery, daus. Alice and Margery, dau. Anne, wife of Robert Porter. Brother-in-law Hugh Simonds. He d. 1622; res. Westhall, Eng.
140. i. ALICE, b. in England.
141. ii. MARGERY, b. in England.
142. iii. ANNE, b. in England; m. Robert Porter.
90. WILLIAM FISKE (Nicholas, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in
England ; m. Helen . He made his will Aug. 13, 1580, proved
Nov. 22, 1580. His wife was Helen, son Nicholas, not 21, daus. Anne, Rachel and Elizabeth. Late father was Nicholas Fiske, brother Amos Fiske. He d. 1580; res. Dennington, Eng.
143. i. NICHOLAS, b. in England; m. Rebecca .
144. ii. ANNE, b. in England.
145. iii. RACHEL, b. in England.
146. iv. ELIZABETH, b. in England.
91. AMOS FISKE (Nicholas, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Den- nington, Eng. ; ni. there Mary . He resided in Dennington. His
will is dated May 28, 1612, and proved June 17, 1612. He d. 1612; res. Denning- ton, Eng.
147. i. AMOS, b. in England.
148. ii. WILLIAM, b. in England.
149. iii. JOAN, b. in England.
102. ELIAS FISKE (Richard, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in
Laxfield, Eng., ; m. Alice . He was of Laxfield a yeoman. His
will was dated May 2, 1601. Mentions his wife Alice, son Henry, not 24, daus. Sarah, Mary and Margaret, and refers to late father, Richard Fiske. He d. Sept. 2, 1601; res. Laxfield, Eng.
150. i. SARAH, bap. May 25, 1589.
151. ii. HENRY, bap. May 24, 1590.
152. iii. MARY, bap. April 16, 1593.
153. iv. MARGARET, bap. Nov.' 15, 1596.
107. JOHN FISKE (Nicholas, Mathew. William, Thomas, William, Sy- mond), b. Stadhaugh, Eng., ; m. Heigham; res. , Eng.
154. i. JOHN, b. in England.
■ 155. ii. WILLIAM, b. in England. 156. iii. JUDITH, b. in England.
113. WILLIAM FISKE (John, Mathew, William, Thomas, William, Sy- mond), bap. Feb. 23, 1605, in Laxfield, Eng.; m. . "Wills & Invento- ries from the Registers of the Commissary, of Bury St. Edmunds, and the Arch Deacon of Sudbury." N. E. His. Gen. Society, Pub. England 1850, p. 207, &c.,&c.:
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BRIGHT COAT OF ARiMS.
William Fiske, of Packenham, gent., 1648. Will date 20th March, 1648. First to eldest son, John, large amount of Real & P. estate in Framlingham. Item to my son Thomas. Item to I^Iartha Bright, my eldest daughter (naming son-in-law Henry Bright). Item to Mary Fiske, and Margaret Meadows, my two youngest daughters. Proved Jan. 7-9, 1649. i doz. bread Weekly. '"Whereas, in anno 1630 I beganne a gift of a dozen of bread weekley to be given to the poore of the town of Norton in Suff., my mynd and desire is that the same gift may continue to the world's end," and provides a fund for that purpose. He d. 1648; res. Packenham, Eng.
157. i. JOHN, bap. ; res. Framlingham.
158. ii. THOMAS, b. .
159. iii. MARTHA, b. ; m. June 28, 1626, Henry Bright. He
was bap. at Bury St. Edmunds, Eng., Oct. 14, 1593. They had one dau. Katherine. Henry Bright was son of Robert and on his death he made his son Henry his ' principal heir, giving him the Pack- enham and Thurston estates. Henry was also executor of his father's will. This engraving represents the estate as it was when occupied by Henry and Martha (Fiske) Bright. In Thurston church there are monu- mental slabs with arms and inscrip- tions beautifully sculptured to the memory of the Brights.
The children of Henry and Mar- tha (Fiske) Bright, of Netherhall, were Robert Bright, of Ipswich, gro- cer. His will dated May 29, 1668, and proved on July 3, 1668, gives to his brother-in-law, Francis Woodward, £50; to his bro.John Bright, £250; to his sis. Martha Bright, £50; to his bro.,
William Bright, £3, to ,,^_«fe..v.^:,
buy him a gold ring; to his co-partner, Wm. Sayer, £50; to his mother, Mrs. Martha Bright, £10; to the poor of the Parish of St. Lawrence, 40s. ; to the poor of the Parish of Pakenham, 40s. ; to Mrs. Elizabeth Sa- yer, his partner's moth- er, £3, to buy a gold ring; to his bro., Henry Bright, £100; to his bro., Thomas Bright, £100. Appoints his bros. Henry and Thomas executors. This latter, Thomas, was quite wealthy and d. in June, 1698.
160. iv. MARY. b. .
161. V. MARGARET, b. ; m. Meadows.
116. JOHN FISKE (William, John, William, Thomas, William, Symond), b. in England, ; m. Alice Hart, dau. of William, of Beeston, County Nor- folk, Eng.; res. , Eng.
118. SAMUEL FISKE (William, John, William, Thomas, William, Sy- mond), b. in England; m. ; res. England.
162. i. ELIZABETH, b. in England. On the death of Mrs. Elizabeth
Fiske, of Sandcroft, widow of Eleazar, of Metfield, she gave Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel, ten shillings. 125. JOHN FISKE (William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), Td. St. James, Eng.. •,; m. Anne Lantersee, dau. of Robert Lantersee; d. on
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board ship in 1637, bound for New England. John Fiske, the father, died in 1633. His wife was Anne, daughter of Robert Lantersee. These are the four persons of one family, two brothers and two sisters, all married, and who Mather speaks of in the Magnalia, part 3, page 141, and what had not been related, corresponds with what he says of this family being descended of prosecuted an- cestors. The two brothers were. John and William. He d. in 1633; res. St. James, So. Elmham, Eng.
163. i. JOHN, b. in So. Elmham, 1601; m. Ann Gipps and Mrs. Eliza- beth Henchman. -164. ii. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Bridgett Muskett.
165. iii. ANNE, b. in England; m. Francis Chickering. The same, who
came to America in 1637 and who was made freeman May 13, 1640. Who this Francis Chickering was I know not, further than is to be found in the Candler manuscript in the British Museum, which gives no description of him; but in Savage's Winthrop, note to Vol. i, page 84, the Rev. Mr. Chickering, mmister of Woburn, is mentioned, who might be supposed to be a relative. Candler, in his manuscript, speaks of another Chickering, whose Christian name was unknown, to whom he married the widow of a first cousin of Candler's father, Ben- jamin Smith, farmer of Northall, in Wrentham. (Our Henry Chickering, of Dedham, was probably a brother of Francis.) This Mr. Chickering, he further says, went to New England after the death of his wife. Benjamin Smith was brother to Sarah, wife of David Fiske, emigrant. They res. in Dedham. He belonged to an artillery company in 1643 and later was Ensign. He was representative in 1644 and 1653. Their ch. were: Ann and Mary, b. in England; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1638, d. young; Bertha, b. Dec. 23, 1640; Esther, b. Nov. 4, 1643; John, b. April 19, 1646, d. young; Mercy, b. April 10, 1648.
Anne, the wife, died before 1650, for he then married, June 16. 1650, Mrs. Sarah Libby.
166. iv. MARTHA, b. in England; m. in England Capt. Edmund Thomp-
son, a son of John Thompson, of Holkham, in Norfolk, by Anne, his wife, dau. of John Hastings of that place. They had four ch. born in New England: Martha, Edmund, Thomas, bap. Feb. 12, 1643; and Hannah, bap. July 4, 1647. They re- turned to England and resided ?t Yarmouth, where they had three ch. born to them: John, Esther and John, who all d. in infancy. Candler informs us that Captain Thompson, who was a sea captain, served the States of Holland after the death of King Charles the First. He first resided in Salem, Mass., in 1637. Dec. 29, 1639, he was admitted to the church. .
167. v. NATHAN, b. in England; d. in infancy.
168. vi. ELEAZER, b. So. Elmham, Eng. He was mentioned in his
grandfather's will.
126. NATHANIEL FISKE (William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William,
Symond), b. in England ; m. Mps. Alice (Henel) Leman. He is named in
the wills of his father. Uncle Eleazer and Cousin Eleazer; res. Weybred, Eng.
169. i. NATHANIEL, b. in Weybred, Eng.; m. Dorothy Symonds.
170. ii. SARAH, b. in Weybred, Eng.; m. Robert Rogers.
134. DAVID FISKE (Jeffrey, Robert, Simon, Simon, William. Symond), He was ofWatertown, was admitted a freeman of the colony in Mar., 1637-8. He had come to America, probably the preceding year, as he was not a proprietor until Feb., 1637. Before 1644 he was a grrmtee of one lot and a purchaser of six other lots. His homestall of twenty-two acres was granted to John Kingsbury, of whom he had purchased it just prior to his removal to Dedham. This latter property was bounded on the north by the Cambridge line and the property of J. Coolidge; south by the highway (Pond Road) ; west by land of J. Coolidge, and east by that of B. Bullard. The total amount of his real estate was 227 acres. He was a man of standing in the community and early held office. In 1639 he was elected a
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member of the Board of Selectmen, and again in 1642. Was a juror in 1652-4-5-7. His will is dated Sept. 10, 1660, and was proved in January following. The in- strument does not mention the name of his wife, but one daughter. Fitch, and one son, David, who was sole executor and residuary legatee, giving him his "houses, lands, cattle and chattels." Signed the mark of David Fiske and seal. (So signed probably on account of age and infirmity.) Inventory Jan. 10, 1661, £78-9-1. Aug. 6, 1673, the son sold his homestall and two other lots of his land in Water- town to John Coolidge. His wife was Sarah Smith, dau. of Edmund Smith, of Wrentham, Co. Suffolk, Eng.
Middlesex, Probate Records, ''Wills & Inventories," P. 7, Vol. 2. David Fiske, of Watertown. Will date Sept. 10, 1660. I, David Fiske, of Watertown, in the County of Middlesex, in New Engl.: being sicke in bodj^ but of perfect memorj," &c. * * =i- ••& having given a writing under my hand to my sonne in law Fitch, of some L tices (articles) that he is to have after my decease, as my best bed & a bolster & 2 coverlets & a pot & a kettle, and these ytices being taken out, I do dispose of the rest of my goods as followeth: I give & bequeath to my grand-children to be divided amongst them, all my wealth by equall and portions. It. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Fitch five pounds, to be paid her within a year after my decease. And all the rest of my estate that is not in this my will disposed off, as Houses, lands, cattle, chattels, I do give & bequeath to my Sonne David Fiske, & do make him my sole exectutor, he to pay all my debts, &c., &c. THE MARKE OF DAVID FISKE. X
Witness Jn. Coolidge: Thomas Hastings.
Appr. 22:11:1661.
He d. in 1660; res. Watertown, Mass.
171. i. MARTHA, b. in England; m. Thomas Fitch, of Watertown.
He was a cordwainer and resided in Boston. Was one of the merchants and traders of that city who petitioned for a bank- rupt law in June, 1701. He was a freeman in 1666. He d. in 1678. Ch.: (i) Martha, b. Nov. 9, 1656; (2) Mary, b. Feb. i7> 1659; (3) Sarah, b. June 14, 1661; (4) Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2 (bap. in the First ch. Sept. 4, 1664. The father was then of Watertown) ; (5) Thomas, b. Feb. 5, 1669. ., — t^*^. ^
172. ii. DAVID, b. in England 1624; m. Lydia^Cooper and Seaborn Wil-
son.
137. CAPT. PHINEHAS FISKE (Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William,
Symond), b. England, in Laxfield; m. there m 1638 Sarah ; d. Sept. 10, 1659;
m. 2d in Wenham, June 4, 1660, Elizabeth Easterick. Phineas Fiske, a freeman in Wenham, 1642, one of the first settlers, and until his death a leading citizen of that town, was the youngest son of Thomas Fiske. of England, and a grandson of Robert and Sybil (Gould) Fiske, of Laxfield, County of Suffolk. He was a captain of the militia in Wenham, and constable in 1644; Representative to the General Court in 1653; appointed "Commissioner to end small causes" — probably a Justice — in 1654; and his estate was settled upon his decease in 1673. Phineas Fiske (sometimes spelled Phinehas) was twice married. His first wife, Sarab, and mother of his children, died in 1659; and in 1660 he married Elizabeth Easter- ick. His will — the first of the Fiskes found on the I'ecords — was made in March and proved in June of 1673, in which mention is made of sons James, John and Thomas Fiske, but not of wife (perhaps deceased) or daughters. Among his legatees were "nephews Samuel, who was to have his great Bible, and Mark Fiske." All of the foregoing were evidently born in England some years before emigration, for son James was freeman same year with his father (1642), and Thomas, the youngest, according to a certain deposition, was at tint time about twelve j^ears old. The family most probably came out in company with their relatives, Rev. John and William Fiske, as their names appear simul- taneously (in 1641) on the records of Salem Church.
Wenham, Massachusetts, where he resided, was the last of the seven towns in Essex County that was set off from Salem, and is situated about twenty-two miles northeast of Boston. The general surface of the country is level, the soil fruitful, well watered and productive. In olden times the village of Wenham was recorded as remarkable for its quiet arcadian beauty, and its principal lake has obtained celebrity for the purity of its waters. The town was incorporated
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in 1643. Its settlers and principal inhabitants, like 'hose of the most of the older towns, were Puritans, taken from the great middle class of Englishmen who have always been the backbone of the nation. Intelligent, religious, hardy and in- dustrious, they were undoubtedly the best as to character of any emigrants ever brought to this country. Their influence in shaping the destiny of the nation is apparent in the high rank JNIassachusetts has always taken among her sister states. From the Wenham town records it is learned that "Phineas Fisk was the first constable, and he, with Charles Gott and John Fisk, constituted the first board of selectmen; Wm. Fisk was town clerk." Capt. Phinehas was repre- sentative to the general court in 1653. His will was proved June 26, 1673. One witness was Samuel Fisk. Legatees son James to have one-half the house and land, sons John and Thomas to have the remainder, nephew Samuel to have his great Bible, and Mark Fisk some articles of bedding (above from Salem court records). He d. June 7, 1673; res. England, Salem and Wenham, Mass.
., ' "^yZ- i- JAMES, b. in England; m. Anna and Hannah Pike.
174. ii. JOHN, b. in England: m. Remember .
"^ 175. iii. THOMAS, b. in England, 1632; m. Peggy .
143. NICHOLAS FISKE (William, Nicholas, Simon, Simon, William, Sy-
niond), b. in Laxfield, Eng., ; m. Rebecca ; d. at Laxfield, Jan. 16,
1623-4. He d. ; res. Laxfield, Eng.
176. i. ANNE, bap. July i, 1579.
177. ii. MARY, bap. Nov. 12, 1581.
178. iii. REBECCA, bap. July 26, 1584.
179. iv. JOHN, bap. at Laxfield, Eng.; m. Mary Bade.
163. REV. JOHN FISKE (John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. St. James Parish, South Elmham, Suffolk County, Eng., 1601; m. 1629, Ann Gipps, of Frinshall, in Norfolk, England; d. in Chelmsford Feb. 14, 1672; m. 2d, Aug. I, 1672, Mrs. Elizabeth Henchman, widow of Edmund.
The earliest of the Wenham town records extant is a grant of twenty acres of land to the town, one-half of it by Mr. Smith, on one side of the meeting house, and the other half by Mr. John Fisk, on the other side of it. This grant, which was made March 2, 1642, appears to have been divided into two-acre lots, which were given to actual settleii on condition of building upon them dwellings for them- selves and their families. But in case that any such should wish to remove from the village they were required to oft'er their places for sale first to "the Plantation." The object of this arrangement was to encourage actual settlers, and also to form a village about the middle of the town. From these votes it appears that a meet- ing house, at least a temporary one, had already been built. It is supposed to have stood on or near the spot occupied by that built in 1664, viz., upon the eminence near the house at one time belonging to Mr. Henry Tarr.
There cannot be a doubt that John is the "Mr. John Fiske" who was made a freeman at a court held in March, 1637-8 (Savage's Winthrop, Vol. 2, p. 367). Mather says that he was "the elder brother," and that he died Jan. 14, 1676. His wife was Ann Gipps, of Frinshall, in Norfolk. They had a child, who was born at Frinshall, but died in infancy. A son, Nathaniel, died an infant. Three other children, John, Sarah and Closes, were born in New England, and here Candler's account in his manuscript in the British Museum of this branch of family ends.
Rev. John Fiske (by Cotton Mather). Among the writers of the Gospel with which the primitive church was blessed was "Luke, the beloved Physician," of whom Jerom elegantly says that as the Apostles from fishers of fish became fishers of men; so from a physician of bodies Luke was made a physician of souls; and as his book is read in the church his medicine will not cease. So among the first preachers who rendered the primitive times of New England happy, there was one who might likewise be called a "beloved physician," one to whom there might also be given the eulogy which the ancients think was given to Luke, a brother whose praise was the gospel throughout all the churches. This was Mr. John Fiske. Mr. Fiske was born in the Parish of St. James, in the County of Suffolk, England, about the year 1601, of pious parents. His grandparents and great-grandparents were eminently zealous in the true religion. In the reign of Queen Mary, of six brothers of this name, three were Papists and three were Protestants. Tw'o of the latter were grievously persecuted. The one from whom
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John, the subject of this memoir, descended, was, to avoid burning, hid many months in a wood pile and afterward half a year in a cellar, where he wrought by candle light at manufactures and remained undiscovered. But his many hardships brought on excessive bleeding, which shortened his days and added to "the cry of the souls under the altar." John was the eldest of four children, who all came with him to New England and left posterity with whom God established His Holy Covenant. His parents having devoted him to the Lord Jesus Christ, sent him first to a grammar school at a distance of two miles from their abode. Being there fitted for the university, he was sent to Immanuel College, Cambridge, where he resided until he took his first degree. Having spent some considerable time in preparatory studies he entered upon the work to which he had been de- voted and which was his favorite object, the preaching of the Gospel. In this pursuit he would have continued had not Satan hindered him. The conformity act was odious to him. Its friends and supporters "breathed out slanders and the silencers pressed so hard upon him for his non-conformity, that upon the advice of his friends he relinquished the ministry and turned his attention to the study of physics. After a thorough examination he obtained license for public practice. At the age of 28 years he married a virtuous and amiable woman, who did him good and not evil all her days. She was the sharer and soother of all his tribula- tions until about three years before his death, when she left him to go to be with Christ. In 1633 his father died and left him in charge of his mother, two sisters and yoimger brother. This event dissolved the strongest ties that bound him to his native soil and removed every obstruction that seemed to be in the way to the engagement of his favorite pursuit. He resolved on going to New England, where he saw an opportunity for the quiet exercise of his ministry. He went on board a ship in disguise to avoid the fury of his persecutors. After they had passed the land's end, he entertained the passengers with two sermons a day, besides other agreeable discourses and devotional exercises, which filled the voyage with so much religion that one of the passengers being examined about his trying to divert himself with a hook and line on the Lord's daj'', protested that he did not know when the Lord's day was; he thought every day was a Sabbath day, for they did nothing but pray and preach all the week long. Mr. Fiske arrived in New Eng- land in the year 1637. His aged mother died quickly after he came on board, and his only infant quickly after he came on shore. He came well stocked with ser- vants and all sorts of tools for husbandry and carpentry, and with provisions to support his family in a wilderness three years; out of which he charitably let a con- siderable quantity to the country, which he then found in the distresses of a war with the Pequot Indians.
The most prominent name among the first settlers of the town of Wenham was that of Fisk. Rev. John Fisk, who came from the County of Suffolk, in England, was the first minister of the place. As the parish of Wenham, in Eng- land, lies in the same county, it is not unlikely that the name of the town was taken from the original residence of this family. Rev. Mr. Fisk, after a residence of twelve years in Wenham, removed to Chelmsford, where he died. Besides him, three others of the name of Fisk were among the original settlers, and did not leave with the colony that removed to Chelmsford. They appear to have been men of property, and acted an important part in the infant settlement. Capt. Phineas and John Fisk were two of the first board of selectmen, and Hon. Wm. Fisk was the first town clerk. From the frequency with which the name occurs in the early records of baptisms, the descendants of the family appear to have been numerous, and for an hundred years or more they acted a prominent part in town affairs. Three of them, at different periods, held the oiilice of deacon of the cluirch. Out of thirty-five times that the town sent a deputy to the General Court, before 1720, it was represented twenty times by some one of this name. The first schoolmaster and the first commander of the militia, appointed in Wen- ham, was Capt. Thomas Fisk, who, for a period of twenty or thirty years, appears to have been the most important man in the town. As early as 1655 he was ap- pointed town clerk, and two-pence granted to him for every order he should record. The first book of the town records is mostly in his hand-writing, which is not quite as legible as that of the best writing masters. He was a prominent actor in the series of measures which resulted in the division of the common lands. There continued to be several of the name in the place until the latter part of the last century, when it was reduced to a single family. Several farms
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have been at different times in possession of the family. The place, however, where they lived longest, and which is the most identified with their name, was on a lane leading from the Ober place (so-called) towards Wenham causeway. An old cellar alone remanis to mark the spot, where generations lived, labored, and passed away.
The next year, Mr. John Fisk, who had taught the first grammar school established in Salem, and while thus engaged had occasionally assisted Mr. Peters in his ministerial labors, removed to Wenham, and through his efforts a church was regularly organi;:ed on the 8th of October, 1644. He at once became its pas- tor, and continued his labors in the town till 1656, apparently much to the satis- faction of the people. To the duties of the pastor he added those of physician, bO that Cotton Mather remarks concerning him: "Among the most famous preachers and writers of the gor.pel, with whom the primitive church was blessed, there was Luke, the beloved physician, the blessed scholar and colleague of the Apostle Paul." .
I'his appears like higii eulogy, but for the times in which he lived, Mr. Fisk was evidently a superior man. He was descended from pious ancestry, and was early devoted to the service of Christ and the church. His parents, after carefully instructing him at home, sent him to the giammar school and afterwards to the university. He graduated at Lnmanuel College, Cambridge, and after studying theology was engaged for several years in the work of the ministrj'. In conse- quence, however, of the persecution then carried on against the Puritans and the difficulties and annoj^ances in the way of preaching, in accordance with the advice of his friends, he turned his attention to medicine, and obtained the usual license to practice as a physician. Yet he was still so desirous to resume the labors of the ministry that he determined to remove to America. He had previously mar- ried a lady of high rank and uncommon worth. To her parents his purpose to come to America was so disagreeable that they resolved to deprive him of several hundred pounds, which were the just share of his wife in her father's estate. At the call of duty, however, he did not hesitate to sacrifice property and all the en- dearments of home and kindred. Disguising himself to escape the fury of his persecutors, he embarked, in company with the Rev. John Allen, afterwards the first minister of Dedham.
After arriving in this country, Mr. Fisk appears to have taught some years in Cambridge, and afterwards in Salem. Of his services in the latter city, the Mayor of Salem, in a public address in 1842 says: "'We may all be proud of the honest fame of the first teacher of our grammar school. He was, by the concur- rent testimony of the most learned and honored of his day and generation, ranked high in the list of able, useful and devoted ministers of the gospel. One of his scholars was Sir George Downing, who was a member of the first class that graduated at Harvard College, and who was afterwards minister for Crom- well and Charles H. j.t The Hague." His pupils, it is said, were fitted "to read any classical authors into English, and readily make and speak true Latin, and write it in verse as well as prose, and perfectly to decline the paradigms of nouns and verbs in the Greek tongue."
Preferring, however, the w^ork of the ministry to the labors of the teacher, he gave up his school in 1643, and, removing to Wenham, joined his fortunes to those of the infant plantation. Upon what salary he was settled we have no means of ascertaining. A piece of land appears to have been granted to him, and in addition to this, he had probably such contributions as the people were able to raise. It is stated that "he drew largely upon his own estate for the ben- efit of the new plantation." (In 164J he gave ten acres of land for the benefit of the church and society). In 1654 it was voted by the town that "the yearly main- tenance of our minister shall bee fortie pounds a year, whether Mr. Fisk stay among us, or we procure another;" and again, that "Mr. Gott, James Moulton and John Fisk are chosen to go to Mr. Miller, to give him a call in case Mr. Fisk leaveth us." December, 1655, it was ordered "that in case Mr. Brock be secured to stay amongst us, whatsoever the town hath engaged, or shall be levied on any land, shall be paid, two-thirds part in wheat, barley or peas, butter or pork, and the other third part in Indian corn." In consequence of the extreme scarcity of money, taxes and contributions were very generally paid in produce. According to the expenses of living and the means of the people, £40 a year would seem to be full as large a salary as is now usually paid in country towns.
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From the previoDS votes, it appears that Mr. Fisk had already formed the purpose of leavmg Wcnham. He remained, however, till 1656, when, with a ma- jority of the church, ne removed to Chelmsford, where he lived for twenty years, discharging the duties at once of the minister and