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Fiske and Fisk family. Being the record of the descendants of Symond Fiske

Source: "Fiske and Fisk family. Being the record of the descendants of Symond Fiske", 1896

The Fiscs, or Fiskes, of England, FISKE are recorded as far back as May, 1208, when the Duke of Lorraine granted land in Digneveton Park to the "Men of Laxfield," the list including one Daniel Fisc. It is supposed that this was the paternal grandfather of Lord Symond Fiske, from whom the American Fiskes are readily traced, and to him for the purposes of this sketch we give the designation of the first known generation.

(I) Lord Symond Fiske was proprietor of the Manor of Stadhaugh, parish of Laxfield, county of Suffolk, England, 1390-1422. He was married twice; first to Susannah Smith, and after her death to Katherine. In his will, probated at Norwich, England, February 26, 1463-4, he names as his children: William, Jeffrey, John, Edmund, Margaret; and as his executors his wife Katherine and Nicols Nolock. The Lord Fiske died in February, 1464.

(II) William Fiske, eldest son of Lord and Lady Susannah Fiske, was born at Stadhaugh ; married Joan Lynne, of Norfolk, and died in 1504. His widow made a will July 15, 1504, in which she names her sons Thomas, William, Augustine, Simon, Robert and John, and daughters Margery and Margaret. This will was proved February 28, 1505, and Sir John, her husband's brother, and John and Simon, her sons, were executors.

(III) Simon Fiske, son of William and Joan (Lynne) Fiske, married Elizabeth , and died in Halesworth, June, 1538. Their children were : Simon, William, Robert, Joan. Jeffrey, Gelyne, Agnes, Thomas, Elizabeth, John. (IV) Simon Fiske, son of Simon and Elizabeth Fiske, married, but her name does not appear on the records. She was the mother of children as follows: Robert, John, George, Nicholas, Jeffrey, Jeremy, William, Richard, Joan, Gelyne, Agnes. (V) Robert Fiske, son of Simon Fiske, and grandson of Simon and Elizabeth Fiske, was born in 1525. He married Sybil Gould, widow of a Mr. Barber. While a resident of the parish of St. James, South Elmham, his immediate family were in danger of persecution, and his wife's sister, Isabella Gould, was a prisoner in Castle Norwich for her avowed Puritan opinion, in which her sister's family were in sympathy, and they were obliged to leave the parish of St. James in consequence of the prejudice against Puritans. The children of Robert and Sybil (Gould) Barber Fiske were: William, Jeffrey, Thomas, Eleazer, Elizabeth.

(VI) William Fiske, son of Robert and Sybil Fiske, was born in the parish of All Saints, Laxfield, England, 1566. He married Anna, daughter of Walter Anstyle, of Tibbenham, Norfolk, and took for his second wife, Alice. While residing in St. James parish, Elmham, his father and family were obliged to leave the parish by reason of their Puritan views. His will, proved May 17, 1623, names children: John, Nathaniel, Eleazer, Eunice, Hannah, Hester, Mary, wife of Anthony Fisher. The children were born in South Elmham.

(VII) Nathaniel Fiske, son of William and Anna (Anstyle) Fiske, married Alice Henel, widow of Mr. Leman, and they had two children, Nathaniel and Sarah.

(VIII) Nathaniel Fiske, son of Nathaniel and Alice (Henel) Leman Fiske, was born in Weybred, Suffolk county, England, married Dorothy Symonds, of Wendham, daughter of John Symonds. They had children as follows: John, Nathan, Esther, Martha.

(I) Nathan Fiske (In England, IX), the immigrant, son of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Symonds) Fiske, was born in England, in 1615; came to New England and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643, and became a landed proprietor by purchasing eighty acres of land, the same having been allotted to Mr. Robert Feake, whose name appears on the annals of the town as second on the list made July 25, 1636, when the desirable lands of the town were allotted to the inhabitants in quantities ranging from one hundred acres, to Sir Richard Saltonstall, down to twenty acres, and here the name " Mr. Robert Feake" appears next to Sir Richard, and the quantity of land allotted as eighty acres. The land was on the north side of the great highway leading to Sudbury. This purchase by Nathan Fiske was made September 10, 1643. His sister Martha, who married Martin Underwood, of Weybred, Suffolk, England, by trade a weaver, were also among the first settlers of Watertown, his name appearing on the list of names of persons to whom land was allotted July 25, 1636, his share being twenty-five acres, and his name also appears on the list of early settlers who took the freeman's oath in 1634. Nathan Fiske died in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, June 21, 1676. His children were: Nathan, born October 17, 1642; John, born August 25, 1647; David, born April 29, 1650. married Elizabeth Reed; Nathaniel, born July 12, 1653, married Mrs. Mary (Warren) Child; Sarah, born 1656, married, September 3, 1673, Abraham Gale, son of Richard Gale, the immigrant.

(II) Lieutenant Nathan Fiske, son of Nathan Fiske, the immigrant, and grandson of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Symonds) Fiske, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, October 17, 1642. He married Elizabeth Fry. He purchased from Thomas and Magdalen Underwood, lands allotted to or purchased by his uncle and aunt, Martin and Martha (Fiske) Underwood, and inherited by Thomas Underwood, to the extent of two hundred and twenty acres, paying therefor the sum of £10. He was selectman of Water- town 1684, 1688 and 1691. He died October Ð¸, 1694, and his widow Elizabeth was administrator of his estate, being appointed by the general court December 10, 1694, and the estate was divided November 23, 1696, his widow having died May 15, 1696. The children of Lieutenant Nathan and Elizabeth ( Fry) Fiske were: Nathan, born February 9, 1665, died in 1668; Elizabeth, born January 19, 1667, married James Ball (1670-1729) Weaver, January 16, 1693; Martha, born January 12, 1670, married, March 13, 1694, Edward Park (1661); Nathan, born January 3. 1672; Susanna, born April 7, 1674, died unmarried, 1752; Abigail, born February 18, 1675, married John Mixer, August 15, 1695; William, born December 5, 1677, died same year; William, born November ÑŽ, 1678, married Eunace Jennings; Anna, died young.

(III) Nathan Fiske, son of Lieutenant Nathan and Elizabeth (Fry) Fiske, and familiarly known as Deacon Nathan, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, January 3, 1673. He married (first) Sarah (1678-1723), daughter of Ensign John Coolidge, of Water- town, and (second) on May 22, 1729, Hannah Coolidge Smith, daughter of Simon Coolidge, and widow of Daniel Smith, Jr. He was made a deacon of the church at Watertown before 1717. He died January 26, 1741, and his wife Hannah died in October, 1750. The children of Deacon Nathan and Sarah (Coolidge) Fiske were: Sarah, born 1697, died 1713; Elizabeth, died young; Nathan, born February 25, 1701, married (first) Anne Warren, and as his second wife Mary Fiske, of Sudbury; Josiah, born October 10, 1704, married Sarah, daughter of John and Anne (Tarbell) Lawrence, of Lexington: Henry, born January 24, 1706, married Mary Stone; Daniel, born August 19, 1709, married (first) Deliverance Brown, and (second) Jemima Shaw; Samuel, born February 16, 1711, married Lydia Bond; Grace, born May 9, 1714, married Benjamin Goddard, of Shrewsbury; Hannah, born May 19, 1719, married William J. Smith, Jr., of Weston, died September 2, 1813.

(IV) Jonathan Fiske, son of Nathan and Sarah (Coolidge) Fiske, had children: Nathan, born September 7, 1760; Thaddeus, born June 22, 1762, graduated at Harvard, 1785, was ordained pastor of church in West Cambridge, April 23, 1788, resigning April 23, 1828. His ordination sermon was preached by his uncle, the Rev. Dr. Nathan Fiske. He died November 14, 1855.

(V) Nathan Fiske, son of Jonathan and Abigail Fiske, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, September 7, 1760, married Mary Stearns. Mary Stearns was born October 1761, and they had five children, three boys and two girls. Captain Nathan Fiske was the fifth commander of the Weston Independent Light Infantry, organized 1787, and his son, Captain Sewell Fiske, was next to the last captain to command the organization which was disbanded in 1831.

(VI) Sewell Fiske, son of Nathan and Mary (Stearns) Fiske. was born in Weston, Massachusetts. September 8, 1/92. He married Martha, daughter of Isaac and Mary( Crosby) Stearns,' April 8, 1818. Martha Stearns was born October 14, 1787, and died October i, 1868. Their children were eight in number, four boys and four girls. He was commander of the Weston Independent Light Infantry at the time the company welcomed General Lafayette at Concord, Massachusetts, September 2, 1824.

(VII) Alonzo Sewell Fiske, son of Sewell and Martha (Stearns) Fiske, was born in Weston. Massachusetts, October 4, 1818. He was educated at the Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and taught school for several years. He was a merchant in Boston during the earlier part of his business life, but retired to his estate in Weston, where he conducted an extensive and profitable farm. During the civil war, 1861-65, he was a recruiting officer. He was selectman of the town of Weston for over forty years, and during a greater part of that time was chairman of the board of selectmen. He married Susan, daughter of William and Nabby (Reed) Colburn. Susan Colburn was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, August 30, 1824. The children of Alonzo Sewell and Susan (Colburn) Fiske were: Nathan Sewell, born August 9, 1854, never married; Maria Antoinette, born February 17, 1845, died March 15, 1872: Helen Amelia, born June ii, 1848; Marth'a Elvira, born September 4, 1849; Abby Colburn, born December 3, 1852, died June n, 1899; Susan Frances, born February 7, 1857, died June 5, 1860; Harriett Theodora, born February 15, 1862, died March 29, 1878; William Colburn, born January 5, 18 — , died in infancy. Alonzo Sewell Fiske died at his home in Weston, Massachusetts, August 27. 1893. (VIII) Nathan Sewell Fiske, son of Alonzo Sewell and Susan (Colburn) Fiske, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, August 9, 1854. He was educated in the public grammar and high schools of Weston, and at the Bryant and Stratton Commercial College, Boston, Massachusetts, and on leaving school took up the business of farming, being well equipped by his boyhood training on his father's farm. He has been selectman of the town of Weston since 1889; is also an assessor of the town, one of the overseers of the poor, and a constable. His political affiliation has always been with the Republican party, and his church home the Congregational church of Lincoln, where he has served as deacon since 1899. He occupies the original Fiske homestead, works the farm that has been in possession of the family since 1643. A large part of the farm was conveyed to Lieutenant Nathan Fiske (i), and his direct descendants have since been in possession. The residence was built in 1753, by the Rev. Samuel Woodward, minister of the church at Weston, and was occupied by him, 1 753-82. Nathan Sewell Fiske never married. (For early generations see preceding sketch).

(VI) Jeffrey Fiske, son of Robert FISKE Fiske (5), was born at Laxfield, England. 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 son David Fiske (see will of his uncle Eleazer) of this branch of the family who emigrated, whose wife was Sarah Smith, daughter of Edmund Smith, Mentham. He took liis freedom in 1638 and possibly again in 1647. (David, 1647, was no doubt son of the freeman of 1638-39). Jeffrey died in 1628. His will is dated October, 1628, and was proved November 25, 1628. He resided at Metfield, England. Children, born in England: i. Eleazer. 2. Daughter married John Sawyer. 3. David, mentioned below. (VII) David Fiske, son of Jeffrey Fiske (6), was born in England. He was admitted a freeman of the colony at Watertown, Massachusetts, March, 1637-38, and had probably come to America the year before, for he was not a proprietor until February, 1637. Before 1644 he was a grantee of one lot and a purchaser of six other lots in Watertown. His homestall of twenty-two acres was granted to John Kingsbury, of whom he bought it just before Kingsbury removed to Dedham. It '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 two hundred and twenty-seven acres. He was a man of standing in the community and early held office. In 1639 ne was elected a member of the board of selectmen and again in 1642. He was a junior in 1652-54-55-57. His will is dated September 10, 1660, and was proved in January following. The instrument 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. The son sold the old homestead August 6, 1673, to John Coolidge. He married Sarah Smith, daughter of Edmund Smith, of Wrentham, county Suffolk, England. Children: i. Martha, born in England ; married Thomas Eitch, of Water- town, a cordwainer later in Boston. 2. David, born in England, 1624, mentioned below.

(VIII) David Fiske, son of David Fiske (7), was born in England in 1624. He was admitted a freeman at Watertown May 26, 1647. He settled in Cambridge and later in Cambridge Farms (Lexington). He married, in 1646, Lydia Cooper, sister of Deacon John Cooper, with whom he came to America, and step-daughter of Gregory Stone (see sketch). She died November 29, 1654, and he married ( second), September 6, 1655, Seaborn Wilson, of Ipswich, daughter of Theophilus Wilson. The latter made his will October 2, 1690, and died the next year. Seaborn Fiske sold for eight pounds to Alexander Lovell and Thomas Lovell, of Ipswich, her undivided common right in Ipswich left her by her father, March 3, 1717. She died in Woburn, January 12, 1721. Fiske's will is dated June 23, 1708, and was proved December 20, 1711, mentioning his wife Seaborn ; son Nicholas Wyeth, his daughter being dead ; children David, Elizabeth, Anna and Abigail ; cousin Samuel, son of Deacon Samuel Stone. His homestead in Cambridge was on the north side of what is now Linnaean street, near the Botanic Garden. It was bought by Joseph Daniel December 13, 1660, about the time the Fiskes went to Lexington. Fiske was a wheelwright by trade, but was employed much of the time in the public service, especially as a surveyor of land. He was selectman in 1688, and deputy to the general court in the critical period of 1689. He was one of the most prominent men in the settlement at the Faf ms ; precinct clerk and assessor ; the first subscriber for erecting a meeting house there, and the first named member of the church. In 1685 the work of settlement at Worcester was prosecuted with vigor, and about the middle of April surveys were made of the lands by David Fiske, of Cambridge. Partial surveys were made in May. 1685, at Worcester, for Gookin on the east side of Pakachoag hill and a lot of eighty acres on Raccoon plain. The settlement attempted at this time was the second failure, however. Fiske was also prominent in the military service and had the rank of lieu- unant in the Lexington company. His grave is marked by a handsome monument erected in 1856 by Benjamin Fiske. Esq. His estate was settled by agreement February 3, 1720. He died February 14, 1710. Children: i. Sarah, born May 8, 1646-47, died in Boston, November 8, 1647. 2. Lydia, born in Boston, September 29, 1647-48, married, September 6, 1681, Nicholas Wyeth, Jr., of Cambridge, son of Nicholas and Rebecca (Andrews) Wyeth. 3. David, born in Boston, September i, 1648, died September 20, 1649. 4- David, born April 15, 1650, mentioned below. 5. Seaborn. 6. Elizabeth, married John Russell. 7. Anna or Hannah, baptized November 27, 1659, married, May 3, 1680, -Timothy Carter. 8. Abigail, born February i, 1674, married, May 4, 1692, Henry Baldwin, of Woburn. 9. Ephraim.

(IX) David Fiske, son of David Fiske (8), was born at Watertown, April 15, 1650. Married, at Ipswich, June 17, 1674, Sarah Day, of that town, born 1654 and died April 22, 1729. Her father was a brick manufacturer and mason. Fiske, like his father, was a subscriber to the first meeting house in Lexington in 1692. He served the town as tithing- man. He died October 23, 1729. Children: i. David, born January 5, 1676, married Elizabeth . 2. Jonathan, born May 19, 1679, married Abigail Reed. 3. Robert, born May 8, 1 68 1, married Mary Stirnpson. 4_ Anna, born April 2, 1683. 5. Lydia, born May 14, 1685, married Deacon Joseph Lor- ing, Jr., born September 26, 1684, died July 4, 1746; went from Hingham to Lexington about 1706. 6. Sarah, born June 16, 1687. 7. Abigail, born May 20. 1689, died August 13, 1691. 8. Ebenezer, born September 12, 1692, mentioned below.

(X) Lieutenant Ebenezer Fiske, son of David Fiske (9), was born at Lexington, September 12, 1692. Married, December 4, 1718, Grace Harrington, of Watertown, daughter of Samuel and Grace (Livermoore) Harrington. She was born August 26, 1694, and died August 29, 1721. He married (second) Bethia Muzzy, who was born in 1700 and died November 19, 1774. He was a man of prominence in the militia, in which he bore the rank of lieutenant, and in town affairs. He held many offices of honor and trust. He was selectman ten years between 1739 and 1758. He resided on the highway to Concord a little more than a mile from the common on the easterly side of what is known as Fiske hill. It was at his house that Hay- ward of Acton and a British soldier had the encounter on April 19. 17/5, both being slain. He bequeathed with his other property a negro slave Pompey. Fiske died December 19, 1775. Children, born in Lexington: i. Grace, born 1721, died August 25, 1721. 2. Ebenezer, born March 5, 1725, married Elizabeth Cotton. 3. Bethia, born August i, 1729, married Oliver, of Boston. 4. Elizabeth, born May 7, 1731, married, September 3. 1751, Rev. Robert Cutler, pastor of Greenwich, Massachusetts. 5. Jane, born March 21, 1733, married, October 24, ! 752> Josiah Hadley. 6. Anna, born July 30, 1735, married, October 24, 1754, Oliver Barrett. 7. Benjamin, bom March 24, 1737, died young. 8. Samuel, born October 15, 1739. 9. Benjamin, born August 10, 1742, mentioned below. lo. Sarah, born 1743, baptized November 24, 1743.

(XI) Benjamin Fiske, son of Ebenezer Fiske (10), was born at Lexington, August ID, 1742. He married, May 14, 1767, Rebecca Howe, of Concord, Massachusetts, and she married (second), March 28, 1786, Lieutenant William Merriam, of Bedford. His estate was appraised April n, 1785, and divided March 27, 1786. He died February i, 1785. Children, born at Lexington: i. Benjamin, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born April 7, 1783, married, May 29, 1802, William Whitney, of Shirley, son of Rev. Phinehas Whitney, born October 3, 1778, died January 29, 1837; resided at Shirley, Winchendon and Boston, Massachusetts : children — i. William F., born May 19, 1803 ; ii. George H., born May 24, 1809, married Elizabeth B. White.

(XII) Benjamin Fiske, son of Benjamin Fiske (IT), was born at Lexington, August 20, 1778. Married, in Chelmsford, May 16, 1797, Elizabeth Bridge, daughter of William Bridge, granddaughter of Rev. Ebenezer Bridge, of Chelmsford. She died October 20, 1814. Married (second) Nancy Adams, of Westford, born 1785, died September 6, 1865. A portrait of Elizabeth (Bridge) Fiske is owned by her great-grandson, William B. Fiske, of Plainfield, New lersey. He removed to Boston in 1808 and was actively engaged in the shipping business "his sails whitening every sea." In 1843 he returned to Lexington where he bought a farm on Lowell street. He was alderman of Boston in 1843 and representative to the general court from Boston from 1833 to 1838. He was justice of the peace for many years, and in every walk of life was upright, honorable and highly esteemed. He died at Lexington, February 2, 1863. Children: i. John Minot, born July 15, 1798, mentioned below. 2. Louisa, born May 30, 1801. married in Boston in 1826, Dr. Cyrus Briggs, of Augusta, Maine: he was born March 4, 1800. and died in Salem, Massachusetts, June, 1871: she died December 4, 1890; children: i. Sarah Louisa Briggs, born February 25, 1828, married Rev. Wheelock Craig (children: Annie Briggs Craig, born February 6, 1853, married George P. Dutton; Louise Craig, born May 30, 1885); ii. Nancy Adams Briggs, born January 25, 1831, died August 4, 1882; married George Parkman Denny, November 9, 1852, died January 23, 1885 (child: Arthur Briggs Denny, born April 24, 1855, resides at Chestnut Hill, Brookline, Massachusetts; married Frances Anna Gilbert, November i, 1882, and had George Parkman Denny, born June 2, 1887, and Elizabeth Denny, born September 4, 1888) ; iii. Elizabeth Church Briggs, born November 8, 1832 ; married, August, 1859, William A. Dana, banker, born 1818 in New Bedford, died 1871, (children: Elizabeth, Willie A., Alice Louise Dana, born August 24, 1870); iv. Anne Briggs, born July, 1843, died May i, 1851. 3. Charles, born November 17, 1807, married Abigail M. Hayden and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Davis, of Nashua, New Hampshire: resided %at Milford, Maine; Lexington and 70 Chandler street, Boston; children: i. Frances Albertine, born November i, 1832, married, June 8, 1852, Thomas B. Davenport, of Hopkinton; ii. Charles, born May 27, 1834, married Adeline W. Shaw and Annie I. Crafts: iii. William Ð’., born June 23, 1836, married Henrietta S. Lyford; iv. Henry A., born April 23, 1840; v. Marion A., born January 28, 1846, died January 12, 1864; vi. Ab- bie Josephine, born November 18, 1848, married, November 18, 1869, Alonzo Austin Goddard, born April i, 1847, and had Henry Austin Goddard, born March 25, 1875, resided at 70 Chandler street, Boston. 4. Benjamin, born October 15, 1811, died June 18, 1812. 5. Benjamin, born November 20, 1820, married, October 2i, 1842, Maria Spear; resided in New York City and in Medford, Massachusetts.

(XIII) Colonel John Minot Fiske, son of Benjamin Fiske (12), was born July 15, 1798, at Lexington. Married, at Salem, Eliza Maria Winne, daughter of Joseph Winne ; she was born June 30, 1800, and died December 17, 1884. He was educated in, the public schools of Lexington and at Harvard College where he was graduated in 1815 ; studied law and was admitted to the bar, having offices in Boston and Charlestown ; was interested in the state militia and rose to the rank of colonel. In politics he was a Democrat, a warm admirer and ardent supporter of Andrew Jackson. He died in Chelmsford, August 16. 1841. Children: i. Joseph, died in infancy. 2. Benjamin jamin Minot, born in 1826, mentioned below. 3. Joseph W., born May 22, 1832 ; died October 20, 1903, at East Orange ; married Caroline Gould, August 15, 1872, at Geneva, Switzerland. She was born August 2. 1851, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the founder of the J. W. Fiske Iron Works of New York City ; children: i. Caroline Eliza, born May 24, 1873; ii. Maud Brooks, born October 27, 1874; iii. Joseph Winne, born October 21, 1878. 4. John Minot, born August 17, 1834, married, at Stock-bridge, June i, 1864, Isabella Landon Goodrich, daughter of Hon. John Z. Goodrich, and born April 13, 1845 ; fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 1852; graduated from Yale in 1856; the famous class "Chauncey Depew," "Judge Brown;" graduated from Harvard Law School in 1858 and admitted same year to Suffolk bar and practiced until May, 1863, when he was appointed deputy naval officer of the port of Boston ; in November was appointed deputy collector of customs and has been connected with this department since; was chairman of civil service examiners under Arthur's administration ; was member of the city council of Boston ih 1863 and 1864 ; children : i. Sallie Goodrich, born March 17, 1870, married, November 16, 1892, J. L. Liecty; resided at Ð® Webster street. Brook- line ; ii. John Landon, born November 6, 1873, resides at 139 Oxford street, Cambridge ; educated at Boston Latin School, Phillips Academy ( Andover) ; in Harvard College in 1891 t""r one year, leaving to enter business.

(XIV) Benjamin Minot Fiske, son of John - VI. Fiske (13), was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 29, 1826, and died in fhelmsford. May 9, 1901. He was educated in the public, high and Latin schools of Boston and Chelmsford. Succeeded to his father's farm in Chelmsford, and was in the Boston custom house thirty years, inspector of customs. He resided on Summer street, near Cherry, Somerville. Massachusetts, from 1868- 69 to 1896. He was a Republican in politics ; md interested in party affairs, but not actively. He was a faithful and consistent member of the Unitarian church at Chelmsford and a liberal contributor to its support. He was highly esteemed by his townsmen for his integrity, his fine personal qualities and generous spirit. He married, in 1850, at Chelmsford, Elizabeth Ann Parkhurst, who was born June n, 1823, daughter of Rev. John Parkhurst, who was for a period of fifty years pastor of the Chelmsford Baptist Church. She survives him and lives in the old home, honored and loved by her family and friends. Children: I. John Minot, born December 31, 1853, mentioned below. 2. Joseph Wrinn, born March 5, 1857, mentioned below. 3. Frederick A. P., born October 4, 1859, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth Minot, born October 14, 1860, married Jose Edwin Wrarren, resides at Chelmsford; one child, Elizabeth Fiske, born October 1 8, 1890. (XV) John Minot Fiske, son of Benjamin Minot Fiske (14), was born December 31, 1853, at Chelmsford. Married, June 6, 1876, Katie S. Westervelt, who was bom February 20, 1857. He is in the ornamental iron business and resides in East Orange, New Jersey. Children: i. Kate Marion, born Miarch 20, 1877. 2. Anna Adelle, born August 24, 1879, died February 26, 1882. 3. Lillian, born January 12, 1885, died February 20, 1885. 4. Ethel, born January 17, 1888. 5. Dorothy Leonora, born May 9, 1896. (XV) Joseph Winn Fiske, son of Benjamin Minot Fiske ( 14) , was born March 5, 1857, at Chelmsford. Married, at Somerville, June 3, 1885, Mary S. Harrington, who was born November 13, 1864. He is engaged in the ornamental iron business in New York City. He resides in Passaic, New Jersey. Children : i. Warren Russell, born July 8, 1886. 2. Howard Benjamin, born July 9, 1890.

(XV) Frederick A. P. Fiske, son of Benjamin Minot Fiske (14), was born October 4, 1859, at Chelmsford. He attended the public schools of Somerville, graduating from the high school in class of 1877. He is a graduate of Harvard College, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, class of 1881, and of Harvard Law School, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws, class of 1884. He is a member of the Suffolk bar and a successful attorney, practicing in Boston with offices at i o Tremont street. He resides at Somerville. He was a member of the common council of Somerville, 1893-94: member of school board of Somerville since 1900, serving as chairman of the board five years : president of Somerville board of trade. 1904. He is very active in the affairs of the Second Unitarian Society of Somerville, has been a member of the board of trustees for a number of years, and in 1905- 06 served as president of the South Middlesex Conference of Unitarian Churches. He married (first), at Winchester, Massachusetts, July 2, 1890, Harriet Lydia Locke, who was born March 25. 1862. died September 16, 1903. Children: i. Helen Locke, born October 6, 1892. 2. Eustice Bridge, born March 26, 1898. 3. Wyman Parkhurst, born January ii, 1900. 4. Rachel Minot, born March 2, 1901. Mr. Fiske married (second), January 18, 1905, Florence May Hamlin, daughter of George Beals and Emily Ann (Wood) Hamlin, of Somerville.

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