Fiske - The Ancestors and Descendants of Mary Ann Fiske

The Ancestry of Mary Ann (Fiske) Fisher of Suffolk, England
Compiled by P. Davidson-Peters © 2001

It is said that the Fiskes in America are descended from an ancient family of Laxfield, England and had fled from religious persecution and then later returned to England. Many of the members of this family in America for centuries had been prominent in private and public affairs as clergymen, lawyers, physicians, financiers, soldiers, merchants, teachers and professors in colleges, philanthropists and patriots.

Lord Symond Fiske, a grandson of Daniel, was said to have been Lord of the Manor of Standhaugh and lived in the reign of Henry IV and VI (1399-1422) and that he had married Susannah Smith, and after her death, a woman named Katherine. His will was dated 22 December 1463 and was proved at Norwich on February 26 1463/64. He had been survived by five children: William, Jaffrey, John, Edmurd and Margaret.

WILLIAM FISKE, his eldest son, was born at Standhaugh, county of Suffolk, England and had lived during the reign of Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII and had died about 1504. He was survived by his wife Joann of Norfolk who later died in 1505 leaving seven children: William, Augustine, Simon, Robert, John, Margery and Margaret.

SIMON FISKE, who was the fourth son of William and Joann (Lyme), who stated in his will which was made July 10, 1536, that he desired to be buried at the chancel end of the church of All Saints in Laxford. He died in that town in June of 1538. His wife's name was Elizabeth, who had died in Halesworth in June 1558. They were the parents of at least: Simon, William, Robert, Joan, Jeffrey, Gelyne, Agnes, Thomas, Elizabeth, and John.

SIMON FISKE, the son of Simon and Elizabeth, was born in Laxfield and though the date of his marriage and his wife's name are unknown, it is stated that he died in 1505 and was the father of Robert, John, George, Nicholas, Jeffrey, Jeremy, William, Richard, Joan, Gelyne, and Agnes.

ROBERT FISKE, son of Simon and Elizabeth, was born in between 1525 and 1530 in Standhaugh, Laxfield, Suffolk, England. In 1549, he married Mrs. Sybil (Gould) Barber and was for some time in the parish of St. James, South Elmham, England.

His wife, Sybil Gould, was in great danger during the time of the religious persecution (1553-58) as was her sister Isabelle who had been confined in the Castle of Norwich, but had escaped death by the power of her brothers who were men of great influence in the county.

Robert Fiske fled from religious persecution in the days of Queen Mary, to Geneva, but returned later and died in St. James, Suffolk, England on 01 Jul 1600. His wife Sybil died in Jun 1600. They were the parents of: William, Jeffrey, Thomas and Eleazer, the latter had no issue, but the progeny of the other three sons, in whole or part, settled in New England. Besides their sons, they had a daughter Elizabeth who was married to Robert Bernard and their daughter had married a Mr. Locke - and was the mother of the celebrated John Locke, the English Philosopher.

WILLIAM FISKE, the direct ancestry of Mary Anne, was the eldest son of Robert and Sybil. He was born at Laxfield in about 1550 and married Anna Austye, she the daughter of Walter of Fibbenham, Long Row in Norfolk, She was born in 1553 in Tibbenham, Norfolk, England and was married to William in 1569 in South Elmham, Suffolk, England. He and Anna were said to have been the parents of: John, Nathaniel, Eleazer, Eunice, Hannah, and Esther (sometimes also called Hester). After Anna's death, William married Alice, whom appears to have been the mother of his youngest daughter, Mary Anne who married Anthony Fisher. William died on 17 May 1623.

Mary Anne Fiske, the daughter of William and his second wife Alice, was born in the year 1570 in Lexfield, Suffolk, England. She married Anthony Fisher, son of William Fisher and Margaret (Bert) on 16 Oct 1584 in Syleham, Suffolk, England.

Her husband Anthony was born on 01 Feb 1557/1558 in Syleham, Suffolk, England and was the son of William, and grandson of Saint John Fisher (1469-1535) who had lived in the latter part of Queen Elizabeth's reign in the parish of Syleham, county of Suffolk, England. He lived on an estate called Wignotte, on the south bank of the Waveney River which separates Suffolk from Norfolk.

Mary Anne died on 14 Nov 1663 and her husband, Anthony Fisher died 11 Apr 1640 in Syleham, Suffolk, England.

CHILDREN OF
MARY ANNE (FISKE) & ANTHONY FISHER

Anthony FISHER - christened on 23 Apr 1591. He died on 18 Apr 1671.

Cornelius FISHER - christened on 06 Aug 1599 in Syleham, Suffolk, England.

Joshua FISHER.

Amos FISHER.

Marie FISHER.

Martha FISHER.

For Information on the descendants - See FISHER

Although the family connected to the ancestry of the Morse family descends through the youngest daughter Mary Anne (mentioned above), information on her older brother John shall be included here as his descendants were also in Massachusetts and left many descendants. - This John, the eldest of William and Anna's children was born at St. James and married Anne, the daughter of Robert Lautersee. She died in 1637 on board ship to New England, her husband John having died in 1633. They were the parents of: John, William, Anna, Martha, Martha, and Eleazer.

WILLIAM FISKE, the second son and child of John and Anne (Lautersee), was born about 1613 in England but was married in Salem, Massachusetts in 1643 to Bridgett Muskett, of Pelham, England. William came to Salem with his brother, the Rev. John Fiske, in 1637. He was granted land the same year and was made freeman on 18 May 1642 and had become a member of Salem Church on 2 July 1641. Soon after, he removed to Wenham where he was the first town clerk or clerk of writs. He was elected representative to the general court of the commonwealth in 1647 and continued in that office until 1652. he died quite suddenly in 1654, having served his townsmen in all the offices of the town and for several years subsequent to 1643 had kept a public house. After his death, his widow married Thomas Rix, a Salem surgeon in November 1661. - William and Bridgett were the parents of at least five children: William, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, and Martha

DEACON WILLIAM FISKE, the eldest son of William and Brigett (Muskett), was born at Wenham, Massachusetts, June (January) 4, 1642-43. On 15 January 1662, he married Sarah Kilham (1649-1737). William was a weaver by trade but held a number of town offices. He was elected deacon of the Congregational Church in 1679. He and his wife were the parents of fourteen children.

CHILDREN OF
WILLIAM FISKE & SARAH (KILHAM)

William Fiske - born January 31, 1663.

Sarah - born 1664.

Ruth - born 1666.

Samuel - born 1667.

Martha - born 1668.

Joseph - born 1669.

Samuel - born 1670.

Joseph - born 1672.

Benjamin - born 1674.

Theophilus - born 1676.

Ebenezer - born 1677.

Ebenezer - born 1679.

Jonathan - born 1681.

Elizabeth - born 1684

WILLIAM FISKE, the eldest son of Deacon William and Sarah, was born at Wenham, Massachusetts on January 31, 1663 and was a grandson of William, the emigrant who arrived in New England in 1637. He was married to Marah or Mary and in 1710 removed from Wenham to Andover, Massachusetts. They were the parents of: William, Joseph, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Sarah, Ruth (who died young), Lydia, Mary, and Ruth Fiske.

EBENEZER FISKE, the third son of William and Mary was born in Wenham on 15 August 1703 and was married to Susanna Bock of Woburn in January of 1730. It is probable that he died in 1737 since his son Ebenzer was appointed guardian of the minor children on March 20th of that year. His wife died in Tewksbury, Massachusetts on March 28, 1754. She was the mother of Ebenezer, Ephraim, Benjamin, Jonathan, and two others who died in infancy.

EPHRAIM FISKE, the second son of Ebenezer and Susanna (Bock), was born about 1732 and lived in Tewksbury but in about 1772-1773 he went to Concord, New Hampshire where he died in about 1825. He was married to Mehitable Frost, a miss who was said to have been only twelve years of age who had been born in about 1744. Her first child was said to have been born to her when she was but thirteen and a half years old, and that she would have her mother watch the baby when she'd go out and play with the other children. She was the mother of twelve children: Ephraim who like his father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and had fought at Bennington, Solomon who died young, Mehitable, Ebenezer, Sarah, Lydia, Daniel, Solomon, Jonathan, Betsey, Rebecca and Joseph.

JOSEPH FISKE, the youngest son of Ephraim Fiske and Mehitable (Frost), was born in Concord in about 1779 and at the age of nine went to Hopkinton where he learned the blacksmith trade. He had married Lucy A. Burnham who was born on 22 October 1790 and died April 17, 1871. Joseph died on 18 Oct 1869. They were the parents of William, Rachel, Lucy, Daniel, and Ella.

DANIEL FISKE, the son of Joseph and Lucy (Burnham), was born in Contoocook on 03 February 1828. He was married to Lydia A. Conner on 22 Mar 1856, she the daughter of James and Lydia (Kimball) of Hopkinton.

CHILDREN OF
DANIEL FISKE & LYDIA (CONNER)

Jennie - born 09 Jan 1858; married (1) David Bohannon; (2) George Chase of Hopkinton.

Daniel - born 22 Oct 1859 in Contoocook.

Ida - born 05 Dec 1861; died 11 Jul 1879.

DANIEL FISKE, the son of Daniel and Lydia (Conner), was born in 1859 and was left fatherless at the age of three. After concluding his attendance in district school, he engaged in farming but later turned his attention to lumbering. he was one of the most prominent businessmen in that section of the state. he married Della E. chandler on 30 April 1883, she the daughter of Horatio J. and Susan Vilona (Currier) and were the parents of two children: Mabel who was born 9 Dec 1885 who married Henry Russell Davis, son of Henry C. Davis of Davisville who was a lumber dealer; and daughter Lida who was born 23 October 1888.

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England before 1692 ... on the basis of Farmer's Register by James Savage, FHL #6019972

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Genealogical & Family History of the State of New Hampshire by Ezra Stearns p. 1083-1085; FHL #6046857

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