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About Elizabeth Fiske
Elizabeth Fry was born 20 October 1639 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Fry. She was three years old when her father died, leaving his estate to Elizabeth's mother. Her mother later married Thomas Daggett. In 1653 Elizabeth's mother died, leaving her in the care of her stepfather. According to the terms of her father's will, Elizabeth inherited "...his house & foure acres of land being his home lot, & after her [mother%E2%80%99s] decease to his two daughters, Elizabeth & Mary. To his two daus. 2 acres of mead & sixe acres of land lying by the mill, also to each of them a Goate" [Suffolk County Wills, Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record, 17], which her stepfather held for her until her majority.
Records show that she changed her membership to the church of Dorchester, Suffolk County, 10 July 1659, at the age of twenty. Elizabeth married Lieutenant Nathan Fiske 26 April 1665 when she was 26 years old. She and Nathan had nine children, naming two of the boys Nathan and two William. She died 15 May 1696 at Watertown when she was 56 years old [Colonial & Revolutionary Families, Volume III, Charles Warren Merrill, Page 1391] and her estate was divided among her surviving children on 2 June, 1696.
Marriage and Children
Elizabeth Fry married Nathan Fiske, Jr. about 1664. Nathan was born 17 October 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, the son of Nathan Fiske, Sr. (1615-1696) and Susannah Browne (b. 1617 England). Nathan died at Watertown 11 October 1694. Their children were:
- Nathan Fiske, d.s.p. (b. 9 February 1665 - d.1668)
- Elizabeth Fiske (19 January 1667) married 16 January 1693 James Ball (1670-1729)
- Martha Fiske (born 12 January 1670) married 13 March 1694 Edward Park (b.1661)
- Nathan Fiske, Deacon (3 January 1672 - 26 January 1741) married Sarah Coolidge ((1680 - 1723) daughter of Captain John Coolidge and Hannah Livermore. Their children were:
- Josiah Fiske (1704 - 1778)
- Daniel Fisk (1709 - 1778)
- Grace Fiske Goddard (1714 - 1803)
- Susannah Fiske, d.s.p. (7 April 1674 -1752) died unmarried
- Abigail Fiske Mixer (born 18 February 1675) married 15 August 1695 John Mixer
- William Fiske, d.s.p. (5 December 1677 - 21 December 1677)
- William Fiske (born 10 November 1678) married Eunace Jennings
- Anna Fiske, d.s.p. (born and died July 1683)
Sources
- Barry, William. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts including the Plantation, from 1640 to the Present Time ; with an Appendix, Containing a Notice of Sudbury and Its First Proprietors, Also, a Register of the Inhabitants of Framingham before 1800, with Genealogical Sketches. Boston: J. Munroe and, 1847. Print.
- Cutter, William R. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts Volume 4. Google eBooks.
- Tracy, Cyrus M., and Henry Wheatland. Standard History of Essex County, Massachusetts, Embracing a History of the County from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, with a History and Description of Its Towns and Cities. The Most Historic County of America. Boston: C.F. Jewett &, 1878. Print.
- Tuller, Roberta. "Jonathan Stanhope, Sr. and Susannah Ayres." An American Family History. Roberta Miller Tuller, 2009. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.
Further Reading
- Bodge, George M. A Brief History of King Philip's War 1675-1677. Privately printed 1891
- Bodge, George M. Soldiers in King Philip's War. Containing Lists of the Soldiers of Massachusetts Colony, Who Served in the Indian War of 1675-1677. With Sketches of the Principal Officers, and Copies of Ancient Documents and Records Relating to the War. Boston: Printed for the Author, 1891. Print.
- Emery, Helen Fitch. The Puritan Village Evolves: a history of the Town of Wayland, Massachusetts. Wayland Historical Commission (Phoenix Publishing), 1981
- Federal Writers Project. 1639-1939 Sudbury Massachusetts. A brief history of Sudbury from its beginnings (69pp). (Softcover, Sudbury Historical Society reprint, 1968)
- Frederickson, Margaret. The Settling of Sudbury. A five page introduction for children, equally a quick study for adults. (Softcover, Sudbury Historical Society, 2007)
- Fuller, Jr., Andrew D. et al. A Brief History of the Towne of Sudbury in Massachusetts: 1639-1939. Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration in Massachusetts, 1939 (revised and reprinted by the Sudbury Historical Society 1968)
- Garfield, Curtis. Sudbury 1890-1989: 100 Years in the Life of a Town. (Softcover. Porcupine Enterprises, 1999)
- Goodman Society, The. List of Persons Buried in the Old Revolutionary Cemetery in The Town of Sudbury Massachusetts. (23pp). (Softcover, The Goodman Society, c1925)
- Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The Annals of Sudbury, Wayland and Maynard, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Privately published 1891 (reprinted by Higginson1994)
- Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638-1889. The Town of Sudbury, 1889 (republished by the Sudbury Press in 1968)
- Hudson, Alfred Sereno. *Indexes - History of Sudbury, Massachusetts. Annals of Sudbury, Wayland, and Maynard. (Softcover, Sudbury Historical Society, 1983)
- Lepore, Jill. The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity. Vintage Books, 1998 (reprinted 1999)
- Philbrick, Nathaniel. Mayflower: a Story of Courage, Community, and War. New York: Viking, 2006. Print.
- Powell, Sumner Chilton. Puritan Village - The Formation of a New England Town. The history of Sudbury and Wayland, MA from original research starting in England, tracing where all the settlers came from, and what they did here to form an open town government and the origin of the open Town Meetings in America. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1964 (215pp). (Softcover, Wesleyan University Press, 1963)
- Powers, John C. We Shall Not Tamely Give It Up. A book of 47 entertaining stories of Sudbury History, vividly told (308pp). (Softcover, Privately Printed, 1988)
- Schultz, Eric B. and Tougias, Michael J. King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict. Countryman Press, 1999 (reprinted 2000)
- Scott, Laura. Sudbury: A Pictorial History. The Donning Co., 1989
- Smith, Janet H. (Untitled) Scrapbook of Descriptions and Pictures of Historic Monuments and Houses in Sudbury, MA. Unpublished (Collection of Sudbury Public Library) 1975
Links
- Sudbury Historical Society
- Town of Sudbury
- Sudbury Historical Commission
- Sudbury Archives
- Sudbury Historic Districts Commission
- The Goodenow Library
Elizabeth Fry Fiske was born on October 20, 1639 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Fry.
When she was three years old, in 1642, her father died and she inherited his house & foure acres of land being his home lot, & after her [mother%E2%80%99s] decease to his two daughters, Elizabeth & Mary. To his two daus. 2 acres of mead & sixe acres of land lying by the mill, also to each of them a Goate. (Suffolk County Wills, Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record, 17)
In 1653 when she was about 14 she was left with her step-father, Thomas Daggett (Doggett), when her mother died. Thomas held her land until her majority.
On July 10, 1659 she changed her membership to the church of Dorchester, Suffolk County.
Elizabeth married Lieutenant Nathan Fiske April 26, 1665 when she was 26 years old.
Elizabeth Frye (being married to a man at Watertowne) was dismissed to Joyn to ye Church 3 June 1666. (Chamberlain, George, The History of Weymouth, p. 244.)
She died May 15, 1696 when she was 56 years old in Watertown. (Colonial & Revolutionary Families, Volume III, Charles Warren Merrill, Page 1391) On June 2 her children agreed upon the division of her estate. These children were James and Elizabeth Ball, Edward and Martha Park, John and Abigail Mixer, and Susan Fiske. http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Fry%20Family/FryElizabethFis...
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Elizabeth Fiske's Timeline
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October 20, 1639
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Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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February 9, 1665
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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January 19, 1667
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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December 5, 1667
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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January 12, 1671
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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January 3, 1672
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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February 18, 1674
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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April 7, 1674
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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November 10, 1678
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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