John Fiske, I, of Watertown

John FISKE 1

• Sex: M
• Birth: 1625 in Weybred, ENG
• Death: 28 OCT 1684 in Watertown, MA+
• Father: Nathaniel FISKE b: 1602 in S. Elmham, ENG
• Mother: Dorothy SYMONDS b: 1599 in Mendham, ENG
• Marriage 1 Sarah WYETH b: 28 OCT 1632 in Saxtead, ENG; bpt. date Married: 11 DEC 1651 in Watertown, MA

Children

1. Sarah Fiske b: 1 FEB 1652/53 in Watertown, MA
2. John Fiske b: 7 NOV 1654 in Watertown, MA
3. John Fiske b: 20 NOV 1655 in Watertown, MA
4. Margaret Fiske b: 28 NOV 1658 in Wenham, MA
5. Mary Fiske b: 5 JUL 1661 in Watertown, MA
6. William Fiske b: 23 FEB 1663/64 in Watertown, MA
7. Martha Fiske b: 15 DEC 1666 in Watertown, MA
8. Elizabeth Fiske b: 11 MAY 1669 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
9. Nathaniel Fiske b: 11 SEP 1672 in Watertown, MA
10. Abigail FISKE b: 8 OCT 1675 in Wenham, MA

• Event: Fact 1652 took Oath of Fidelity
• Event: Fact 1638 proprietor at Dedham
• Event: Ref. No. 12.871
• Residence: BET 1638 AND 1648 proprietor at Dedham 1638; Watertown, MA 1648 2

Notes:

Conflicting data exists on the early generations, including one forged ancestry for Robert FISKE that was published in 1896 and is still being circulated. The following is based on the work of G. Andrews MORIARTY as revised in Ancestral Lines Revised, compiled by Carl Boyer III (Newhall, CA, 19 81), pp. 198-200, and in Mr. Boyer's Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (San ta Clarita, CA, 1998), pp. 252-254.

JOHN FISKE [#964], b. England abt. 1619, d. Watertown, MA 28 Oct 1684,[7/ 56] m. Watertown 11 Dec 1651[7/16] SARAH WYETH (dau. of Nicholas Wyeth a nd Margaret Clarke), bap. Saxtead, Suffolk, England 28 Oct 1632.

According to one account, John Fiske came to America with his brother Nathan, another ancestor, and their father Nathaniel, who is suppossed to have died on the voyage over. The mother had probably died in England.[1] However, a later account has John as the first cousin twice removed from Nathan with no word on the death of John's father Nathaniel.[6/497]

John took the oath of fidelity in 1652. In the third inventory of lands in Watertown, taken about 1646, John Fiske had six acres of upland bounded on the east with Henry Dow, west with Thomas Bartlett, north with Thomas Hastings, and south with Robert Vezy. [5/1:145]

On December 16, 1670, John and two others were admonished before the selectmen "for not Learning their Children to read the english toung: weer con venced did acknowlidg their neglects and did promise amendment".[4/1:10 3] On January 11, 1672-3, selectmen Nathan Fiske, John Whitney, and Isa ac Mixer made a return of their inquiry into the education of John Fiske 's children. They found that John's children were neither taught to read n or to "caticise".[4/1:114] February 9, 1674-5 Thomas Flagg, John Whitne y, and Joseph Bemis gave an account of what they had found that John Fis ke was "wholy negligent of Edducating his children as to Reding or cattici sing the seleckt men agreed that Joseph bemus should warn him to ansur f or his neglect at the next meeting of the seleckt men". [4/1:122]

Inventory of John's estate was taken Nov. 28, 1684 by John Warren, Jonathan Smith, and John Nevinson and amounted to 141.14.0.[2/6:327] Sarah, Margaret, and Mary, children of John Fiske, received at the age of 18 from Phillip Smith, surviving executor of their uncle John Clarke, late of Newport, RI, physician, deceased, legacies out of land on the island of Canonic ut June 2, 1684.[9/9:43,44] George and Martha (Fiske) Adams received a similar legacy, each 3 pounds, 14 shillings.[9/9:42

• The ancestry of John Fiske can be found in the overseas ancestors section .
• REF: [1] The Fiske and Fisk Families - Frederick Clifton Pierce,
• 1896
• [2] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 7591)
• [3] Middlesex County Deeds
• [4] Watertown Records
• [5] Watertown Records (Lands, Grants, Possessions)
• [6] English Origins of New England Families - Gary Boyd Roberts,
• 1984 First Series, Vol. I
• [7] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
• Records, Vol. 1, 1894
• [8] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown Records,
• Vol. 2, 1900
• Moriarty, G. Andrews. "Genealogical Research in England. The Fiske Family. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 88, 1934. Page 268 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11709/268/23526541
• Source: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fiske-76 has errors. This John Fiske was not the brother of Nathaniel Fiske & Martha (Fiske) Underwood of Watertown.

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John Fiske was born about 1619, according to his age given at death. He was probably born in Weybred, Suffolk, England. According to New England Families, he was the son of Nathaniel Fiske and Dorothy Symonds. He came to New England as a young man and took the oath of fidelity in Watertown in 1652. He married, on December 11th, 1651 in Watertown, Sarah Wyeth. They had at least ten children born in Watertown. He died on October 28th, 1684, his age being given at the time as 65 years. His estate was inventoried on November 28th, 1684. It had a value of L 94, s 10. John had brother, Nathaniel, born in 1615, who also emigrated to Watertown.

Genealogy and Personal Memoirs, by Wm. R. Cutter, vol. 2, pg. 1094-95:
John Fiske, son of Nathaniel and Dorothy Symonds (Simonds) Fiske, was born in England about 1619, and died in Watertown, Massachusetts, October 28, 1684. He came to Massachusetts with his brother Nathan and his father Nathaniel. The mother had probably died in England. The father died on the passage over. John may have come to New England in 1637 with the Fiske -Allen company, which included the John Fiske family of six, Rev. John Allen family of three, the Tuttle family of six, Edmund Thompson and wife, the George Barrell family of five, the John Fiske family of three, Martin Underwood and wife, the Henry Chickering family of four, the Francis Chickeringfamily of four, the David Fiske family of three, Nathan Fiske and wife, the William Fiske family of six, the Phineas Fiske family of five, and the Benjamin Cooper family of eleven. This company was made up of families from the northeast Suffolk and south Norfolk area. John took the oath of fidelity in 1652. The inventory of his estate was made on November 28, 1684 and amounted to L 94 10s. He married December 11, 1651, Sarah Wyeth, only child of Nicholas by his first wife. Children: John (died young), John, Margaret, Mary, William, Martha, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Abigail