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Thomas Fisk

Also Known As: "Thomas Fiske"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: England, (Present UK)
Death: August 1707 (72-81)
Wenham, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts, (Present USA)
Place of Burial: Wenham, MA
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Phineas Fiske and Sarah Fiske
Husband of Joanna Fiske
Father of Captain Thomas Fiske, Jr.; Mary Perkins; Joseph Fiske; Amos Fiske; Eleazer Fiske and 4 others
Brother of James Fiske, I; Elizabeth Fiske and John Fiske, of Wenham

Managed by: James Henry Hohorst
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About Thomas Fisk

Jury Foreman, Salem Witch Trials

https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/old-wenham-burying-ground/

Captain Thomas Fisk Sr. led the Salem militia during King Philip’s War. Foreman Fisk also oversaw one of the saddest moments of the witchcraft trials. Rebecca Nurse was originally found not guilty at her trial, a verdict announced by the foreman. After the outcry that followed, the magistrates and Fisk recalled something Nurse had said, in response to an accusation from Dorcas Hoar: “What? Do you bring her? She is one of us.” A witch like us, the judges wondered? Foreman Fisk, after a court recess, asked Nurse what she meant by her statement. Hard of hearing, and overwhelmed, Nurse did not reply. Fisk took this to mean the magistrates’ interpretation was correct. In truth, Nurse meant that Hoar had been a fellow prisoner, how could she now be an accuser? Tragically, Nurse had missed her chance to defend herself. A revised verdict was rendered, finding Rebecca Nurse guilty of witchcraft. She was executed on July 19.

Foreman Thomas Fisk Sr., juror Thomas Fisk Jr., and juror William Fisk all signed an apology for their roles in the trials in January of 1697. This apology stated, “We do heartily ask forgiveness of you all, whom we have justly offended, and do declare according to our present minds, we would none of us do such things again, on such grounds for the whole world.”

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Thomas Fisk's Timeline

1630
March 25, 1630
christened on 3/25/1630
Wingfield, Suffolk, England
1630
Birth of Thomas Fisk
England, (Present UK)
1653
1653
Birth of Captain Thomas Fiske, Jr.
Wenham, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1655
1655
Birth of Mary Perkins
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1657
November 4, 1657
Birth of Joseph Fiske
Wenham,Essex,Massachusetts
1661
February 1, 1661
Birth of Amos Fiske
Wenham,Essex,Massachusetts
1664
December 22, 1664
Birth of Eleazer Fiske
Wenham,Essex,Massachusetts
1667
April 27, 1667
Birth of Martha Dodge
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
1672
January 14, 1672
Birth of Sarah Dodge
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1676
April 4, 1676
Birth of Hannah Dodge
of,Beverly,Essex,Massachusetts
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