Caspar (Fisck) Fisk (1651 - 1708)

Born 4 Feb 1651 in Fort Christina, New Sweden (now New Castle, Delaware, United States)

Husband of Margaret (Danielsson) Fisk — married 17 Apr 1675 (to 14 Nov 1697) in Upland, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1708 at about age 56 in Putshack, Pennsauken Creek, West Jersey, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

• Information and Research conducted by The Swedish Colonial Society
• Swedish Colonial News, "Volume 3, Number 7 Fall 2007 Preserving the legacy of the New Sweden Colony in America"
• Caspar Fisk was born in New Sweden on 4 February 1651. On 17 April 1675, he was married at the Tinicum Island Church by Pastor Lock to Margaret, who was born in 1656 to Gustaf Danielsson and Anna Lom of Upland Creek. When Danielsson died in 1681, Caspar Fisk was named administrator of his estate. Initially, Caspar Fisk and his wife resided on a 500-acre tract on the south side of Pennypack Creek, which was surveyed on 22 October 1675 for Caspar Fisk and his partner, Peter Petersson Yocum. Caspar sold his share in 1679 and moved with his brother-in-law Marcus Laurensen (who had married Margaret’s sister) to “Putshack”, a tract of land south of Pennsauken Creek, New Jersey, in old Gloucester County. His tract, on the Delaware River waterfront, was surveyed as containing 120 acres in 1684. This remained his home until his death in 1708. Caspar Fisk was active in both church and political affairs. He was named constable of old Gloucester County in 1692 and 1693. He served as a church warden of the Swedes’ church at Wicaco in the 1690s and again in 1702-1703. He gave £15 toward construction of Gloria Dei Church and remained an active member until his death.
• Casper's 1st wife: Margaret, the wife of Caspar Fisk, died in childbirth on 14 November 1697. After her death, Fisk married Willemke, the widow of Hans Keen. She survived him. Caspar and Margaret Fisk had eight known children:
• (1) Anna Fish, born c. 1675, was married c. 1691 to Peter Peterson, born in 1667, the son of Måns Petersson Stake, a former New Sweden officer who died in Calcon Hook c. 1698. On 1 August 1711 Peter Peterson sold his quarter interest in Calcon Hook and moved to the Maurice River in Salem County, New Jersey, where he acquired 920 acres and a sawmill. His will of 18 September 1733, proved 18 October 1735, named his wife Anna and eleven children: Magdalena (b. 1692), Peter (b. 1695), Henry (b. 1697), Aaron, Gabriel, John, Matthias, Sarah, Rebecca, Christina and Helena.
• (2) Johan Fish, born 15 September 1677, died unmarried after 1697 and before 1707.
• (3) Gustavus Fish, born 10 December 1679, married Brita Rambo, born 15 November 1685, eldest daughter of John Rambo and Brigitta Cock. By 1704 he moved to Great Egg Harbor, where pastor Andreas Sandel preached on 1 October 1704. In 1710 Gustavus accused James Steelman of having illicit relations with his wife Brita. Gustavus is last discovered as a freeholder in Egg Harbor Township in 1722. His only known son, also named Gustavus Fish, was listed in the 1743 Gloria Dei census as a resident of Matsunk [Upper Merion Township in present Montgomery County, Pa.]
• (4) Elias Fish, born 16 June 1681, married Christina Laican, born 17 February 1684, the daughter of Michael Laican and Helena Lom. They lived in Upper Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, and had six children baptized at the Raccoon Creek church between 1714 and 1727: Rebecca, Elias (died young), Susanna, Christina, Israel and Helena.
• (5) Caspar Fish, Jr., born 9 February 1684, married Helena Laican, born 29 December 1689, the daughter of Michael Laican and Helena Lom. They lived in Waterford Township, Gloucester County, where Caspar died in August 1748. He was survived by four sons (Michael, John, Isaac and Elias) and three daughters (Rebecca, Mary and Eleanor).
• (6) Susannah Fish, born 11 January 1688, married Nicholas Laican, son of Michael Laican and Helena Lom. She died childless after 1719, survived by her husband who died without issue in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, in March 1733.
• (7) Maria Fish, born 15 May 1693, was still unmarried on 15 March 1710 when she was called to testify before the Gloucester County grand jury. Not further traced.
• (8) Abigail Fish, born in November 1697, married John Chester, an Englishman, who died in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, in January 1736/7. She then remarried Edward Chapman at the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, 1 January 1738/9.

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• "Caspar Fisk was born in New Sweden on 4 February 1651. On 17 April 1675, he was married at the Tinicum Island Church by Pastor Lock to Margaret, who was born in 1656 to Gustaf Danielsson and Anna Lom of Upland Creek. When Danielsson died in 1681, Caspar Fisk was named administrator of his estate."^[1]

• After living briefly in Pennypack, Fisk moved to Pennsauken Creek in 1682, where he lived until his death in 1708.

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• He was a Wicaco church warden in at least 1684, 1689 and 1693 and is mentioned frequently in church-related documents of that period.

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• In 1693 six of his children lived with him and his eldest, Anna, was married to Peter Petersson Stake.^[2] After his first wife died in 1697 he married Williamke, the widow of Hans Keen.^[2]

• Children of Caspar Fisk and Margaret Danielsson:

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• Anna FIsh, b. 1675; m. Peter Peterson

  Johan FIsh, b. 15 Sep 1677; died unmarried before 1707

  Gustavus FIsh, b. 10 Dec 1679; m. Brita Rambo

  Elias Fish, b 16 Jun 1681; m. Christina Laican

  Caspar Fish, Jr, b. 9 Feb 1684; m. Helena Laican; d. Aug 1748

  Susannah Fish, b. 11 Jan 1688; m. Nicholas Laican; d childless after 1719

  Maria Fish, b. 15 May 1693; not married in 1710

  Abigail Fish, b. Nov 1697; m.1 John Chester; m. 2 Edward Chapman

Sources

• https://colonialswedes.net/kyn/

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig. "Johan Fisk of New Sweden and his Fish Descendants" orig. pub Swedish Colonial News, Volume 3, Number 7 (Fall 2007). Retrieved from http://colonialswedes.net/images/Publications/SCNewsFall07.pdf
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Craig, Peter S., "The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware", (Winterpark Florida, SAG Publications, 1991)
3. ↑
   • Craig, Peter S, and Kim-Eric Williams. [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE207238&from=fhd
   • Colonial Records of the Swedish Churches in Pennsylvania: Vol. 1, The log churches at Tinicum Island and Wicaco, 1646-1696] (Philadelphia, Pa: Swedish Colonial Society, 2006)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Fisck-1 created through the import of wolfefamily.ged on Jun 26, 2011 by Herbert Wolfe.

• https://colonialswedes.net/images/Publications/SCNewsFall07.pdf