Abijah Fiske (1755 - 1833)

Born 1 Nov 1755 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., ,Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Adams) Fiske — married 11 Sep 1783 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 14 Mar 1833 at age 77 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Abijah FISKE was born 01 Nov 1755 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., ,Massachusetts. He was the son of Abijah Fiske and Elizabeth Upham.

Private Abijah Fiske served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Abijah Fiske is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A039717.

Abijah Fiske is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 158809
Rank: Private

Abijah Fisk of Waltham was a Revolutionary soldier, serving as a Private in Capt. Abraham Peirce's (Waltham) company, called out by Col. Thomas Gardner on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and marched to Concord and Lexington, and in Capt. Abijah Childs's company, Lt. Col. William Bond's (late Col. Thomas Gardner's) regiment in 1775, and in and in Capt. Abraham Peirce's (Waltham) company, Col. Samuel Thatcher's regiment in 1776 and again in 1778. ^{[2] [3]}

Children of Abijah & Alice (Adams) Fiske: ^[4]

• Alvarez, b. 19 January 1784; died in Natchez, Mississippi where he was a prominent merchant
• Abijah, b. 2 December 1785; went South with his brother and died unmarried
• Alice, bapt. 18 November 1787, d. in Weston 1 January 1842
• Sereno, bapt. 11 November 1702, d. young ^{[citation needed]}
• Betsey, b. 31 March 1795
• Stebbins, b. 4 December 1798
• Sereno, b, 21 February 1802; married 22 July 1833, Elizabeth S. Pierce of Needham.

He was a clergyman ^[5]

Abijah Fiske died in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts 14 March 1833 at the age of 77 years. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M6KS-3BZ : 20 May 2022), Entry for Abijah Fisk, Nov 1783; citing Marriage, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
2. ↑ DAR
3. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
4. ↑ Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Births: Page 36, Marriages: Page 149
5. ↑ Fiske and Fisk Family by Frederick Clifton Pierce, published privately in Chicago, Illinois: 1896 Pages: 149, 246
6. ↑ Vital Records of Weston, Massachusetts http://www.ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Weston/ Deaths: Page 344

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-02-22), "Record of Abijah Fisk", Ancestor # A039717.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 17596846

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896) Vol. 5, p. 715
  • "Fisk, Abijah, Waltham. Private, Capt. Abraham Peirce's (Waltham) co., called out by Col. Thomas Gardner on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and marched to Concord and Lexington ; service, 3 days ; company served as guards until Saturday, the 4th day after the fight at Concord ; also, list of men returned as serving on main guard under Lieut. Col. Loamrai Baldwin dated July 3, 1775; also. Private, Capt. Abijah Childs's co.. Col. Thomas Gardner's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted April 27, 1775; service, 96 days; stature, 5 ft. 11 in. ; also, Capt. Childs's co., Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Gardner's) 37th regt. ; muster roll for Aug., 1775, dated Camp Prospect Hill; also, company return dated Prospect Hill, Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Prospect Hill, Dec. 20, 1775; also, receipt for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Prospect Hill, Dec. 25, 1775 ; also, Capt. Abraham Peirce's (Waltham) co., Col. Samuel Thatcher's regt. ; rations allowed from March 4 to March 8, 1776, 5 days ; company marched at request of Gen. Washington at the taking of Dorchester Heights March 4, 1776; also, same co. and regt.; enlisted Sept. 2, 1778; discharged Sept. 6, 1778 ; service, 3 days, at Cambridge ; company called to Cambridge camp in expectation of the British troops landing at Boston."