Sybil (Gould) Fiske (abt. 1522 - bef. 1571)

Born about 1522 in England

Wife of Unknown Barber — married about 1543 in England

Wife of Robert Fiske — married about 1550 in Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 30 Apr 1571 before about age 49 in St. James, South Elmham, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Sybil Gold, daughter of _____ Gold, was born about 1522. She had siblings:^[1]

• Peter, born c. 1524, left a will dated 26 July 1579, proved 10 Oct 1579
• unnamed brother, born c. 1526
• Isabella, born c. 1528, married ____ Phillips

Sybil was unmarried in 1542 when she was named in the will of Robert Shelton of Fressingfield. In the 28 March 1560 will of Margaret Richman of Fressingfield, Sybil is named as the wife of Robert Fiske.^[1]

Sybil married first to _____ Barber about 1543.^[1] They had at least one child:

• Nicholas^[1]

Sybil married second to Robert Fiske.^[1]

Sybil was buried at Saint James, South Elmham on 30 April 1571.^[1]

Her husband, Robert, survived her and remarried to Joan ______. Robert left a will dated 10 April 1590 and proved 28 July 1602. The following children were named in Robert's will:^[1]

• William
• Eleazear and Elizabeth, his wife
• Thomas
• Jeffrey
• Elizabeth, wife of Robert Barnard

He also named his stepson, Nicholas Barber in his will^[1]

Research Notes

Matthias Candler, born in 1604 and educated at Cambridge, authored the "Candler Manuscript" now housed at the British Museum. His extended family included some of the American Fiske ancestors. His account of the family has not been independently verified but is added as a footnote to Moriarity's publication on page 266 of Volume 88.

Examples of his statements regarding Queen Mary's reign:

"During the time of the religious persecution, 1553-1558, the Gould (sometimes spelled Goold or Gold) family were in great danger. His (Robert's) sister-in-law Isabella Gould, was confined in the castle at Norwich and escaped death only by the power of her brothers, who were men of great influence in the county."

Sibilla Gold "was in great danger in Q. Marie's time,' and her sister, Isabella Gold, who was married to ---- Phillips, 'was taken and imprisoned in the castle at Norwich for her religion in Q. Marie's time but by Gods providence [was] delivered through the great power that her two brothers then had in the country."

"They (Robert and Sybil) fled to Geneva under the reign of Queen Mary because of religious persecution and returned upon the accession of Queen Elizabeth."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Myrtle Stevens Hyde. "A Re-Examination of the Fiske Family of Suffolk, England Ancestral to Some Early New England Families" (part 3) in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 171 (Winter 2017): pages 70-77. AmericanAncestors.org($)

See also:

• Myrtle Stevens Hyde. "A Re-Examination of the Fiske Family of Suffolk, England Ancestral to Some Early New England Families" (continued) in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 170 no. 4 (October 2016): pages 339-346. AmericanAncestors.org($): Fiske
• Moriarty, G. Andrews. "Genealogical Research in England. The Fiske Family. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 88, 1934. Page 266. AmericanAncestors.org($)