Susannah (Wight) Fiske (1790 - 1847)

Born 24 Oct 1790 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Silas Fiske — married 19 Feb 1815 (to 8 Jul 1847) in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1847 at age 56 in Yorkville, Racine, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Susannah (Wight) Fiske was born in Massachusetts.

Susannah, the first daughter and sixth child of David and Susan (Harding) Wight was born 24 October 1790 at Sturbridge, Massachusetts.^[1]

Susannah married Silas Fiske, son of Daniel and Elizabeth A. (Morse) Fiske on 19 February 1815 at Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.^[2]They had six children:

1. Lucius Wight Fiske (b. 29 Jul 1816; d. 1890, Darien, WI),^[3][4]m. Mary Alling (1821-1904)
2. Liberty Bates Fiske (b. 14 Mar 1818; d. 1899, Darien, WI),^[5][6]m. 6 Mar 1848 at Price, WI, Amy Ann Foster (1831-1861)
3. Harriet Newel Fiske (b. 31 May 1824; d. 1892),^[7] m. 7 Oct 1845 Phineas Cadwell (1824-1904)
4. Elizabeth Fiske (b. 16 Aug 1826; d. 22 May 1906, Philadelphia, PA),^[8][9] m. 7 Oct 1845 at NY, Linus Lokerop Belknap (1822-1890)
5. Sarah Vernera Fiske (b. 20 Jun 1830),^[10] m. 20 Jan 1850, Henry Morey (1826-)
6. Vernon Fiske (b. 1834)

Birth records for the children indicate Sturbridge, Massachusetts; however, it appears as thought Silas and Susannah lived in New York then migrated to Wisconsin.

Susannah (Wight) Fiske died 8 July 1847 in her 57th year at Yorkville, Racine, Wisconsin and is buried there. Her husband, Silas, returned to Sturbridge, Massachusetts and lived with his daughter, Elizabeth (Fiske) Belknap and her family according to the 1865 Massachusetts Census.^[11]Silas Fiske died in November 1865 and is buried in North Cemetery at Sturbridge. Susannah's birth, death and death location are listed on the combined grave marker there.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XM-JBD : 10 November 2020), Susanna Wight, 24 Oct 1790; citing Birth, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009532.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH46-MH9 : 10 November 2020), Susannah Wight in entry for Silas Fiske, 19 Feb 1815; citing Marriage, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009532.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDH-N7H : 15 January 2020), Silas Fiske in entry for Lucius Fiske, 1816.
4. ↑ "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLMG-MLR : 10 March 2018), Silas Fiske in entry for Lucius W. Fiske, 1890; citing Death, Darien, Walworth, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,660.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDH-MJT : 15 January 2020), Silas Fiske in entry for Liberty Fiske, 1818.
6. ↑ "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLMR-JD2 : 10 March 2018), Silas Fisk in entry for Liberty Fiske, 1899; citing Death, Darien, Walworth, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,660.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDH-QVD : 15 January 2020), Silas Fiske in entry for Harriet Fiske, 1824.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDH-7Z8 : 15 January 2020), Silas Fiske in entry for Elizebeth Fiske, 1826.
9. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J67T-N9T : 8 March 2018), Silas Fiske in entry for Elizabeth Fiske Belknap, 22 May 1906; citing 13733, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,319,446.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDH-4X1 : 15 January 2020), Silas Fiske in entry for Vernera Fiske, 1830.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQH1-G88 : 27 November 2020), Silas Fisk in entry for Lina S L Belknap, 1865.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 January 2021), memorial page for Silas Fiske (1 Mar 1788–28 Nov 1865), Find a Grave Memorial no. 134957006, citing North Cemetery, Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Beth Golden for creating WikiTree profile Wight-325 through the import of for wiki 2.ged on Apr 17, 2013.
• Biography written with inline sourcing and photo added by Baldwin/Fiske descendant Carol Baldwin on 9 January 2021.