Jonathan Fiske Sr (1679 - 1740)

Born 19 May 1679 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Reed) Fiske — married 1700 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1740 at age 61 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Deacon Jonathan Fiske was born in 1679. Jonathan Fisk ... He died in 1742. 292. Dea. Johnathan Fiske (David, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. at Lexington, May 19, 1679; m. Abigail Reed, dau. of Capt. William of Lexington, b. May 29, 1687. His name first appears upon the Lex. parish records in 1707, when Corpl. Jonathan Fiske was chosen one of the assessors. He was also a subscriber for the purchase of the common in 1711, though the church records show that his dau. Abigail was bap. in 1704, when he owned the covenant. He and his wife united with the church in 1708. He had a family of fourteen children, five of whom were b. in Lex., and the rest in Sudbury, to which place he moved about 1713, where he was a deacon. He and his wife were dismissed to the Sudbury church in 1718. His will, dated Nov. 13, 1740, mentions wife Abigail, five sons and seven daus., two of his children having died before that period.

Will of Jonathan Fiske of Sudbury gentleman Being weak in Body etc. To wife Abigail he gave one third and to sons Bezaleel and David all my lands and rights in Holden in the County of Worcester etc. To my son William all my lands in Sutton. To my son Samuel a tract of land in Sudbury on the east side of the river Called the neck containing about twenty-six acres; To my son Benjamin £25 to be paid him when he shall arrive at the age of twenty-one, Have given to my daughters Abigail Parris, Kezia Noyes, Lydia Patterson Mary Fisk, Beulah Stone Wife Abigail in consideration etc to pay "my daughter Hepzibath Fisk, and my daughter Sarah Fisk and daughter Anna. My two youngest sons David and Benjamin live with their mother until they arrive at twenty-one years of age. My wife Abigal with son in law Samuel Parris executors.

Connecting Jonathan with the Lexington line is the following Worcester Co. Deeds Vol 21 page 100 Jonathan Fisk of Sudbury & Abegail, wife Joseph Manor of Lexington & Elizabeth, wife Edward Johnson of Woburn & Rebechah, wife John Stone, Jr. of Lexington. Mary, wife sell to brother, William Reed of Lexington all rights in estate of father William Reed of Lexington, dec. date Sept 10 1718.

Jonathan Fisk bought land in Sudbury Nov. 25 171 1 he was then "of Cambridge."

The town record of Sudbury gives baptism & marriage (Jonathan, May 19 1679. Abegail Reed — also Samuel, May 3 1717 m. Abegail Rice — ).

Jonathan Fiske of Sudbury Inv. of his estate Mar. 28 1743 made oath to by an Abigail Fiske (not said whether widow or not) & Sam'l Parris Apr 4, 1743 He owned land in Sudbury also in Holden & Worcester in Worcester County — and in all about 700 acres of land.

William Reed father of Elizabeth was son of George & Elizabeth, and grandson of William & Maybel born Sept 22 1662 m. Abegail Kendall, his fathers cousin, May 24 1686 She had an unusual number of fingers and toes Ch. Abegail born May 29 1687, m. Deacon Jonathan Fisk & moved to Sudbury.

He d. Dec. 27, 1740; res. Lexington and Sudbury, Mass.

421. i. ABIGAIL, bap. July 23, 1704; m. in Sudbury, Nov. 28, 1760, Dea. Samuel Parris, b. Jan. 9, 1701. He was the son of Rev. Samuel Parris and grandson of Thomas, merchant of London.

422. ii. JONATHAN, bap. June 9, 1706; m. Jemima Foster.

423. iii. KEZIA, bap. Aug. 8, 1708; m. Nov. 12, 1741, Peter Noyes, of Sudbury.

424. iv. LYDIA, bap. Apr. 16, 1710; m. Oct. 14, 1730, James Patterson.

425. V. MARY, bap. June 30, 1712; m. Nathan Fiske, of Weston (See).

426. vi. HEPZIBAH, b. Oct. 30, 1713; m. May 14, 1747, Joseph Livermore, of Sudbury.

427. vii. BEZALEEL, b. Aug. 24, 1715; m. Beulah Frost, Tabitha Hyns and Rebeckah Rand.

428. viii. SAMUEL, b. May 3, 1717; m. Abigail Rice.

429. ix. BEULAH. b. Nov. i, 1718; m. in Sudbury, 1737, Benjamin Stone. 2d, Dec. 23, 1747, Benjamin Eaton, of Framingham.

430. X. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 4, 1720; m. Sarah Cutting.

431. xi. SARAH, b. Dec. 6, 1722; m. Apr. 9, 1746, Richard Heard, of Sudbury.

432. xii. ANNA, b. 1724; m. June 9, 1747, Henry Smith, of Sudbury.

433. xiii. DAVID, b. Sept. 4, 1726; m. Ruth Noyes.

434. xiv. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 28, 1730; m. Abigail Maynard. ^[1]

Name

Name: Jonathan /Fisk/ Sr

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Text: Record for Jonathan FISK

Birth

Birth:

Date: 19 MAY 1679

Place: Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth: May 19, 1679 Lexington Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Death: Dec. 27, 1742 Sudbury Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

Marriage

Husband: Jonathan Fisk

Wife: Abigail Reed

Child: Bezaleel Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Lydia Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Fiske

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sarah Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Benjamin Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Beulah Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: David Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jonathan Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Abigail Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Hepzibah Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Keziah Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Anna Fisk

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1700

Place: Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Data:

Text: Record for Jonathan FISK

Death

Death:

Date: 27 DEC 1740

Place: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Data:

Text: Record for Jonathan FISK

Was a Deacon of the old Sudbury Plantation. Burial: North Cemetery Wayland Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA^[2]

Sources

• Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Vol. II - Genealogies (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1915) (Free e-book. Available at Google Play)

1. ↑ p.95-96, Fiske and Fisk family : being the record of the descendants of Symond Fiske, lord of the manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England, from the time of Henry IV to date, including all the American members of the family (1896) https://archive.org/details/fiskefiskfamilyb00pier
2. ↑ Find a Grave

Source S65

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Title: Public Member Trees

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• Barrett, William. Genealogy of Some of The Descendants of Thomas Barrett, Sen., of Braintree, Mass., 1635 (D. Ramaley & Son, Saint Paul, Minn., 1888);p.29