Levina (Higbee) Fisk (1746 - abt. 1828)

Born 23 Nov 1746 in Rochester, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Dean — married 1767 (to 1776) in Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony

Wife of John Fisk — married Feb 1777 in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died about 15 Nov 1828 at about age 81 in Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Levina was born in 1746. She was the daughter of Daniel Higbee and Hannah Dexter. She passed away about 1828.

She marries a John Deane. After his death, she remarries a John Fisk

Book at the NEHG Society Library in Boston MA Historical Sketch, Congregational, of the Church in Stockbridge, Mass. by Rev. David D. Field, D.D. with the Confession, Covenants, and Catalogue of Members - 1853 Describe The Record (Notes) This book proves that the maiden name of Lavinia Deane was Higby. It shows her name as Lavinia Higby Deane Fisk. She and her first husband, John Deane are both listed as joining the Church in 1769 and she is shown as having been excommunicated. Other members of the Higby family are also shown: Edward Higby 1769, Hannah Higby Curtis 1783, and her husband Isaac Curtis 1782. The list is on page 23 of "An Historical Sketch, Congregational, of the Church in Stockbridge, Massachusetts" by Rev. David D Field DD. 1853 Published in N.Y. by John A. Gray Printer The book is in the NEHGS library in Boston.

There is a lawsuit after her first husband's death: Berkshire County Court Records, Pittsfield Massachusetts, Probate Packet #1283. John Bacon, Guardian of Electa, Lavinia, and Lydia Deane, and Ebenezer Cook, Guardian of Stephen Deane bring a suit to the Probate Judge: Timothy Edwards esq., showing that John Fisk and his Wife, Administrators on the estate of John Deane Decd, have neglected to pay to the Guardians of the Heirs of John Deane the payments allowed to them by the Probate Court. They ask that the Bond that John Fisk and Lavinia his wife paid to the Judge as trust "be put in Suit". The paper is dated December 5, 1786, and signed by John Bacon and Ebenezer Cook.

Sources

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-Y2R : 5 January 2021), Levinah Higbee, 1746.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67211682/levina-fisk#source
• Ancestry Profile accessed 13 July 2019, profile for Lavinia Higby.
• Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current; Find A Grave: Memorial #67211682
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of John Dean", Ancestor # A211069.