Abel Fiske Sr. (1752 - 1802)

Born 28 May 1752 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Spaulding — married 19 Aug 1783 in Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Died 26 Apr 1802 at age 49 in Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA

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Biography

Abel Fiske was born on 28 May 1752, in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[1]. He was the son of Josiah and Sarah (Lawrence) Fiske. He passed away on 26 Apr1802 in Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA.

Abel was buried at Vale End Cemetery, Wilton. His memorial has photos and links to those of family members.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Pepperell, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 (Boston, MA 1985) (Records are available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 36
2. ↑ Abel Fiske memorial at Find A Grave.

• Livermore, Abiel Abbot. History of the Town of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (Marden and Rowell, Lowell, Mass., 1888) Page 253

Note

• His Number is 57140
• He served as Chaplin in the Revolutionary War.

• Find A Grave contributor TAYLOR adds:

Reverend Abel Fiske, son of Josiah Fiske and Sarah (Lawrence) was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts on March 28, 1752. He married on August 19, 1783 to Anna Spalding, daughter of Reverend Sampson Spalding, of Tewksbury and then later married Sarah Putnam. He was graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1774, and four years later on November 18, 1778 he was ordained as the successor of Reverend Jonathan Livermore at Wilton, New Hampshire, where he remained until his death. At the time of his ordination 27 male members of the church in a solemn manner renewed their covenant engagements. Fiske continued in the ministry a little more than twenty-three years, and died on April 21, 1802 at the age of 50. During his ministry, including short vacancy between the time of his death and the settlement of his successor, 224 persons were added to the church, and 745 children and others were baptized. Greatly beloved by his flock, who manifested their love by every family in the parish following him to his grave. (FISKE AND FISK FAMILY BEING THE RECORD OF THE Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England...By FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE)