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(V) Micajah Pillsbury, son of Caleb Pills- bury (4), was born at Amesbury, May 4, 1761; died in Sutton, New Hampshire, in 1801; married Sarah Sargent, of Amesbury, March 15, 1781 ; she died in Sutton, in 1843, aged eighty years. He was a blacksmith, and settled in Sutton about 1795. He was a sol- dier in the Revolution in 1777, enlisting in November in the Continental army. He was selectman of the town in 1797. Three of his sons-Joseph, Moses and John-were justices of the peace, representatives to the legislature, and selectmen several terms each. Children : I. Stephen, born in Amesbury, October 30, 1781 : died in Londerry, New Hampshire, January 22, 1851. 2. Joseph, born in Ames-
bury, April 1, 1784; died in Sutton, January 31, 1868. 3. Moses, born in Amesbury, June 19, 1786; died January 25, 1870. 4. John, born in Amesbury, May 24, 1789 ; died in Sut- ton, October 11, 1856; father of Governor John S. Pillsbury and Hon. George A. Pills- bury, who established at Minneapolis what be- came the largest flour mills in the world. 5. Sally, born in Amesbury, April 29, 1791 ; mar- ried Nathaniel Cheney ; mentioned above (see sketch of Cheney family). 6. Betsey, born in Amesbury, October 16, 1794; died in Sut- ton, September 21, 1836. 7. Nancy, born in Sutton, October II, 1798; died in Sutton, Oc- tober 1, 1879. 8. Dolly, born in Sutton, Feb- ruary 16, 1801.
"The name Fisk," according to FISKE the late Professor John Fiske, "is simply an older form of Fish. In Anglo-Saxon times the termination sh was regularly sounded hard like sk. The break- fasting Englishman of those days ate his fise from a disc." The Fisk coat-of-arms : Checkey argent and gules upon a pale sable, three mul- lets or, pearced. Motto: Macte Virtute sic itur ad Astra. ("So to the stars we go for doing as we ought below.")
(I) Lord Symond Fiske, grandson of Daniel, was Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, parish of Laxfield, county of Suffolk, Eng- land ; lived in the reigns of Henry IV and VI (1399-1422) ; married Susannah Smith, and second Katherine Will dated Decem- ber 22, 1463, proved at Norwich, February 26, 1463-4, bequeaths "his soul to God, the Virgin Mary and all the saints in Heaven;" to each of his sons twenty pounds; mentions his daughter Margaret Dowsing; appoints his wife Katherine, son John and Nichols Noloch executors. Children : I. William, mentioned below .. 2. Jeffrey, married Margaret 3. John. 4. Edmund, married Margery 5. Margaret, married Dow- sing, or Dowling.
(II) William Fiske, son of Symond Fiske (I), was born at Stadhaugh: married Joan Lynne, of Norfolk, who survived him, making her will July 15, 1504. It was proved Febru- ary 28, 1505 ; mentions her sons John, Augus- tine and Simon, son's wife Anne, and daugh- ters Margery and Margaret; appoints Sir John Fiske, son of John Fiske, and her son Simon, executors. William died about 1504. Children, born at Laxfield: I. Thomas, mar- ried Anne 2. William, married Joan 3. Augustine, married Joan
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(III) Simon Fiske, son of William Fiske (2), was born at Laxfield ; married Elizabeth who died at Halesworth, in June, 1558. He resided in Laxfield, where he made his will July 10, 1536; it was proved July 13, 1538; in it he expressed his wish to be buried in the chancel end of the Church of All Saints in Laxfield, next his father; bequeathed to sons Robert and William, wife Elizabeth, son Jeffrey, daughters Joan Iverton, Gelyne War- ner, Agnes Fiske, son Simon. He died June, 1538. Children, born at Laxfield: 1. Simon ; mentioned below. 2. William. 3. Robert,
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(IV) Simon Fiske, son of Simon Fiske (3), was born in Laxfield. His will is dated January 25, 1655 (?). He gave legacies to his children, who were all young, and a be- quest to his brother, Master John Fiske, ten marks to sing masses for his soul one year. Children, born in Laxfield: 1. Robert, men- tioned below, married Mrs. Sybil (Gould) Barber. 2. John, married Thomasine Pin- chard. 3. George, married Joan Crispe. 5. Jeffrey. 6. Jeremy. 7. William. 8. Rich- ard, married Agnes Crispe. 9. Joan. IO. Gelyne, II. Agnes.
(V) Robert Fiske, son of Simon Fiske (4), was born at Stadhaugh, England, about 1525; married Mrs. Sybil (Gould) Barber. For some time he was of the parish of St. James, South Elmham, England. His wife Sybil was in great danger in the time of the religious persecution, 1553-58, as was her sister, origi- nally Gould, who was confined in the castle of Norwich and escaped death only by the in- fluence of her brothers. Robert fled for the sake of religion in the days of Bloody Mary to Geneva, but returned later and died at St. James. His will, dated April 10, 1590, was proved July 28, 1600. His four sons by wife Sybil were William, Jeffrey, Thomas and Eleazer, all of whom except Eleazer had chil- dren immigrate to New England, chiefly on account of religious persecution. They were burning men for heresy in Laxfield when Rob- ert's sons were growing up. He died in 1600. Children: 1. William; mentioned below. 2. Jeffrey ; married Sarah Cooke. 3. Thomas, married Margery - -. 4. Eleazer, died in Metfield, England, July, 1615. 5. Elizabeth, born in England, married Robert Bernard;
one of their daughters was mother of the great English philosopher, John Locke.
(VI) William Fiske, son of Robert Fiske (5), was born at Laxfield, 1566; married Anna Anstye, daughter of Walter Anstye, of Tibbenham, Long Row, Norfolk county ; mar- ried second Alice He fled from the country with his father during the persecu- tions. His will is dated November 25, 1616, and was proved May 17, 1623 ; he was then of Ditchingham, Norfolk, and the will mentions many of his relations. He died in 1623. Chil- dren: 1. John, born at South Elmham; mar- ried Anne Lantersee. 2. Nathaniel ; mentioned below. 3. Eleazer, married and settled in Norwich; no male issue. 4. Eunice, born at South Elmham; died unmarried. 5. Hannah, born at South Elmham ; married May 4, 1603, William Candler ; school master at Tofford; father of Rev. Mathias Candler, author of the celebrated Candler manuscripts. 6. Hester, married John Chalke. 7. Mary, married An- thony Fisher, proprietor of Wignotte, county Suffolk, England ; parents of Anthony Fisher, progenitor of the Fisher family of Dedham, Massachusetts.
(VII) Nathaniel Fiske, son of William Fiske (6), married Mrs. Alice (Henel) Leman ; he was mentioned in the wills of his father, uncle Eleazer and cousin Eleazer. Children, born at Weybred, England : I. Nathaniel, born in England ; mentioned below. 2. Sarah, married Robert Rogers.
(VIII) Nathaniel Fiske, son of Nathaniel Fiske (7), was born at Weybred, England ; married Dorothy Symonds, of Wendham, daughter of John Symonds. There is a family tradition that he died on his passage to America. Children, born at Weybred : I. John, born about 1619; married Sarah Wyeth. 2. Nathan ; mentioned below. 3. Esther. 4. Martha; married Martin Underwood, born 1596; settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts.
(IX) Nathan Fiske, son of Nathaniel Fiske (8), was born in England, about 1615; married Susanna He was the immi- grant, settling at Watertown, Massachusetts, as early as 1642. He was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643, and was selectman in 1673. His will was dated June 19, 1676, and he died June 21 following. His home stall was on the north side of the Sudbury road, opposite Abraham Brown's. He died June 21, 1676. Children, born at Watertown: I. Nathan, born October 17, 1642: married Elizabeth Frye. 2. John, born August 25, 1647. 3. David, born April 29, 1650; married Elizabeth Reed. 4. Nathaniel, born July 12, 1653 : mentioned be-
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low. 5. Sarah, born 1656; married Septem- ber 3, 1673, Abraham Gale, son of Richard, the immigrant.
(X) Nathaniel Fiske, son of Nathan Fiske (9), was born at Watertown, July 12, 1653; married April 13, 1677, Mary (Warren) Child, born November 29, 1651, daughter of Daniel Warren, of Watertown, and widow of John Child, of Watertown, born 1636, died October 15, 1676. She died May 12, 1734. He was a weaver. His will is dated June IO, 1735, and was proved October 3, 1735. He was a weaver by trade. He died September, 1735. Children : I. Nathaniel, born June 9, 1678; mentioned below. 2. Hannah, born August 29, 1680; married October 17, 1701, Joshua Bigelow, Jr .; settled at Westminster. 3. John, born March 17, 1682; married Lydia Adams. 4. Sarah, born July 4, 1684 ; married January 8, 1706, John Hastings, Jr. 5. Lydia, born December 2, 1687 ; married May 14, 17II, John Warren. 6. Mary, baptized April 20, 1690; married in Watertown, October 30, 1716, James Knapp. 7. Elizabeth, born June 24, 1692 ; married January 25, 1715, Captain Flagg, Jr., who settled in Worcester. 8. Abi- gail, born August 28, 1698; married April 10, 1717, Allen Flagg, Jr.
(XI) Nathaniel Fiske, son of Nathaniel Fiske (10), was born at Watertown, June 9, 1678; married in Sherborn, Massachusetts, January 16, 1705-6, Hannah Adams, who died July 21, 1718. He settled in Sherborn about the time he came of age, and lived there the remainder of his life, becoming an honored and distinguished citizen. He died August 24, 1719. Children, born at Sherborn : I. Nathaniel, born November II, 1706; died at Lake George, October 5, 1756, in the French war. 2. Asa, born February 22, 1708; men- tioned below. 3. Hannah, born September 9, 1710; married December, 1732, Jonathan Carver, of Natick, Massachusetts. 4. Moses, born January 29, 1713; married Mehitable Broad. 5. Lydia, born April 24, 1715; died August 19, 1717, at Sherborn. 6. Lydia, born October 5, 1718.
(XII) Asa Fiske, son of Nathaniel Fiske (II), was born at Sherborn, February 22, 1708 ; married January 30, 1734, Lois Leland, who was born in 1714, daughter of Timothy Leland. She made her will March 3, 1775; proved February 25, 1801 ; his will was dated November 6, 1770, and proved January 8, 1781. He died in 1781. Children, born in Holliston, Massachusetts : I. Abel, born 1743;
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March 13, 1849 ; mentioned below. 3. Asa, born September 3, 1746; married Mercy Jones. 4. Abner, born 1754; married Molly Grant; re- sided in Lee, Oneida county, New York. 5. Lydia, born 1738; married Burbank ; resided in Holliston. 6. Huldah, born 1740; married Caleb Claflin and resided in Hopkin- ton. 7. Lois, born 1751; married Amariah Marsh, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island ; ancestors of Mrs. Edward F. Jones, of Binghamton, New York, wife of the former lieutenant- governor.
(XIII) Aaron Fiske, son of Asa Fiske (12), was born in Holliston, March 13, 1749; married at Worcester, February 18, 1773, Tabitha Metcalf. He died in 1839. They re- sided in Templeton, Massachusetts ; Chester- Geld and Franconia, New Hampshire; and Guildhall, Vermont. He was a farmer. Chil- dren : I. Lavinia, born October 27, 1773. 2. Asa, born April 19, 1775; married Betsey Henry. 3. Aaron, Jr., born June 23, 1777; mentioned below. 4. Anson. 5. Joseph, born September 2, 1782. 6. Abel, born February 17, 1785 ; married first, Sally Phillips ; second, Jerusha Johnson. 7. Elijah, born April 29, 1789. 8. Ezra, born May 23, 1791. 9. Levi, born June 23, 1793; married Marian Bacon. IO. Lois, born December II, 1795 ; died 1813 at Chesterfield, New Hampshire. II. Betsey, born October 26, 1797; married, in 1824, James A. Sheridan, born 1800, died January 12, 1870; carpenter by trade; served in civil war.
(XIV) Aaron Fiske, son of Aaron Fiske (13), born June 23, 1777, at Chesterfield, New Hampshire; married there, February II, 1799, Abigail Chandler, of Putney, Vermont; she was born at Brimfield, Massachusetts, June 21, 1778, daughter of John Chandler, granddaugh- ter of Joseph Chandler, who was son of Jo- seph, and grandson of the immigrant, William Chandler. Aaron Fiske resided in Chesterfield, New Hampshire ; and Lunenburg and Guild- hall, Vermont. While Aaron Fiske was keep- ing a tavern at Franconia Notch, New Hamp- shire, and when his daughter Louisa (his eighth child, and who became the mother of our immediate subject) was born, one of the boarders gave the child a money gift for being named after his deceased wife, Louisa Tilson. When Louisa grew up and married, her mother bought a silver spoon with a part of the money, and presented to her, and she yet has it in possession. Aaron Fiske died Sep- tember 10, 1822, and his wife in May, 1866. Children : 1. Anson, born September 28, 1801 ; married Prudence Howe ; he was a farmer at
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Guildhall, and Haverhill, New Hampshire. 2. Adeline, born May, 1804; died unmarried. 3. William, born July 25, 1806; died January 15, 1887; he was a carpenter, and at one time member of the firm of Fiske & Co., lumber dealers, Lowell; married, November 16, 1830, Catherine H. Hudson, born March 4, 1805, died May 13, 1885 ; children : i. George Clin- ton, born October 27, 1831, died unmarried, July 1, 1853. ii. Abbie, died young. iii. Wil- liam Oscar, born June, 1836; see forward. iv. Edward Ambrose, born November 22, 1838; married Lizzie C. Dana. v. Helen Catherine, born August 8, 1842; unmarried; resided at 172 South Broadway, Saratoga, New York. 4. Henry, born January 8, 1808; died young. 5. Elijah, born January 9, 1810, died in in- fancy. 6. George Washington, born March 3, 1812; see forward. 7. Climena, born Febru- ary 21, 1814; married James Crane ; residence, Danville, Vermont; children : i. George Will- ard, born December 28, 1837. ii. Henry Alonzo, born March 27, 1839. iii. Solon Ly- curgus, born September 22, 1842, died May 14, 1844. iv. Eva Jane, born January 22, 1855. 8. Louisa Tilson Fiske, born February 1I, 1816; married Benjamin F. Boynton, over- seer of Lowell carpet mills, residence Lowell ; children : i. Frank Fiske, residence Butte, Montana. ii. Almeria L. iii. Charles E. iv. Mary E. v. Fred. 9. Marilla, born April 10, 1818; married William Hoyt; residence, Dan- ville, Vermont; children, all born in Danville, Vermont : Abbie Fiske, died unmarried ; Eliz- abeth Frye, married John Spencer Tilton, of Danville, Vermont; William Lloyd Garrison, of Cabot, Vermont; Mary Jane, married George Wright, of Passumpsic, Vermont ; An- son Burlingame, of Danville, Vermont. 10. Mary, born July 13, 1820; married Charles Crane ; residence Danville, Vermont ; children : i. John Henry, born February 27, 1843; resi- dence, Cabot, Vermont. ii. Calista Jane, born December 2, 1845 ; lives in Danville, Vermont. iii. Denzil M., born February 19, 1848; resides McIndoes, Vermont. iv. Edwin E., born Sep- tember 20, 1850; lives in Danville, Vermont. v. Frank, lives in Danville, Vermont. vi. Em- ma Louisa, born May 28, 1856. vii. Nelson, lives in New York City.
(XV) George Washington Fiske, son of Aaron Fiske (14), was born in Guildhall, Ver- mont, March 3, 1812. He was educated there in the district schools, and during his youth worked at home with his father on the farm. When he attained his majority he went to Lowell and learned the trade of wood turning. He worked as a journeyman for a firm of bob-
bin makers in Lowell, and after some years bought the business. After an active career he retired, and for many years has lived quiet- ly in Lowell, in the enjoyment of well earned leisure and rest. He has always been deeply interested in affairs of public moment, From the organization of the Republican party he has been one of its most loyal and devoted supporters. During the civil war he was an ardent friend and upholder of his fellow townsman General Benjamin F. Butler. He was a steadfast admirer of President Lilcoln, and it was his melancholy task to carry into the city of Richmond the dreadful news of the assassination of that eminent patriot and statesman. Although Mr. Fiske is well along in the closing decade of the centenarian, he usually enjoys good health, and is blessed with a retentive memory. He is well known and universally respected and beloved in the city where he has lived for so many years, and in which he is one of the oldest residents in point of years. In the seventy years he has passed in the city he has seen a flourishing industrial centre developed from a modest country vil- lage, and has seen the great mills, the pride of all New England, built on the Merrimac river, their busy looms creating wealth for sev- eral generations of owners.
Mr. Fiske married, at West Medway, Mas- sachusetts, October 18, 1838, Eliza Brewer Cutler, who was born May 17, 1815, died 1897, daughter of Simon and Nabby (Brewer) Cut- ler, of Framingham, Massachusetts. (See Cutler). Children: I. Warren Eugene, born August 10, 1839; died October 20, 1840. 2. Henry Brewer, born at Lowell, December 29, 1842; married at Washington, D. C., June 17, 1884, Lizzie Hollinger, a high school graduate, born July 6, 1850, daughter of Daniel and Harriet (Warren) Hollinger; Mr. Fiske is a lumber merchant, with offices at 27 Kilby street ; resides at 75 Main street, corner Pleas- ant street, Winthrop, Massachusetts ; president of Winthrop town government, vice-president Massachusetts Lumber Association, and dele- gate to Massachusetts Board of Trade; at- tends Universalist church, trustee several years, and superintendent of Sunday school two years; affiliated with William North Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Lowell, in which he has held offices ; is a Republican in politics ; children: Starr Hollinger, born October 31, 1885; graduate Winthrop gram- mar school, and of Boston high school, class 1906; student in Lowell Textile School, class 1909. 3. Sarah Cutler, born February 22, 1845 ; residence Lowell; teacher in public schools in
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that city ; member of Lowell Chapter, Daugh- ters American Revolution. 4. Emma E., born October 14, 1848; died March 16, 1874; mar- ried, October 22, 1868, N. W. Storer; chil- dren : Alice Fiske, born July 17, 1869, died March 1, 1882; Fred Cutler, born July 20, 1871; Mabel Hopkins, born July 1, 1872, died October 14, 1872; Grace Radcliffe, born Au- gust 16, 1873, died January 20, 1874.
(XV) General William Oscar Fiske, son of William Fiske (14) and grandson of Aaron Fiske (13), was born at Lowell, June 4, 1836. The brick house in which he was born was built by his father, and is still standing at the corner of Andover and Fayette streets. He was educated in the Lowell schools and at the Merrimack Normal Institute at Reeds Ferry, New Hampshire. His first business experi- ence was with the produce firm of A. L. Waite & Company, of which he subsequently be- came a member. He engaged in the commis- sion business on his own account in Boston, and gave it up to enlist in the army when the civil war broke out. He entered the service as first lieutenant, April 16, 1861, on the staff of Gen- eral Benjamin F. Butler, and served for three months at Fortress Monroe, taking part in the engagements at Big Bethel and Hatteras Inlet. The unfortunate differences between Governor Andrew and General Butler caused the state government to refuse to recognize Mr. Fiske's rank, and in the official report of the affair at Hatteras Inlet, where Captain Fiske swam ashore from the vessel to carry a dispatch from General Butler to the commander of the land forces, he is mentioned with approbation as "Mr. Fiske, of Massachusetts." A contem- porary edition of Harper's Weekly contained an account with illustration of this exploit, and the young hero acquired a national fame. The papers of that period make him the most dis- tinguished of Massachusetts soldiers excepting General Butler. He returned to Lowell with General Butler, and was appointed assistant quartermaster for the department of New England, with headquarters at Camp Chase, on the old fair grounds, Lowell. While at home he was presented with a sword, belt and saddle by appreciative townsmen. He remain- ed on this duty until he was ordered south to the Department of the Gulf. At Ship Island he was transferred to the command of General George F. Shepley, as commissary of subsist- ence with the rank of captain, his first com- mission recognized by the state authorities, after serving nine months without pay. Dur- ing his official career he was under a West Point officer who was noted rather for quer-
ulousness than his ability, and Captain Fiske, with other officers of the department, were subjected to an investigation which in his case resulted in bringing him very high commenda- tion instead of censure.
When General Butler received authority to raise and recruit troops in Louisiana, Captain Fiske was assigned to the United States bar- racks in New Orleans as quartermaster and commissary for that post, which was the first recruiting station in the department. He was subsequently commissioned as major of the First Louisiana Regiment, the first Union reg- iment of white soldiers in any of the Confed- erate states. He took an active part in most of the engagements in that department-Don- aldsonville, Irish Bend, Port Hudson, Cox's Plantation, Mansura, Francesville, and the battles of the Red River. Major Fiske was wounded in the leg while forcing a landing at Irish Bend, Grand Lake, near Bayou Teche, during the first advance on Port Hudson un- der General Banks. Against the advice of the surgeon he left the hospital and went on the Geld. Almost the first thing that met his eye was the dead body of Colonel Holcomb, of Connecticut, his own commanding officer, who had been killed while leading his troops in the brave and famous attempt made to storm the enemy's works that day. Colonel Fiske's brother, Major E. A. Fiske, of Lawrence, took part in the same engagement. Major Fiske was commissioned colonel June 15, 1863, and during the Red River campaign commanded the Second Brigade, Nineteenth Army Corps, a part of the time. A deed of special import- ance and daring was his recapture of guns from General Dick Taylor. During his long service he was absent from duty but thirty days. He was breveted, March 13, 1865, brig- adier-general of volunteers "for gallant and meritorious conduct." In all these years of military service his bearing was such as to command the love of his soldiers and respect of his officers. When he returned to New Orleans on business after the war, he was tendered a banquet at the St. Charles hotel, with every mark of respect due a distinguished person. When he was mustered out of service he returned to Lowell, and as soon as the con- gratulations of his rejoicing friends would al- low him, he engaged in business, his first ven- ture being the paint, oils and paper hanging trade, with the late Josiah B. Fielding as his partner until June, 1871, when Mr. Fielding died. The firm name was Fielding & Fiske. The business was conducted previously under the name of J. B. Fielding & Company, and,
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after the death of the senior partner, the name became Fiske & Spalding, a very well-known and successful firm.
General Fiske was a very public-spirited man, though the only civil office he ever held was that of councilman in 1869 and 1870. His executive ability made him always in demand wherever any charitable or social enterprise or public demonstration was in order. He was a prominent Free Mason, member of Kilwin- ning Lodge, and of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar; and of the Massachusetts Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He was one of the charter members of B. F. Butler Post, No. 42, Grand Army of the Republic, and was a commander of that post. He was elected junior vice commander of the Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, in 1870. He was ap- pointed assistant quartermaster general on the staff of Governor Talbot in 1879, and aide-de- camp to Governor Long in 1880, each time with the rank of colonel. In society General Fiske was popular. His personality was mag- netic, his bearing modest and charming. He was an upright, honorable and useful citizen, as well as a brave and successful officer. He had naturally the qualities necessary to make a good commander, and he fairly won every title and commission that he received, includ- ing that of brigadier-general. He made a for- tune in business, and ranked high among the men of substance and among the leaders of public opinion and business in his native city. He died February 2, 1886, in Lowell. He married first, November, 1871, Mary Augusta Fielding, who was born May 8, 1848, and died April 10, 1876. He married second, June, 1882, Mrs. Hester Fox, of Saratoga, New York. Children of first wife: I. Julia Hudson, born August 9, 1873, married Frank Byrd ; re- sides at Saratoga Springs, New York. 2. Josiah Fielding, born July 30, 1875 ; resides in Lowell, married Mary F. Lannan; children : William Oscar, Julia Frances.
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