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daughter of Henry Withington, of Medford, February 22, 1882.
(XXV) Rosewell B. Lawrence, second child and second son of Daniel Warren and Mary (Wiley) Lawrence, was born in Medford, Jan- uary 31, 1856. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and at Harvard University, graduating in the collegiate course in 1878, and from the Harvard Law School in 1881. He is a lawyer by profession, having his office in the Tremont Building, Boston. He is a member of the board of trustees of Tufts Col- lege. He has been chairman of the Medford school committee since January, 1893, and is a trustee of the Medford Savings Bank, chair- man of the standing committee of the Univer- salist Society, one of the park commissioners since the organization of the board in 1893, a vice-president of the Medford Historical So- ciety, a member of the Medford Club, and sec- retary of the Appalachian Club of Boston since 1883. He is affiliated with Mount Her- mon Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Mys- tic Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Boston Commandery Knights Templar. He is un- married.
The Fiscs, or Fiskes, of England,
FISKE are recorded as far back as May, I208, when the Duke of Lorraine granted land in Digneveton Park to the "Men of Laxfield," the list including one Daniel Fisc. It is supposed that this was the paternal grandfather of Lord Symond Fiske, from whom the American Fiskes are readily traced, and to him for the purposes of this sketch we give the designation of the first known generation.
(I) Lord Symond Fiske was proprietor of the Manor of Stadhaugh, parish of Laxfield, county of Suffolk, England, 1390-1422. He was married twice; first to Susannah Smith, and after her death to Katherine
In his will, probated at Norwich, England, February 26, 1463-4, he names as his chil- dren: William, Jeffrey, John, Edmund, Mar- garet ; and as his executors his wife Katherine and Nicols Nolock. The Lord Fiske died in February, 1464.
(II) William Fiske, eldest son of Lord and Lady Susannah Fiske, was born at Stadhaugh; married Joan Lynne, of Norfolk, and died in 1504. His widow made a will July 15, 1504, in which she names her sons Thomas, Wil- liam, Augustine, Simon, Robert and John, and daughters Margery and Margaret. This will was proved February 28, 1505, and Sir
John, her husband's brother, and John and Simon, her sons, were executors.
(III) Simon Fiske, son of William and Joan (Lynne) Fiske, married Elizabeth and died in Halesworth, June, 1538. Their children were: Simon, William, Robert, Joan, Jeffrey, Gelyne, Agnes, Thomas, Elizabeth, John.
(IV) Simon Fiske, son of Simon and Elizabeth Fiske, married, but her name does not appear on the records. She was the mother of children as follows: Robert, John, George, Nicholas, Jeffrey, Jeremy, William, Richard, Joan, Gelyne, Agnes.
(V) Robert Fiske, son of Simon Fiske, and grandson of Simon and Elizabeth Fiske, was born in 1525. He married Sybil Gould, widow of a Mr. Barber. While a resident of the parish of St. James, South Elmham, his immediate family were in danger of persecu- tion, and his wife's sister, Isabella Gould, was a prisoner in Castle Norwich for her avowed Puritan opinion, in which her sister's family were in sympathy, and they were obliged to leave the parish of St. James in consequence of the prejudice against Puritans. The chil- dren of Robert and Sybil (Gould) Barber Fiske were: William Jeffrey, Thomas, Elea- zer, Elizabeth.
(VI) William Fiske, son of Robert and Sy- bil Fiske, was born in the parish of All Saints, Laxfield, England, 1566. He married Anna, daughter of Walter Anstyle, of Tibbenham, Norfolk, and took for his second wife, Alice While residing in St. James par- ish, Elmham, his father and family were obliged to leave the parish by reason of their Puritan views. His will, proved May 17, 1623, names children: John, Nathaniel, Eleazer, Eunice, Hannah, Hester, Mary, wife of Anthony Fisher. The children were born in South Elmham.
· (VII) Nathaniel Fiske, son of William and Anna (Anstyle) Fiske, married Alice Henel, widow of Mr. Leman, and they had two chil- dren, Nathaniel and Sarah.
(VIII) Nathaniel Fiske, son of Nathaniel and Alice (Henel) Leman Fiske, was born in Weybred, Suffolk county, England, married Dorothy Symonds, of Wendham, daughter of John Symonds. They had children. as fol- lows: John, Nathan, Esther, Martha.
(I) Nathan Fiske (In England, IX), the immigrant, son of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Symonds) Fiske, was born in England, in 1615; came to New England and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643, and
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became a landed proprietor by purchasing eighty acres of land, the same having been allotted to Mr. Robert Feake, whose name appears on the annals of the town as second on the list made July 25, 1636, when the de- sirable lands of the town were allotted to the inhabitants in quantities ranging from one hundred acres, to Sir Richard Saltonstall, down to twenty acres, and here the name "Mr. Robert Feake" appears next to Sir Rich- ard, and the quantity of land allotted as eighty acres. The land was on the north side of the great highway leading to Sudbury. This purchase by Nathan Fiske was made September 10, 1643. His sister Martha, who married Martin Underwood, of Weybred, Suffolk, England, by trade a weaver, were also among the first settlers of Watertown, his name appearing on the list of names of persons to whom land was allotted July 25, 1636, his share being twenty-five acres, and his name also appears on the list of early set- tlers who took the freeman's oath in 1634. Nathan Fiske died in Watertown, Massachu- setts Bay Colony, June 21, 1676. His chil- dren were: Nathan, born October 17, 1642; John, born August 25, 1647; David, born April 29, 1650, married Elizabeth Reed; Na- thaniel, born July 12, 1653, married Mrs. Mary (Warren) Child; Sarah, born 1656, mar- ried, September 3, 1673, Abraham Gale, son of Richard Gale, the immigrant.
(II) Lieutenant Nathan Fiske, son of Na- than Fiske, the immigrant, and grandson of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Symonds) Fiske, was .. born in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Col- ony, October 17, 1642. He married Elizabeth Fry. He purchased from Thomas and Mag- dalen Underwood, lands allotted to or pur- chased by his uncle and aunt, Martin and Martha (Fiske) Underwood, and inherited by Thomas Underwood, to the extent of two hundred and twenty acres, paying therefor the sum of fio. He was selectman of Water- town 1684, 1688 and 1691. He died October II, 1694, and his widow Elizabeth was admin- istrator of his estate, being appointed by the general court December 10, 1694, and the es- tate was divided November 23, 1696, his widow having died May 15, 1696. The chil- dren of Lieutenant Nathan and Elizabeth (Fry) Fiske were: Nathan, born February 9, 1665, died in 1668; Elizabeth, born Janu- ary 19, 1667, married James Ball (1670-1729) Weaver, January 16, 1693; Martha, born January 12, 1670, married, March 13, 1694, Edward Park (1661); Nathan, born January 3, 1672; Susanna, born April 7, 1674, died un-
married, 1752; Abigail, born February 18, 1675, married John Mixer, August 15, 1695; William, born December 5, 1677, died same year; William, born November 10, 1678, mar- ried Eunace Jennings; Anna, died young.
(III) Nathan Fiske, son of Lieutenant Na- than and Elizabeth (Fry) Fiske, and famil- iarly known as Deacon Nathan, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, January 3, 1673. He married (first) Sarah (1678-1723), daughter of Ensign John Coolidge, of Water- town, and (second) on May 22, 1729, Hannah Coolidge Smith, daughter of Simon Coolidge, and widow of Daniel Smith, Jr. He was made a deacon of the church at Watertown before 1717. He died January 26, 1741, and his wife Hannah died in October, 1750. The children of Deacon Nathan and Sarah (Cool- idge) Fiske were: Sarah, born 1697, died 1713; Elizabeth, died young; Nathan, born February 25, 1701, married (first) Anne War- ren, and as his second wife Mary Fiske, of Sudbury; Josiah, born October 10, 1704, married Sarah, daughter of John and Anne (Tarbell) Lawrence, of Lexington; Henry, born January 24, 1706, married Mary Stone; Daniel, born August 19, 1709; married (first) Deliverance Brown, and (second) Jemima Shaw; Samuel, born February 16, 1711, mar- ried Lydia Bond; Grace, born May 9, 1714, married Benjamin Goddard, of Shrewsbury; Hannah, born May 19, 1719, married Wil- liam J. Smith, Jr., of Weston, died Septem- ber 2, 1813.
(IV) Jonathan Fiske, son of Nathan and Sarah (Coolidge) Fiske, had children: Na- than, born September 7, 1760; Thaddeus, born June 22, 1762, graduated at Harvard, 1785, was ordained pastor of church in West Cambridge, April 23, 1788, resigning April 23, I 828. His ordination sermon was preached by his uncle, the Rev. Dr. Nathan Fiske. He died November 14, 1855.
(V) Nathan Fiske, son of Jonathan and Abigail Fiske, was born in Weston, Massa- chusetts, September 7, 1760, married Mary Stearns. Mary Stearns was born October 1761, and they had five children, three boys and two girls. Captain Nathan Fiske was the fifth commander of the Weston Independent Light Infantry, organized 1787, and his son, Captain Sewell Fiske, was next to the last captain to command the organization which was disbanded in 1831.
(VI) Sewell Fiske, son of Nathan and Mary (Stearns) Fiske, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, September 8, 1792. He mar- ried Martha, daughter of Isaac and Mary
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(Crosby) Stearns, April 8, 1818. Martha Stearns was born October 14, 1787, and died October 1, 1868. Their children were eight in number, four boys and four girls. He was commander of the Weston Independent Light Infantry at the time the company wel- comed General Lafayette at Concord, Massa- chusetts, September 2, 1824.
(VII) Alonzo Sewell Fiske, son of Sewell and Martha (Stearns) Fiske, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, October 4, 1818. He was educated at the Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and taught school for several years. He was a merchant in Boston during the earlier part of his business life, but retired to his estate in Weston, where he conducted an extensive and profit- able farm. During the civil war, 1861-65, he was a recruiting officer. He was selectman of the town of Weston for over forty years, and during a greater part of that time was chairman of the board of selectmen. He married Susan, daughter of William and Nabby (Reed) Colburn. Susan Colburn was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, August 30, 1824. The children of Alonzo Sewell and Susan (Colburn) Fiske were: Nathan Sew- ell, born August 9, 1854, never married; Maria Antoinette, born February 17, 1845, died March. 15, 1872; Helen Amelia, born June II, 1848; Martha Elvira, born Septem- ber 4, 1849; Abby Colburn, born December 3, 1852, died June II, 1899; Susan Frances, born February 7, 1857, died June 5, 1860; Harriett Theodora, born February 15, 1862, died March 29, 1878; William Colburn, born January 5, 18-, died in infancy. Alonzo Sewell Fiske died at his home in Weston, Massachusetts, August 27, 1893.
(VIII) Nathan Sewell Fiske, son of Alon- zo Sewell and Susan (Colburn) Fiske, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, August 9, 1854. He was educated in the public grammar and high schools of Weston, and at the Bry- ant and Stratton Commercial College, Bos- ton, Massachusetts, and on leaving school took up the business of farming, being well equipped by his boyhood training on his father's farm. He has been selectman of the town of Weston since 1889; is also an asses- sor of the town, one of the overseers of the poor, and a constable. His political affilia- tion has always been with the Republican party, and his church home the Congrega- tional church of Lincoln, where he has served as deacon since 1899. He occupies the orig- inal Fiske homestead, works the farm that has been in possession of the family since
1643. A large part of the farm was conveyed to Lieutenant Nathan Fiske (I), and his di- rect descendants have since been in posses- sion. The residence was built in 1753, by the Rev. Samuel Woodward, minister of the church at Weston, and was occupied by him, 1753-82. Nathan Sewell Fiske never mar- ried.
(For early generations see preceding sketch).
(VI) Jeffrey Fiske, son of Robert
FISKE Fiske (5), was born at Laxfield, England. The account of his family is not so clearly given in the Candler manuscript in the British Museum as to re- move all doubt respecting the true descent as Mr. Candler understood it; but it appears that Jeffrey had a son David Fiske (see will of his uncle Eleazer) of this branch of the family who emigrated, whose wife was Sarah Smith, daughter of Edmund Smith, Mentham. He took his freedom in 1638 and possibly again in 1647. (David, 1647, was no doubt son of the freeman of 1638-39). Jeffrey died in 1628. His will is dated October, 1628, and was proved November 25, 1628. He resided at Metfield, England. Children, born in Eng- land : I. Eleazer. 2. Daughter married John Sawyer. 3. David, mentioned below.
(VII) David Fiske, son of Jeffrey Fiske (6), was born in England. He was admitted a freeman of the colony at Watertown, Massa- chusetts, March, 1637-38, and had probably come to America the year before, for he was not a proprietor until February, 1637. Before 1644 he was a grantee of one lot and a pur- chaser of six other lots in Watertown. His homestall of twenty-two acres was granted to John Kingsbury, of whom he bought it just before Kingsbury removed to Dedham. 'It was bounded on the north by the Cambridge line and the property of J. Coolidge; south by the highway (Pond Road) ; west by land of J. Coolidge and east by that of B. Bullard. The total amount of his real estate was two hundred and twenty-seven acres. He was a man of standing in the community and early held office. In 1639 he was elected a member of the board of selectmen and again in 1642. He was a junior in 1652-54-55-57. His will is dated September 10, 1660, and was proved in January following. The instrument does not mention the name of his wife, but one daughter Fitch, and one son David who was sole execu- tor and residuary legatee, giving him his houses, lands, cattle and chattels. The son sold the old homestead August 6, 1673, to John
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Coolidge. He married Sarah Smith, daughter of Edmund Smith, of Wrentham, county Suf- folk, England. Children: I. Martha, born in England; married. Thomas Fitch, of Water- town, a cordwainer later in Boston. 2. David, born in England, 1624, mentioned below.
(VIII) David Fiske, son of David Fiske (7), was born in England in 1624. He was admitted a freeman at Watertown May 26, 1647. He settled in Cambridge and later in Cambridge Farms (Lexington). He married, in 1646, Lydia Cooper, sister of Deacon John Cooper, with whom he came to America, and step-daughter of Gregory Stone (see sketch). She died November 29, 1654, and he married (second), September 6, 1655, Seaborn Wil- son, of Ipswich, daughter of Theophilus Wil- son. The latter made his will October 2, 1690, and died the next year. Seaborn Fiske sold for eight pounds to Alexander Lovell and Thomas Lovell, of Ipswich, her. undivided common right in Ipswich left her by her fath- er, March 3, 1717. She died in Woburn, Jan- uary 12, 1721. Fiske's will is dated June 23, 1708, and was proved December 20, 171I, mentioning his wife Seaborn; son Nicholas Wyeth, his daughter being dead; children David, Elizabeth, Anna and Abigail; cousin Samuel, son of Deacon Samuel Stone. His homestead in Cambridge was on the north side of what is now Linnaean street, near the Botanic Garden. It was bought by Joseph Daniel December 13, 1660, about the time the Fiskes went to Lexington. Fiske was a wheelwright by trade, but was employed much of the time in the public service, especially as a surveyor of land. He was selectman in 1688, and deputy to the general court in the critical period of 1689. He was one of the most prom- inent men in the settlement at the Farms ; pre- cinct clerk and assessor ; the first subscriber for erecting a meeting house there, and the first named member of the church. In 1685 the work of settlement at Worcester was prosecut- ed with vigor, and about the middle of April surveys were made of the lands by David Fiske, of Cambridge. Partial surveys were made in May, 1685, at Worcester, for Gookin on the east side of Pakachoag hill and a lot of eighty acres on Raccoon plain. The set- tlement attempted at this time was the second failure, however. Fiske was also prominent in the military service and had the rank of lieu- tenant in the Lexington company. His grave is marked by a handsome monument erected in 1856 by Benjamin Fiske, Esq. His estate was settled by agreement February 3, 1720. He died February 14, 1710. Children : I.
Sarah, born May 8, 1646-47, died in Boston, November 8, 1647. 2. Lydia, born in Boston, September 29, 1647-48, married, September 6, 1681, Nicholas Wyeth, Jr., of Cambridge, son of Nicholas and Rebecca (Andrews) Wyeth. 3. David, born in Boston, September 1, 1648, died September 20, 1649. 4. David, born April 15, 1650, mentioned below. 5. Sea- born. 6. Elizabeth, married John Russell. 7. Anna or Hannah, baptized November 27, 1659, married, May 3, 1680, Timothy Carter. 8. Abigail, born February 1, 1674, married, May 4, 1692, Henry Baldwin, of Woburn. 9. Ephraim.
(IX) David Fiske, son of David Fiske (8), was born at Watertown, April 15, 1650. Mar- ried, at Ipswich, June 17, 1674, Sarah Day, of that town, born 1654 and died April 22, 1729. Her father was a brick manufacturer and mason. Fiske, like his father, was a sub- scriber to the first meeting house in Lexing- ton in 1692. He served the town as tithing- man. He died October 23, 1729. Children: I. David, born January 5, 1676, married Elizabeth 2. Jonathan, born May 19, 1679, married Abigail Reed. 3. Robert, born May 8, 1681, married Mary Stimpson. 4. Anna, born April 2, 1683. 5. Lydia, born May 14, 1685, married Deacon Joseph Lor- ing, Jr., born September 26, 1684, died July 4, 1746; went from Hingham to Lexington about 1706. 6. Sarah, born June 16, 1687. 7. Abigail, born May 20, 1689, died August 13, 1691. 8. Ebenezer, born September 12, 1692, mentioned below.
(X) Lieutenant Ebenezer Fiske, son of David Fiske (9), was born at Lexington, Sep- tember 12, 1692. Married, December 4, 1718, Grace Harrington, of Watertown, daughter of Samuel and Grace (Livermoore) Harrington. She was born August 26, 1694, and died August 29, 1721. He married (sec- ond) Bethia Muzzy, who was born in 1700 and died November 19, 1774. He was a man of prominence in the militia, in which he bore the rank of lieutenant, and in town affairs. He held many offices of honor and trust. He was selectman ten years between 1739 and 1758. He resided on the highway to Con- cord a little more than a mile from the com- mon on the easterly side of what is known as Fiske hill. It was at his house that Hay- ward of Acton and a British soldier had the encounter on April 19, 1775, both being slain. He bequeathed with his other prop- erty a negro slave Pompey. Fiske died De- cember 19, 1775. Children, born in Lexing- ton: 1. Grace, born 1721, died August 25,
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1721. 2. Ebenezer, born March 5, 1725, mar- ried Elizabeth Cotton. 3. Bethia, born Au- gust 1, 1729, married Oliver, of Bos- ton. 4. Elizabeth, born May 7, 1731, mar- ried, September 3, 1751, Rev. Robert Cutler, pastor of Greenwich, Massachusetts. 5. Jane, born March 21, 1733, married, October 24, 1752, Josiah Hadley. 6. Anna, born July 30, 1735, married, October 24, 1754, Oliver Bar- rett. 7. Benjamin, born March 24, 1737, died young. 8. Samuel, born October 15, 1739. 9. Benjamin, born August 10, 1742, men- tioned below. 10. Sarah, born 1743, bap- tized November 24, 1743.
(XI) Benjamin Fiske, son of Ebenezer Fiske (10), was born at Lexington, August IO, 1742. He married, May 14, 1767, Rebec- ca Howe, of Concord, Massachusetts, and she married (second), March 28, 1786, Lieuten- ant William Merriam, of Bedford. His es- tate was appraised April II, 1785, and divided March 27, 1786. He died February 1, 1785. Children, born at Lexington: I. Benjamin, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born April 7, 1783, married, May 29, 1802, William Whit- ney, of Shirley, son of Rev. Phinehas Whit- ney, born October 3, 1778, died January 29, 1837; resided at Shirley, Winchendon and Boston, Massachusetts ; children-i. William F., born May 19, 1803; ii. George H., born May 24, 1809, married Elizabeth B. White.
(XII) Benjamin Fiske, son of Benjamin Fiske (II), was born at Lexington, August 20, 1778. Married, in Chelmsford, May 16, 1797, Elizabeth Bridge, daughter of William Bridge, granddaughter of Rev. Ebenezer Bridge, of Chelmsford. She died October 20, 1814. Married (second) Nancy Adams, of Westford, born 1785, died September 6, 1865. A portrait of Elizabeth (Bridge) Fiske is owned by her great-grandson, William B. Fiske, of Plainfield, New Jersey. He re- moved to Boston in 1808 and was actively en- gaged in the shipping business "his sails whitening every sea." In 1843 he returned to Lexington where he bought a farm on Lowell street. He was alderman of Boston in 1843 and representative to the general court from Boston from 1833 to 1838. He was justice of the peace for many years, and in every walk of life was upright, honorable and highly esteemed. He died at Lexington, February 2, 1863. Children: I. John Minot, born July 15, 1798, mentioned below. 2. Louisa, born May 30, 1801, married in Bos- ton in 1826, Dr. Cyrus Briggs, of Augusta, Maine; he was born March 4, 1800, and died in Salem, Massachusetts, June, 1871; she died
December 4, 1890; children: i. Sarah Louisa Briggs, born February 25, 1828, married Rev. Wheelock Craig (children: Annie Briggs Craig, born February 6, 1853, married George P. Dutton; Louise Craig, born May 30, 1885); ii. Nancy Adams Briggs, born January 25, 1831, died August 4, 1882; mar- ried George Parkman Denny, November 9, 1852, died January 23, 1885 (child: Arthur Briggs Denny, born April 24, 1855, resides at Chestnut Hill, Brookline, Massachusetts; married Frances Anna Gilbert, November I, 1882, and had George Parkman Denny, born June 2, 1887, and Elizabeth Denny, born Sep- tember 4, 1888) ; iii. Elizabeth Church Briggs, born November 8, 1832 ; married, August, 1859, William A. Dana, banker, born 1818 in New Bedford, died 1871, (children: Elizabeth, Wil- lie A., Alice Louise Dana, born August 24, 1870); iv. Anne Briggs, born July, 1843, died May 1, 1851. 3. Charles, born November 17, 1807, married Abigail M. Hayden and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Davis, of Nashua, New Hamp- shire; resided at Milford, Maine; Lexington and 70 Chandler street, Boston; children: i. Frances Albertine, born November 1, 1832, married, June 8, 1852, Thomas B. Daven- port, of Hopkinton; ii. Charles, born May 27, 1834, married Adeline W. Shaw and Annie I. Crafts; iii. William B., born June 23, 1836, married Henrietta S. Lyford; iv. Henry A., born April 23, 1840; v. Marion A., born Jan- uary 28, 1846, died January 12, 1864; vi. Ab- bie Josephine, born November 18, 1848, mar- ried, November 18, 1869, Alonzo Austin Goddard, born April 1, 1847, and had Henry Austin Goddard, born March 25, 1875, resided at 70 Chandler street, Boston. 4. Benjamin, born October 15, 1811, died June 18, 1812. 5. Benjamin, born November 20, 1820, married, October 21, 1842, Maria Spear; resided in New York City and in Medford, Massachu- setts.
(XIII) Colonel John Minot Fiske, son of Benjamin Fiske (12), was born July 15, 1798, at Lexington. Married, at Salem, Eliza Maria Winne, daughter of Joseph Winne; she was born June 30, 1800, and died December 17, 1884. He was educated in the public schools of Lexington' and at Harvard College where he was graduated in 1815; studied law and was admitted to the bar, having offices in Bos- ton and Charlestown; was interested in the state militia and rose to the rank of colonel. In politics he was a Democrat, a warm ad- mirer and ardent supporter of Andrew Jack- son. He died in Chelmsford, August 16, 184I. Children: 1. Joseph, died in infancy. 2. Ben-
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jamin Minot, born in 1826, mentioned below. 3. Joseph W., born May 22, 1832; died Octo- ber 20, 1903, at East Orange; married Caro- line Gould, August 15, 1872, at Geneva, Swit- zerland. She was born August 2, 1851, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the founder of the J. W. Fiske Iron Works of New York City; children : i. Caroline Eliza, born May 24, 1873 ; ii. Maud Brooks, born October 27, 1874; iii. Joseph Winne, born October 21, 1878. 4. John Minot, born August 17, 1834, married, at Stockbridge, June 1, 1864, Isabella Landon Goodrich, daughter of Hon. John Z. Good- rich, and born April 13, 1845; fitted for col- lege at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massa- chusetts, graduating in 1852; graduated from Yale in 1856; the famous class "Chauncey Depew," "Judge Brown;" graduated from Harvard Law School in 1858 and admitted same year to Suffolk bar and practiced until May, 1863, when he was appointed deputy naval officer of the port of Boston ; in Novem- ber was appointed deputy collector of customs and has been connected with this department since; was chairman of civil service examin- ers under Arthur's administration ; was mem- ber of the city council of Boston in 1863 and 1864; children : i. Sallie Goodrich, born March 17, 1870, married, November 16, 1892, J. L. Liecty; resided at 10 Webster street, Brook- line ; ii. John Landon, born November 6, 1873, resides at 139 Oxford street, Cambridge; edu- cated at Boston Latin School, Phillips Acad- emy (Andover) ; in Harvard College in 1891 for one year, leaving to enter business.
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