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Children:
i. ELIZABETH, 3 b. 19 May 1707; m. 4 May 1732 JACOB SWEETZER of Malden.
ii. SARAH, b. 23 Oct. 1708.
iii. NICHOLAS, b. 8 July 1710; ? m. 12 Dec. 1732 HEPHZIBAH WORTH.
iv. ANNE, bapt. 11 May 1712; d. 6 June 1714.
v. MARY, b. 19 May 1714; m. (intention dated 26 Oct. 1741) TIMOTHY BOURNE of Sandwich.
vi. JOSIAH, bapt. 10 June 1716; ? m. 20 Aug. 1741 MARY GLOVER.
vii. STEPHEN, bapt. 25 Oct. 1719.
4. THOMAS2 FESSENDEN (Nicholas1), born at Cambridge 12 July 1684, died 6 Mar. 1738.
He married first in 1708 ABIGAIL POULTER, born 5 Sept. 1692, died 25 Apr. 1719, daughter of Jonathan3 and Elizabeth ( ) of Lexing- ton; secondly 8 Jan. 1720 ABIGAIL LOCKE, died 12 June 1736, daughter of Joseph2 and Mary ( ) of Lexington; thirdly 29 Dec. 1737 ANNE FILLEBROWN, born 13 Dec. 1691, died 12 July 1753, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Cutter). He owned the Cove- nant in 1709, when his first child was baptized.
Children, by first wife, all born at Lexington:
6. i. THOMAS,3 b. 9 Dec. 1709.
7. ii. SAMUEL, b. 11 Aug. 1711.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. 13 July 1713; m. (1) BENJAMIN4 WELLINGTON; m. (2) EBEN- EZER5 SMITH.
iv. MARY, b. 17 Jan. 1716; m. WILLIAM BROWN of Waltham, and moved to Connecticut.
Children by second wife, all born at Lexington:
v. ELIZABETH, b. 18 Mar. 1721; m. 10 Nov. 1741 JOHN PIERCE, JR. of Dor- chester, d. 8 Aug. 1778, aged 71; d. 11 Nov. 1780.
vi. JONATHAN, b. 28 Apr. 1723; m. 4 June 1747 MARTHA CROSBY of Brain- tree, d. at Lunenburg 21 Mar. 1802, aged 81; d. at Quincy. They had ten children.
vii. HANNAH, b. 18 June, bapt. 13 June 1725; d. 24 June 1725.
viii. HANNAH, b. 19 Jan. 1726-27; d. 21 Apr. 1729.
ix. JOHN, b. 27 Apr. 1729; m. 23 Nov. 1769 ELIZABETH WYMAN, d. 28 Oct. 1821, aged 77; d. 14 Apr. 1793, g. s. at Rutland. Resided at Rut- land.
8. x. TIMOTHY, b. 6 May 1731.
xi. BENJAMIN, b. 9 Jan. 1733-34; m. (1) HANNAH LASH of Braintree; m. (2) BARBARA CALDER of Milton, d. at Boston 6 Aug. 1802, aged 70, dau. of Dr. Robert and Hannah (Lawrence); resided at Braintree, Milton, Watertown and Boston, where he d. 30 Apr. 1801. He had nine children. xii. SUBMIT, b. 28 May 1736; d. 6 Jan. 1737-38.
5. WILLIAM2 FESSENDEN (Nicholas1), born 1694, died 26 May 1756.
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He married first 12 Oct. 1716 MARTHA WYETH, daughter of William and Ruth (Shepard); secondly 4 Jan. 1727-28 MARTHA BROWN, born 16 June 1699, daughter of Ichabod* and Martha ( ) of Cambridge.
Children by first wife, i. and ii. born at Lexington:
i. RUTH,3 b. 28 June 1717; m. JOHN HUNT of Watertown.
ii. WILLIAM, b. 7 Dec. 1718; m. 31 Mar. 1740 MARY PALMER of Cambridge, who d. at Topsfield, Me., 22 Mar. 1773; d. 17 June 1758.
iii. MARTHA, b. 29 Feb. 1719-20; m. (intention dated 23 Sept. 1738) JOHN CHENEY, and was living his widow, at Roxbury, 1760.
jv. MARGARET, b. 8 Nov. 1721; d. 17 Sept. 1722.
v. BENJAMIN, b. 14 Jan. 1722-23; d. 21 Sept. 1723.
vi. BENJAMIN, b. 23 Oct. 1724; d. 21 Nov. 1724.
vii. NICHOLAS, b. 22 Sept. 1725.
Children by second wife:
viii. PETER, b. 16 Aug. 1728; m. (intention dated 27 Aug. 1761) MARY OLIVER, and resided at Barre.
ix. JOHN, b. 16 June 1730; m. 31 Oct. 1763 ABIGAIL HOWE, and resided at Westboro.
x. HANNAH, b. 15 Aug. 1732; m. 13 Feb. 1753 JOHN WRIGHT of Cambridge, who d. on the coast of Guinea, 1772; d. 9 Dec. 1800.
xi. BENJAMIN, bapt. 25 Aug. 1734.
xii. EBENEZER, bapt. 10 July 1737.
9. xiii. THOMAS, bapt. 15 July 1739. xiv. MARGARET, bapt. 17 Jan. 1741-42; d. unm. 22 Feb. 1815. xv .? MARTHA, bapt. 19 Oct. 1746.
6. THOMAS3 FESSENDEN (Thomas,2 Nicholas1), born 9 Dec. 1709, died 22 July 1768, g. s.
He married 19 June 1735 HANNAH PRENTICE of Cambridge, born 16 Dec. 1716, died 22 Oct. 1768, g. s., daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Wyeth). They were admitted to the church at Lexington, 16 Oct. 1737.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. HANNAH, 4 b. 9 Aug. 1736; m. 20 May 1755 NATHANIEL4 FARMER.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. 7 Sept. 1738; d. 13 July 1741.
10. iii. THOMAS, b. 10 July 1741.
iv. AARON, b. 30 Dec. 1744; m. SARAH LOCKE, b. 31 Mar. 1748, dau. of Fran- cis't and Ruth (Fessenden); resided at Cambridge, and later at Town- send, where they died. They had seven children.
11. v. NATHANIEL, b. 7 June 1746.
12. vi. NATHAN, b. 10 Apr. 1749.
vii. SARAH, b. 9 Aug. 1753; m. 4 Mar. 1773 ISAAC5 WINSHIP.
viii. ISAAC, bapt. 23 Oct. 1757.
7. SAMUEL3 FESSENDEN (Thomas,2 Nicholas1), born 11 Aug. 1711, died 1 Nov. 1771. He was admitted to the church 10 May 1746.
He married 21 May 1740 ELIZABETH ALLEN, died 4 Sept. 1802, aged 91.
Children, all born at Lexington:
* Ichabod,' Thomas,' John.1 t Francis,' Francis,? William,' William.1
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i. ELIZABETH,4 b. 6 May 1741; m. 27 Apr. 1758 SAMUEL HUTCHINSON of Charlestown, b. 9 Jan. 1736-37, s. of Thomas and Mary (Ireland).
ii. AMITY, b. 15 June 1743; m. 15 Dec. 1773 SOLOMON6 PIERCE.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. 30 July 1747; m. 22 Jan. 1765 JOHN HILL of Billerica.
iv. SAMUEL, bapt. 6 Aug. 1749; m. 2 Nov. 1771 SARAH7 PIERCE, d. 21 Dec. 1844; d. at Westminster July 1816. They had nine children.
8. TIMOTHY3 FESSENDEN (Thomas,2 Nicholas1), born 6 May 1731, died at Westminster 1 Mar. 1805.
He married at Waltham ELIZABETH PIERCE, born 31 May 1735, died at Westminster 18 July 1808, daughter of Jonas5 and Abigail (Comee).
Children, the first born at Lexington:
i. TIMOTHY,4 b. 23 May 1754; d. 10 Oct. 1756.
ii. JOHN, b. 23 Mar. 1756; m. EUNICE6 MERRIAM; d. 8 Feb. 1836.
iii. TIMOTHY, b. 26 Jan. 1758; d. 5 Dec. 1772.
iv. REUBEN, b. 25 Dec. 1759; d. 4 Jan. 1781.
v. SOLOMON, b. 15 Jan. 1762; m. (1) 17 Jan. 1786 ELIZABETH TUCKER, b. at Shrewsbury 18 Dec. 1763, d. 1803, dau. of Jedediah, Jr., and Lucy (Mixer); m. (2) ELEANOR FISHER; resided at Halifax, Vt., and d. 15 Sept. 1818.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. 4 June 1764; m. SAMUEL6 MERRIAM; d. 11 May 1842.
vii. MOLLY, b. 25 Aug. 1766; d. 2 Nov. 1772.
viii. HANNAH, b. 5 Sept. 1768; d. 17 Dec. 1772.
ix. Unnamed, b. Aug. 1770; d. same day.
x. JOSEPH (twin), b. 23 Feb. 1772; d. 3 Mar. 1772.
xi. BENJAMIN (twin), b. 23 Feb. 1772; d. 18 Mar. 1772.
xii. TIMOTHY, b. 6 June 1773; m. (published 12 July) 1800 SUBMIT HUNT, b. 17 May 1775, d. 13 Oct. 1841, dau. of Nehemiah and Submit (Bateman); d. 22 Oct. 1834. They had seven children.
xiii. BENJAMIN, b. 26 Aug. 1774; m. ELIZABETH SALISBURY, b. at Warren, R. I., dau. of Capt. Jonathan and Mary ( ). Resided at Brattleboro, Vt. They had six children.
xiv. JONAS, b. 26 July 1776; d. 18 Apr. 1808; m. 29 Nov. 1798 ABIGAIL WALKER, dau. of Paul and Rebecca (Haines); she m. (2) John C. Miller and d. 9 Feb. 1822, aged 46. He had two children.
9. THOMAS3 FESSENDEN (William,2 Nicholas1), bapt. 15 July 1739; graduated Harvard, 1758; ordained at Walpole, N. H., 7 Jan. 1767; died 9 May 1813.
He married 7 Feb. 1769 ELIZABETH KENDALL.
Children:
i. THOMAS GREEN,4 b. 22 Apr. 1771; m. MIss TUTTLE; d. at Boston, 11 Nov. 1837. He graduated Dartmouth, 1796; was a lawyer, an author of note, and editor of the New England Farmer.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 1 Jan. 1773; m. ( ) CRAFTS.
iii. MARTHA, b. 11 Jan. 1775.
iv. JOSEPH, b. 17 Jan. 1777; m. 29 Sept. 1810 SYBIL LANE HOLBROOK; resided at Brattleboro, Vt.
v. WILLIAM, b. 15 Jan. 1779; m. POLLY HOLBROOK.
vi. SAMUEL, b. 16 Dec. 1780; d. 25 Apr. 1800.
vii. CATHERINE, b. 3 Nov. 1783; m. in Vermont.
viii. JOHN, b. 20 Oct. 1785; resided at Chilicothe, Ohio.
ix. ANNE, b. 28 July 1788; m. ( ) NICHOLS.
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10. THOMAS4 FESSENDEN (Thomas, 3 Thomas,2 Nicholas1), called Lieutenant, born 10 July 1741, died 25 Feb. 1804.
He married first ELIZABETH APTHORP, who died 13 Aug. 1773, aged 25, g. s., daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Bowman); secondly 7 Dec. 1775 LUCY LEE of Concord, who died 19 June 1820, aged 66.
Children by first wife, both born at Lexington:
i. NELLY,5 b. 11 July 1769; m. as ELEANOR 5 Jan. 1790 JOSHUA1 SWAN.
ii. THOMAS,* b. 5 Jan. 1772; d. 7 Mar. 1807.
Children by second wife, all born at Lexington:
iii. LUCY, b. 2 Apr. 1777; d. 18 Aug. 1778, g. s.
iv. WILLIAM, b. 13 June 1779; m. 26 Apr. 1802 EUNICE FROST of Cambridge, and moved to New Hampshire.
v. LUCY LEE, b. 16 Sept. 1782.
vi. BETSEY APTHORP, b. 8 Sept. 1787; m. (1) 11 Apr. 1818 ELIAS3 VILES; m. (2) 2 May 1833 JONATHAN HARTWELL of Montague.
vii. JOHN, b. 13 Mar. 1794; m., he then of Deerfield, 24 Oct. 1830, NANCY BAKER of Dedham.
11. NATHANIEL4 FESSENDEN (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Nicholas1), born 7 June 1746, died at Medford 3 Jan. 1790.
He married first about 1769 LYDIA BEMIS, born 26 June 1751, died 30 May 1770, daughter of Philip and Lydia (Dix); secondly 20 June 1771 ELIZABETH WEBB of Danvers, bapt. at West Cam- bridge 4 Oct. 1772.
Child by the first wife, born at Cambridge:
i. ICHABOD,5 bapt. 6 Dec. 1772; m. at Cambridge, 7 June 1795, REBECCA MUNROE, dau. of Edmund4 and Rebecca (Harrington); d. 3 Apr. 1830 .; They had six sons and three daughters.
Childrent by the second wife, iv. and vi. baptized at Lexington:
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 13 Nov. 1772.
iii. NATHANIEL, bapt. 21 Aug. 1774.
iv. CHARLES PRENTICE, b. at Charlestown; m. 3 Feb. 1814 ELIZABETH PEN- NEY, b. 20 Nov. 1786, d. 18 June 1842, dau. Jonathan and Abigail ( ). They had ten children.
V. Infant, b. at Medford; d. there Nov. 1782, aged 2 y. 7 m.
vi. RUTHY TEEL, b. at Medford Feb. 1785.
12. NATHAN4 FESSENDEN (Thomas, 3 Thomas,2 Nicholas1), born 10 Apr. 1749, died 24 Apr. 1797.
He married SARAH WINSHIP, baptized 13 May 1753, daughter of Isaac4 and Hannah ( ).
Children, all born at Lexington:
13. i. NATHAN,5 b. 25 Apr. 1772.
ii. ISAAC, bapt. 26 June 1774; d. 17 Sept. 1775.
* Thomas Fessenden, Joshua and Eleanor Swan deed land "Which belonged to our Hontd Grandmother Elizabeth Sutton" 11 Nov. 1793.
t Jonathan Harrington's list.
* Lewis Pub. Co., Middlesex Co., Vol. Iii, p. 913.
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iii. ISAAC, b. 12 Apr. 1776; m. 8 Mar. 1800 MARY DOANE of Boston.
iv. JONATHAN, b. 18 May 1779; m. BETSEY DRINKWATER. Resided at Port- land.
v.
LYDIA, b. 28 May 1782; m. 26 Aug. 1819 ELISHA LIVERMORE TAINTER of Medford.
vi. JOHN, b. 25 Dec. 1784; d. 7 Aug. 1849. Resided at Portland.
vii. LEVI, bapt. 17 June 1787; d. 17 July 1787.
viii. SALLY, b. 13 Oct. 1788; m. 11 June 1811 WILLIAM LOVEJOY of Lexington. Resided at Milford, N. H.
ix. NATHANIEL, b. 6 Jan. 1791; d. unm. 28 Mar. 1825 .* Child, d. 19 Mar. 1791 .*
13. NATHAN5 FESSENDEN (Nathan,4 Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Nicho- las1), born 25 Apr. 1772, died 26 Jan. 1866.
He married 11 June 1801 JANE GOODRICH of Lunenburg, born 5 Aug. 1778, died 10 Feb. 1849, daughter of Philip and Sybil (Ritter).
Children, all born at Lexington :
i. ELIZABETH,6 b. 20 May 1802; m. DARIUS FILLEBROWN, d. 20 Oct. 1866, aged 57; d. 16 Nov. 1849.
ii. CAROLINE (twin), b. 4 May 1804; d. 18 Aug. 1893.
iii. MARIA (twin), b. 4 May 1804; m. 8 Oct. 1835 WILLIAM3 GROVER.
iv. HARRIET, b. 8 Sept. 1806; m. 4 Nov. 1841 JAMES INGALS of Townsend; d. 24 Sept. 1879.
v. NATHAN, b. 15 June 1808; d. unm. 8 Aug. 1888; was for many years an assessor.
vi. ALBERT FRANKLIN, b. 23 Aug. 1810; m. 13 Mar. 1838 ELIZA JOHNSON, b. 13 Mar. 1818, d. 2 Mar. 1878; d. 29 Apr. 1894.
vii. CHARLES, b. 5 Nov. 1812; m. (1) MARTHA NEWTON of Fitchburg, d. in 1851; m. (2) her sister, SARAH C. NEWTON; he is dead.
viii. LEVI GOODRICH, b. 30 Oct. 1814; m. 22 Oct. 1849 SARAH MARIA STRAT- TON, d. 26 Dec. 1910; resided in Ohio; d. 5 Apr. 1911. They had three sons.
ix. HANNAH, b. 2 June 1817; m. 6 Jan. 1851 DARIUS FILLEBROWN; d. 22 July 1874.
x. JANE, b. 30 Mar. 1820; m. 14 Dec. 1847 CHARLES G. DAVIS, b. at Dur- ham, N. H., d. at Woburn 14 July 1866, s. of John and Lydia ( ); d. 11 May 1899.
GEORGE HENRY ESTEE3 FESSENDEN (George F.,2 Charles P.1) was born at Charlestown 6 Mar. 1853, son of George Frederick, born at Charlestown, and grandson of Charles Pitt. His mother, Sarah Ann Estee, was born at Stow, daughter of ( ) Estee and Sarah R. (Gates). The first ancestor came from Scotland.
He married at Medford, 10 Aug. 1884, ELIZABETH ALLEN, born at Arlington 20 July 1861, daughter of David and Mary (Gray). They came to Lexington 19 Apr. 1894.
Children:
i. ERNEST ALLEN,4 b. at Charlestown 8 Oct. 1886.
ii. WENDELL WAYNE, b. at Somerville 7 May 1891.
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
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FINAN
JAMES' FINAN; wife CATHERINE ( ). Both born in Ireland. Child, born at Lexington:
i. JOHN W.,2 b. 19 Apr. 1862.
FINLAYSON
JOHN1 FINLAYSON; wife DEBORAH3 (IRWIN). Both born at Arlington.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. JAMES EDWARD,2 b. 25 Oct. 1909.
FISHER
RICHARD1 FISHER of Cambridge married 5 Dec. 1819 ELIZABETH FISKE, born 15 June 1795, died in 1834, daughter of Joseph6 and Elizabeth (Stone).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. JOSEPH FISKE,2 b. 6 Aug. 1820; d. 29 Sept. 1821.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 18 Feb. 1822.
iii. JULIA MARIA (twin), b. 13 Nov. 1823; d. 3 Feb. 1824.
iv. ROSANNA CLARK (twin), b. 13 Nov. 1823; d. 7 Feb. 1824.
v. WILLIAM FREDERICK, b. 14 Feb. 1825.
vi. MARGARET MORTON, b. 20 Apr. 1827.
vii. JAMES MORTON, b. 19 Sept. 1829.
viii. ANGELINA ADELIA, b. 25 Nov. 1831.
FISKE
1. DAVID1 FISKE, * who probably came to America in 1636, settled at Watertown, where, admitted freeman March 1637, he was sclect- man 1640, and '43. He married SARAH SMITH, daughter of Edmund of Wrentham, Co. Suffolk, England, t but in his will, dated 10 Sept. 1660, and probated 22 Jan. 1662, no mention of his wife is made, and only his daughter Fitch, and son David, the latter being his "sole executer and residuary legatee." To this son were given the house, lands, cattle, and chattels of the father, and on 6 Aug. 1673, the son sold the homestead thus inherited, and two lots of land all located at Watertown to John Coolidge.
Children, both born in England:
2. i. DAVID,2 b. 1624.
ii. MARTHA, m. THOMAS FITCH, d. 1678. They had five children.
2. DAVID2 FISKE (David1), born 1624, died 14 Feb. 1710, g. s.
He was admitted freeman 26 May 1647, and early settled at Cambridge Farms, now Lexington. Here he headed the subscrip- tion list for building a meeting house in 1692; was the first town
* There is some reason to believe that the early Fiskes were descendants of Robert and Sybil (Gold) Fiske, who lived at Broad Gates, Laxfield, near Framingham, County Suffolk, England. t See Bond, Hist. of Watertown, pp. 758-759.
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clerk, and one of the selectmen. On 16 Oct. 1676 he and his wife Seaborn sold Samuel Page 149 acres in Watertown, which had been granted formerly to his father David Fiske. His will, dated 22 Jan. 1708, and proved or probated 20 Dec. 1711, mentioned his wife Sea- born, his son Nicholas Wyeth, "my daughter being dead," children David, Elizabeth, and Abigail, and his cousin Samuel Stone, the son of Dea. Samuel. His estate was inventoried at £405, 17s. 6d.
He married first LYDIA COOPER, died 29 Nov. 1654, sister of Dea. John Cooper, and daughter of Dea. Gregory1 Stone's second wife; secondly 6 Sept. 1655, SEABORN WILSON, died at Woburn 12 Jan. 1721, daughter of Theophilus of Ipswich.
Children by the first wife, ii. and iii. born at Boston:
i. SARAH,3 b. 8 May 1646-47; d. at Boston 8 May 1647.
ii. LYDIA, b. 29 Apr. 1647-48; d. 10 Mar. 1697-98; m. 6 Sept. 1681 NICHOLAS WYETH, s. of Nicholas and Mrs. Rebecca (- Andrews); he m. (2) 30 June 1698 Deborah Parker.
iii. DAVID, b. 1 Sept. 1648; d. 20 Sept. 1649.
3. iv. DAVID, b. 15 Apr. 1650.
v. EPHRAIM, b. 13 Aug. 1653; d. 14 Sept. 1653.
Children by the second wife, all born at Lexington:
vi. SEABORN, d. young.
vii. ELIZABETH, bapt. before 1658; m. JOHN2 RUSSELL of Cambridge.
viii. SARAH, bapt. before 1658; prob. d. young.
ix. HANNAH or ANNA, bapt. 27 Mar. 1659; m. 3 May 1680 TIMOTHY CARTER, son of Rev. Thomas Carter, first of Watertown, and afterwards the first settled minister at Woburn; d. at Woburn 27 Jan. 1716.
X. ABIGAIL, b. 1 Feb. 1674-75; m. 4 May 1692 HENRY BALDWIN of Woburn; d. at Woburn, Jan. 1771.
3. DAVID3 FISKE (David,2 David1), born 15 Apr. 1650, died 23 Oct. 1729, g. s. He was a subscriber to the first meeting-house, 1692, and held the office of tythingman.
He married at Ipswich, 17 June 1674, SARAH DAY, died 22 Apr. 1729, aged 79 y. 2 m., g. s.
Children, the third on Lexington records:
i. DAVID,4 b. 5 Jan. 1676-77; m. ELIZABETH ( ).
4. ii. JONATHAN, b. 19 May 1679.
5. iii. ROBERT, b. 8 Mar. 1680.
iv. LYDIA, b. 14 May 1685; m. JOSEPH4 LORING.
v. SARAH, b. 16 June 1687.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. 20 May 1689; d. 13 Aug. 1691.
6. vii. EBENEZER, b. 12 Sept. 1692.
4. JONATHAN4 FISKE (David,3 David,2 David1), born 19 May 1679, died at Sudbury 27 Dec. 1740. He was a corporal, and an assessor, and owned the church covenant in 1704, in order that his children be baptized. He subscribed for the purchase of the Com- mon in 1711, joined the church with his wife 24 Oct. 1708; and both were dismissed to the church at Sudbury in 1718, to which place he had moved, about 1713, and where he was made a deacon. His will,
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dated 13 Nov. 1742, mentioned his wife Abigail, and five sons and seven daughters.
He married ABIGAIL REED, born 29 May 1687, daughter of Cap- tain William3 and Abigail (Kendall).
Children, all baptized at Lexington:
i. ABIGAIL, 5 bapt. 23 July 1704; m. at Sudbury, 28 Nov. 1760, DEA. SAMUEL PARRIS, b. 9 Jan. 1701, s. of Rev. Samuel.
ii. JONATHAN, bapt. 9 June 1706; m. JEMIMA FOSTER; d. 13 Apr. 1782.
iii. KEZIA, bapt. 15 Aug. 1708; m. 12 Nov. 1741 PETER NOYES, (?) b. 22 May 1700, d. 16 Mar. 1772, s. of Joseph and Ruth ( ).
iv. LYDIA, bapt. 16 Apr. 1710; m. 14 Oct. 1730 JAMES PATTERSON, d. at Princeton 4 May 1766; d. 1776. They had three children.
v. MARY, bapt. 30 Jan. 1712; m. 21 Feb. 1738 NATHAN FISKE of Weston.
Children, all born at Sudbury :
vi. HEPZIBAH, b. 30 Oct. 1713; (m. ? ) 14 May 1747 JOSEPH LIVERMORE of Sudbury.
vii. BEZALEEL, b. 24 Aug. 1715; d. at Holden 6 Aug. 1802; m. (1) 11 Nov. 1742 BEULAH FROST, d. 20 Apr. 1744; m. (2) 7 Aug. 1744 TABITHA HYNS (?Haynes), d. 27 Jan. 1752; m. (3) 11 Apr. 1754 REBECCA RAND of Sudbury, d. 9 Apr. 1804.
viii. SAMUEL, b. 3 May 1717; m. 14 June 1753 ABIGAIL RICE, b. at Sudbury 17 Apr. 1723, d. 1798, dau. of Jason and Abigail (Clark); d. at Barre. They had four children.
ix. BEULAH, b. 11 Nov. 1718; m. (1) 173- BENJAMIN STONE, b. 20 Feb. 1717- 18, d. 5 Nov. 1745; m. (2) 23 Dec. 1747 BENJAMIN EATON of Framing- ham.
x. WILLIAM, b. 4 Sept. 1720; d. about Dec. 1752; m. 13 Nov. 1740 SARAH CUTTING of Sudbury; she m. (2) 18 Sept. 1754 Samuel Buckpen of Sutton. William had three children born at Sutton.
xi. SARAH, b. 26 Sept. 1722; m. 9 Apr. 1746 RICHARD HEARD of Sudbury.
xii. ANNA, b. 1724; m. 9 June 1747 HENRY SMITH of Sudbury.
xiii. DAVID, b. 4 Sept. 1726; m. at Sudbury, 5 Dec. 1750, RUTH NOYES of Sud- bury. Moved to Holden. They had five children.
xiv. BENJAMIN, b. 28 Mar. 1730; m. 1752 ABIGAIL MAYNARD of Sudbury. Moved to Worcester in 1755, elsewhere after 1767. They had seven children.
5. DR. ROBERT4 FISKE (David,3 David,? David1), born 8 Mar. 1680, died 18 Apr. 1752, g. s.
He was a subscriber towards the purchase of the Common, 1711; admitted to the church, 1736, and lived on Hancock Street, in the J. F. Simonds' house. The present house, presumably the second, was erected in 1732. He was presumably the first physician in the town of Lexington and in his inventory were mentioned these arti- cles: "General Practis of Phyfick, 30/, Englifh Difpenfatons Synop- fis medicine 30/, The Structure and condition of the Bones 15/, wooling Jacket 31, Leather Britches 45/ Blew Coat 60/, Hatt and Wigg 100/, Boots and Spurs 40/, Synamet Collerd Coat 20/, Great Coat 10/: To Arms, Yellow Stock Gun 8:10, Littel gun 5p Curbine 5/, Brafs Piftol 5/, Symeter 40/, Raper and belt 12/: one Loome Quill wheel & Warping bars 60/ 29, snow shoes 30/."
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He married at Woburn, 26 Mar. 1718, MARY STIMPSON of Read- ing, died 11 Feb. 1757.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. MARY,5 b. 8 Feb. 1718-19; d. 19 Feb. 1718-19.
ii. MARY, b. 16 Mar. 1719-20; m. JOHN! BUCKMAN.
7. iii. ROBERT, b. 12 Jan. 1721-22.
iv. LYDIA, b. 23June 1724; m. JAMES WILSON of Bedford, who d. 24 June 1753. They had five children.
8. v. JOSEPH, b. 13 Oct. 1726.
vi. RUTH, b. 26 Mar. 1729; m. NATHANIEL4 FARMER; d. at Bedford 25 July 1753.
vii. JOHN,* b. 8 Nov. 1731; m. 9 July 1755 MARY INGALLS, b. 6 Nov. 1735, dau. of John and Mary (Willis); moved to Pomfret, Conn., and d. 6 Aug. 1790.
viii. JONATHAN, b. 20 May 1734; m. 4 Sept. 1755 ABIGAIL LOCKE, dau. of William3 and Jemima (Russell). In 1752 he relinquished the right to his mother's thirds.
9. ix. DAVID, b. 8 Mar. 1737.
6. LIEUT. EBENEZER4 FISKE (David,3 David,2 David1), born 12 Sept. 1692, died 19 Dec. 1775, in his 85th year, g. s. He was a select- man for ten years between the years 1739 and 1758, and filled many other offices. He lived on the road to Concord, and at his house during the battle of April 19, 1775, the American, Hayward, of Acton aggressively met a British soldier while the latter was com- ing from the well, between whom shots were exchanged with fatal effect to both.
He married first 24 Dec. 1718 GRACE HARRINGTON of Watertown, born 26 Aug. 1694, died 29 July 1721, g. s., daughter of Samuel2 and Grace (Livermore); secondly BETHIA MUZZY, born 15 Apr. 1701, died 19 Nov. 1774, g. s., daughter of Benjamin and Sarah ( ). Child by the first wife, died at Lexington:
i. GRACE, 5 d. 25 July 1721.
Children by the second wife, all born at Lexington:
ii. SARAH, b. 26 Sept. 1723; m. (?ELISHA) "ALLESS." t
iii. EBENEZER, b. 5 Mar. 1725-26; m. ELIZABETH COTTON of Boston, b. 24 Aug. 1727, dau. of Rev. Ward and Joanna (Rand); d. 1781. He was a physician and settled at Epping, N. H. He had three children.
iv. BETHIA, b. 1 Aug. 1729; m. (intention dated 29 Dec. 1744) DANIEL OLIVER of Boston.
v. ELIZABETH, b. 7 May 1731; m. 3 Sept. 1751 REV. ROBERT4 CUTLER.
vi. JANE, b. 21 Mar. 1733; m. 13 Feb. 1753 JOSIAH HADLEY, b. at Lincoln 5 May 1731, d. at Brattleboro, Vt., before 1810, s. of John and Mary (Wait); d. at Preston, Chenango Co., N. Y., 17 Jan. 1819. They had five children. They lived at Lexington, Westminster, Lancaster, Sterling, and Brattleboro, Vt. His widow went with her son John and his family to Preston, N. Y.
vii. ANNAH, b. 30 July 1735; m. 24 Oct. 1754 OLIVER BARRETT of Concord. They settled at Chelmsford.
* John Fiske of Lexington was in the French war in 1754, and in 1757 Joseph and John Fiske, both physicians, and heirs at law of Dr. Robert Fiske, sold land at Lexington to Jonas Parker. t Middlesex Co. Probate rec., Vol. 57, p. 287.
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viii. BENJAMIN, b. 24 Mar. 1737; d. 21 Jan. 1739-40.
ix. SAMUEL, b. 15 Oct. 1739; grad. Harvard, 1759, and became an Episcopal clergyman; settled in South Carolina; d. 1777.
10. x. BENJAMIN, b. 10 Aug. 1742.
7. DR. ROBERT5 FISKE (Robert, 4David, 3 David,2David1), born 12 Jan. 1721-22, died between 1764 and 1767; was a physician, and in 1752 located at Woburn, where he was taxed from 1752 to 1762. He served in 1760 in the French war; and in 1764 is this entry in the town records, "Dr. Fiske and family came last from Woburn."
He married first MRS. ABIGAIL GROVER; secondly (intention dated 27 July 1748) BETTY WILSON, died 14 Dec. 1770 .*
Child by first wife, born at Lexington:
i. RUTH,6 b. 10 Apr. 1746; m. (1) 13 Feb. 1766 JONATHAN5 HARRINGTON, who was killed by the British soldiers, April 19, 1775; m. (2) 8 Feb. 1777 JOHN SMITH of Boston.
Children by second wife:
ii. ROBERT, b. 1756; m. ELIZABETH ( ). A pension was allowed him for actual service of eight years and one month in the Revolutionary War.
11. iji. DAVID, b. 23 Nov. 1760.
iv. RUTH, b. 30 Oct. 1765.
v. JOHN.
vi. BETTY.
8. DR. JOSEPH5 FISKE (Robert, 4 David,3 David,2 David1), born 13 Oct. 1726, died 8 Jan. 1808.
He was a physician, successor to his father, administered upon the latter's estate, and lived in the same house. He was enrolled in Capt. Parker's company 1775.
He married 13 Dec. 1751 HEPZIBAH RAYMOND, born 19 Sept. 1729, died 9 Oct. 1820, daughter of Jonathan2 and Hepzibah (Leech).
Children, all born at Lexington:
12. i. JOSEPH,6 b. 25 Dec. 1752.
ii. RUTH, b. 20 Apr. 1758; m. 17 Mar. 1795, as his third wife, JONATHANS SMITH, JR.
iii. HEPZIBAH, b. 22 June 1765; m. JOHN LEBARON; moved to Littleton.
9. DAVID5 FISKE (Robert, 4 David, 3 David,2 David1), born 8 Mar. 1737, died 20 July 1815. He was a weaver and called "Weaver David." t
He married 25 June 1760 ELIZABETH BLODGETT of Lexington, died 25 July 1775.
Children, the second on Lexington records: BETSEY,&# m. 14 Apr. 1788 JOSEPH4 WEBBER.
13. DAVID, b. 1759. BENJAMIN.
* In 1767 Widow Betty Fiske bought eighty acres of land at Lexington, bounded easterly on Woburn line, and westerly by land of Lemuel Simonds. Her will dated 4 Dec. 1770, and proved Sept. 1771, mentioned sons Robert, John and David, and daughters Betty and Ruth.
t David Fiske, wife and two children, David and Betty from Lexington at Mrs. Huldah Rced's May 5, 1764. - Woburn Town Rec. 8: 396.
* Middlesex Co. Probate rec., Vol. 143, p. 159. Distribution of the estate of David Fiske 1 Oet. 1822: "That he pay to Samuel Clark in right of his wife Betsey."
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10. BENJAMIN5 FISKE (Ebenezer,4 David,3 David,2 David1), born 10 Aug. 1742, died 1 Feb. 1785, g. s.
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