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Descendants of John Fisk

Generation One

109. John Fisk; b. 17 Mar 1682/83 Watertown, Middlesex, MA;962 m. Lydia Adams, daughter of Moses Adams and Lydia Whitney, 31 Jul 1706 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA;963 d. 8 May 1730 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, at age 47;964 The estate was probated 13 Jul 1730 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.965,966

Weaver.

Known children of John Fisk and Lydia Adams all b. Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, were as follows:

Generation Two

110. John Fisk (John); b. 8 May 1709 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA;974 m. Abigail wid. Babcock Leland 21 Sep 1731 Holliston, Middlesex, MA;975 d. 9 Jan 1754 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, at age 44.976

Husbandman.

Known children of John Fisk and Abigail wid. Babcock Leland were as follows:

111. Isaac Fisk (John); b. 24 Aug 1714 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA;980 m. Hannah Haven 11 Nov 1736; d. 22 Dec 1799 MA at age 85.

Weaver.

Known children of Isaac Fisk and Hannah Haven were as follows:

112. Daniel Fisk (John); b. 7 Apr 1716 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA;988 m. Elizabeth Goddard, daughter of Edward Goddard and Hepzibah -beth Hapgood, 2 Nov 1743 Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA;989,990,991 d. circa 1772 Based on the dropping of the second "Daniel" from the Deerfield Tax Lists.

On 29 Oct 1747 (WD 24:480), Daniel, school master of Nichewoag (predecessor of Petersham) bought house lot 18 of 66 acres for £300 from Sam'l Wilson of Nichewoag, yeoman. This was a considerable purchase, indicating that while Daniel may have been a school master, he was well-to-do agriculturist as well.992 On 25 May 1748 Daniel Fisk, schoolmaster of Nichewoag, sold half of Lot 18 to his father-in-law, Edward Goddard of Shrewsbury (WD 48:293) for £200, but on the same day bought back one acre of lot 18 for the same amount (WD 28:227)! It appears that Daniel Fisk essentially gave Edward Goddard, a man of considerable wealth, 32 acres free. The logic of these transactions is not clear, but one interpretation is that Daniel at this point owned only this half (despite a lack of record on the other half), and the cross-transaction somehow served to satisfy a debt of Fisk to Goddard.993 On 12 Jan 1750, Daniel Fisk of Nichewoag, schoolmaster, acquired another 35 acres for £40 from John Stowell, Jr. of Nichewoag, being the south part of Lot 68 (WD 31:90, writing sometimes looks like Lot 65). On 01 Oct 1750, John Stowell Jr. sold another 3 acres of this lot to Abraham Byham (or Bryan), blacksmith in a transaction witnessed by Daniel Fisk (WD 31:167). On 18 Oct 1750, Stowell sold yet another half acre of the same lot to Edward Goddard, witnessed by Daniel and Elizabeth Fisk. On 03 Sep 1753, Daniel Fisk, schoolmaster of Nichewoag, sold a small piece of land to Byham the blacksmith described as a piece of land in Lot 60 adjoining Lot 68 included by mistake in the original sale to Fisk (WD 37:556). Finally, on 24 Sep 1762, Daniel Fisk, now described as schoolmaster of Petersham, sold his holding of Lot 65 back to John Stowell of Petersham for £93/6, and the deed was signed by both Daniel and Elizabeth Fisk his wife (WD 56:216).

The History of Petersham (p. 33) states that House Lot 69 drawn in 1733 by Oliver Pollard was settled in 1750 by Daniel Fisk. This may be a gross mistranscription of th same facts.994 He and Elizabeth Goddard moved to Shutesbury, Franklin, MA, when they sold several pieces of Shutesbury property to Isaac Samson of Easton and Archeleus Leonard of Middleborough. Both signed the deed before 9 Nov 1769.995 He moved to Deerfield, Franklin, MA, when he "of Montague" bought property from Jno. Ashley. The Goddard Book had stated that Elizabeth Goddard married Daiel Fisk of Deerfield and had nineteen children on 5 Sep 1770.

Known children of Daniel Fisk and an unknown spouse were:

Known children of Daniel Fisk and Elizabeth Goddard all b. Petersham, Worcester, MA, were as follows:

113. Peter Fisk (John); b. 12 Mar 1722/23 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA;998 m. Sarah Perry 5 Oct 1758 Grafton, Worcester, MA;999 d. after 1770.

Known children of Peter Fisk and Sarah Perry all b. Grafton, Worcester, MA, were as follows:

Generation Three

114. Amos Fiske (John Fisk, John); b. 5 Mar 1735/36 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA;1003 m. Anne Bryant 2 Jan 1765 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.1004

Known children of Amos Fiske and Anne Bryant both b. Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, were as follows:

115. John Fiske (John Fisk, John); b. 16 Mar 1737/38 Holliston, Middlesex, MA;1007 m. Sarah Hill 25 Oct 1764 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.1008

Known children of John Fiske and Sarah Hill were as follows:

116. Joel Fiske (John Fisk, John); b. 22 Apr 1740 Holliston, Middlesex, MA;1010 m. Ruth Reed 8 Jun 1766 Woburn, Middlesex, MA.1011,1012

Known children of Joel Fiske and Ruth Reed all b. Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, were as follows:

117. (--?--) Fisk (Daniel, John).

Known children of (--?--) Fisk and an unknown spouse were:

118. Lt. Ebenezer Fisk (Daniel, John); b. 6 Nov 1743 Petersham, Worcester, MA;1017 he probably married Mehitable =Mahatible Allis, daughter of Zebediah Allis and Mary Baker, No hard evidence concerning the family of Mehitable Fisk has been located. She was most likely Mehitable Allis of Montague. There were literally no other unmarried Mehatabels born in Montague, and Mehatabel Allis appeared with this spelling variation, which was also used for Fisk's wife when recording their two children's births. The Allis Genealogy provides no record of Mahatabel beyond her birth. Old Deerfield and Montague records make it fairly clear that Ebenezer Fisk was from Deerfield, and that Zeb. Allis was well established in Montague. So the record of births and Eben's death appearing in the Montague records suggests that the spouse was indeed from Montague. Lt. Ebenezer died in 1779 when his kids were very young, and it was not until 1885 that his estate was administered. At that time, Mehitabel (sic) formally undertook the burden of guardianship of her two sons David and Nathan, still minors and designated as heirs. Her guardianship was 'co-signed' by none other than Moses Allis of Leyden, who was likely the brother of Mehatabel Allis, born in 1756 (seven years after her). There is a record of Mehitable Fisk, widow, taxed in Deerfield in 1788. There was a letter for Mehitable Fisk of Deerfield in the Greenfield PO on 10 JAN 1793. (Church file, PVMA)

The Deefield Tax ledgers confirm that Ebenezer left town after 1775 and Mehitable is first shown as a Widow in 1779. She is last on a tax roster in 1888.

The old tax ledgers of Deerfield show these Fisks, always among the poorest listed:

Polls RealEst. PersEst.

1771 Town Tax: Ebenr. Fisk 1 11 2/8

Danl Fisk 0 15 3/16

Danl Fisk Jr, 1 - -

1771 State Tax Daniel Fisk (12 acres)

Ebe'r Fisk (7 acres)

1772 Town Tax: Dan'l Fisk Jr. 2 26 3/16

(this clearly consolidates the Daniels)

1775 Town Tax Daniel Fisk 1 24 5/14

Ebenr. Fisk 1 12 0/9

177? Town Tax Daniel - 41 -

(fragment undated, but appears to consolidate both Fisk properties.)

1779 Dec. TT Wid. Mehitable - 10.24 -

1784 State Tax Daniel Jr. 1 - -

1786 Dec. TT Mrs. Mehitable - 14/3 -

1787 Town Tax Mrs. Mehitable - 0/14 ?

1788 Dec. TT Wd. Mehitable - 14/3

Daniel 2nd 1 3/0 0/11

1789 Town Tax Dan'l Jr/ only; d. 14 Apr 1779 West Point, Orange, NY, at age 35 ("Lieut. Ebenezer Fisk of the Continental Army died at West Point April 4, 1779");1018 Inventory was taken 31 May 1785 Northampton, Hampshire, MA.

Known children of Lt. Ebenezer Fisk and Mehitable =Mahatible Allis were as follows:

119. Daniel Fisk Jr. (Daniel, John); b. 7 May 1746 Petersham, Worcester, MA;1019 m. Hepzibah Wells, daughter of Jonathan Wells and Abigail Dickinson, 14 Oct 1773 Deerfield, Franklin, MA;1020,1021 m. Mary Vaughn 9 Aug 1783 Montague, Franklin, MA (Mary Vaughn of Shutesbury);1022,1023 d. 18 Mar 1832 Vermont at age 85;1024 he was buried No. Bennington Cty., VT.

Known children of Daniel Fisk Jr. and Hepzibah Wells were:

There were no known children of Daniel Fisk Jr. and Mary Vaughn.



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