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An American Family History

Benjamin Fiske
Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.

Benjamin Fiske was born about 1650 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts. His parents were William Fiske and Bridget Muskett.

Benjamin married Bethusha Morse on November 6, 1674. She was the daughter of Deacon Daniel Morse and Lydia Fisher. She was born May 20, 1653 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Benjamin and Bethusha lived in Medfield. In 1675 Bethusha's father, Daniel, wrote during troubles with the Indians

"...I made bold lately to request your help of four men to be the garrison at my house, which is for my family and my son with me, most being married men. I humbly prosecute my request that so it might be that I might have four men out of Medfield, and that Edward West and Benjamin Fisk (sons-in-law) might be two of them, they living in the remote part of Medfield next my farm and they being willing to come..."

Benjamin and Bethusha's children included Lydia Fiske (September 18, 1675), Mary Fiske (July 22, 1677), Bethia Fiske (June 25, 1683), Benjamin Fiske (April. 25, 1684), and Martha Fiske (January 14, 1685).

Benjamin died in 1689 when he was 39 years old.
Children of William Fiske (Fisk)
and Bridget Muskett
  • Deacon William Fiske
  • Samuel Fiske
  • Joseph Fiske
  • Benjamin Fiske
  • Martha Fiske
    • Bridget Muskett
    and Thomas Rix
  • Theophilus Rix
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    Benjamin Fiske, the youngest son of William, the Emigrant, removed from Wenham to Medfield, Mass., where he married Bethshua, a daughter of Dea. Morse, November 6, 1674, and had by her the following children, and perhaps others:

    Lydia, born Sept. 18, 1675.
    Bethia, born June 25, 1688.
    Mary, July 22, 1677.
    Benjamin, " April 25, 1684.
    Martha, born Jan. 14, 1685.

    After the birth of Martha the family wholly disappears from the records of Medfield, and their subsequent history is involved in total obscurity, although there are some reasons for believing they went to Connecticut.

    (from The Fiske Family by Albert Augustus Fiske)

    		  
     

    An Account of the Ancestry of Arba Thayer Wood by Ann Maria Stearns Wood

    Daniel Morse2 (Samuel1) b. in Dedham, England,1613;d. in Sherborn, Mass. 1688; m. Lydia Fisher, b. 1620; d. June 5, 1688; dau. of Anthony and Mary Fisher. Daniel Morse came to New England at a later period than his parents. In 1636 he had a home lot assigned him in Dedham, that part now Medfield, but he settled in Bogistow. About the year 1656 he purchased eight hundred acres of choice land, since called "the Farms", situated in the eastern part of what is now Sherborn. He located on the site now owned by Leonard Morse, four miles from Medfield and half a mile from Farm Bridge. He was a selectman and leader in public meetings as long as he lived. He headed the list on the second petition for the incorporation of Sherborn in 1674. He and his eldest son were appointed commissioners to negotiate with the Natick Indians to exchange four thousand acres of land now in Ashland and Hopkinton for the same amount in Sherborn and Natick. Daniel Morse made his will in 1687. He died in 1688 and was probably interred in the neglected burying ground in the south part of Sherborn.

    He had nine children, only one of whom is given. b. Dec. 12, 1697; d. March 10, 1752; dau. of Joshua Clapp and Mary Boydon his wife; m. 2nd. Oct. 11, 1753, Mary Clark, widow of Solomon Clark of Medfield. Eleazer Morse lived upon his father's and grandfather's estate, called "the Farms" in Sherborn. By his first wife he had seven children, only one of whom is given.

    		  
         

     

         

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