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An American Family History

Benjamin Fiske
 

Benjamin Fiske was born on April 6, 1674 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of William Fiske and Sarah Kilham.

He married Mary Quarles, of Ipswich on December 31, 1698. Mary was born in 1677 in Ipswich. Her parents were William Quarles and Martha Dickinson.

They resided in Wenham, where he frequently held town offices. He was a man of property and a liberal patron of the Wenham church. He left the church 5 pounds when he died.

He died June 6, 1742. Mary died in 1744.
Children of
Deacon William Fiske
and Sarah Kilham
  • William Fiske
  • Sarah Fiske Cook
  • Ruth Fiske
  • Samuel Fiske
  • Martha Fiske
  • Joseph Fiske
  • Samuel Fiske
  • Joseph Fiske
  • Benjamin Fiske
  • Theophilus Fiske
  • Ebenezer Fiske
  • Deacon Ebenezer Fiske
  • Jonathan Fiske
  • Elizabeth Fiske Foster
    • 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.
     

    (from History of Essex County, Massachusetts edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd)
    Benjamin Fiske, of Wenham, in his will, which was proved in 1742, gave the church five pounds.

    		 
     

    (from The Fiske Family by A. A. Fiske)
    Benjamin Fiske, fourth son of Dea. William, of Wenham, married Mary Quarles, of Ipswich, in 1699, and resided in Wenham, where he frequently held town offices. He was a man of property and a liberal patron of the Wenham church. He died in 1742, leaving wife Mary, but no children, as heirs.

    		  

     

         

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