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Martha Fiske Parks

Watertown was settled in 1630 by English Puritans in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. In 1632 Watertown residents protested against paying taxes for a fort at Cambridge. The town hosted a horse and cattle market. About 1632 a grist mill was built and in 1662 a woolen mill was built.

Martha Fiske Parks was born on January 12, 1670/1671 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Nathan Fiske and Elizabeth Fry.  

She married Edward Parks (Park, Parks, Parke) on March 13, 1694/95. Edward was born on April 8, 1661. His parents were Thomas Park and Abigail Dix.

Their children were Nathan Parks, Martha Parks (April 18, 1699), Edward Park (April 18, 1701), and Thomas Park (1703).

Edward died March 1, 1745 in Newton, Massachusetts.

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.
Children of
Lieutenant Nathan Fiske
& Elizabeth Fry

  • Nathan Fiske
  • Elizabeth Fiske Ball
  • Martha Fiske Parks
  • Deacon Nathan Fiske
  • Susannah Fiske
  • Abigail Fiske Mixer
  • William Fiske
  • William Fiske
  • Anna Fiske
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    from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3
    Thomas Park, son of Richard, was born in England in 1628. He was of Cambridge village, and died Aug. 11, 1690. On Dec. 7, 1653, he married Abigail Dix, daughter of Edward Dix, and they had nine children, five sons and four daughters, namely:
    Thomas, born Novr. 2, 1654;
    John, Sept. 6, 1656;
    Abigail, March 3, 1658;
    Edward, April 8, 1661;
    Richard, Dec. 21, 1663;
    Sarah, 21st day, 1st month, 1666;
    Rebecca, 13th day, 2d month, 1668;
    Jonathan, Aug. 27, 1670; and
    Elizabeth, 28th day, 5th month, 1679.

     
     

    Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts by Henry Bond, published by Little, Brown & Co., 1855

     
     

    Edward Park (son of Thomas), d. in Newton, Mar. 1, 1745, aged 84. Chil. by wife Martha (Fiske).
    1. Martha, b. May 16, 1699.
    2. Edward, b. Ap. 18, 1701
    3. Thomas, b. 1703; a weaver, and a selectman of Newton
    4. Nathan, went to Uxbridge.

     

     

         

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