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Deacon Nathan Fiske

Deacons played a respected and important role in early New England churches. They sat in a raised pew near the pulpit and had special duties during communion.

Deacon Nathan Fiske was born on January 3, 1672/73 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Lieutenant Nathan Fiske and Elizabeth Fry.  

His married Sarah Coolidge on October 14, 1696 in Watertown. Sarah was born on June 27, 1680. She was the daughter of Ensign John Coolidge.

Nathan and Sarah's children were Sarah Fiske (November 4, 1698), Elizabeth Fiske, Nathan Fiske (February 25, 1701/02), Josiah Fiske (October 10, 1704), Henry Fiske (Janaury 24, 1706/07), Daniel Fiske (August 19, 1709), Samuel Fiske (February 16, 1711/12), Grace Fiske (May 9, 1714) and Hannah Fiske Smith (May 19, 1719).

Sarah died on November 27, 1723.

On May 22, 1729 Deacon Nathan married Hannah Coolidge Smith the widow of Daniel Smith, Jr. and the daughter of Simon Coolidge.

He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Watertown. (Arlington Street Burying Ground)

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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    Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter

    (III) Nathan Fiske, son of Lieutenant Nathan and Elizabeth (Fry) Fiske, and familiarly known as Deacon Nathan, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, January 3, 1673. He married (first) Sarah (1678-1723), daughter of Ensign John Coolidge. of Watertown, and (second) on May 22, 1729, Hannah Coolidge Smith, daughter of Simon Coolidge, and widow of Daniel Smith, Jr. He was made a deacon of the church at Watertown before 1717. He died January 26, 1741, and his wife Hannah died in October, 1750.

    The children of Deacon Nathan and Sarah (Coolidge) Fiske were:
    Sarah, born 1697, died 1713;
    Elizabeth, died young;
    Nathan, born February 25, 1701, married (first) Anne Warren, and as his second wife Mary Fiske, of Sudbury;
    Josiah, born October 10, 1704, married Sarah, daughter of John and Anne (Tarbell) Lawrence, of Lexington;
    Henry, born January 24, 1706, married Mary Stone;
    Daniel, born August 19, 1709, married (first) Deliverance Brown, and (second) Jemima Shaw;
    Samuel, born February 16, 1711, married Lydia Bond;
    Grace, born May 9, 1714, married Benjamin Goddard, of Shrewsbury;
    Hannah, born May 19, 1719, married William J. Smith, Jr., of Weston, died September 2, 1813.

     

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