Nathan Fiske was born on February 13, 1722/23 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. His parents were William Fiske and Eunice Jennings.
He married Eleanor (Elener) Whitney on February 14, 1743. Eleanor was born on April 2, 1727 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Josiah Whitney and Miriam Barrett.
Nathan and Eleanor's children included:
Nathan Fiske (1744, married Ruth Burt),
Josiah Fiske (1745, married Elizabeth Morse),
Stephen Fiske (1747),
Oliver Fiske (1750, died as an infant),
Sylvanus Fiske (1753), and Experience Fiske (1755).
He was the town clerk of Greenwich from 1748 to 1758.
Nathan died on March 21, 1788 in Greenwich. Eleanor died in 1827.
First printed in Boston 1745
Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1749 and dissolved in 1938. It was renamed from Quabbin in 1754 .
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
The town clerk was one of the first offices in colonial American towns. The clerk recorded births, marriages, and deaths.
Early European settlers in the American colonies were mostly farmers and craftsmen. They had to work hard to provide daily neccesities for themselves.
