An American Family History

William Fiske and Eunice Jennings

Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Quabbin (later called Greenwich), Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut

Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1749 and dissolved in 1938. It was renamed from Quabbin in 1754 .

Connecticut's first European settlers were Dutch.

William Fiske and Eunice Jennings married on November 3, 1708 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

William Fiske, Jr. was born on April 20, 1709 in Watertown. Hannah Fiske Powers was born on April 20, 1712 in Quabbin..

About 1714 the family moved to Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut.

Their last two children were born in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. Stephen Fiske was born on September 14, 1714 and Nathan Fiske was born on February 13, 1722/23.

William died in 1750 in Willington, Connecticut.

Eunice remarried in 1754.

Watertown was settled in 1630 by English Puritans in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

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.

Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was first known as Danforth’s Farms. In 1701 the Framingham Church was organized with the Rev. John Swift as the town's first minister. In 1706 the town hired its first schoolmaster and in 1716 the first schoolhouse was built.

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