Husband Amos FISHER
Born:
Christened: 26 Apr 1594 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: 18 Apr 1671 - Custridge Hall, Wesley, Essex, England
Buried:
Father: Anthony FISHER (1558-1640)
Mother: Mary FISKE (Abt 1561-1650)
Marriage: 24 Sep 1633 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Other Spouse: Christian EDWARDS ( - )
Wife Ann (Maurice) LOCKE
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General Notes (Husband)
He went to Massachusetts, lived at Dedham.
Candler said he was farmer to Custrichhall in Weely in Essex, contradictory. Means he managed a farming estate in England.
He didn't go to Massachusetts. He was named in the 1636 will of his brother John and the 1638 will of his brother Cornelius. His own will, dated 8 Feb 1659/60 (proved 23 aug 1660) gave his residence as Weeley,ESsex, and occupation as yeoman. In the will he named properties in Syleham, suffolk, and St. Osyth, Essex. His named heirs included children Amos Cornelius, John, and Hannah Fisher.
General Notes (Wife)
I have two well researched versions of the name of Amos' wife; both married him on the same day, both had first name Anne. NEHGR 1997 sorts them out. Ann (Maurce Locke, widow of Daniel Locke.
Husband John FORDER
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Marriage: 8 Jul 1546 - Wingfield, Suffolk, England
Wife Anne (Amy, Amye) FISHER
Born: Abt 1525 - prob Syleham, Suffolk, England
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Father: Robert FISHER (Abt 1495-Bef 1563)
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Children
General Notes (Wife)
Named in the 1591 will of her brother William.
Husband Anthony FISHER
Born: 1 Feb 1558 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Christened: 1 Feb 1558 - Stradbrooke, Suffolk, England
Died: 11 Apr 1640 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Buried: 11 Apr 1640 - Syleham, Weymouth, Suffolk, England
Father: William FISHER (Abt 1527- )
Mother: Margerie BERT (Abt 1524- )
Marriage: 16 Oct 1586 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Wife Mary FISKE
Born: Abt 1561
Christened:
Died: 16 Jan 1650 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Father: Nicholas FISKE (Abt 1517-1569)
Mother: Joan CRISPE (Abt 1527- )
Other Spouse: John RIGBY ( - )
Other Spouse: Edward BRECK ( - )
Children
1 M Deacon Joshua FISHER
Born:
Christened: 24 Feb 1587-24 Feb 1588 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: 9 Nov 1674 - Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Ann ORSOR ( -1676)
Marr: 7 Feb 1638-7 Feb 1639 - Syleham, Weymouth, Suffolk, England
Spouse: Elizabeth ( - )
2 F Mary FISHER
Born:
Christened: 28 Nov 1589 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: - England
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Spouse: Roger William BRIGGE (BRIDGES) ( -1665)
Marr: 25 Apr 1626 - Denningham, Suffolk, England
3 M Anthony FISHER
Born:
Christened: 23 Apr 1591 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: 18 Apr 1671 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Alice ( - )
Marr: Abt 1615 - England
Spouse: Isabelle BRECK (RIGBY) ( -1673)
Marr: 14 Sep 1663 - Dorchester, Massachusetts
4 M Amos FISHER
Born:
Christened: 26 Apr 1594 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: 18 Apr 1671 - Custridge Hall, Wesley, Essex, England
Buried:
Spouse: Ann (Maurice) LOCKE ( - )
Marr: 24 Sep 1633 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Spouse: Christian EDWARDS ( - )
5 F Martha FISHER
Born:
Christened: 15 Jan 1595-15 Jan 1596 - Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
Died:
Buried: 31 Mar 1659 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Spouse: John BUCKENHAM ( -1678)
6 M John FISHER
Born:
Christened: 15 Sep 1597 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: 4 Sep 1636 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Buried:
7 M Cornelius FISHER
Born:
Christened: 19 Aug 1599 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: 1640-1641 - England
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Spouse: Elizabeth THAXTER ( - )
Marr: 22 Sep 1630 - St. Michael, Thorn, Norwich, Norfolk, England
8 F Hester FISHER
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Buried: 6 Feb 1607-6 Feb 1608 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
General Notes (Husband)
Anthony was named in various wills. In 1591, his father William mentioned that he had already given land to Anthony, and that other lands, in Syleham (among them Wignotts) should be Anthony's after his mother's death. Anthony's brother William, in 1618, named Anthony and his children. Anthony and Mary's son John in 1636 gave annuities to his parents, as did their son Cornelius in 1638. After Anthony's death his widwow Mary was appointed administratrix of his estate, 19 Apr 1640.
General Notes (Wife)
Mary Fiske's ancestors are consistently found in the neighborhood of Laxfield, Suffolk, England, from the time of the Norman conquest. May have been there since the 9th century. Name means fish. One village where they lived was given a Germanic name for salmon lake. The Fisher family is as old in the same area.
Candler, a cousin, in a contemporary genealogical manuscript, says she married ___ Fisher of Syleham
Their position ranged from simple village yeomen to sheriff, and a different line may at a late date have become lords of a small manor. .Some of the family were wealthy clothiers. Mary's immediate ancestors were wheelwrights/ artisians, very prosperous, some sent sons to university to train for the clergy, and, partly because they also had Puritan leanings, some of those became Puritan clergy. One line of the family seems to have sent most of the numerous Fiske's that went to New England. This line contained a number of people who were fanatical Puritans and were severely persecuted for their cause.
Sources are an article in NEHGS, July 1997 (possibly see below), Sandra Wamsley (cited)
http://www.fiskes.co.uk/Richards_descendants.htm - Fiske Family Papers; web site on Fiske family of Suffolk, England, which reports extensive research in the parish and probate records for Laxfield and vicinity.
A posting in the [email protected] mailing list by Todd A. Farmerie in November 2004
REF: NEHGS vol151:292 and 300 (1997) articles on the ancestors of the Fishers of Dedham MS
The identity of Mary Fiske's parents is controversial. Several works on the family have advanced different reconstructions of the wills, court documents and church records from the area.
Here is the beginning of the 1932 NEHGR article on the Fiske family. (Article continues in installments over three years.) The article summarizes the earlier sources of information on the Suffolk roots of thsi family, then develops its own very different family tree.
A series of articles in 1997 NEHGR Anthony Fisher family, the Crispe family, and another family ancestral to Mary Fiske, identifies Mary's mother and changes which wife of her father was her mother. However they present no new arguments or information on the identity of her father, instead they refer to Moriarty's 1932-34 work.
The ancient Suffolk family of Fiske adn its connection with New England have long been known, and two books ... have been published about the family.
Fiske and Fish Family, by Frederick Clifton Pierce, Chicago, at Ancestry.com, and
The Fiske Family Papers, Henry Ffiske, in the family history collection at Brigham Young University libraries.
In spite of this the pedigree of the family has remained in great confusion and presents many difficulties... The American book is, in so far as teh pages dealing with the family in Enlgand are concerned, of little value, as teh very brief summaries of the wills there given contain numerous errors and omit many important details relating to the estates of the testators ... while the conclusions of the compiler are often incorrect. The Enlgish book contains much valuable material, but it is not as carefully compiled as it should be, with the result taht the pedigrees therein are often erroneous and misleading. From early times the family was very prolific, and the records... very voluminous and therefore confusing. In the American book the progenitor of the family in the fifteenth century, one branch of whose descendants became lords of the Manor of Stodleigh in Laxfield... is styled "Lord Symon Fiske", the compiler evidently being under teh impression that the lord of a manor and his remote ancestors were peers of the realm and entitled to be called "Lords". In the sixteenth century th ancestors of the American family exercised the useful but hardly noble calling of wheelwrights...
The pedigree of the branch which sent several members to America has been preserved in teh Candler Manuscripts, the better copy of which is in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Matthias and Philip Candler, who were descendants of this branch and lived in the middle of the seventeenth century, were excellent genealogists, and they were sufficiently near the persons of whom tehy wrote to know the facts. The pedigree of the Laxfield-New England Fiskes, as given by the Candlers, begins with a certain Richard Fiske, who was living in the Braodgates of Laxfield in the middle of the sixteenth century." (Following is a discussion of why this Richard was teh son of Simon Fiske of Laxfield who wrote a will in 1536.) The ancestors of teh New England Fiskes were ntoable for their adherence to the Reformed Religion... At the time of the settlement of New Engalnd the Fiskes were a family of exceedingly prosperous artisians and yeomen, who sent several of their sons to the unversities, whence they went forth to become Puritan ministers."
Fiske and Fisk genealogy (Peirce) identifies Mary as the daughter of William Fiske and Anna Anstye (a number of variations of that last name exist), son of Robert Fiske and Sybilla (Gould) Barber. She is now identified as the daughter of this Robert's brother Nicholas Fiske and Joane Crispe.
There seem to have been a bunch of brothers. We seem to know they were brothers but they seem to have quite a number of fathers. The brothers include Robert, who married Sibylla (Gould) Barber, both of whom were persecuted for their Puritan beliefs; whose descendants include a grandson who wrote the Candler Manuscript, John Locke, quite a number of Fiske's who went to New England, including an outstanding minister and scholar who'd been persecuted in England, some fanatics, and three members of teh jury in the Salem witch trials; William, who was persecuted for his beliefs and whose grandson was executed at Bury St. Edmonds for killing his father;, Richard, who was persecuted for his beliefs, and Nicholas, who Foxe wrote in his book of martyrs was a brother in law of a Noyes of Suffolk who was burned at the stake.
Mary Fiske who married Anthony Fisher is variously supposed to have been a granddaughter of Robert, and the daughter of Nicholas. The theory that she is the daughter of Nicholas is more current and currently the accepted version, and I'm going by the family as put together by Moriarty in the NEHGR articles.
It does seem that every version on teh Internet, some of them put together on solid research, comes to slightly different conclusions.
General Notes for Child Deacon Joshua FISHER
Candler said he "went with his family into New-England". He was of Dedham MA (Savage Genealogical dictionary)
General Notes for Child Mary FISHER
She may have been buried in Dennington on 17 Dec 1660.
General Notes for Child Anthony FISHER
Candler said he went with his family to New England.
From Savage:
ANTHONY, Dorchester, call. sen. freem. 1645, was selectman 1646; d. 1671, in his 80th yr. Says Blake. He had m. 14 Nov. 1663, as sec. w. Isabel, w. of Edward Breck. His inv. of 12 May 1671 was ret. by s. Daniel and Nathaniel, and in July foll. they, with Cornelius, sis. Joanna, wid. of his s. Anthony and Daniel Morse, wh. m. Lydia, ano. sis., all b. in Eng., div. the est.
ANTHONY, Dedham 1637, b. at Syleham, near Eye in Co. Suff. on the border of Norf. eldest son of the preced. ar. co. 1644, freem. perhaps 1646, d. 13 Feb. 1670. In his inv. taken 7 Apr. 1670, he is call. late of Dorchester, yet perhaps he had never rem. from Dedham, bef. some recent day. He m. 7 Sept. 1647, Joanna Faxon, prob. sis. of Richard, had Mehitable, b. 27 June 1648; Josiah, 1 May 1654; Sarah, 27 Oct. 1658; and Elizabeth 18 Sept. 1669. The wid. long surv. and d. 16 Oct. 1694. It is not easy to discrimin. betw. these two Anthonies, both call. late of Dorchester, where ea. had lds. d. so near in time, or to resolve wh. was freem. in 1645, wh. in 1646.
From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sunnyann/fisher.html by P. Davidson Peters - he has the Anthony Fisher's mixed up, and I do not know if the Fiske's are really of aristocratic descent.
Anthony Fisher was at syleham until atleast 1623. In Denton, Norfolk, about six miles from Syleham, in 1626 and 1629, the baptisms of two children of Anthony and alice were ercorded. In March, 1636, according to the will of his brother John, he was still living in Denton. anthony arrived in New England probably in 1637. First record of him in the colonies is 18 Jul 1637, when he appears on a list of those accepted by the town authorities in Dedham.
Anthony Fisher, son of Anthony and Mary Ann (Fiske), had been baptized in Syleham, county of Suffolk, England in April of 1591. In 1637 Anthony Fisher, his wife Mary (Buckingham), and their children Anthony, Cornelius, Nathaniel, Daniel, Lydia, and John came to Boston, departing most likely from Yarmouth in the ship Rose, and arrived in the last week of June. They settled in Dedham and subscribed to its covenant on July 18th of that year.
Mary Ann (Fiske) had descended from an ancient family who, until a recent period, had its seat and manorial lands in Laxfield, in the county of Suffolk, England. Lord Symond Fiske, the grandson of Daniel, was Lord of the Manor of Standhaugh, parish of Laxfield, and had lived during the reign of Henry IV and VI (1399-1422). His eldest son William had lived during the reign of Henry VI, Richard III, and Henry VII, and died about 1504. His grandson Robert had fled England with his family during the religious persecution, returned, and later married Sybil Gould who had been in great danger as had her sister Isabell Gould, who had been held in the Castle Norwich. Had Sybil's brothers not had such powerful influence in the county, it is believed by Sybil might not have escaped death.
The emigrant Anthony Fisher was said to have had a proud and haughty nature so that although his wife Mary (Buckingham) had joined the Dedham Church in March of 1642, he was not comfortably accepted until some time later. He was, however, made freeman in May of 1645 and had been chosen Selectman to act in town affairs in Dedham between the year 1646 and 1647, two years later became Deputy to the General Court, and in 1660 was County Commissioner. When he died in his 80th year on April 18th of 1671 in Dorchester it was said of him that he was "an Englishman of strong and positive character, and that for the times, he had liberal means and was considered favorable by his fellow-settlers and citizens." He and Mary's children were Anthony, Cornelius, Nathaniel, Daniel, Lydia, and John Fisher.
General Notes for Child Amos FISHER
He went to Massachusetts, lived at Dedham.
Candler said he was farmer to Custrichhall in Weely in Essex, contradictory. Means he managed a farming estate in England.
He didn't go to Massachusetts. He was named in the 1636 will of his brother John and the 1638 will of his brother Cornelius. His own will, dated 8 Feb 1659/60 (proved 23 aug 1660) gave his residence as Weeley,ESsex, and occupation as yeoman. In the will he named properties in Syleham, suffolk, and St. Osyth, Essex. His named heirs included children Amos Cornelius, John, and Hannah Fisher.
General Notes for Child John FISHER
A clothier. In his will, dated 28 March 1636, and proved 30 Oct 1636, he mentioned no wife or children, bu gave legacies to "Joshua Fisher of Harleston my brother", "Martha Fisher my sister of Silham", "Mary Brigges of Dinningtonmy sister the wife of Roger Brigges", "John Fisher the sonne of Joshua Fisher of Harleston my brother", and "Cornelius Fisher sonne of Anthony Fisher of Denton my brother". He named also his brothers Amos and Cornelius and gave an annuity of 5 pounds 2 sto his father and mother.
General Notes for Child Cornelius FISHER
Teacher at the school at East Bergholdt.
Matriculated, sizar from Emmanuel, Easter, 1616, BA, 1620, MA, 1625.
In the spring of 1616, he joined the University of Cambridge and took an oat of loyalty to his alma mater, Emmanuel College. He must havbe been a student of few means since an undergraduate admitted under teh designation "Sizar" would have received an allowance from his college to enable him to study. A sizar would have carried out certain duties now performed by college servants. He worked in East Bergholt after having worked as a clerk (clergyman).
Cornelius's MA degree was not a higher degree in the modern sense. Even today, all bachelors degree graduates of Oxford and Cambride automatically receive an MA after several years, providing they are of good character, no exam required.
In his will of 23 May 1638, heis occupation "Clerke", he gae his wife Elizabet land in East Bergholt and also his "part right in one Tenement called Wignotte in Sileham, Suffolk, she yeelding adn paynge to my Father and mother Annuall Rents." Wignotte(s) had been in the family for at least three generations before Cornelius. In his will he named no children, but gave legacies to his brothers Joshua, Anthony, and Amos, and his "sisters Marie Briggs and Martha Buckingham".
General Notes for Child Hester FISHER
"probably" of this family in 1997 NEHGR article. born say 1601, buried at Syleham 6 Feb 1607/8. Note that her probable brother Joshua named a daughter Hester.
Husband Cornelius FISHER
Born:
Christened: 16 Aug 1629 - Denton, Norfolk, England
Died: 2 Jun 1699 - Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Father: Anthony FISHER (1591-1671)
Mother: Alice ( - )
Marriage: 22 Feb 1652-22 Feb 1653 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Other Spouse: Sarah EVERETT (1644-1674) - 25 Aug 1665 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Wife Leah HEATON
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Died: 12 Jan 1664-12 Jan 1665 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Husband Cornelius FISHER
Born:
Christened: 19 Aug 1599 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: 1640-1641 - England
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Father: Anthony FISHER (1558-1640)
Mother: Mary FISKE (Abt 1561-1650)
Marriage: 22 Sep 1630 - St. Michael, Thorn, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Wife Elizabeth THAXTER
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General Notes (Husband)
Teacher at the school at East Bergholdt.
Matriculated, sizar from Emmanuel, Easter, 1616, BA, 1620, MA, 1625.
In the spring of 1616, he joined the University of Cambridge and took an oat of loyalty to his alma mater, Emmanuel College. He must havbe been a student of few means since an undergraduate admitted under teh designation "Sizar" would have received an allowance from his college to enable him to study. A sizar would have carried out certain duties now performed by college servants. He worked in East Bergholt after having worked as a clerk (clergyman).
Cornelius's MA degree was not a higher degree in the modern sense. Even today, all bachelors degree graduates of Oxford and Cambride automatically receive an MA after several years, providing they are of good character, no exam required.
In his will of 23 May 1638, heis occupation "Clerke", he gae his wife Elizabet land in East Bergholt and also his "part right in one Tenement called Wignotte in Sileham, Suffolk, she yeelding adn paynge to my Father and mother Annuall Rents." Wignotte(s) had been in the family for at least three generations before Cornelius. In his will he named no children, but gave legacies to his brothers Joshua, Anthony, and Amos, and his "sisters Marie Briggs and Martha Buckingham".
General Notes (Wife)
The right side of the transcript is missing, cutting off the last letter in Elizabeth's surname - it reads "Thaxte". The original registers of St. Michael at Thorn were destroyed along with the church in WWII.
Husband Daniel FISHER
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Wife Abigail MORSE
Born: 1611 - , Redgrave, Suffolk, England
Christened: 1611 - Redgrave, Suffolk, England
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Father: Samuel MORSE (1576-1654)
Mother: Elizabeth JASPER (1578-1655)
Children
Husband DAniel FISHER
Born:
Christened: 4 Jun 1618 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: 8 Oct 1683 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Father: Anthony FISHER (1591-1671)
Mother: Alice ( - )
Marriage: 17 Nov 1641 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Wife Abigail MARRIOTT
Born:
Christened: 11 May 1623 - St. Stephen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died: 11 Oct 1683 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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General Notes (Wife)
Other versions of her name are Marret and Morse.
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Wife Hester FISHER
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Buried: 6 Feb 1607-6 Feb 1608 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Father: Anthony FISHER (1558-1640)
Mother: Mary FISKE (Abt 1561-1650)
Children
General Notes (Wife)
"probably" of this family in 1997 NEHGR article. born say 1601, buried at Syleham 6 Feb 1607/8. Note that her probable brother Joshua named a daughter Hester.
Husband Francis WOLNAUGHE
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Marriage: 21 Apr 1585 - Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
Wife Jane FISHER
Born:
Christened: 15 Dec 1560 - Stradbroke, Suffolk, England
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Buried: 15 Oct 1626 - Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
Father: William FISHER (Abt 1527- )
Mother: Margerie BERT (Abt 1524- )
Children
Husband John FISHER
Born:
Christened: 15 Sep 1597 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
Died: 4 Sep 1636 - Syleham, Suffolk, England
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Father: Anthony FISHER (1558-1640)
Mother: Mary FISKE (Abt 1561-1650)
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General Notes (Husband)
A clothier. In his will, dated 28 March 1636, and proved 30 Oct 1636, he mentioned no wife or children, bu gave legacies to "Joshua Fisher of Harleston my brother", "Martha Fisher my sister of Silham", "Mary Brigges of Dinningtonmy sister the wife of Roger Brigges", "John Fisher the sonne of Joshua Fisher of Harleston my brother", and "Cornelius Fisher sonne of Anthony Fisher of Denton my brother". He named also his brothers Amos and Cornelius and gave an annuity of 5 pounds 2 sto his father and mother.