William Fiske

1520-1579 · Laxfield, England

Born 1520, Laxfield, Suffolk, England

Died 1579

Father: Richard Fiske

Children include Mary

He was a son of Richard Fiske of the Broadgates in Laxfield, Suffolk, born about 1520, and a brother of Robert Fiske the wheelwright. He lived at St Michael, one of the South Elmham parishes. One account calls him a wheelwright too, and gives him the family story of fleeing for religion under Queen Mary.

He made his will on 10 October 1575 and added a codicil on 2 January 1579, shortly before he died. He left his daughter Gilyan Aldus his great feather bed, his daughter Margaret Bancrofte forty shillings, and his daughter Agnes Borroughe a cow and twenty shillings. The codicil gave twenty pence "to every grandchild of mine, and to Borrowghes children, 40 d. each." His unmarried daughter Mary was his residuary legatee and executrix. The will was proved on 30 January 1579.

Mary married Robert Lawter soon afterward. Their daughter Anne married John Fiske, a grandson of William's brother Robert.

Parents

Richard Fiske b. 1493

Children

Mary Fiske

Sources

Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine (1959), archive.org descendantsoftho00sumn, p. 137.

Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine (1959), archive.org descendantsoftho00sumn, p. 137, from Moriarty, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 86-88.

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