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Nicholas Fiske & Johan Crispe, Laxfield, Suffolk, England, 1500s

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Quite a lot of genealogical research has been done through the years on both the Fiske family and the Crispes, early in Suffolk, England. The most recent article was published in NEHGS’s The Register 151:291-299, William Crispe of Laxfield, Suffolk, Great Grandfather of Anthony and Joshua Fisher of Dedham, Massachusetts by Clifford L. Stott.

From this article, family sketches of the Fiske and Crispe families can be compiled.

Nicholas Fiske was born c1522, the son of Geoffrey Fiske and Alice Dalling, and died at Dennington, Suffolk, England between 20 August 1569 – 28 September 1569, the dates at which he wrote his will and its probate.

Nicholas married Johan Crispe, who survived him, c1547. she was the daughter of William Crispe and Anne Godbold, also of Laxfield, Suffolk, England.

Nicholas and Johan were the parents of six children:

  1. William, born c1549; died between 13 August 1580 – 22 November 1580, the dates on which he wrote his will and its probate; married Helen Payne, 27 September 1574, Dennington, Suffolk, England. Helen survived her husband.
  2. Amos, born c1551; buried 31 May1612, Dennington, Suffolk, England; married Mary Girling, 17 October 1574, Dennington, Suffolk, England. Amos wrote his will on 28 May 1612 and it was probated barely a week later on 7 June 1612.
  3. Rachel, born c1554; died before 20 March 1578/79, as she is not mentioned n her sister Esther’s will, while the other siblings are
  4. Esther, born c1556; died about 20 March 1578/79 when she made a noncupative will as a single woman. The will was proved the following day by her brother Amos Fiske, executor.
  5. Mary, born c1561; died after 1640 when she served as administratrix of her husband’s estate; married Anthony Fisher, 16 October 1586, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England. Anthony and Mary are the parents of brothers Anthony and Joshua Fisher who settled in Dedham, Massachusetts.
  6. Martha, born c1563; married Robert Golding, 2 November 1609, Syleham, Suffolk, England

G. Andrews Moriarty published the extensive article “The Fiske Family,” in The Register 86:40-45, 141-146, 217-224, 367-374 and 88: 142-146, 265-273 and 92:177-183 and 287-288.

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Geoffrey Fiske & Alice Dalling, Laxfield, Suffolk, England, late 1400s

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Geoffrey Fiske was born c1472, the son of Geoffrey Fiske and an unknown wife. He married Alice Dalling, as proved in the 1536 will of Alice’s brother, William Dalling.

Geoffrey and Alice were the parents of seven children:

  1. Jeremy, born c1503; no further record except mentioned by Rev. Matthias Candler in the Fiske Family Pedigree and otherwise undocumented
  2. William, born c1506; buried 6 January 1578/79, St. Michael, South Elmham, Suffolk, England; married Unknown (MNU)
  3. Jeffrey, born c1509; ; buried 29 April 1591, Laxfield, Suffolk, England; married Christian Crispe, before 22 November 1544, the date of her father John Crispe’s will
  4. George, born c1512; died between 25 March 1593 and 7 April 1593, the dates of a codicil to his will and the probate, in Westhall, Suffolk, England; married Anne Dowsing, daughter of Robert Dowsing
  5. Nicholas, born c1515; died between 20 August 1569 and 28 September 1569, the dates of his will and probate; married Joan Crispe, daughter of William Crispe and Anne Godbold
  6. John, born c1518; died between 31 January 1603/04 and 25 February 1603/04, the dates of his will and probate; married Margaret Crispe, sister of his brother’s wife, Joan Crispe
  7. Robert, born c1521; died between 10 April 1590 and 28July 1602, the dates of his will and probate; married (1) Sybil (Gold) Barber (2) Joan (MNU)
  8. Richard, born c1524; died between 7 September 1572 and 5 November 1572, the dates of his will and probate; married Agnes Crispe, daughter of Edmund Crispe. Richard was not on Candler’s list of children.

Rev. Matthias Candler also stated in his work that Geoffrey had eleven sons. If so, the others died young, but there is no documentation provided for their existence.

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Geoffrey Fiske, born c1426, Laxfield, Suffolk, England

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Geoffrey Fiske was born c1426, the son of Simon Fiske and an unknown first wife, of Laxfield, Suffolk, England.

He most likely married (1) Unknown (MNU) and then (2) Margaret, who wrote her own will on 4 May 1505 and proved just a week later on 13 May 1505. The wording of her will gives the appearance that the children named were those of her husband and not her own.

More details are known about the life of Geoffrey Fiske because he was involved in a number and land transactions with other family members.

NOTE: See A Re-Examination of the Fiske Families of Suffolk, England, Ancestral to Some Early New England Families by Myrtle Stevens Hide, published in The Register 170: 223-232, 339-346 and concluded in 171-70-77.

Children of Geoffrey Fiske and Unknown (MNU):

  1. Simon, born c1452; died between 25 June 1505, the date of his will, and 18 July 1505, the date of probate, Preston, Suffolk, England; married (1) Unknown (MNU) (2) Joan (MNU)
  2. [Master] John, born c1456; died between 2 October 1535 when he wrote his will calling himself Sir John Fiske, and 1536, when it was probated
  3. Johan, born c1460; named in her father’s 1504 will with no surname; perhaps married Unknown Lefechyld of Norwich, as Margaret Fiske named on Johane Lefechyld in her own 1504 will
  4. Maryon, born c1464; named in her father’s 1504 will with no surname
  5. Geoffrey, born c1472; died after 1544, the last time he was listed in the lay subsidy of Laxfield, Suffolk, England; married Alice Dalling, proved by the 1536 will of Alice’s brother, William Dalling

The next family sketch will be that of this Geoffrey Fiske, who married Alice Dalling.