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Deacon William Roby Fisk

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Deacon William Roby Fisk

Birth
Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Death
18 Jul 1868 (aged 91)
Parksville, Sullivan County, New York, USA
Burial
Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York, USA Add to Map
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ae 91-3-27

From Fiske and Fisk Family, Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1896:

#915. Dea. William Roby Fiske, b. Williamstown, Vt., May 30, 1779; m. there Dec. 4, 1800, Hannah Martin, b. 1781; d. Sept. 1824. William Fiske, third son of Judge Jonathan Fiske, resided as a merchant in Williamstown, where he ws married by his father to Hannah Martin. In 1816-17 he removed thence to Newburgh, N.Y., where his eldest brother had been engaged in the practice of law, and there remained about three years, when he removed to the town of Liberty, Sullivan County, N.Y., and drove the stakes of his future home in what was then the depth of a primeval forest, but which is now the site of a flourishing village called Parksville. He cut down the first tree and erected the first building in the place. An original settler, he was for many years one of the leading men of the town; a deacon of the Baptist Church. During the latter years of his life he was surrounded by many of his descendants, venerable in years and greatly esteemed in the community. Nine of his grandsons did good and loyal service in the Union armies. He d. July, 1867, in Parksville, N.Y.; res. Williamstown, Vt., Newburgh and Parksville, N.Y.

ae 91-3-27

From Fiske and Fisk Family, Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1896:

#915. Dea. William Roby Fiske, b. Williamstown, Vt., May 30, 1779; m. there Dec. 4, 1800, Hannah Martin, b. 1781; d. Sept. 1824. William Fiske, third son of Judge Jonathan Fiske, resided as a merchant in Williamstown, where he ws married by his father to Hannah Martin. In 1816-17 he removed thence to Newburgh, N.Y., where his eldest brother had been engaged in the practice of law, and there remained about three years, when he removed to the town of Liberty, Sullivan County, N.Y., and drove the stakes of his future home in what was then the depth of a primeval forest, but which is now the site of a flourishing village called Parksville. He cut down the first tree and erected the first building in the place. An original settler, he was for many years one of the leading men of the town; a deacon of the Baptist Church. During the latter years of his life he was surrounded by many of his descendants, venerable in years and greatly esteemed in the community. Nine of his grandsons did good and loyal service in the Union armies. He d. July, 1867, in Parksville, N.Y.; res. Williamstown, Vt., Newburgh and Parksville, N.Y.

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Brother Jonathan Fisk is FindAGrave #7254946

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