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[545] 6. John, s. of Thomas (2), res. in Chs. and d. 17 Oct. 1772, a. nearly 73. 7. Edward, s. of John (3), m. Susanna——, and had Edward, b. 8 June 1749; Sarah, b. 29 Oct. 1752; Elizabeth, b. 5 Jan. 1755; Ruth, b. 25 Oct. 1757; and perhaps others. His w. Susanna d. 23 June 1772, and he m. (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Stearns 7 Dec. 1775. He d. 16 June 1793. 8. Isaac, s. of Isaac (5), m.—— ——, and had John, bap. 24 Nov. 1745; Hannah, bap. 26 Ap. 1747; Mary, bap. 6 May 1750; Elizabeth, bap. 12 Ap. 1752; Rebecca, bap. 1 Dec. 1754, d. young; Rebecca, bap. 5 Sept. 1759; Thomas, hap. 5 Sept. 1762. 9. Richard, s. of Isaac (5), m. Mehetabel——, and had James, b. 23 Nov. 1751; Samuel, b. 27 Nov. 1753, m. Mary Pitts 9 Nov. 1775; a child, b. and d. 3 June 1756; Richard and Mehetabel, twins, bap. 11 May 1758, of whom the first d. 25 Feb. 1759, and the other d. young; Mehetabel, b. 28 Jan. 1761. Richard the f. d. (in the army) at Kittery 20 Nov. 1762; his w. Mehetabel d. prob. 1764 (administration granted 8 Oct.). 10. Thomas, prob. s. of Isaac (5), m.—— ——, and had Hannah, bap. 25 Oct. 1772, m. Josiah Morse 12 May 1793; she d. and he m. Hannah Brown 1 Dec. 1778, and had Thomas, bap. 3 Oct. 1779; Dorcas and Susanna, twins, bap. 21 Ap. 1782; John, bap. 11 July 1784; James, bap. 20 Aug. 1786; Elizabeth, bap. 20 July 1788; Leonard, bap. 28 Feb. 1790. His w. Hannah d. 3 Oct. 1797, a. 47. Rebecca, wid. of Thomas Fillebrown, who d. at West Camb. 18 Aug. 1840, a. 85, was perhaps his third wife. 11. Edward, perhaps s. of Edward (7), m. Lydia Prentice 23 Aug. 1770, and had Lydia, bap. 16 June 1771, m. Nathaniel P. Watson 9 Feb. 1797; Edward, bap. 20 Sept. 1772; Jonas, bap. 22 June 1777. Edward the f. was a tanner, and res. on the westerly side of North Avenue, not far southerly from Linn$ean Street. He d. 9 July 1798, a. 54 (so the age is expressed on the gravestone; but if this be correct, he was not the son of Edward, 7). His w. Lydia d. 2 Dec. 1832, a. 87. 12. James, s. of Richard (9), m. Elizabeth Prentice 5 June 1774; she d. and he m. wid. Phebe Barnard 24 May 1798. His children were James, b. 3 Nov. 1774; Elizabeth, b. 26 Sept. 1778, m. Joseph Seaver Sept. 1795; Samuel Sprague, b. 30 Nov. 1780; Richard, b. 8 Aug. 1783, m. Charlotte Lowe 26 May 1819, and d. 31 May 1829; John, b. 25 May 1786, prob. m. Joanna Morrison 2 June 1816, and d. 24 Dec. 1839; Silas Barnard, b. 15 Aug. 1799, m. Rebecca R. Richardson 4 July 1824, and d. 27 April 1857; William Jenks, b. 29 Jan. 1802. James the f. res. on the easterly side of Holyoke Street, between Harvard and Mount Auburn streets, and d. 22 Oct. 1816, a. 65. His w. Phebe d. 28 Nov. 1851, a. 92. 13. Edward, s. of Edward (11), m. Elizabeth Barrett 16 Ap. 1801, had Elizabeth, b. 20 Ap. 1806, and perhaps others, and d. 13 July 1817, a. 45. 14. Jonas, s. of Edward (11), m. Mary——, and had Mary, b. Aug. 1799. He d. 19 Nov. 1799, a. 22. 15. James, s. of James (12), m. Elizabeth Newland 2 Ap. 1795, and had Elizabeth, b. 24 June 1797; Mary, named in her grandfather's will, and living in 1816. James the f. d. on a voyage to the N. W. coast within the year previous to Sept. 1805, when his wid. Elizabeth was appointed admx. 16. Samuel Sprague, s. of James (12), was prob. the same who is called Samuel, on the Record, and by w. Dorcas had Elmira, b. 28 Mar. 1806, d. Ap. 1806. He d. before 10 May 1816, leaving children to whom bequests were made by their grandfather. This family resided principally near the line between Camb, and Chs., and many of the births were not recorded in either town. Very little is to be gleaned from the Probate Records, to assist in determining the true line of descent. I apprehend there may be errors in the foregoing sketch. Fisher, Thomas, in 1635 res. at the N. W. corner of Holyoke and South streets. He rem. early, but would seem not to have settled in Hartford, as he forfeited his lot there. Hinman. Fiske, David, of Watertown, freeman 1638, d. 1661 leaving son David and dau.——Fitch. 35
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