Ardelia Frances FISK

(30 JUL 1830-10 JAN 1868)

Father: Leonard FISK
Mother: Martha Patty MILLER

Family 1: Samuel Comfort BROWN

  1. + Mary Adelia BROWN

 
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
                        _Jacob FISK_________                                          
                       |(1755-___ ) m 1790                                            
                       |                                                              
 _Leonard FISK_________|                                                              
| (1791-1871) m 1821   |                                                              
|                      |                                                              
|                      |                                                              
|                      |_Mary WARFIELD______                                          
|                       (1760-___ ) m 1790                                            
|                                                                                     
|--Ardelia Frances FISK                                                               
|   (1830-1868)                                                               
|                                                                 _Ebenezer MILLER_
|                                                                |   (1664-1737)      
|                                            _John MILLER________|                        
|                                           |(1712-1792) m 1754  |_Sarah ALLEN_
|                                           |                        (1668-1748)      
|                       _Cyrus MILLER_______|                                         
|                      |                    |                     _Hezekiah ROOT_
|                      |                    |                    |   ( ___-1766)      
|                      |                    |_Martha ROOT________|                        
|                      |                     (1720-1805) m 1754  |_Martha BRIDGMAN_
|                      |                                             (1690-1759)      
|_Martha Patty MILLER__|                                                              
  (1794-1877) m 1821   |                                          _Gershom PHINNEY_
                       |                                         |( ___-1762) m 1725  
                       |                     _Isaac PHINNEY______|                        
                       |                    |(1733-1820) m 1754  |_Rebecca GRIFFITH_
                       |                    |                     (1703-1761) m 1725  
                       |_Sarah PHINNEY______|                                         
                        (1760-1859) m 1780  |                     _Nathan KENNEY_
                                            |                    |(1709-1754) m 1728  
                                            |_Elizabeth KENNEY___|                        
                                             (1734-1809) m 1754  |_Mercy SMITH_
                                                                  (1702-1744) m 1728  

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Arlene R. FISK

(12 NOV 1947-___ )

Family 1: Paul E. PORTER

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Arthur Leonard FISK

(21 FEB 1858-21 OCT 1923)

Father: Jacob Adorno FISK
Mother: Martha Ellen MEAD

Family 1: Carrie Matilda CLARK


 
                                             _Jacob FISK_________                     
                                            |(1755-___ ) m 1790                       
                       _Leonard FISK________|                                         
                      | (1791-1871) m 1821  |                                         
                      |                     |_Mary WARFIELD______                     
                      |                      (1760-___ ) m 1790                       
 _Jacob Adorno FISK___|                                                               
| (1825-1916) m 1852  |                                           _John MILLER_
|                     |                                          |(1712-1792) m 1754  
|                     |                      _Cyrus MILLER_______|                        
|                     |                     |(1757-1826) m 1780  |_Martha ROOT_
|                     |                     |                     (1720-1805) m 1754  
|                     |_Martha Patty MILLER_|                                         
|                       (1794-1877) m 1821  |                     _Isaac PHINNEY_
|                                           |                    |(1733-1820) m 1754  
|                                           |_Sarah PHINNEY______|                        
|                                            (1760-1859) m 1780  |_Elizabeth KENNEY_
|                                                                 (1734-1809) m 1754  
|--Arthur Leonard FISK                                                                
|   (1858-1923)                                                                
|                                                                                     
|                                                                                     
|                                                                                     
|                      _Levi MEAD___________                                          
|                     |                                                               
|                     |                                                               
|_Martha Ellen MEAD___|                                                               
  (1829-1909) m 1852  |                                                               
                      |                                                               
                      |_Martha P. WHEELER___                                          
                        (1799-1872) m 1818                                            
                                                                                      

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Asa B. FISK

(AUG 1836-11 DEC 1900)

Family 1: Ellen G. MASON

  1. + Ernest Wayne FISK

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Bertha Ellen FISK

(28 MAY 1934-6 FEB 1988)

Father: Errol Franklin FISK
Mother: Rosa Mae ELLIOT

Family 1: William Carlton ALLEN

  1. + Kathleen Jean ALLEN
  2. + Richard Carlton ALLEN
  3.   Russell William ALLEN
  4. + Ronald Wayne ALLEN
  5.   Robert Scott ALLEN

 
                                                                         _Leonard FISK_
                                                                        | (1791-1871) m 1821  
                                               _Washington Barrett FISK_|                         
                                              |   (1828-1864)           |_Martha Patty MILLER_
                                              |                           (1794-1877) m 1821  
                       _George Franklin FISK__|                                               
                      |  (1857-1926) m 1904   |                          _Eri PICKETT_
                      |                       |                         |   (1801-1882)       
                      |                       |_Nancy Abigail PICKETT___|                         
                      |                           (1832-1902)           |_Mary COTTRELL_
                      |                                                     (1797-1874)       
 _Errol Franklin FISK_|                                                                       
| (1905-1970) m 1920  |                                                                       
|                     |                        _David L. RIPLEY_________                      
|                     |                       |   (1829-1908) m 1862                          
|                     |_Lydia Jane RIPLEY_____|                                               
|                        (1863-1947) m 1904   |                                               
|                                             |_Mary E. RICHARDSON______                      
|                                                 (1834-1870) m 1862                          
|--Bertha Ellen FISK                                                                        
|   (1934-1988)                                                                        
|                                                                                             
|                                                                                             
|                                                                                             
|                      _William B. ELLIOTT____                                                
|                     |                                                                       
|                     |                                                                       
|_Rosa Mae ELLIOT_____|                                                                       
  (1904-1974) m 1920  |                                                                       
                      |                                                                       
                      |_Amy Estella CLEVELAND_                                                
                         (1864-1920) m 1879                                                   
                                                                                              

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Byron Eugene FISK (Title)

(16 DEC 1853-22 JUL 1920)

Father: Washington Barrett FISK
Mother: Nancy Abigail PICKETT

Family 1: Alice Sarah BARBER

  1. + Harry Eugene FISK
  2. + Ivan Lester FISKE

 
                                                 _Jacob FISK_________                     
                                                |(1755-___ ) m 1790                       
                           _Leonard FISK________|                                         
                          | (1791-1871) m 1821  |                                         
                          |                     |_Mary WARFIELD______                     
                          |                      (1760-___ ) m 1790                       
 _Washington Barrett FISK_|                                                               
|   (1828-1864)           |                                           _John MILLER_
|                         |                                          |(1712-1792) m 1754  
|                         |                      _Cyrus MILLER_______|                         
|                         |                     |(1757-1826) m 1780  |_Martha ROOT_
|                         |                     |                     (1720-1805) m 1754  
|                         |_Martha Patty MILLER_|                                         
|                           (1794-1877) m 1821  |                     _Isaac PHINNEY_
|                                               |                    |(1733-1820) m 1754  
|                                               |_Sarah PHINNEY______|                         
|                                                (1760-1859) m 1780  |_Elizabeth KENNEY_
|                                                                     (1734-1809) m 1754  
|--Byron Eugene FISK                                                                
|   (1853-1920)                                                                
|                                                                                         
|                                                                                         
|                                                                                         
|                          _Eri PICKETT_________                                          
|                         |                                                               
|                         |                                                               
|_Nancy Abigail PICKETT___|                                                               
    (1832-1902)           |                                                               
                          |                                                               
                          |_Mary COTTRELL_______                                          
                              (1797-1874)                                                 
                                                                                          

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Charles A. FISK

(14 DEC 1861-4 NOV 1909)

Family 1: Katherine Bertha LOVDAL

  1. + Ethel Lovdal FISK

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Charlotte Lavella FISK

(28 FEB 1831-20 FEB 1905)

Family 1: George H. PLATTS

  1. + Edith F. PLATTS

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Daniel FISK

(16 MAY 1765-25 OCT 1842)

Family 1: Huldah FISK

  1. + Austin FISKE

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David E. FISK

(1943-___ )

Father: Douglas Everett FISK
Mother: Rachel EMERY

Family 1: MARGIE

  1.   Jonathan FISK
  2.   Jeffrey FISK

 
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                        _Forest Winfield FISK_                                             
                       | (1889-1968) m 1908                                                
                       |                                                                   
 _Douglas Everett FISK_|                                                                   
| (1919-2013) m 1942   |                                                                   
|                      |                                                                   
|                      |                                                                   
|                      |_Emma Leonora JOHNSON_                                             
|                        (1887-1964) m 1908                                                
|                                                                                          
|--David E. FISK                                                                    
|   (1943-___ )                                                                    
|                                                                     _Madison Riley EMERY_
|                                                                    | (1834-1873) m 1856  
|                                              _Mason Ruben EMERY____|                        
|                                             | (1863-1937) m 1887   |_Laura Sophia SCOTT_
|                                             |                        (1835-1914) m 1856  
|                       _Maurice R. EMERY_____|                                            
|                      |                      |                       _Jacob SWEETING_
|                      |                      |                      |   (1830-1911)       
|                      |                      |_Florence N. SWEETING_|                        
|                      |                        (1864-1943) m 1887   |_Louisa SHARP_
|                      |                                                 (1838-1894)       
|_Rachel EMERY_________|                                                                   
  (1921-___ ) m 1942   |                                                                   
                       |                       _Charles KLENCK_______                      
                       |                      |   (1853-___ )                              
                       |_Elizabeth KLENCK_____|                                            
                         (1893-1981) m 1920   |                                            
                                              |_Elizabeth HOUCK______                      
                                                  (1864-___ )                              

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Donald FISK

(AFT 1930-BEF 1940)

Father: Gerald Ivan FISK
Mother: Charlotte Anna KEMP


 
                                                                    _Washington Barrett FISK_
                                                                   |   (1828-1864)           
                                            _Byron Eugene FISK_____|                         
                                           |  (1853-1920) m 1874   |_Nancy Abigail PICKETT_
                                           |                           (1832-1902)           
                       _Harry Eugene FISK__|                                                 
                      |(1880-1935) m 1901  |                        _Henry B. BARBER_
                      |                    |                       |   (1809-1877) m 1838    
                      |                    |_Alice Sarah BARBER____|                         
                      |                       (1850-1920) m 1874   |_Esther G. BARBER_
                      |                                                (1818-1884) m 1838    
 _Gerald Ivan FISK____|                                                                      
|   (1908-1982)       |                                                                      
|                     |                     _Paris Clark GREEN_____                          
|                     |                    |  (1857-1916) m 1876                             
|                     |_Viola Belle GREEN__|                                                 
|                      (1886-1922) m 1901  |                                                 
|                                          |_Lydia Amelia STEBBINS_                          
|                                             (1862-1924) m 1876                             
|--Donald FISK                                                                       
|   (1930-1940)                                                                       
|                                                                                            
|                                                                                            
|                                                                                            
|                      _Edwin M. KEMP______                                                  
|                     |                                                                      
|                     |                                                                      
|_Charlotte Anna KEMP_|                                                                      
    (1911-1995)       |                                                                      
                      |                                                                      
                      |_Mary M. WALKER_____                                                  
                       (1880-1956) m 1896                                                    
                                                                                             

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Dorothy Ann FISK

(9 OCT 1941-___ )

Father: Errol Franklin FISK
Mother: Rosa Mae ELLIOT

Family 1: Richard Walter KIMBALL

  1.   Susan Dee KIMBALL
  2.   Richelle Lee KIMBALL
  3.   Mark Sheldon KIMBALL
  4.   Kimberly Rose KIMBALL

 
                                                                         _Leonard FISK_
                                                                        | (1791-1871) m 1821  
                                               _Washington Barrett FISK_|                         
                                              |   (1828-1864)           |_Martha Patty MILLER_
                                              |                           (1794-1877) m 1821  
                       _George Franklin FISK__|                                               
                      |  (1857-1926) m 1904   |                          _Eri PICKETT_
                      |                       |                         |   (1801-1882)       
                      |                       |_Nancy Abigail PICKETT___|                         
                      |                           (1832-1902)           |_Mary COTTRELL_
                      |                                                     (1797-1874)       
 _Errol Franklin FISK_|                                                                       
| (1905-1970) m 1920  |                                                                       
|                     |                        _David L. RIPLEY_________                      
|                     |                       |   (1829-1908) m 1862                          
|                     |_Lydia Jane RIPLEY_____|                                               
|                        (1863-1947) m 1904   |                                               
|                                             |_Mary E. RICHARDSON______                      
|                                                 (1834-1870) m 1862                          
|--Dorothy Ann FISK                                                                        
|   (1941-___ )                                                                        
|                                                                                             
|                                                                                             
|                                                                                             
|                      _William B. ELLIOTT____                                                
|                     |                                                                       
|                     |                                                                       
|_Rosa Mae ELLIOT_____|                                                                       
  (1904-1974) m 1920  |                                                                       
                      |                                                                       
                      |_Amy Estella CLEVELAND_                                                
                         (1864-1920) m 1879                                                   
                                                                                              

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Douglas Everett FISK

(20 JUL 1919-16 FEB 2013)

Father: Forest Winfield FISK
Mother: Emma Leonora JOHNSON

Family 1: Rachel EMERY

  1. + David E. FISK
  2. + Virginia R. FISK
  3.   James FISK

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Edith Mae FISK

(6 NOV 1881-9 JAN 1967)

Father: Ansel Duane FISK
Mother: Antoinette Ellice WARNER

Family 1: Roy West DICKINSON

  1. + Gerald Fisk DICKINSON
  2. + Duane West DICKINSON

 
                                                                       _Jacob FISK_
                                                                      |(1755-___ ) m 1790  
                                                 _Leonard FISK________|                          
                                                | (1791-1871) m 1821  |_Mary WARFIELD_
                                                |                      (1760-___ ) m 1790  
                            _Ansel Andrew FISK__|                                          
                           |   (1821-1863)      |                      _Cyrus MILLER_
                           |                    |                     |(1757-1826) m 1780  
                           |                    |_Martha Patty MILLER_|                          
                           |                      (1794-1877) m 1821  |_Sarah PHINNEY_
                           |                                           (1760-1859) m 1780  
 _Ansel Duane FISK_________|                                                               
|   (1853-1923) m 1874     |                                                               
|                          |                     _Jonathan T. ODELL___                     
|                          |                    |   (1793-1887)                            
|                          |_Angeline E. ODELL__|                                          
|                              (1823-1879)      |                                          
|                                               |_Jane TOMPKINS_______                     
|                                                   (1797-1887)                            
|--Edith Mae FISK                                                                
|   (1881-1967)                                                                
|                                                                                          
|                                                                                          
|                                                                                          
|                           _Theron R. WARNER___                                           
|                          |                                                               
|                          |                                                               
|_Antoinette Ellice WARNER_|                                                               
    (1854-1934) m 1874     |                                                               
                           |                                                               
                           |_Eliza A. BASSETT___                                           
                            (1830-1925) m 1851                                             
                                                                                           

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Edna Gertrude FISK

(15 JUL 1883-24 JUL 1974)

Father: Willis Judson FISK
Mother: Floy BARBER

Family 1: Edward M. MAYNARD

  1. + Ruth C. MAYNARD
  2. + Dorothy MAYNARD
  3. + Laura Marie MAYNARD

 
                                                                   _Jacob FISK_
                                                                  |(1755-___ ) m 1790  
                                             _Leonard FISK________|                        
                                            | (1791-1871) m 1821  |_Mary WARFIELD_
                                            |                      (1760-___ ) m 1790  
                      _Ansel Andrew FISK____|                                          
                     |   (1821-1863)        |                      _Cyrus MILLER_
                     |                      |                     |(1757-1826) m 1780  
                     |                      |_Martha Patty MILLER_|                        
                     |                        (1794-1877) m 1821  |_Sarah PHINNEY_
                     |                                             (1760-1859) m 1780  
 _Willis Judson FISK_|                                                                 
|(1860-1931) m 1883  |                                                                 
|                    |                       _Jonathan T. ODELL___                     
|                    |                      |   (1793-1887)                            
|                    |_Angeline E. ODELL____|                                          
|                        (1823-1879)        |                                          
|                                           |_Jane TOMPKINS_______                     
|                                               (1797-1887)                            
|--Edna Gertrude FISK                                                                  
|   (1883-1974)                                                                  
|                                                                                      
|                                                                                      
|                                                                                      
|                     _Welcome Edwin BARBER_                                           
|                    |                                                                 
|                    |                                                                 
|_Floy BARBER________|                                                                 
 (1863-1896) m 1883  |                                                                 
                     |                                                                 
                     |_Caroline WHITING_____                                           
                       (1845-1927) m 1861                                              
                                                                                       

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Elma Grace FISK

(27 JUN 1880-21 MAR 1955)

Father: George Franklin FISK
Mother: Mary E.

Family 1: Ray Clarence BLISS

  1. + Alice E. BLISS
  2. + Emerson George BLISS
  3. + Emma Mary BLISS
  4. + Ruth Elenor BLISS

 
                                                                        _Jacob FISK_
                                                                       |(1755-___ ) m 1790  
                                                  _Leonard FISK________|                         
                                                 | (1791-1871) m 1821  |_Mary WARFIELD_
                                                 |                      (1760-___ ) m 1790  
                        _Washington Barrett FISK_|                                          
                       |   (1828-1864)           |                      _Cyrus MILLER_
                       |                         |                     |(1757-1826) m 1780  
                       |                         |_Martha Patty MILLER_|                         
                       |                           (1794-1877) m 1821  |_Sarah PHINNEY_
                       |                                                (1760-1859) m 1780  
 _George Franklin FISK_|                                                                    
| (1857-1926) m 1879   |                                                                    
|                      |                          _Eri PICKETT_________                     
|                      |                         |   (1801-1882)                            
|                      |_Nancy Abigail PICKETT___|                                          
|                          (1832-1902)           |                                          
|                                                |_Mary COTTRELL_______                     
|                                                    (1797-1874)                            
|--Elma Grace FISK                                                                     
|   (1880-1955)                                                                     
|                                                                                           
|                                                                                           
|                                                                                           
|_Mary E.______________                                                                     
  (1863-1893) m 1879                                                                        
                                                                                            

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Emerson George FISK

(22 OCT 1881-15 JUN 1966)

Father: George Franklin FISK
Mother: Mary E.

Family 1: Maud Mary VROMAN


 
                                                                        _Jacob FISK_
                                                                       |(1755-___ ) m 1790  
                                                  _Leonard FISK________|                         
                                                 | (1791-1871) m 1821  |_Mary WARFIELD_
                                                 |                      (1760-___ ) m 1790  
                        _Washington Barrett FISK_|                                          
                       |   (1828-1864)           |                      _Cyrus MILLER_
                       |                         |                     |(1757-1826) m 1780  
                       |                         |_Martha Patty MILLER_|                         
                       |                           (1794-1877) m 1821  |_Sarah PHINNEY_
                       |                                                (1760-1859) m 1780  
 _George Franklin FISK_|                                                                    
| (1857-1926) m 1879   |                                                                    
|                      |                          _Eri PICKETT_________                     
|                      |                         |   (1801-1882)                            
|                      |_Nancy Abigail PICKETT___|                                          
|                          (1832-1902)           |                                          
|                                                |_Mary COTTRELL_______                     
|                                                    (1797-1874)                            
|--Emerson George FISK                                                                     
|   (1881-1966)                                                                     
|                                                                                           
|                                                                                           
|                                                                                           
|_Mary E.______________                                                                     
  (1863-1893) m 1879                                                                        
                                                                                            

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Emily Elvira FISK

(7 JUN 1832-22 DEC 1854)

Father: Leonard FISK
Mother: Martha Patty MILLER


 
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                       _Jacob FISK_________                                          
                      |(1755-___ ) m 1790                                            
                      |                                                              
 _Leonard FISK________|                                                              
| (1791-1871) m 1821  |                                                              
|                     |                                                              
|                     |                                                              
|                     |_Mary WARFIELD______                                          
|                      (1760-___ ) m 1790                                            
|                                                                                    
|--Emily Elvira FISK                                                               
|   (1832-1854)                                                               
|                                                                _Ebenezer MILLER_
|                                                               |   (1664-1737)      
|                                           _John MILLER________|                        
|                                          |(1712-1792) m 1754  |_Sarah ALLEN_
|                                          |                        (1668-1748)      
|                      _Cyrus MILLER_______|                                         
|                     |                    |                     _Hezekiah ROOT_
|                     |                    |                    |   ( ___-1766)      
|                     |                    |_Martha ROOT________|                        
|                     |                     (1720-1805) m 1754  |_Martha BRIDGMAN_
|                     |                                             (1690-1759)      
|_Martha Patty MILLER_|                                                              
  (1794-1877) m 1821  |                                          _Gershom PHINNEY_
                      |                                         |( ___-1762) m 1725  
                      |                     _Isaac PHINNEY______|                        
                      |                    |(1733-1820) m 1754  |_Rebecca GRIFFITH_
                      |                    |                     (1703-1761) m 1725  
                      |_Sarah PHINNEY______|                                         
                       (1760-1859) m 1780  |                     _Nathan KENNEY_
                                           |                    |(1709-1754) m 1728  
                                           |_Elizabeth KENNEY___|                        
                                            (1734-1809) m 1754  |_Mercy SMITH_
                                                                 (1702-1744) m 1728  

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Emily F. FISK

(NOV 1856-21 OCT 1919)

Father: Ansel Andrew FISK
Mother: Angeline E. ODELL

Family 1: Hiram L. SHERMAN


 
                                            _Jacob FISK_________                     
                                           |(1755-___ ) m 1790                       
                      _Leonard FISK________|                                         
                     | (1791-1871) m 1821  |                                         
                     |                     |_Mary WARFIELD______                     
                     |                      (1760-___ ) m 1790                       
 _Ansel Andrew FISK__|                                                               
|   (1821-1863)      |                                           _John MILLER_
|                    |                                          |(1712-1792) m 1754  
|                    |                      _Cyrus MILLER_______|                        
|                    |                     |(1757-1826) m 1780  |_Martha ROOT_
|                    |                     |                     (1720-1805) m 1754  
|                    |_Martha Patty MILLER_|                                         
|                      (1794-1877) m 1821  |                     _Isaac PHINNEY_
|                                          |                    |(1733-1820) m 1754  
|                                          |_Sarah PHINNEY______|                        
|                                           (1760-1859) m 1780  |_Elizabeth KENNEY_
|                                                                (1734-1809) m 1754  
|--Emily F. FISK                                                                
|   (1856-1919)                                                                
|                                                                                    
|                                                                                    
|                                                                                    
|                     _Jonathan T. ODELL___                                          
|                    |                                                               
|                    |                                                               
|_Angeline E. ODELL__|                                                               
    (1823-1879)      |                                                               
                     |                                                               
                     |_Jane TOMPKINS_______                                          
                         (1797-1887)                                                 
                                                                                     

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Ernest Wayne FISK

(5 SEP 1885-23 OCT 1973)

Father: Asa B. FISK
Mother: Ellen G. MASON

Family 1: Ella Sophia PACKARD

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