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 1632 - 1707 (75 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Thomas Fiske |
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Sr |
| Born |
25 Mar 1632 |
Wingfield, Wiltshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
15 Aug 1707 |
Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts |
 Siblings |
2 siblings |
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| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I28965 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
30 Jun 2021 |
| Family 1 |
Mrs Peggy Fiske |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas Fiske, Jr [Birth] |
| | 2. Josiah Fiske [Birth] |
| | 3. Amos Fiske [Birth] |
| | 4. Eleazar Fiske [Birth] |
| + | 5. Martha Fiske, b. 27 Apr 1667, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts , d. 29 Dec 1697, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 30 years) [Birth] |
| + | 6. Sarah Fiske, b. 14 Mar 1672, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts , d. 17 Mar 1730 (Age 58 years) [Birth] |
| | 7. Hannah Fiske [Birth] |
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| Last Modified |
30 Jun 2021 |
| Family ID |
F17759 |
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 | Born - 25 Mar 1632 - Wingfield, Wiltshire, England |
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 | Died - 15 Aug 1707 - Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts |
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 | Nurse Rebecca Part Deux.
Speaking of Nurse Rebecca's predecessor... Thomas Fiske (1632-1707) was the foreman of the jury that found Rebecca Nurse not guilty of witchcraft before they found her guilty, which resulted in her hanging.
Thomas, as foreman announced the jury had found Rebecca not guilty. This resulted in quite an outcry from the children who were leveling the accusations that Rebecca was a witch.
The Chief Justice asked the jury to reconsider. He suggested that perhaps the jury had not heard Rebecca make an incriminating statement. This “incriminating” statement was when Nurse called accused witch Goody Hobbs “one of us” during her trial. In Rebecca’s mind she simply meant Hobbs was a fellow prisoner.
In the second deliberation the jury came back with a guilty verdict and Rebecca was sentenced to be executed. |
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