Person:Asa Fiske (3)

BIOGRAPHY: Fiske and Fisk Family being the record of the Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England By Frederick Clifton Pierce 1896 Press of W.E. Conkey Company Chicago, Ill. Page 148

  Capt. Asa Fisk (David, John, John, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Windham, Conn., May 26, 1733; m. there Mar. 19, 1755, Elizabeth Knight of Norwich, Conn., dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Tracy) Knight. She d. Mar. 6, 1818. Capt. Asa Fisk emigrated to Wales from Hampton, Conn., thereafter abode and died there; when first he came or soon after he acquired the ownership of the premises constituting and connecting with the "Oliver Wales Tavern Stand." There he dwelt, and for some time kept an inn or house of public entertainment. Subsequently he disposed of that estate and purchased a large tract of land in the southern part of the town, upon which he established and through after life maintained his family home. That tract was upon elevated ground or high land situated a little distance off the direct road to Stafford in our approachment of  Stafford line. That elevation received from him the significant name of Fisk Hill. His old premises, or rather the central and main part thereof, are now owned by Moses Davis, and dwelt upon by him, and derive from him their modern name of Davis Place. He possessed much strength and penetration of mind, solidity of judgement and inflexibleness of purpose mixed up with some of the spirit of domination and arbitrariness. As am agriculturist he was judicious, skillful, thoroughgoing. As a townsman, he was prominent, conspicuous, influential. As a military officer, he was manly and commanding in his mien, well informed in tactics, resolute and efficient in discipline. One occurrence in his life opened a doorway through which to question his patriotism: In the time of "Shay's war" he took sides with the party opposed to the government and was appointed a captaincy in the opposing and rebelling forces, but as he had enough of that "better part of valor," discretion, to restrain him from the commission of any overt act of rebellion, he finally got out of the scrape without being overwhelmed or greatly damaged thereby. All things considered, Capt. Fisk must be set down as a very good man for his town. Let us not be found undervaluing his virtue, says the Wales historian: "Elizabeth, Fidelity is compelling us to say her virtues were many and must be unforgot." Another correspondent says: "He kept a country store on the hill where he lived, and that he owned in his farm 400 acres, and that Shay's war cost him considerable property. Also that he sent two sons, aged 14 and 16 to the Revolutionary war. My grandfather Elisha was one. Both were drummers. The company they were in arrived at Cornwallis surrender one hour after the surrender. He was Lieutenant in the company of minute men which marched to the Lexington alarm, and was afterward and for some time captain in the Continental army.

Glazier Family Mainly of Willington and Stafford Tolland County Connecticut By Grace Olive Chapman Dorchester (Boston) Massachusetts 1943 - Page 37

DEATH: Manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England By Frederick Clifton Pierce 1896 Press of W.E. Conkey Company Chicago, Ill. Page 148 The Gravestone of Capt. Asa Fisk Capt. Asa Fisk Died 9 Feby 1812 AE 78