Family:John Fisk and Ruth Learned (1)

John Fisk (add)	Parents: Moses Learned and Ruth Hill Ruth Learned b. 1 Jan 1752 Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 27 Feb 1813 Phillipston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]

3 Jul 1777

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	John Fisk	4 May 1778 Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	31 Jan 1781 Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Thomas Fisk	5 Feb 1789 Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	20 Jun 1787 Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Templeton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: F.P. Rice, 1907)
p. 128.

LARNED, Ruth and John Fisk, July 3, 1777.
↑ Secondary sources identify the husband as John Fisk of Templeton, but give nothing further. Ruth's Find A Grave memorial page quotes Source:Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Fiske and Fisk Family Being the Record of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England, p. 124, but it turns out the entry has been heavily edited and while it tries to borrow the authority of Pierce's work, it gives assertions that are not in Pierce's book. Most notably, it gives John Fisk a different wife (Ruth) than Pierce does (Anna Blood). Yet, John is born in Groton, and Groton records show John Fisk m. Anna Blood in 1775 and having several children there. Why the memorial page thinks Pierce is wrong is not explained, and it does not appear that he is. By appearances, the memorial page is stealing the only John Fisk it found, records be damned? Assuming Pierce is right, as it appears from the records, no candidate has been identified for John Fisk (unable to locate gravestone, age at death, probate, deeds).