David Fiske (John, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Watertown, Mass., Apr. 13, 1697; m. in Windham, Conn., Dec. 25, 1723, Elizabeth Durkee.
He was born in Watertown, Mass., and while a young man emigrated to the colony of Connecticut and located in Windham, one of the oldest places in that state, where he ever after resided. Eli C. Fisk, of Havanna, Ill., in writing in relation to his ancestor said: " Our ancestor dropped the final e from the family name and settled first in Mass., and when Hooker went to Conn., in 1636 he accompanied him. Many of his descendants still remain in Conn., but in the early days some went into Rhode Island. Hence the early Conn., and R. I. Fisks dropped the final vowel from their names. In the fall of 1867 or spring of 1868 James Fisk (one of my fathers brothers) of Omro, Wis., paid me a visit; he also told the same story in respect to our ancestors being one of Hooker's party and that he was the person that dropped the final e of the family name. Also my father told me the same, and it came in this way. I received a letter from Stephen Fisk (another brother of my father) of Wales, Mass., who lived on the old homestead there that signed the letter e to his son's name. Both of my parents said it did not belong there, and that the Fisk that emigrated to Windham, Conn., with Hooker dropped it, and none of the family had ever assumed it since. Now your have my authority for my statement."
