Aldeburgh Fisk(e)s

Henry ffiske mentioned several wills belonging to members of the family who lived in and around the town of Aldeburgh (Aldborough) on the Suffolk coast in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. He was unable at the time of publishing Fiske Family Papers to link them into the wider Fiske genealogy, and it is still problematic today.

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                                        Nicholas
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                                        Johane

NICHOLAS, "late of Aldeburgh" [written in margin of will]. Will dated April 10, 1523, mentions wife Johane and daughter Johane.

                                                                                                                  
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                                               Thomas
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                        John - George - William - Marie - Margerie - Katherin - Anne
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                  Francis - Thomas - John - William - Margerie

THOMAS of Aldeburgh, cooper, will dated May 8, 1573. Mentions wife Margaret, sons John, George and William; daughters Marie, Margerie, Katherin, and Anne Chapelyn; and Thomas and John Fyske the sons of his son William. He owned various properties, including farmland, in and around the town. He also had a boat and mackerel nets.


Offspring of Thomas

JOHN - mentioned in father's will.

GEORGE of Aldeburgh, 'cowper' [sic, cooper], will dated January 25, 1584. Mentions his wife Johane; his brother John and his heirs; his goddaughter Margerie and Thos. Fiske, the daughter and son of Wm Fiske.

WILLIAM of Aldborough, cooper, will dated September 3, 1584. Mentions his wife Margaret; sons Francis, Thomas, John and William; and daughter Margerie. Also mentions his brothers John and George Fyske. He had several properties, including a shop and yard in Aldeburgh, also houses and lands at "the Watering", and at Knoddishall, Suffolk and elsewhere.

MARIE - mentioned in father's will.

MARGERIE - mentioned in father's will.

KATHERIN - mentioned in father's will.

ANNE - married ? Chapelyn, had offspring Thomas and Anne


Offspring of William

FRANCIS - mentioned in father's will.

THOMAS - mentioned in the wills of his father and uncle.

JOHN - mentioned in father's will. May be the John ffyske mentioned below whose will was dated March 31, 1617.

WILLIAM - mentioned in father's will.

MARGERIE - mentioned in the wills of her father and uncle.


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                                                   John - Margery 
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                                 John - Thomas - Anne - Emma - Dorothy

JOHN, The Elder, of Aldeburgh, Woollen Draper. Will dated March 31, 1617 mentions his wife Katherine; sons John and Thomas; daughters Anne, Emma Bawkey and Dorothy. Also mentions his sister Margery Palmer, and cousin Thomas Ffyske and his children.


Offspring of John

JOHN - mentioned in father's will.

THOMAS - mentioned in father's will.

ANNE - mentioned in father's will.

EMMA - mentioned in father's will, married Edward Bawkey.

DOROTHY- mentioned in father's will.


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                                                         Thomas
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                                          Francis - Thomas - William - Emme - Elizabeth
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                                           John

THOMAS, The Elder of Aldeburgh. Will dated August 9, 1623 mentions wife Emme [daughter of Francis Forman, merchant, of Aldeburgh]; sons Francis, Thomas and William; daughters Emme and Elizabeth, and grandson John.


Offspring of Thomas

FRANCIS - Will dated March 31, 1634 mentions his mother Emma, wife Anne, and son John.

THOMAS - mentioned in father's will.

WILLIAM - mentioned in father's will.

EMME - mentioned in father's will.

ELIZABETH - mentioned in father's will.