General Notes

Alias:<ALIA> /Fisc/
According to THE SCANDINAVIAN HERITAGE by Arland O. Fiske: "Symond Fiske
was Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, northeast of London. 
The English Fiskes in America suspected a Scandinavian origin for the
name, but had never identified it...we were told that every Norwegian
Fiske family has its origin in a farm in the Mo parish in Surnadal, about
75 miles southwest of Trondheim...The English connection, however, was
still a mystery until the genealogy of Symond Fiske came to my
attention.  I showed it to Dordi Glaerum Skuggevik, a journalist from
Norway, who identified the geographical references in England with places
in Surnadal.  A study of baptismal records and the wills of over 50 Fiske
families in Suffolk County, England, proves that it was a well
established name between 1462-1635 at Laxfield.  "Lax" is the Norwegian
word for "salmon." The "sur" river running through "Surnadal" is one of
the most famous salmon streams in Norway and the Fiske farms are located
in an area where many salmon are caught.  There were other references
which also relate Surnadal to Laxfield.  When did they migrate to
England?  The earliest record of a Fiske in England goes back to 1208,
when King John gave land to the men of Laxfield.  Among the recepients
was a Daniel Fiske.  From that time on, the name "John" became a favorite
for family use.  My journalist friend believes that the migration took
place during the Viking days before the Norman conquest of England in
1066."
This Daniel Fisk is probably (but not proven) descendant of Daniel Fiske
(Fisc) named in King John's document,  ROTULI CHARTARUM, VOL. I, Part I,
Page 177 (original is in the Public Record office in London and is dated
May 1, 1208): " Confirmation by King Joh, May 1, 1208, to the men of
Laxfield of land in the Park of Digneveton, granted by the Duke of
Loraine.  The following are the names of those to whom the grant was
made: Robert Garenoise...and Daniel Fisc."