Individual Details

Anne was a daughter of Robert Lawter and Mary Ffyske. Some genealogists have Anne's maiden name as Lantersee. She was born circa 1582 in Suffolk County, England. Anne married John Fiske a son of William Fiske and Anna Anstye/Austye. John Fiske, her husband, died before 14 May 1633 in the parish of St. James, South Elham, County Suffolk, England, leaving Anne a widow. They had five children, one who died in infancy. In 1637, Anne and her four adult children immigrated to New England. She died on the ship, while sailing to the new world.

Historical Note:  Anne is a descendant of Lord Symond Ffyske and Lady Susannah Smyth Fiske of the Manor of Stadhaugh in Laxfield, Suffolk,England.  The Fiske family is an old English family and the name derives from the Norse name Fiskr.  The legend is that the Fiskrs arrived with the invading forces of Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway at the Battle of Maldon on the Blackwater River in Essex in 991 A.D.  We are perhaps directly descended from Daniel Fisc who received a land grant in a document issued by King John in 1208.  (Information taken from Burke’s Peerage)

Birth	Abt 1582	St James, South Elham, Suffolk, England
Marriage	1601	St James, South Elham, Suffolk, England - John Fiske
Death	1637	on ship while traveling to the New World; buried at sea
Immigration	1637	died at sea while making the crossing,

Spouse	John Fiske (1574 - 1633)
Child	William Fiske (1618 - 1654)
Child	John Fiske (1601 - 1676)
Child	Anne Fiske ( - )
Child	Martha Fiske ( - )
Child	Nathan Fiske ( - )

Father	Robert Lantersee Lawter (1550 - 1600)
Mother	Mary Fiske (1551 - 1620)