David is your 4th great uncle as he is the brother of Peter Fisken - your 3x great grandfather. David and his six siblings were born on Gellyburn Farm near the village of Muthill in Perthshire Scotland. The parents were James Fisken and Flora Tainsh. David is best known as being one of the Fisken brothers who invented the steam plough. But apart from being a mechanical engineer, David was also a teacher. He taught at the Innerpeffray School which is attached to the Innerpeffray Library which I visited in 2016. It's the oldest lending library in Scotland and has kept a handwritten record of which books were borrowed and by whom. In this Borrowers' Register I saw David's name many times.
The engineering brother we're most familiar with is William Fisken. He became the presbyterian minister in the village of Stamfordham in Northumberland England in 1847 and the manse became home for various family members of the Fisken family over the years. It was home to David for more than 20 years. From there he seems to have been the front man for the steam plough and ploughing tackle.
David never married. He died at the manse in Stamfordham at age 61. Cause of death was disease of liver and stomach. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's Stamfordham. His brother William and sister Margaret joined him in this grave 2 and 3 years later.
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