Born in Middle Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Fisher
and Martha (Dickey) Fisher
Sister of
William A. Fisher, Mary McNeil (Fisher) Archibald, Robert Fisher, John Parr Fisher, Matthew Fisher, David Fisher, Isaac Fisher, James Fisher, Elizabeth (Fisher) Clarke, Alexander Fisher and Daniel Fisher
Wife of
John M. Brenton
— married
1812 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
Alexander Brenton, Walter Brenton, Esther Brenton, Edward Brenton, David Brenton, Moses Clark Brenton, James Johnson Brenton, Mary Brenton, Sarah Brenton, Martha E. Brenton, Elizabeth Brenton and John Parr Brenton
Died
at age 75
in Middle Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Sep 2013
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Biography
Eleanor Fisher's parents were David Fisher and Martha Dickey [1]
Eleanor Fisher married John Brenton ( a son of Thomas Brenton) [2]
- children -
- Alexander
- Walter
- Edward
- Clark
- David
- James J. (Jock) who married a Miss Taylor, daughter of George Taylor and Mary Sibley)
- John Parr who married Ann Taylor, the daughter of George Taylor and Mary Sibley
- Esther
- Mary
- Sarah
- Elizabeth
- Martha
Sources
- ↑ Dickey/Dickie Family Register Report p: 10 by Douglas Goff [1]
- ↑ Dickey/Dickie Family Register Report p: 10 by Douglas Goff [2]
- The Dickey/Dickie Family of Truro, Colchester County and Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia page: 10 prepared by Douglas Goff; updated May 7. 2017 [3]
- Nova Scotia Vital Records 1763-1957
- Brenton Family Bible
- Brenton Genealogy & documents
- Find a Grave Memorial #45615342
- Family Search.org Ancestral File AFN Z8Q1-ND
- Sprague database I17641I F64552
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Beth Babcock for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Beth and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eleanor:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eleanor:
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~1.56%
Paul Gott
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jeff Higgins :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Bruce Vigneault :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A795455 [compare], Ancestry member bvigneault1
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