John Fisher (bef. 1709 - 1770)

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Died Feb 1770 after age 61 in Sussex, Delaware

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Biography

John was born about 1710. He passed away in 1770.

The heirs named in his will were: sons Thomas, James, John, and Jabez; daughters Hannah Fisher, Sarah Wiltbank wife of Isaac and Elizabeth Wright wife of Peter; granddaughter Tabitha Brock (which implies an additional daughter who predeceased John). He named his sons-in-law Isaac Wiltbank and Peter Wright to be co-executors with two children James Fisher and Hannah Fisher.

John Fisher… came to Lewes [Delaware] in 1682. He had two sons, John and Thomas. John, 2. had a son John, and the latter a son Jabez, whose son, General Thomas Fisher…^[1]

The first Thomas Fisher is the first of the line from which descended Dr. James Fisher, of Camden.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Bio...History of Delaware
2. ↑ Genealogy of the Fisher Family

• 1729. in Sussex DE Orphans' Court dockets and minute dockets, 1728-1802 [1] William Fisher, age 14, son of the deceased John2 is apprenticed to Enoch Cummings. A citation is issued to John3 Fisher to provide an accounting of his deceased father's estate on the same page. Thomas and James Fisher (next page) choose their brother John to be their guardian.

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: Wills, book B-D, 1751-1794, images 210, Ancestry.com [2] accessed 30 Aug 2019.

Will of John Fisher, Yeoman

Signed: 8 February 1770; proved 15 February 1770

Heirs: sons Thomas Fisher when he reaches twenty one years, James Fisher gets use until then provided he pays Thomas three pounds per year; daughter Sarah the wife of Isaac Wiltbank; son John Fisher and Jabez Fisher; grandson Joshua Fisher; daughter Elizabeth wife of Peter Wright; Hannah Fisher; granddaughter Tabitha Brock

mentions land and bonds from Edward Fisher

Executor: Son, James Fisher and sons-in-law Isaac Wiltbank and Peter Wright and daughter Hannah Fisher.

Witnesses: Parker Robinson, Thomas Redman, Stephen Woods

• Genealogy of the Fisher family, 1682 to 1896 by Smith, Anna Wharton, 1864- . Published (privately?) in Philadelphia, PA. Physical copy held by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Digital copy available at Archive.org [3]

John Fisher, page 35-36

• Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol II. by Runk, J.M. & Co. Page 1257 (898 of volume II) Available at Archive.org [4]. Physical copy held by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Digitizing sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.

• Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original source: Delaware, Land Records, 1677–1947. Recorder of Deeds, Sussex County, RG 4555, Subgroup 000, Series 030. Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware.

Sussex county: Roll 006: Image 59 [5]

Purchaser: John Rowland, tanner, of Broadkiln Hundred

Seller: James Fisher, yeoman, of Broadkiln hundred

Sale: 3 November 1784

Price: £225; Property: 100 acres in Broadkiln hundred

John Fisher, deceased, father of James Fisher, owned a plantation or tract situated in Broadkiln Hundred, John’s will dated 8 February 1780 bequeathed to Thomas the portion that ran northerly but if Thomas died without heirs the property to go to son James Fisher. Thomas Fisher & Alice, his wife, mortgaged the property on 24 September 1774 to Parker Robinson and James Fisher – 150 acres. Parker Robinson by quit claim released it to James Fisher, who is now selling a portion to John Rowland.