Born about in Sussex, Delaware
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Fisher
and Margery (Maude) Fisher
Sister of
Esther (Fisher) Wyncoop, James Fisher, Margery (Fisher) Miers, Jabez Maud Fisher, Elizabeth (Fisher) Eyre and Joshua Fisher
Wife of
Joseph Booth
— married
28 Aug 1716 in Duck Creek MM, Kent, Delaware
Mother of
Anna (Booth) Morgan
Died after
after about age 26
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Margaret was born about 1695. She was the daughter of Thomas Fisher and Margery Maude. She was named after her paternal grandmother Margaret Hindle Fisher.
In 1716, her marriage to Joseph Booth was announced at the Duck Creek Monthly Meeting in Kent County, Delaware.
In 1721, Margaret's sister Elizabeth (Fisher) Eyre left a bequest to Margaret.
She died after 1721.
Sources
- Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: General index, 1682-1948; Wills, book A, 1682-1781. Image 346-347. Images available at FamilySearch.org: [1], accessed 13 Oct 2019
- Will of THOMAS FISHER, 1713
- Image is very difficult to read; a transcript is available at the book Genealogy of the Fisher Family
- U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Delaware: Kent: Duck Creek Monthly Meeting: Women’s Minutes, 1711-1830. Image 8. Database and images available at Ancestry.com: [2]
- Joseph Booth, Junr & Margarett Fisher
- 21 Third 1716, intentions to marry. Elienor Robinson & Anna Whitacre[?] appointed to enquire
- 18 Fourth 1716, second announcement of intentions
- 28 Sixth 1716, announcement of marriage
- Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: General index, 1682-1948; Wills, book A, 1682-1781. Image 374. Images available at FamilySearch.org: Elizabeth Eyre will, accessed 15 Oct 2019
- Will of ELIZABETH EYRE, of Sussex County [husband Richard Eyre died earlier that year]
- Signed: 16 Dec 1720; proved 6 Jan 1720[/21]
- Heirs: Mary Miers; siblings: Margret Booth, Margery Fisher, Jabeck {sic} Maud Fisher and Joshua Fisher and James
- Executors: Jos. Booth [brother-in-law]
- Witnesses: John Murphy, Sarah Mickey, John May
- plantation together with the water grismill and water full in [fulling?] mill”
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