The Fishers of
Windham Co, Vermont

The Family of Edmund Fisher of Halifax, Vermont

A reference in the sketch of Nehemiah Fisher in the History of Marlborough, VT:

FISHER, Deacon Nehemiah (s. of Edmund, of Halifax), b. April 23, 1764, m. Lucretia, b. Oct. 23, 1764, dau. of Zebediah Marsh.

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The Family of Deacon Nehemiah Willis and Lucretia (Marsh) Fisher - Marlboro, Vermont

This sketch is from "The Local History of Marlborough, Vermont:

"NEHEMIAH FISHER was licensed Oct. 6, 1816. He was not ordained, but preached much here, and in the neighboring churches, greatly to the edification of his brethren and the good of souls. Having faithfully served his generation to a good old age he died in the midst of his brethren Dec. 11, 1846, greatly
lamented as one of whom all were ready to say "he was a good man."

FISHER, Deacon Nehemiah (s. of Edmund, of Halifax), b. April 23, 1764, m. Lucretia, b. Oct. 23, 1764, dau. of Zebediah Marsh. He d. Dec. 8, 1846. She d. March 30, 1851. Children:

Lavina, b. March 16, 1786, m. James Blake, Jr.;
Ruth, b. April 17, 1787, m. Francis Phelps, Jr., of Halifax;
Lucretia, b. Oct. 10, 1788, m. Reubai Fessenden of Halifax;
Cynthia, b. Sept. 11, 1790;
Edmund, b. Jan. 8,1793;
Orpha, b. March 12,1795, m. Samuel Underwood;
Sylvia, b. Sept. 16, 1797, m. Nahum Hubbard;
Asseneth, b. March 21, 1800, m. Jared Gould, and d. May 15, 1833;
Nehemiah-Willis, b. June 23, 1805;
Nehemiah-Fisher Purce, b. Oct. 26, 1800, received by adoption;
Ruel Fisher, b. Aug. 27, 1811, also received by adoption."

Note: This census record in 1790 fits him fairly good. Note four girls above were born before 1790, plus wife, makes five women:

HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 VERMONT
NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
GUILFORD TOWN

Name of head of family: Fisher, Nehemiah
Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1
Free white females, including heads of families: 5

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Nehemiah Willis and Abigail Whitney (Bruce) Fisher - Marlborough, Vermont

FISHER, Nehemiah-Willis (s. of Deacon Nehemiah), m. March 22, 1829, Abigail-Whitney, dau. of Elijah Bruce. He d. Dec. B, 1858. Children:

Elijah-Bruce, b. Sept. 30, 1829, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, into Co. C. 2nd Regt. Vt. Vols. in defence of the Constitution and Flag of the Union;
Ephraim-Lyman, b. Jan. 8, 1831, d. of consumption, Feb. 1, 1802;
John-Henry, b. Aug. 24, 1833;
Melissa-Caroline, b. April 30, 1837, m. Dec. 14, 1862, Lyman-Dana Moulton, s. of Francis-G. of Dover;
Marthaette-Abigail, b. Aug. 14, 1838, m. George-Barney Hall, b. June 4, 1836;
Mansfield-Bruce, b. June 14, 1841, enlisted with his brother, Aug. 11, 1862, into Co. C. 2nd Regt. Vt. Vols., and returned to his mother, and d. of consumption, Dec. 26, 1862;
Eleanor-Serepta, b. Oct. 30, 1843, m. Henry-Gilbert Baldwin, s. of Ezra, of Sand Spring, Iowa, formerly of Dover, Vt., who enlisted in Co. I, under Capt. William Lynde, 8th Regt. Vt. Vols., and went to New Orleans, 1862;
Joseph-Elliot, b. Jan. 26, 1847;
Harriet-Adelia, b. May 30, 1849, d. March 28, 1851.

"A burying ground was commenced in Feb., 1847, in the north part of the town on the farm of Eli Dunklee, west of the Branch, in which the remains of the following persons have been interred, viz.: Eli Dunklee, Cyrus Stearns, George Richardson and daughter, NEHEMIAH WILLIS FISHER and daughter, Josiah Parks and wife, Anna and Eli, children of Benoni W. Blake, Mary, wife of John Davenport, Henry H. Barret, son of Pardon Barret, and perhaps others. "

Source: "The Local History of Marlborough, Vermont:

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Miscellaneous Vermont Notes re Fishers

From GenWeb Windham Co site:

A collection of old documents were in the basement of the Brattleboro Town Clerk's Office. They were given to the Brattleboro Historical Society. Joann Nichols is transcribing them, and we hope to offer more of them in the future.

A List of the Names of Persons now Living & residing in Brattleboro
seventy years of age & over November 26, 1826

Ebenr Fisher & Wife

History of Marlborough, Vermont:

Baptist Church in Marlborough and Newfane--Methodist Church

The Baptist Church in Marlborough and Newfane was or-

ganized at the house of Nehemiah Fisher and reorganized by

an ecclesiastical council on the 29th of Oct., 1794. The original

members were twenty-two, viz.: Nehemiah Fisher, John

Phillips, Jun., Samuel Marsh, Samuel Ball, Amos Perry, James

Charter, Joshua Morse, Isaac Perry, James Morse, James Blake,

Alpheus King, Aaron Ball, James Blake, Jun., Ezra King, Perez

Phillips, Enos Phillips, Nathan Clark, Archelaus Dean, John

Manley, James Ball. These members for the most part be-

longed to the Baptist Church in Dummerston.

         The following is a list of the names of persons who have been
         baptized into the fellowship of the Church, living in Marlborough
         at the time, viz.: Lucy Marsh, Betsy Blake, Lavina Fisher,
         Sally Morse, Lydia Packer, Betsy Dean, Jemima Jones, Seth
         Smith, Jun., Nathaniel Jones, John Clark, 2d, Joshua Phillips,
         Stephen Otis, Mansfield Bruce, Harrison G. Blake, Wyman
         Lamb, Elisha Peck, Zebediah Marsh, David Hill, Thomas Blake,
         David Cutler, Elizabeth Marsh, Betsey Clark, Mary Randal,
         Olive Cole, Sarah Scofield, Ruth Fisher, Assenath Jones, Mary
         Chamberlain, Phebe Charter, Cynthia Gleason, Grace Bruce,
         Hannah Jones, Lydia Randal, Rhoda Jones, Catherine Bruce,
         Elizabeth Marsh, Freelove Peck, Althea Cole, Electa Ingram,
         Abiah Briggs, Gratia King, Sally Blake, Jane Cutler, Eleanor
         Bruce, Joseph Goodell, Preserved Bruce, William Shaw, Jun.,
         Susan Charter, Lucretia Fisher, Elizabeth Hill, Elizabeth King,
         Nancy Barnes, Lucy Park, Patty Bruce, Rachel Cole, Martha
         Underwood, Philena Charter, Ray Joy, Allen Emery, Mary
         Emery, Amos Stearns, Mary Underwood, Betsy Fisher, Polly
         M. Phillips, Polly Ball, Solomon Ball, Lucy Stearns, Brigham
         Morse, Betsy Morse, Edmund Fisher, Levina Grout, Amos
         Wyman, Hannah Charter, Louisa Cutler, Ruth Cutler, Susannah
         Chamberlain, Samuel Underwood, Orpha Underwood, Matilda
         Dean, Ruth Ball, Polly Chamberlain, Samuel Lamson, Polly

...... about a page more listed there with a bunch of Fishers...

These references can be purchased from the NEHGS:

FISHER -- Genealogy of the Fisher Family

By Anna Wharton Smith

1682-1896.

1896. 245pp. Photocopy.

$43.00

Item #P3-19200

FISHER -- The Fisher Genealogy
By Philip Fisher
The descendants of Joshua, Anthony and Cornelius Fisher, of Dedham, Massachusetts 1636-1640.
1898. Index. 474pp. Photocopy.
$76.00
Item #P3-19300

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From GenWeb Archives:

Marriages copied from "The History of the Town of Marlborough, Windham County, Vermont"

Marriages by The Rev. Ephraim H. Newton and M. Bruce

Montpelier: Vermont Historical Society, 1930

Courtesy of the Vermont Historical Society

Samuel Underwood and Orpah Fisher Aug. 23, 1815 M. Bruce

Edmund Fisher and Elizabeth Colburn June 9,1817 Rev. E. H. Newton

Nathan Fisher and Abigail Ingram Jan. 4,1821 Rev. E. H. Newton

Lyman Fisher and Fanny Barker Dec. 6, 1824 Rev. E. H. Newton

Note: Orpah (or Orpha) and Edmund are chlildren of Deacon Nehemiah. Haven't placed Nathan or Lyman yet.

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Related Links:

See the Diary of Ellen Serepta (Fisher) Baldwin of their covered wagon trip from Sand Spring, Iowa to Kansas in the late 1860's. Ellen Serepta (Fisher) Baldwin is a daughter of Nehemiah Willis Fisher.

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Return to the Fisher Index at this site.

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The Fishers of Windham Co, Vermont

The Family of Edmund Fisher of Halifax, Vermont

The Family of Deacon Nehemiah Willis and Lucretia (Marsh) Fisher - Marlboro, Vermont

Nehemiah Willis and Abigail Whitney (Bruce) Fisher - Marlborough, Vermont

Miscellaneous Vermont Notes re Fishers

The Fishers of
Windham Co, Vermont