The origins of Daniel Fisher are unknown.

It is possible he has a kinship with the immigrant Fisher brothers, Anthony and Joshua. He is not covered in the Anthony and Joshua Fisher Genealogy. I've also seen a theory, which is unproven, as far as I know (if not disproven) that Daniel Fisher, son of Anthony, of Dedham; is the same man as Daniel Fisher of Taunton; and that Hannah Hill was a second wife. That theory sure seems like a stretch to me.

Born:  About 1640, (1641 per Torrey) in an unknown place.

Immigration:   By 1660, if he is an immigrant. He may be the son of an immigrant.

Spouse: Hannah Hill, abt 1662 (first born 1663, Torrey), in probably Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Mass. She was born in 1641 (Torrey, Savage) in Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Mass to John and Frances (__) Hill. Death date unknown to me, but if she was mother to all the children, at least after 1681.
 

I'm a little confused by this piece, from early church records in Dorchester. It appears to say Hannah, the ** granddaughter ** of Hannah Hill. Maybe the transcriber didn't get it right, maybe the Hannah who married Daniel Fisher was from John, Jr, maybe there was a granddaughter of the "Widow Hill", who was a separate woman, who also married a Fisher???

"18: 12: 71. Hannah gradafter of ye widdow Hill, wif to one ffisher dismissed to Joyne to ye Church at Tanton" From the church records of Dorchester, transcribed in The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, Pg 534-5.


Residences:  A birth record of a Daniel Fisher, born December 22, 1663 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Mass is a probable son of his. This town is where we know his wife to be from. It is likely they spent their first year or so here. If the above church record is his wife, they would have moved to Taunton before 1671. Records of the rest of the children begin in Taunton in 1666. Torrey shows: Dorchester/Taunton/Norwich. I have not located any information yet as to why Torrey is referring to Norwich, Conn as a residence for him.

Death: I have no information.

Estate/Will:  I have no information.

Still lookin'....

I have found scant little on this fellow so far. My sources have only included Savage and Torrey to date. He is not mentioned in the Anthony and Joshua Fisher Genealogy and a search of booksellers and Persi has turned up nothing of note so far.

His children are listed in: Edgar H. Reed, "Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass., from
the Proprietors' Records" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, XVI (Boston: NEHGS, 1862), p. 327.
 

Geography Notes:

Plymouth, Mass is abt 22 miles west of Taunton, Bristol Co, Mass
Norton, Bristol Co, Mass is abt 7 miles northeast of Taunton, Bristol Co, Mass
Providence, Rhode Island is abt 18 miles east and a touch south of Taunton, Bristol Co, Mass
Towns near Taunton are Middleboro to the east, Bridgewater to the Northeast, Attleboro to the Northwest.
Bridgewater, Plymouth Co is abt 13 mi NE of Taunton, Bristol Co, Mass

Sons to Norton, Mass

Four of the sons of Daniel and Hannah (Hill) Fisher moved onto Norton, Bristol Co, Mass, a few miles from their birth town.

See the History of Norton,Mass, from the History of Bristol Co, Mass, 1883, which mentions the brothers, of which the following are excerpts:
 

"Incorporation of the Town.-The first move towards the formation of a precinct was under date Nov. 27, 1707, as follows: " We whose names are underwritten.... "Thomas Braman, jun., ..., Ebenezer Edy, ...... Eliezer Fisher, Richard Briggs, ..... Eliezer Edy, ..... Israel Fisher, .... Nathaniel Fisher, Joseph Briggs (more names there.)"

"May 23, 1715, the town "voted to pay three half-pence a head for every flying blackbird or Jaw's head that shoald be kild in this town, and the heads brought to the selectmen, or John Smith or Eliezer fisher, between this time and next March.""

"Samuel Fisher was the son of Daniel and Hannah Fisher, of Taunton, and was born 3d December, 1669. Eleazer Fisher was the brother of Samuel, and was born 12th May, 1673. Israel Fisher was born 27th March, 1680, and is supposed to have settled near his brothers, Samuel and Eleazer. He was one of the original members of the church. Nathaniel Fisher was a brother of those just mentioned, and was born 9th February, 1681. He probably lived near Barrowsville."
 

Move to Vermont

After three generations in Norton, Edmund and Ruth (Willis) Fisher moved their family to Vermont. He lived in Halifax, Vermont; while his son, Nehemiah went on to Marlboro, Vermont. See material on our Fishers in Vermont. (Marlboro, VT is abt 137 miles northeast of Norton, Mass.)
 

 

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 1   Daniel Fisher 1640 - b: Abt. 1640 in England or Mass ?
..  +Hannah Hill 1641 - b: 1641 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co,  Mass
. 2   Eliezer Fisher 1673 - 1750 b: May 12, 1673 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Mass
.....  +Hannah Eddy 1676 - 1724 b: December 06, 1676 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Mass
.... 3   Nehemiah Fisher 1703 - b: September 03, 1703 in Norton, Bristol Co, Mass
........  +Sarah Morse 1706 - 1744 b: Abt. 1706 in Mass
........ 4   Edmund Fisher 1733 - b: August 21, 1733 in Norton, Bristol Co, Mass
............  +Ruth Willis 1735 - b: Abt. 1735 in Prob Taunton, Mass ?
........... 5   Nehemiah Fisher, Deacon 1764 - 1846 b: April 23, 1764 in Norton, Bristol Co, Mass
...............  +Lucretia Marsh 1764 - 1851 b: October 23, 1764 in Thompson, Killingly, Windham Co, Conn
.............. 6   Nehemiah Willis Fisher 1805 - 1859 b: June 23, 1805 in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
..................  +Abigail Whitney Bruce 1806 - 1884 b: April 02, 1806 in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
.................. 7   Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924 b: October 30, 1843 in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
......................  +Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894 b: June 14, 1836 in Dover, Vermont, USA
..................... 8   Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961 b: July 06, 1876 in Near Ada, Fountain Twp, Ottawa Co, Kans
.........................  +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976 b: October 14, 1886 in Near Milo, Lincoln Co, Kansas

Related Links:

 See the John Hill Page (Daniel's father-in-law).

Bristol Co, Mass GenWeb Page

On-Line History of Bristol Co, Mass

The Fisher Rootsweb Resource Page

Fisher GenForum

Fisher at Surname Web

Fisher Board at familyhistory.com

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