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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:
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Lavina, b. March 16, 1786, m. James Blake, Jr.;
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Ruth, b. April 17, 1787, m. Francis Phelps, Jr.,
of Halifax;
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Lucretia, b. Oct. 10, 1788, m. Reubai Fessenden
of Halifax;
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Cynthia, b. Sept. 11, 1790;
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Edmund, b. Jan. 8,1793;
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Orpha, b. March 12,1795, m. Samuel Underwood;
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Sylvia, b. Sept. 16, 1797, m. Nahum Hubbard;
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Asseneth, b. March 21, 1800, m. Jared Gould, and
d. May 15, 1833;
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Nehemiah-Willis, b. June 23, 1805;
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Nehemiah-Fisher Purce, b. Oct. 26, 1800, received
by adoption;
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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
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Name of head of family: Fisher, Nehemiah
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Free white males of 16 years and upward, including
heads of families: 1
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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:
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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;
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Ephraim-Lyman, b. Jan. 8, 1831, d. of consumption,
Feb. 1, 1802;
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John-Henry, b. Aug. 24, 1833;
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Melissa-Caroline, b. April 30, 1837, m. Dec. 14,
1862, Lyman-Dana Moulton, s. of Francis-G. of Dover;
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Marthaette-Abigail, b. Aug. 14, 1838, m. George-Barney
Hall, b. June 4, 1836;
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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;
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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;
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Joseph-Elliot, b. Jan. 26, 1847;
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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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Index at this site.
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