John Fisher

Biography

John Fisher was the son of Joshua of Medfield.[1] His widow married second 21 July 1675 to Tomothy Hawkins.[1] He married first to Elizabeth Boyston daughter of Thomas Boyston and Sarah on 6 Apr 1658 in Medfield.[2][1] She was born 21 Sep 1640 in Watertown.[2][3][4] She died 4 May 1665 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts,[5]

Children with Elizabeth

• 1. Elizabeth FISHER b 6 Feb 1658/59, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts d 13 May 1694, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts m John PLIMPTON on 25 Jan 1677 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[1]
• 2. John FISHER b 2 Apr 1661, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts d 7 Nov 1755, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts m Mary METCALF on 8 Jun 1683, in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, m 2nd Sarah (HEMINWAY?) on 1 Jul 1731, in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.[1]
• 3. Thomas FISHER b 11 Dec 1663, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts d 12 Dec 1663, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.[1]
• 4. Esther FISHER b 13 Apr 1665, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts d 3 Apr 1666, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.[1]

He married second on 21 Sep 1665 Mary daughter of Nathaniel and Sufferance (Howe) Treadway of Watertown b 1 Aug 1642.[1]

Children with Mary

• 1. Jonathan Fisher b 24 JULY 1666 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, d 25 FEB 1752 Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts. m Rachel Fairbanks.[1]
• 2. Nathaniel Fisher b 18 FEB 1667 Medfield, Norfolk, MA, d 22 MAR 1668 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts,[1]

John Fisher died on 3 Jul 1688.[6][1]

Sources

• 1. Philip A Fisher, The Fisher Genealogy: Record of the Descendants of Joshua, Anthony, and Cornelius Fisher, of Dedham, Mass., 1630-1640. (Everett, Mass.: Massachusetts Pub. Co., 1898) p 17 (John Fisher, s/o Joshua of Medfield, b. England, d. Medfield 3 Jul 1668, m. 6 Apr 1656 Elizabeth, d/o Thomas and Sarah Boylston of Watertown, m. (2) 21 Sep 1665 Mary, d/o Nathaniel and Sufferance (Howe[sic]) Treadway of Watertown. link
• 2. 2.0 2.1 Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England: 1634-1635, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic and Genealogical Society. Sep 1996) Volume 1,A-B p 371 link to purchase and link to Americanancestors subscribers to text
• 3. Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939), 1:8. [1640 Additional names found upon Middlesex Co. Clerk of Courts Records.] Elizabeth the daughter of Thomas & Sarah Boylson borne 21 (7). [21 Sep 1640]
• 4. Don Charles Stone, The Lanman family: the descendants of Samuel Landman of Boston Massachusetts, 1687 with data on the Boylston family in England and America (Lancaster, PA: 1968) Chapter 3: Boylstons in England and America p 9 - Available for checkout See also the author's web site
• 5. Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), 211. Fisher, Elizabeth, w. John, [died] May 4, 1665.
• 6. Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903) p 211 ("Fisher, John Sr., s. Joshua Sr., [died] July 3, 1668.")
• 5. Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), 211. Fisher, Elizabeth, w. John, [died] May 4, 1665.