Surname Saturday - FISHER (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1105 who is  Elizabeth FISHER (1659-1694) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this FISHER family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

68.  Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

276.  John Plimpton (1708-1756)
277. Abigail Fisher (1711-1785)

552.  John Plimpton (1680-1730)
553.  Susanna Draper (1688-1769).

1104.  John Plimpton, born 16 June 1649 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 30 January 1704 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2208. John Plimpton and 2209. Jane Dammant.  He married 02 January 1678 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1105.  Elizabeth Fisher, born 06 February 1659 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 13 May 1694 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of John Plimpton and Elizabeth Fisher are:
*  John Plimpton (1680-1730), married 1707 Susanna Draper (1688-1769).
*  Henry Plimpton (1684-1731), married 1706 Mary Smith (1688-1774).
*  Joseph Plimpton (1686-????).

2210.  John Fisher, born beofre 26 January 1634 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England; died 03 July 1668 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.    He married 06 April 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2211.  Elizabeth Boylston, born 21 September 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 May 1665 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4422. Thomas Boylston and 4423. Sarah.

Children of John Fisher and Elizabeth Boylston are:
*  Elizabeth Fisher (1659-1694), married 1678 John Plimpton (1649-1704).
*  John Fisher (1661-1755), married (1) 1683 Mary Metcalf (1652-1727); (2) 1731 Sarah Harding (1680-1766).
*  Thomas Fisher (1663-1663).
*  Esther Fisher (1665-1666).

4420.  Joshua Fisher, born before 24 March 1588 in Syleham, Suffolk, England; died 18 October 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 8840. Anthony Fisher and 8841. Mary Fiske.  He married about 1618 in probably Suffolk, England.
4421.  Elizabeth, born about 1599 in England; died before 11 September 1638 in Syleham, Suffolk, England.

Children of Joshua Fisher and Elizabeth are:
*  Elizabeth Fisher (1619-????).
*  Joshua Fisher (1621-1672), married (1) 1643 Mary Aldus (1623-1653); (2) 1654 Lydia Aldus (1621-1683).
*  Mary Fisher (1623-1691), married 1648 Thomas Battelle (1620-1706).
*  Hester Fisher (1625-1625).
*  Sarah Fisher (1627-1627).
*  Amos Fisher (1630-1630).
*  John Fisher (1634-1668), married (1) 1658 Elizabeth Boylston (1640-1665); (2) 1665 Mary Treadway (1642-1677).
*  Samuel Fisher (1635-????).

Information about this Fisher line was obtained from:

*  Dean Crawford Smith, edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, Part IV: The Ancestry of Linda Anne Powers, 1839-1879 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000), pages 236-238.

*  William S. Tilden (editor) History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 (Boston, Mass. : Geo. H. Ellis, 1887).

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