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- From: “Old Dorchester” appearing in the NEGHS Register, v. 5, 1851, p. 399:
“FISHER, ANTHONY, Sen. freem. May, 1645; m. Isabel, wid. of Edward Breck, 14:9:1663, he d. intestate, 18th April 1671, in the 80th year of his age; she d. 22:4:1673. Ensign Daniel Fisher son of ANTHONY; also Nathaniel, Cornelius, and Joanna. On 5:3:1662, the town allowed ANTHONY FISHER £4 “for killing vs six wolues.” His residence was “in Mrs. Stoughton’s farms within the bounds of Dorchester, but yet distant about seuen or eight miles from Dorchester meetinghouse, being neere adjacent to the towne of Dedham.”--The Fisher family were heirs to the estate of elder John Wiswal, or of certain lands laid out to him “beyond the Blue Hills near Dedham, now [1737] in Stoughton.” The heirs were John Fisher, Joshua Fisher, Daniel Fisher and his wf. Esther; Jeremiah Dean and Mary his wife.”
From: “Abstracts of Early Suffolk Wills” appearing in the NEGHS Register, v. 48,1894, p. 459:
“No. 529--ANTHONY FISHER, late of Dorchester deceased. Inventory 7 Apr 1670, by Joane Fisher, apprized by Peter Woodward and John Gay.
Josiah Fisher’s bond as administrator on estate of his father, Anthony Fisher late of Dedham, farmer, unadministered by Joane Fisher, late of Dedham, widow, deceased.
James Fales and Joseph Ellis sureties. 10 Jun, 1723. Vo. vii. p. 50. (See Dedham Historical Register, Vol. 3, p. 191).
“ANTHONY FISHER...was baptized 23 April 1591 at Syleham. “Mr. Anthony Fisher Departed out of this Life in the 80th year of his age (April 18) 1671” at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He married first, about 1615, ALICE _____, who joined the Dedham Church 27 March 1642, listed as “___ Fisher ye wife of Anthony Fisher,” and died 12 January 1662/3. Anthony married second, at Dorchester, 14 November 1663, ISABEL (---) (RIGBY) BRECK, widow of both John Rigby and Edward Breck, both of Dorchester. Isabel died at Dorchester 22 June 1673.
Anthony Fisher was at Syleham until at least 1623. In Denton, Norfolk, about six miles from Syleham, in 1626 and 1629, the baptisms of two children of Anthony and Alice were recorded. In March 1636, according to the will of his brother John, he was still living in Denton.
Anthony arrived in New England probably in 1637 The first record of him in the colonies is 18 July 1637, when “Mr. John Allen wth diurse others being p’pownded to sit downe wth vs onely in the same condicon. they are accepted soe to doe...” The names of the “diverse others,” including Anthony Fisher, appear in a list two paragraphs farther on that names twelve heads of families admitted to Dedham on the same date. These twelve produced “crtifficates from ye magestrates” showing that they had subscribed to the covenants of the town. Anthony Fisher was active in Dedham town activities, and then eventually moved to Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he continued public service.”«s84»
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