Fisher Family Genealogy
Family: FISHER Abel / HOOWE Rachel (F82)
m. 27 Feb 1750-
Father | Male
FISHER Abel
Born Abt 1730 Mountmellick, Laois Co., Ireland 
Died Bef 1786 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Buried Bef 1786 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Married 27 Feb 1750 [1, 2, 3] Ireland [1, 2, 3] Father FISHER, Abel | F100 Group Sheet Mother Unknown | F100 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
HOOWE Rachel
Born 12 Oct 1724 Edenderry, Offally Co., Ireland Died Buried Father HOOWE, Matthias | F122 Group Sheet Mother CURTIS, Elizabeth | F122 Group Sheet
Child 3 | Male
FISHER Abel
Born 19 Apr 1756 Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Died 18 Aug 1838 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Buried Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Spouse FORBES, Rachel | F339 Married
Child 4 | Male
+ FISHER Mathias
Born 12 Feb 1758 Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Died 17 Feb 1834 Westmoreland Co., PA Buried Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Spouse THOMPSON, Martha | F81 Married Aft 1782 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA
Child 6 | Female
FISHER Rachel
Born 12 Aug 1762 Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Died Aft 1848 Buried Spouse STEWART Jacob | F87 Married
Child 7 | Male
FISHER Thomas
Born 29 Oct 1764 Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Died 28 Feb 1848 Lawrence Co., PA Buried Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA Spouse SHAW, Prudence | F84 Married Bef 1799
Child 8 | Female
+ FISHER Hannah
Born 11 Feb 1767 Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Died 5 Jan 1826 Westmoreland Co., PA Buried Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Spouse MCDOWELL, Samuel | F85 Married Abt 1789 Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA
Child 9 | Male
FISHER John
Born 22 Sep 1769 Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Died 5 Jan 1775 Westmoreland Co., PA Buried Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA
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Sources - [SR1] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, Wilfred Jordan, editor, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 974.8 D2c 1978., 573 (Reliability: 2).
Abel Fisher married, in Ireland, February 27, 1750, Rachel Whowee or Howee.
Children:
1. Henry, born March 25, 1751.
2. Elizabeth, born December 3, 1752, died unmarried.
3. Abel, born April 19, 1756; married Rachel Forbes.
4. Mathias, of whom further.
5. Elizabeth (again), born April 29, 1760.
"6. Rachel, born August 12, 1762; married, as his second wife, Jacob Stewart. (Stewart I)
7. Thomas, born October 29, 1764; married Prudence Shaw. In 1802 he removed to Mercer (now Lawrence) County, about four miles north of New Castle, where he spent his life. Died suddenly in 1848.
8. Hannah, born February 11, 1767; married Samuel McDowell, and settled near Ligonier. They raised a large family, most of whom removed and settled in Mercer (now Lawrence) County.
9. John, born September 22, 1769, was bitten by a rattlesnake and died within a few hours. - [SR18] Fisher Family Sketch - 21 Nov 1888, (Ligonier Echo, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, 21 Nov 1888), 21 Nov 1888.
Abel Fisher... married Rachel Whoowee... - [S64] Bible Record: Family of Matthias Fisher and Rachel Hoowe, (George Grierson, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Dublin, 1754) (Reliability: 3).
Abell Fisher and Rachel Hoowee was Married February the 27 1750
- [SR1] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, Wilfred Jordan, editor, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 974.8 D2c 1978., 573 (Reliability: 2).
