Fisher Family Genealogy

Family: FISHER Abel / HOOWE Rachel (F82)

m. 27 Feb 1750


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  • Male
    FISHER Abel

    Birth  Abt 1730  Mountmellick, Laois Co., Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Bef 1786  Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  Bef 1786  Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  27 Feb 1750  [1, 2, 3]  Ireland  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  FISHER, Abel | F100 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Unknown | F100 Group Sheet 

    Female
    HOOWE Rachel

    Birth  12 Oct 1724  Edenderry, Offally Co., Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Father  HOOWE, Matthias | F122 Group Sheet 
    Mother  CURTIS, Elizabeth | F122 Group Sheet 

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    FISHER Henry

    Birth  25 Mar 1751  Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
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    FISHER Elizabeth

    Birth  3 Dec 1752  Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
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    FISHER Abel

    Birth  19 Apr 1756  Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  18 Aug 1838  Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  FORBES, Rachel | F339 
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    + FISHER Mathias

    Birth  12 Feb 1758  Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  17 Feb 1834  Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  THOMPSON, Martha | F81 
    Marriage  Aft 1782  Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Female
    FISHER Elizabeth

    Birth  20 Apr 1760  Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
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    FISHER Rachel

    Birth  12 Aug 1762  Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Aft 1848   
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    Spouse  STEWART Jacob | F87 
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    FISHER Thomas

    Birth  29 Oct 1764  Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  28 Feb 1848  Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  SHAW, Prudence | F84 
    Marriage  Bef 1799   

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    + FISHER Hannah

    Birth  11 Feb 1767  Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  5 Jan 1826  Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  MCDOWELL, Samuel | F85 
    Marriage  Abt 1789  Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location

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    FISHER John

    Birth  22 Sep 1769  Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  5 Jan 1775  Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location


  • Sources 
    1. [SR1] Wilfred Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 573, 974.8 D2c 1978. (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.

    2. [SR18] Fisher Family Sketch - 21 Nov 1888, (Ligonier Echo, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, 21 Nov 1888), 21 Nov 1888.
      Abel Fisher... married Rachel Whoowee...

    3. [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