Fisher Family Genealogy
Family: FISHER Mathias / THOMPSON, Martha (F81)
m. Aft 1782-
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FISHER Mathias
Birth 12 Feb 1758 Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ 
Death 17 Feb 1834 Westmoreland Co., PA Burial Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Marriage Aft 1782 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Father FISHER Abel | F82 Group Sheet Mother HOOWE Rachel | F82 Group Sheet
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THOMPSON, Martha
Birth Death 18 Aug 1829 Westmoreland Co., PA Burial Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Father Mother
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+ FISHER John
Birth 28 Jul 1786 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Death 26 Jan 1842 Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA Burial Fisher Cemetery, Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA Spouse ROBERTS, Sarah | F90 Marriage 24 Mar 1808
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+ FISHER Abel
Birth 3 Jun 1788 Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA Death 3 Apr 1876 Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA Burial Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Spouse STEWART Hannah | F88 Marriage Spouse Elizabeth | F377 Marriage
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+ FISHER Thomas
Birth 11 Mar 1791 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Death 17 Jun 1873 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Burial South Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Spouse KELLS Mary | F75 Marriage 30 Mar 1815 Spouse BROWN Elizabeth | F40 Marriage 22 Feb 1838
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+ FISHER Rachel
Birth 11 Feb 1806 Westmoreland Co., PA Death 13 Jun 1864 Greensburg, Decatur Co., IN Burial South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur Co., IN Spouse STEWART Silas | F89 Marriage Westmoreland Co., PA
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Notes Married:
- Mathias Fisher married Martha Thompson, who died August, 1828. Her father was a staunch Presbyterian and objected to the marriage on the grounds that Mathias Fisher had never been baptized. However, she had no such scruples and left her father’s house, never to enter it again. Following the marriage they settled on a part of the old Fisher farm. [1]
- He paid his addresses to Miss Martha Thompson, but her father being a staunch Presbyterian, objected to the match because Mr. Fisher had never been baptized. Miss Thompson, however, had no such scruples of conscience, but ran away, as they called it then; she left her father’s house and never entered it again. [2]
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Sources - [SR1] Wilfred Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 575, 974.8 D2c 1978. (Reliability: 2).
- [SR19] Fisher Historical Sketch - 28 Nov 1888, (Ligonier Echo, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, 28 Nov 1888), 26 Oct 1888 (Reliability: 2).
- [SR1] Wilfred Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 575, 974.8 D2c 1978. (Reliability: 2).