FISHER Mary

Abt 1796 -

• Name	FISHER Mary  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Polly
  Birth	Abt 1796
  CENSUS	1800	Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA   [3]
  	Census lists three "Free White Males Under 10," presumably Mathias and Martha's' sons John, Abel and Thomas; one "Free White Males 10 to 15," not clear who this might be; one "Free White Males 45 and over," Mathias himself although he would have been only 42 years old in 1800; one "Free White Females Under 10," Mathias and Martha's' daughter Mary; one "Free White Females 16 to 25," Mathias' wife Martha.
  		1800 US Census: Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA, Roll 41, p 1040
  CENSUS	1810	Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA   [4]
  	Census lists as living in Mathias Fisher household one "Free White Males Under 10" - presumably youngest son Thompson Fisher; one "Free White Males over 16 and under 26" - presumably son Thomas Fisher, John and Abel likely having married by this time; two "Free White Males 45 and upwards" - one being Mathias and the other unknown; one "Free White Females Under 10" - presumably daughter Rachel; one "Free White Females over 10 and under 16" - daughter Mary; and one "Free White Females over 26 and under 45" - Mathias' wife Martha Thompson.
  		1810 US Census: Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., Roll 51, p 875
  Person ID	I216	Main
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	FISHER Mathias,   b. 12 Feb 1758, Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ d. 17 Feb 1834, Westmoreland Co., PA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	THOMPSON, Martha   d. 18 Aug 1829, Westmoreland Co., PA
  Marriage	Aft 1782	Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA
  	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. [5] 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. [6]
  Family ID	F81	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	STEWART Berekiah,   b. 11 Jan 1799, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland Co., PA d. 1854, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland Co., PA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	Y  [7, 8]
  Children	1. STEWART, William A.   2. STEWART, Eunice   3. STEWART, Benjamin   4. STEWART, Caroline
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2007

  
  

• Event Map		CENSUS - 1800 - Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA CENSUS - 1810 - Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Received $5 bequest from her father Mathias Fisher on his death in 1834: "And also to my daughter Mary Stewart the sum of five dollars which shall be in full of their respective claims." [9]

  
  

• 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). "Mathias Fisher married Martha ThompsonÉ "Chilldren:É "PollyÉ" [SR1] Wilfred Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 570, 974.8 D2c 1978. (Reliability: 2). "BarachiahÉmarried Polly Fisher" [S228] Census: 1800 U.S. - Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA, (Ancestry,com), 1800, Roll: 41; Page: 1040; Image: 227; Family History Library Film: 363344. (Reliability: 2). [S229] Census: 1810 U.S. - Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA , (Ancestry,com), 1810, Roll 51; Page: 875; Family History Number: 0193677; Image: 00221 (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). [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). Polly, married Barachiah Stewart. [SR1] Wilfred Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 570, 974.8 D2c 1978. (Reliability: 2). Barachiah...married Polly Fisher [SR23] Mathias Fisher, Will: Fisher, Mathias - 1834, (Registrar of Wills), 9 Dec 1833, Will Book 2: p 303. (Reliability: 3).