FISHER, Thompson

• Name	FISHER, Thompson  [1]
  CENSUS	1810	Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA   [2]
  	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	I348	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. [3] 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. [4]
  Family ID	F81	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Sources

  [SR1] Wilfred Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 576, 974.8 D2c 1978. (Reliability: 2). Mathias Fisher married Martha Thompson... Chilldren... Thompson [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).