John (1) Fisher, II, (Gateway Ancestor)

1600 - Bef 1640  (< 40 years)

• Name	John (1) Fisher  [1]
  Suffix	II, (Gateway Ancestor)
  Birth	1600	Maidstone, County Kent, England   [1, 2]
  	He was aged 16 in the 1619 Visitation of Kent. His age was shown as 30 in Sep 1634 and as 37 in Jan 1636/7, placing his birth between 1600 and 1604.
  Baptism	7 Mar 1601/02  [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	Feb 1624	Eastern Shore, Virginia   [1]
  	It was on this date that he was listed in the census as on the Eastern Shore, but was missed in the muster of 1624/5. His first cousin, Capt. William Epes, son of John Epes and his wife Thomazine Fisher of Ashford, Kent, was commander of the Eastern Shore plantations in Nov. 1623. John Fisher was agent for Capt. Epes' interests after the Captain left the shore in the late 1620s. He made two depositions about Epes' land, one, 8 Sep 1634, as age 30 and another 1 Jan 1636/7, as aged 37 or thereabouts. In the first of these he is called a kinsman of Espes. He came to the colony on the "Ann" (per Dr. Bill Burton).
  Heir - named as	7 Nov 1639	Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  	It was on this date that the will of William Brian was probated and left the remainder of his estate to "Goodman Fisher and he to see me layd in the ground like a man."
  Reference Identifer	gateway anc
  Record ID	25621
  Will	4 Dec 1639	Northampton Co, Virginia   [6]
  	He named a wife Elizabeth and sons John, Stephen and Phillipp. He left his wife Elizabeth his moveable estate, his man servant and hoggs. He left his son John Fisher one cow and 2 yearling heifers and, when of age, the 150 acre planatation which I now hold. Stephen got one cow and Phillipp got one calfe. Witnesses were Henry Armytradinge, Robert Kendall and Phillipp Chapman. By 1646 the orphans' cattle were in the custody of Richard Bayley. In 1654 Richard "Baily" is father-in-law (step-father) of Stephen Fisher aged 18.
  Death	Bef 23 Mar 1640	Northampton Co, Virginia   [6]
  	It was on this date that his will was proved.
  Person ID	I25621	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John Fisher, (I),   b. Abt 1562, Maidstone, County Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Benetta Dering,   b. Abt 1567, County Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	26 Jan 1594	County Kent, England   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F8207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (--?--),   b. 1610   d. Accomack Co, Virginia
  Marriage	Abt 1630	Northampton Co, Virginia   [7]
  Children	1. John (2) Fisher, (III),   b. Abt 1634, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Stephen (3) Fisher,   b. 1636, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 3 Jun 1658, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 22 years) + 3. Capt. Phillip (4) Fisher, (I),   b. 1637, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 1 Mar 1703, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 66 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F8178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Meyer & Dorman, Adventurers of Purse & Person, 3rd, (Richmond, VA: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624|5, 1987), p. 279, 624. [S623] Houston & Mihalyka, Colonial Residents of VA's E.S, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), 623. [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 954 (Fisher Family), 887. [S3040] Effie Florence (Thompson) Holder, Holder, Effie (Thompson) - Magna Charta Applicatio, (copy of application dated 5-21-2015 found in Mary Frances Carey's Bradford Family file folder (approved 5-26-2015)), 3040. [S3041] Douglas Richardson, Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, First Edition, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD 2005), p. 329-332, 3041. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 4, 497. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 4 (husband's will), 497.