Hi, I saw your message on Rootsweb,

Who are your Fishers? Mine are Stephan and Anna (Waltersheidt). Thier daughter Catherine married Joseph Yoest in 1868, I have lots on the Yoests and maybe a few pictures of Fishers?

Do we have a connection?

Thanks! Jeffrey

Actually I'm not sure who my Fisher's are. I think my GGgrandmother was Mary Fisher b. about 1780 and married Samuel Driskell - and I have Mary's father as Abraham Fisher and her mother as Rhoda Layton. We have an old letter from a great aunt that states Mary's name and we are trying to put this together. So, at this point we are just searching for leads and documentation to be able to make some connections.

Leda,
Copy and paste this link into your URL address line.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~momonite/moniteauhomepage.htm

It will take you to the Moniteau County page at Rootsweb/USGenweb. They list several cemeteries in the county, including Old Liberty

Liberty Cemetery can be viewed online,it was recorded again not long ago.The Gest/Gess I'm assuming is Gist,they are in with my husbands Gilbert family in Moniteau county.There was a A.B.Fisher in Moniteau county,1857 that was appointed scheriff,according to my 1936 Moniteau county history book.

Good day,

I too am a decendant of Adam Fisher. I have been researching this family for ~15 years. My database has ~70,000 people. My mother and father come from old and large families.

What information specificly are you looking for? From who do you decend?

Narrow down your questions and I'll try to answer them for you.

Gail Brown
aka Carlene Gail Fisher

Ancestors of Mary Fisher


Generation No. 1

1. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1779 in NC. She was the daughter of 2. Abraham Fisher and 3. Rhoda Layton. She married (1) Samuel Driscol Abt. 1800 in Rockingham Co., VA. He was born Abt. 1777.

More About Mary Fisher:
Ancestry File: 1859-KL0
Christening: 1779, NC?

Generation No. 2

2. Abraham Fisher, born Abt. 1730 in Philadelphia, PA; died in Yanceyville, Casswell Co., NC. He was the son of 4. Johann Adam Fisher and 5. Nancy Hull. He married 3. Rhoda Layton Abt. 1773.
3. Rhoda Layton, born Abt. 1756 in Germany; died in Yanceyville, Caswell, NC.

Notes for Abraham Fisher:
Rockingham Co., VA was formed from Augusta Co., VA in 1778.

"Abraham Fisher married Rhoda Layton, according to one family statement in 1773 which would have been 16 years after Adam Sr's death and when Abraham was, according to my (James S. Fisher's) specculation, 43 years old or thereabouts. We do not know just when Abraham and Rhoda went to NC but family tradition has it that they went to Yanceyville, Guilford Co., NC during their later years to live with their children. Yanceyville is where they are said to be buried and it would be my further speculation that their burial place would be on the land owned by whichever one of their children they were living with. Our Adam Jr. and wife were both buried on their own home-site on Indian Creek (OH).

James S. Fisher
The Legacy of Adam Fisher
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More About Abraham Fisher:
Ancestry File: R5T9-VF
Burial: Yanceyville, Casswell Co., NC
Land: 1789, Owned 514 acres of land.
Military: 1778, Martin Weavers Company, 4th Battalion of the Lancaster Co., PA Militia
Residence: 1789, Rockingham Co., VA (Augusta Co., VA)
Residence 1: Silesia, Germany
Residence 2: Philadelphia, PA
Residence 3: Yanceyville, Casswell Co., NC

More About Rhoda Layton:
Ancestry File: R5T9-WL
Burial: Yanceyville, Casswell, NC

Children of Abraham Fisher and Rhoda Layton are:
i. Trustram Fisher, born Bet. 1770 - 1780 in NC; died in Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO; married Catherine Golden in NC; born Abt. 1777; died in Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO.

More About Trustram Fisher:
Ancestry File: 14DW-LKV
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO

More About Catherine Golden:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO

ii. Prudence Fisher, born Bef. 1775 in Rockingham Co., VA; died Abt. 1795 in Rockingham Co., VA; married David Straeder Abt. 1795 in Rockingham Co., VA; born Abt. 1770 in NC; died Abt. April 1826 in Rockingham Co., VA.

More About Prudence Fisher:
Ancestry File: 14DT-ZZ0
Resided: Rockingham Co., VA

iii. Caleb Fisher, born Abt. 1775 in MD; died Abt. 1845 in Morgan Co., MO; married Mary Heather Abt. 1793 in MD; born Bet. 1773 - 1775 in MD; died Bet. 1850 - 1860 in Morgan Co., MO.

More About Caleb Fisher:
Ancestry File: 14DV-004
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO

More About Mary Heather:
Ancestry File: 14DV-VTR
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO

1 iv. Mary Fisher, born Abt. 1779 in NC; married Samuel Driscol Abt. 1800 in Rockingham Co., VA.
v. Rachel Fisher, born Abt. 1783 in MD; died February 27, 1858 in Morgan Co., MO; married Ferdinand Adair Abt. 1806; born Abt. 1785 in MD; died Abt. July 1855 in Morgan Co., MO.

Notes for Rachel Fisher:
Also listed with Rachel and Furnis Adair in 1850 Morgan Co., MOCensus is Francis age 23, and Rachael age 18.

More About Rachel Fisher:
Ancestry File: 14DV-DVK
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO
Fact 2: Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO, Liberty Cemetery.?

Notes for Ferdinand Adair:
age 65 on 1850 Morgan Co., Census
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Note: Article reference to Furnis Adair (whom we believe to beMalinda's father): FIRST SETTLERS-Following closely upon thefootsteps of the trappers, hunters and Indian traders came thefirst pioneers to what is now Morgan Co. - a daring and hardyrace of men, full of self-reliance, and possessing thoseself-contained resources admirably fitting them to leadcivilization in it's marvelous rise and progress across ourcontinent.
In the year 1825 Hugh Kelsay and the younger Alexander, James,Samuel and William Kelsay settled on Moreau Creek, about sixmiles east of Versailles. Soon after William Donegan. ThomasKennedy, John Thompson, FURNIS Adair and a man named Pushongsettled in the Kelsay neighborhood. In 1829 came Willis Brownand family, among whom was Cyrus C. Brown.
North of the Kelsay settlement about six miles were located,amont the next earliest settlers: Buford and William Allee,William Fulks, James Stinson, Elisha Taylor and Mordecia Bell

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Age 21 by 1806. Married about 1806.

1806-1808 Green Co., Ky.

1809 May be living with Truston Fisher in Mercer Co., Ky. on Chaplin
Creek

1810 taxed on 100 acres in Mercer Co., Ky. on Chaplin Creek

1814 Elected Church Elder, Green Co., Ky., (Brush Creek?)

1816-1819 taxed on 50 acres, Green Co., Ky., Brush Creek

1830 Cooper Co., Mo. p.202

5 Mar. 1838 purchased 40 acres, NE1/4 NE1/4, Sec. 18, Township. 44, R.17 from John and Sarah Porter for $50.(Morgan Deed Bk. 2, p.207)

1840 Morgan Co., Mo. p.174 Willow Fork Township.

1850 Morgan Co., Mo. p.244 Moreau Township.

Will date: 11 Mar. 1855 Will proved: 13 July 1855 Morgan Co., Mo. Will Book 1, pp.111,112,113
Said buried in Liberty Cemetery., Tipton, Moniteau Co., Mo.

birth place could also be TN. or MD. May have lived in MD 1785 to 1809, KY 1809-1827, Missouri 1827 till death

born in MD or NC

More About Ferdinand Adair:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO

vi. Celia Fisher, born Abt. 1783 in NC.

More About Celia Fisher:
Ancestry File: 1859-KND
Christening: 1783, Also shown as birth date in NC.

vii. Mahala Fisher, born Abt. 1787 in MD; died Aft. 1850 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO; married Allen.

More About Mahala Fisher:
Ancestry File: 14DV-03Q
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO
Christening: 1787, aka Milcah born in NC?
Fact 2: Tipton, Moniteau Co., MO, Liberty Cemetery.

viii. Milcah Fisher, born Abt. 1787 in NC; died WFT Est. 1767-1877; married Dill Abt. 1812 in Rockingham Co., VA.

More About Milcah Fisher:
Ancestry File: 1859-KQS


Generation No. 3

4. Johann Adam Fisher, born Abt. 1710 in Silesia, Germany ( now Poland); died Abt. 1757 in Lycoming Township, Lycoming Co, PA. He was the son of 8. Von Fischersbach Johann Adam Fischer and 9. <Unnamed>. He married 5. Nancy Hull Abt. 1730 in PA.
5. Nancy Hull, born Abt. 1719 in PA; died Aft. 1750 in Lycoming Township, Lycoming Co, PA.

Notes for Johann Adam Fisher:
Immigrants in PA, 1727-76

View Image title state city initial page
Adam Fisher German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in PA 1727-1776 PA Names of German, Swiss and other Immigrants 54
Adam Fisher German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in PA 1727-1776 PA Names of German, Swiss and other Immigrants 135
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Early PA Land Records

MINUTE BOOK "I" THIS IS BOOK "I" IN THE SECRETARIES OFFICE.
6 mo., 20, 1724.
Adam Fisher requests the Grant of about 30 acres of Marsh on the North side of the Murther Creek, joyning on the Marsh of Wm. Freeman, Nath, Hunn and Randal Donavan, that is an old request renewed.
Jos. Waterworth complains that divers Scots Irish are very Busy in settling about Octoraro Creek, which makes those Neighbours who settled there upon regular Grants very uneasy, who desire those people may be prevented from further settling.
MINUTE BOOK "I" THIS IS BOOK "I" IN THE SECRETARIES OFFICE.
7b'r, 14, 1724.
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Lancaster, PA Probate Index, 1729-1850

AN INDEX TO THE WILL BOOKS AND INTESTATE RECORDS OF LANCASTER Co., PA 1729-1850
INDEX to the INTESTATE RECORDS OF LANCASTER Co., PA 1729 - 1850
page 66
Name: Fisher, Adam
Year: 1833
Book: G
Volume: 1
Page: 60

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Family lore says he dropped the "c" from his name to avoid being identified with his father. This due to his breaking the current law of shooting a deer on the kings land. He came to America either to avoid prosecution or to spare his father disgrace (his father was the baron of Silesia, Germany).

Silesia, Germany is now a part of Poland, but was a part a Germany prior to WWI.


More About Johann Adam Fisher:
Ancestry File: R5SH-7V
Burial: State Rd United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lycoming Township, Lycoming Co, PA
Immigration: Bet. June 20 - October 16, 1727, Arrive on the ship Friendship to PA from Rotterdam.
Residence: 1727, Philadelphia, PA

More About Nancy Hull:
Ancestry File: 14DQ-FHW
Burial: State Rd United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lycoming Township, Lycoming Co, PA

Children of Johann Fisher and Nancy Hull are:
2 i. Abraham Fisher, born Abt. 1730 in Philadelphia, PA; died in Yanceyville, Casswell Co., NC; married Rhoda Layton Abt. 1773.
ii. Jacob Fisher, born Abt. 1741 in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pa; died Abt. 1785 in Frederick Co., MD; married Mary M. Bish Abt. 1770 in Franklin, VA; born Abt. 1734 in Franklin, VA; died November 11, 1823 in Franklin, VA.

More About Jacob Fisher:
Ancestry File: 14DQ-FJ4
Residence: 1776, Franklin Co., VA

More About Mary M. Bish:
Burial: Fisher Cemetery, Franklin, VA

iii. Daniel Fisher, born Abt. 1745 in Philadelphia, PA; died Abt. January 1817 in Shenandoah Valley, Augusta, VA; married (1) Sarah Hines; died Bef. 1797; married (2) Nancy Ann Jones Abt. 1777; born Abt. 1747 in PA.

More About Daniel Fisher:
Ancestry File: R5T9-XR
Residence: 1776, Rockingham Co., VA

iv. Johann Adam Fisher, born September 29, 1750 in Philadelphia, PA; died May 07, 1827 in Indian Creek Farm, Washington Township, Clermont Co., OH; married Susannah Jones Abt. 1777; born March 03, 1758 in MD; died December 17, 1842 in Indian Creek, Washington Township, Clermont Co., OH.

Notes for Johann Adam Fisher:
Philadelphia Co., PA Wills, 1682-1819

Name: Fisher, Adam
Description: Executor
Date: 1799
Prove Date: 11 10 1806
BookPage: 1:561
Remarks: Henry Camper. Blockley Township, City of Philadelphia. To son John Camper, land in Township afsd. bounded by lands now or late of David Satterich, by Peter Wikoff and by Jacob Ritter, son John paying annuity to my wife Mary. To dau. Mary, wife of William Saunders, lands adjoining lands devised to son John bounded by lands now or late of Peter Worrall, she paying to wife &c. To dau. Elizabeth Fisher, wife of Adam Fisher, land adjoining lands devised to dau. Mary bounded by land belonging to Peter Wolfong, John Camper and Peter Worrall, she paying to wife &c. Residue of estate to wife Mary. Exec: Son John, sons-in-law Wm. Saunders and Adam Fisher.
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Name: Fisher, Adam
Description: Son-in-law
Date: 1799
Prove Date: 11 10 1806
BookPage: 1:561
Remarks: Henry Camper. Blockley Township, City of Philadelphia. To son John Camper, land in Township afsd. bounded by lands now or late of David Satterich, by Peter Wikoff and by Jacob Ritter, son John paying annuity to my wife Mary. To dau. Mary, wife of William Saunders, lands adjoining lands devised to son John bounded by lands now or late of Peter Worrall, she paying to wife &c. To dau. Elizabeth Fisher, wife of Adam Fisher, land adjoining lands devised to dau. Mary bounded by land belonging to Peter Wolfong, John Camper and Peter Worrall, she paying to wife &c. Residue of estate to wife Mary. Exec: Son John, sons-in-law Wm. Saunders and Adam Fisher.
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New York City Wills, 1766-71

Page 497.--In the name of God, Amen. I, JOHN KELLY, of New York, do make this my last will and testament. I leave to my wife Mary all the plate and furniture I had with her, or that she brought to my house, and did heretofore belong to William Ellison, her former husband; Also 61 ounces of plate which I had in right of my said wife, and which was a part of the plate of her late husband, Dr. Thomas Braine. I also give her Å“30 for mourning and a mourning ring, and a negro girl and Å“1,000; "And I desire that she would reserve and keep what I give her in her own power during her life, so that she may have where-with all to live independent, with the right of dower that she has during her life in the house in the Montgomerie Ward, now in possession of Robert Cromelin." I leave to my daughter-in-law, Catharine Morris, Å“160, and to her son, Theophilus Morris, Å“25. I leave to my son-in-law, Richard Franses, Å“60, and I leave to his sons all my wearing apparell, and to his daughter Sarah Å“15, and to his daughter Margaret Å“20, and to his daughter Rachel Å“20, "and to his daughter, Catharine Throckmorton, Å“12, for a silver teapot." I leave to Elizabeth Willoughby, my wife's niece, Å“20; To Catharine Mergeson, Å“8. "I leave to the Rector and congregation of Trinity Church Å“15, to be applied toward clothing the poor free school children." I leave to the children of my brother, William Kelly, late of the Island of Barbadoes, Å“200. I leave to my wife's daughter, Elizabeth Cromelin, a good mourning ring. I leave to my daughter Rachel, widow of Adam Fisher, all that my dwelling-house and lot in Queen street, in the East Ward. I leave to Robert Cromelin, David Clarkson, and Augustus Van Cortlandt, Esq., Å“1,400, in trust for my granddaughter, Catharine Lodge, if she lives to be 21, the interest to be paid to my daughter Rachel for her. And whereas I have charged the estate of my son-in-law, Abraham Lodge, and for my extraordinary trouble the sum of Å“375, it is to be part of the Å“1,400. The rest of my personal estate I leave to my daughter Rachel, widow of Adam Fisher. "Lastly, as I have a good opinion of the fidelity and faithfulness of the abovenamed Trustees, I leave them Å“120."
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OH Land Records
Viewing records 1-1 of 1 Matches



FISHER, ADAM
Land Office: STEUBENVILLE Sequence #:
Document Number: 274 Total Acres: 80.74
Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No Issue Date: July 01, 1831
Mineral Rights Reserved: Metes and Bounds: No
Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries

Legal Land Description:
# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #
1 W½NW OHIO RIVER SURVEY No 16 N 7 W 4

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Adam Fisher II was born September 29 1750 in PA. His Father , Adam I
left Germany with his family to settle in the new world at the invita tion of
William PA leaving behind his oldest daughter. Adam, the son, serv ed 18
months in the Revoluntionary Army, and then sometime between 1794 an d 1797 came to OH settling near Indian Creek in Clermont Co.. I t is said that he purchased a part of this land at a price of $.75 pe r acre and paid $1.25 for the remainder. It is on this property tha t was buried at his death on May 7, 1827 at age 77. The Grave site c hosen was a knoll adjacent to Indian Creek and overlooking the homesi te. His wife Susannah Jones of MD shares this last resting pla ce with him. They had eleven children, two became ministers of the g ospel and one served a term in Congress. John served as Commander o f the Southern OH Militia. He made his home near Laurel and he an d his wife Catherine "Caty" Lindsey are buried in a family plot not m ore than than mile from here. John and Caty had ten children, two o f whom died in childhood and were buried in their grandfather John' s private grave yard. John L. as remembered by his grandson, Frankli n Clifford was a devout Christian. He read the Bible through many ti mes in his lifetime and was very strict in his observance of the law s of God. Perhaps this explains the fact that three of his grandsons , brothers of Franklin Clifford and a son of William Oscar and Lavand a Nichols became ministers - two in the Methodist Church and one in t he United Bretern Faith. Charles served many years as pastor of th e Williamsburg and Bethel Methodist Church.

The descendants of Adam ansd Susannah are now legion and are scattere d over a
great part of the United States. Those who are aware of their herita ge are
proud of the part Adam Fisher played in gaining freedom for this grea t nation
of ours. May his service stand as an example and may we be willing t o give as
much that our country will ever be free.

From Betty L. Fisher

More About Johann Adam Fisher:
Ancestry File: R5TB-03
Burial: Private Farm, Washington Township, Clermont, OH
Residence: 1750, Philadelphia, PA

More About Susannah Jones:
Burial: Private Farm, Washington Township, Clermont, OH


Generation No. 4

8. Von Fischersbach Johann Adam Fischer, born Abt. 1684 in Silesia, Germany. He married 9. <Unnamed>.
9. <Unnamed>

More About Von Fischersbach Johann Adam Fischer:
Ancestry File: R5SH-5J
Fact: Johann Adam Fischer Von Fischersbach

Child of Johann Fischer and <Unnamed> is:
4 i. Johann Adam Fisher, born Abt. 1710 in Silesia, Germany ( now Poland); died Abt. 1757 in Lycoming Township, Lycoming Co, PA; married (1) <Unnamed> Bef. 1726 in Silesia, Germany; married (2) Nancy Hull Abt. 1730 in PA.

Folks, I have read both of your postings thoroughly, but find no direct relation to my Fishers in Pettis and predominantly Moniteau counties.

Stephen Fisher married Anna Walterscheidt in the late 1840's, perhaps in Moniteau, most of their children were born there. Do you have any references to these names in your data? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks, Jeffrey

Folks, I have read both of your postings thoroughly, but find no direct relation to my Fishers in Pettis and predominantly Moniteau counties.

Stephen Fisher married Anna Walterscheidt in the late 1840's, perhaps in Moniteau, most of their children were born there. Do you have any references to these names in your data? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks, Jeffrey

I am a descendant of Mary Fisher and her "Driscoll" husband. I really believe that Mary married a Moses Driskill and that Samuel Driskill/Driscoll was their son. Samuel was born in Rockingham Co., NC in 1799; died in 1870 in Pettis Co., MO. He married Isabella "Ibby" Dudley in Caswell Co, NC in 1820 and they had 12 to 14 children. They moved from Caswell Co., NC, about 1833, spent a year or two in TN and were living in Greene Co., IL from 1835 to 1839. In 1840 and 1850 they appear on the Morgan Co., MO census. In 1860 and 1870, they were in Pettis Co., MO.

Samuel and Isabella both joined the Lick Fork Primitive Baptist Church, Rockingham Co., NC in 1824. Moses Driskill was already a member of that church but Moses and others left the Lick Fork Church in 1829 to form the new Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Caswell Co., NC.

Samuel Driskill/Driskell was re-converted in the Old Liberty Baptist Church by Elder Greer, and Samuel became a Baptist minister. He was pastor of the Flat Creek Baptist Church in Pettis Co., MO from 1853 to 1865.

What is your Driskell line of descent? My mother was the daughter of Elisha Dudley Driskell and Ibby Frances Driskell who were first cousins. Elisha was the son of William Fields Driskell and Isabella Cathey. Ibby was the daughter of Abner Nash Driskell and Sarah Elizabeth Kirkpatrick. William Fields and Abner Nash Driskell were both sons of Rev. Samuel and Isabella Dudley Driskell.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Charles Hamm

No known relationship to the Driscols. I am a Fisher, aka Fischer, of German lineage.

My response was in regard to the Fisher question.

Sorry I wasn't able to aid you.

Gail