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Cephas Fisher Genealogy Cephas Fisher Sr. (1780 – 1863) of Ohio was a great-grandson of Thomas Fisher and Elizabeth Huntley Fisher of Chester County, Pennsylvania. His son, Cephas Fisher Jr., was my Great-Great Grandfather. Thomas Fisher (ca1682 – 1747) may have immigrated to Pennsylvania from Ireland as a child, between 1691 and 1700. The family farm in Kennett Township, Chester County was first obtained by warrant from William Penn to a Thomas Fisher (probably father of the younger Thomas) in early 1701. He married Elizabeth Huntley in 1713 and lived in Chester County until his death in 1747. Their son James (1715 – 1771) had a son James (1744 – 1828) who was the father of Cephas Fisher Sr. (1780 – 1863). Notes, documents, books and records from over 20 years of research are offered here as an aid for anyone working this line. In return, I hope you will share any comments and additional records or photos that you might have. Jackie L. (Jack) Fisher Email |
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Cephas Fisher Jr.’s Family
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Cephas A. Fisher & Mary Hoskins Fisher
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Children of Cephas Fisher Jr. & Mary Hoskins Fisher (1) Eli (3nd son, 1846)
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Twelve Generations of the Fisher Family, A Visual Tour
(See the End of Page for Research Details)
Ireland
England
Germany
Netherlands
Wales
Scotland
| Gen 1 Carrickbrennan Cemetery & Adjacent
Monkstown Castle Elizabeth Fisher Robinson, wife of Thomas Robinson, died in childbirth and was buried here in 1679. During the 1670's Thomas Fisher, Thomas Robinson, Elizabeth Fisher & Robert Fisher were young adults associated with the local village of Carrickmaine. Joseph Fisher & family lived at Stillorgan nearby. The Fishers of this neighborhood were English settlers. Local Robinsons and Fishers may have all come from two adjacent parishes on the south bank of the Mersey River in Cheshire. Joseph Fisher of Stillorgan is known to have come from Elton in Thornton le Moors Parish; Thomas Robinson and Thomas Fisher may be from families appearing in the records of the adjoining Eastham Parish. |
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1701 Land Warrant from Wm. Penn to Thomas
Robinson & Thomas Fisher in Kennett, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
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| Gen 1 Part of the 1701 Wm. Penn Land Grant to Thomas Fisher & Thomas Robinson, Kennett Township, Chester Co., Pa. This is in the Parkersville community near the intersection of Street Road & Greychalk Road.
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Gen 2 1710 Quaker Meeting House at Hamorton in Chester County, Pa.. The Fisher farm was about 2 miles NW of here. Thomas Fisher (ca 1682-1747), & family were members here. More
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| Gen 3 Thomas Fisher’s family moved to East Caln, NW
of Coatesville, Chester Co. Pa. in 1740, after his daughter Elizabeth
married Joseph Wilkinson whose family lived in Caln. The Wilkinsons
came from Ballynacree near Ballymoney in northern Ireland.
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Warrington Quaker meeting house near Rossville, York County, Pa. James Fisher Jr. (1744-1828), was born nearby at Monahan. His father was buried here in 1771. James Jr. married Jane Atkinson here in 1775.
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| Gen 4 New Hope Quaker meeting house, Greene Co. Tenn. James Fisher Jr.(1744-1828) went from Pa. to Hopewell, Va. in 1789; to Westfield, NC in 1792, then to Greene Co., Tenn. where he attended this Quaker Meeting near Rheatown. |
Gen 4 James Fisher Jr. went from Tenn. to East Monroe, Highland Co., Ohio in 1804. He died there in 1828. He is buried in Walnut Creek Quaker Cemetery between East Monroe and Martinsburg in Highland County, Ohio.
(Memorial Error; He Was James Jr. Not III) |
| Gen 5 Cephas Fisher Sr.(1778-1863), Son of James Jr., married Rachel Stanfield in Greene County, Tennessee. They were 3rd cousins, descended from Samuel Standfield who came from Lurgan near Belfast, Ireland. Cephas died in 1863 in Green Township, Clinton Co., Ohio. He is buried in Lees Creek Quaker Cemetery, Near Highland. (Also Called Hodson or New Antioch Cemetery)
More about Cephas Fisher Sr. & Rachel Stanfield Read the Will
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Gen 6 In 1837, Cephas Fisher Jr. (1812-1895) married Mary Hoskins (1822-1867) of Clinton County, Ohio. They settled on Sabina Road in Concord Township, Fayette County, a few miles NE of his father's log house in Clinton County, and bought the place in 1848. See map.
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Gen 6 Cephas and his brother James both moved their families to Clinton County, Indiana about 1855. “X” marks the Location of his 1855 farm in Sugar Creek Township, ESE of Frankfort & N of Pickard. The city at the approximate center of the map is Frankfort.
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Gen 6 Cephas Fisher Jr. moved to Henry Co., Iowa about 1867. J. L. Fisher is shown here in 1995 at the site of the 1867 farm, located on (now) Fremont Ave. near Salem. Cephas Jr. died at Salem in 1895.
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Gen 7 Samuel Fisher (1857–1930), son of Cephas Fisher
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Gen 8 Florance Clinton Fisher (1886–1969) & Grace Long Fisher (1890-1977). F. C. was born in Jewel City, Kansas; lived mostly in Okla. & Texas; died at Joplin, Missouri. His mother was a Van Tassel; the Van Tassels came to New York from Holland. The Longs came from England to Maryland where 6 sons served in the Revolutionary War, then went to Indiana. Her mother was a Harp, whose family came from Scotland to Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
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Woodford Pascal Fisher (1911 – 1990) & Dorothy Kelly Fisher (1915 – 2003). W. P. (Bill) was born in Alfalfa Co., Okla.; lived mostly in Mexia, Texas; died in Mexia. The Kellys came from Ireland and were in North Carolina before 1800. They migrated to Indiana, Kansas & Oklahoma. Dorothy's mother was a Hartman; the Hartmans came from Germany (Prussia) to Pennsylvania. Her Kelly grandmother was a Davis, from a North Carolina family who came from Wales.
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Gen 10 Jackie L. Fisher (b. 1939) & Janice Thornton Fisher
(b. 1938).
Blarney Castle, 2004
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Gen 11 Children of J.L. & Janice Fisher 1 Laura Fisher Armer (b. 1961) & Barry Armer, with
ch. Justin & Emma, 1997. |
Gen 12 Grandchildren of J.L. Fisher & Janice Thornton Fisher
1,2 Justin Lee Armer (b. 1985); Emma Kathleen Armer
(b. 1996), parents Laura & Barry (Taken 2003)
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Home of John, son of Cephas Fisher Sr., Near Lees Creek, Clinton County, Ohio. Visible from Highway 729 north of the Antioch Road intersection. Site of Cephas Sr.’s log house of 1827. 2004, J. L. Fisher |
1895, John Fisher Family
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| Model of Samuel Fisher’s covered wagon made by his son Florance C. Fisher
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Samuel Fisher’s
sons with the covered wagon.
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Pearl Fisher Hear Mabel Pearl Fisher Gumm, 
Pearl in 1932, at age 25. |
Thomas (ca 1682–1747) ?Ireland
& Pa. Detailed genealogical charts and name indexes are online at http://www.cephasfisher.com.
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J. L. Fisher Books
The books are online at http://www.cephasfisher.com . New Books in work. Read the online drafts as they become available. "Searching for Thomas Fisher"
*About Thomas Fisher’s Origins, Life, & Descendants* Books in the LDS Family History Library at Salt Lake. Read online versions as they become available. "Descendants and Ancestors of Cephas
Fisher Jr.", 1996. *Thomas Fisher & Some Descendants. LDS Film
2055284 Item 16.*
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