This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fishers of W.V./V.A. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YVW.2ACEB/3945 Message Board Post: I am looking for a line of Fishers that began withJohann Sabastian Michael Fisher a native of Germany, wife Susanna ended up coming to America on the 13th or 14th of June 1709 through the port of New York and then to Pennsylvainia in 1723 to the Tulpehocken Valley near what is now the city of Reading, Pa. eventually John Adam Fisher (Sabastian) was the founder of the West Virginia branch in Va/W.V. on land that was a part of the Lord Fairfax Manor Hamshire Co. now Hardy Co. W.V. he was the youngest child of Johann Sabastian and Susanna Fisher, Adam was married to Christina Burkstoler and were the parents of four children the first being mary Elizabeth and John (Johan) Adam the fourth child. thanks for your help.