Thank you so much for answering this. I knew that there had to be more than just 2 or 3 main fisher lines. I still wish I could find the site I read though, even though that information was incorrect there were some other things there I want to read. I wish I had bookmarked the page! Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <FISHERCOM@aol.com> To: <FISHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [FISHER] TWO Fisher lines? > To All the Fisher Researchers: > > I am a Fisher genealogist and I would like to help clarify this idea about > the number of Fisher Lines in America. > > The earliest is Robert Fisher, 1611, who arrived on the East Short of > Virginia from Wales on the Elizabeth. He was still living in the time of the > first Virginia census in 1625. > > However, other subsequent Fisher arrivals in 17th century Virginia include: > John, Henry, Thomas, Edward, Samuel, William, Gabriell, Richard, Francis, > Jeremy, Jonathan, Joseph, Peter, Phillip, Benjamin, Caleb, George and Paul. > [cited from Filby's Master Index]. It is unlikely that these Fisher derive > from a single Fisher line in England and there is simply no evidence that > this is the case. > > Another major line of Fisher's originated from Sylekham, England and fled > England because of religious persecution and settled on the Charles River > near Boston. This line is well documented and did not migrate to Virginia. > > Another line of Early Fishers was John and Thomas Fisher who came over on the > Welcome in 1682 to settle in Penn's Colony. Thomas was a son of John and > married Maugery Maud. This line is also well documented and is totally > different from other early Fisher immigrants. > > Perhaps yet another important early line is Nicholas Fischer who immigrated > to Virginia from Germany and soon changed the spelling of his name to Fisher > settling in Brunswick, later Lunenburg, Counties. > > Simply stated, we just do not know how many independent Fisher lines > immigrated to America in the 17th and early 18th century but it is certain > they did not derive from one or two Fisher lines elsewhere. > > George Chrysler Fisher > > > ==== FISHER Mailing List ==== > ----------------- > You can unsubscribe by clicking below for the regular list: > mailto:FISHER-L-request@rootsweb.com > Click below for the digest list: > mailto:FISHER-D-request@rootsweb.com > In the BODY include only one word: unsubscribe > ----------------- > >