Mary Fisher was the wife of Abraham Hagaman, Jr. Mary Fisher Hagaman was born in Wertsville, NJ. She was the daughter of Lieutenant William and Charity (Young) Fisher. Lt. William Fisher (b. April 16, 1729 in Hopewell, NJ-d. April 2, 1806 in Wertsville, NJ.) William Fisher was a Veteran of the American Revolution. He served in Captain John Phillips' Regiment during the Revolution. William Fisher grew up on his father's plantation in Rocktown, NJ. William Fisher was baptized at the First Dutch Reformed Church in Readington, NJ. William Fisher built a magnificient farmhouse in Wertsville, Hunterdon County, NJ. Mary Fisher married Abraham Hagaman at the William Fisher Farmstead on February 1, 1776. Mary Fisher was the granddaughter of Peter Fisher, who emigrated to America from Germany in 1730. He built his farmstead in Rocktown, NJ. The stone mantel above the fireplace bears the inscription 1741; the year the home was built. Peter Fisher was born in Ananhausen, Germany in ca. 1697. Peter married Maria Jung. He died at his Rocktown Plantation on June 19, 1775. He was buried at the Amwell Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Larison's Corner on June 22, 1775.
William Youngblood, father of John Youngblood and the step-grandfather of Charity Youngblood Fisher, was one of the earliest land owners and settlers of the Amwell, Hunterdon County region. He settled there about 1716.
In the summer of 1707 the primogenitors of several families, the Erts, Nutterfosses, Runks and others settled on and in the vicinity of land now owned by Samuel Wilson. These and other early settlers on this part of Amwell, were Palatinates, members of that band who because of religious persecution fled from Germany and coming to America, though they intended to land in New York were driven southward by adverse winds, landed at Philadelphia, and in May of 1707 began an overland march to reach German settlements in New York. Crossing the Delaware near the sight at which Van Dolah's riU used to flow into that river, the main body continued their course eastward up the riU of cool sparkling water till they reached the spring from which it flows, thence to the crest of the watershed which divides between the basin of the Delaware and that of the Neshanic, thence eastward along the crest of the watershed to a point east of Larisons' Comer, thence down the Neshanic to Copper Hill, thence across to the south branch of the Raritan, then up the Raritan to German Valley and points further on.
The main body of these emigrants lured by the goodly appearance of the land over which they passed and the good prospects for a satisfactory home stopped and settled. Of these toward the south- west €md the northeast of Ringoes were many; the Moores, Hoppachs, Bosses, Johnson, Pettits, Hardings et al.
On May 16, 1716 Arant Praal bought 750 acres of land and settled thereon and among others who settled were Henry Kline and William Youngblood.
Mary Fisher was the wife of Abraham Hagaman, Jr. Mary Fisher Hagaman was born in Wertsville, NJ. She was the daughter of Lieutenant William and Charity (Young) Fisher. Lt. William Fisher (b. April 16, 1729 in Hopewell, NJ-d. April 2, 1806 in Wertsville, NJ.) William Fisher was a Veteran of the American Revolution. He served in Captain John Phillips' Regiment during the Revolution. William Fisher grew up on his father's plantation in Rocktown, NJ. William Fisher was baptized at the First Dutch Reformed Church in Readington, NJ. William Fisher built a magnificient farmhouse in Wertsville, Hunterdon County, NJ. Mary Fisher married Abraham Hagaman at the William Fisher Farmstead on February 1, 1776. Mary Fisher was the granddaughter of Peter Fisher, who emigrated to America from Germany in 1730. He built his farmstead in Rocktown, NJ. The stone mantel above the fireplace bears the inscription 1741; the year the home was built. Peter Fisher was born in Ananhausen, Germany in ca. 1697. Peter married Maria Jung. He died at his Rocktown Plantation on June 19, 1775. He was buried at the Amwell Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Larison's Corner on June 22, 1775.
William Youngblood, father of John Youngblood and the step-grandfather of Charity Youngblood Fisher, was one of the earliest land owners and settlers of the Amwell, Hunterdon County region. He settled there about 1716.
In the summer of 1707 the primogenitors of several families, the Erts, Nutterfosses, Runks and others settled on and in the vicinity of land now owned by Samuel Wilson. These and other early settlers on this part of Amwell, were Palatinates, members of that band who because of religious persecution fled from Germany and coming to America, though they intended to land in New York were driven southward by adverse winds, landed at Philadelphia, and in May of 1707 began an overland march to reach German settlements in New York. Crossing the Delaware near the sight at which Van Dolah's riU used to flow into that river, the main body continued their course eastward up the riU of cool sparkling water till they reached the spring from which it flows, thence to the crest of the watershed which divides between the basin of the Delaware and that of the Neshanic, thence eastward along the crest of the watershed to a point east of Larisons' Comer, thence down the Neshanic to Copper Hill, thence across to the south branch of the Raritan, then up the Raritan to German Valley and points further on.
The main body of these emigrants lured by the goodly appearance of the land over which they passed and the good prospects for a satisfactory home stopped and settled. Of these toward the south- west €md the northeast of Ringoes were many; the Moores, Hoppachs, Bosses, Johnson, Pettits, Hardings et al.
On May 16, 1716 Arant Praal bought 750 acres of land and settled thereon and among others who settled were Henry Kline and William Youngblood.
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Died Dec. 15, 1829
76 yrs., 5 mos., 23 days
