Nathaniel was the oldest son of Ezekiel Fisher and Susanna Wadsworth of Stoughton, Mass. He was married in Stoughton on 22 April 1763 to Hannah BAKER, the daughter of Elijah Baker and Hannah Puffer of Sharon, Mass. As early as 1757 he was a private in Major Stephen Miller's company of militia. During the Revolutionary War he was in Captain James Endicott's company which marched from Stoughton upon the Lexington Alarm, and in March 1776 he was a corporal when he marched to Dorchester Heights to help reinforce the Continental Army.
During the war he was on a committee to consider the Constitution proposed at the State Convention, this being in February 1778. He was also charged with purchasing supplies for families of Continental soldiers. In December 1787, after the war, he was a delegate chosen by the town to consider the Federal Constitution. Also, from 1783-1792 he was one of the guardians of the Ponkapog Indians.
In April 1795 he was on a committee to petition the General Court to incorporate the First Parish of Stoughton as the separate town of Canton. A year earlier he had been a surveyor, and created maps in order to effect this proposed change. In 1794 he operated a "great forge" and "corne mill" on the east branch of the Neponset River, and in 1797 scythes were crafted at the forge. Upon his death, the inventory of his estate included more than $10,000 in real estate and almost $2500 in personal property. He and Hannah had seven known children, all of them born in the part of Stoughton that in 1797 became Canton; they were:
*Jabin, b. 15 Mar 1764, d. Washintgon, NH 13 Jun 1842, m. Stoughton 10 Feb 1791 Mary Tucker, b. Stoughton 15 Apr 1770, d. Washington, NH 21 Mar 1853, the daughter of James Tucker and Rebecca Swift.
*Elijah, b. 30 Jul 1765, m. (1) Susanna Hixon and (2) Mehitabel Fadden
*Abel, b. 26 Apr 1767, d. Newbury, OH 1 Oct 1831, m. (1) Stoughton 1 Oct 1789 Deborah White, b. Dedham 16 Jun 1772, d. Canton 26 Aug 1802, the dau of Ebenezer and Deborah White. He m. (2) Canton 24 Apr 1803 Ruth Tilden, b. Stoughton 6 Dec 1774, d. Newbury, OH 13 Feb 1833, dau of Ezra Tilden (1751-1819) and Sarah White (1747-1839). See Fisher genealogy for his business enterprises, and migration.
*Nathaniel, b. 24 Aug 1769, d. 25 Feb 1802, unmarried. He was a graduate of Harvard College, class of 1789.
*Hannah, b. 14 Mar 1773, d. Canton 5 Jan 1833, m. Stoughton 25 Apr 1793 Benjamin Lewis, b. Stoughton 13 Nov 1766, d. Waltham, MA 20 May 1869, son of James Hawkes Lewis (1740-1795) and Lydia Pratt.
*Samuel, b. 14 Nov 1776, d. Canton 22 Jul 1830, m. Canton 31 May 1798 Susanna Tucker, b. Stoughton 6 May 1778, d. Randolph, MA 11 Mar 1864, the dau of Benjamin Tucker (1744-1832) and Jane Babcock (b. 1744).
*Elizabeth, b. 17 Jul 1782, d. Lowell, MA 8 Jul 1859, m. Boston 5 Oct 1800 Henry Bass Curtis, b. Boston 17 Dec 1775, d. Boston 15 Mar 1828, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Curtis.
During the war he was on a committee to consider the Constitution proposed at the State Convention, this being in February 1778. He was also charged with purchasing supplies for families of Continental soldiers. In December 1787, after the war, he was a delegate chosen by the town to consider the Federal Constitution. Also, from 1783-1792 he was one of the guardians of the Ponkapog Indians.
In April 1795 he was on a committee to petition the General Court to incorporate the First Parish of Stoughton as the separate town of Canton. A year earlier he had been a surveyor, and created maps in order to effect this proposed change. In 1794 he operated a "great forge" and "corne mill" on the east branch of the Neponset River, and in 1797 scythes were crafted at the forge. Upon his death, the inventory of his estate included more than $10,000 in real estate and almost $2500 in personal property. He and Hannah had seven known children, all of them born in the part of Stoughton that in 1797 became Canton; they were:
*Jabin, b. 15 Mar 1764, d. Washintgon, NH 13 Jun 1842, m. Stoughton 10 Feb 1791 Mary Tucker, b. Stoughton 15 Apr 1770, d. Washington, NH 21 Mar 1853, the daughter of James Tucker and Rebecca Swift.
*Elijah, b. 30 Jul 1765, m. (1) Susanna Hixon and (2) Mehitabel Fadden
*Abel, b. 26 Apr 1767, d. Newbury, OH 1 Oct 1831, m. (1) Stoughton 1 Oct 1789 Deborah White, b. Dedham 16 Jun 1772, d. Canton 26 Aug 1802, the dau of Ebenezer and Deborah White. He m. (2) Canton 24 Apr 1803 Ruth Tilden, b. Stoughton 6 Dec 1774, d. Newbury, OH 13 Feb 1833, dau of Ezra Tilden (1751-1819) and Sarah White (1747-1839). See Fisher genealogy for his business enterprises, and migration.
*Nathaniel, b. 24 Aug 1769, d. 25 Feb 1802, unmarried. He was a graduate of Harvard College, class of 1789.
*Hannah, b. 14 Mar 1773, d. Canton 5 Jan 1833, m. Stoughton 25 Apr 1793 Benjamin Lewis, b. Stoughton 13 Nov 1766, d. Waltham, MA 20 May 1869, son of James Hawkes Lewis (1740-1795) and Lydia Pratt.
*Samuel, b. 14 Nov 1776, d. Canton 22 Jul 1830, m. Canton 31 May 1798 Susanna Tucker, b. Stoughton 6 May 1778, d. Randolph, MA 11 Mar 1864, the dau of Benjamin Tucker (1744-1832) and Jane Babcock (b. 1744).
*Elizabeth, b. 17 Jul 1782, d. Lowell, MA 8 Jul 1859, m. Boston 5 Oct 1800 Henry Bass Curtis, b. Boston 17 Dec 1775, d. Boston 15 Mar 1828, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Curtis.
Nathaniel was the oldest son of Ezekiel Fisher and Susanna Wadsworth of Stoughton, Mass. He was married in Stoughton on 22 April 1763 to Hannah BAKER, the daughter of Elijah Baker and Hannah Puffer of Sharon, Mass. As early as 1757 he was a private in Major Stephen Miller's company of militia. During the Revolutionary War he was in Captain James Endicott's company which marched from Stoughton upon the Lexington Alarm, and in March 1776 he was a corporal when he marched to Dorchester Heights to help reinforce the Continental Army.
During the war he was on a committee to consider the Constitution proposed at the State Convention, this being in February 1778. He was also charged with purchasing supplies for families of Continental soldiers. In December 1787, after the war, he was a delegate chosen by the town to consider the Federal Constitution. Also, from 1783-1792 he was one of the guardians of the Ponkapog Indians.
In April 1795 he was on a committee to petition the General Court to incorporate the First Parish of Stoughton as the separate town of Canton. A year earlier he had been a surveyor, and created maps in order to effect this proposed change. In 1794 he operated a "great forge" and "corne mill" on the east branch of the Neponset River, and in 1797 scythes were crafted at the forge. Upon his death, the inventory of his estate included more than $10,000 in real estate and almost $2500 in personal property. He and Hannah had seven known children, all of them born in the part of Stoughton that in 1797 became Canton; they were:
*Jabin, b. 15 Mar 1764, d. Washintgon, NH 13 Jun 1842, m. Stoughton 10 Feb 1791 Mary Tucker, b. Stoughton 15 Apr 1770, d. Washington, NH 21 Mar 1853, the daughter of James Tucker and Rebecca Swift.
*Elijah, b. 30 Jul 1765, m. (1) Susanna Hixon and (2) Mehitabel Fadden
*Abel, b. 26 Apr 1767, d. Newbury, OH 1 Oct 1831, m. (1) Stoughton 1 Oct 1789 Deborah White, b. Dedham 16 Jun 1772, d. Canton 26 Aug 1802, the dau of Ebenezer and Deborah White. He m. (2) Canton 24 Apr 1803 Ruth Tilden, b. Stoughton 6 Dec 1774, d. Newbury, OH 13 Feb 1833, dau of Ezra Tilden (1751-1819) and Sarah White (1747-1839). See Fisher genealogy for his business enterprises, and migration.
*Nathaniel, b. 24 Aug 1769, d. 25 Feb 1802, unmarried. He was a graduate of Harvard College, class of 1789.
*Hannah, b. 14 Mar 1773, d. Canton 5 Jan 1833, m. Stoughton 25 Apr 1793 Benjamin Lewis, b. Stoughton 13 Nov 1766, d. Waltham, MA 20 May 1869, son of James Hawkes Lewis (1740-1795) and Lydia Pratt.
*Samuel, b. 14 Nov 1776, d. Canton 22 Jul 1830, m. Canton 31 May 1798 Susanna Tucker, b. Stoughton 6 May 1778, d. Randolph, MA 11 Mar 1864, the dau of Benjamin Tucker (1744-1832) and Jane Babcock (b. 1744).
*Elizabeth, b. 17 Jul 1782, d. Lowell, MA 8 Jul 1859, m. Boston 5 Oct 1800 Henry Bass Curtis, b. Boston 17 Dec 1775, d. Boston 15 Mar 1828, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Curtis.
During the war he was on a committee to consider the Constitution proposed at the State Convention, this being in February 1778. He was also charged with purchasing supplies for families of Continental soldiers. In December 1787, after the war, he was a delegate chosen by the town to consider the Federal Constitution. Also, from 1783-1792 he was one of the guardians of the Ponkapog Indians.
In April 1795 he was on a committee to petition the General Court to incorporate the First Parish of Stoughton as the separate town of Canton. A year earlier he had been a surveyor, and created maps in order to effect this proposed change. In 1794 he operated a "great forge" and "corne mill" on the east branch of the Neponset River, and in 1797 scythes were crafted at the forge. Upon his death, the inventory of his estate included more than $10,000 in real estate and almost $2500 in personal property. He and Hannah had seven known children, all of them born in the part of Stoughton that in 1797 became Canton; they were:
*Jabin, b. 15 Mar 1764, d. Washintgon, NH 13 Jun 1842, m. Stoughton 10 Feb 1791 Mary Tucker, b. Stoughton 15 Apr 1770, d. Washington, NH 21 Mar 1853, the daughter of James Tucker and Rebecca Swift.
*Elijah, b. 30 Jul 1765, m. (1) Susanna Hixon and (2) Mehitabel Fadden
*Abel, b. 26 Apr 1767, d. Newbury, OH 1 Oct 1831, m. (1) Stoughton 1 Oct 1789 Deborah White, b. Dedham 16 Jun 1772, d. Canton 26 Aug 1802, the dau of Ebenezer and Deborah White. He m. (2) Canton 24 Apr 1803 Ruth Tilden, b. Stoughton 6 Dec 1774, d. Newbury, OH 13 Feb 1833, dau of Ezra Tilden (1751-1819) and Sarah White (1747-1839). See Fisher genealogy for his business enterprises, and migration.
*Nathaniel, b. 24 Aug 1769, d. 25 Feb 1802, unmarried. He was a graduate of Harvard College, class of 1789.
*Hannah, b. 14 Mar 1773, d. Canton 5 Jan 1833, m. Stoughton 25 Apr 1793 Benjamin Lewis, b. Stoughton 13 Nov 1766, d. Waltham, MA 20 May 1869, son of James Hawkes Lewis (1740-1795) and Lydia Pratt.
*Samuel, b. 14 Nov 1776, d. Canton 22 Jul 1830, m. Canton 31 May 1798 Susanna Tucker, b. Stoughton 6 May 1778, d. Randolph, MA 11 Mar 1864, the dau of Benjamin Tucker (1744-1832) and Jane Babcock (b. 1744).
*Elizabeth, b. 17 Jul 1782, d. Lowell, MA 8 Jul 1859, m. Boston 5 Oct 1800 Henry Bass Curtis, b. Boston 17 Dec 1775, d. Boston 15 Mar 1828, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Curtis.
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