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Jacob Fisher

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Jacob Fisher

Birth
Mount Airy, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Death
11 May 1855 (aged 87)
Mount Airy, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Jacob Fisher, the son of Anthony and Elizabeth Snyder Fisher married Anna Wilson. Jacob and Anna Wilson Fisher are buried in the Mouny Airy Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
According to Dr. Cornelius Wilson Larison of Ringoes, NJ, "Jacob Fisher built and dwelt in, the stone house, now occupied by Jordan Mathews (1899), on the north side of the Old York Road, about a mile east of Lambertville. He was a blacksmith by trade, and "in his day was reckoned good. He made a set of forceps for the extraction of teeth, and with them he acquired renown as an extractor of teeth. To go to the blacksmith shop to get teeth pulled would hardly be in order now-a-days; but Jacob Fisher pulled many a tooth in his blacksmith shop. In his day the dentist had not yet been born, and physicians, in extracting teeth, used nothing but the Cant Hook or Tooth Key. They often knocked the tooth out with a punch. Jacob Fisher, in dentistry, stood in advance even of the physicians of his day."

NOTE: The first known use of forceps in America for the purpose of tooth extraction was an instrument made of wood in 1868. Jacob Fisher had been utilzing his metal forceps decades before the wooden forceps. "Jacob Fisher of Old Amwell" may well have been the pioneer of modern tooth extraction in America.

Larison further relates, "Jacob Fisher's intelligence and industry brought him fame in other lines than dentistry. He was a worker in iron, brass, zinc, tin and copper, and was very handy and very efficient in repairing machinery, in which the several metals were used — as he readily joined a piece of iron to brass, copper, tin or zinc.
He was equally efficient in making edged tools, as axes, chisels, knives, sythes, etc. He made the razor with which he shaved."

The children of Jacob Fisher and Anna Wilson Fisher:

1. Wilson Fisher married and had children.
2. Charity Fisher married Uriah Phillips.
3. Abby Fisher married John Lambert.
4. Rebecca married John C. Holcomb.

Tunis "Anthony" Fisher, the father of Jacob Fisher, was born in 1725 at Readington, New Jersey. He was christened on 14 November 1725 at First Church of Readington, Readington, New Jersey. He married Elizabeth Margaret Snyder and settled on a farm west of Mount Airy. He died, 19 December 1799, in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon County, New Jersey. In the will Tunis leaves everything to his wife Elizabeth while widow; after her marriage or decease, sons are to receive 2 shares each and the daughters 1 share each. The will was proven 28 June 1800. Tunis and Elizabeth are buried in the old grave yard at Larison's Corners.

The children of Tunis "Anthony" Fisher and Elizabeth Margaret Snyder Fisher:

1. John, married Mary Hoagland.
2. Christopher, married Charity Boss.
3. Jacob, married Ann Wilson.
4. Tunis, married Sara Meloby.
5. Joseph, married Broom.
6. Mary, married Housel.
7. Margaret, married Strycker.
8. Elizabeth, married George Lott.

Johann Peter Fisher, the grandfather of Jacob Fisher was born in Neuwied, Westerwald, Germany in 1698. He married Anna Maria Jung (Young) of Anhausen, Germany.

The eight known children of Johann Peter Fisher and Anna Maria Jung (Young):

1. Tunis "Anthony" Fisher married Elizabeth Margaret Snyder
2. William Fisher married (1) Charity Young (2) Charity Youngblood
3. Elizabeth Fisher married Mr. Bellos.
4. Christopher Fisher married Mary Young.
5. John Fisher married Frances "Frankey" Kuhl.
6. Anna Fisher married Christopher Kuhl.
7. Peter Fisher Jr., died as a young man.
8. Jacob Fisher married Sarah Hoppock.

Johann Peter Fisher, the grandfather of Jacob Fisher, was one of the Germans naturalized by the act of 8 July 1730 in New Jersey. He always signed documents in German script. After arriving in America, Peter lived first in Somerset County, New Jersey, probably near the border of Hunterdon County, as his first three children were baptized at Readington. He is placed at Hopewell, NJ in 1729. In 1731 he moved to Amwell Twp., having made the purchase shown in the following deed: 13 March 1731, Thomas Eman to Peter Fisher "now or late of the county of Somerset in the Eastern Division of New Jersey, " two hundred acres plus the usual allowances for highways, part of the Benjamin Field purchase. (West Jersey Deeds, Liber EF {492-4; on 494-5), is the bargain for the same, dated one day earlier, with a 5 shilling deposit. Here he is said to have built his house beside a never failing spring on the site of an Indian wigwam. James Snell states that, in 1881, evidence of the old Indian cemetery on the farm was still present. This deed was acknowledged by John Reading on 30 March 1730. On 10 August 1750, Richard Smith, Jr. and Ebenezer Large of Burlington, merchants, sold to Peter Fisher of Amwell Twp., for 585 pouns. 8 shillings, New Jersey money, 481 acres in Amwell, formerly belonging to Robert Dimsdale of Hertford County, England. Peter was in actual possession of the land at the time. Peter Fisher was a member of the Jury during the October term in 1754.
He died on 19 June 1775 in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. Peter left a will which named his wife, children and grandchildren. The youngest son Jacob was to find pasture for his mother's cow. Eldest son, Anthony, shall pay his mother 6 pounds a year, my son William, is to pay her 6 pounds a year, and my son Christopher, is to pay to his mother, 4 pounds a year. To grandson, Philip Bellos, 20 pounds. Grandson, Peter Bellos, 30 pounds. Mentions also granddaughter, Mary Clark, the wife of Richard Clark, and her 2 brothers. I give to Christopher Cool, the husband of my daughter, Anne 150 pounds. To sons, Anthony, William, Christopher and Jacob, are to see that the legacies are paid. The will was proven 8 September 1775. He was buried on 22 June 1775 in Larison's Corner Cemetery, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.

Taken From:
Roots Web World Connect @ Ancestry.com
NJ Archives XXXIV Wills 1771-1780 p. 604 lib 16:427 father-in-law's will
Extracts of Wills, New Jersey Archives, XXXIV 1771-1780 p 176 lib17:236 dad's will, executor
"Early Germans of New Jersey" by Chambers p. 577, 365
New Jersey Archives vol 34. Wills 1771-1780 p. 604
"The Palatine Families of New York & New Jersey - Some Later Arrivals 1717-1776" p. 96
"A History of East Amwell 1700-1800" p. 147, 148, p. 42 settled on 245 acres on north side of Wertsville Road to the west of Van Lieu's road. 1 SLAVE house of 1777 owned 1976 by Robert McLarty
Fisher Family of Amwell by Larison
Per Mt Airy Transcript - aged 87-0-2: Lulu
Jacob Fisher, the son of Anthony and Elizabeth Snyder Fisher married Anna Wilson. Jacob and Anna Wilson Fisher are buried in the Mouny Airy Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
According to Dr. Cornelius Wilson Larison of Ringoes, NJ, "Jacob Fisher built and dwelt in, the stone house, now occupied by Jordan Mathews (1899), on the north side of the Old York Road, about a mile east of Lambertville. He was a blacksmith by trade, and "in his day was reckoned good. He made a set of forceps for the extraction of teeth, and with them he acquired renown as an extractor of teeth. To go to the blacksmith shop to get teeth pulled would hardly be in order now-a-days; but Jacob Fisher pulled many a tooth in his blacksmith shop. In his day the dentist had not yet been born, and physicians, in extracting teeth, used nothing but the Cant Hook or Tooth Key. They often knocked the tooth out with a punch. Jacob Fisher, in dentistry, stood in advance even of the physicians of his day."

NOTE: The first known use of forceps in America for the purpose of tooth extraction was an instrument made of wood in 1868. Jacob Fisher had been utilzing his metal forceps decades before the wooden forceps. "Jacob Fisher of Old Amwell" may well have been the pioneer of modern tooth extraction in America.

Larison further relates, "Jacob Fisher's intelligence and industry brought him fame in other lines than dentistry. He was a worker in iron, brass, zinc, tin and copper, and was very handy and very efficient in repairing machinery, in which the several metals were used — as he readily joined a piece of iron to brass, copper, tin or zinc.
He was equally efficient in making edged tools, as axes, chisels, knives, sythes, etc. He made the razor with which he shaved."

The children of Jacob Fisher and Anna Wilson Fisher:

1. Wilson Fisher married and had children.
2. Charity Fisher married Uriah Phillips.
3. Abby Fisher married John Lambert.
4. Rebecca married John C. Holcomb.

Tunis "Anthony" Fisher, the father of Jacob Fisher, was born in 1725 at Readington, New Jersey. He was christened on 14 November 1725 at First Church of Readington, Readington, New Jersey. He married Elizabeth Margaret Snyder and settled on a farm west of Mount Airy. He died, 19 December 1799, in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon County, New Jersey. In the will Tunis leaves everything to his wife Elizabeth while widow; after her marriage or decease, sons are to receive 2 shares each and the daughters 1 share each. The will was proven 28 June 1800. Tunis and Elizabeth are buried in the old grave yard at Larison's Corners.

The children of Tunis "Anthony" Fisher and Elizabeth Margaret Snyder Fisher:

1. John, married Mary Hoagland.
2. Christopher, married Charity Boss.
3. Jacob, married Ann Wilson.
4. Tunis, married Sara Meloby.
5. Joseph, married Broom.
6. Mary, married Housel.
7. Margaret, married Strycker.
8. Elizabeth, married George Lott.

Johann Peter Fisher, the grandfather of Jacob Fisher was born in Neuwied, Westerwald, Germany in 1698. He married Anna Maria Jung (Young) of Anhausen, Germany.

The eight known children of Johann Peter Fisher and Anna Maria Jung (Young):

1. Tunis "Anthony" Fisher married Elizabeth Margaret Snyder
2. William Fisher married (1) Charity Young (2) Charity Youngblood
3. Elizabeth Fisher married Mr. Bellos.
4. Christopher Fisher married Mary Young.
5. John Fisher married Frances "Frankey" Kuhl.
6. Anna Fisher married Christopher Kuhl.
7. Peter Fisher Jr., died as a young man.
8. Jacob Fisher married Sarah Hoppock.

Johann Peter Fisher, the grandfather of Jacob Fisher, was one of the Germans naturalized by the act of 8 July 1730 in New Jersey. He always signed documents in German script. After arriving in America, Peter lived first in Somerset County, New Jersey, probably near the border of Hunterdon County, as his first three children were baptized at Readington. He is placed at Hopewell, NJ in 1729. In 1731 he moved to Amwell Twp., having made the purchase shown in the following deed: 13 March 1731, Thomas Eman to Peter Fisher "now or late of the county of Somerset in the Eastern Division of New Jersey, " two hundred acres plus the usual allowances for highways, part of the Benjamin Field purchase. (West Jersey Deeds, Liber EF {492-4; on 494-5), is the bargain for the same, dated one day earlier, with a 5 shilling deposit. Here he is said to have built his house beside a never failing spring on the site of an Indian wigwam. James Snell states that, in 1881, evidence of the old Indian cemetery on the farm was still present. This deed was acknowledged by John Reading on 30 March 1730. On 10 August 1750, Richard Smith, Jr. and Ebenezer Large of Burlington, merchants, sold to Peter Fisher of Amwell Twp., for 585 pouns. 8 shillings, New Jersey money, 481 acres in Amwell, formerly belonging to Robert Dimsdale of Hertford County, England. Peter was in actual possession of the land at the time. Peter Fisher was a member of the Jury during the October term in 1754.
He died on 19 June 1775 in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. Peter left a will which named his wife, children and grandchildren. The youngest son Jacob was to find pasture for his mother's cow. Eldest son, Anthony, shall pay his mother 6 pounds a year, my son William, is to pay her 6 pounds a year, and my son Christopher, is to pay to his mother, 4 pounds a year. To grandson, Philip Bellos, 20 pounds. Grandson, Peter Bellos, 30 pounds. Mentions also granddaughter, Mary Clark, the wife of Richard Clark, and her 2 brothers. I give to Christopher Cool, the husband of my daughter, Anne 150 pounds. To sons, Anthony, William, Christopher and Jacob, are to see that the legacies are paid. The will was proven 8 September 1775. He was buried on 22 June 1775 in Larison's Corner Cemetery, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.

Taken From:
Roots Web World Connect @ Ancestry.com
NJ Archives XXXIV Wills 1771-1780 p. 604 lib 16:427 father-in-law's will
Extracts of Wills, New Jersey Archives, XXXIV 1771-1780 p 176 lib17:236 dad's will, executor
"Early Germans of New Jersey" by Chambers p. 577, 365
New Jersey Archives vol 34. Wills 1771-1780 p. 604
"The Palatine Families of New York & New Jersey - Some Later Arrivals 1717-1776" p. 96
"A History of East Amwell 1700-1800" p. 147, 148, p. 42 settled on 245 acres on north side of Wertsville Road to the west of Van Lieu's road. 1 SLAVE house of 1777 owned 1976 by Robert McLarty
Fisher Family of Amwell by Larison
Per Mt Airy Transcript - aged 87-0-2: Lulu


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72460348/jacob-fisher: accessed ), memorial page for Jacob Fisher (9 May 1768–11 May 1855), Find a Grave Memorial ID 72460348, citing Second English Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Terry T (contributor 47154391).