Catharine Fisher Bio by the compiler of the Genealogy of Joseph Fisher and the Allied Families of Fisher, Farlee, Farley, Fetterman, Pitner, Reeder and Shipman, published by Clarence Woodward Fisher in New York, September 1890.
Catharine Fisher, daughter of Joseph and Catharine Mineger Fisher, born June 29th, 1765, in Sussex County, New Jersey; d. near Boyle's (Boiles) Run, in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland County, Pa.; married on Nov. 18th, 1783, to Nicholas, son of Harmon Shipman, Sr. of Germany, who was born about 1758, in Harmony township, now Warren County, N. J.; and died in Sept., 1827, in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland County. They had 5 children:
1.Catherine 1779-1795
2.Elizabeth 1787-1866
3.Mary 1792-1799
4.Marmon 1794-1877, and
5.Joseph 1803-1845 (photo available upon request)
Harmon Shipman, Sr., the progenitor of the Shipman family in America, was born in Germany, in 1717, and emigrated to America about the year 1740. He settled in the township of Harmony, now Warren County, New Jersey, at a place known as Uniontown, where he purchased two hundred acres of land, the greater portion of which he cleared of its original forest and upon which he resided up to the time of his death in March 8th, 1805.
Some years prior to the Revolutionary war he erected upon this plantation a substantial stone residence, in which most of his children were born. The house at this writing is still in a good state of preservation. In October on 1889, the compiler had the residence photographed and an engraving made of it for this record.
By the aid of Mr. R. B. Vannetta, clerk of Harmony township, Warren County, N. J., the compiler is enabled to give an excellent description of the old homestead and the place of burial of Harmon Shipman. In a letter to me, dated Roxbury, N. J., Nov. 25th, 1889, Mr. Vannetta says:" I have this day taken a drive to see the old Shipman homestead and took the dimensions of the old house. The size is 28 by 80 feet, story and half high. The old part of the house has three rooms up stairs as originally built; down stairs there are at present three rooms, but originally four, the change in the rooms were made this spring. The house has the old-fashioned fireplaces right across the corner. The ceilings are seven feet six inches high. There was an old one story kitchen attached to the house, but that has been removed and a large frame part erected in its stead.
Upon the death of Harmon Shipman, Sr., his sons, Abraham and Harmon, Jr., succeeded to the ownership of the homestead, and in 1807 Abraham sold his interest in the estate to his brother, Harmon, and removed to Franklin township, Warren county, where he died. The building is now owned by the Fiet estate.
During the struggle for Independence, Harmon Shipman aided the American cause in every possible way. He also sent his sons, William, Nicholas (who enlisted at the age of sixteen), John and Christian, to do battle for their country's freedom.
After the close of the war the family found themselves greatly impoverished by their loyal efforts, and, we are informed, advised and were instrumental in the removal of the older sons, with their families, to other settlements. William and Nicholas, with their families, removed into Pennsylvania, locating" in Augusta township, Northumberland County, in the spring of 1794; and, in 1802, they were followed by their brothers Christian and Jacob, with their families, who located in the same vicinity.
Catharine Fisher, daughter of Joseph and Catharine Mineger Fisher, born June 29th, 1765, in Sussex County, New Jersey; d. near Boyle's (Boiles) Run, in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland County, Pa.; married on Nov. 18th, 1783, to Nicholas, son of Harmon Shipman, Sr. of Germany, who was born about 1758, in Harmony township, now Warren County, N. J.; and died in Sept., 1827, in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland County. They had 5 children:
1.Catherine 1779-1795
2.Elizabeth 1787-1866
3.Mary 1792-1799
4.Marmon 1794-1877, and
5.Joseph 1803-1845 (photo available upon request)
Harmon Shipman, Sr., the progenitor of the Shipman family in America, was born in Germany, in 1717, and emigrated to America about the year 1740. He settled in the township of Harmony, now Warren County, New Jersey, at a place known as Uniontown, where he purchased two hundred acres of land, the greater portion of which he cleared of its original forest and upon which he resided up to the time of his death in March 8th, 1805.
Some years prior to the Revolutionary war he erected upon this plantation a substantial stone residence, in which most of his children were born. The house at this writing is still in a good state of preservation. In October on 1889, the compiler had the residence photographed and an engraving made of it for this record.
By the aid of Mr. R. B. Vannetta, clerk of Harmony township, Warren County, N. J., the compiler is enabled to give an excellent description of the old homestead and the place of burial of Harmon Shipman. In a letter to me, dated Roxbury, N. J., Nov. 25th, 1889, Mr. Vannetta says:" I have this day taken a drive to see the old Shipman homestead and took the dimensions of the old house. The size is 28 by 80 feet, story and half high. The old part of the house has three rooms up stairs as originally built; down stairs there are at present three rooms, but originally four, the change in the rooms were made this spring. The house has the old-fashioned fireplaces right across the corner. The ceilings are seven feet six inches high. There was an old one story kitchen attached to the house, but that has been removed and a large frame part erected in its stead.
Upon the death of Harmon Shipman, Sr., his sons, Abraham and Harmon, Jr., succeeded to the ownership of the homestead, and in 1807 Abraham sold his interest in the estate to his brother, Harmon, and removed to Franklin township, Warren county, where he died. The building is now owned by the Fiet estate.
During the struggle for Independence, Harmon Shipman aided the American cause in every possible way. He also sent his sons, William, Nicholas (who enlisted at the age of sixteen), John and Christian, to do battle for their country's freedom.
After the close of the war the family found themselves greatly impoverished by their loyal efforts, and, we are informed, advised and were instrumental in the removal of the older sons, with their families, to other settlements. William and Nicholas, with their families, removed into Pennsylvania, locating" in Augusta township, Northumberland County, in the spring of 1794; and, in 1802, they were followed by their brothers Christian and Jacob, with their families, who located in the same vicinity.
Catharine Fisher Bio by the compiler of the Genealogy of Joseph Fisher and the Allied Families of Fisher, Farlee, Farley, Fetterman, Pitner, Reeder and Shipman, published by Clarence Woodward Fisher in New York, September 1890.
Catharine Fisher, daughter of Joseph and Catharine Mineger Fisher, born June 29th, 1765, in Sussex County, New Jersey; d. near Boyle's (Boiles) Run, in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland County, Pa.; married on Nov. 18th, 1783, to Nicholas, son of Harmon Shipman, Sr. of Germany, who was born about 1758, in Harmony township, now Warren County, N. J.; and died in Sept., 1827, in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland County. They had 5 children:
1.Catherine 1779-1795
2.Elizabeth 1787-1866
3.Mary 1792-1799
4.Marmon 1794-1877, and
5.Joseph 1803-1845 (photo available upon request)
Harmon Shipman, Sr., the progenitor of the Shipman family in America, was born in Germany, in 1717, and emigrated to America about the year 1740. He settled in the township of Harmony, now Warren County, New Jersey, at a place known as Uniontown, where he purchased two hundred acres of land, the greater portion of which he cleared of its original forest and upon which he resided up to the time of his death in March 8th, 1805.
Some years prior to the Revolutionary war he erected upon this plantation a substantial stone residence, in which most of his children were born. The house at this writing is still in a good state of preservation. In October on 1889, the compiler had the residence photographed and an engraving made of it for this record.
By the aid of Mr. R. B. Vannetta, clerk of Harmony township, Warren County, N. J., the compiler is enabled to give an excellent description of the old homestead and the place of burial of Harmon Shipman. In a letter to me, dated Roxbury, N. J., Nov. 25th, 1889, Mr. Vannetta says:" I have this day taken a drive to see the old Shipman homestead and took the dimensions of the old house. The size is 28 by 80 feet, story and half high. The old part of the house has three rooms up stairs as originally built; down stairs there are at present three rooms, but originally four, the change in the rooms were made this spring. The house has the old-fashioned fireplaces right across the corner. The ceilings are seven feet six inches high. There was an old one story kitchen attached to the house, but that has been removed and a large frame part erected in its stead.
Upon the death of Harmon Shipman, Sr., his sons, Abraham and Harmon, Jr., succeeded to the ownership of the homestead, and in 1807 Abraham sold his interest in the estate to his brother, Harmon, and removed to Franklin township, Warren county, where he died. The building is now owned by the Fiet estate.
During the struggle for Independence, Harmon Shipman aided the American cause in every possible way. He also sent his sons, William, Nicholas (who enlisted at the age of sixteen), John and Christian, to do battle for their country's freedom.
After the close of the war the family found themselves greatly impoverished by their loyal efforts, and, we are informed, advised and were instrumental in the removal of the older sons, with their families, to other settlements. William and Nicholas, with their families, removed into Pennsylvania, locating" in Augusta township, Northumberland County, in the spring of 1794; and, in 1802, they were followed by their brothers Christian and Jacob, with their families, who located in the same vicinity.
Catharine Fisher, daughter of Joseph and Catharine Mineger Fisher, born June 29th, 1765, in Sussex County, New Jersey; d. near Boyle's (Boiles) Run, in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland County, Pa.; married on Nov. 18th, 1783, to Nicholas, son of Harmon Shipman, Sr. of Germany, who was born about 1758, in Harmony township, now Warren County, N. J.; and died in Sept., 1827, in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland County. They had 5 children:
1.Catherine 1779-1795
2.Elizabeth 1787-1866
3.Mary 1792-1799
4.Marmon 1794-1877, and
5.Joseph 1803-1845 (photo available upon request)
Harmon Shipman, Sr., the progenitor of the Shipman family in America, was born in Germany, in 1717, and emigrated to America about the year 1740. He settled in the township of Harmony, now Warren County, New Jersey, at a place known as Uniontown, where he purchased two hundred acres of land, the greater portion of which he cleared of its original forest and upon which he resided up to the time of his death in March 8th, 1805.
Some years prior to the Revolutionary war he erected upon this plantation a substantial stone residence, in which most of his children were born. The house at this writing is still in a good state of preservation. In October on 1889, the compiler had the residence photographed and an engraving made of it for this record.
By the aid of Mr. R. B. Vannetta, clerk of Harmony township, Warren County, N. J., the compiler is enabled to give an excellent description of the old homestead and the place of burial of Harmon Shipman. In a letter to me, dated Roxbury, N. J., Nov. 25th, 1889, Mr. Vannetta says:" I have this day taken a drive to see the old Shipman homestead and took the dimensions of the old house. The size is 28 by 80 feet, story and half high. The old part of the house has three rooms up stairs as originally built; down stairs there are at present three rooms, but originally four, the change in the rooms were made this spring. The house has the old-fashioned fireplaces right across the corner. The ceilings are seven feet six inches high. There was an old one story kitchen attached to the house, but that has been removed and a large frame part erected in its stead.
Upon the death of Harmon Shipman, Sr., his sons, Abraham and Harmon, Jr., succeeded to the ownership of the homestead, and in 1807 Abraham sold his interest in the estate to his brother, Harmon, and removed to Franklin township, Warren county, where he died. The building is now owned by the Fiet estate.
During the struggle for Independence, Harmon Shipman aided the American cause in every possible way. He also sent his sons, William, Nicholas (who enlisted at the age of sixteen), John and Christian, to do battle for their country's freedom.
After the close of the war the family found themselves greatly impoverished by their loyal efforts, and, we are informed, advised and were instrumental in the removal of the older sons, with their families, to other settlements. William and Nicholas, with their families, removed into Pennsylvania, locating" in Augusta township, Northumberland County, in the spring of 1794; and, in 1802, they were followed by their brothers Christian and Jacob, with their families, who located in the same vicinity.
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