From Philip A. Fisher's book, The Fisher Genealogy: Record of the Descendants of Joshua, Anthony and Cornelius Fisher, of Dedham, Mass., 1636-1640 (1898):
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18. JOSIAH(4), son of Anthony (8) and Joanna (Faxon) Fisher, was b. in Dedham, May 1, 1654; m. 1st, Jan. 27, 1680, Meletiah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Morse) Bullen, who was b. in Dedham, Sept. 15, 1655, and d. there, April 23, 1693; m. 2d, Sept. 1, 1693, Joanna, daughter of Ezra and Joanna (Hoare) Morse, who was b. about 1674, and died ----; m. 3d, Feb. 15, 1697, Abigail Greenwood, of Newton, who d. at Dedham, Sept. 6, 1708; m. 4th, Oct. 18, 1716, Mehitabel, daughter of William and Elinor (Tompson) Veazie, of Braintree, who was b. Feb. 17, 1666; d. at Dedham, May 18, 1741, and was buried in the Hancock Cemetery in Braintree. Josiah was made a freeman, Feb. 13, 1683-4; was representative in 1699; selectman, 1697, and four years more; coroner in 1716. He d. in Dedham, April 12, 1736. His will, made May 27, 1735, gave to his only son, Josiah Fisher, twenty-one acres of land in Dedham, near Five Mile Tree, on the road to Walpole; to three daughters, Bethia Lawrence, Joanna Dean and Experience Woodward, £40 each; to grandson, Jonathan Fisher (82), all the homestead (he to pay the bequests to daughters), and meadow of ten acres in Burnt Swamp and land adjoining Nathaniel Guild. The residue to be divided among the three daughters and the
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grandson. The homestead was appraised at £800; ten acres of meadow at Green Lodge, £200; twenty-nine acres of land near Guild's, £348; forty acres near Five Mile Plain, £260; five acres at Wild Cat swamp, £25; six acres at Fowl meadows, £100; which, with the personal property, footed up £2,022. 8s. 2d. The original copy of the will is in the possession of Jairus J. Fisher ( ), of Westhampton, Mass. Their children were:
40. BETHIA(5), b. Dec. 10, 1681; m. 1st, Benjamin Everett, Dec. 13, 1712; 2d, Daniel Lawrance, of Wrentham, Oct. 18, 1726.
41. JOSIAH(5), b. Nov. 25, 1683; m. Elizabeth Avery, Sept. 25, 1707.
JOANNA(5), b. Sept. 13, 1686; m. at Boston, Nathaniel Dean, of Norwich, Conn., May 17, 1716.
ABIGAIL(5) (by third wife), b. Jan. 3, 1698; m. Joseph Guild, Oct. 13, 1723; their three children died in infancy; she died before January, 1733-4.
EXPERIENCE(5), b. April 14, 1700; m. 1st, Dec. 2, 1730, Captain Ebenezer Woodward, of Boston, who d. at Dedham, Oct. 18, 1743; m. 2d, at Dedham, April 16, 1747, Rev. Samuel Dunbar, of Stoughton, who d. June 15, 1783, aged 78. She d. Jan. 18, 1777.
Josiah Fisher most probably was buried in the Old Village Cemetery of Dedham, as it was the only burial ground available at the time, but no gravemarker or burial records have yet been found.
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18. JOSIAH(4), son of Anthony (8) and Joanna (Faxon) Fisher, was b. in Dedham, May 1, 1654; m. 1st, Jan. 27, 1680, Meletiah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Morse) Bullen, who was b. in Dedham, Sept. 15, 1655, and d. there, April 23, 1693; m. 2d, Sept. 1, 1693, Joanna, daughter of Ezra and Joanna (Hoare) Morse, who was b. about 1674, and died ----; m. 3d, Feb. 15, 1697, Abigail Greenwood, of Newton, who d. at Dedham, Sept. 6, 1708; m. 4th, Oct. 18, 1716, Mehitabel, daughter of William and Elinor (Tompson) Veazie, of Braintree, who was b. Feb. 17, 1666; d. at Dedham, May 18, 1741, and was buried in the Hancock Cemetery in Braintree. Josiah was made a freeman, Feb. 13, 1683-4; was representative in 1699; selectman, 1697, and four years more; coroner in 1716. He d. in Dedham, April 12, 1736. His will, made May 27, 1735, gave to his only son, Josiah Fisher, twenty-one acres of land in Dedham, near Five Mile Tree, on the road to Walpole; to three daughters, Bethia Lawrence, Joanna Dean and Experience Woodward, £40 each; to grandson, Jonathan Fisher (82), all the homestead (he to pay the bequests to daughters), and meadow of ten acres in Burnt Swamp and land adjoining Nathaniel Guild. The residue to be divided among the three daughters and the
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grandson. The homestead was appraised at £800; ten acres of meadow at Green Lodge, £200; twenty-nine acres of land near Guild's, £348; forty acres near Five Mile Plain, £260; five acres at Wild Cat swamp, £25; six acres at Fowl meadows, £100; which, with the personal property, footed up £2,022. 8s. 2d. The original copy of the will is in the possession of Jairus J. Fisher ( ), of Westhampton, Mass. Their children were:
40. BETHIA(5), b. Dec. 10, 1681; m. 1st, Benjamin Everett, Dec. 13, 1712; 2d, Daniel Lawrance, of Wrentham, Oct. 18, 1726.
41. JOSIAH(5), b. Nov. 25, 1683; m. Elizabeth Avery, Sept. 25, 1707.
JOANNA(5), b. Sept. 13, 1686; m. at Boston, Nathaniel Dean, of Norwich, Conn., May 17, 1716.
ABIGAIL(5) (by third wife), b. Jan. 3, 1698; m. Joseph Guild, Oct. 13, 1723; their three children died in infancy; she died before January, 1733-4.
EXPERIENCE(5), b. April 14, 1700; m. 1st, Dec. 2, 1730, Captain Ebenezer Woodward, of Boston, who d. at Dedham, Oct. 18, 1743; m. 2d, at Dedham, April 16, 1747, Rev. Samuel Dunbar, of Stoughton, who d. June 15, 1783, aged 78. She d. Jan. 18, 1777.
Josiah Fisher most probably was buried in the Old Village Cemetery of Dedham, as it was the only burial ground available at the time, but no gravemarker or burial records have yet been found.
From Philip A. Fisher's book, The Fisher Genealogy: Record of the Descendants of Joshua, Anthony and Cornelius Fisher, of Dedham, Mass., 1636-1640 (1898):
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18. JOSIAH(4), son of Anthony (8) and Joanna (Faxon) Fisher, was b. in Dedham, May 1, 1654; m. 1st, Jan. 27, 1680, Meletiah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Morse) Bullen, who was b. in Dedham, Sept. 15, 1655, and d. there, April 23, 1693; m. 2d, Sept. 1, 1693, Joanna, daughter of Ezra and Joanna (Hoare) Morse, who was b. about 1674, and died ----; m. 3d, Feb. 15, 1697, Abigail Greenwood, of Newton, who d. at Dedham, Sept. 6, 1708; m. 4th, Oct. 18, 1716, Mehitabel, daughter of William and Elinor (Tompson) Veazie, of Braintree, who was b. Feb. 17, 1666; d. at Dedham, May 18, 1741, and was buried in the Hancock Cemetery in Braintree. Josiah was made a freeman, Feb. 13, 1683-4; was representative in 1699; selectman, 1697, and four years more; coroner in 1716. He d. in Dedham, April 12, 1736. His will, made May 27, 1735, gave to his only son, Josiah Fisher, twenty-one acres of land in Dedham, near Five Mile Tree, on the road to Walpole; to three daughters, Bethia Lawrence, Joanna Dean and Experience Woodward, £40 each; to grandson, Jonathan Fisher (82), all the homestead (he to pay the bequests to daughters), and meadow of ten acres in Burnt Swamp and land adjoining Nathaniel Guild. The residue to be divided among the three daughters and the
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grandson. The homestead was appraised at £800; ten acres of meadow at Green Lodge, £200; twenty-nine acres of land near Guild's, £348; forty acres near Five Mile Plain, £260; five acres at Wild Cat swamp, £25; six acres at Fowl meadows, £100; which, with the personal property, footed up £2,022. 8s. 2d. The original copy of the will is in the possession of Jairus J. Fisher ( ), of Westhampton, Mass. Their children were:
40. BETHIA(5), b. Dec. 10, 1681; m. 1st, Benjamin Everett, Dec. 13, 1712; 2d, Daniel Lawrance, of Wrentham, Oct. 18, 1726.
41. JOSIAH(5), b. Nov. 25, 1683; m. Elizabeth Avery, Sept. 25, 1707.
JOANNA(5), b. Sept. 13, 1686; m. at Boston, Nathaniel Dean, of Norwich, Conn., May 17, 1716.
ABIGAIL(5) (by third wife), b. Jan. 3, 1698; m. Joseph Guild, Oct. 13, 1723; their three children died in infancy; she died before January, 1733-4.
EXPERIENCE(5), b. April 14, 1700; m. 1st, Dec. 2, 1730, Captain Ebenezer Woodward, of Boston, who d. at Dedham, Oct. 18, 1743; m. 2d, at Dedham, April 16, 1747, Rev. Samuel Dunbar, of Stoughton, who d. June 15, 1783, aged 78. She d. Jan. 18, 1777.
Josiah Fisher most probably was buried in the Old Village Cemetery of Dedham, as it was the only burial ground available at the time, but no gravemarker or burial records have yet been found.
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18. JOSIAH(4), son of Anthony (8) and Joanna (Faxon) Fisher, was b. in Dedham, May 1, 1654; m. 1st, Jan. 27, 1680, Meletiah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Morse) Bullen, who was b. in Dedham, Sept. 15, 1655, and d. there, April 23, 1693; m. 2d, Sept. 1, 1693, Joanna, daughter of Ezra and Joanna (Hoare) Morse, who was b. about 1674, and died ----; m. 3d, Feb. 15, 1697, Abigail Greenwood, of Newton, who d. at Dedham, Sept. 6, 1708; m. 4th, Oct. 18, 1716, Mehitabel, daughter of William and Elinor (Tompson) Veazie, of Braintree, who was b. Feb. 17, 1666; d. at Dedham, May 18, 1741, and was buried in the Hancock Cemetery in Braintree. Josiah was made a freeman, Feb. 13, 1683-4; was representative in 1699; selectman, 1697, and four years more; coroner in 1716. He d. in Dedham, April 12, 1736. His will, made May 27, 1735, gave to his only son, Josiah Fisher, twenty-one acres of land in Dedham, near Five Mile Tree, on the road to Walpole; to three daughters, Bethia Lawrence, Joanna Dean and Experience Woodward, £40 each; to grandson, Jonathan Fisher (82), all the homestead (he to pay the bequests to daughters), and meadow of ten acres in Burnt Swamp and land adjoining Nathaniel Guild. The residue to be divided among the three daughters and the
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grandson. The homestead was appraised at £800; ten acres of meadow at Green Lodge, £200; twenty-nine acres of land near Guild's, £348; forty acres near Five Mile Plain, £260; five acres at Wild Cat swamp, £25; six acres at Fowl meadows, £100; which, with the personal property, footed up £2,022. 8s. 2d. The original copy of the will is in the possession of Jairus J. Fisher ( ), of Westhampton, Mass. Their children were:
40. BETHIA(5), b. Dec. 10, 1681; m. 1st, Benjamin Everett, Dec. 13, 1712; 2d, Daniel Lawrance, of Wrentham, Oct. 18, 1726.
41. JOSIAH(5), b. Nov. 25, 1683; m. Elizabeth Avery, Sept. 25, 1707.
JOANNA(5), b. Sept. 13, 1686; m. at Boston, Nathaniel Dean, of Norwich, Conn., May 17, 1716.
ABIGAIL(5) (by third wife), b. Jan. 3, 1698; m. Joseph Guild, Oct. 13, 1723; their three children died in infancy; she died before January, 1733-4.
EXPERIENCE(5), b. April 14, 1700; m. 1st, Dec. 2, 1730, Captain Ebenezer Woodward, of Boston, who d. at Dedham, Oct. 18, 1743; m. 2d, at Dedham, April 16, 1747, Rev. Samuel Dunbar, of Stoughton, who d. June 15, 1783, aged 78. She d. Jan. 18, 1777.
Josiah Fisher most probably was buried in the Old Village Cemetery of Dedham, as it was the only burial ground available at the time, but no gravemarker or burial records have yet been found.
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