{"id":4234,"date":"2019-11-23T05:38:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T05:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2021-08-01T13:22:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T13:22:33","slug":"fisher-earliest-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/fisher-earliest-known\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisher: earliest known"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;23px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; text_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; link_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; link_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; link_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ul_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ul_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ol_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ol_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; quote_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; quote_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]\n<p>Apr 28, 2019<\/p>\n<p>From John Spriggs<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the Fishers; the earliest in my tree is Reuben who was a surgeon of Southwark in London and married a Joan Howe. They had at least two children named Martha and Reuben. Martha went to Youghal Ireland and Reuben followed on a visit and was very taken by a Quaker lass named Margaret Shute. Her father was not impressed by this non Quaker and so Reuben returned to London, joined a Quaker meeting there, and returned to Youghal, his foppish manners and dress discarded, and convinced Margaret\u2019s father that he might make a suitable match. They had a large family, two branches of which joined later when Samuel Alexander married Isabella Fisher (Alexander\u2019s father Edward married a Jenepher Fisher). I have nothing earlier that the surgeon of Southwark.<\/p>\n<p>When Phyllis and I visited Cork a few years ago we went to the Cork Meeting house and purchased a history that one of their members had put together called Merchants, Mystics and Philanthropists (350 Years of Cork Quakers) which is quite interesting and has a lot of info about the Quakers of Cork and by extension some of our relatives. (Youghal, Cork and Limerick are relatively close and there was a lot of Quaker traffic between them over the centuries). Another source of information can be found in the \u201cFishers of Pilltown\u201d which you can Google. You should also be able to look at my tree on Ancestry to see where my research has led me. I hope to see yours sometime to see where we diverge.<\/p>\n<p>Well I\u2019ll close this for now. Great to connect our families once more.<\/p>\n<p>Warm regards<br \/>John<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 28, 2019 From John Spriggs Regarding the Fishers; the earliest in my tree is Reuben who was a surgeon of Southwark in London and married a Joan Howe. They had at least two children named Martha and Reuben. 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