William Fisher
1716 - 1777 (61 years)
Person ID: I1574
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Name William Fisher Born 1716 Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 
Gender Male Died 6 Jun 1777 Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada [1] Siblings 1. William Fisher (current person), b. 1716, Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom , d. 6 Jun 1777, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 61 years)+ 2. Samuel Fisher, b. 29 Jul 1722, Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom , d. 10 Apr 1806, Londonderry, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age 83 years) -
Parents
Father John Fisher, b. 6 Dec 1675, Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom , d. 19 Dec 1729, Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age 54 years) Mother Sarah Ellen Walters, b. Abt 1677, Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown Married Abt 1700 Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom -
Other Personal Events
Anecdote - William was a highly respectable and useful man. He represented the township of Truro in the General Assemble held in the province.
Anecdote
William Alexander, son of Sir William Alexander, brought out settlers to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, in the late 1620s and established Charles Fort there. When the colony again went back to the French, about three years after their arrival, these Scottish emigrants were required to return to Scotland.
More than a century later, when the French and the English had finished their "tug of war" in claiming Nova Scotia from each other, and the English finally kept it, Scottish emigrants again began to come here. They settled in all parts of Nova Scotia. When the 1871 census was taken, the Scots made up the greater percentage of the population in Colchester, Inverness, Pictou and Victoria Counties. They also settled in large numbers in each of the other counties and became one of the leading groups in developing New Scotland (Nova Scotia).
These Scots came from all regions of Scotland, and for many reasons. Those emigrating from the Lowlands of Scotland, such as Dumfries and the border areas, were seeking adventure and a better opportunities in the new colony. They settled in many areas of mainland Nova Scotia.
In the mid 1700s, Governor Lawrence invited people in New England to come to Nova Scotia and settle the lands vacated after the expulsion of the Acadiens. Those who came, and now known as the Planters. They had been settled in New England for about a century. Among them were many Scottish people who had fled from Scotland to Ireland to gain freedom to pursue their religious persuasions. They settled mainly in the Truro and Londonderry areas, and are known in New Scotland (Nova Scotia) as the Ulster Scots.
Family Search ID LHLB-8N2 Immigration 1740 United States [1] - From Ireland to America. Possible a different ship from his brother, earlier in the year?
Residence Bef 1767 Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - Sam's brother William went to Nova Scotia, prior to 1767, was a prominent man in Truro, Nova Scotia, married Eleanor Archibald
Ω Immigration Witness 1767 Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - Witness Role: Principal Samuel FISHER
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Event Map
Born - 1716 - Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 
Immigration - 1740 - United States 
Residence - Bef 1767 - Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada Ω Immigration Witness - 1767 - Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada Died - 6 Jun 1777 - Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S1332] Thomas Miller, Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester County Down to the Present Time: Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources, (Halifax, N.S.: A. & W. MacKinlay, 1873), Internet Archive (http://archive.org/details/cihm_11106: accessed 3 March 2019)., Chapter 51, pp.323-327.
- [S16] Rev. Edward L. Parker, The History of Londonderry: Comprising the Towns of Derry and Londonderry, N. H., (Boston, MA: Perkins and Whipple, 1851), Clayton Library, Center for Genealogical Research (http://www.archive.org/details/historyoflondond00park: accessed 27 June 2022)., pp. 200-201.
- [S1332] Thomas Miller, Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester County Down to the Present Time: Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources, (Halifax, N.S.: A. & W. MacKinlay, 1873), Internet Archive (http://archive.org/details/cihm_11106: accessed 3 March 2019)., Chapter 51, pp.323-327.