Person:David Fisher (27)

Uncertain lineage

The only David Fisher born in Norton at an appropriate age is the son of John and Mary. The fact that the date exactly matches his stated age at death also supports this birth. However, we have no definite evidence that David, wife of Ruth Bliss, was in fact born in Norton.

Possible Revolutionary War service

A number of David Fishers from Massachusetts served in the Revolutionary War. The following entries are from Source:Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. 5, p. 691:

• Fisher, David, Stoughtonham. Lieutenant, Capt. Edward Bridge Savel's (1stStoughtonham) co., Col. Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; also, 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Stephen Penniraan's co., Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt. ; list of officers dated 1776.
• Fisher, David. Private, Capt. Theophilus Wilder's co.. Col. Dike's regt.; service probably from Dec. 30, 1776, to March 1, 1777 ; credited to town of Stoughtonham.
• Fisher, David. Private, Capt. Lemuel KoUock's co.. Col. Wheelock's regt. service, ; 23 days; company marched from Wrentham to Warwick, R. I., on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776; also, Capt. Samuel Fisher's co.. Col. Ephraim Wheelock's (Suffolk Co.) regt. ; service, 12 days ; company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of April 21, 1777; also, Capt. Samuel Fisher's co.. Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regt.; service, 2 mos. 3 days ; company drafted for service on the 2 months campaign and marched to Rhode Island May 3, 1777 ; also, Capt. Ezekiel Plimpton's co., Col. Hawes's regt.; enlisted Sept. 25, 1777; discharged Oct. 28, 1777; service, 1 mo. 7 days, travel included, at Rhode Island; roll dated Medfield.
• Fisher, David. Private, Capt. Thomas White's co., Maj. Edward Procter's detach- ment of guards; service from Dec. 10, 1777, to March 1, 1778, 2 mos. 22 days, at Dorchester.
• Fisher, David. Return sworn to at Dedham, Dec. 7, 1778, of men detached for defence of Rhode Island and to whom the selectmen of Dedham paid bounties, agreeable to resolve of June 12, 1778.
• Fisher, David. Private, Capt. Caleb Champney's co., Maj. Nathaniel Heath's de- tachment of guards; enlisted July 28, 1779; discharged Oct. 1, 1779; service, 2 mos. 3 days, at and about Boston.
• Fisher, David. Private, Capt, Alexander Foster's co., Col. John Daggett's regt. service, 25 days; company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of Dec. 8,1777 [6] ; also, Capt. Alexander Foster's co.. Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt.; service from July 27, 1778, to Aug. 12, 1778, 17 days, on an expedition to Rhode Island ; also, same co. and regt. ; enlisted July 27, 1780 ; discharged July 31, 1780; service, 7 days, travel included, on an alarm; company marched on a 6 days expedition to Tiverton, R.I. ; roll sworn to at Attleborough also, Capt. Alexander Foster's co., Col. Isaac Dean's regt.; marched Aug. 4, 1780; discharged Aug. 8, 1780; service, 7 days, travel included; company marched to Tiverton, R. I., on the alarm of July 31, 1780 ; roll sworn to at Attleborough.
• Fisher, David. Private, Capt. Samuel Holden's co.. Col. Ebenezer Thayer's (Suffolk Co.) regt.; enlisted July 27, 1780; discharged Oct. 30, 1780; service, 3 mos. 6 days, travel included ; company raised to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.

Given that David's children were born in Attleboro in the 1760s, the second to last entry (Alexander Foster's co.) seems likely to apply to the present subject.

1. ↑ Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1906)
   56.

   'FISHER, David, ch. John and Mary, Mar. 10, 1736-7.'

2. ↑ Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Attleborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1934)
   669.

   '[FISHER,] David, Dea., Mar. 31, 1807, in his 71st y.'