Elijah Fisher was the son of Nathaniel Fisher and Hannah Baker of Stoughton, Mass. He was married first in Sharon, Mass. on 1 January 1788 to Susanna Hixon, the daughter of Richard Hixon and Mary Stickney. After having three children, Susanna died in 1799 at the age of 30. Elijah then almost immediately married (intention in Canton, Mass., 18 February 1799) Mehitabel Wentworth Fadden, the daughter of Revolutionary soldier James Fadden and Mehitabel Wentworth.
In 1790 Elijah built the house in Canton known later as the Haines House. Elijah ran a stage coach service from Canton to Boston, but sold out to his brother Abel in 1801.
Elijah's second wife died in 1808, leaving Elijah with five minor children, three from his first marriage, and two more from the second. There is a Canton guardianship document dated 1809 that involves the three older children. Elijah appears on the 1810 census in Canton with two young females, one under 10, and the other 10-15. These are his two daughters from his second marriage, so apparently his older three children had all been placed elsewhere under the 1809 guardianship.
Elijah died in 1813 at the age of 48 at the home of his sister, Hannah (Fisher) Lewis. There is another guardianship document in Canton, dated 1813, that once again involves the three older children. The two younger children were raised by their mother's sister, Rachel (Fadden) Cobb.
Both of Elijah's wives have markers in the Canton Cemetery, but he does not. Also, there is no record of his burial, because the records for this cemetery are only valid back to about 1913. Before this date, the cemetery was a part of the church next door, and there were almost no records kept, or at least that have survived, of the burials.
Children, not linked below:
*Elijah, Jr., b. Sharon, MA 3 Feb 1792, d. New Orleans, LA 1820. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He was a member of one of the two Canton, Mass. militia companies, serving during the War of 1812, and being stationed at Fort Independence in Boston. He never married, and likely died of yellow fever in New Orleans.
*Cyrus, b. Sharon, MA 15 April 1794, died before 1817. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He enlisted in the Navy when he was 19, and supposedly died aboard ship. The administration for an Elijah Fisher in Canton in 1817 most likely pertains to him. He may have been buried at sea.
In 1790 Elijah built the house in Canton known later as the Haines House. Elijah ran a stage coach service from Canton to Boston, but sold out to his brother Abel in 1801.
Elijah's second wife died in 1808, leaving Elijah with five minor children, three from his first marriage, and two more from the second. There is a Canton guardianship document dated 1809 that involves the three older children. Elijah appears on the 1810 census in Canton with two young females, one under 10, and the other 10-15. These are his two daughters from his second marriage, so apparently his older three children had all been placed elsewhere under the 1809 guardianship.
Elijah died in 1813 at the age of 48 at the home of his sister, Hannah (Fisher) Lewis. There is another guardianship document in Canton, dated 1813, that once again involves the three older children. The two younger children were raised by their mother's sister, Rachel (Fadden) Cobb.
Both of Elijah's wives have markers in the Canton Cemetery, but he does not. Also, there is no record of his burial, because the records for this cemetery are only valid back to about 1913. Before this date, the cemetery was a part of the church next door, and there were almost no records kept, or at least that have survived, of the burials.
Children, not linked below:
*Elijah, Jr., b. Sharon, MA 3 Feb 1792, d. New Orleans, LA 1820. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He was a member of one of the two Canton, Mass. militia companies, serving during the War of 1812, and being stationed at Fort Independence in Boston. He never married, and likely died of yellow fever in New Orleans.
*Cyrus, b. Sharon, MA 15 April 1794, died before 1817. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He enlisted in the Navy when he was 19, and supposedly died aboard ship. The administration for an Elijah Fisher in Canton in 1817 most likely pertains to him. He may have been buried at sea.
Elijah Fisher was the son of Nathaniel Fisher and Hannah Baker of Stoughton, Mass. He was married first in Sharon, Mass. on 1 January 1788 to Susanna Hixon, the daughter of Richard Hixon and Mary Stickney. After having three children, Susanna died in 1799 at the age of 30. Elijah then almost immediately married (intention in Canton, Mass., 18 February 1799) Mehitabel Wentworth Fadden, the daughter of Revolutionary soldier James Fadden and Mehitabel Wentworth.
In 1790 Elijah built the house in Canton known later as the Haines House. Elijah ran a stage coach service from Canton to Boston, but sold out to his brother Abel in 1801.
Elijah's second wife died in 1808, leaving Elijah with five minor children, three from his first marriage, and two more from the second. There is a Canton guardianship document dated 1809 that involves the three older children. Elijah appears on the 1810 census in Canton with two young females, one under 10, and the other 10-15. These are his two daughters from his second marriage, so apparently his older three children had all been placed elsewhere under the 1809 guardianship.
Elijah died in 1813 at the age of 48 at the home of his sister, Hannah (Fisher) Lewis. There is another guardianship document in Canton, dated 1813, that once again involves the three older children. The two younger children were raised by their mother's sister, Rachel (Fadden) Cobb.
Both of Elijah's wives have markers in the Canton Cemetery, but he does not. Also, there is no record of his burial, because the records for this cemetery are only valid back to about 1913. Before this date, the cemetery was a part of the church next door, and there were almost no records kept, or at least that have survived, of the burials.
Children, not linked below:
*Elijah, Jr., b. Sharon, MA 3 Feb 1792, d. New Orleans, LA 1820. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He was a member of one of the two Canton, Mass. militia companies, serving during the War of 1812, and being stationed at Fort Independence in Boston. He never married, and likely died of yellow fever in New Orleans.
*Cyrus, b. Sharon, MA 15 April 1794, died before 1817. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He enlisted in the Navy when he was 19, and supposedly died aboard ship. The administration for an Elijah Fisher in Canton in 1817 most likely pertains to him. He may have been buried at sea.
In 1790 Elijah built the house in Canton known later as the Haines House. Elijah ran a stage coach service from Canton to Boston, but sold out to his brother Abel in 1801.
Elijah's second wife died in 1808, leaving Elijah with five minor children, three from his first marriage, and two more from the second. There is a Canton guardianship document dated 1809 that involves the three older children. Elijah appears on the 1810 census in Canton with two young females, one under 10, and the other 10-15. These are his two daughters from his second marriage, so apparently his older three children had all been placed elsewhere under the 1809 guardianship.
Elijah died in 1813 at the age of 48 at the home of his sister, Hannah (Fisher) Lewis. There is another guardianship document in Canton, dated 1813, that once again involves the three older children. The two younger children were raised by their mother's sister, Rachel (Fadden) Cobb.
Both of Elijah's wives have markers in the Canton Cemetery, but he does not. Also, there is no record of his burial, because the records for this cemetery are only valid back to about 1913. Before this date, the cemetery was a part of the church next door, and there were almost no records kept, or at least that have survived, of the burials.
Children, not linked below:
*Elijah, Jr., b. Sharon, MA 3 Feb 1792, d. New Orleans, LA 1820. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He was a member of one of the two Canton, Mass. militia companies, serving during the War of 1812, and being stationed at Fort Independence in Boston. He never married, and likely died of yellow fever in New Orleans.
*Cyrus, b. Sharon, MA 15 April 1794, died before 1817. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He enlisted in the Navy when he was 19, and supposedly died aboard ship. The administration for an Elijah Fisher in Canton in 1817 most likely pertains to him. He may have been buried at sea.
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