Brief Life History of Bethiah
When Bethiah Fisher was born about 1755, in New York City, New York County, New York, United States, her father, Jeremiah Fisher, was 21 and her mother, Eliza Miller, was 17. She married Gilbert Griffin Purdy on 26 March 1781, in New York City, New York County, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 24 October 1838, in Malagash, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 84.
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Sources (12)
- Bethia Fisher, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Bethia Purdy in entry for Wineford Betts, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877"
- Bethia Fisher, "Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008"
Spouse and Children
1750–1838 Male
1755–1838 Female
Children (10)
1779–1875 Male
1781–1827 Male
1784–1861 Female
1786–1875 Female
1788–1790 Male
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1776
Age 21
1776
Age 21
1777 · New York Adopts a Constitution
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle English fis(sc)her(e) ‘fisherman’ (Old English fiscere). In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from many other languages, including German Fischer and its Slavic(ized) variant Fišer (see Fiser ), Dutch Visser , Hungarian Halász (see Halasz ), Italian Pescatore , Slovenian Ribič (see Ribic ), and Croatian Ribić or Ribar .
English: in a few cases, possibly a topographic name for someone who lived near a fish weir on a river, from Middle English fis(sc)hwere, fisshyar ‘fish weir’ (Old English fiscwer, fiscgear), or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Fisher in North Mundham, Sussex.
Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. See Braden .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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