About Anthony Fisher
Born 1591. Anthony Fisher was a politician.
Lieutenant Anthony Fisher represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court. He was also a selectman for three years.
Fisher was baptized in Syleham, Suffolk in April 1591 and lived on the south bank of the River Waveney on an estate known as Wignotte. He came to America on board the Rose in 1637 and settled in Dedham. Once in Dedham he signed the Dedham Covenant. As of 2004, one of his descendants in Dedham still owned a part of his land. He briefly owned the land that came to be known as Broad Oak.
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politician in Colonial Massachusetts
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Anthony Fisher was born in 1591.
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Anthony Fisher was a politician.
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· DBpedia: Anthony Fisher (Massachusetts politician)
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