Daniel Fisher represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.[1] He served from 1700 to 1704 and then again in 1712 and 1713.[1] He also served nine terms as selectman beginning in 1690.[2]
In the years leading to the American Revolution Dedham had a number of men rise to protect the liberties of the colonists. When Governor Edmund Andros was deposed and arrested in 1689 it was Dedham's Daniel Fisher who "burst into [John] Usher's house, to drag forth the tyrant by the collar, to bind him and cast him into a fort" and eventually send him back to England to stand trial.[3][4] Before being sent to England, he was brought to the home of dominion official John Usher and held under close watch.[5][6]
He died in 1713[7] and is interred in a tomb at the Old Village Cemetery.[8]
His father, Daniel Fisher, was Speaker of the House of Representatives.[9] He was said to be "heir to his [father's] energetic ardor in the cause of freedom."[10] His daughter, Esther, married Timothy Dwight.[11]
References
- ^ a b Worthington 1827, pp. 106–107.
- ^ Worthington 1827, pp. 79–81.
- ^ Abbott 1903, pp. 290–297.
- ^ Hanson 1976, p. 99-100.
- ^ Webb 1998, p. 192.
- ^ Lustig 2002, p. 145, 197.
- ^ "List of burials" (PDF). Dedham Village Preservation Association. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ Smith 1936, p. 145.
- ^ Goodwin 1982, pp. 40–41.
- ^ Goodwin 1982, p. 41.
- ^ Goodwin 1982, p. 40.
Works cited
- Goodwin, Nathaniel (1982). Genealogical Notes Or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-0159-4. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- Smith, Frank (1936). A History of Dedham, Massachusetts. Transcript Press, Incorporated. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- Worthington, Erastus (1827). The History of Dedham: From the Beginning of Its Settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827. Dutton and Wentworth. p. 1. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- Webb, Stephen Saunders (1998). Lord Churchill's Coup: The Anglo-American Empire and the Glorious Revolution Reconsidered. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0558-4. OCLC 39756272.
- Lustig, Mary Lou (2002). The Imperial Executive in America: Sir Edmund Andros, 1637–1714. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3936-8. OCLC 470360764.
- Hanson, Robert Brand (1976). Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890. Dedham Historical Society.
- Abbott, Katharine M. (1903). Old Paths And Legends Of New England (PDF). New York: The Knickerbocker Press. pp. 290–297. Retrieved October 6, 2018.