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Anthony Fisher probably came on "Rose" 1637. Dedham (Mass). d. Dorchester 18 Apr 1671. Deputy. Brother of Joshua. Granberry 1964.

New England Families, by Cutter:
Anthony, son of Anthony Fisher, was baptized at Syleham, England, April 23, 1591. He was the immigrant ancestor, and came to New England probably in the ship "Rose", arriving in Boston, June 26, 1637. He settled at Dedham and subscribed to the covenant there, July 18, 1637. He was admitted a freeman in May, 1645, and was selectman of Dedham in 1646  and 1647; selected county commissioner, September 3, 1660, and deputy to the general court, May 2, 1649. He was woodreeve in 1653-54-55-57-58-61-62. He removed to Dorchester, and was chosen selectman there, December 5, 1664, and the two years following; was commissioner in 1666. He died in Dorchester, April 18, 1671. His wife Mary was admitted to the church at Dedham, March 27, 1642, but he was not "conformably received into ye church" "on account of his proud and haughty spirit", until March 14, 1645. He married (second), November 14, 1663, Isabel Beck, widow of Edward Beck, of Dorchester. Children, all by first wife: Anthony, mentioned below; Cornelius, married (first), at Dedham, February 23, 1653, Leah Heaton, (second) July 25, 1665, Sarah Everett; Daniel, born about 1619 in England; Nathaniel, born about 1620, at Syleham, England; Lydia, married Daniel Morse, of Sherborn; John, died in Dedham, September 5, 1638.

New England Historical and Genealogical Register, April 1997, English Ancestry of Joshua and Anthony Fisher.
Anthony Fisher was baptized 23 April 1591 at Syleham. "M. Anthony Fisher Departed out of this Life in the 80th year of his age (April 18) 1671 at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He married first, about 1615, Alice ___, who joined the Dedham Church 27 March 1642, listed as "___Fisher ye wife of Anthony Fisher," and died 12 January 1662/3. Anthony married second, at Dorchester, 14 November 1663, Isabel (__) (Rigby) Breck, widow of both John Rigby and Edward Breck, both of Dorchester. Isabel died at Dorchester 22 June 1673.
Anthony Fisher was at Syleham until at least 1623. In Denton, Norfolk, about six miles from Syleham, in 1626 and 1629, the baptisms of two children of Anthony and Alice were recorded. In March 1636, according to the will of his brother John, he was still living in Denton.
Anthony arrived in New England probably in 1637. The first record of him in the colonies is 18 July 1637, when "M. John Allen wth diu'se others being p'pownded to sit downe wth us onely in the same condicon, they are accepted soe to doe..." The names of the "diverse others," including Anthony Fisher, appear in a list two paragraphs farther on that names twelve heads of families admitted to Dedham on the same date. These twelve produced "certificates from ye magestrates" showing that they had subscribed to the covenants of the town. Anthony Fisher was active in Dedham town activities, and then eventurally moved to Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he continued public service.