Peter Fisher (historian), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPeter Fisher (historian)
Canadian historian
Date of Birth: 
About Peter Fisher (historian)
- Peter Fisher (9 June 1782 – 15 August 1848) was a historian and merchant in the British colony of New Brunswick. Fisher emigrated to New Brunswick from Staten Island, New York at 15 months of age.
- He was the son of United Empire Loyalist refugees of the American Revolutionary War who fled north in 1783.
- Fisher's family settled at St.
- Anne’s Point on the Saint John River, which was an area set aside for the Loyalist military regiments.
- St.
- Anne's Point was later renamed Fredericton and designated the capital of the newly established colony. Fisher received a good education for the time and was married in 1807 and had eleven children.
- Anne Connell, Henry Fisher, Isabel Martha Fisher, (name unknown) Fisher, William Fisher, Lewis Peter Fisher, Edward Fisher, Edward Bealing Fisher, Susan Isabella Smith and George Fisher.
- Some of whom were noteworthy in New Brunswick history.
- Of his sons; Charles Fisher became a Supreme Court of New Brunswick judge.
- Henry Fisher was the Chief Superintendent of Education for New Brunswick.
- William Fisher became New Brunswick’s Indian Commissioner, and Lewis P.
- Fisher was elected the first mayor of Woodstock, New Brunswick.
- His daughter, Ann, married Charles Connell. Little is known of his personal life other than he was a merchant and also probably farmed as would have been customary of the era.
- Fisher was a writer and is often referred to as "the first historian of New Brunswick." The two histories, Sketches and Notitia, can definitely be attributed to him.
- Other works may be his, however, an apparent unwillingness to claim authorship on his part has made authentication difficult. Fisher's writings have illustrated a man of only moderate literary skills, however, he possessed sharp observation skills and maintained a keen interest in the developmental steps being taken by the colony during his lifetime.
Read more at Wikipedia