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Alexander John Fisher 1540 – 1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Detling or Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: Bef. 7 Sep 1590 or 15 Jun 1579

Death Location: Detling, Kent, England

Father: Sir Fisher

Mother: Thomasina Bettenham

Spouse(s): Katherine Maplesden

Children(s): Ralphe Fisher, Thomazine Fisher, Katherine Fisher, Mary Fisher, John Fisher, Elizabeth Fisher, Mary Fisher

According to available records, Alexander John Fisher was born in 1540 in Detling or Maidstone, Kent, England, the child of Sir Cardinal John Fisher and Thomasina Thomazine de Bettenham. Following those early years, Alexander John Fisher married Katherine Maplesden, and their family grew to include Ralphe Fisher, Thomazine Bankes Fisher, Katherine Fisher, Mary Fisher, John Fisher, Elizabeth Fisher and Mary Fisher. In the later years of life, Alexander John Fisher died in 1590 in Detling, Kent, England.

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Parents

Sir Fisher
1516 – 1570
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Thomasina Bettenham
1521 – 1599
Birth Location: Maidstone, , Kent, England
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Spouses(s)

Katherine Maplesden
1540 – 1590
Birth Location: of Maplesden, Lydd, Kent, England
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Children(s)

Ralphe Fisher
1556 – 1628
Birth Location: Nantwich, Cheshire, England
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Thomazine Fisher
1559 – 1625
Birth Location: Ashford, Kent, England
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Katherine Fisher
1559 – 1665
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Mary Fisher
1560 –
Birth Location: Kent, England
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John Fisher
1563 – 1639
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Elizabeth Fisher
1568 – 1590
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Mary Fisher
1576 – 1645
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt 1530/40
    Event Place: Detling or Maidstone, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt. 1540
    Event Place: Detling, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1540
    Event Place: Detling or Maidstone, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 Sep 1590
    Event Place: Detling, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Bef. 7 Sep 1590 or 15 Jun 1579
    Event Place: Detling, Kent, England

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