Identity Samuel Fisher (died 1681)

trinity college, oxford, in 1566, shortly after foundation.

this article concerns presbyterian minister served @ shrewsbury approximately between 1645 , 1650 , afterwards @ thornton-le-moors in cheshire, retiring birmingham after ejection. there several puritan clergy named samuel fisher , lives seem have become confused in of sources. namesake whom confused contemporary puritan minister of lydd became quaker. article of considerable length devoted man s life in athenae oxonienses, reliable source. important victorian archivist , genealogist joseph foster incorporated same birth , academic details in alumni oxonienses, while featuring other men called samuel fisher of same period. these, dictionary of national biography article selected details, beginning birth @ stratford-upon-avon in 1617, basis subject of article. in more recent article in oxford dictionary of national biography, stephen wright has proposed life , academic records of 2 ministers in have been transposed, making northampton presbyterian minister s birthplace. barbara coulton s recent regime , religion, study of shrewsbury through reformation , english civil war, states shrewsbury samuel fisher not 1 born @ stratford, suggesting new consensus has emerged allows biographical thread traced. however, not universal: odnb article on quaker minister still gives him same parentage , academic record wright proposes presbyterian minister forms subject of article.