Bennett (Dering) Fisher (bef. 1568)

Born before 12 Apr 1568 in Pluckley, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Fisher — married 26 Jan 1594 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

Bennett Dering was the mother of Magna Carta Gateway Ancestor John Fisher.^[1] Both her parents were descendants of Surety Barons.

Bennett, daughter of Richard Dering, Esq., of Surrenden, Kent, and Margaret Twisden, of Chelmington, Kent, was baptized 12 April 1568 at Pluckley, Kent^[1]

Bennett married, by license dated 26 January 1594, John Fisher, Gent., son of Alexander Fisher of Debtling, Kent by Katherine Maplesden. John was baptized at Debtling 15 March 1563.^[1] They had four sons and one daughter:

• Alexander Fisher^[1]
• George Fisher^[1]
• John Fisher, baptized 7 March 1601, died before 23 March 1639/40 in Virginia, married Elizabeth ____ and had three sons^[1]
• Henry Fisher^[1]
• Elizabeth Fisher^[1]

The dates and places of death of Bennett and John are unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. II, page 177, FISHER 14, Bennett Dering.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project on 11 Apr 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Bennett (Dering) Fisher , mother of Gateway Ancestor John Fisher, is documented by Douglas Richardson as a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy in Magna Carta Ancestry (2nd ed., vol. II, pages 171-177 FISHER) that was badged in 2015 by the Magna Carta Project. Bennet also appears in badged trails (reviewed/approved in/about 2015 by the project) from Gateway John Fisher to several other surety barons, including: Saher de Quincy (2nd trail), John Fitz Robert, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, Hugh le Bigod, Roger Bigod, Robert de Vere and Henry de Bohun. that were re-reviewed/updated in April 2020. Another trail to Robert FitzWalter was badged in March 2022. See Fisher Trails to see the status of those profiles and trails.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".