[1] Fisher's father, Anthony,[1] and son, Daniel, also served in the Great and General Court.
[7] Being elected to the post showed the great esteem in which the people of Dedham held Fisher as it was the one body the townsmen recognized as superior to their own Town Meeting.
"[9] In 1671, he and Joshua were among a small minority of the General Court who voted against giving doctrinal authority to clergy.
[13] With his sister, Lydia, he helped to hide the regicides Edward Whalley and William Goffe after they sought asylum in America in 1660.
[14] Fisher and Eleazer Lusher were sent to purchase land from the Pocomtuc Indians who lived in what is today Deerfield, Massachusetts.