William Fishbourn or Fishbourne (June 25, 1677 in Talbot,

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– May 27, 1742 in

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) was a wealthy merchant and mayor of

for three one-year terms, 1719 to 1722.

Family

Fishbourn was the son of Ralph Fishbourne and Sarah Lewis. Before 1700, he settled in Philadelphia. There, on January 8, 1702, he married Hannah Carpenter (March 3, 1685 – July 25, 1728), daughter of

Samuel Carpenter Samuel Carpenter (4 November 1649 – 10 April 1714) was a Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania. He signed the historic document "The Declaration of Fealty, Christian Belief and Test" dated 10 September 1695; the original is in the Histori ...

, a deputy governor of Pennsylvania. After her death, he married Jane Roberts on June 29, 1729. His granddaughter Elizabeth Fishbourne (September 1, 1752 – April 24, 1826) married President of Pennsylvania Thomas Wharton Jr.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fishbourn, William 1677 births 1742 deaths People from Talbot County, Maryland Mayors of Philadelphia 18th-century American merchants People of colonial Maryland People of colonial Pennsylvania