William Fishbourn

American mayor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican mayor
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth25 June 1677
Death27 May 1742 (aged 64 years)
Star signCancer
The details

Biography

William Fishbourn or Fishbourne (June 25, 1677 in Talbot, Maryland – May 27, 1742 in Philadelphia) was a wealthy merchant and mayor of Philadelphia 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, 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..

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