Thomas Abbott  Fisher 

Thomas Abbott Fisher was a member of the Particular Baptist church at Taunton. He arrived in Jamaica in 1828 for reasons of health, not as a missionary. He soon joined William Knibb’s congregation at Falmouth, a decision that cost Abbott his job as a wharfinger. Shortly thereafter, Abbott applied to the BMS and was set apart as a missionary at Montego Bay in April 1831. The Montego church suffered considerable damage during the riots of 1832, and Abåbott was briefly imprisoned in 1833 and 1834. After his release, he established several new churches between 1835 and 1840. Abbott removed to Falmouth after Knibb’s death in 1845, but poor health forced his return to England in 1847, at which time he retired from the BMS. See John Clarke, Memorials of the Baptist Missionaries in Jamaica (London: Yates and Alexander, 1869), 148-52.