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BIRD, THOMAS, of Dorchester, and James, free 1690.
In the year 1715, Hartford and Windsor appointed a committee to explore the "Western lands." The object was to explore Bantam, and purchase the Indian rights. John Marsh of Hartford. was one of this committee, and risked his life through the wilderness, from Farming- ton to Litchfield, for which he charged the town of Hartford £2. The Indian deed of Bantam, executed at Woodbury, is dated, March 2, 1715, O. S. ; which for the sum of £15, paid in mon- ey, they granted Bantam to Col. William Whiting. Mr. John Marsh, and Mr. Thomas Seymour, the committee for Hartford, to Mr. John Eliot, Mr. Daniel Griswold, and Mr. Samuel Rockwell, a committee for Windsor, in behalf of the two towns, with a particular description of this large tract of country. Two of this name have graduated at Brown University, two at Harvard, and seven at Yale College.
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BIRD, JOHN, of Dorchester, freeman 1673. This is an old name at Weymouth.
BIRD, REV. SAMUEL, was installed Oct. 13, 1751, at White Haven, Conn.
Thomas Burd, embarked in the ship Alice, from England for Vir- ginia, Richard Orchard, master, in July, 1635.
Bird, has eight coats of arms. Burd or Byrde, has one coat of arms. Byrde, five. Byrd, has one coat of arms. .
BIRDSEYE, JOHN, came first into the New Haven Colony, and settled at Milford, where he was a free planter in Nov. 29, 1639. He was dismissed from the church at Milford, March 19, 1649, and re- moved with his wife Philipi, and family to Stratford. His half di- vision of land in Milford, was granted to him June 22, 1648, located next to Thomas Baker, at the north end of the plain, " going to the new meadow." He purchased of Timothy Baldwin, a home lot of five acres, and woods in 1647. Richard Bryan, purchased of John Birdseye, Dec. 12, 1649, his house, housing, home lot, his second division of land, his Ist Meadow, in the great meadow, with all appurtenances thereto, in Milford. He was a leading man at Mil- ford and Stratford. He d. soon after he removed to Stratford, and left a family, a son John, and daughter Joanna, and perhaps others. John his son was selectman in Stratford, in 1669. His daughter Jo- anna, m. Timothy Wilcockson, son of William, of Stratford.
BIRDSEYE, ABEL, and his wife Phebe, of North Stratford, had a son Ebenezer, b. and baptized, Jan. 25, 1749 ; James, b. and bap- tized July 14, 1751 ; Eunice, b. Sep., 1753, &c .; descendants of John, of Milford and Stratford. Hon. Mr. Birdseye, late member of Congress, from the State of New York, is also a descendant of John and Philipi. REV. NATHAN BIRDSEYE, graduated at Yale College, in 1736; (grand-son of John,) he preached first at Stratford, and was settled at West Haven, Oct., 1742, and dismissed in 1758.
Dr. S. Peters, in speaking of John Birdseye, Esq., of Stratford, Conn., remarks of him in these words, viz., " being a Puritan in Eng- land, in 1636, resided at Reading in Berkshire ; he emigrated to New Haven with his two sons. One settled at Middletown on Con- necticut river, the other at Stratford."
BIRDSEYE, JOIIN, JR., of Stratford, was nominated for a free- man in Oct., 1668. John Birdseye, Sen., is in the list of freemen in Stratford, 1669.
Three of this name have graduated at Yale College, one at Wil- liams College, and one Birdsall, at Williams College.
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BIRGE, RICHARD, was one of the early settlers and pioneers from Mass., to Windsor ; he came from Dorchester, Mass., with Mr. Warham, a member of his church. He had a home lot in Windsor, Feb. 6, 1640. He also had sixteen acres " beyond the 2d Pine plain, west side of Mill brook, and eight acres south of Mill brook ; eight and one-fourth acres on the side of Pine Hill," and many other lots of land on both sides of the river, most of which is afterwards found in possession of his son Daniel Birge; deeds dated before 1646. Richard purchased land in Windsor of Nathan Gillet, in 1644, and assigned it to Daniel Birge, he also purchased land of James Enno, of Windsor, in 1647. Richard, Sen., was Juror in 1649. He was a large landholder and farmer. This name is spelled on the records, Burge, Birdge, Birydge and Birge. Richard Birge, m. Elizabeth Gaylord, daughter of Hon. William, Oct. 5, 1641, and had issue ; John, b. 1642, d. 1643; Daniel, b. Nov. 24, 1644 ; Elizabeth, b. Ju- ly 28, 1646, d. soon ; Jeremy, b. May 6, 1648 ; John, b. Jan. 14, 1649; Joseph, b. Nov. 2, 1651, d. July, 1705; Richard, d. Dec., 1651; Elizabeth, his widow, m. for her second husband, Thomas Hoskins, of Windsor. Jeremy after the death of his father Richard, viz., Dec. 19, 1663, contracted with his father-in-law Thomas Hos- kins, to ser e him until he became 21 years old, but he d. at the age of 20 years and six months, and if Jeremiah d. before he was of age, his brother John was to serve out the time of Jeremy, which John performed and had the benefit of the land under the contract.
BIRGE, DANIEL, son of Richard, was propounded for a free- man, May, 1670. He m. Debra Holcom, Nov. 5, 1668, and had issue : Elizabeth, b. April 25, 1670; Debra, b. Nov. 26, 1671; 2d Elizabeth, b .. Feb. 3, 1674 ; Mary; b. Dec. 25, 1677 ; (she m. before her father d.) Daniel, b. Sept. 6, 1680; Abigail, b. 1684 ; John, b. 1690; Cornelius, b. July 30, 1694, and d. 1697; Esther, b. 1697; Daniel, the father d. Jan. 26, 1697-8, and left a widow.
BIRGE, JOHN, son of Richard, b. 1649, m. Hannah Watson or Matson, March 28, 1678 ; issue ; John, Jr., b. Feb. 4, 1679-80 ; Han- nah, b. June 17, 1682 ; Jeremiah, b. Sept. 22, 1686 ; Mary, b. Sept. 9, 1688; John, the father, d. Dec. 2, 1697.
BIRGE, JOSEPH, b. Nov. 2, 1651, son of Richard, Sen., m. Mary.
BIRGE, JOSEPH, of Windsor, was one of the early settlers at Litchfield about 1722, probably son of the above Joseph Birge.
BIRGE, DANIEL, from Windsor to Hebron, about 1709; he held offices in Hebron, 1710; wife Rebecca Tarbox, March, 1721;
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had issue b. at Hebron ; Rebeckah, b. Dec. 10, 1722; Daniel, Jr., of Hebron, b. Dec. 13, 1723, m. Elizabeth Knox, Oct. 17, 1743; 2d Rebeckah, b. Nov. 14, 1725, m. Burroughs ; Coziah, (a daugh- ter,) b. Feb. 16, 1729; Deborah, b. April ye 29, 1732, m. Holdridge ; Lidde, b. July ye 2, 1734, m. Root ; Jonathan, b. Aug. 14, 1736, m. Rachel Strong of Colchester, Feb. 23, 1758; Daniel the father, d. at Hebron, Oct. 26, 1737; Rebeckah, his wife d. In a deed from Nathan Hurlbert, in 1708, Daniel is described as from Windsor, and was a lister at Hebron 1714.
BIRGE, JONATHAN, son of Daniel, Sen., and Rebeckah of He- bron, m. Rachel Strong of Colchester, Feb. 23, 1758, and had issue ; Ezekiel, b. Aug. 11, 1753, (at Lebanon,) m. Jerusha Gott of Hebron, Oct. 17, 1779 ; Hozea, a Revolutionary pensioner, b. Feb. 12, 1760, d. Aug. 16, 1843, in Chatham, New York, and left children there ; Olive, b. Feb. 22, 1762; Content, b. March 23, 1764; Elijah, b. May 14, 1765, m. Azubah, and had Mary, Ann and Lyman ; Ra- chel, b. July 24, 1767 ; Debra, b. June 18, 1769; Anna, b. Feb. 10, 1771; Roswell, b. April 8, 1777, m. Sarah White, daughter of Adonijah, in 1800 ; Mary, b. Sep. 13, 1773, m. Joel Swetland of He- bron. He died. She m. Loomis, and removed to the state of New York ; Jonathan, Jr., b. Oct. 3, 1775, d. March 11, 1776.
BIRGE, ROSWELL, son of Jonathan and Rachel Strong, had issue, *Hon. Alonzo White Birge, an only child, b. Nov. 26, 1801 ; Roswell d. in 1812; his widow m. Zenas Loomis, of Coventry, in 1817, and d. Jan. 25, 1834, without issue by the 2d marriage. Hon. Alonzo W., only child of Roswell of Hebron, m. Dec., 1826, Mrs. Eliza Ensworth, the widow of Maj. John Ensworth, her maiden name Kennedy, daughter of Maj. John Kennedy of East Hartford ; she had two children, Jane Eliza, and John W. Ensworth, but had no issue by her 2d marriage ; she d. Dec. 4, 1843, and he m. Hetty Belden of Hartford, daughter of Thomas Belden deceased, for his 2d wife, Oct. 23, 1849. 1
BIRGE, ELIJAH, son of Jonathan and Rachel, m. Azubah, and had issue ; Mary, Ann and Lyman, perhaps others.
* Hon. Alonzo White Birge, whose name is found in the list of this family, was born at He- bron, in 1801 ; and whose likeness accompanies this number, is strictly entitled to all his merit, being self-made, by a constant life of industry. Ile has been honored by his fellow-citizens, with several highly responsible places of trust. He was a member of the lower house of the Legis- lature, from Coventry, in 1833-State Senator 1837-Elector of President and Vice-Pres- ident of the U. S., in 1840-Judge of Probate at Hebron, in 1842 and '3, &c .- Treasurer of the State of Conn., in 1847 ; and though yet a young man, is able to retire upon his own resources, (and not by a niggardly parsimony ;) his heart and hands are ever open to aid the needy.
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BIRGE, DELIA, daughter of David, m. Joseph Weeks of Hart- ford, and d. aged 27 ; left children Joseph and George.
BIRGE, DANIEL, JR., son of Daniel and Rebeckah of Hebron, b. 1723, m. Elizabeth Knox, Oct. 17, 1743 ; issue, Elizabeth, b. Jan. 10, 1744; Mary, b. March 20, 1747; Elenor, b. Jan. 14, 1749 ; Daniel, b. Jan. 20, 1751; Jerusha Birge, b. Dec. 10, 1753 ; John, b. Jan. 9, 1755 ; Jonathan, b. June 21, 1756 ; Lydia, b. July 20, 1759; Annis, b. June 5, 1765; Dennis, b. May 7, 1769, d. 1769.
BIRGE, CORNELIUS, son of Daniel, Sen., b. 1694, m. Sarah Loomis, Feb. 8, 1721 ; she was b. 1694, and d. 1776. Issue, Sarah, b. 1722, m. Swetland ; Isaac, b. July 26, 1725, d. 1761; Jonathan, b. 1734, d. 1776 ; Hannah, b. 1727, m. Grant ; Abigail, b. Feb. 15, 1731, (perhaps Esther,) m. James Spencer 1751, The father d. June 23, 1763; Isaac d. 1763, and gave his estate to his brother Jonathan. Wife Sarah d. Oct. 2, 1776.
BIRGE, JEREMIAH, son of John and Hannah, m. Mary Gris- wold, of Windsor in 1718 ; issue, Jeremiah, b. Dec. 23, 1719; Mary, b. Aug. 23, 1721; John, b. Aug. 25, 1723 ; Ann, b. Oct. 28, 1726 ; Peletiah, b. Sept. 8, 1728 ; Hannah, b. March 19, 1730 ; Mindwell, b. March 24, 1732; Lucia, Sept. 23, 1736 ; the father d. 1775.
BIRGE, PELETIAH, b. 1728, son of Jeremiah, m. Mary Grant and had issue, Daniel, b. July 14, 1768, d. Sept. 13, 1803 ; David Birge, b. Sept. 30, 1770, d. Aug. 27, 1847; Eli, b. Oct. 18, 1772, lives in Suffield ; Rhoda, b. Sept. 8. 1774, lives at Windsor Locks single ; Seth, b. June 17, 1776, d. Oct. 16, 1777 ; Achsah, b. March 23, 1778, lives at Windsor Locks single ; 2d Seth, b. Feb. 26, 1780, lives at New Hartford, New York ; Asa, b. Jan. 29, 1782, lives at Windsor unmarried ; Horace, b. Aug. 30, 1784, lives single at Wind- sor Locks ; Alexander, b. Aug. 23, 1786, d. June 15, 1789.
BIRGE, DAVID, son of Peletiah, b. Sept. 30, 1770, m. Clarissa Merriman and had issue, Cynthia, b. March 17, 1806, unmarried ; Anson, b. Jan. 3, 1808, lives in Suffield ; Delia, b. May 16, 1811, d. aged 27, m. Joseph Weeks, d. 1841; Henry, b. June 28, 1814, lives at Windsor single ; Orra, b. June 20, 1818, d. aged 9.
BIRGE, SETH, son of David, b. 1780, m. Hannah James, and had .children, four living, viz., Seth, Allen, John, David, Allen, Reuben.
BIRGE, ELI, son of Peletiah, b. 1772, m. Charlotte Barnard and had issue, Orrin, Hariet, Tirzah, d. at 17 years old, Horace, Sidney, Luman, Ruth, and Eli, Jr., five of them married.
BIRGE, ANSON, b. 1808, son of David, and grandson of Pele-
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tiah, m. Tirzah Ann Hathway and has issue, Frances A. b. Sept. 13, 1833 ; Charles A., b. Oct. 10, 1840 ; Morton B., b. Aug. 20, 1842.
BIRGE, CAPT. JONATHAN, son of Cornelius, m. Priscilla Ham- mond of Bolton, March 24, 1713, where he settled. He was killed in the battle at White Plains, in the war of the Revolution, at the head of his company, 1776; issue, Isaac, b. March 1, 1764; Jona- than, Priscilla and Anna, Ruth, Simeon.
BIRGE, ISAAC, son of Capt. Jonathan of Bolton, m. Pamelia, who settled his estate ; issue, Marvin, b. 1788; Jonathan, b. 1790 ; Pamelia, b. 1792; Simeon, b. 1794; Chester, b. 1796; Alfred, b. 1798; Elethia, b. 1800; Julia, b, 1803; Aurelia, b. 1805; Mary Ann, b. 1807; Lazel, b. 1810.
BIRGE, JONATHAN, son of Capt. Jonathan of Bolton, settled at East Windsor, he m. Mary Baily, Dec., 1791 ; issue, Baily Birge, b. Aug. 4, 1793 ; his wife Mary Birge, d. Oct. 25, 1793, and he m. for 2d wife, Sarah Warner, May 8, 1794, and had issue, Backus W. Birge, Feb. 8, 1795, d. July 29, 1832 or '37; Julius Birge, b. Sept. 24, 1796; Edwin Birge, b. June 8, 1793, d. 1845, aged 45; Mary Birge, b. April 12, 1800; Sarah W. Birge, b. Mar. 28 1807 ; Francis Birge, b. Dec. 22, 1803, d. 1846, aged 43; Henry Birge, b. Feb. 22, 1808 ; Jonathan, the father, d. Dec. 12, 1820, aged 52.
BIRGE, HENRY, son of Jonathan, b. 1808, merchant in Hart- ford, m. Jane E. Filly, May 9, 1836, and had issue, William Henry Birge, b. Jan. 7, 1838 ; Mary Ann Birge, b. Oct. 26, 1839 ; Charles Warner Birge, b. March 23, 1841.
BIRGE, FRANCIS, son of Jonathan and grandson of Capt. Jon- athan Birge, was b. at East Windsor, Dec. 22, 1803, is a merchant in Hartford, m. Charlotte Flint of East Windsor, April 17, 1834 ; issue, George F. Birge, b. Sept. 8, 1835; Irene C. Birge, b. Oct. 27, 1838, d. March 29, 1841 ; James F. Birge, b. Dec. 24, 1843, d. July 26, 1844 ; Walter F. Birge, b. April 7, 1846.
BURGE, SAMUEL, of Yarmouth, m. Sarah Stoers of Barnstable, Mass., Feb. 26, 1695-6. Samuel Stoers, Jr., of Windham, m. Mar- tha Burge of Yarmouth, Oct. 31, 1700, (Otis and record.) Perhaps the Birges of Windsor were from Yarmouth; the name of Burge was at Windham in the church.
One by this name graduated at Yale College in 1825.
Coats of arms. Burge one, viz., gu. a cross or. Crest, an olive branch ppr. Burg fifteen. Burges fifteen.
BISCOE, JOHN, owned one lot of land at Watertown, Mass., in the first settlement of the town. This name was not in Conn., as early as many others. There was a Nathaniel Biscoe of Milford,
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1669. James Biscoe of Milford was propounded for a freeman in 1671.
BISHOP, MR. JOHN, of Wethersfield, m. Sarah at Wethersfield Jan. 20, 1675 ; he died there in 1678, and left a widow Sarah ad- ministratrix, and requested Mr. E. Kimberly to assist the widow to close his estate. He had a daughter Sarah, b. July 3, 1678. He was at Wethersfield in 1648.
* BISHOP, JOSEPH, settled at Stamford as early as 1650; not known where he was from to Stamford. A John Bishop was at Wethersfield as early as 1648. Bishop, Anne, Guilford-died in 1676. Children, John, Stephen, and a daughter who married James Steel.
David Bishop was an early settler at Enfield and had a son Thom- as born there. Whether the above were allied to the family of Hon. James Bishop who was secretary and assistant at New Haven, is not asserted.
BISHOP, JOHN, was bound to appear and answer the charge
* The records of Stamford go back to the first settlement of the town, but the first book is in a tattered and confused condition ; the leaves separated, misplaced, torn and worn, and nnich of it badly written at best, yet two leaves containing considerable of the first settlement of the town, and most of the names of the first settlers from Wethersfield to Stamford, at least twen- ty of them; about ten of the whole number having beeen cut off by a red line in the book and lost; and the edges of the leaves badly worn and obliterated. On the 30th of Oct., 1640. the twenty individuals next below, having before purchased of the Indians.) purchased of the New Haven Colony, Rippowams, (now Stamford,) on condition that Rev. Richard Denton should re- move there by the following March, and the others by Nov., 1641. The following are the names legible as far as deciphered, viz :
Richard Denton, John Northend,
Henry Smith,
Thurston Rainer,
Thomas Weekes,
Andrew Ward,
Joanas Wood, Matthew Mitchell,
Richard Gildersleeve,
Jonas Wood, Jr.,
Robert Coe,
John Seaman,
Jeremiah Wood,
Samuel Sherman,
Daniel Finch,
Edmond Wood,
Jeremiah Jagger,
Samuel Clark,
John Jessup, Vincent Simking.
These all came according to the contract and accompanying them the following persons, viz;
Richard Law, John Whitmore, Richard Crabb,
John Ferris, John Reynolds,
Robert Fisher.
perhaps Jefferry,
Thomas Morehouse,
Robert Bates, from Weth'fd. Francis Bell,
And soon after the latter part of 1641, or the beginning of 1642, as appears by the purchase of land, and distribution by vote of the company in meeting the following are found, viz : Thomas Annetas, John Ogden, Thomas Ilyat,
Henry Acerly, John Smith,
Daniel Scofield,
John Underhill, John Miller.
John Finch,
Thomas Slauson, Win. Newman,
Jolin Holly.
Francis Holly,
* Joseph Bishop.
* Eight by the name of Bishop have graduated at Yale College ; three at Brown University; three at Williams College ; three at Harvard College.
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made by the Indians against him in 1648. Bishop, David, resided at the Neck in Hartford in 1685. Eight have graduated at Yale Col- lege, and three at Harvard College before 1850.
BISHOP, JOHN, of Guilford, 1639; and Stephen and John in 1650.
BISHOP, STEPHEN, John, Sen., and John Bishop, Jr., were first settlers at Guilford.
By a vote of the town of Wethersfield, the heirs of Mrs. Bishop were voted twelve acres of land which Wethersfield had taken from her; Dec. 1680.
BISHOP has five coats of arms, and Bishoppe one. (Bisshop.) Bisshopp has two coats of arms.
BISHOP, JOHN, fined 40s. in the Connecticut Colony, for boast- ing of his lying and other misdemeanors 1648. Recognized in £20 and John Hall, Jr., in £10, that if notice be given said Hall before the first Thursday of June next, that said Bishop should appear and answer the complaint of the Indians against him March, 1648.
BISHOP, BENJAMIN, in 1742 removed to Farmington from Goshen, wife Sarah, had children, viz; Rebecca, b. 1741, m. Josiah Andrews 1762, d. 1803, aged 62; Joseph, b. Sept. 8, 1743, he m. Susannah ; he d. at Fort Ann in 1776 ; Benjamin, b. Sept. 22, 1745, wife Elizabeth, she d. in 1830, aged 83 years ; he d. in 1833, aged 88 years, he had resided in West Hartford, left no issue ; Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1748, d. 1766 ; Mary Bishop, b. Oet. 18, 1750, m. Dea- con E. Woodford in 1774 ; Mary d. in 1832 ; Elizabeth Bishop, b. March 31, 1753, m. Roger Woodford ; Anne Bishop, b. April 21, 1755, m. Ezekiel Woodford in 1773; Samuel Bishop b. May 6, 1757, a twin son d. ; Samuel, m. Damaris, daughter of Rev. Eben- ezer Booge, d. in 1814, his wife d. in 1831, aged 70; Tho's F. Bishop, b. Oct. 20, 1763, m. Lucy Foot, daughter of Jacob; both d. in 1851. Benj'm Bishop, Sen., d. in 1794, aged 85 years ; his wife Sarah, d. in 1773, aged 51 years.
BISHOP, (Ruth Byshop,) daughter of Tho's Byshop of Enfield, d. aged about two months in Oct., 1690.
BISHOP, HON. JAMES, settled at New Haven, he m. Elizabeth Tompkins of Milford, 10 m. 12, 1665, first wife Mary. He had his 2d wife, as his daughter Hannah was b. May 29, 1651; Grace, Jan. 17, 1652 ; Sarah, July 28, 1655 ; Elizabeth, b. 5 m. 3, 1657 ; Abigail, b. Oct. 30, 1659; John b. May 17, 1662; Ruth, b. Nov. 22, 1664 ; Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1666, and Mary b. March, 1668 .. Mr. James Bishop, d. June 21, 1691; widow Elizabeth Bishop, d. Oct. 25,
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1703; Mary his first wife, d. Nov. 26, 1664. (Patience wife of Henry Bishop, d. July 24, 1655.) Mr. J. Bishop was an important citizen of the N. Haven Colony, before the union under the Charter of Charles II., and was a Deputy to the General Court April1, 665 ; May, 1665 ; Oct., 1665; May, 1666 ; Oct., 1666 ; May, 1667 ; Oct., 1667. He, with Mr. Gill, and Capt. Nash were appointed Commis- sioners for N. Haven, by Conn., May, 1665, and if they accepted the office to take the freeman's oath, and were empowered with the as- sistant to hold a Town Court, as had been granted to Milford. Mr. Bishop was appointed a Commissioner for 1666, 1667 ; an assistant April, May and October sessions, 1668 ; May and Oct., 1669; May and October, 1670; May and Oct., 1671; May and Oct., 1672; also assistant May, 1673, Oct., 1674 ; May and Oct., 1675; May 1676 ; May, 1677, &c. Mr. Bishop was appointed in Oct., 1665, one of a Committee to hear and consider the complaints of Uncas, in the place of Capt. Nash ; Clerk of the County Court at N. Haven 1666. In 1668 a Committee with Mr. Samuel Wyllys and Tho's Stanton to hear and report the difficulty between Uncas and the Ni- antic Indians. In 1669 he had a grant of 300 acres of land which was laid out to him in 1670. One of the assistants of the Council of War July 8, 1675 ; also Sept. 18, 1675, and other sessions. In 1675 the Gen'l Court allowed him £10 for his attendance "on pub- lique occasions this year." One of the auditors of the treasurer's accounts in 1670 and 75. Hon. James Bishop was Lieut. Gov. of Conn., from 1683 to '87, and from 1689 to 1691 inclusive. Hon. James Bishop was one of the most efficient and useful men in the New Haven Colony ; and after the union of the Colonies, sustained his influence and standing. He has been succeded at N. Haven by several of its most talented and able men of the name, and most of them his descendants ; such men as Hon. Samuel, and Abraham Bishop.
BISHOP, REV. JOHN, of Stamford, succeeded Mr. Denton the first minister of Stamford. Mr. Bishop was from near Boston and settled at Stamford in 1644, the year Mr. Denton removed to Hemp- stead, L. I. Mr. Bishop d. at Stamford, 1694. After Rev. Daniel Denton left Stamford, Mr. Francis Bell and Slauson of Stamford started on foot through the wilderness to Boston, in search of Mr. Bishop for their minister, and history says, found him in that neigh- borhood (near Boston.) They engaged him to return on foot with them to Stamford, and become their pastor. He started with them with his Bible under his arm, and performed the journey, settled and died there. It is said one of his descendants now has the same old
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Bible which his ancestor brought through the woods to Stamford under his arm. This name has produced its full share of important men in Connecticut.
BISHOP, RICHARD, free in Mass., 1642; Nath'l 1644.
BISHOP, ANN, of Guilford, widow, notices her son John Bishop ; grand-daughter Elizabeth Hubbard ; noticed her old servant Tho's Smith. She gave most of her estate to be "divided betwixt her three children, John and Steven Bishop and James Steele," and made James Steele her son-in-law sole Ex'r, and gave him £6 over and above his third part of all her estate in this Country and in England. Will dated June 20, 1673-made her mark-will proved before Wm. Leete. Inventory £81, 9s. 7d. dated May 1, 1676. A part of her property was at Hartford, but the larger share of it at Guil- ford, at her decease.
* BISSELL, MR. JOHN, of Windsor, was a Juror at Hartford in 1640, 1643, Oct. 1645, and March '47 and '8 ; Deputy to the General Court in 1642, and attended 46 sessions of the General and Particu- lar Courts before the union of the Conn., and N. Haven Colonies, and in all served as Juror 12 sessions of the Court at Hartford. He was an enlisted trooper for Windsor, in 1657-8. He was an important and early settler at Windsor as early as 1640, this family were con- nected with several of the best families in the colony by marriage. John Bissell was ferry-man at Windsor in 1640. He was frequently appointed upon important Committees by the General Court of Conn. ; his wife d. 1665. Thomas Bissell in 1674, and Samuel Grant of Windsor were appointed by the General Court, to lay out a grant of land to Goodman Buckland, another grant to "Sarg't John Wads- worth ;" also 120 acres granted to Mr. John Porter. John Bissell of Windsor was confirmed by the General Court, Quarter Master of
* March 24, 1651; "theare ware three inen chosen to take a vew of the Towne (of Wind- sor,) according to the order of Court for that purpose," viz., Henry Wolcott, Cominissioner ; John Bissell, Matthew Grant.
Aug. 24, 1653; John Bissel, David Wilton, Wm. Gaylord, and John Moore, were "chosen Debetys for the Ginerall Court "to be held on the 2d thursday in Sept. next."
Dec. 6, 1658; John Bissell Sen., Mr. Wolcott, Mr. Newbery, David Wilton, and Matthew Grant, appointed selectinen of Windsor, and on the 13th of Dec. "determined that provision should be made upon the top of the meeting house, from the Lanthorn to the ridge of the howse to walk conveniently, to sound a trumpet or drum to give warning to meetings."
John Bissell, Mr. Phelps, Deck". Gaylor, and David Wilton, were elected at Windsor, to the General Court of Conn , Aug. 21, 1652, for the next May. " Aug. 20, 1652; debities chosen for ye Gineral Court to be holden on ye 9th day of September following, Mr. Phelps, Deak". Gayler, John Bissell, David Wilton." Matthew Grant, chosen Town Clerk. Townsmen chosen, Deken Gayler, moderator, David Wilton, John Bissell, John Strong, John Moore, Thomas Ford, and Matthew Grant.
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