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John Bissell

Male 1659 - Bef 1684  (< 24 years)


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  • Name John Bissell 
    Born 5 Apr 1659  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 27 Nov 1659  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef Jan 1684  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2357  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Abigail Filley,   b. 21 Aug 1658, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8/08 Jan 1707/8, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 26 Aug 1680  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 77-78:
      A. John, the founder of the W. line of Bissells, sett. at W. bef. 1640 (see pp. 152, 540, 544, Vol. I.); rec'd 1648 or '49, a grant from the Col. Ct., of the monopoly of a ferry across the Conn. River, located on the E. Side, near the wharf belonging to the Quarry Co... Evidences seem to point to the fact that Bissell had built on the east side of the river as early as 1659-60. In 1662, he gave his homestead with the ferry in Old W. to his son John, and rem. with his son Nathaniel to the east side, below the mouth of the Scantic; being, probably, the first family to actually reside on the east side... 13 years later (King Philip's War) the Bissells had neighbors and their house was fortified and garrisoned, as was Thos. Burnham's at Podunk, 3 of 4 miles below. John, Jr., asked, in 1663, to be released form his ferry contract, which was granted on condition that some one could be found to take his place. Perhaps, from that time, the location of the ferry was rem. down to the mouth of Scantic; but certainly, as early as 1677, Nathaniel B. was ferryman there, and the ferry was still known as Bissells's Ferry... [John had 6 children including Samuel and Nathaniel, each of whom had daughters named Hannah; both Hannahs are in this database. John Bissell, also in this database, was also a son of Samuel and a brother to one of the Hannahs.]
      B. Samuel (son of John), m. Abigail (dau. Thos.) Holcomb, 11 Jun 1658; 1661 he bought a lot W. side Broad st., where E.L. Clapp now resides; built and res. there. His father gave him 106 acres, - all of the B. property except that E. of the Great River and that which was sold to Job Drake. He avowed the Half-Way Covenant in W. Ch. 27 Nov 1659. - O.C.R. He d. 17 May 1697/8; his wife d. 17 Aug 1688. Children (O.C.R.):
      a. John, b. 5 Apr, bp. 27 Nov 1659; m. and had ch., if we may judge from inventory of the est. of 'John Bissel, s. of Samuel,' taken 27 Jan 1684 - total £126.15s.2d. The legatees are Abigail 3-1/2 years, and John 2 yrs. old. Adm. to wid., Abigail. - 'Hart. Co. Prob. Rec.'
      b. Abigail, b. 6 Jul 1661.
      c. Jacob, b . 28 Mar 1664; the est. of 'Jacob Bissell, who dyed 1 Aug 1694; inv. 23 Aug 1694...'
      d. Mary. b. 15 Sep 1666.
      e. Samuel, b. 11 Jan 1668 (our 1st edition says m. Elisabeth ___, but his Inventory (Samuel B., Jr., of Vt.), dated 19 Mar 1697/8, mentions Mary Bissell as his widow...
      f. Benajah, b. 30 Jun 1671.
      g. Elizabeth, b. 4, bap. 6 (O.C.R.) Jan 1677.
      h. Deborah, b. 29 Oct 1679.
      i. Hannah, b. 18 Sep 1682 (not in O.C.R.)."

      2. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51:
      "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.)
      (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)"