PREFACE .

T h e obj ect of t h is l ittl e pamph l et i s to supply and preserve for futu re gen erations the facts h erei n contai ned i n regard to th is branch of th e Bi shop family . To the late George Bishop S mith , of

Chicago , with whom a corresponden ce for a few years prior to h is death was hel d , th e wri ter i s greatly i ndeb ted for i nformation that f otherwise woul d have been d i ficul t , if n ot i mpossibl e , to obtai n . George B ishop Smi th ’ s active l ife had been spen t i n n ewspaper work I i n various cities . He wrote a short tim e before hi s death t i s a regretfu l remembrance that my nam e was at th e masthead of the

Nora/[dz Courier 1 8 i n 5 9 , when i ts dai ly edi tion s wam ped my youth ! ful en terprise . He was anx ious to look u p hi s an cestry , an d searched i n vai n for th e connecti ng li nk with Sam uel or J oh n i B shop , the first settlers of Norwich . The writer happi ly di scovered

' and establ ished thi s conn ectin g l ink a few mon th s after M r . S mi th s d eath , and herewi th offers to al l our dear k i nsmen th is l ittle pam ph let as a souven i r . SH OP H . F . BI .

2 t h 1 0 1 May 5 , 9 .

I re mem e I re mem er b r , b Th e e e e I was n hous wh r bor , Th e l ittle W in dow Wh e re th e s u n Cam e n a m e pe ping i t orn .

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I reme m e I re me me b r, b r Th e e lm tre e s dark an dhigh I use d to thi nk th e i r sle nd er tops e e cl e a a th e k W r os g inst s y . I t was a c l i n ra ce hi dish g o n , ’ Bu t n o w tis little !o y ’ T o k n o w I m farthe r O ff from h eave n T an e I was a h wh n boy .

ma H od T/zo s o .

I 1 6 m e I n 3 4 settl ers fro Sal m founded pswich , i n the col ony of

Massachuse tts Bay , an d the date of Thomas B i shop , as a freeman

I 1 6 6 o f pswich , i s 3 i n th e record s . T he fami ly h i story , from Thomas B ! Bishop to Earl ishop, my grand father , and other d escendants , writes his grandson , George Bishop S mi th , n eeds detai l s that may ! be su ppl ied by reference to other t han publ ic records , from which are deri ved the facts herei n com pi led . T homas Bishop was a m an

1 6 1 of affairs , an d at his death , Feb . 7 , 7 , h i s estate probated above I a large fortu ne for that day . n h is active l ife he was much v f called u pon to ser e h is town i n local o fice , and at th e Gen eral Court of the colony i n 1 66 6 ; and there i s evi dence that his name was known

t h e and respected i n al l t hen neighbori n g colon i es . H e was the O f I founder the pswich fami ly of Bishops , other families of the nam e deri ving descen t from h is brot hers , Nathan ie l and Henry , wh o were among t he first settlers a nd busi n ess men of B oston . Margaret ,

w s wido of Thomas , urvived hi m , and thei r sons , named i n the wil l ,

- were Samuel , Joh n , Tho mas , Job, an d Nathan iel . t Of later d ates han th e d eath of Thomas, the record s show that Samuel Bishop of I ps wich served ( 1 6 7 6 ) i n the King Phili p war ; and

“ ‘ h 1 6 8 m h I t at i n 7 Sa uel B is op had commonage at pswich , whatever

at 1 6 8 that may mean . Records also show th i n 5 Capt . Thomas B I w ishop of ps ich suffered loss of a shi p sail ing to th e Barbadoes . The needed i nformation to s upply a l i n e of desce n t to Samue l B an d J oh n ishop , who were early se ttl ers i n that part of Norwich , w Con n . , s ubsequently k no n as Newen t Parish , and later as the in cor

o rat e d w 1 8 6 p to n of Li sbon , i n 7 , where so many B ishops were born , f has been very d i fi cul t to trace . The con n ectin g t hread of h isto ry i s , however , d irect , an d record s show , so far as availabl e , that the

3 r 9 wh o sai d Samuel , J . , an d h i s youngest broth er, J ohn , emigrated I to Norwich , were son s of 2 Sam uel of pswich , and grand sons of i 1 S amu e l sa d Thomas B ishop . Of thi s i, B ishop an d h i s wi fe Hester

’ Co s we ll s gg child ren , we have l ittle to fi n d i n Connecticu t record s .

' o f T hei r old est ch ild , Margaret , married a Griggs . She was sister

Sam uel an d Joh n , whom we have traced down to rece nt date , eve n

v . t o those no w l i i ng , though scattered al l through the cou ntry “ I n 1 6 9 4 that portion of Norwich land s described as lyi n g b e O f S h e t u ck e t t ween th e crotch th e ri vers and ! u i nebaug, was by I vote of the town sol d to purch asers fro m pswich , Massach usetts , representing th e Perki n s an d Bi shop fami lies , al ready establ i shed I and weal thy at pswich , and each hav in g al so fami ly con nection s of — establ ished weal th and character at Boston . T he Bi shops Samue l and J oh n—who afterward came to the n ew purchase wi th othe r fi rs t “ settl ers , are d escribed i n N orwich hi story as descendants of Thomas I w ne w O f Bi shop of ps ich . T he settleme nt recei ved th e name Ne w e n t , i n fami ly remembrance of traditions that refe r to N ewen t par

was i sh , i n Gloucestershi re , England ; i t al so th e third pari sh of Nor wich . T hat i t was n ot a rel igiou s col ony would be i n di cated , by th e record showin g a vote O f the town of N orwich th reaten in g extrem e meas ures if a ch urch was not forthwith organ iz ed at Newent ; an d i t was i n compl iance with such a vote th at a parish organ i zati on was

1 2 mad e effecti ve i n 7 3 , th e n ame of J oh n B i shop appeari ng i n the seven selected (accord in g to custom) to be of record as ch urch founders .

1 0 6 Records show the marriage , i n 7 , of Samuel Bishop an d Sarah

1 1 8 Forbes ; the marriage , al so , of J oh n B ishop , i n 7 , to Mary (born d aughter o f T homas B ingham and granddaugh ter of Thomas

1 6 B i ngham , an original se ttl er i n Norwich i n 5 9 . After the death of

1 2 his wi fe , th is J oh n B ishop married , i n 7 7 , Temperance (born daughter of Joseph Lathrop , of Norwich . J oh n B ish op was born at

' I 1 6 8 Co s we ll pswich , i n 5 , so n of Samuel an d Hester ( gg ) Bishop , an d 1 d ied at Norwich i n 7 5 5 . T he land title to t he Newent purchase was l ong d isputed by the “ descendan ts of U ncas , to wh om the crotch i n the rivers had bee n

I 1 2 an ancestral seat of equal beauty an d honor . n 7 5 the Mohegan - ! titl e was qu it cl aimed to Lie ut . Sam uel B ishop and oth ers , a nd i n “ 1 7 45 was al together su rrendered by deed to Capt . Samuel B ishop and others . T his Samuel Bis hop was con firmed to his titl e of Cap 1 tai n i n 7 3 7 by th e General Assembly of Con necticut Colony , wh ich

1 r body at a later date , May , 75 4 , confirmed Sam uel Bishop , J . , son - of Samuel , to be Lieutenant of th e Co mpany or trai n band i n th e

! ’ pari sh of Newent , i n th e town of Norwich . 4 Samu el B ish op s son , D anie l - s B ishop , of t hi s Newe n t Norwich fam ily , was l i eutenan t i n I - 1 t he regi men t ( srael Putnam , l ieutenan t colon el ) , raised i n 7 5 9 for 1 6 8 O f the O ld Fren ch War . He was, i n 7 , confirmed as captai n the - Newen t trai n band . nt - 5 Nathani el B ishop , brother of 5 Dan i el , al so of th e Newe Nor ’ wich family was l ieutenan t i n D urkee s Con necticut regi m en t , raised , — i n 1 7 7 6 for the War of the Revol ution a regi m ent large ly drawn from

Norwich an d i ts n ear neighborhood . H is name appears also i n the rol l s of the Con n ecticu t Society of the Ci nci nn ati . Pe rkins e s The Bishops an d th e were al l ied famil ies at Newent , and their wealth en abled the m to exten d th ei r o wn ersh ip over an additio nal acres , to which was given th e l ocal d esignati on of

Hanover (or fourth) paris h i n Norwich . Thei r weal t h an d sh ippin g i n terests also e nabl ed them to i mport an d keep slav es an d Matthew

1 1 1 Perki n s (born 7 3 ) d ied on his Han over estate , i n 7 7 3 , of l ockjaw caused by the bite of a sl ave . T hi s Matthew Perk i n s marri ed , i n

1 O f 7 3 9 , Han nah , daughter Samuel B ishop , whose w i fe was Sarah b n Forb es , as efore reci ted , The wi dowed Hannah B ishop Perk i s

2 8 1 8 0 8 died Oct . , 9 , aged 7 years , and of her th irteen chi ld re n a 6 daugh ter, Han nah , attai n ed the age of 9 , a son , J oshua , 9 3 , a nother 0 8 6 6 8 son 9 ; and other ages of record are 3 , 7 , , d own to 5 7 years , onl y r on e of th e thi teen fail ing to reach years of maturity . T hi s record of Han nah B ishop and Matthew Perki n s presen t s a striki n g paral l el

1 0 1 w to that of S ibel Worthington , who attain ed years , an d hose

8 8 8 6 8 8 8 2 n i ne children attained ages of , , 5 , 3 and years , d own to 6 0 . 1 2 2 1 2 years T h e two wo men were born respectively , i n 7 an d 7 7 , and their l i ves refl ect , at thi s distan ce , at once a vi ew an d a record n rarely foun d i n the ann al s of any fami ly . Of th e Worth i gton T descen dants on e of the dau gh ters married Earl B ishop . hei r ch il d ren were named Earl and Lucretia Bish op . A grandson of Hannah B ishop an d Matth ew Perk in s (as above) was named B ishop Perki n s , an d was representative i n Congress

1 8 - ( 5 3 5 5) for the Herk i mer district of N ew York . ‘ mu ch inf r Where B ishop fami ly record s have bee n unavai labl e , o mation has been derived from th e p ubl ished records of the Perki n s

P e rkins e s - an d other al l ied famil ies . T he of Newent Norwich are descended from the brothers J oseph an d Jabez , who were associated

t wo a Of with the B ishop brothers in t h e origi n l settl ement Newen t . I t thus appears that Dan iel B ishop (born son of Sam ue l

1 1 and Abigai l (Corning) B ishop , married Mary (born J uly , daughter of D r . J oseph an d Mary ( Bush n el l) Perk i n s . T his Dan iel 1 8 Bishop d ied i n 7 3 , l eavin g Mary a widow . Dr . Joseph Perk i ns

O f was a son of the J oseph first record at Newent , an d Sam

1 uel Bishop was apparen tly the l ieutenan t of record i n 75 4 . Dan iel and his w i fe Mary were therefore grandchi ld ren of origi nal settlers of Norwich . At the same or abou t the same date as the marriage of Dani el and Mary , the record shows the marriage of Nathan iel B ishop and

Lydia , daughter of John and Lydia ( Tracy) Perki ns . The brides were cousi ns , and the husban ds probably brothers . Part I.

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THOMAS BISHOP ( I ) .

1 6 H O AS ISH OP I h s . 1 T M B , of pswic , Mas , d ied Feb 7 , 7 4 , an d left r a widow , Margaret , an d sons , 2 Sam uel , J oh n Thomas , J . , 2 Job , fi n d . and a 2 Nathani el , wh ich we on record 2 A E 1 6 6 S MU L , son of 1 Th omas , grad uated at Harvard Col l ege i n 5 ,

‘ I 1 6 8 H e Co died at pswich , 7 . married Hester gs H; th eir chi ldren were n i ne

1 1 6 6 I . 3 Margaret , born May 7, 7 , marri ed chabod Gri ggs 6 8 6 . 2 0 1 3 Sam uel , born Feb . , 3 Joh n , born Sept , 5 ; amon g the earl iest settl ers i n Norwich , n ow Li sbon .

no . There were oth er ch il dren , of whi ch dates are at hand The w wido , Hester or E sth er, married , second ti me , Thomas B urn ham i n

1 6 8 9 . SAMUEL BISHOP A E I 3 S MU L of pswich an d Norwich , born d ied November

1 8 1 60 2 1 0 1 6 8 , 7 . Married Sarah Forbes , January , 7 5 , born 3 d ied — 1 an . 7 5 9 . They had eleve n chil dren in fant , Sarah , d ied

4 1 1 0 6 1 2 Thomas , born November 4 , 7 d ied J u ne , 7 4 .

4 2 1 0 8 1 Sam uel , born Feb ruary , 7 d ied November 7 , Mar

’ Abi ail Co rnin ried g g and Abigai l S prague .

4 1 1 0 1 1 0 S arah , born March 7 , 7 ; d ied 7 . 4 nd E e 1 1 1 2 a . sth r, born J an uary , 7 married a Tyl er first a Rudd

4 1 6 1 1 H e bbard Caleb , born March , 7 5 ; marri ed first Keziah i n

1 1 6 7 39 . She died 7 7 .

4 1 1 6 1 1 Joshua, born J une , 7 married D eborah Reynol ds , 7 4 .

4 r 1 1 8 B Sarah , bo n March , 7 marri ed a Brown an d a ush nel l .

4 1 2 0 Elizabeth, born Jan uary 5 , 7 married a Lathrop an d a

Wi nter . ‘ 2 1 2 2 1 Han nah , born August , 7 married Matth ew Perk i ns , 739 .

4 2 6 1 2 Ebenezer , born November , 7 5 marri ed Tab itha Stron g , of

1 6 2 1 0 Coventry, 7 , and J erusha Lord , of Preston , 7 7 .

4 2 6 1 2 Susan nah , born Dece mber , 7 7 married a Tracy .

r. 4 SAMUEL BISHOP, J ( ) q 4 A E r M arrie d M U L . S , J , born d ied w i first Abigail Corn 6 1 1 1 2 s i ng , October , 7 3 , of Beverly . S he d ied , 7 4 7 , aged 3 year ;

i A 1 0 I marr ed second Mrs . bigai l Sprague , 7 5 , of Leban on . t is sai d there were chil dren by second wife , but no record is fou nd of them . Child re n by first w ife

5 1 2 2 1 Dan iel , born 73 ; married Mary Perki n s , May , 75 4 . He

1 8 1 0 d ied , 7 3 . S h e th en married J onathan S tarr , 7 9 .

5 1 6 J oan na , born d ied 7 3 .

“ 1 1 0 Thomas, born 7 3 5 d ied 7 4 .

5 1 — Abigail , born 7 3 7 married J oshua Perk i n s two ch ildren , Ta b itha an d Abigai l . 5 1 1 1 6 Nathan iel , born 73 9 ; d ied 7 9 7 . Married , 7 3 , Lyd ia Per 6 6 6 6 ki ns ; thei r child re n were Dan iel , Ruth , J oan na , an d Lydia ; bap t iz e d 1 , 7 75 .

5 Z 1 1 1 acharias , b orn 7 4 ; d ied 7 4 9 .

5 1 1 8 Lydia , born 7 43 ; d i ed 7 4 .

5 1 1 0 a Ezra , born 7 4 5 married A n na Lathrop , 7 7 . Had son

1 A 1 8 0 Hen ry , born 7 7 7 , an d a daughter, n ne , born 7 . EBENEZER BISHOP

4 B E E Z ER 2 6 1 2 Tab at h E N , born Nov . , 7 5 ; married fi rst y Stron g ,

6 2 1 6 1 0 1 1 8 . J u n e 7 , 7 ; she d ied 7 ; married second J erusha Lord , 7 7

1 He d i ed 7 9 5 . Ch i l dren

5 1 6 S usan nah , born 7 3 ; married Cyrus B ishop ; she was cousi n

both to h i s father and mother .

5 1 6 1 2 Sam uel , born 7 5 ; married Lucy Lord , 7 9 ; sh e d ied Nov .

5 r 1 6 Eben ezer , J . , born J un e 3 , 7 7 . History n ot fou nd . Secon d wife ’ s ch ildren

5 1 1 1 2 Hezek iah , born August , 7 7 . 5 1 1 6 1 2 1 8 1 Sarah Lord , born Sept . 5 , 7 7 ; di ed J ul y , 7 . CALEB BISHOP

4 A E B 1 1 H e bbard 1 C L , born 7 5 ; married fi rst Kez iah , 7 3 9 ; thei r chil dren 5 n 2 1 0 . Reub e , born Nov . , 7 4 ; married his cou sin , Han nah , Feb

1 0 1 6 1 , 7 .

5 1 6 1 2 1 6 Eli !ah , born J un e , 74 . Thin k h e d ied , 7 7 .

5 M 1 8 1 2 6 ary , born J uly , 7 44 ; married Oct . 7 , 1 7 3 , Dan iel Com

stock . i 5 L . u c . 2 1 1 y , born D ec , 74 7 JOSHUA BISHOP 4 A 1 1 OSH 1 1 6 . J U , born 7 ; married Deborah Reynolds , 7 4 T hey had a daughter 5 1 Han nah , born March 4 , married her cousi n , Re uben ,

Feb . REUBEN BISHOP (5

5 REU BE N BI SHO P was a sol dier i n our Colonial and R evol utionary

1 8 1 war . A Yal e Col lege class book for th e year 9 , when on e of h is gran dsons graduated (Dr . El ij ah B ish op , son of Cal eb and grandson R “ of this Captai n euben Bishop) , speak s of th e grandfather , as R a captai n of a mi l i tia company i n the evol utionary war , who accompani ed Arnol d ’ s expedition u p the Kenn ebec ri ver toward s

2 t h ! uebec , and was k il l ed September 4 , Th e story of hi s death as related by his wi dow to her great -grandchi ld ren an d others the presen t wri ter remembers very wel l . S he said her h usband , th e captai n , was visited by on e of h is sold iers who was i ntoxicated . s Whe n th e captai n ord ered hi m to go to hi s qu arter , and sh ut th e door upon h im , th e sol d ier turned an d fired h is m usket through - the door, thus fatall y shooti ng h i s commander . My great gran d mother l ived to the good ol d age of 9 0 years ; and her l i ps and voice con veyed to my ears many i nteresti ng facts wh ich , with O those com i n g un der the personal bservation of th e writer , cover — one h un dred and fifty years of past hi story wh ich mu st . b e quite u nu s u aL The writer has been unabl e to get much hel p from existi ng records , there b ei n g n o compl ete record s to be foun d i n the the n 5 chaotic state of affairs i n ou r history , when Captai n Reuben B ish op

l s v o f 1 gav e or o t h is l ife to ser e his cou ntry . The date h is death ( 7 7 5 ) e was after Concord , Lexington , and B unk er H il l battl s , but before

’ O f I the Declaration ndepen dence , or Washi ngto n s havi n g comman d I A of the army . fi nd i n the Colon ial ssembly records of Con necticut

1 1 he (Reuben Bishop) was com mission ed as an en si gn , i n 7 7 , i n th e - O f Norwich trai n band , b ut cann ot find any con firmation hi s b ei ng I ’ appointed captai n . B ut u nderstan d that i n Arnold s army they had po wer to gran t com missions upo n th e fiel d of service,to th ose

2 t h 1 deservi ng promotion . O n Sept . 4 , 7 75 , wh en h e d i ed (onl y about eight days after the expedition l eft Boston or Cambridge for ! uebec) , they had j ust ti me to be n ear th e mouth of th e Kennebec Ri ver . The Probate Court records of Norwich S how the settl emen t of his I estate , wh ich was i n sol ven t . t gave i n an appraisal of h is m i l itary equip ments , an d shows that his ad min istrators col lected an d return ed cred i t i n pounds , sh il l ings an d pence for money received for h i s services i n the army . Hi s widow , Han nah , was left w ith five sons . t Sh e married (second ime) Capt . B enj ami n Burn ham , an d had a son and a daughter by th is second marriage . S he used to rel ate i t as a hard task to care for h er five fatherless chi ld ren when Joshua , the ol dest son , was drafted i n the last two years of the Revol utionary war,

I I O I a a n d ften said , t took e ch year the best yok e of oxen sh e could ! rai se to buy a substitute for hi m , as sh e could not spare h i m .

This fam ily owned slaves , a n d after slavery was aboli shed i n th e S tate of Con n ecticu t they were obl iged by l aw to support and mai n t ai n th ose w h o were too old to support th emselves .

A I O f - s a boy was fond payi n g a vi si t to ol d thick l ipped , black

’ Nanny , i n a room set apart for her sol e use i n my grandfather s “ ! house , where she could bak e her j oh n ny cak e by the open fireplace . I had great i nterest then i n an ol d bl ue broadcloth stuffed I n pill ion cou l d see ha ging u p , attached to a saddl e , on whi ch my great -grand mother i n formed m e she u sed to ride seve n m i les to church , b ehi n d one of th e mal e m e mbers of the fami ly , in mortal fear of some u nfriendly I ndian s spri nging out of amb ush up on th em I before the y could real ize th ei r danger . t mu st be remembered that i n thos e earl y ti mes there w ere rovin g trib es of I ndian s wh o were n o t al ways fri endly . B un dy Hi l l ’ s settlers i n Norwich coul d plai nly look across the

S h e t u ck e t R iver upon Sache m Plain , where th e Narragan sett tribe “ ! M ian t o no mo h h un d er cam e to attack U ncas , Chief of th e Mo e

r i I gan s , and h is wa r ors . t was n ot so very long ago , then , that these scenes had become h istori c to that local i ty , and the mon u ments erected to the memory of these ch iefs are i n th at i m mediate vicin ity . Not m uch more than a ge neration had passed si n ce Un cas with h i s

’ si gnature and h is son O wan eco s sign ature were placed upon al l deeds of con veyance by them ; an d even then th e

“ ’ ’ A t awane h o o ds w l ivi ng grand son of Uncas , mark ould

give titl e to land d isposed of .

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D D . n that organ ized body . Rev . George S . Bish op , . , was chose Vedder Lecturer b efore th e Col l ege and Semin ary of New B run s

1 8 8 wick i n 4 . H e has represen ted i n Hol lan d the American bran ch o f e his ch urch , an d has three ti mes b e n a delegate to the Pan “ Presbyterian Cou ncil , Hi s sermon s have often b een recogn i zed

' ' ’ and publ ished i n t h e last forty years (as th e C/z rzstzzm [ ntellzgm rer “ ! has said ) , for thei r stron g defence of the ol d school orthodoxy . 8 6 He was born 1 3 ; married Han n ah Wil liston . Th ey have two son s ;

. ! a daugh ter , 8 Margaret , has died Ch ild ren Wm ’ . . Rev . 8 S . B ishop , curate of S t . J oh n s Chapel , N . Y He i s a R grad uate of utgers Col lege an d General T heol ogical Seminary .

8 Edward H . Bisho p , a grad uate of Pri nceton , N . J . , i s a teach e r i n N ew York Ci ty .

MARY CATHERINE BISHOP

A R A R T HE E SH OP . 7 M Y C IN BI married Merri l l E . Gates , LL . D , formerly President of A mherst Co l l ege . Thei r residence i s Wash in t o n r a radu at e A m g , D . C . Thei r chi l dren , 8 Merri l l E . Gates , J . , g of

1 0 2 Wm herst Col lege an d of Col umbia Law School , Class 9 ; 8 . S . Gates i s i n grad uate class of A mherst Un i on Theol ogical Semi nary

1 2 for 9 0 .

8 Marga ret , un marri ed

JAMES L. BISHOP

L 1 8 A M E S . t qJ , born 43 , a lawyer i n New York Ci y , married

Martha Maitlan d . Th eir chi l dre n !

1 8 Maitlan d L . B ishop , born 7 9 , i s i n Amherst Col lege , class

1 8 8 M ary Charlotte B ishop , b orn 7 7 . 8 8 1 . I 1 M 0 . 8 erri l l B ishop , born 3 s at Amherst College , i n class 9 4 I t is wel l to state that i n th i s paper many di fficulti es prevent fol l owing out each one of th e earl ier descendan ts i n the l ine of al l their ch ildren , also , to state that some B ishops by name appear among the records wh ich may have come from th e I pswich B ishops

O f later than the first settlers , but relati ves sai d Samuel an d J oh n , I perhaps some not related at al l . t is herei n proposed to fol low out som e of th e branches of the B ishops , Sam uel and J ohn , or al l that can be foun d of them down to a recen t period amon g those now l i v i n g , by h istoric data , which have been careful ly searched for , an d are too val uabl e to be lost i f their ch ildren are ever to have a complete n gen ealogical li ne . Some miscellaneous records , not easily co n ected , have been saved for future use Shoul d some descendan t d iscover their proper con nection ,

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T h e Of l i neal descendants th e cousins 4 Reuben and 4 Han nah , wh o 1 6 1 I married i n 7 , can be fol l owed to the presen t day . n review in g their ancestors of the fourth gen eration much is , however , O bscure , or yet n ot look ed u p , i n regard to thei r aun ts an d thei r ch i ldren , although most of them were in prom inen t fami l i es i n thei r day , as was their aun t Han nah B ishop , who married Matthew

Perki n s . S he had as sisters E sth er, Sarah , El izab eth and a S usan n ah , who al l had famil ies not reported here .

SONS OF REUBEN AND HANNAH BISHOP .

R The fi ve son s of 4 e ube n an d 4 Han nah

OSH A O 1 1 6 2 1 8 6 J U , the l dest , was born Jan . 4 , 7 ; d ied May 4 , 45 . W lt h d 1 6 0 e 1 8 . He married y A ams , born 7 ; died Sept . 5 , 39 He married second Mehitabl e Wi l l iams . H is ch ildren were two by the

Barz illai fi rst w ife 7 Reuben and q .

2 0 1 6 Zi o rah 1 0 6 Caleb , born March , 7 4 m arried 7 p Tracy , 79 . She 6 2 2 1 8 2 1 1 1 . was born J uly , 7 9 ; d ied J u ly , 9 Married second Betsey

Tyl er .

2 2 1 66 6 Cyrus , born J an . , 7 married 5 S usan nah B ishop , the cousi n

f 1 1 2 . o both his father an d mother , Jan . 7 , 79 S h e was th e daughter

O . f 4 Ebenezer B ishop 2 1 6 8 6 Earl , born Dec . 9 , 7 ; married Lucretia H . M i ll er , of M id

dlet o wn . , Conn ecticut

W 2 1 0 2 6 6 Dan iel . , b orn Nov . 4 , 7 7 ; married Lucy Read , Jan . ,

1 6 7 9 . T he ch i ld ren an d grandchildren of the above five sons wil l fol low O consecutively , commen cin g w ith th e l dest son of 6 Josh ua Reuben .

SAMUEL BISHOP

H is d escendants , of th e seve nth generation

REUBEN BISHOP ( 7 )

8 RE U BE N 1 . R q , son of J oshua , born 7 3 eceived a pension for hi s 1 8 1 2 services i n the War of . H e was elected captain of th e M il itia

Company i n the town of Lisbon , Connecti cut . S ubsequen tly h e was Of made a deaco n the Newe nt Church , servi ng several years ti l l th e

f A n 1 1 8 e O . 1 tim his death . Marri ed fi rst b igai l Adams , bor Oct 3 , 7 .

1 8 2 1 0 1 8 She died Oct . 3 , 7 h e died D ec . , 5 5 . Abigail Adam s was a O f daughter of Captai n J ohn Adams , Canterbu ry , who served R . ! through the War of th e evol ution Thei r ch ildren , to wit

I S GEORGE A . BISHOP

EO E 1 8 . RG A . 0 8 G , born 9 ; marri ed Al mira Beal s i n H 8 8 . 1 1 1 1 . ! die d Dec . 7 , 5 5 ; she d ied Sept 3 , 7 5 Thei r chi l d ren were

8 6 A 2 1 86 T 1 1 . 9 George . , born J uly 4 , 4 ; married , ug 7 , 7 , Mary 2 2 1 8 1 8 6 B lackmer , born Oct . , 44 . T hey had a son , born D ec . 9 , 7

1 1 8 d ied O ct . 5 , 94 . 8 S t ea n C . 2 0 1 v e s . 9 An n a . , born Nov , 49 ; married a Had two h l I C ar e s . child ren , 1 0 da and a son , 1 O 8 2 S 2 2 1 . . 9 El la . , born J uly , 5 ; married Noyes E Rice They have 1 6 1 0 1 a daughter, Etta , married Jan . , 9 , to Charles Byron Hasti ngs

Residence , Worcester , Mass .

1 8 C. . . a 9 Em ma , born Nov 9 , 5 3 ; married J ohn Champl in H ve two sons , Nel son and Wi l l ie . Residence , Worcester, Mass .

W 2 8 1 8 6 2 1 8 9 Wi l l ie . , born Ap ri l , 5 ; d ied M ay 9 , 5 9 .

WELTHA BISHOP

8 2 WE L T H A 1 1 1 8 1 1 2 1 . S , born Oct . , d ied J un e 7 , 7

JOSHUA BISHOP (8 )

OSH A 1 1 8 1 1 6 1 8 0 . . o 8 J U , born Apri l 9 , 4 d ied Jan , 4 He was a pra O f tici ng dentist i n New York City , and at S t . Thomas , on e the West I n dia i slands . CHARLES BISHOP

H A R ES 1 1 8 1 . 1 8 8 C L , born Feb 3 , 7 ; married Mary M . Fleet , Apri l , 44 . 2 1 8 2 0 Williams b u r h She was born March 5 , , He was a den tist at g ,

2 1 8 1 8 1 8 n ow B rooklyn . He d ied May 7 , 9 9 ; sh e di ed Jan . , 9 4 . Their chi l dren were

9 T wo ch i l dren d ied i n infan cy .

THEODORE A . BISHOP

R A 1 1 1 8 HEO DO E . 9 T , born O ct . , 49 , married Lucy G . Wh ite , born

8 1 8 1 8 0 May , 5 4 , on Dec . 7 . 7 . Thei r childre n were

1 8 1 1 0 Charl es Hayes , born Sept . 9 , 7 . A 2 0 1 8 1 0 Mary El izabeth , born ug . , 7 4 .

R 1 1 8 euben Adams , born Dec . 3 , 7 9 .

2 1 1 8 8 2 A 1 1 8 Ethel Gertrude , born Dec . , sh e died ug . 9 , 9 5 .

0 1 8 8 Grover Cl evel an d , born Sept . 3 , 5 .

2 6 1 8 8 Al l en Th urman , born J an . , 9 .

1 1 8 1 Wi l l iam Cogswel l , born Nov . 9 , 9 .

A A 1 8 8 1 . T heodore . , born ug . 4 , 93 ; d ied 9 3

A H 8 1 8 Theodore . . , born D ec . , 94 .

1 6 AUGUSTUS FLEET BISHOP

G ST S E ET B SH OP 1 1 8 9 AU U U F L I , born J une 4 , 5 4 ; married Sad ie 2 8 A u 1 . E mma Gosl i n e , born g. 4 , 74 T heir chi l dren are

0 1 8 1 0 Mary Mati l da , born Jan . 3 , 9 3 .

X u us t u s 8 1 0 0 I 1 0 g Fl eet , born J uly , 9 . Residence , Babyl on , L . .

HARRY P. BISHOP

A R R A C DE 2 1 8 I 9 H Y PL I , born J u ne , 5 7 married sabell a Crawford ,

0 1 8 8 1 1 8 6 J u ne 3 , 4 ; she was born March 4 , 4 . Their child re n

8 1 8 8 1 8 8 Norma B el l e , born May , 7 di ed J uly 1 , 9 .

2 6 1 8 8 1 0 Claud e Adams , born Oct . , 9 . I T hei r residence , Babyl on , L . .

HENRY FITCH BISHOP

E R T C H SH O P 1 8 2 0 8 H N Y FI BI , born Apri l 3 , , marri ed Charlotte W . Shaw , daughter of the late Prof . Ol i ver Shaw , of Provid en ce ,

I u ne 1 1 8 2 1 1 8 2 2 R . . , J 5 , 5 . She was born Au g . 4 , 7 ; d ied J an . 3 ,

1 8 6 r d 9 . Thei ch il ren

1 1 8 Re v 9 Charl otte Shaw , born Apri l 7 , 5 3 , married . J . V . Chal mers , 2 1 8 6 d 1 8 8 le av in a s o n H e nr May 3 , 7 ; she ied Apri l 3 , 7 , g , l o y Bishop , 1 1 8 8 I born March 9 , 7 . He i s a grad uate of Massach usetts nsti tute n of T echn ol ogy , Bosto . 8 6 I 2 1 . 0 9 da , born Dec . 5 , 5 , marri ed Rev J . V . Chal mers J un e 3 , 1 8 8 A R 1 6 1 8 8 6 4 . Chi l dren 1 0 l an eid , born May , ; 1 0 Theresa ,

’ 1 1 8 8 8 2 6 1 8 2 born Apri l 4 , ; 1 0C harl otte , born March , 9 . Resi de i n Y New ork .

1 1 86 1 2 1 8 8 9 Sarah S haw , b orn Sept . 5 , , married Apri l 5 , 9 , James

S . Whi tman . Resid e i n New York . Thei r chi l dren 1 0 Marian ,

1 1 1 8 0 born J uly , 9 .

E dnah 6 1 8 6 9 S haw , born May , 5 , married Eugen e M . J oh nson , 8 8 B . 1 of oston . Chi ld re n 1 0 Norah , born Nov 4 , 9 ; 1 0 Eugen e

2 1 8 1 1 0 1 Malcol m , born Nov . 7 , 99 1 0 Harriet Lou isa , born Feb . 4 , 9 .

2 1 8 0 1 1 8 2 9 Harry , born J u ne 3 , 7 ; d ied Feb . 3 , 7 .

HENRY FITCH BISHOP The wri ter was one of fou r i n his fam ily who fol lowed the profession of d entistry . Early amon g the fi rst grad uates of the ’ old est den tal col lege i n exi sten ce He n ry Fitch Bishop s n ame appears as receiving the degree of D . D . S . He practiced

s for n early forty successive years i n Worcester , Mas ; afterward

l 7 fol lowed his professi on for a few years i n Han over , Germany , I n before retiri ng . n publ i sh i g th is gen ealogical l in e pertainin g to ’ hi s fa mi ly s history he h erei n asserts that , i n revi ewi ng his past l i fe , “ ! which has been l on g as measured by years , h e fi nd s n o great achieve ments to speak of , b ut relates w ith great pleasure an i nciden t whi ch was con n ected wi th h is boyhood days , before he was ten y ears ol d , when he , i n co mpany wi th hi s fath er , l eft the dear ol d hom e stead on the top of th e hi l l for a three -m ile rid e to a n eighborin g farm on wh ich there was a pin e ti mber l ot . After mak i n g a trad e

for two doze n small pin e trees , h e and h is father dug them u p an d

return ed home w i th the m , T he trees were set ou t by th e roadside

O n O ld fre a road l ead i ng past the back part of t he farm , n ot much t d u e n e . q At that ti me there were no pi n e trees see n for m il es arou nd , w and they were conspicuous , but ofte n brok en d o n to gratify th e passi ng teamsters , wh o had a passion to tri m an d adorn the i r horse s - with the evergreen boughs . Fortun atel y , n in e of those twenty fou r trees , h el d u p by the writer for hi s father to plant d irt about th e - roots , survi ved and ou t grew the strength of th e team sters wh o woul d th ough tlessly destroy the m .

Th e resul t becam e th e pride of h i s l ife , an d i s worthy t h e i mita tion of any boy who woul d d o a good an d lasti ng deed—if n ot for —b hi msel f , for those who come after h i m y setti ng trees by th e road side i n th i s era of i mp roved roads , th us mak i ng the farms more t val uabl e an d th e coun try m ore beautifu l . Th e n i ne l ivi ng rees referred to became great sawmil l l ogs , an d mad e fi ne board s wh en - sawed , from eighteen i nches to twe nty fou r w ide , as now seen cover i ng the barn s of the place o n which th ey were n ail ed several years ago . Nor is t hi s al l ; by t he ir pi n e n eedles they seeded down several acres of pasture ground , where a pi n e forest n ow exists , of trees - l arge enough to require the hel p of a saw m il l to han d le their l u mber .

LYDIA S . BISHOP

A 6 1 8 2 2 D S . 8 LY I , born Sept . , , married Peter Lan man , of Nor wich ; had no child re n ' sh e tau ght an I n dian school for the later desce ndants of Un cas tribe at Mohegan , Conn . The A merican M issionary Board afterwards gave h er an appoi ntmen t to go amon g I the Choctaw nd ian s as an assistan t m issionary at Fort Towson ,

A S h e rk . , wh ere spent some ti me i n missionary work .

O H 1 8 2 1 8 1 A . 8 J N . , born 4 ; died u n married i n Cal iforn ia i n 5

B G A 1 8 2 1 8 2 8 A I I L , born 7 di ed an i nfant , 7 .

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BARZILLAI BISHOP

A R Z A 1 8 7 B ILL I , son of 6 J oshua , born 7 9 , married Lucy Hu n tin g

1 8 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 8 ton abou t 4 or 5 , born 79 5 ; sh e d ied Jan . , 5 5 . He d ied

1 8 1 Apri l , 3 . 7 Barzi llai Bi shop was a prom inen t man of a ffairs an d highly respected i n the th e to w n o f Lisbon , and was ch osen to represen t the to w n i n the State Legisl ature , as wel l as to fil l other o fiice s i of trust . T heir ch l d ren

BARZILLAI BISHOP

B 6 1 8 1 . 8 arzi l lai , born , married El i zabeth All en They h ad on e chi l d , but i t d i ed i n i nfancy . H e died early after thei r marriage , and Mrs . Bi shop married (second) a M r . Down s .

NATH AN PERK INS B ISHOP

A A N R K 1 8 1 8 T H E S SH O P . 8 N P IN BI , born Feb 5 , ; married Nancy

L e e 1 8 2 ; she d ied 9 . H e married , second , Mary En sworth . He

1 0 1 8 8 d ied Aug . , 9 , leaving the fol l owi ng chi ld ren by fi rst wi fe

1 8 1 A 9 Nathan Lee Bi shop , b orn 4 ; married J uli a rmstrong .

1 8 2 9 Lucy Hu n ti ngton , born 4 ; marri ed Nathan Witter .

1 8 . 9 Nancy Bi ngham , born 44 ; married Charl es W Carey . H e

1 8 8 died 9 .

B 1 8 2 9 arzil lai Perk ins Bishop , born 5 ; married Nel li e Ki lbourn e .

NA T H A N E R K S SHO P O f a P IN BI , thi s good ol d Revol uti onary stock n was al ways i n terested i n publ ic matters concern i ng Lisbo , a nd

re re hel d offices of t rust , bei ng fi rst se l ectman of th e town , an d p

i 1 8 60 sented her i n th e Le g slature of , an d was promi nen t in ch urch work i n the Han over Parish ; and was wel l fitted for posi t o at tion s of trust amon g hi s neighbors , and had m uch engage h i s t enti on i n th e settlemen t of estates . He was a model citizen ( as has been written of him) , and a welcome visi tor in m any household s .

H e took great d el igh t i n home ties , and hi s l i fe was an exampl e of ! the Ch ri stian l i vin g wh ich h e professed .

A T HA L E E SH O P 9 N N BI , son of 8 Nathan Perki n s , has been super int e nde nt of the publ i c sch o o l s for over twen ty years i n the city of

Norwich , Con n . H is mother was a daughter of Wm . Lee , who wa s a D D son of th e Rev . And re w Lee , . who preached i n the Han over i' Parish more th an fi fty years . Said 9 Nathan served h i s country more R than three years in the War of the ebe l l ion , enl isting as a pri vate

2 1 s t R O f i n the egi ment Connecticu t Vol unteers , and after an exam

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inat io n by the M il itary Board at Washington , h e was appoi nted First n R Lieute ant i n the Fi rst egi men t of Uni ted S tates colored troops , R and serv ed as Adj u tan t of t he egi men t for more than a year . H e refused a promotion to a captai n cy offered h i m . H e was mustered 8 6 . C 1 . out at Washington , D . , Nove mber, 5 No pension received or asked for . NATHAN LEE BISHOP (9) AND JULIA ARMSTRONG’S

CHILDREN.

1 8 Fan n ie Arnol d , born 7 3 .

0 Kathari n e Trowbri dge , born

Residence , Norwich , Con n .

’ LUCY H . BISHOP (9 ) AND NATHAN WITTER S

CHILDREN .

1 8 6 H ubert , born 7 ; died i n i nfancy .

1 8 6 8 Hel en Bi shop , b orn .

1 8 1 0 Edward Wi ll iam , born 74 . R esid ence , Hanover , Con n .

' ( ND HA LES . N ANCY B . BISH OP 9 ) A C R W CAREY S _ CHILDREN

1 8 2 Fred erick Wil liam , born 7 ; married H el en D arl i ng ,

1 8 H ubert Bishop Carey , born 73 . 8 6 i 1 . . Henr etta Woodworth , born 7 Residen ce , Norwich , Con n

BARZILLAI PERKINS BISHOP

' A R Z A E R K S SH O P NE E BO R E S 9 B ILL I P IN B I an d LLI KI L U N ch il dren

1 8 8 0 1 0 H arriet Ki lbourn e , born . R 1 8 8 oberts H u n tin gton , born 4 .

1 8 86 M arion Lee , born .

ROGER A . BISHOP

R A n 1 8 2 2 Le e T 8 oger . , bor marri ed Lucy P . . hey had ch il dren l ri a C a s s . 9 Eliza Lee , a Hunti ngton , and 9 E l izabeth Th e whol e fam i ly has d ied withou t fu rther i ssue .

LUCY BISHOP

1 8 2 i 8 Lucy Bishop , born 4 ; married J oseph Ed munds . Their ch l d r e n were

H 1 8 9 Joseph u nti ngton , born 43 ; married Mary Albro . M 1 8 9 ary El izabeth , born 45 marri ed Wyman J . May . Residence ,

Hartford , Con n .

9 Lucy , d ied i n i nfancy .

2 ! ELIZABETH AND MARY BISHOP

1 8 2 8 . u n mar 8 E l izabeth an d 8 Mary , twi n s , born 8 E l izabeth d ied ried 8 Mary marri ed Rev . Charl es L . Aye rs . Chil dren 1 8 2 A son , born 5 , di ed th e n ext day .

1 8 9 Fran ces Amel ia , born 5 3 .

1 8 6 . 9 Joh n Rogers , born 5 married 1 8 8 1 8 6 6 9 Joseph H u n ti ngton , born 5 d i ed . 1 8 6 0 1 8 6 1 9 Charl es Bishop , born d ied . 1 8 6 2 9 Rev . Ed ward Perki ns , born married Helen B ishop , born 86 8 1 .

1 8 6 1 8 6 9 F red erick Wil l iam , b . 4 d ied 5 . 1 86 6 9 Mary Eli zabeth , born . 1 86 8 9 George Soul e , born married . 8 0 L u c 1 . s, y Eugen ia , born 7

8 1 8 1 0 . 8 Abigail , born 3 ; died i n 5 5 u n marri ed Th e B ishops of th is I pswich—Norwich stock were not on ly noted for th eir patriotis m , b u t they were publ ic spirited i n al l enterpri ses requiri ng energy an d patience . They were i n dustrious an d fru gal , securing thrift an d a competency for al l n eeded comforts . They were al so temperate i n their habits an d obed ien t to laws regulatin g good moral s i n th e com muni ty i n wh ich they l i ved . No record s of cri me , nor dru nken n ess , seem to be found attached to them i n thei r h i story . —a O ne of their d escendants m ost esti mabl e lady , M iss Rebecca Y — f . O . B ishop , Rochester , N writin g to Norwich to find out what coul d possibl y b e l earn ed o f her com mon ancestry of a hundred an d “ fifty years ago , speak s of th em , with much pride , th us ! For th ey — a were great n ot , l ik e C esar , stain ed with blood ; bu t they were good men , an d took an honorabl e stan d amon g the early settl ers of our coun try . T hey were en u merated among the best types of those

O ld m good , sterlin g col on ial famil ies which acco pl ished so mu ch for our n ati onal i nd ependence , an d l eft a n i ndel ibl e an d lasting i mpres

’ t h e sion throughout development of our whol e country s h istory . “ Thi s Miss B ishop also wrote ! I love to tal k about the ol d home I stead . Perhaps you do n ot rem ember that was born i n the same house that our common an cestor, Samuel Bishop , buil t on B undy H ill ; also that my fathe r an d my grandfather were born i n that sam e !

I . house . ( t has been destroyed by fire twice an d rebuil t since ) O n e pecul iarity of those earl ier settl ers wh ich has bee n very noticeab l e was i n sel ecti ng a site for erecti ng their homes—they placed th ei r houses u pon high grou nd , overlook ing large tracts of di stant l and , as i f to draw i n spirati on of a high er cultivation an d to

2 2 feel and strengthen their ambition i nto h igh an d stil l h igher aspira I tion s i n l ife . n th e early part of the ei ghteenth century there were i n Lisbon nearly a dozen of these sigh tly homes o f the B ishops an d th ei r relatives . We give a view of on e of the m , much l ik e the others Alas ! th e changes wh i ch ti me has wrought ! Not a Bishop remain s as a resident of the town of Lisbon at the presen t time .

Th is once thri fty place , wi th i ts true ari stocratic people , has become h so c ange d that i t n either supports a lawye r, a doctor . a post office , nor ’ even a store or bl acksmith s shop at the present ti me . Such a local contrast i n the energies of a town sh ip coul d not be better u nderstood l than by republ ish i ng an h i storical accou nt of what took p ace there , by her active i nhabitants , i n th e Revol utionary War times . History

! . says O n Saturday , Sept 3 , d uri ng the earl ier struggl e i n th e ’ M Revol utionary War , at 4 o clock P . . , an express arrived at Nor I m wich fro m Col . srael Putnam , whose home was n ot any miles from that l ocal ity , that Boston had bee n attack ed the n i ght before and six of the ci tizens k i l l ed . T h is was b ut a ru mor, bu t i t caused the greatest consternation . The citizen s of Norwich assembl ed abou t their Liberty Tree , then adj ourned to the Cou rt House and resol ved to despatch an express to Provid ence to l earn th e truth of the report .

David Nevi ns vol un teered on thi s se rvice , as h e had on many si mi lar 8 ’ occasions , and departed at o clock P . M , O n S un day morn in g 6 4 4 me n , wel l equi pped and th e greater part mou nted o n good horses , had al ready started for Boston , u nder com mand of Maj or ’ I J oh n D urkee , and rendezvoused at Capt . B urn ham s n n , seven mi les ’ 1 1 O M from Norwich Cou rt House , wh ere they , at clock A . . , were met by the return of M r . Nevi ns wi th i n formation that the report was n ot true , whereupon they d ispersed .

CALEB BISHOP

A E B SH OP Z i o rah 6 C L BI , secon d son of 5 Reuben , and his wi fe , p Tracy ’ s chi ldren were

1 1 2 n o 1 Lucy , born J uly , 7 9 ; married a Babcock ; had chi l

R . dren . esided at Wh i tesboro , n ear U ti ca , N . Y O n e of her k i ndred !

I . wri ti ng of them says , Of their superior worth need not speak

8 0 6 lia 2 2 1 1 . e . q , born Feb , 7 95 ; di ed 8 2 8 1 1 . 7 E l ij ah , born Jan . 4 , 7 9 7 ; married , May , , Anna Hoye 8 0 6 1 8 2 8 2 2 1 . . 7 El ias , born J u ly , 3 ; married , N ov , , Lydia Hyde 2 1 8 0 7 Mary , born Sept . , 7 ; married t omas B ishop , son of

6 Cyrus . They had a son 8 Cyrus , who left two daughters , l ivin g i n

Kansas now . 8 2 rl 1 0 1 . a , born d ied youn g , May , 3 1 1 8 0 7 E mil y , born d ied youn g , J an . 5 , 3 .

2 3 r D . ELUA H BISHOP

E L A H P l in fi ld . SH OP a e 7 Dr U BI fi tted for coll ege partly at the

Academy and i n part u nder the i nstruction of the late Rev . Levi

Nel son , who was for more than fi fty years pastor of th e Congrega t io nal i t h e Chu rch at Newen t Par sh , i n town of Lisbon . The many k i nd nesses extend ed to h i m by th i s venerabl e pastor an d h is ex ce lle nt t h e O w ife , who was a daughter of late David Hal e , he fte n spok e of i n h is l i fe wi th great gratitud e and respect . Soon after he grad uated at Yal e Col lege h e was em pl oyed to tak e charge of th e Math ematical Departmen t i n Washi ngton Col lege at n Chestertow , Md . , and remain ed i n that inst itute two years . B ut i l l h ealth , i n con sequence of too cl ose con finemen t , com pel l ed h i m t o rel in qui sh th e p osition . H e retu rned to New Haven and began th e st udy of med icin e i n th e m ed ical school there , and on compl etin g MD th e regular course of study , h e recei ved th e degree of . H e m com men ced th e practice of med ici n e i n th e village of Freedo ,

S mit h sb ur h Bal ti more Cou nty , b ut final ly settl ed i n g , Washi n gton

Cou n ty , Md . (n ear Hagerstown ) , where he practice d hi s profession th rough h i s l ife .

I 1 8 2 8 n May , , he was married to An na , daughter of th e late Wil l

. n i am Wal l er Hoye , of Al leghany County Th ey had eigh t ch i ldre , on e dy i ng youn g . The two O ldest sons were ed ucated at Marshal l

Col lege , Pa . T he youn gest , J oh n , was a m e mber of Yal e Col lege

1 8 6 Class of 3 .

’ The hom e of Dr . Bishop s fam ily was pleasantly surroun ded by comforts , with a general h ospitab l e welcom e to al l who vi sited them therein . E L I A H SH O P T he chi ldren and grandchi ld ren of Dr . q J BI an d ANN A H OY E were as fol lows

Nanc 2 8 1 8 0 2 i 8 i t, y Hoye , born Apri l , 3 ; d ied J an . 3 , 4 .

BENJAMIN CALEB BISHOP

8 1 A 1 E A A E B . 1 1 1 8 8 B NJ MIN C L , born Oct , 3 ; married , pri l 4 , 5 7 , 2 1 1 8 8 1 8 6 Maria Dran e . S he d ied Jan . , 4 ; he di ed 9 . Their ch ildren

1 8 8 1 8 8 9 Earl , born 5 ; died 5 . A n na 2 1 8 6 0 2 1 8 i, Eliza , born Feb . 7 , ; d ied Oct . 7 , 7 5 . H 1 86 1 1 8 1 8 9 enrietta Mari a , born J u n e 4 , ; died A pril , 7 9 . 2 8 1 86 9 Lucy , born M arch , 3 . 1 1 8 6 9 Em ily , born Jan . 4 , 4 . 8 0 1 0 1 8 6 6 2 1 1 . 9 El eanor, born March , ; died , 9 6 1 86 8 9 S usan , born Oct . , .

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2 8 1 8 8 1 8 Emi ly , born Se pt . , 3 ; married Rev . Mr . Cl ayton , Dec . 3 ,

1 8 8 1 8 1 8 3 . S he d ied S ept , 9 7 ; Rev . Mr . Clayton had died pre v io u s l y .

JOHN HOYE BISHOP

O H O E 1 8 2 8 J N H Y , born Jan . 5 , 4 ; married Al ice Besore . T hey

i . have seven c h l dre n 8 Joh n Hoye i s a grad uate of Yal e Coll ege , a n d n ow engaged i n engi ne ering for a rai l road i n the Sand wich I sl and s at Hon ol ul u . 8 ! 1 1 8 . Chi ldren 9 Paul in e , born May , 73 ; 9 M iriam , born Sept

1 8 t 1 8 1 8 A n 74 ; 9 Vaughn , born S ep , 75 ; , Gertrude , born 7 7 ; 9

1 8 8 1 8 8 0 Md n etta , born 7 ; ,, Emi ly , born ; residence , S mi thsburg , . ;

1 8 8 9 Ruberta , born 9 ; residence , S mi thsburg , Md .

ELIAS BISHOP (7

E L I A S 2 1 8 0 6 1 8 2 8 q , born J uly 3 , 3 , married Nov . , , Lyd ia Hyde ; 1 8 1 8 0 he died Apri l , 7 . E l ias B ishop was a deacon of the Newen t

. church for many years , an d wel l beloved by al l who kn ew h i m

The ir chil d ren , two , d ied i n i nfancy ; an d two l ived to have famil ies .

LEE HYDE BISHOP

L E E D E M a 1 6 1 8 y . 8 HY , born , 35 , married E mma J B en n ett ; thei r ch i l dre n were three

9 Charl es Lee , born March married ; l ives at San ta

Fe , New M exico .

H e nr 1 1 8 6 1 g y Adam s , born Jan . 5 , . 8 1 86 I 9 Frank , born March , 4 married residence , Pawtucket , R . .

CALEB TRACY BISHOP

A E B R A C 1 6 1 8 8 C L T Y , born J uly , 3 7 married Mary E . Ty ler March 1 1 8 6 7 , 4 . They have ch ildren

8 0 2 1 1 8 8 C. 1 1 . 9 Ne l l ie , born Feb . 5 , 7 , married May , 9 , Ch arl es W

Phi l ips . 8 8 L . 0 1 9 Fan ni e , born Jan . 3 , 7 . W m . 1 1 8 8 0 9 born J u ne 5 , . fi 8 Cal eb Tracy served i n th e Ci vi l War ; was made a warran t of cer i n h is Company F of the 2 6 t h Regi men t of Con necticu t Vo lu n H i teers ; and i s not pesterin g the govern ment about a pension . s

P lainfi e ld residence is , Con n .

2 6 CYRUS BISHOP

5 R S o f n 2 2 1 66 6 CY U son Reube , born Jan . , 7 ; married 5 Susan nah 1 6 1 2 O B ishop , born i n 7 3 , i n th e year of 7 9 . She was th ree years lder

than her husband , an d represe nts on e generation earl ier . Thei r ch ild ren were fou r

1 1 8 2 8 7 S usan nah , born 7 94 ; died .

7 Han n ah , born married Solomon Pay n e March

6 8 2 2 d dN V 1 . O . She i e ,

1 8 2 7 Ebenezer , born d ied i n 7 .

B 1 1 8 2 8 . 7 Thomas , born married Mary ishop Apri l , They no w e left a son , Cyrus , d ead ; bu t l eft two daugh t rs , wh o l i ve i n K ansa s . EARL BISHOP

A R S H OP 2 1 6 8 1 6 E L BI , son of 5 Reuben , born Dec . 9 , 7 ; d ied Oct . 5 ,

8 0 8 2 6 1 6 1 . . 1 He married , Mar , 7 9 , Lucretia H . Mi l ler , born 7 7 3 ;

S h e 1 8 1 d d ied 3 . Their chi l ren

S t e h e n 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . q p M ill er, born J an , 7 9 7 d i ed Feb 9 , 79 7

1 1 1 8 0 0 1 8 6 7 Earl Bishop , born J an . 4 , 79 9 or ; d ied May , 3 .

0 1 0 1 1 8 8 1 . 8 . . 7 Lucretia B ishop , born N ov 3 , 4 ; d ied Dec 5 , ’ F r k 1 8 0 6 e d . 1 8 0 7 W . B i shop , born Sept 5 , died Feb . 5 , 9 .

A R SHO P r 1 8 0 0 1 E L BI , J . , born . Marri ed E mily Wood worth , at 1 8 2 0 S S underland , Mass . She d ied . He the n married econ d ti me Y Jan e Wilson . (Earl B ishop d ied i n N . . , May , S h e sur v iv e d r her h usban d and married a Brown . 7 Earl Bishop , J . , l eft one I chi ld , to wit , 8 Emi l y ren e B ishop .

C RE T A E R SH O P 6 LU I H . M ILL BI , married secon d ti me J osiah Bard

A 1 8 1 0 S h e m we l l . T hey had one chi l d , El iza , born pril 7 , ; arried 8 1 . s J oseph Carew i n 3 3 They l ived i n South Hadl ey , Mas , where

Earl B ishop bui lt an d occupied a large mansion .

I RE E SH OP r 2 2 8 EMI LY N BI , daughter of ., Earl B ishop , J . , born J uly , 1 8 2 2 marri ed Rev . Wm . Rogers Chapman , i n New York City , May

6 1 8 1 2 1 8 1 . , 4 he d ied O ct . 5 , 5 5 , i n Hano ver, Mass H e was a very s cholarly and bri l lian t man , l ived many years i n the E uropean cities , and was thoroughly conversan t with seve n or eigh t di fferen t lan guages . Thei r ch il dren

1 1 8 9 Em il y Jan e Brown , born Au g . 3 , 43 .

A 1 8 8 K e rs 1 . 9 n na Eliza y p , born 45 d ied 47 2 6 1 8 0 9 Mary J osephin e Victoria , born Oct . , 5 .

W 1 m 8 . 9 . Rogers , b orn Aug . 4 , 5 5 E E I RE E SH O P H A P A t 9 EM LIN N BI C M N , married second i me Wm . J . 1 1 86 8 d 8 1 8 0 Valentine , of New York City , O ct . , . She i ed Jan . , 9 , at

Bethel , Mai n e .

2 7 B 1 8 L 1 9 EMILY J . . , born 43 ; married o ui s T . Val en ti n e , May 9 , 1 6 8 3 .

' AR VI CT 0 RI A 1 8 0 9 M Y J . , born 5 ; married Rev . J acob Horton , O ct .

A R 1 8 1 8 WI LLI M . , born 5 5 ; married , E mma L . Fau lk ner J uly ,

O S A E T E ’ S EMI LY J . B . an d L UI T . V L N IN chi ld ren Mar 2 1 86 l o y Emi ly , born Apri l 5 , 4 .

2 1 1 8 68 2 E l iza Care w, born J uly , ; d ied Jan . 3 ,

Ade lt h a A 1 2 1 8 0 Eugen ia , born pri l , 7 .

h 1 1 8 1 C arles Augustus , born O ct . , 7 .

1 2 1 8 8 George Horton , born Feb . , 7 .

2 6 1 8 80 Earl Bish o p , born J un e , .

’ A R A CO B O RT O S 9 M Y J . V . and Rev . J H N ch ild ren 1 8 6 1 0 Martha Wash i ngton , born J uly 4 , 7 . 2 1 8 Wi ll iam Rogers , born Dec . 4, 7 9 .

M 1 6 1 8 8 ary Lou ise , born May , 7 .

A O G E RS H A P A A O SA A K E R 9 WILLI M R C M N married 9 EMM L UI F UL N , 8 1 8 8 0 ! . 1 and have a d aughter 1 0Cornel ia Bishop , born J an , ; i s at 1 0 1 school at Provide nce , 9 ; residence of parents , Ne w York City ,

1 0 1 9 .

T he daughter of

EARL BISHOP (6) AND LUCRETIA MILLER.

L E ’ 1‘ I A SHO P 0 1 8 0 2 1 8 2 U C R . 7 BI , born No v 3 , 4 ; married J u ne 3 , 3 , R H 1 to ev . Stephe n San ford S mith , born i n Haverh il l , N . . , Apri l 4 ,

1 7 9 7 . Lucreti a Bishop was daughter of Earl an d Lucretia M il l er fi l E n e d . Bishop , and born i n , Con n , as above stated . Rev . S . S

8 8 1 2 8 1 1 . 1 1 . S mi th d ied Oct . , 8 7 she d ied Dec 5 , T hei r chi ld ren

V 6 1 8 2 m t . 8 E ily Bi shop , born i n Poul tney , . , Nov , 4 ; d ied Aug .

L i h fi ld 2 1 8 2 6 t c e . 8 Maria Lou isa , born i n , Con n , Oct . 9 , ; d ied Oct .

Lit ch fi e ld 2 8 1 8 2 8 8 David San ford , born i n , Con n . , J uly , ; di ed

1 1 1 8 Aug . , 49 .

s 1 8 0 8 He n ry Martyn , born i n N ew Bedford , Mas , M ay 5 , 3 ; d ied 1 8 1 8 J un e , 9 5 . Married a M i ss H udson fi rst , then a Miss San ford . s 1 1 8 8 Cornel ia E varts , born in ! uincy , Mas , J uly 5 , 33 married

Sam uel Faulk n er . They reside i n Chicago .

2 8 Y 2 8 1 8 8 E lizabeth Henry , born i n Man l i us , N . . , S ept . , 35 ; died

N ov .

. 2 1 8 8 George Bishop , born i n Roxbury , Mass , J uly 9 , 3 7 ; died Ma 2 1 00 y , 9 , un married .

1 8 0 8 H arriet El iza , born i n Newton , Mass . , Dec . 7 , 4 ; d ied Feb . 86 6 2 8 1 . , . Married a Mr Roberts ; n o ch i ldren .

2 8 Frederick Worth in gton , born i n Westminster, Mass . , J un e , 8 1 8 . 2 2 1 45 ; d ied Sept , 99 .

A E A K ER S MU L F U L N , born i n Col chester County , Nova Scoti a ,

1 1 8 2 8 8 1 8 O ct . 9 , married 8 Corn el ia E . Sm i th , J an . , 5 7 . Their chil dren were

I 2 8 1 8 8 9 Em ma Loui sa , born i n Ch icago , l l . , J an . , 5 married Wm . 1 8 Rogers , b orn Aug . 4 , 5 5 . O ne ch ild , Cornel ia B . ' 8 1 8 9 San ford Worthi ngton , born i n Warren , Mass . , Aug . , 5 9 d ied 2 1 8 8 8 Feb . 5 , .

I 1 86 1 9 Lucretia B ishop , born i n Chicago , ll . , Apri l 3 , ; married

Fran k Lo ney Perry , son of late J udge Perry , of Marylan d .

I 1 1 8 6 2 9 Sarah Fletcher , born i n Ch icago , l l . , Nov . 5 , .

I 2 1 86 9 Corn el ia E l iza, born i n Ch icago , l l . , J uly 4, 4 ; died Apri l

I 2 1 1 8 6 9 E lizabeth , born i n Ch icago . ll . , D ec . , 5 .

H I 6 1 86 9 arriet E liza , born i n Ch icago , l l . , Nov . , 7 married Fran k F ! . B issell . Have sons George , 1 0 Sanford Fau l kn er, and ! Wood bri dge .

w I 2 1 8 6 9 Joseph in e Care , born i n Ch icago , ll . , Jan . 4 , 9 di ed Jan .

8 I . 1 1 1 9 S usan na Robe rts , born i n Chicago , l l , May 9 , 7 .

I 6 1 8 9 Georgen e , born i n Chicago , ll . , Oct . , 73 .

w 2 6 1 8 I . , An ne Sha , born i n Chicago , l l . , Sept , 7 7 . I The Faul kn ers resid e at Chi cago , l l .

DANIEL WETMORE BISHOP

A E ET O RE Re u b e n 2 1 0 6 D NI L W M , son of s Bishop , born Nov . 4 , 7 7 1 8 1 R d ied i n 3 . He was youngest son of Captai n euben Bishop of

R 2 6 t he fi fth generation , an d married Lucy eade , of Lisbon , Jan . ,

1 6 S R . 7 9 , a ister of the late S ilas ead e T hey settled i n Warren , Her k i mer Cou nty , N . Y . After the d eath of D ani el B i shop , Lucy Read e

Bishop married , second , S teph en S tewart . No children were born

1 8 8 8 2 to th em . She d ied J une , 5 , aged years . Chi ldren of Dan iel

W . Bishop and wi fe Lucy of the seventh generation here follow i n course .

2 9 OLIVE BISHOP

VE 7 OLI , born married Levi Perry ; ch i ld ren of , Ol iv e

B ishop Perry an d Levi , fou r , 8 Lucretia , 8 Orpha , 8 Levi , an d ,, Lucy ,

Not abl e to l earn more abou t them .

MARY ANN BISHOP

A R A NN 7 M Y , born marri ed Au sti n Graves ; thei r chi l dren , Bis h O four; 8 p, 8 Cal vi n , 8 George and 8 Mary J an e ; M rs . Grave s A o ne married a second h usband , mos Wi l son , ch i l d born to them named 8 Am os Wi l son , J r . N ot able to l earn more about them .

EDWARD BISHOP

D W A RD 7 E , born Left home u n married and went to Sout h and America an d was heard from bu t once , whi l e h e was il l , h e i s su p posed to have d ied th ere .

DWIGHT B ISHOP (7

W HT 1 2 1 8 0 G . s ., D I , born Dec , 3 , at S pri ngfield , Mas ; marri ed 8 2 l . 2 1 Mary Siehl . Thei r ch i d re n were 8 E mi ly , b orn Dec 5 , 9 ; mar ' N ried C . E . Norton , and l eft a son , 9 H arol d Percival orton , born

1 8 t h e Nov . 4 , 5 5 ; now i n service of the Un ited States Navy at

1 0 1 1 1 8 6 Manila , a l ieutenan t , 9 ; 8 Sarah J en n ette , born Oct . 7 , 3 ;

i . married P . R . Scott ; he d ed l eavi n g n o ch ild ren . M rs Scott resides i n B ridgeport , Con n .

0 1 8 8 Ed ward D wight , born J u n e 3 , 3 4 ; d ied , u n married , at abou t

fifty years old .

B 2 1 8 0 Re M . 8 aria orden Bishop , born Dec . 3 , 4 ; un married sides at Bridgeport , Con n . B T win 8 Wil li am e n ed ict an d 8 Ed wi n Brow n g ; d ied i n i n fancy .

7 D wight , married secon d wi fe , Barbara An n La M on te . T hei r children , 8 Charl es an d 8 Louise , di ed i n fants . a A 8 Clara , born married Fr nk C . Platt . T hey l ive at rl in g ton , N . J .

M rs . Clara Platt and husban d have you ng chi ldren , ages an d names un kn ow n . ’ 8 Mrs . 1 1 0 0 . B ishop , Dwight s second wi fe , d ied Dec 3 , 9 , aged 3 years .

30 EMELINE BISHOP (7

E E 1 8 0 6 s 1 E M LI N , born , at S pri n gfield , Mas ; married , first , Rev .

1 8 6 ! Benj ami n Wil so n Higbee in 3 . Thei r child ren

M cG ibe ne James y H igbee d i ed , has l eft a son . I 9 Arthur H igbee , wh o l ives i n owa . n 8 H elen Mari a Higbee ; residence , Brook ly , N . Y .

. I M rs 1 Higbee married (second h usband) Rev . srael Mattison . Thei r chi ldre n d 8 Dell Bishop Mattison marri ed E gar C . Smi th , and had children .

9 Sti ll wel l B urrows S mi th ; residence Camden , N . J . ’ a 9 Hel en Read e S mith , m rried So mers Corson . The Corson s resid en ce , S eavi l l e , N . J .

8 El ih u B urritt Mattison married Ann i e Corson . They have on e

c . hi ld , 9 Nel l i e D el l Mattison , Ed ward an d Maud dyi ng young Thei r re siden ce , Ph i ladel ph ia , Pa .

in m h r di d 1 8 2 8 6 o ld at e l e o t e e . q , the , i n 9 , years , Seavil le , N J .

CHARLES BISHOP

1 8 1 8 0 1 0 1 8 CH A R L E S . T , born J u ly , 9 married , Feb , 3 4 , Catharine 8 1 1 8 1 6 . . 1 . Hoyer, born i n S he d ied Jan 7 , 9 Their ch il d ren

William a . 8 1 8 2 E, Hen ry Bishop , soldier , born Nov , 4 k i ll ed on 8 6 2 0 1 . Sept . , 4 , i n Civil War

JAMES DWIGHT BISHOP

J A M E S D WI G H T BI SH O P was a sold ier i n the 6 6 t h O h io Regi ment ;

O f 1 0 1 I four years ; to the cl ose the war . Now ( 9 ) resides i n ndian a o h s I nd p , .

1 1 8 8 James D wight , born Sept . 9 , 45 married first , Vona M . Pot

2 1 8 6 2 1 8 ter Dec . 3 , 9 ; second , Mrs . Shaffer J u ne , 9 7 .

1 8 0 H as a son by first wife , 9 E l l sworth B ishop , born i n 7 ; h e married Mary An n East .

r 2 Has a son by second wi fe , 9 J ames Dwight , J . , born March ,

1 8 99 .

1 8 6 1 8 8 Frances Mary , born i n 3 d ied i n 3 .

1 8 1 8 2 Maud Mal issa , born i n 3 9 ; d ied i n 4 ,

2 1 8 1 Al i ce , born Sept . , 5 married S . W . Devore . They have a daughter .

3 1 ALMIRA BISHOP

A R A 2 1 8 1 2 Y 7 LMI , born May 4, , i n Warre n , Herk i mer Cou nty , N . . , married Artemus Ward . Thei r ch ildre n

1 8 8 J en nie M . Ward , marri ed Pal mer M . Wood , wh o d ied D ec . , 1 0 0 9 . A son born to them , 8 Rinal do R . Wood , married Maud Lon g S hore , an d had a chi ld born , 0 Marj orie . I Glo o h ad 9 va H . Wood married Chas . T . , and a child 0 Pal mer Glo o Wood . M Z i 9 abel J . Wood and n n ia P . Wood , b oth un married l ive i n Lakewood , N . J .

9 Rose F . Wood , t h e same add ress . W W 9 ard Pal me r ood , u n married resides at Herk i mer , N . Y . W 9 Ri naldo R . ood was a l ieutenant i n the Vol unteer Army i n t h e - Span ish American War .

1 1 1 8 8 Helen R . Ward , born Nov . , 45 si ngl e ; l ivin g i n H erk ime r Coun ty

6 1 8 0 1 -1 8 8 Charles A . Ward , born Dec . , 5 ; d ied Apri l 5 , 95 married .

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1 1 1 8 Benj amin , born J u n e , 7 3 . Not abl e to give h i s h istory .

2 1 1 P 4 Samuel , born Nov . , 7 45 ; marri ed Mercy J oh n son . ( )

2 1 0 4 Esth er, born Aug . 5 , 7 4 . ’ Z e riah 2 2 1 2 4 , born May , 74 . Both men tioned i n J oh n Bishop s 1 wi l l , who d ied i n 75 5 .

JOHN BISHOP O H SH OP 4 J N BI , son of 3 John , married Ruth Parker , daughte r of th e Rev . J onathan Park er of that part of Plymou th (now Plympton) , 1 1 6 Mass . Probably married ab out 7 5 5 or 75 . Their ch ildren , 5 Joh n

R L . 1 1 and !, uth , were baptized J uly 5 , 7 5 9 . A 1 6 Joh n married Lucretia D erby pri l 3 , 7 7 7 .

A B radu ate dat H a ar in 1 6 n 1 C e e and e i 8 . I [ John ishop g rv d oll g 7 7 , di d 33 c on!e cture this may be th e same wh o marri e d L u cre ti a D e rby in

No further record avai labl e .

2 6 1 “Ruth Lord married Wm . S hel don Oct . , 7 7 9 .

M r 2 1 6 0 2 1 a . s y , baptized Feb 5 , 7 ; marri ed , D ec . , 7 7 9 , E l ij ah

Converse , of Ki l l in gly , Con n .

B E N A MI N 1 8 1 6 2 I, J , so n of J oh n , bapti zed J uly , 7 . Do n ot k no w whom h e married , but a Benj ami n had sons Wm . Tracy and 6 Asa

1 8 0 0 B ishop , baptized J an . 5 , .

JONATHAN PARKER BISHOP

O H SH O P ’ S P 4 J N BI son , 5 J onathan arker , was a physician ; baptized A i 2 1 6 . pr l 4, 7 5 . He married Han nah T orrey , of Ki l li ngly , Ct They had chi ld ren . He d ied i n North Carol i na .

6 Warren n ever m arried ; d ied i n Canada . u nmar 6 S usan married Davi d Torrey and had a son , wh o d ied ried . o nat h an P J . , J r .

(J oseph . JONATHAN PARKER BISHOP

O NA T H A N A R K E R SHO P r 1 0 1 2 GJ P BI , J . , born Apri l , 7 9 , at Ki l l i ngly , M e dfi e ld 1 8 1 u Con n . ; marri ed El iza Hard ing, of , i n 7 . Abo t th e

1 8 1 8 year thi s 6 Jonathan Parker , son of 5 J onathan Parker Bi shop , c com men ed the practice of law . H e represen ted th e town of Med

fi 1 8 1 8 1 e ldi n th e Legisl ature i n the years 8 4 and 5 . At the session o f 1 8 5 1 the question was th e el ection of two Uni ted S tates Senators

34 — one as the successor to Dan iel Webster . This was th e begi nnin g

O f the Free Soi l party , which afterward became th e Republican party . Mr . Bishop was the can d idate of a coal it ion contest i n h i s - tow n an d el ected , and i t was a l ife l on g gratification to h i m to speak o f h i s clai m that h i s vote d ecided the con test w hich by on e vote

r elected Charles S u mne r and Robert Ran toul , J . , to the vacanci es ,

-S ix ballo t in s as Su mner had but on e maj ori ty after twenty g , i n which - . 1 0 M r B ishop answered every rol l cal l and voted . H e d ied J uly ,

1 8 6 1 6 1 8 5 . Hi s wife d ied Nov . , 7 7 . Thei r chi l dren

M H 1 8 1 o s e s . q B . , born 7 ; married Abigail Torrey first , E liza

Lavers second .

Caro line 1 8 2 0 q E . B ishop , born ; marri ed , first , S i las W. Wi l d er n second , Charl es Jen ni gs .

Mar 1 8 2 2 q y D . Bishop , born married J oh n Battel l e . Ro be rt R 1 8 q . Bi shop , born 34 ; married Mary H . B u llard . Th e childre n O f the above

MOSES B. H . BISHOP

OSES . i 7 M B H . an d wi fe E l i za had a son , E l sha Parker , who married Ab by A . Hartshorn . T hi s son has d ied .

CAROLINE E . BISHOP A RO E . ! 7 C LI N E . an d Silas W Wilder have three ch i ldren 8 Sarah B W . Wil der , 8 Mary . , and 8 Si las W . Wild er, J r .

MARY D. BISHOP A R SH OP 7 M Y D . B I an d J oh n Battell e have three ch il dren l ivin g i n

1 0 1 ! . . . 9 ; two died i n i n fancy 8 An n i e M John E and 8 George

ROBERT R. BISHOP O BE RT SH O P R 7 R R . BI an d wife Mary have three chi ld ren 8 obert B R . . . , 8 Elias , an d 8 J oseph T R r o b e t . J udge q R B ishop , who has been on the S uperior Court bench i n the state of Massach usetts for many years , i s hel d i n high esteem and honored , n ot on ly by al l who k now hi m person al ly , but for th e superior quali fications an d fitness he has sh own in di scharge of Of h is ficial d uties , an d for h is decisions , wh ich i n the mai n wi l l stan d i rreversibly th e tes t of ti me . He was once nom i n ated for Governor , b ut , un fortu nately for the state , h e was not el ected , because many pol i i ians t c wanted to see what Gen . Benj . B utl er wou l d do , and they saw that h e was better fitted to govern rebels i n New Orleans than to preside over the good ol d Commonweal th of Massachusetts .

35 JOSEPH BISHOP

OSEP H 1 1 2 5 J , son of ‘ Joh n and Ruth Parke r , born Dec . 9 , 7 7 , at 8 2 6 . d 1 Lisbon , Con n , an d ied Jan . 7 , , at Stevenson , N . Y . H e edadiah O f marri ed Mary Pal mer, daugh ter of J Pal m er , Preston ,

2 8 1 1 1 . 1 8 Con n . she was born Oct 7 , 7 4 , and d ied Oct . , 5 5 , at Bed - m ford , O hio . Name at death , Mary B ishop Park s , having arri ed late i n l i fe Nathan Park s sh e was married fi rst to J oseph Bi shop , Apri l

8 0 2 6 1 . , 4 Child ren

A R ANN 2 1 8 06 6 M Y , born Mar . , , at Li sbon , Con n marri ed John

8 1 8 2 Vt 1 1 son Gl asi er Sept . , 5 , at Man ch ester , . ; she d ied Feb . , 6 1 8 1 . , at B edford , O h io Descendan ts l ive i n Ohio an d Wi sconsin .

6 1 0 0 2 1 8 6 2 8 . Glasier was born May , ; d i ed J an 7 , 9 .

P 2 1 8 0 8 6 J oseph . , born J u n e , , at Li sbon , Con n . ; d ied at Pi n e 8 1 S . s . Ridge , M i s , Sept , 3 4 ; ingl e

A F O RD O ES 2 2 1 8 1 0 6 S N H LM , born J u n e , marri ed Mel issa Can non

8 1 2 1 8 8 1 8 . May , 3 5 ; he was a teacher an d merchan t ; d ied Dec 4 , 5 ,

1 1 8 0 at Sol on , Ohio . .H i s wife di ed Feb . , 9 . Descendan ts i n O h i o and M i l waukee .

M 8 1 8 1 1 1 8 2 6 Sal ly . , born J un e , 4 ; marri ed Jan . , 3 , Wm .

h Y 1 6 S e . . S chermerhorn , of Troy , N . Y . d ied at Hebron , N , J un e ,

1 8 n o 34 ; i ssue .

P 1 8 1 6 1 8 6 Charles . , born Oct . 9 , ; d ied , 45 , n ear Lan gvil l e , S t . A rk CO . . . Francis , si n gl e

8 1 8 V A . . 1 t . 6 Lydia , born Oct 9 , , at Manchester , ; married to 1 1 8 2 1 8 1 Manly S mith J an . , 3 3 ; she d ied Mar . 4 , 4 no i ssue .

OSE PH E B 2 1 8 2 0 6 J IN , . , born Nov . 9 , , at Manch ester , Vt . married 1 1 8 8 El iezer Carver J an . , 3 , a t Twi nsb urg , Oh io ; she i s dead . De

dant s and s ce n . at Marshal l , Mich Chi ldre n 7 Cyrus Joh n , 7 Mary ,

n o w . Mrs Bangham ,

R A E SO 2 1 8 2 Vt 6 HI M N L N B ishop , born May 9 , 3 , at Man chester , . ,

1 8 . married Sept . , 5 3 , Cathari ne A . S tout , of Col umbus , O hio He

1 8 6 8 — d ied at Paris , France , Sept . , . Ch il dren at Chicago on e an Epis

K t h arin ! L a e . copal cl ergyman 7 Wil l iam , 1 Charl es , 7 aura , an d q

MARY ANN BIS HOP (6 )

’ A R ANN SHOP S 6 M Y BI chi l dren , who married a Glasier , were B 2 1 8 2 6 1 S usan . , born May 9 , , who married O rris Ki ng, Nov .

1 8 . 4 7 , and had ch i ldren

36 8 El la , wh o married Henry Breed s , and h ave two 9 daughters . Resi den ce at Seattl e , Was hi ngton .

o h ns o n H u me ns t o n s J Ki ng marri ed Estel la , and have three ch i l M d ren at Boston , ass .

8 Mary Em ma Glasier married J ames J ones , an d have a daughter ,

e s s ie . S, J Resid enc e at B edford , O h io .

’ 2 8 7 H en ry Warren Glasier ( 6 Mary A nn B ishop s son) , born May ; 1 8 2 8 2 1 8 2 married Jan e E , Bosworth , Apri l 7 , 5 . H e is now l iving at Wauwatosa , Wi s .

! — H is ch i l dren Dr . 8 Henry Wil l i s no chi ldre n ; 8 Fan n ie Estel l has a daughter H el en .

8 Charles J . has a daughter Mabel . A u 1 1 86 S . . 0 8 Cora , born g 3 , ; married P . M . Myers .

8 E dwi n S . Glasier has two ch ild ren 9 E lsi e and 9 Lee . ’ s ! I J oh nson J . ch il dren , da Mabel , 9 Frederi c .

A r h B Ma 1 2 1 8 6 t u r . I E, , born y , 7 marri ed da Fairban k s no issue .

1 8 8 Gibson Gard ner (a lawyer) , born 73 ; married Mary Bell e

Kel log n o i ssue .

L 1 8 6 d 8 E dith . , b orn March 9 , 7 un marrie . O f Most the above chi ld ren are engaged i n professional l ife .

M dis o n i 0 1 8 I a . ! q J Glas er , born April 3 , 35 ; had two ch ildren 8 da deceased , an d 8 N i na . Resid ence , Cl evelan d , O h i o .

1 8 6 7 Harrison Glasier, born Nov . , 3 ; married Eliza Clapp . H e 2 8 1 868 was a D iscipl e M in i ster d ied S ept . , . They had t wi ns born , a boy an d girl ! th e boy died ; the girl , 8 Jessi e Glasier, is an authoress at Cl evel and , O hio .

SANFORD HOLMES BISHOP

o s e h 2 2 1 8 1 0 6 San ford Hol mes B ishop , son of IJ p , born J un e , , at M Lisbon , Conn . , teacher and m erchan t ; married Fan n i e el issa Can 8 8 1 8 1 8 2 1 . non , May , 3 5 . H e d ied Dec . 4 , 5 ; sh e d ied Feb

T heir chi l dren reside i n O hio and M i l waukee .

AMERICUS VFS PUCIUS BISHOP

i Ve s uciu s 1 0 1 Amer cus p Bishop , residence Milwaukee , born May ,

1 8 1 8 1 8 60 . 3 7 married Persi s E . Stil es , J u n e , ; n o chi l dren

37 MARTHA ME LISSA BISHOP

1 8 2 1 1 86 2 1 Martha Mel issa Bishop , born J an . 3 , 43 married Aug . , , R Anson B . Chamberlai n . eside nce , Mi l waukee . Thei r children

(three) 8 Arthur Bi shop , 8 Albert Victor , 8 James Avery .

A 1 2 1 86 6 8 rth ur Bishop Cha mberl ain , born March , ; married Jan .

1 8 1 8 8 8 , , Georgie Wood . Their . child ren , J essie M . Chamberlai n , 1 8 8 1 8 2 born 9 ; 9 Helen B i shop Chamberlai n , born 9 9 Gladys Cham b e rlain 1 8 , born 9 9 .

!, Albert Victor Chamberlain , born J ul y married D ec . 2 8 1 . ! . 4 , 07, Dai si e Mol l er Their childre n (two) 9 Gaylord B Cham b rlain 1 8 8 1 0 e 0 . , born 9 9 Fredric Bishop Chamberlain , born 9 FRANCIS CANNON BISHOP

2 1 8 I 7 Fran cis Can non B ishop , born March 4 , 4 7 ; married sabel l

1 8 Eddy , J an . 3 , 7 3 . Residence , Chicago . Thei r chi ldre n 8 Francis

1 1 1 8 1 1 R . B ishop , born J uly , 7 3 ; 8 Gertrud e Bishop , born J uly , 1 8 6 1 1 8 8 H iram 7 ; 8 Marion Bish op , born Jan . 9 , 7 s B ishop , bo rn Feb .

8 1 88 0 2 1 8 8 2 1 8 8 , ; J ames Bi shop , born Aug . 9 , d ied 4 .

WALTER PALMER BISHOP

7 Wal ter Pal mer B ish op , son of 6 Sanford Hol mes B ishop , born 1 8 1 2 0 1 8 re Aug . 9 , 5 ; married Oct . , 75 , Mary E . Graham . They side i n M i l waukee , Wis . T hei r chi l dre n are four

H 1 1 8 8 Sidn ey . , born Oct . 7 , 7 .

2 1 8 Warren J . , born Nov . 9 , 79 .

1 0 1 8 8 2 Adelaide , born May , .

1 1 8 Martha B born D ec . 7 , 75 . FREDERICK ARTHUR BISHOP

1 1 ., Frederick Arthur Bi shop , son of 6 Sanford Hol mes , born Jan . , 2 6 1 8 8 1 1 8 6 . 5 , marri ed , Nov . , , An na M . Dicken s They reside at

Sol on , O hio . WILFRED WALLACE BISHOP

7 Wil fred Wal lace Bishop , son of 6 San ford Hol mes, born March 1 1 86 1 2 1 8 8 2 M cF arland 3 , , married , Sept . 7 , , Carrie . They resid e i n

Solon , Oh io . Their ch il dren were four

1 1 8 8 8 Robert Au sti n B ishop , born March , 4 . 2 1 8 8 8 8 Dwi ght H en ry B i shop , born May 7 , . F an nie I 1 1 8 1 l, sabel B ishop , born Feb . 4 , 9 . Winnifre dI 2 8 1 8 g sabel B ishop , born Oct . , 95 .

B e a fa e e e e e res y d th our th rs nt r d to th ir t, ’ A nd m we ef e e l le e . so ust , b or w r tru y b st

38 Part II I .

A chapter suggesti ng further search by any persons who may be abl e to shed l igh t upon facts con nected with either Sam uel or Joh n ’ B ishop s descen dan ts . T h e S amuel Bish ops were -n um erous and not al ways easy to keep i clearly i n t he l in e of ancestors and descen dan ts . H story gives us a Dan iel L . B ishop , son of Samuel and Mercy J ohnson Bishop .

1 1 8 0 1 8 0 u born 7 7 7 married , 5 , Lucy Perk i ns, born 7 , d a ghter of

1 8 1 S i mon Perk ins , of Liverpool , Nova S cotia . She d ied i n 7 i n New

York . Thei r chil dren were

1 0 1 Simon Perki ns Bishop , residi ng i n Ci nci nnati , very aged , i n 9

1 8 1 El izabeth B ishop , a daugh ter, married 3 .

- 0 1 8 Dr . Daniel Edward B ishop di ed i n En gland , D ec . 3 , 9 9 .

1 8 2 2 T h e above Dan iel L . Bi shop married , second ti me , i n 4, El iza

1 8 S beth Perki n s , who was born 7 3 (the ister of hi s first wife) . S he died 1 8 6 I Y i n 5 at thaca , N . . , where , al so , her h usban d had removed , and I where he died . have not been abl e to give positively h is father

’ ’ Samuel s paren tage , but have l i ttl e doubt h e was 3 Joh n B ishop s son .

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O f Daniel L . B ishop s ch ild ren by his wi fe Lucy , El izabeth marri ed ,

1 8 1 - 3 , J . Newton Perk i ns , a promin en t an d wel l k nown busi ness man i n Norwi ch , New York an d Boston as a rai l road manager . H e died

1 1 8 6 ! May 3 , 7 . They have two ch ild ren l ivi ng Rev . J . Newton 1 8 0 r Perki n s , born 4 ma ried E mi ly Soules . H e is an E piscopalian cl ergyman i n New York City . A daugh ter , El izabeth resides i n Ply mouth , Mass . On e daugh ter i s deceased , a Mrs . Lucy Perki n s

Ben ed ict .

r 1 1 1 8 0 Si mon Perk i ns , J . , of Liverpool , born 7 7 ; married , i n 4 ,

2 1 8 0 Nancy An n B ishop , born J an . 4 , 7 , d aughter of 5 Ezra B ishop ,

s . son of 4 amuel . T hus th e brother desce nd an ts i ntermarried 1 1 0 5 E zra B ishop , born 7 45 married An ne Lathrop , 7 7 , an d had

H e nr 1 . 2 a son , G y , born 7 7 7 , and a daughter, An ne , born Jan 4 , 8 Th if L 2 1 8 0 0 . w e . . 1 P e . 7 . ( ) , An ne , d ied Feb 3 , 7 ’ E z ra s r l, daugh ter Nancy , married S i mon Perk i n s, J . , of Liver pool , Nova Scotia ; and h er broth ers an d sisters , as accred ited to S 5 Ezra as father , how that Ezra must have married a secon d time , whom I kn ow n ot .

39 Th e ch ildren supposed to be Ezra ’ s by a secon d wi fe

2 1 8 0 Nancy , b orn Jan . 4 , 7 .

6 1 8 6 Harry , born S ept . , 7 .

1 1 0 1 8 1 Sal ly Lord , b orn Sept . 5 , 7 9 ; d i ed 7 .

2 0 1 1 Maria , born Dec . , 79 .

2 1 Abigai l Corni ng , born Nov . 4 , 7 9 3 . 8 2 1 1 . Sam uel , born Sept . , 7 9 l Ezra (doubtfu ) . To fi n d a Sam uel Bi shop of proper age for th e father of Dan iel ’ L . B ishop we can on ly conj ectu re that !, J ohn Bi shop s son Samuel must be the one i n dicated ; and i f thu s righ t h e married Mercy J oh n ln i n son , as al ready fou n d pr t . Th en agai n we fin d a record of the

1 I d eath of Dan iel L . Bishop , son of a Sam uel , i n 7 94 , wh ich feel su re creates a doubt as to on e or the oth er of these record s that have got

1 8 i nto type . On e Daniel Bi shop d ied 7 3 , and hi s wi dow married

A s 1 agai n . a Dan iel L . d ied i n 7 94, i t mi ght be he , an d n ot a

Samuel , w h o was fath er of the Dan iel Lathro p Bishop who mar ried th e Perk i ns girl s of Nova Scotia . The re were two sons of

3 Joh n Bish op and Temperance Lathrop, wh ich m i gh t explai n an d conn ect the h istory of so me of these Bishops i f found , to wi t

1 6 1 8 B enj am in , born June , 7 3 . No further record of th em found . 1 1 J oseph , born Aug , 3 , 7 3 5 .

’ o h n s 2 1 1 s J so n Samuel , born Nov . , 745 (whose son Daniel L .

B ishop as m entioned above) , could be right .

1 1 A Han nah Bi shop married Dan iel Lathrop , Feb . 4 , 79 7 . To what fami ly di d sh e belong !

Capt . 4 Samuel Bishop , wh o married Abigail Corn ing, as has bee n recited and authenticated , had a daughter whose hi sto ry can be further fol lowed than has been related . The i r daughter , 5 Abigai l d a marri e J osh u Perki n s , an d their dau gh ter 6 Tabitha marri ed Ben ’ S in d j ami n B urn ham , an d 6 Tabitha s ister 6 Ab igai l Perk s marri e

Barnabas H unti ngton , and their dau ghter 7 Lucy married 7 Barzi llai

B ishop . Thei r son 8 Nathan Perki n s Bishop who marri ed Nan cy Lee w cel ebrated thei r golden edd in g a few years ago . Th e writer who was present at the wedd i ng of h i s cousin Nathan P . to Nancy Lee ,

re and , fifty years later, was al so presen t at thei r golden weddin g,

o n members , a mon g othe r th ings men tion e d that occasion , an enqui ry about a piece of ch i na formerly owned an d used by A . B . i “ Perk ns , by h er obtai ned fro m England , havin g on i t a coat of

! ’ arms . T he Perk i n s famil ies must h ave had al l clai ms to i t , an d i t was consequently given to Barz i l lai Perk i n s B ish op , a member of t he fi rm of Harwood , B ishop an d B id wel l , of Norwich , Con n .

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APPENDIX .

S No doubt; if we had the E ngl ish records at hand , we hould fin d that many more B ishops now i n this cou ntry were traceabl e to an d con nected wi th thi s Thomas B ishop stock o f I pswi ch and Mas s ach u setts Bay settl ers .

Many fam il ies of Bishops i n New E ngland , not su pposed to be

’ related now , m igh t possibly find ancestors i n Thomas B ishop s brothers or i n h is ch ildren or grandch i ldren , as several of them are refe rred to by n ame on ly , but without other record s .

“ 1 6 1 There were two brothers of h is Nathaniel an d a H enry , i n 7 , r and three sons , Thomas , J . , Job and N athani el , as wel l as one o f grandson , Thomas , brother Margaret , Samuel and J ohn , herein described ; an d n o doubt these four chil dren of Samuel and Esther

Cogswel l had other brothers , for the parents were reported to have had n i ne chil dren . Samuel ’ s descen dan ts

r 1 6 5 Eben ezer , J . , born 7 7 , Son s of 4 Ebenezer . H e z akiah 1 2 , born 7 7 , 5 Unable to trace

1 2 . El ij ah , born 74 , son of Cal eb 5 4 down t h e i r J oh n ’ s d escendants c h i ld r e n , i f 1 Joseph , born 7 35 , 4 h adan they y .

1 8 . Benj am in , born 7 3 , Sons of 3 John

Z e riah 1 2 4 , born 7 4 ,