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Hopestill Bisbee

Male Abt 1645 - Bef 1695  (50 years)

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  • Name Hopestill Bisbee  [1]
    Birth Abt 1645  Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Place is tentative.
    Christening 7 Sep 1645  Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Second Church.
    Gender Male
    Death Bef 1695  Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I754  Bisbee
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2010

    Father Elisha Besbeech   d. May 1690, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Joanna   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F413  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah King,   b. 24 May 1650   d. 20 Oct 1716, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Marriage Bef 1696  Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • No record of any children.
    Family ID F428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1645 - Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 7 Sep 1645 - Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Bef 1695 - Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 1696 - Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Hopestill Bisbey lived in Marshfield; was Constable in 1683. His wife, Sarah, was appointed administratrix of his will on 18 Dec. 1695. Following the death of her husband Sarah married Joseph Lincoln and rendered her account of her former husband's will on 6 Dec. 1696.

      The will of William Sherman mentions, "owe Elisha Bisbey 1s. 6d." This the 30 Dec. 1680.

      From the Court Records, Governor Hinckley, New Plymouth, 6 June 1686, "Elisha Bisbey sworne and served as Juror in all ye actions." There were nine in all.

      Freemen for Marshfield in 1675 included Hopestill and Elisha Bisbey, Peregrine wh Nathaniel Winslow, John Bourne and others. Elisha Bisbey witnessed a deed given by Josias Holmes, recorded by the clerk, Alexander Standish, on 3 Jan. 1681. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 18.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 24.