Benjamin Bisbee
1729 - 1755 (25 years)-
Name Benjamin Bisbee [1] Birth 29 Nov 1729 Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
[2, 3] Gender Male Death 8 Sep 1755 [2, 3] - Killed at foot of Lake George, N.Y. (French and Indian War).
Person ID I956 Bisbee Last Modified 26 Nov 2009
Father Elisha Bisbee, III, b. 25 Feb 1689/90, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Mar 1736/37, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 47 years)Mother Sarah Burr, b. 20 Jan 1691/92, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Jul 1742, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 50 years)Marriage 12 Feb 1711/12 [1] Family ID F407 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 29 Nov 1729 - Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
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Notes - Benjamin enlisted for service in the French and Indian War, from West Bridgewater in the spring of 1755 and died of a wound from a poisoned bullet at Fort George. He died the same day he was wounded and was buried near a tree marked with his initials by a friend, Packard, of North Bridgewater.
His nephew, Benjamin, was named for him in accordance with his uncle Benjamin's request before his death.
In the Battle which resulted in the death of Benjamin Bisbee, the principal English forces were under the command of Gen. Sir William Johnson and Gen. Lyman of Connecticut. Gen. Dieskau, the French commander, was utterly defeated, wounded and taken prisoner. "Following the defeat of Gen. Braddock, this victory at Lake George was hailed with great joy as an offset to Braddock's defeat and revived the drooping spirits of the people." Benjamin Bisbee fell "at the crisis of a nation's peril." His name is mentioned in a communication by Ellis Ames, Esq., of Canton, Mass., to the Old Colony Memorial. [4]
- Benjamin enlisted for service in the French and Indian War, from West Bridgewater in the spring of 1755 and died of a wound from a poisoned bullet at Fort George. He died the same day he was wounded and was buried near a tree marked with his initials by a friend, Packard, of North Bridgewater.
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Sources - [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 36.
- [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 64.
- [S1084] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, comp., International Genealogical Index (R), (Version 5.0 (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2005),
: FamilySearch (TM) Internet Genealogy Service, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150), 7734. - [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), pp. 64, 65.
- [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 36.