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Aretas Bisbee

Male 1790 - 1869  (79 years)

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  • Name Aretas Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 19 Jun 1790  Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Christening 7 Nov 1790  Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Second Church of Christ.
    Gender Male
    Death 24 Oct 1869  Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I1420  Bisbee
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2009

    Father Gamaliel Bisbee,   b. 6 Aug 1749, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1831, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Ruth Shaw,   b. 1749   d. 5 Sep 1826 (Age 77 years)
    Marriage Y  [1]
    Family ID F555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucinda Moody   d. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage 14 Feb 1815  Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Lucinda Bisbee,   b. 1819, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Sep 1844 (Age 25 years)
     2. Eunice Bisbee,   b. 1819, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Lorenzo Bisbee,   b. 23 Mar 1824, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1902 (Age 78 years)
     4. Vesta Bisbee,   b. 1827, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1848, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    Family ID F809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2008

    Family 2 Fanny Gaylord,   b. 1801   d. 31 Dec 1842, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    Marriage 4 Nov 1841  Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Children 
    +1. Severas Bisbee,   b. Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F810  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Jun 1790 - Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 7 Nov 1790 - Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Feb 1815 - Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Nov 1841 - Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Oct 1869 - Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Aretas is mentioned as the village shoemaker. He had his shop in Amherst... "right on the street line on the road, south from the church, now gone."

      Aretas Bisbee recorded deeds in Hampshire County, Mass. in 1825-26-27-35-44-65. His will, recorded 8 Jan. 1869 (vol. 175, p. 9), for less that $1000, bequeathes to his wife, Fanny G., his daughter Eunice Dickinson and to Ellen Augusta, daughter of his son, Severas.

      Aretas d. "Aged 79 yrs., 4 mos., 5 das." [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 67.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 133.

    3. [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), 7733.

    4. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 134.