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Deacon John Bisbee

Male 1785 - 1879  (93 years)

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  • Name John Bisbee  [1]
    Title Deacon
    Birth 3 Jul 1785  Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male
    Death 10 Jan 1879  Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial West Hill Cemetery, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    John Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photo
    John Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photo
    Find A Grave memorial created by P.K. Magruder
    Person ID I1179  Bisbee
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2012

    Father Ebenezer Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 29 Apr 1755, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1837, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Mehitable Shaw,   b. 10 Nov 1756, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1835, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Marriage 12 Mar 1778  East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Lyon,   b. 1788, Goshen, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1860, Goshen, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Marriage Feb 1810  [2
    • Mary was from Goshen, Mass.
      John Bisbee #7354 [610-12) family from Richard Alan Bisbee #13-1102 and "A TAYLOR GENEALOGY" by Harmon R. Taylor, 1963, a descendant of Jared Bisbee. [4]
    Children 
     1. Eliza M. Bisbee,   b. 16 Dec 1810, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1888 (Age 77 years)
    +2. Jared Bisbee,   b. 25 Nov 1812, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1893, Moline, Allegan, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +3. Louisa Bisbee,   b. 18 Apr 1815, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1906 (Age 91 years)
    +4. Ursal Bisbee,   b. 13 Apr 1818, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +5. John Foster Bisbee,   b. 5 Apr 1821   d. 13 Jun 1847, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     6. Cyrus L. Bisbee,   b. 14 Jun 1828, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1838 (Age 10 years)
     7. James Douglas Bisbee,   b. 7 May 1829, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1845 (Age 16 years)
    Family ID F676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Jul 1785 - Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Jan 1879 - Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - West Hill Cemetery, Plainfield, 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 
    • John Bisbee spent most of his life in Plainfield and died from injuries received from a fall down a flight of stairs. He spent his last years with a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Campbell.

      One John Bisbee of Plainfield conveyed by deed to Joshua and Susan Shaw, land to the valued o $1050, Meredith, N. Y. (Deeds of Delaware County, Delhi, N. Y., Book 406, 1804).

      The will of John Bisbee was proved in 1881, witness Leonard Campbell, Book 175, page 14 of wills, Hampshire, County.

      John Bisbee granted a deed to Galen Bisbee, Plainfield, 1807. John Bisbee granted a deed to Ebenezer Bisbee, 1813 and 1830. John Bisbee granded a deed to Elisha Bisbee, 1830. John Bisbee granted a deed to Ursal Bisbee, Cummington, Mass., 1848.

      One John Bisbee of Plainfield invented an improved machine for turning broom handles for which a patent was obtained.

      John d. "Aged 93 yrs. 6 mos. 7 das." [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 52.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 102.

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 9.

    4. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 103.