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Benjamin Bisbee

Male 1759 - 1849  (89 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 16 Oct 1759  West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Christening 21 Oct 1759  West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Death 11 Oct 1849  Pearl Street Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I1386  Bisbee
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2009

    Father Samuel Bisbee,   b. 9 Jul 1722, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1802, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Mother Martha Snell,   b. North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1806, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 2 May 1751  East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Martha Snell was from Bridgewater, Mass. They were Married at the First Church. [1]
    Family ID F538  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Experience Smith   d. 19 Jul 1793, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage Abt 1790 
    • Both parties from Stoughton, Mass. Int. published 5 Dec. 1789. [2]
    Family ID F792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2009

    Family 2 Milly Vose,   b. 18 Jul 1775, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1869 (Age 93 years)
    Marriage 24 Dec 1795  Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Intention published October 16, 1795. Milly and Benjamin are buried in Pearl Street Cemetery. [3]
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 16 Aug 1796, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1825, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    +2. Abner J. Bisbee,   b. Abt 1797, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Lovina Bisbee,   b. 12 Aug 1797, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1877, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +4. Otis Bisbee,   b. 8 Sep 1798   d. 8 Jun 1842, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
     5. Milly Bisbee,   b. 9 Jan 1800   d. 1 Nov 1880, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +6. Reua Bisbee,   b. 23 May 1801   d. 1 Nov 1821, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     7. Josiah Vose Bisbee,   b. 21 Jan 1804   d. 20 Jan 1830, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    +8. Hannah Bisbee,   b. 7 Nov 1806, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1862, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Oct 1759 - West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 21 Oct 1759 - West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Dec 1795 - Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Oct 1849 - Pearl Street Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • "Benjamin Bisbee was a farmer. His father, Samuel, by a deed drawn in 1761 but not executed until 1764, bought 61 acres in Stoughton, a part of Lot 18, in the 5th range of the 25th division of Dorchester land. This lot was on what is now Park Street not far from the Brockton line. There Samuel built a house and by his will bequeathed his homestead to his son, Benjamin, subject to a life lease on one-half the estate to his mother and unmarried sister. Benjamin added to this later by purchases of several lots in Stoughton, among them in 1838 was on on the East side of Taunton Road owned by his son, Otis. It is now (1890) owned by the children of James Otis Bisbee."

      Records of soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts lists, "Benjamin Bisbee of Stoughton, Private, Capt. Fred Pope's Co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Reg't. Register Muster Roll dated 8-1-1775; enlisted June 24th, 1775. Service 1 mo., 10 das."

      Also, "Company's return." (Probably Oct. 1775)

      Also, "Order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, date 11-11-1775."

      And, "Descriptive list of men enlisted from Suffolk County for the term of 9 mos. from time of arrival at Fishkill, June 14, 1778. Dated Dorchester. Benjamin Bisbee, Capt. Swan's Co., Col. Gill's Reg't, aged 18 yrs., stature 5'-9", hair light, eyes light, nationality, American; occupation, husbandman; residence, Stoughton. Rec'd. by Sgt. Elkanah Mixon from Maj. Stephen Bidlaw's and del'd. to Brig. Gen. Jonothan Warner at Fishkill."

      Also, "Pv't. Capt. Samuel Holden's Co., Col. Ebenezer thayer's Reg't. (Suffolk Co.) Enlisted 7-23-1780, discharged 10-30-1780, service 3 mos. 10 das., enlistment 3 mos.; Company raised to reinforce Continental Army."

      Also, "Pvt. Maj. William Lithgow's Co., Col. Benjamin Tupper's Reg't., muster roll for March 1779, enlistment 9 mos."

      Also, "Pv't. enrolled uner Capt. Sameul Page's Co. in battery of Mass. forces commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper Feb. 1779; included Benjamin Bisbee, mustered out 3-3-1779." This company (Page's) was in the assault at Stony Point under Gen. Anthony Wayne. (See journal of Capt. Samuel Page in Campaign of 1779.)

      From Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, "Bisbee, Benjamin or Benjamin Bisbe or Bisby, Milly, W2057, BLW #9408-160-55, MA Line, sol appl 7 Aug 1832 Norfolk Cty MA aged 72 a res of Stoughton MA & had enl there in 1775, b 16 Oct 1759 at Bridgewater in Plymouth Cty MA, wid appl 24 Nov 1849 Norfolk Cty MA aged 74, sol m Mille Vose on 24 Dec 1794 at Stoughton MA, sol d 11 Oct 1849, wid appl for BLW 16 Mar 1855."

      Benjamin d. "aged 89 yrs. 11mos. 20 das." [3]
    • NEH&GR Vol 124, p. 126: Account Book of James Capen of Sta
      ughton, Mass. "BENJ'N BISBEE Apr 17 1822, a coffin for his sister, 3.00" "BENJ'N BISBEE May 6 1823, a coffin for his mother, 3.00"

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 64.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 127.
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    3. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 128.
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    4. [S1165] Abstracted by Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, (The National Historical Publishing Co., Waynesboro, TN, 1990).