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Eli Bisbee

Male 1788 - 1864  (75 years)

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  • Name Eli Bisbee  [1, 2]
    Birth 15 Nov 1788  Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 26 Jul 1850  Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 20 Jul 1860  Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 1864  Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I1437  Bisbee
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2009

    Father Gideon Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 27 Jul 1755, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1825, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Mother Elizabeth Bryant,   b. 2 Jun 1759, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1852, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Marriage 30 Apr 1781  Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6] 
    • Family settled on the Mount in the western part of town. Gideon Bisbee served in the Revolutionary War. [2]
    Family ID F561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruby Wheeler,   b. 1 Jul 1793, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1876, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage Abt 1812  Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Intentions published 11 Oct 1811. [3]
    Children 
    +1. Laura Bisbee,   b. 21 Apr 1812, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1845, Blue Island, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     2. Norman Bisbee,   b. 17 Feb 1814, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1845, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     3. Zeruah Malvina Bisbee,   b. 16 Nov 1816, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1847, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     4. Samuel Wheeler Bisbee,   b. 3 Mar 1818, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1894, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     5. Marietta Florilla Bisbee,   b. 7 Mar 1820, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Harmon Dewey Bisbee,   b. 4 May 1822, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1894, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     7. Clarasa Mary Ann Bisbee,   b. 15 Feb 1824, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1843, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
    +8. Ruby Honora Bisbee,   b. 9 Nov 1826, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1913, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +9. Edward M. Bisbee,   b. Abt 1832, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1893 (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Nov 1788 - Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1812 - Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 26 Jul 1850 - Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 20 Jul 1860 - Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1864 - Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The 1820 US Census for Goshen, Hampshire County, Mass. lists, "Eli Bisbee 1 m. 26 - 45, 2 m. < 10, 3 fem. < 10, 1 fem. 26 - 45.

      One Eli Bisbee was administrator of the estate of Samuel W. (Bisbee) 17 May 1894, Chatauqua County, Mayville, N. Y. In his will Samuel W. (Bisbee) names Mellirott Bisbee of Long Mount, California, F. Hebron (Bisbee) and Clarence E. Bisbee, of Ponca, Neb. and Carlos E. Bisbee of Kansas City, Mo. as beneficiaries.

      Eli Bisbee granted a warranty deed, Chatauqua Co., Mayville, N. Y. Book 9, p. 49. Eli Bisbee granted a warranty deed to Wm. Cosgrove, Mayville, N. Y. Book 52 p. 284.

      Harmon Bisbee granted a warranty deedt to Eli Bisbee, Mayville, N. Y. Book 73, p. 602. Harmon Bisbee granted a warranty deed to Eli and Ruby Bisbee, Mayville, N. Y. Book 168, p. 233.

      From CHESTERFIELD FAMILIES & Book 3 of Chesterfield Town records, also from Carlton "Corky Wheeler great grandson of Ruby Honora Bisbee #8168 Zephrhills, Florida. The familiy moved to Westfield, New York in the spring of 1827. The homestead of Eli Bisbee was between Westfield and Sherman, New York, it was occupied by Bisbee's until 1920. The Volusia Post Office wa in the Bisbee home for years.

      Information from Carlton "Corky" Wheeler great grandson of Ruby Honora Bisbee, 8168, Zephyrhills, FL, for all of Eli Bisbee #775 family. [3, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 69.

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 4.

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 17.

    4. [S2542] Bisbee, Eli (i1487): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 485; page 129, line 4, dwelling 68, family 69; image accessed 8/21/2009.), 1850.NY.Chautauqua.Westfield.9.

    5. [S2543] Bisbee, Eli (i1437): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 732; enumerated page 164, master page 162, line 15, dwelling 1241, family 1264; image accessed 8/21/2009.), 1860.NY.Chautauqua.Westfield.88.

    6. [S1165] Abstracted by Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, (The National Historical Publishing Co., Waynesboro, TN, 1990).

    7. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 138-9.