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Major Seth Bisbee

Male 1789 - 1862  (73 years)

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  • Name Seth Bisbee  [1]
    Prefix Major
    Birth 11 Jun 1789  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 17 Aug 1850  Lathrop Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 26 Oct 1862  Lathrop Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Hillsdale Cemetery, Lathrop Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Maj Seth Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photo    		 Maj Seth Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photo
    created at Find A Grave by Elizabeth Fike
    Person ID I2618  Bisbee
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2009

    Father Noah Bisbee,   b. 23 May 1752, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1839, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Mother Jane Bradford,   b. 12 Mar 1756, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1837, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Marriage 12 Feb 1778  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Leah Aldrich,   b. Abt 1794   d. 22 Apr 1827, Harford Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
    Marriage 1808  Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Leah Aldrich was from Richmond, N. H. They were M by Nathaniel Aldrich. List of (2) children incomplete. There apparently were 10 children in all. [2, 6]
    Children 
     1. Deborah Bisbee,   b. 1809, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Seth Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 1811, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Jane Bradford Bisbee,   b. 1816, Harford, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1875, Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    +4. Alonzo Bisbee,   b. 1818, Harford, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1848, , , Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    +5. Sally Bisbee,   b. 1820, Harford, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Noah Bisbee,   b. 3 Jul 1821, Harford, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1904, Binghamton, Broome, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +7. Levi Bisbee,   b. 1825, Harford, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1871, Wheaton, Dupage, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    +8. Betsy Bisbee,   b. 10 Jul 1825, Harford, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1907, Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     9. Albert Bisbee   d. Abt 1827
    Family ID F1323  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2009

    Family 2 Hannah Fish,   b. 1795, , , Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1874, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Marriage 28 Sep 1829  [5, 6] 
    • This couple appeared in the 1850 US Census of Lathrop Township, Susquehanna County, Pa. [5]
    Children 
    +1. Leah Bisbee,   b. 11 Jul 1830, Brooklyn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1896, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +2. Hannah Bisbee,   b. 22 Mar 1833, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Lydia Bisbee,   b. 14 Mar 1835, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. John Bisbee,   b. 11 Oct 1837, Brooklyn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1899, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +5. Martin V. Bisbee,   b. 15 Apr 1840, Brooklyn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1916, Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +6. Alpha D. Bisbee,   b. 18 Apr 1842   d. 10 Jul 1874, Lenox, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    +7. James Parrish Bisbee,   b. 2 Oct 1844, Lathrop Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1883, Hop Bottom, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F1324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Jun 1789 - Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1808 - Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 17 Aug 1850 - Lathrop Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Oct 1862 - Lathrop Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hillsdale Cemetery, Lathrop Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Seth Bisbee, in his 15th year, 1804, shipped on a vessel for a three year voyage. After his return, he resumed his studies, and later entered the law office of his brother Noah Jr. in Boston. He enlisted with Noah in 1812, wounded in the same battle, 25 July 1814. At the close of the war, Seth received an honorable discharge and a pension for the rest of his life. He was called Major Seth Bisbee.

      Seth Bisbee served in the war of 1812 and was wounded at Bridgewater, Ontario. He was on the tax list of Richmond, N. H. in 1811-1815.

      Seth and Leah Bisby purchased land from the USA and Lydia Miller, New Lisbon, N. Y. in 1818.

      Seth purchased land in Hartford, Susquehana County, Pa. in 1823 from Asahel Carpenter. (See Montrose, Pa. Reg. of Deeds, Vol 5, p.181, New Harford, Pa.).

      Headstone, Hillsdale Cemetery:
      War of 1812, emblem and flag, veteran
      Maj. Seth Bisbee
      Died / Oct. 27, 1862 / Aged 73 yrs. / 1 mo. & 15 ds.
      He was a soldier in / The War of 1812 [2, 5, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 79.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 163.

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 18.

    4. [S3453] Bisbee, Seth (I2618): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2009): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 829, page 32, line 17, dwelling 488, family 488; Image accessed 8 Feb 2014. image accessed 8 Feb 2014.), 1850.PA.9usquehanna.Lathrop.9.

    5. [S2581] Correspondence With Compiler, Sep 2009, email from M. J. Williams of Binghamton, New York, with connections to the Bisbee families of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Cites sources which will be verified and posted when time permits.

    6. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 19.