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Sophia Bisbee

Female 1797 - 1889  (92 years)

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  • Name Sophia Bisbee  [1, 2, 3, 4]
    Birth 21 Nov 1797  , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Census 4 Aug 1800  Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 7 Aug 1820  Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1 Jun 1830  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Christening 19 May 1838  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1 Jun 1840  Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Census 24 Jul 1850  Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Census 10 Jul 1860  Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Census 8 Jul 1870  Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Census 2 Jun 1880  Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Death 12 Dec 1889  , Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17] 
    Burial Potter Hill Cemetery, Taylor, Cortland, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Sophia Kibbe    		 Sophia Kibbe
    Photograph by Find A Grave contributor Starr Hays
    Person ID I40  Bisbee
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2010

    Father Reuben Bisbee,   b. 27 Jul 1776, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1865, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Mother Lydia Cushman,   b. 25 Sep 1775, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1856, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 10 Oct 1797  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19] 
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joel Kibbe,   b. 18 Aug 1797, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1880, Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage Dec 1824  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • What's in a name? In this case, the given names of Joel and Sophia Kibbe's son and grandson confirm Sophia's identity. Sophia's cemetery record lists her as wife of Joel Kibbe and daughter of Reuben Bisbe (note the single 'e' in the spelling). Their first son was named Jared Ebenezer Cushman Green Kibbe--Sophia's maternal grandfather was Ebenezer Cushman of Kingston, Massachusetts. Jared E.C.G. Kibbe named one of his own sons Emmett Bisbee Kibbe. The names, and the fact that "Sophia Kibbe" was remembered in her father's last will and testament, suggest that Joel and Sophia maintained a close relationship with her parents after they married and moved from Lebanon to Cortland County.

      KIBBE FAMILY*
      1. Edward m. Deborah; b. bef 1590 in Exeter, Devon, England
      2. Edward m. Mary Partridge; b.11 May 1611 in Exeter, Devon, England
      3. Elisha Sr. m. Rachel Cook; b. 20 Jan 1643/44 in Muddy River (Brookline), Norfolk, MA.
      4. Edward m. Dorothy Phelps; b. 2 Feb 1669/70 in Brookline, Norfolk, MA.
      5. Israel m. Sarah Horton; b. 21 Oct 1704 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.
      6. Israel m. Ruth Needham; b. 1727 in Enfield, Hartford, CT.
      7. Joseph m. Chloe Green
      8. Joel m. Sophia Bisbee; b. 1797 near Somers, CT.

      * Doreen Potter Hannah, "Kibbe Genealogical Notes On Some Descendants of Edward Kibbe and His Wife Mary (Partridge) Kibbe," 1972, reprinted by iRoots.Net, 2000.
    Children 
     1. Zilpah Kibbe,   b. Abt 1825, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Jared Ebenezer Cushman Green Kibbe,   b. 29 Mar 1830, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1898, Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +3. Russel Harvey Reed Kibbe,   b. 29 Mar 1833, Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1902, McGraw, Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +4. Parmelia Cornelia Kibbe,   b. Abt 1836, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F46  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Nov 1797 - , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 4 Aug 1800 - Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 7 Aug 1820 - Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Dec 1824 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1830 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 19 May 1838 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1840 - Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 24 Jul 1850 - Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Jul 1860 - Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 8 Jul 1870 - Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Jun 1880 - Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Dec 1889 - , Cortland, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Potter Hill Cemetery, Taylor, Cortland, New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1232] Bisbee, Reuben: Last Will and Testament, (Madison County Courthouse, Wampsville, New York. Probate File # 2621).

    2. [S1330] Kibbe, Joel: Probate, (Cortland County Courthouse, Cortland, New York. File X-75245, Joel Kibbe, Petition for LOA).

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 20.

    4. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 5.

    5. [S1339] Margaret J. Bisbee, Bisbee, Reuben (I28): Family Bible List, (Erie, Pennsylvania. Self published, 1974: pp 1-2.).

    6. [S1344] Hope S. Klee, Bisbee, Reuben (128): Family List (Kibbe), (Cortland, New York: student paper, State University, 1965. p. 35.).

    7. [S1541] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1800 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M32, roll 16; page 31, line 3; image downloaded 8/14/2008.), 1800-Pembroke.1.jpg.

    8. [S1540] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1820 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M33, roll 73; page 47, line 14; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1820-Smithfield.11.jpg.

    9. [S1280] Kibbe, Joel (I2143): 1830 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M19, roll 93; page 349B, line 23; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1830-Lebanon.17.jpg.

    10. [S1903] Transcribed by DAR Monument Chapter, Minneapolis, Records of the First Baptist Church of Lebanon, Madison County, New York, (Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Microreproduction of original typescript (244 leaves) written in 1948. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968. Film GS #860284.), 0532970.

    11. [S1283] Kibbe, Joel (I2143): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 273; page 243, line 5; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1840-Smyrna.11.jpg.

    12. [S1284] Kibbe, Joel (I2143): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 493; page 154, line 5, dwelling 400, family 414; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1850-Truxton.55.jpg.

    13. [S1287] Kibbe, Joel (I2143): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 739; page 88, line 31, dwelling 169, family 163; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1860-Cuyler.19.jpg.

    14. [S1291] Kibbe, Joel (I2143): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 922; page 712, line 33, dwelling 69, family 69; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1870-Cuyler.9.jpg.

    15. [S1292] Kibbe, Sophia Bisbee (I40): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 822; enumeration district (ED) 122, sheet 2B, page 89B, line 24, dwelling 16, family 18; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1880-Cuyler.122.2.jpg.

    16. [S1246] David Crankshaw, Fort Lauderdale, Florida [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] David Crankshaw is former president of the Cortland County Historical Society and has written a book on the History of Taylor, New York. He is related by marriage to Lee G. Kibbe., Email : David Crankshaw (Kibbe Family).

    17. [S1331] Kibbe, Joel: Family Burials, (2005, : scanned images of LDS tape number 1304773, supplied by Pat Stefnik and Vicki Hall Titus, accessed 12 Aug 2008).

    18. [S1233] Athrop Foster, editor, Vital Records of Kingston, Mass. to 1850, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1911.), 176, 204.
      Under Marriages: "Bisbe, Reuben [int. Reuben] Jr. and Lydia Cushman [int. 2nd], Oct 10, 1797; Cushman, Lydia [int. 2nd] and Reuben [int. Reuben] Bisbe Jr., Oct 10, 1797."

    19. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 5.

    20. [S634] Doreen Potter Hanna, Kibbe Genealogical Notes, (Published by iRoots.Net, Printed by CafePress, San Leandro, California, 1972), p 96.
      "It is this Joel Kibbe whose marriage is recorded in December 1824, in Lebanon, Madison County, New York, to Sophia Buysby, the Reverand Thomas Jeril, officiating. She was born in Massachusetts circa 1798.... The name Buysby, was really, Bisbie or Bisbee....It seems probable that Sophia was the daughter of Reuben and Lydia (Cushman) Bisbie."