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Capt. Abner Bisbee

Male 1734 - 1805  (71 years)

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  • Name Abner Bisbee  [1]
    Prefix Capt.
    Birth 31 Jul 1734  Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Death 28 Sep 1805  Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I877  Bisbee
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2010

    Father Deacon John Bisbee, III,   b. Abt 1714, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1760, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    Mother Abiah Bonney,   b. 4 May 1712   d. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage 6 Sep 1733  [3] 
    • Abiah Bonney of Pembroke, Mass.
    Family ID F484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Hall,   b. 1752, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1825, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Marriage 1767  Charleston Town, Orleans, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Bisbee,   b. 18 Feb 1769, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    +2. Abner Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 24 Sep 1773, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1818, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    +3. John Bisbee,   b. 3 Sep 1777, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1853, Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +4. Elisha Bisbee,   b. 25 Apr 1780, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1841, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +5. Sarah Bisbee,   b. 18 Oct 1782, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Elijah Bisbee,   b. 26 Apr 1786, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1817, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    +7. Capt Gad Bisbee,   b. 2 Jan 1789, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1857, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 31 Jul 1734 - Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1767 - Charleston Town, Orleans, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Sep 1805 - Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • US Census, 1790, Springfield, Vt., "Abner Bisbee, 6 m., 2 fem." US Census, 1800, Springfield, Vt., "Abner Bisbee, 5 m., 2 fem."

      Abner Bisbee was the forebear of many of the Bisbees of Vermont. He enlisted in the French and Indian War from Massachusetts under Lord Jeffery Amherst and became Captain of a company of Rangers. He settled about six miles from what is now Springfield, Vt., which was then Fort No. 4.

      He held a commission in the French and Indan War from George II and was in command of a company of Scouts. After the war he came to Springfield, Vt., in 1763, with a bed of sea fowl feathers and a few cooking utensils strapped to his horse. He crossed the Connecticut River at the Ferry and passed on up Crown Point Road, settling near the North Line of the Town on land afterwards owned by Joshua Durrant and Luther G. Boynton. Shortly after his arrival, he married Mary Hall. She was a resolute and courageous woman as shown by her conduct during the Indian Wars.

      Captain Bisbee held two commissions during the American Revolution and at one time was a representative of his town in the General Assembly.

      Capt. Bisbee was a good farmer and business man and in nine years had paid for four lots of land and took title under the New Hampshire Grants; aslo paid 8p. 3s. 4d. for an indenture signed by Richard Morris under the New York Charter.

      He had a reputation of being an honest man; was not a church member but was always a supporter of the church.

      Abner Bisbee is buried Summerhill Cem. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 31.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 42.

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 1.