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Jonah Bisbee, Jr.

Male 1744 - 1838  (94 years)

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  • Name Jonah Bisbee  [1, 2, 3]
    Suffix Jr.
    Birth 22 May 1744  Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male
    Death 6 Dec 1838  Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I997  Bisbee
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2009

    Father Jonah Bisbee,   b. 14 Mar 1716/17, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1799, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Ruth Bryant,   b. 15 May 1714   d. 23 Apr 1777, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Marriage 24 Aug 1738  Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Married by Rev. Geo Hitchcock in Second Church of Christ at Pembroke.
    Family ID F485  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Sherman,   b. 22 Jan 1749/50, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1826, Hanson, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 28 Dec 1769  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    • Intentions published 21 Sept. 1768. Pembroke vital records reads in error, "Josiah Bisbee M Ruth Sherman." [4]
    Children 
     1. Hannah Bisbee,   b. 30 Dec 1772, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Centre Cemetery, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Elizabeth Bisbee,   b. 20 Apr 1775, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Centre Cemetery, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. John Bisbee,   b. 4 Jun 1783, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1805, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
    Family ID F554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 May 1744 - Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Dec 1769 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Dec 1838 - Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Jonah Bisbee was Precinct Janitor at Carver in 1798. 1790 US Census for Mass. lists, "Jonah Bisbee, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., 2 m. 2 fem. 1 m. over 16, 1 m. under 16.

      Records of soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War from Mass. reads, "Jonah Bisbee, Private Capt. Freedon Chamberlain's Co. Col. Cary's Reg't. Return of men dated Cortlands Manor Nov. 22, 1776."

      Also, "Private Capt. Turner's Co. Col. Eleazer Brook's Reg't. of Guards enlisted Nov. 6, 1777. Rolls made up to April 3, 1778. 4 mos. 27 days at Cambridge, Mass."

      A conveyance reads, "We, Nathaniel Sherman, John Sherman and Jonah Bisbee of Carver and Asa Sherman of Plymouth and Elizabeth Finney of Plymouth, all heirs to the estate of John Sherman, late of Carver, dec'd. convey to Rufus Sherman of Carver.... 30 march, 1801." (Ruth Bisbee signs with the others.)

      Jonah Bisbee, Jr. was named executor of his father's estate. He d. [Aged 96 yrs.] [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1218] William T. Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985).

    2. [S1165] Abstracted by Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, (The National Historical Publishing Co., Waynesboro, TN, 1990), p.268.

    3. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 40.

    4. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 66.