Bissell, Mary

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BIRTH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 32 (FHL #002983).
MAR: Ibid. Marriage is also recorded in Colchester Deeds, 2:1:447 (FHL #003889).
DEATH: "Tolland Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1715-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1922; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 59 (FHL #002981).
BUR: "Headstone Inscriptions Town of Tolland," Charles R. Hale Collection (typescript, 1937; Conn. State Library, Hartford), South Yard Cemetery, #810-3, p. 68 (FHL #003365). Aged 71 yrs; "Consort of Capt. Nathaniel Gilbert of Coventry."

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Mary married Gilbert, Nathaniel on 8 Feb 1720/1721 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. Nathaniel (son of Gilbert, Samuel and Rogers, Mary) was born on 26 Sep 1690 in Hartford,Hartford,CT; died on 7 May 1761 in Coventry,Tolland,CT; was buried in Silver St. Cemetery,Coventry,Tolland,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gilbert, Mary was born on 19 Nov 1721 in Colchester,New London,CT; died on 24 Jan 1793 in Plainfield,Windham,CT; was buried in Old Plainfield Cemetery,Plainfield,Windham,CT.
2. Gilbert, Samuel was born on 31 Jan 1723/1724 in Colchester,New London,CT; died in 1778.
3. Gilbert, Nathaniel was born on 3 Oct 1725 in Coventry,Tolland,CT; died on 26 Feb 1785 in Southwick,Hampden,MA.
4. Gilbert, Lois was born on 8 Oct 1727 in Coventry,Tolland,CT; was christened on 8 Oct 1727 in Cong'l Church,Bolton,Tolland,CT; died on 24 Feb 1790 in Tolland,Tolland,CT; was buried in North Yard Cemetery,Tolland,Tolland,CT.
5. Gilbert, Thomas was born on 25 Sep 1731 in Coventry,Tolland,CT; was christened on 26 Sep 1731 in Cong'l Church,Bolton,Tolland,CT; died after Nov 1773.
6. Gilbert, Ebenezer was born on 3 Aug 1733 in Coventry,Tolland,CT; was christened on 5 Aug 1733 in Cong'l Church,Bolton,Tolland,CT; died before 29 Oct 1760.
7. Gilbert, Elisha was born on 25 May 1736 in Coventry,Tolland,CT; was christened on 30 May 1736 in Cong'l Church,Bolton,Tolland,CT; died before 29 Oct 1760.

Notes:

BIRTH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 34 (FHL #002983).
MAR: No mar rec found. See deed, Samuel Bissell to daughter-in-law Mary Bissell, 19 Mar 1697/8, Windsor Deeds, 2:126 (FHL #006189). This deed was the fulfillment of a pre-nuptial agreement made before the marriage of Samuel Bissell's son Samuel to Samuel Buell's dau Mary.
DEATH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths" Barbour Collection, 34. Also see the adm of estate of Samuel Bissell, Jr, of Windsor, 19 Mar 1697/8, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:540-41 (FHL #974.6 P2m).

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Samuel married Buell, Mary about 1697. Mary (daughter of Buell, Samuel and Griswold, Deborah) was born on 28 Nov 1669 in Killingworth,Middlesex,CT; died after 8 Jun 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Killingworth town recs, 1:68 (FHL #004621).
MAR: No mar rec found. See deed, Samuel Bissell to daughter-in-law Mary Bissell, 19 Mar 1697/8, Windsor Deeds, 2:126 (FHL #006189). This deed was the fulfillment of a pre-nuptial agreement made before the marriage of Samuel Bissell's son Samuel to Samuel Buell's dau Mary.
DEATH: No death rec found. Mary is mentioned in the will of her father, Samuel Buell of Killingworth, 8 Jun 1720, proved 9 Aug 1720, Guilford District Probate, 1:10-20 (FHL #004353).

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Samuel is identified in the will of his father, John Bissell of Windsor, 25 Sep 1673, proved 6 Dec 1677, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:184 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR #1: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 34 (FHL #002983).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. A wife Mary is mentioned in Samuel's will, below. Her own will shows that she was mother of Simon Mills's children. See abstract from Hartford District Probate in Manwaring, DIGEST, 2:359. Simon Mills and Mary Buell were married at Windsor, 23 Feb 1659 ("Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 46). Hence, Mary Buell married (1) Simon Mills and (2) Samuel Bissell.
DEATH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 34. Also see the will of Samuel Bissell of Windsor, 2 Aug 1697, proved 16 Dec 1700, inv 9 Dec 1700, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 2:21-22.

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Samuel married Holcombe, Abigail on 11 Jun 1658 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. Abigail (daughter of Holcombe, Thomas and Elizabeth) was born on 6 Jan 1638/1639 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 17 Aug 1688 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 147 (FHL #002983).
MAR: Ibid, 34.
DEATH: Ibid, 27.

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Notes:

BIRTH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 46 (FHL #002983).
MAR: Ibid.
DEATH: Killingworth Town Records, 1:80 (FHL #004621). Also see the will of Samuel Buell of Killingworth, 8 Jul 1720, proved 9 Aug 1720, Guilford District Probate, 1:10-20 [FHL #004353]).

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Samuel married Griswold, Deborah on 13 Nov 1662 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. Deborah (daughter of Griswold, Edward and Margaret) was born on 28 Jun 1646 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 7 Feb 1717/1718 in Killingworth,Middlesex,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 130 (FHL #002983).
MAR: Ibid, 46.
DEATH: Killingworth Town Records, 1:80 (FHL #004621).

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Notes:

BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Year of birth is calculated from age 85 yrs on gravestone inscription, below.
MAR #1: No mar rec found. "Wife of John Bissell" died 21 May 1641 (Windsor Vital Records, 1:40 [FHL #1316427]). Given name is not stated. Date is incorrectly given as "2" May 1641 in "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 31 (FHL #002983).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. "Wife of John Bissell" died 29 Mar 1665 (Windsor Vital Records, 1:40 [FHL #1316427]). Given name is not stated.
DEATH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 31. Also see the will of John Bissell of Windsor, 25 Sep 1673, proved 6 Dec 1677, inv 22 Oct 1677, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols.(Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:184 (FHL #974.6 P2m).
BUR: "Headstone Inscriptions Town of Windsor," Charles R. Hale Collection (typescript, 1937; Conn. State Library, Hartford), Palisado Cemetery, #128-1, p. 81 (FHL #003374). Aged 85 yrs.

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John married (unknown). (unknown) died on 21 May 1641 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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DEATH: "Wife of John Bissell" died 21 May 1641 (Windsor Vital Records, 1:40 [FHL #1316427]). Given name is not stated. Date of death is incorrectly given as "2" May 1641 in "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 31 (FHL #002983).

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Thomas probably came from southwest England where most of the original Dorchester, Mass. settlers originated.
MAR: No mar rec found. That his wife was named Elizabeth is shown by mar rec of widow Elizabeth Holcomb to James Enno, 5 Aug 1658 ("Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection [typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford], 148 [FHL #002983]); and Windsor deed, James Enno of Windsor to Joshua Holcombe, "eldest son to Elizabeth my now wife," 17 Dec 1660 (Windsor Deeds, 1A:221 [FHL #006188]). Joshua is a proved son of Thomas Holcombe.
DEATH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 150.

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Thomas married Elizabeth about 1634. Elizabeth was born about 1617 in England; died on 7 Oct 1679 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date of birth is calcualted from age 52 in 1669, as given in the medical journal of John Winthrop (TAG, 23[1946]:124 [FHL #973 D25aga]). She is called Elizabeth Ferguson in some published genealogies, but there seems to be no evidence for this statement. See discussion in George E. McCracken, Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity," TAG (1981), 57:66 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. That the wife of Thomas Holcombe was named Elizabeth is shown by the mar rec of widow Elizabeth Holcomb to James Enno, 5 Aug 1658, cited below, and Windsor deed, James Enno of Windsor to Joshua Holcombe, "eldest son to Elizabeth my now wife," 17 Dec 1660(Windsor Deeds, 1A:221 [FHL #006188]). Joshua is a proved son of Thomas Holcombe.
MAR #2: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 148 (FHL #002983).
DEATH: Ibid, 93.

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Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 46 (FHL #002983). Wife's name is not mentioned, but she is identified as Mary in William's will, below.
DEATH: Date of death is found in probate recs. See the will of William Buell of Windsor, 26 Jul 1681, no probate act, inv 30 Nov 1681, agreement of heirs 6 Mar 1681/2, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:280-81 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Death date of "23 [blank] 1681" is recorded in "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 46.

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William married Mary on 18 Nov 1640 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. Mary was born about 1618 in England; died on 1 Sep 1684 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. She is called Mary Post or Thomas in some published accounts, but there seems to be no evidence. See discussion in George E. McCracken, "William Buell & Early Descendants," TAG, 4(1978):66 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 46 (FHL #002983). Wife's name is not mentioned, but she is identified as Mary in the will of her husband, William Buell of Windsor, 26 Jul 1681, no probate act, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:280-81 (FHL #974.6 P2m).
DEATH: Date of death is found in probate recs. See the will of widow Mary Buell of Windsor, 29 Aug 1684, proved 24 Mar 1684/5, Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:280. Death date of "2" Sep 1684 is found in "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 46.

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CHR: Wooten Wawen par reg (FHL #557151). Evidence that this chr belongs to the ancestor is found in several documents in New England. Edward stated that he was 77 years old in a deposition dated 15 May 1684 (Connecticut Archives, Private Controversies, 2:203, abstract published in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. [Hartford, 1904-1906], 1:60 [FHL #974.6 P2m]). This provides for a birth about the year 1607. On 9 May 1700 George Griswold, son of Edward, deposed that as a youth he lived with his father in Kenilworth, Warws and that the house belonged to his uncle Matthew Griswold (Estate file of Matthew Griswold of Lyme, Connecticut, New London Disrict Probate Files, #2333 [FHL #1025021]). Kenilworth is near the parish of Wooten Wawen. In another deposition, dated 19 Jan 1737/8, George Griswold and John Griswold, sons of George Griswold deceased, stated that they were grandsons of Edward Griswold of Kenilworth, Warws, and that it was accepted in the family that Edward was one of three brothers, sons of George Griswold (Edward E. Salisbury and Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, FAMILY HISTORIES AND GENEALOGIES, 3 vols. [Privately printed, 1892], 2:5 [FHL #873825]).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Children of Edward Griswold and wife Margaret are recorded in Kenilworth par reg, 1631-37 (FHL #555347). Also, Margaret, wife of Edward Griswold, died at Killingworth, Conn. ("Killingworth Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1667-1850," Barbour Collection [typescript, 1924; Conn. State Library, Hartford], 41 [FHL #002972]).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. Sarah, widow of Edward Griswold, is mentioned in agreement of the heirs of Edward Griswold of Kenilworth, 7 Jun 1694 (New London Deeds, 5:195 [FHL #005084]). The document shows that she is the mother of Rebecca Bemis who married Tobias Minter. The mar rec of Tobias Minter and Rebecca Bemis indicates she is the dau of James Bemis ("New London Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1646-1854," Barbour Collection [typescript, 1919; Conn. State Library, Hartford], 215 [FHL #005082]). Sarah was apparently the widow of James Bemis of New London who died in Jul 1665 (Elwood M. Avery, ed, "Marriage, Birth and Death Records from theTown Records of New London" [typescript, n.d.], 74 [FHL #974.65/N2 V2a]). Sarah's maiden surname is unknown. She is not the dau of John and Rebecca Dimond as alleged in Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, THE GRISWOLD FAMILY (Wethersfield, CT, 1990), 13 (FHL #929.273 G889fe).
DEATH: No death rec found. Edward's death in 1690 is mentioned in French, THE GRISWOLD FAMILY, 13. Although no proof has been found, this date is widely accepted. He was certainly dead before 7 Jun 1694 when his widow Sarah made agreement with Joseph Wickham, above. He was living on 15 May 1684 when he made the deposition, above.
OCC: Deputy to CT General Court, builder of fort at Springfield, Justice of the Peace.

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Edward married Margaret about 1628. Margaret was born about 1609 in of Kenilworth,Warws,Eng; died on 23 Aug 1670 in Killingworth,Middlesex,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Earliest known residence was Kenilworth.
MAR: No mar rec found. Children of Edward and Margaret Griswold were baptized in Kenilworth, 1631-37.
DEATH: "Killingworth Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1667-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1924; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 41 (FHL #002972).
BUR: Margaret's gravestone, marked simply "M.G. 1670," is said to be the oldest surviving headstone in the Clinton Cemetery (Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, THE GRISWOLD FAMILY [Wethersfield, CT, 1990], 11 [FHL #929.273 G889fe]).

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