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Bissell, Joshua

Male Abt 1674 - Aft 1712  (> 38 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bissell, Joshua was born about 1674 in Windsor,Hartford,CT (son of Bissell, Samuel and Holcombe, Abigail); died after 21 Oct 1712.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: No birth rec found. Joshua is identified in the will of his father, Samuel Bissell of Windsor, 2 Aug 1697, proved 16 Dec 1700, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 2:21-22 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Date and place of birth are approximations.
    DEATH: No death rec found. Joshua is mentioned in the distribution of estate of his brother, Jacob Bissell of Simsbury, 21 Oct 1712, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:406.

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Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Bissell, Samuel was born about 1633 in England (son of Bissell, John and (unknown)); died on 3 Dec 1700 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.

    Notes:

    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]


  2. 3.  Holcombe, Abigail was born on 6 Jan 1638/1639 in Windsor,Hartford,CT (daughter of Holcombe, Thomas and Elizabeth); died on 17 Aug 1688 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.

    Notes:

    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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    Children:
    1. Bissell, John was born on 5 Apr 1659 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died in (inv) 27 Jan 1684/5 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    2. Bissell, Abigail was born on 6 Jul 1661 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 19 Apr 1728 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT.
    3. Bissell, Samuel was born on 11 Jan 1664 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 4 Mar 1697/1698 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    4. Bissell, Jacob was born on 28 Mar 1664 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 1 Aug 1694 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT.
    5. Bissell, Mary was born on 15 Sep 1666 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    6. Bissell, Benajah was born on 30 Jun 1671 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died before 2 Aug 1697.
    7. 1. Bissell, Joshua was born about 1674 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died after 21 Oct 1712.
    8. Bissell, Elizabeth was born on 4 Jan 1677 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was christened on 6 Jan 1677 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    9. Bissell, Deborah was born on 29 Oct 1679 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died about 1739/1740 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT.
    10. Bissell, Hannah was born on 18 Sep 1682 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 24 Feb 1717/1718 in Hebron,Tolland,CT.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Bissell, John was born about 1592 in England; died on 3 Oct 1677 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was buried in Palisado Cemetery,Windsor,Hartford,CT.

    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]


  2. 5.  (unknown) died on 21 May 1641 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.

    Notes:

    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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    Children:
    1. Bissell, John was born about 1628 in England; died in 1688 in New York City,New York,NY.
    2. Bissell, Thomas was born about 1630 in England; died on 31 Jul 1689 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    3. Bissell, Mary was born about 1631 in England; died on 11 Sep 1689 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    4. 2. Bissell, Samuel was born about 1633 in England; died on 3 Dec 1700 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    5. Bissell, Joyce was born about 1638 in England; died after 25 Sep 1673 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was buried in Ellington Center,Ellington,Tolland,CT.
    6. Bissell, Nathaniel was christened on 27 Sep 1640 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 12 Mar 1713/1714 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was buried in Old South Windsor Cemetery,South Windsor,Hartford,CT.

  3. 6.  Holcombe, Thomas was born about 1608 in England; died on 7 Sep 1657 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.

    Notes:

    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]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth was born about 1617 in England; died on 7 Oct 1679 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.

    Notes:

    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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    Children:
    1. Holcombe, Elizabeth was born about 1634 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA; died on 17 Sep 1712 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    2. Holcombe, Mary was born about 1636 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA; died on 4 Apr 1708 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    3. 3. Holcombe, Abigail was born on 6 Jan 1638/1639 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 17 Aug 1688 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    4. Holcombe, Joshua was christened on 27 Sep 1640 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 1 Dec 1690 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT.
    5. Holcombe, Sarah was born on 14 Aug 1642 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died in 1654 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    6. Holcombe, Benajah was born on 23 Jun 1644 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 25 Jan 1736/1737 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    7. Holcombe, Deborah was born on 15 Oct 1646 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died in 1648 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    8. Holcombe, Nathaniel was born on 4 Nov 1648 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died in (inv) 2 Apr 1741 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT.
    9. Holcombe, Deborah was born on 15 Feb 1650/1651 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 26 May 1686 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    10. Holcombe, Jonathan was born on 23 Mar 1652/1653 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 13 Sep 1656 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.