Samuel Bisbee, Jr.

1757 - 1845  (88 years)

• Name	Samuel Bisbee  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	29 Mar 1757  [2]
  Christening	17 Apr 1757  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 May 1845	Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1385	Bisbee
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	Samuel Bisbee,   b. 9 Jul 1722, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Jul 1802, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Martha Snell,   b. North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 May 1806, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Marriage	2 May 1751	East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  	Martha Snell was from Bridgewater, Mass. They were Married at the First Church. [1]
  Family ID	F538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 1	Jerusha Glover Pope,   b. Abt 1752   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	17 Jul 1783  [2]
  Children	1. Nancy Bisbee,   b. Abt 1795   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2009

  
  

  Wife 2	Mary Remington,   b. 1740   d. 1803 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Aft 17 Jul 1783
  Children	1. Elisha Bisbee,   b. 1784, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Mary Bisbee,   b. 20 Mar 1784, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Mar 1864, Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 80 years) + 3. Jerusha Bisbee,   b. 1791, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown   4. Nancy Bisbee,   b. 1792, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA + 5. Hannah Bisbee,   b. 28 Feb 1793, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown   6. Susannah Bisbee,   b. 1796, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 28 May 1845 - Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The 1790 US Census for Massachusetts lists, "Samuel Bisbee, Stoughton, Suffolk County, 4 m. and 3 fem. The records of soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts lists, "Samuel Bisby, Private, Capt. Theophilus Lyon's Co., Lieut. Col. Samuel Pierce's Regiment; enlisted 3-1-1778; discharged 4-5-1778. Service 36 days at Castle Island." Samuel was in the Battle of Long Island and also White Plains. He was in Capt. macy Williams' Co. at Germantown and served to the close of the war. Regarding the duel between General Poor and Major Porter, the following is reported: " (Mass. Historical Society, march 1882, page 259) "Samuel Bisbee, who died in 1845, aged 88 yrs., a man of truth and accuracy (See N. E. Hist. and Gen. Register, Jan. 1850, Vol. 4, page 100) though he did not enlist under Porter, having been earlier in the service, was in the same regiment at the time of the duel and assured the writer that he himself heard the report of the pistol shortly after daybreak. Major Porter an ex-preacher, challenged a superior officer and killed him in a duel." From Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, "Samuel, S34031, Cont Line (MA), appl 4 May 1818 Plymouth Cty MA aged 60 a res of Easton in Bristol Cty MA, in 1820 sol was aged 63 with wife Jerusha aged 68 & a daughter Nancy aged 25." Samuel d. "Aged 88 yrs." [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 64. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 126. 1 [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 127. 1