Bezai Bisbee

1779 - 1804  (25 years)

• Name	Bezai Bisbee  [1]
  Birth	28 Mar 1779	Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Other Name	Beza
  Death	3 Sep 1804	Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  	Gravestone inscription: "Sacred To The Memory Of Mr. Beza Bisbee, Son Of Elijah Bisbee, Esq. & Mrs. Susanna, His Wife, Who Died Sept. 3, 1804, Aged 25 Years, 5 Months & 6 Days."
  		Beza Bisbee Photograph by Find A Grave contributor Joan Pulis
  Person ID	I1979	Bisbee
  Last Modified	16 May 2010

  
  

  Father	Elijah Bisbee, III,   b. 4 Sep 1745, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Apr 1831, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Susannah Ripley,   b. Abt 1745   d. 19 Apr 1837, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1773	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 4]
  Family ID	F601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Elizabeth Marshall,   b. 1768   d. 24 Jun 1842 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	17 Jan 1802  [2]
  	Married by Rev. John Briggs. [2]
  Children	+ 1. Elijah Bisbee,   b. 4 Jul 1802, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Apr 1869, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 66 years) + 2. William Marshall Bisbee,   b. 8 Mar 1805, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Jan 1859 (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F1022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Mar 1779 - Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - 3 Sep 1804 - Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Burial - - Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The name, "Bezai," is mentioned in the Holy Bible, Book of Ezra, Chapter II, Verse 17. Returned from Babylon. A verse on Beza's tombstone reads: "His youthful hopes were like the morning flower; Cut down at noon, withered in an hour. But hopes...." [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 77. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 155. [S3052] Gravestone, Old Burying Ground, Plympton, Massachusetts, "Sacred to the memory of / Mr. Beza Bisbee / (son of / Elijah Bisbee Esq. / & Mrs. Susanna his wife) / who died / Sept 3, 1804 / aged 25 years, / 5 mo's & 6 days". [S1165] Abstracted by Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, (The National Historical Publishing Co., Waynesboro, TN, 1990).