Lydia Bisbee b. 26 Jun 1811 , , New York, USA d. Aft 1880: A Bisbee Family History

1811 - Aft 1880 (69 years)

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Name	Lydia Bisbee [1, 2, 3, 4]
Birth	26 Jun 1811	, , New York, USA [4, 5, 6, 7]
Gender	Female
Census	7 Aug 1820	Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA [8]
Religion	25 May 1833	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA [9]
Religion	Received into First Baptist church
Census	1 Jun 1840	Busti Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA [10]
Census	25 Sep 1850	Venango Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA [11]
Census	11 Jul 1860	Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA [12]
Census	2 Jun 1880	French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA [13]
Death	Aft 1880
Person ID	I43	Bisbee
Last Modified	19 Apr 2010

Father	Reuben Bisbee, b. 27 Jul 1776, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Sep 1865, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA (Age 89 years)
Mother	Lydia Cushman, b. 25 Sep 1775, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Sep 1856, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA (Age 80 years)
Marriage	10 Oct 1797	Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [3, 14]
Family ID	F31	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Husband Truman D. Reynolds, b. Abt 1808, , , New York, USA d. Bef 1875 (Age 67 years)

Marriage

The conclusion that Reuben Bisbee's daughter Lydia became wife of Truman D. Reynolds is not directly proven, but the circumstantial evidence is compelling.
1) From Reuben Bisbee's 1865 Last Will and Testament, we know that Lydia Bisbee's married name was Reynolds.
2) Lydia Bisbee was born in 1811; according to the census this Lydia Reynolds was born about 1811.
3) Lydia Bisbee grew up in Madison County, New York; according to the census Lydia Reynolds was born in Madison County.
4) Lydia Bisbee's parents were born in Massachusetts; according to the census Lydia Reynolds' parents were born in Massachusetts.
5) Mrs. Truman Reynolds lived in and around Wattsburg during the mid- to late 1800's. Three of Lydia Bisbee's siblings--Joseph, Reuben and Betsy--all lived in close proximity to Mrs. Reynolds at one time or another. In 1875 and 1880 she is living right across the road from the Joseph Bisbee homestead.
6) Through 40 years of electronically searchable census, no other "Lydia Reynolds" has surfaced, who is of Lydia Bisbee's approximate age and place of birth.
7) If Lydia Bisbee and Mrs. Truman Reynolds are indeed the same person (as your compiler believes they are), then Lydia's son Erastus married his first cousin Ruth, daughter of Joseph C. Bisbee, a conclusion supported by evidence that their two children suffered afflictions often associated with marriage between first cousins.

Children

	1. Almira Reynolds, b. Abt 1835, , , New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown
+	2. Polly M. Reynolds, b. 24 Jan 1840, , , , Canada d. 6 May 1906 (Age 66 years)
+	3. Erastus D. Reynolds, b. 28 Jun 1844, , , New York, USA d. 29 Jul 1884, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 40 years)
	4. William H. Reynolds, b. 18 Jul 1846, , , New York, USA d. 20 May 1880 (Age 33 years)
	5. Hannah Reynolds, b. Abt 1849, , , New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Phillip Reynolds, b. Abt 1851, , , New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Richard Reynolds, b. Abt 1852, , , New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown
+	8. Abigail Jane Reynolds, b. 27 May 1856, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Jan 1943, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA (Age 86 years)

Family ID F7186 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

Event Map

	Birth - 26 Jun 1811 - , , New York, USA
	Census - 7 Aug 1820 - Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Religion - Received into First Baptist church - 25 May 1833 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Census - 1 Jun 1840 - Busti Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA
	Census - 25 Sep 1850 - Venango Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
	Census - 11 Jul 1860 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
	Census - 2 Jun 1880 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA

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Sources

[S1232] Bisbee, Reuben: Last Will and Testament, (Madison County Courthouse, Wampsville, New York. Probate File # 2621).
[S2183] Reynolds, William H (I20152): 1875 NY State Census, (Chautauqua County Courthouse, Mayville, New York. Dwelling 1875, family 48.).
[S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 5.
[S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 7.
[S1339] Margaret J. Bisbee, Bisbee, Reuben (I28): Family Bible List, (Erie, Pennsylvania. Self published, 1974: pp 1-2.).
[S1344] Hope S. Klee, Bisbee, Reuben (128): Family List (Kibbe), (Cortland, New York: student paper, State University, 1965. p. 35.).
[S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 21.
[S1540] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1820 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M33, roll 73; page 47, line 14; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1820-Smithfield.11.jpg.
[S1903] Transcribed by DAR Monument Chapter, Minneapolis, Records of the First Baptist Church of Lebanon, Madison County, New York, (Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Microreproduction of original typescript (244 leaves) written in 1948. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968. Film GS #860284.), p. 29, 0532970.
"25 May 1833. Lydia Bisbee related her Christian experiences, she having been baptized before. Voted to receive her"
[S1932] Reynolds, Truman D (I18312): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 271; page 81, line 6; image downloaded 9/2/2008), 1840-Busti.27.jpg.
[S1938] Reynolds, Truman D (I18312): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 777; page 70(B), line 2, dwelling 111, family 114; image downloaded 9/2/2008.), 1850-Venango.16.jpg.
[S1943] Reynolds, Truman D (I18312): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 1107; enumerated page 20, master page 20, line 9, dwelling 1410, family 155; image downloaded 9/2/2008), 1860-Amity.20.jpg.
[S1947] Reynolds, Lydia Bisbee (I43): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 815; enumeration district (ED) 57, enumerated page 2B, master page 374B, line 23, dwelling 21, family 21; image downloaded 9/2/2008.), 1880-French_Creek.57.2.jpg.
[S1233] Athrop Foster, editor, Vital Records of Kingston, Mass. to 1850, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1911.), 176, 204.
Under Marriages: "Bisbe, Reuben [int. Reuben] Jr. and Lydia Cushman [int. 2nd], Oct 10, 1797; Cushman, Lydia [int. 2nd] and Reuben [int. Reuben] Bisbe Jr., Oct 10, 1797."