Eleasar Bishop (1683-1755)

Sarah Dart (1681-)

John Bishop (1709-1785)

Rebeckah Whipple (-1751)

Col. John Bishop (1729-1815)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Mary Forsyth Amelia Bishop Hannah Bishop+ Charles Bishop John Bishop 2. Ruth Sheffield Col. John Bishop 4 Born: 1729, New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States 4 5 Marriage (1): Mary Forsyth on 16 Jun 1751 in New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States 1 2 Marriage (2): Ruth Sheffield on 13 Dec 1808 3 Died: 31 Aug 1815, Gaspereau, King's County, Nova Scotia, Canada aged 86 4 Buried: Gaspereau, King's County, Nova Scotia, Canada   Noted events in his life were: • Immigration: from New London, Connecticut, 1760, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 6 • Land: original grantee of land, 29 May 1761, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 7 8 9 John also purchased (along with his cousin George Bishop) a lot of land in Gaspereau. • Taxation: Assessment List, 1765, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 10 • Appointment: Justice of the Peace, 1768-1814 ?, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 11 John was appointed Justice of the Peace starting in 1768 and continuing through the years - 1783, 1792, 1797, 1807, and the next appointment year was 1815. He was not on that list, and of course died that year. • Census, 1770, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 12 • Occupation: farmer, 1791, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 9 John was also a carpenter, a clockmaker, and a land surveyor. • Taxation, 1791, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. John married Mary Forsyth, daughter of James Forsyth and Unknown, on 16 Jun 1751 in New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States.1 13 (Mary Forsyth was born in 1723 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States,9 died on 22 Mar 1808 in Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada 4 9 and was buried in Gaspereau, King's County, Nova Scotia, Canada 4.)   Noted events in their marriage were: • Alt. Wedding, 16 Jul 1751. 5 John next married Ruth Sheffield on 13 Dec 1808.3 (Ruth Sheffield died on 1 Sep 1827 3 and was buried in Wolfville, King's County, Nova Scotia 3.)

1 Grace Shaw Woldf, New London Town Records, Book Second, (S.l.: s. n., c1900?), rebound copy in custody of the Memphis Public Library, Memphis, TN, Transcribed by Pamela J. Taylor <ptaylor05@earthlink.net>; online New London Town Records, Book 2 <http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/nl2.html> as part of the USGenWeb New London, CT project <http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/>;.

2 Coralynn Brown, Lucisu Barnes Barbour, "New London, New London Co., CT, 1646 - 1854 Vital Records from Barbour," online transcription; 1646 - 1854 Vital Records from Barbour; . John Bishop and Mary Forsyth Avery Bishop; http://dunhamwilcox.net/barbour/newlond_main.htm

3 Aurthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of King's County (Salem, Massechusetts: The Salem Press Company, (Online at Our Roots, http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1416), 1910), 571.

4 Aurthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of King's County (Salem, Massechusetts: The Salem Press Company, (Online at Our Roots, http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1416), 1910), 570.

5 Esther Clark Wright, Planters and Pioneers, Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775, Revised Edition (Hantsport, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press Limited, 1978, 1982), 57.

6 Peter Landry, History of Nova Scotia: Book #2, The Awakening (1760-1815); Blupete's History (http://www.blupete.com/History.htm : downloaded 9 Mar 2009), Part 1, "Pre-Revolutionary Settlement", Ch. 3 - The New England Planters (1760-1763).

7 Aurthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of King's County (Salem, Massechusetts: The Salem Press Company, (Online at Our Roots, http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1416), 1910), 72.

8 Anne Borden Harding, "The New Englander of Nova Scotia," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 116, No. 461 (January 1962); digital images, Suzanne Whyte, rootsweb(http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~downhome/newenglander.html : accessed 6 Mar 2009) 3-13.

9 Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, Tangled Roots, Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia A New England Planter Family, 4 volumes (Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, 1990), 1: 5.

10 Kings County, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, "1765 Assessment List, Horton Twp., Kings County," John Bishop Jr; digital images, Rootsweb, Submitted by: Randy Larsen (by Kings County NS GenWeb and its contributors), Kings County 1765 Assessment - Horton(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nskings/1765horton.html : accessed 7 Mar 2009).

11 Aurthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of King's County (Salem, Massechusetts: The Salem Press Company, (Online at Our Roots, http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1416), 1910), 167-168.

12 1770 census, Horton Twp., Kings County of Great Britain, Nova Scotia, Kings County, Horton Twp., John Bishop; digital images, Rootsweb, Transcribed by Susan Gowen (Kings County NS GenWeb and its contributors), Kings County (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nskings/1770horton.html : accessed 7 Mar 2009); original Nova Scotia Archives and Record Management RG1 Vol. 443 No. 15 - 1770 Horton.

13 Coralynn Brown, Lucisu Barnes Barbour, "New London, New London Co., CT, 1646 - 1854 Vital Records from Barbour," online transcription; 1646 - 1854 Vital Records from Barbour; . John Bishop and Mary Forsyth Avery Bishop.