Eleasar Bishop (1683-1755)

Sarah Dart (1681-)

John Bishop (1709-1785)

Rebeckah Whipple (-1751)

Deacon Peter Bishop (1735-1826)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Phebe Hamilton Simeon B. Bishop Amy Bishop William Bishop Harriet Bishop Peter Bishop+ Jonathan Bishop+ John Bishop Hannah Bishop+ Eliphal Bishop+ Phebe Bishop Jeremiah Bishop Eleasar Bishop Esther Bishop James Bishop Deacon Peter Bishop Born: 6 Aug 1735, New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States 1 2 Marriage: Phebe Hamilton Died: 8 Apr 1826, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada aged 90 1 2 Buried: Wolfville, King's County, Nova Scotia 2   Noted events in his life were: • Immigration: from New London, Connecticut, Jun 1760, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 3 4 He was "bringing with him provisions for a year, and enough stock to satisfy the demands of a good sized farm". • Land: original grantee of land, 29 May 1761, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 5 6 • Taxation: Assessment List, 1765, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 7 • Census, 1770, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 8 • Religion, 29 Oct 1778, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 9 • Occupation: farmer, 1791, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 10 • Taxation, 1791, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 11 Peter married Phebe Hamilton, daughter of Jonathan Hamilton and Elizabeth Strickland. (Phebe Hamilton was born on 27 Nov 1747 2.)

1 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: 1.

2 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), 572.

3 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).

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 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.

6 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.

7 Kings County, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, "1765 Assessment List, Horton Twp., Kings County," Peter Bishop; 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).

8 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.

9 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), 305-306.

10 Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, "Nova Scotia Poll Tax Rolls 1791-1793," database, That's My Family (www.thatsmyfamily.info : accessed 30 Jan 2009), Entry for Peter Bishop.

11 Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, "Nova Scotia Poll Tax Rolls 1791-1793," database, That's My Family (www.thatsmyfamily.info : accessed 30 Jan 2009), Entry for Peter Bishop .