John Bishop (1709-1785)

Rebeckah Whipple (-1751)

Abraham Harding (-)

Mercy Vibber (1715-)

Timothy Bishop (1740-1827)

Mercy Harding (1742-1783)

Silas Bishop (1764-1865)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Anna Wells Orinda Bishop Judah Wells Bishop Silas Bishop Guy Bishop Mercy Ann Bishop Silas Bishop 1 Born: 2 Oct 1764 1 Marriage: Anna Wells Died: 15 Mar 1865, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada aged 100 1   Noted events in his life were: • Occupation: farmer, 1791, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2 • Taxation, 1791, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 3 • Alt. Birth, 15 Mar 1865. 4 Silas married Anna Wells, daughter of Capt. Judah Wells and Anna Skinner. (Anna Wells was born on 25 Dec 1768 1.)

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), 4: 7.

2 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), Record for Silas Bishop.

3 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 Silas Bishop .

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), 573.