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Timothy Bishop
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Timothy Bishop 3
- Born: 22 Jul 1740, New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States 1 3 4
- Baptized: 2 Dec 1798 3
- Marriage (1): Mercy Harding on 1 Apr 1762 in Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada 1 2 3
- Marriage (2): Mercy Gore on 18 Dec 1783 1 3
- Died: 10 Jan 1827, Greenwich, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada aged 86 1 3
- Buried: Wolfville, King's County, Nova Scotia 3
 Noted events in his life were:
• Immigration: from New London, Connecticut, 1760, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 3 5
• Land: original grantee of one-half share of land, 29 May 1761, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 3 6 7
• Taxation: Assessment List, 1765, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 8
• Census, 1770, 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. 3
Timothy married Mercy Harding, daughter of Abraham Harding and Mercy Vibber, on 1 Apr 1762 in Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1 2 3 (Mercy Harding was born on 30 Jan 1742 1 3 and died on 22 Aug 1783 1 3.)
Timothy next married Mercy Gore, daughter of Moses Gore and Desire Burns, on 18 Dec 1783.1 3 (Mercy Gore was born on 10 Feb 1743 in Preston, , Connecticut, United States 1 3 and died on 26 Jul 1832 in Greenwich, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada 3.)
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Sources
1
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.
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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), 683.
3
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: 1.
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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.
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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).
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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.
7
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.
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Kings County, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, "1765 Assessment List, Horton Twp., Kings County," Timothy 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).
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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.
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 Timothy Bishop .
