John Bishop 3
- Born: 1709, New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States 2 3
- Baptized: 8 Jul 1722 3
- Marriage (1): Rebeckah Whipple on 20 May 1731 in New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States 1
- Marriage (2): Hannah Allen 2
- Died: 28 Oct 1785, Greenwich, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada aged 76 2 3
- Buried: Wolfville, King's County, Nova Scotia 2 3
 Noted events in his life were:
• Immigration: from New London, Connecticut, Jun 1760, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2 4 5 John and his family were part of the first group of New England Planters.
Expanding population in New England, was reducing available farmland. Westward expansion was blocked by New France. The opportunity offered by Gov. Lawrence to farm in Nova Scotia was a good one. John was "bringing with him provisions for a year, and enough stock to satisfy the demands of a good sized farm".
• Land: original grantee of one and one-half share of land, 29 May 1761, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2 6
• Taxation: Assessment List, 1765, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 7
• Census, 1770, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 8
John married Rebeckah Whipple on 20 May 1731 in New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States.1 (Rebeckah Whipple died on 17 Oct 1751 in New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States 2.) The cause of her death was a sickness of 8 years.
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Marriage Performed By: Eliphalet Adams. 1
John next married Hannah Allen, daughter of Samuel Allen and Lydia Hastings.2 (Hannah Allen was born in 1712 2 9 and died after 1778 9.)
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Sources
1
Frederic W. Bailey, Early Connecticut Marriages as found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Second book, scanned text, pp. 7-38; New London, CT, Marriages - Bailey, online http://home.earthlink.net/~sgtusgw/ctnewlondon/nlBailey.html, website published 7/12/2003. Originally published in hard copy (New Haven, CT: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1896).
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), 570.
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), 1: xii.
4
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).
5
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: viii.
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," John Bishop Sr; 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
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.
