Deliverance Bissell

Deliverance (Hawes) Bissell (1640 - 1718)

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hawes-839

Alternate last names from various sources: Hayes, Haines

Deliverance Hawes was born at Dorchester, Massachusetts on June 11, 1640, daughter of Richard and Anne (____) Hawes. [2]

Deliverance married first John Rockwell as his second wife, on August 18, 1662 at Windsor, Connecticut. Her name on the marriage record is incorrectly listed as 'Hayes'. [3] [2] John was baptized at Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England on July 18, 1627, son of William and Susan (Capen) Rockwell. [4][5][6]

After John died on September 7, 1673 [3], she married second, Robert Warner February 2, 1674/5, at Windsor as his second wife. [2] Robert was born about 1630, son of Andrew and Mary (Humfrey) Warner. [7][8][6]

Her husband Robert died on April 10, 1690. [9] [10] [8]

Deliverance married third, about 1692, Nathaniel Bissell, as his third wife. Nathaniel, son of John Bissell was born at Windsor on September 24, 1640. [9]

1681: July 30: Deliverance Warner was admitted to the church at Middletown. [8]
1708: August 22: Deliverance Bissell, alias Warner, with her daughter Ruth Bissell, alias Warner, was dismissed from the First Church at Middleton to the Windor Scantic Church. [11] [8]
Nathaniel Bissell died on March 12, 1713/4 at Windsor. [9]

Deliverance died at Middletown, Connecticut on June 12, 1718. [9] [10]

Rockwell Children

1. John born on September 5, 1663; died young. [3] or 6 sept 1663[5][6]
2. Hannah born on May 30, 1665.[3][6] or 30 May 1665[5]d. unmarried[6]
3. Joseph born on July 8, 1668. [3][5][6]
4. Elizabeth born on February 5, 1670. [3][5][6] m. Lieut James Ward[6] Stiles lists their children.

Warner Children

1. Ruth born in November, 1675 [10] ; married David Bissell. [8]
2. Bethiah born on October 8, 1680 [10]; married Nathaniel Grant. [8]
3. Samuel born on May 19, 1683; died on May 6 1732 [10]; married Susannah Hall. [8]

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Married

1. John Rockwell, 18 Mar 1662 (2nd wife)
2. Robert Warner, 2 Feb 1674/75 (2nd wife)
3. Nathan Bissell, est 1692 (3rd wife)

Her actual surname is HAWES (CLAPP HAWES)

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Deliverance_Hawes_%281%29 cites
  • Hawes, Frank Mortimer. Richard Hawes of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Some of His descendants. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1932) 30-33.
  • Boston (Massachusetts). Record Commissioners. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1890) 1:2. “Deliverance, the daughter of Richard Hewes & Anne his wife was Born 11th, (4th.) 1640.”
  • Middletown Vital Records (NEHGS), in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records 50. “Bissell, Deliverance, formerly w. of Robert Warner, d. June 12, 1718 [LR1:25].”
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Robert_Warner_%287%29
  • The Estate of Robert Warner of Middletown "Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 62. Warner, Robert, Middletown. Invt. £415-05-06. Taken 5 June, 1690, by Nathaniel White, Francis Wetmore, William Sumner & John Hamlin. The legatees: Seth Warner, age 32 years, John 28, Samuel 27, Elizabeth 30, Mary 26, Sarah 20, Mehetabell 17, Ruth 15, Bethiah 10. Court Record, Page 16—4 September, 1690: Adms. to the Widow and to Seth, the eldest son. Francis Wetmore and Sargt. John Warner to be Overseers."[5]
• http://www.ourgenerationsancestors.org/getperson.php?personID=I5728... cites
  • BIRTH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 2 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r).
• CHR: RECORDS OF THE FIRST CHURCH AT DORCHESTER IN NEW ENGLAND (Boston, 1891), 152 (FHL #974.461 K2r). Given name is obliterated on original rec, but it could be no other than Deliverance, who was born 3 days before.
  • MAR #1: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 247 (FHL #002983). The entry states that the mar occurred at Dorchester, Mass. The wife is called Deliverance "Haynes" on mar entry. However, a manuscript genealogy of the Rockwell family, dated 1731, identifies her as "Haws." No Deliverance Haynes has been found, and Deliverance Hawes was the right age and lived in Dorchester where the mar occurred. See D. William Patterson, "The Rockwell Family," NYGBR, 2(1871):99-100 (FHL #974.7 B2n).
  • MAR #2: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 246. Husband is called "Robard Warrennak" on mar entry. He is called "Robert Warner" on death rec of Deliverance, below. 1st husband, John Rockwell, died at Windsor 3 Sep 1673 ("Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 247).
  • MAR #3: No mar rec found. Deliverance Bissell is called "formerly wife of Robert Warner" on death rec, below. Adm of estate of Deliverance Bissell of Middletown, 5 Aug 1718, was granted to her son Capt. Joseph Rockwell. The inv of estate, 6 Oct 1718, calls her "Widow of Nathaniel Bissell. "See abstracts from Hartford District Probate in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 2:358 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Second husband, Robert Warner, died at Middletown, 11 Apr 1690 ("Middletown Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1651-1854," Barbour Collection [typescript, 1923; Conn. State Library, Hartford], 476 [FHL #002974]).
  • DEATH: "Middletown Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 50. Also see the adm and inv of estate, above.