Elizabeth Bisbee

The 'Goodship The 'Goodship Hercules of Sandwich' left Sandwich, England in1634 with her master, John Witherley.

On the passenger list are Thomas Besbeech of Sandwich and three daughters, Mary, Alice and Elizabeth.

Origins

Thomas, of Sandwich, Eng, came in the Hercules in March 1634. Settled at Cambridge, gent., propr 1636. Rem to Scituate, frm Feb 7, 1636-7. Rec'd chh 1637. Propr at Barnstable 1638-9. Rem to Duxbury 1639. Sold land in D. 1647, having removed to Sudbury in 1645. Rem to Marshfield and sold land at S. 13 Oct 1664. Ret to Sudbury. He d March 9, 1673-4. Will dated 25 Nov 1672, prob 7 (2) 1674, [delivered by him to Edmund Browne to keep, as the latter attests]; beq to gr ch and adopted son Thomas Besbeech alias Browne, son of his dau Mary, wife to William B. of Sudbury, lands in Hetcorne and Frittenden, C. Kent, Eng.; to dau Mary; to dau Alice, wife of John Bourne of Marshfield; to gr ch William, Edmund and Hopestill, sons of dau Mary, and to her daus Susanna, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary, wife of John Rice; to Thomas and Sarah ch of dau Alice Bourne; to Mary dau of Thos. Besbeech alias Browne; to Experience son of Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Bent.

References

• Genealogy of the Bisbee family : descendants of Thomas Besbeech (Bisbee) of Scituate, Duxbury and Sudbury, Massachusetts / by Frank J. Bisbee. page 19. Archive.Org