John Bishop, of Guilford

John Bishop

• Birth: baptized 3 January 1590 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England (documentation needed) (also seen as Neen Savage, Shropshire)
• Death: Feb 1661 - Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
• Parents: unknown. Seen as Richard Bishop & his wife Dulzabella with no supporting evidence,
• Married: Ann (1592-1676). Maiden name seen as "Stevens" but parents unknown It is stated in the John Stone Family Genealogy that the first ship, the St. John, commanded by Captain Russell, sailed from England on May 20, 1639, and arrived at New Haven between July 10th and 15th, 1639. The list of persons (in alphabetical order) who are believed to have come in this ship and to have settled, with few exceptions, in Guilford is as follows:

Allied Families

John Bishop, Francis Bushnell, Francis Chatfield, William Chitteden, Thomas Cook, Abraham Cruttenden, Henry Dowd, William Dudley, Richard Gutridge, John Hoadley, William Hall, John Hughes, John Jordan, Thomas Jones, Henry Kingsnorth, Robert Kitchell, William Leete, John Mepham, William Plane, John Parmelin, Thomas Nash, Thomas Norton, John Stone, William Stone, Rev. Henry Whitfield.

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"John Bishop, immigrant ancestor, born in England, about 1600, was one of the twenty-five immigrants who came with Rev. Henry Whitfield's company from England and founded Guilford, Connecticut. His name was signed second to the Plantation Covenant made on shipboard June 1, 1639. Robert Kitchell signed first. The order of the name indicates the respective social and other standing of the company, judging from analogy in similar cases. He was fifth on the list of trustees of the Indian purchases, and one of the four magistrates appointed to administer justice and preserve peace in the community. He brought his family of several children with him, and is said to be brother of James Bishop of New Haven, a contemporary. His wife was Anne. He died February, 1661, and she died April, 1676. His estate was the largest in the colony with the exception of Mr. Whitfield's. The site of John Bishop's homestead was suitably marked at the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Guilford, Connecticut, held September 8, 9, 10, 1889. Children, probably all born in England: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Stephen, married May 4, 1654, Tabitha Wilkinson, of Bermuda, who died December 21, 1692; he died at Guilford, June, 1690. 3. Bethia, married James Steele. 5. Daughter, married -- Hubbard."

Children (not all pedigrees include Sarah)

1. Anne (1622-1671) married John Jordan.
2. Sarah (1628-1657) married George Chatfield.
3. John (1625- 1683) married Susannah Goldham.
4. Stephen (~1627- 1690) married Tabitha Wilkinson.
5. Bethia (1631-1675) married James Steele.

Sources:

1. Guilford Vital Records; Conn N2b Am. Gen. Vol 10 pp17-18; Vol 12 p.185 H6E2 1000 years of Hubbard p.199 Archives Lora Hancock, Mesa, Az.
2. Mr. Ralph R. Cluff, 340 Arnwood, Medford, OR 97501 and all information above this note also came from him.
3. Talcott. Families of Early Guilford Connecticut.
4. Cutter. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV.
5. Family Record of the Maltby-Morehouse Family by Georgia Lord Morehouse Maltby, pg. 52
6. Clergymen and Chiefs by Alexander McQueen, pg. 173
7. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter, pg. 1687
8. Families of Early Guilford, I:76

Links

• http://www.stupakgen.net/Genealogy/Beahm/15620_bish.htm
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rajones&i...

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Marriage is recorded both in England and Connecticut on the LDS site.

"Lived in Guilford, Conn. 1639."

JOHN BISHOP came in the first ship (St. John) that came direct from England to New Haven. He died in Guilford before January 7, 1661, when his inventory was taken. His widow Ann survived him, and her will was probated in Hartford, June, 1676. He had three or more children. The sons, John (16__-1683) and Stephen (16__-1690), lived and died in Guilford, and both had large sized families.

John Bishop, I BIRTH 1580 Neen Savage, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England DEATH 7 Feb 1661 (aged 80–81) Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA BURIAL Village Green Cemetery Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map PLOT unknown MEMORIAL ID 160605971 · View Source

It is stated in the John Stone Family Genealogy that the first ship, the St. John, commanded by Captain Russell, sailed from England on May 20, 1639, and arrived at New Haven between July 10th and 15th, 1639. The list of persons (in alphabetical order) who are believed to have come in this ship and to have settled, with few exceptions, in Guilford is as follows:

John Bishop, Francis Bushnell, Francis Chatfield, William Chitteden, Thomas Cook, Abraham Cruttenden, Henry Dowd, William Dudley, Richard Gutridge, John Hoadley, William Hall, John Hughes, John Jordan, Thomas Jones, Henry Kingsnorth, Robert Kitchell, William Leete, John Mepham, William Plane, John Parmelin, Thomas Nash, Thomas Norton, John Stone, William Stone, Rev. Henry Whitfield. ∼ One of Twenty five men and their families who sailed from London England in April 1639 on the ship St John under Captain Russell. Landed at Quinnipiack now New Haven and moved east to Memunkatuck, purchased the land from local tribes founding Guilford Connecticut in 1643. John Bishop was one of Six men as Trustees of the community land and justice of the peace from 1639-1643 He was married to Anne Bishop in England she d. April 1676 in Hartford Connecticut. They had 6 Children Mary, Anne, John, Bethia, Stephen, Sarah.

Spouse Anne Elizabeth Stevens Bishop, 1592–1676 (m. 1623)

Children Mary Bishop Hubbard, 1600–1676 Ann Bishop Clark, 1622–1672 John Bishop, 1625–1683 John Bishop, 1625–1683 Sarah Bishop Chatfield, 1628–1657 Stephen Bishop, 1630–1690

Inscription

Although this person was likely interred in Guilford's original village cemetery (now the commons and public park in downtown Guilford), no surviving gravestone was known in 1818 when all gravestones at the Village Green, but not the people's remains, were dispersed to other town cemeteries. Gravesite Details Time and weather had erased the location of this grave when the cemetery was moved

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160605971/john-bishop

Disputed Origins and other family relations A John Bishop born in the 1580s, 1590s or early 1600s would not have been the son of a Richard Bishop born in the early 1600s. While oft seen in family files, the estimated age of men Richard Bishop (Bishop-1500) and Richard Bishop (Bishop-179) would preclude them to be candidates as the father of John Bishop, early Guilford settler. See also G2G discussions: "Straightening out some Kings and Bishops, early New England immigrants" and "If John Bishop was born in 1590, how was his father Richard born in 1609?" Some family files place a daughter, Mary Bishop, the wife of George Hubbard, in the family of this John Bishop. This association was apparently devised from a passage in the will of Anne Bishop, John's widow. (Her will calls out a grandchild, "Elezabeth Hubbard.") A discussion about why George Hubbard's wife could not have been John Bishop's daughter is found in Nathan Grier Parke II, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth, Donald Lines Jacobus, ed. (1960), 98-100. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bishop-171

From Find a Grave:

It is stated in the John Stone Family Genealogy that the first ship, the St. John, commanded by Captain Russell, sailed from England on May 20, 1639, and arrived at New Haven between July 10th and 15th, 1639. The list of persons (in alphabetical order) who are believed to have come in this ship and to have settled, with few exceptions, in Guilford is as follows:

John Bishop, Francis Bushnell, Francis Chatfield, William Chitteden, Thomas Cook, Abraham Cruttenden, Henry Dowd, William Dudley, Richard Gutridge, John Hoadley, William Hall, John Hughes, John Jordan, Thomas Jones, Henry Kingsnorth, Robert Kitchell, William Leete, John Mepham, William Plane, John Parmelin, Thomas Nash, Thomas Norton, John Stone, William Stone, Rev. Henry Whitfield. ∼
One of Twenty five men and their families who sailed from London England in April 1639 on the ship St John under Captain Russell. Landed at Quinnipiack now New Haven and moved east to Memunkatuck, purchased the land from local tribes founding Guilford Connecticut in 1643. John Bishop was one of Six men as Trustees of the community land and justice of the peace from 1639-1643 He was married to Anne Bishop in England she d. April 1676 in Hartford Connecticut. They had 6 Children Mary, Anne, John, Bethia, Stephen, Sarah.