Silas
B.
Bishop
Born in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Son of Timothy Bishop
and Mercy (Harding) Bishop
Brother of
Abigail (Bishop) Fitch, Rebecca (Bishop) Calkins, Eunice (Bishop) Harris, Ezra Bishop, Amy (Bishop) DeWolf, Timothy Bishop II, Mercy (Bishop) Seaman, Mary (Bishop) Wells, Anna (Bishop) Cox, Ebenezer Bishop [half] and Olivia (Bishop) Roy [half]
Husband of
Anna (Wells) Bishop
— married
2 Oct 1784 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Orinda (Bishop) Burbidge, Judah Wells Bishop, Silas Bishop, Guy Bishop and Mercy Ann (Bishop) Best
Died
at age 100
in White Rock, Kings, Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Nov 2010
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Biography
Silas Bishop lived at Gaspereau, opposite White Rock Mills on the south side of the Gaspereau River.
In 1784, he married Anna Wells, the daughter of Captain Judah Wells and Ann (Skinner) Bigelow.
Silas Bishop, farmer, appears in the 1838 census of Horton Township, Kings County with 1 female over 14 [Anna, his wife], total 2 including himself.
He died 15 Mar 1865.
Source
- Tangled Roots: Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia : a New England Planter Family, Volume 4, page 7
- The Township Books of Kings County, Nova Scotia compiled by Lorna Woodman Evans
- 1838 census
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of Bishop Family Tree.ged on 18 February 2011.
- WikiTree profile Bishop-2659 created through the import of Bishop_Ducharme (3).ged on Oct 22, 2012 by Leslie Bishop.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Greg Bishop
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #IN65298 - Ronald Nickerson :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup r-m269, FTDNA kit #874749
- Franklin Bishop :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #162034
- Alex Bishop :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #IN94340
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~1.56%
Phyllis (Bishop) Johnston :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Franklin Bishop :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YA4194471 [compare], FTDNA kit #162034
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~0.78%
Ronald Nickerson :
23andMe, GEDmatch RY6260638 [compare]
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~0.78%
Michael Steeves :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Marla Ward :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UH3543148 [compare], Ancestry member marlabanks123
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~0.78%
James Turner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member turnerj384
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~0.78%
Glenn Sylvester :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mark Robinson :
AncestryDNA
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