Samuel Bissell (abt. 1636 - 1700)

Born about 1636 in Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Abigail (Holcomb) Bissell — married 11 Jun 1658 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1700 at about age 64 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Birth

Samuel Bissell^[1] was the son of John Bissell and an unknown wife. His birth about 1636 went unrecorded and may have taken place in Plymouth Colony or the newly settled Windsor along the Connecticut River.

See profile of [[Bissell-55|John Bissell], section on "John Bissell's wife", for why his mother could not have been Elizabeth Thompson.

Marriages

Samuel Bissell married 11 Jun 1658 in Windsor, Connecticut, Abigail Holcomb, born c. 1637; died 17 Aug 1688, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb.^[2][3]

Samuel married a second time to Mary (Buell) Mills. Mary was mentioned in his will. Mary Bissell wrote her will 9 April 1718, leaving her estate to her Mills children and naming her son Simon Mills as executor.^[4] Marey Bissell, w. Samuell, of Windsor, d. June 24, 1718 in Simsbury.^[5] At least two of her children lived in Simsbury.

Death and Probate

Samuel Bissell died 3 Dec 1700.^[6]

Probate:^[7][8]

Samuel's will was dated 2 August, 1697. He wrote two additional Codicils before he died: "I Samuel Bissell Senior of Windsor ... do make this my last will and testament ... I give and bequeath to my son Samuel the sum of One hundred & forty pounds besides that land which I have already given him, on which his house standeth, which is about 6 acres. :Item. I give to my two daughters, Abigaile and Mary, which are already marryed, the sum of seventy pounds with what they have already received wch is twenty pounds a peice to Each of them.

Item. I give and bequeath to my three younger daughters, Elizabeth, Deborah and Hannah the Sum of Seventy five pounds a peice to each of them All wch legacies my will is that it shall be and remain to my children above named, to them and their heirs forever.

Item. I give ... to my son Joshua all that meadow land at Simsbury, wch belongs to me, wch I bought of Mr. Stone and Jonathan Gillett which is be estimation seventeen acres ... excepting two acres of the north side which my son Jacob did improve in his life, which sd. two acres I give to my grandson Jacob Bissell, son of Jacob Bissell decd., if he live to the age of 21 years and in case he do not survive to that age, my son Joshua shall have it. Also, two acres of upland on ye north side of the brooke known by the name of Bissell's Brooke, at Simsbury, I give to my son Joshua. ...

Item: I give to my grandson John Bissell, son of John Bissell decd., five pounds ... and two pounds 10 shillings to my granddaughter Abigaile Bissell ... I give to my grandson Jacob Bissell above named my dwelling house at Simsbury. Also as a token of my love to my wife Mary twenty shillings in silver money ... and for security of the payment of the five pounds per annum which I engaged to pay her while she remained my widow, I make over 10 acres of my meadow land at the south end known as the Great Meadow. ... I nominate my son Samuel to be executor, and desire ... John Moore, Lt. John Higley, Matthew Allyn and Michael Taintor to be my overseers."

Witness: John Moore, Sen., John Higley, Sen.

The wise disposeing providence of God having made a breach in my family by bereaveing of the son of my hope, whom I had nominated executor, has given me occasion to add this my codicil: The estate that I had devised to my son Samuel (who is deceased) shall, after my decease, be equally divided amongst my five daughters. I appoint my sonn-in-law, James Enno, executor, and supervisors as above. 23 April, 1698. Witness: Daniel Clarke, Martha Clarke.

A codicil, dated 25 November, 1700: The testator nominates his son-in-law John Pettebone, Jr., joint executor with James Enno; and to issue any differences that may arise in the division of the estate, he appoints his brother Benajah Holcomb and John Moore, Sen. Court Record, Page 4--16 December, 1700: James Enno, of Windsor, and John Pettebone exhibit the last will of their father-in-law, Samuel Bissell, of the same Windsor, deceased. Will proven by the witnesses.

Invt œ495-03-07. Taken 9 December, 1700, by John Moore, Sen., Matthew Allyn and Benajah Holcomb.

Children

Children all by his first wife:^[2][9][1]

1. John Bissell b. 5 April 1659
2. Abigail Bissell (6 July 1661-1728) m. James Eno
3. Jacob Bissell b. 28 March 1664
4. Mary Bissell b. 15 Sep 1666; m John Pettibone
5. Samuel Bissell b. 11 Jan 1668
6. Benajah Bissell b. 30 June 1671
7. Elizabeth Bissell b. 4 Jan 1677
8. Deborah Bissell b. 29 Oct 1679 m. Stephen Pettibone
9. Hannah Bissell b. 18 Sept 1682
10. Joshua Bissell. Note that Stiles doesn't mention Joshua, but Joshua was named in his father's will, no other records.

Research Notes

General Daniel Bissell: His Ancestors pp 22, 23] has some information on his life.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jessop, Edith Newbold, and French Rayburn Bissell. General Daniel Bissell: His Ancestors And Descendants, And the Hoyt, Strong, And Other Families With Which They Intermarried. New York, N.Y.: Wm. F. Fell co., printers], 1927.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Kuhns, Maude Pinney. The "Mary and John". A Story of The Founding of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1630. (Tuttle Pub. Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1943) Page 44
3. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II, G-O, Thomas Holcombe, p 966.
4. ↑ Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, Vol 9-10, 1716-1729 Accessed at Ancestry ($)
5. ↑ Simsbury Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) (From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.) p. 17.
6. ↑ Windsor. Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) (From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.) p. 34
7. ↑ Manwaring, Charles William. (comp.) A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. Vol II. Hartford District 1700-1729. (Hartford, Conn: R.S. Peck. 1904.) pp 21, 22
8. ↑ Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, Vol 7-8, 1700-1716 Accessed at Ancestry ($) (note pages are scanned backwards)
9. ↑ Stile Fam Anc Windsor

See also:

• Records of Marriages and Births in the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: NEHGR Vol 5 (1851), page 63
• Stiles, Henry Reed. The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (Hartford, CT., Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1891) vol II
• Pettibone Registry, page 9, see K. Pontius.
• Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-DVXB : 17 March 2018), Samuel Bissell, Death 1697, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,316,427.