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Abigail (Filley) Bissell (1658 - 1707)

Abigail Bissell formerly Filley aka Tudor
Born in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colonymap
Wife of — married 26 Aug 1680 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticutmap
Wife of — married 20 Oct 1685 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 48 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colonymap
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Biography

Abigail Filley was born 21 August 1658 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, the daughter of William Filley and Margaret Cockney.[1]

"Abigal [sic.] Æ 22 on Aug[ust] 21, 1680, d[aughter] of William, m[arried] Samuell Bissell, Æ 20 Apr[il] 5, 1680, s[on] of John [names of father and son erroneously reversed; actually Abigail married John, son of Samuell see also next entry.] on 26 Aug 1680," in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony.[1]

Abigail Filly [sic.] married John Bissill 26 August 1680; daughter Abigail born 3 August 1681.[2] Their second child, son John, was born circa 1682-3, estimated by his age of 2 years as stated in his father's estate (see following paragraph.)

"Inventory: £127-02-08, taken 27 January, 1684-5, by John Loomis, and John Moore. The children: Abigail, 3 1/2 years of age; John, 2 years.Court Record, Page 104--24 March, 1684/5: Administration to Abigail Bissell, widow. Distribution of £21-13-04 to the widow; to the son a double portion; to the daughter a single portion. John Loomis Sr. and John Loomis Jr. to be Overseers."[3]

The widow Abigail Bissill married Samuel Tudor 30 Oct 1865, in Windsor.[4]

She died 8 January 1707/8 in Windsor[5], in her 50th year.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Barbour Collection) [hereinafte The Barbour Collection] (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Windsor, page 96. Subscription site.
  2. Article "Early Records of Early Windsor, CT." copied and arranged by Parsons, Samuel H., Esq. in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Volume 5 (1851) page 365. Subscripion site.
  3. Manwaring, Charles William; A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford, Conn.; R. S. Peck & Co.; 1904). Available through Internet Archive: Volume 1 (Hartford District, 1635-1700), pages 275-6
  4. 'The Barbour Collection, Volume: Windsor, page 27. Subscription site.
  5. The Barbour Collection, Volume: Windsor, page 279. Subscription site.

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  • Some data taken from: "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CXN-Y4F : accessed 9 April 2018), entry for Abigail Filley; file (2:2:2:MM95-TN4), submitted 27 July 2003 by CarolAnnfernandez1 [identity withheld for privacy].

Jones, Edward Payson, "Genealogy of the Descendants of John Bissell of Windsor, Connecticut by 1640" (1939). Book Collections at the Maine State Library. 33. https://digitalmaine.com/books/33





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