Amy (Harris) Bishop (1769)

Born 20 Mar 1769 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of John Bishop III — married about 1784 in Kings County, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Gaspereau, Kings, Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Amy or Anna Harris was born on 20 Mar 1769, in Horton Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Her parents were Daniel Harris and Hannah Forsyth.^[1][2]

Amy married John Bishop in 1784.^[3]

The family lived in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia where John was a farmer and paid poll tax in 1791.^[4]

Husband John died at sea in 1798, but it is not known when Amy died or if she remarried.

Children:

1. Mary, b. 1785
2. Charlotte, b. 18 Apr 1787
3. Daniel Harris, b. 1788
4. John Thomas, b. 25 Apr 1793
5. Amelia, b. 22 Apr 1795^[5]

Sources

^{[1] [3] [5] [4] [2]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XL5Y-9X2 : 10 February 2018), Anna Harris, 20 Mar 1769; citing , HORTON TWP, KINGS, NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 928,972.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Township Books of Kings County, Nova Scotia compiled by Lorna Woodman Evans, page 105
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Bishop Family Association, Tangled Roots: Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia, a New England Planter Family V1: Colonel John Bishop (Altoona, Manitoba, Canada: Friesen Printers, 1990). Available at Family History Library, Call Number: 929.271 B541. Also view digital version [restricted] online only at FHL at www.familysearch.org
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838, database, Ancestry.com, entry for John Bishop, Esq., 1791 (accessed 31 May 2018) citing Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Census, Assesment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1827 citing Halifax Real Estate Valuation, 1775. Commissioner of Public Records collection. Series: City of Halifax, 1749–1869. RG 1, vol. 411. Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F2PL-V45 : 9 March 2018), Anna Harris in entry for Fuller, 20 Aug 1865; citing Cemetery, Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, reference p.8, no.88; FHL microfilm 1,298,861.

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Doug Coldwell for starting this profile.