Ann (Stevens) Bishop (1592 - 1676)

Born 1592 in Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died Apr 1676 at about age 84 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Anne _______ married John Bishop and migrated to New England with him about 1637. They settled in Guilford, Connecticut.

Ann may or may not have had a maiden surname of STEVENS.

Children

Sources:^[1][2]

It is clear from Anne's will that in 1673, she had just three living children, and, no doubt, another daughter, mother of Elizabeth Hubbard, was deceased.

One theory is that Elizabeth was the daughter of Mary who married George Hubbard. They had a daughter Elizabeth, however Mary was still living in 1673. Further Mary was of a different generation than the Bishop children.

A more likely scenario is that John and Ann Bishop were parents of Anne wife of John Jordan. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Daniel Hubbard. Betty [Elizabeth] Jordan had witnessed the 1660 will of Mr. John Bishop of Guilford, being then in the Bishop house. She may have lived with her grandparents, explaining why she was the only grandchild to be mentioned. Also supporting this, Winthrop in 1658, mentioned Mary Jordan daughter of Thomas Clark's wife of Guilford, but living at Jeremy (misreading of James) Steele's for the present. James Steele was the husband of Bethia Bishop, so Mary Jordan was living with her Aunt Bethia Steele.

Children

1. Ann, b. (say 1620-2); d. at Saybrook, Coon., 1 Jan. 1671/2; m. (i) by 1639, John Jordan, who d. at Guilford in 1650; m. (2) by 1654, Thomas Clarke, who d. at Guilford, bur. 10 Oct. 1668.
2. John, b. [say 1625); d. at Guilford, Oct. 1683; m. 13 Dec. 1650, Susanna Goldham, who d. 1 Nov. 1703. 

3. Stephen, b. [say 1627]; d. at Guilford, June 1690; m. 4 May 1654, Tabitha Wilkinson of Bermuda.
4. Bethia, b. [say 1630); d. before 1685; m. [perhaps 18 Oct. 1651], James Steele, bapt. at Fairsted, co. Essex, Eng., 30 Nov. 1622, d. at Hartford, Conn., in or shortly after 1698, son of George and Margery (Sorrell) Steele. He was Commissary in King Philip’s War.

Incorrect Children

• Betsy BISHOP was born 1616.
• Sarah BISHOP was born 1628 and died 30 Sep 1657.
• Mary BISHOP was born about 1603 and died 14 Sep 1675.

Death, Will & Probate

Ann died Apr 1676 in Guilford, New Haven, CT.

"This wrighting witnesseth that I Anne Bishopp of Giulford widow, being weake in body, But sound in mind and memory. Doe make this my last will and testament in maner and forme following d first I give unto my eldest sonne . John Bishop the some of five poundes. Above his equall proportion with my othr Tow [crossed out three] Children, Item I give twentie shillings unto my grandchild Elezebeth Hubbard, Item I Give unto Thomas Smith who formerly was servant to me, the some of ten shillings. Item All the rest of my estate, not before nor here after willed, my mind is that, After all Just Depts paid, leagasies and all Nesesary charges be payed and Discharged, Shall be Devided Betwixt my three children viz John and Steven Bishop and Jams Steele, and I doe make the said James Steele my sonne in law My full and whole executor to doe and performe all things. According to this my last will and testament. And I doe give him five pound for his pains over and above his third part of all my estate both here and in England. In wittnes whereof I have sett to my hand this twelvth day of June Ano 1673. The mark of Anne Bishop." Sworn to in Court June 13 1676. Inventory taken 6 May 1676. £81-09-07 in Hartford and Guilford.^[3][4]

Research Notes

Some 'trees' have death date as 07 Sep 1676, but no sourcing has been found to match that date.

Sources

1. ↑ Nathan Grier Parke II, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth, Donald Lines Jacobus, ed. (1960), 98-100; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed2014)
2. ↑ "Notes on Bishop Family of Guilford" TAG 29:127, 128 (1953) Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
3. ↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Packets, Bigelow-Bissell, E, 1641-1880. Anne Bishop, Guilford, 1676 #562 Harford Prob. Dist. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
4. ↑ Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.Volume 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, Conn., R.S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904.) [https://archive.org/details/digestofearlycon00manw/page/182 pp 183, 184

See also

• Brenda Black Watson, "Black-Howe Family" (last updated 2014-06-28) entry for John Bishop, ID I2935; online family file, WorldConnect (accessed 2014).
• Sandra DeLoyd, "Descendants of John Bishop"; online family file, Genealogy.com (archived webpage via Wayback Machine, captured 10 October 2014).
• William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, 4 vols. (1908), 4:1687-1692; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
• Bernard Christian Steiner, A history of the plantation of Menunkatuck and of the original town of Guilford, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Guilford and Madison (1897), 88, for entry opening, "As early as October 9, 1645 .."; 247 in 'Fences"; digital images, Internet Archive (accessed 2014).