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William Bishop Sr.

Born about 1755 in Colony of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Son of Nicholas Bishop and Hannah (Bracken) Bishop

Brother of Henry Bishop, Nicholas Bishop III, James Bishop, John Bishop, Hannah Bishop and Dorcus Bishop

Husband of Hannah (UNKNOWN) Bishop — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Bishop — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Eli Bishop, Rhoda (Bishop) Caldwell, William Bishop Jr., Rebecca (Bishop) Miller, Martha (Bishop) Fox, Hannah (Bishop) Witt, Charles W Bishop and James Bishop

Died about 1836 at about age 81 in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States

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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements

Biography

Private William Bishop Sr. served with Turkey Creek Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

William Bishop Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A205133.

William Bishop was born about 1755 in Pennsylvania.

While living in Camden District, Chester, South Carolina, William served in the Continental Army.^[1]^[2]^[3]

On 9 December 1833, it was proven to the satisfaction of the Hopkins County court by the oath of William Gordon that Eli Bishop, Rhoda Caldwell, wife of George Caldwell, William Bishop, Rebecca Miller, wife of Alexander Miller, Martha Fox, wife of Jeremiah Fox, James Bishop and Hannah B Will [sic - should show Witt], wife of Christopher R Will [Witt], were the children and heirs at law of William Bishop.^[3]^[4]

On 8 December 1834 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, Eli Bishop with sister Rhoda Caldwell of Butler County, brother William Bishop, brother-in-law Alexander Miller (husband of sister Rebecca), sister Martha Fox, brother James Bishop and sister Hannah B. Witt came to Hopkins County Court to make a "declaration" to obtain Revolutionary War pension benefits for their father, William Bishop. Previously, William was found to be a lunatic by the Hopkins County Court and therefore unable to make his case.^[2]

Research Notes

There are other Bishop lines in PA and KY that may be confused with this one. Thus, much care is needed in evaluating any information from the period before 1850.

Sources

↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 Jan 2022), "Record of William Bishop", Ancestor # A205133., Pension Number S30275, Service Source S32075.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Pension application of William Bishop S30275 Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, Transcribed by Will Graves 27 July 2010.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 William Bishop and Children - see attached image.
↑ Hopkins County, Kentucky Order Book August 1831-Dec 1839; Entry 9 December 1833, page 133. Link

Acknowledgements

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:

~0.78% Kelly (McCulley) Knight : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A245268 [compare], Ancestry member bestrecipe
~0.78% Martin Riley : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A129830 [compare], Ancestry member macmadman
~0.78% ~6.25% Bill Lollar : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A115450 [compare], Ancestry member Bill_Lollar
~0.39% Emi Knight : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A632057 [compare]