Richard Bishop migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 1, p. 307) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm
Richard Bishop was born before 1603 (estimated age at first marriage, in turn based on estimated children's births).[1] He died in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, 30 10 m : 1674 [30 December 1674].[2][3] Richard's origins, parentage and ancestry are unknown.[4]
Richard Bishop married three times.[5] His first wife--probably the mother of all his children--remains unidentified. Richard married second, by June 1635, Dulsabel (____) King, the widow of Richard King.[6][7] She was born about 1604 (her testimony in 1654),[8] died Salem, 12: [24. dup.], 6 m: 1658 [12 or 24 August 1658].[9] Richard married third, Salem, 22: 5 mo. 1660 [22 July 1660],[10]Mary (____) Gault, the widow of William Gault.[11] Mary was born about 1611.[12] As Richard Bishop's widow, she married again, Salem, 11 March 1674/5, Thomas Robbins.[13]
Immigration
Robert Charles Anderson, et al., placed Richard Bishop's immigration at 1635.[14]
At Massachusetts Bay
On 2 June 1635, "administration was granted to Richard Bishopp (in the behalf of his wife) of the goods & chattells of Richard King, deceased." [15][16]
Richard Bishop was named Salem constable, June 1636, December 1644 and 8 December 1647.[17]
He was admitted to the Salem Church on 25 August 1639,[18] and made a freeman, 18 May 1642.[19]
Richard served on several juries between 1649 and 1664.[20]
He was appointed to serve on the committee to mend the causeway, 3 September 1656,[21] and named surveyor on both 22 April 1657/8 and 14 March 1659/60.[22]
He was the recipient of several land grants. He received 20 acres at Salem, not in the freeman's land, 1636.[23] When Salem divided the marsh and meadow land, 25 December 1637, Richard was granted one acre for a household totaling six persons.[24] Sometime before 1629, he surrendered part of a ten acre lot to take up other land elsewhere in the town.[25] He received another grant of 1-1/2 acres "by his other five acres," on 20 November 1639.[26]
On 27 April 1654, Richard received four acres of meadow land at the edge of town, "provided it lie within Salem bounds"; if not, it was not permitted.[27] A grant of four acres of meadow and swamp was made in 1658.[28]
Richard Bishop of Salem sold to Samuel Eborne of Salem, 7 April 1659, four acres of Salem upland, "being the remaining part of a ten acres lot, six acres of which was lately sold to John Pease."[29] In 1659, Richard was charged for the keep of one cow.[30]
He sold to Josiah Southwick of Salem, husbandman, meadow land and salt marsh totaling half an acre on 2 March 1667/8.[31]
John Bishop, born "say 1628";[33] Richard's eldest son [34] He is probably the man whose Southampton [New York] town grant was mentioned in a 2 November 1652 town record.[35] With his wife, Mary, he sold land inherited from his father to Joshua Buffam.[36]
Nathaniel Bishop, born "say 1630";[37] left Salem.[38] He had a son Daniel Bishop who was of Easthampton [New York] in 1686, at which time he sold land of his deceased grandfather, Richard, and deceased father, Nathaniel, to Joshua Buffam.[39]
Presuming he immigrated 1635, his four known children were born prior to immigration. Great Migration placed Richard King's migration just earlier, 1634.[43]
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ George Francis Dow, The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1916-1920), 2:431-435 (Richard Bishop of Salem); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Richard Bishop 1674 death entry, citing "CT. R. [court records, Essex Co., Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 5:90 (Bishop); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 307, 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ George Francis Dow, The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1916-1920), Hathi Trust, cites "Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 1, page 151."
↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 5 vols. in 6 (Boston, W. White, printer to the commonwealth, 1853-54), 1:151; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ She was "about fifty" years of age in 1654, see George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 1:361; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Dulsabell ["old"] Bishop/Byshop 1658 death entry, citing "CT. R. [court records, Essex Co., Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 5:90 (Bishop); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Bishop-wid. Golt 1660 marriage, citing "CT. R. [court records, Essex Co., Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-) 3:112 (Bishop); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ George Francis Dow, The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1916-1920), 2:431-435 (Richard Bishop of Salem), at 433; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 9:484; digital images, The University of Virginia.
↑ Bishop-Robbins 1674/5 marriage, citing "CT. R. [court records, Essex Co., Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-) 3:112 (Bishop); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 307; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ George Francis Dow, The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1916-1920), Hathi Trust, cites "Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 1, page 151."
↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 5 vols. in 6 (Boston, W. White, printer to the commonwealth, 1853-54), 1:151; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Citing "EQC 1:2, 129, STR 1:133," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 307; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "SChR 8," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 307; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "MBCR 2:29," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 307; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "STR 1L194," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "STR 1:214, 2:4," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing STR 1:29, Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "STR 1:103," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "STR 1:82," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "STR 1:92," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "STR 1:176," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "STR 1:220," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "ELR 1:57," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "STR 1:207." Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Citing "ELR 3:39," Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309-310; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 6:104; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑The first book of records of the Town of Southampton with other ancient documents of historic value … (1874), 86; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Essex Deeds 7:84-85 ([John] Bishop to [Joshua] Buffam), "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch, Essex > Deeds 1681-1687 vol 6-7 > image 715 of 839.
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop), at 309; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ George Francis Dow, The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1916-1920), 2:431-435 (Richard Bishop of Salem); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Essex Deeds 7:81 ([Daniel] Bishop to [Joshua] Buffam), "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch, Essex > Deeds 1681-1687 vol 6-7 > image 713 of 839.
↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 9:343; digital images, The University of Virginia.
↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 1:361; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Frederick C. Hart, Jr., "Updating Two Ezekiel Fullers ...," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166 (012):98-108 (including "Addendum"); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration-Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L (2005), 167-168 (Richard King); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
See also--
Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (1999), 307-310 (Richard Bishop); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration-Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L (2005), 167-168 (Richard King); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
"Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700"; database, AmericanAncestors.org (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 2013), Richard Bishop and Dulzebella/Dulcebella [KING] entry.
"Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700"; database, AmericanAncestors.org (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 2013), Richard Bishop and Mary GAULT, widow, entry.
Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from the records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents (1900); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013), p. 51, "Richard [Bishop], Salem."
"Part of Salem in 1700 No. 12," Sidney Perley, ed., The Essex Antiquarian 7 (1903): 116-124); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013), in particular, p. 118 for the "Roger Derby House."
"Part of Salem in 1700 No. 12," Sidney Perley, ed., The Essex Antiquarian (1903): 116-124; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013), in particular, pp. 118-120 for the "Joseph Neal House" (map at 119)
"Descendants of Richard Bishop of Salem," Sidney Perley, ed., The Essex Antiquarian, 13 vols. (1897-1909), 8 (1904): 125-26, ; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013). [Note: Oversight in the ages of Richard's children, thus associates mother as Bishop's second wife, "Dulzebella"; calls the next wife "Mary Gould," but she was, Mary (____) Gault, widow of William. For comparative, see Anderson, Sanborn and Sanborn, Great Migration, "Richard Bishop."]
Sidney, Perley, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 1626-[1716], 3 vols. (1924-1928), 1:340; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013). Entry is for Richard Bishop and family. As with the earlier sketch of this immigrant in Essex Antiquarian 8:125-126, [Note: Perley's oversight as to the children's ages is apparent; leaving the births/ages of the three older children all undocumented. Thus again calls the eldest child as Mary, reporting her birth in 1635 with no birth estimates given about the three sons. For comparative, see Anderson, Sanborn and Sanborn, Great Migration, "Richard Bishop."] Click here to review the History of Salem material in context.
Acknowledgments
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edited by GeneJ X
Plan now to add some detail to his biography related to his residence at Massachusetts Bay. --Gene