Timothy Bishop (1740 - 1827)

Born 2 Jul 1740 in New London, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Son of John Bishop Sr and Rebeckah (Whipple) Bishop

Husband of Mercy (Harding) Bishop — married 1 Apr 1762 in Horton Kings Co. Nova Scotia Canada

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1827 at age 86 in Greenwich, Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Timothy Bishop was born 22 Jul 1740 in New London, Connecticut. He was the son of John Bishop and Rebecca Whipple.

He was one of the original grantees of the township of Horton in 1761. As an unmarried male, he received 1/2 share (250 acres).^[1]

According to Tangled Roots, "He lived in Greenwich on the site of the house built by his son, Ebenezer in 1832. Timothy’s property went from his son, Ebenezer, to his grandson Edward Russell, great-grandson, William Humphrey, and great-great-grandson, Hazen Russell, who sold it to Timothy’s great- granddaughter, Nellie Olivia (Roy) Forsyth, and her husband, Howard Nobel Forsyth, who sold it to their daughter (Timothy’s great-great-granddaughter), Edythe Blanche (Forsyth) Quinn, who in turn sold the house to Reginald Forsyth, and it is now owned by William Hettema (1990), and a large part of the original grant is owned by his 7th generation descendant, Avard Newcombe Bishop." In 1990. the farm was being operated by Avard and his sons Andrew Avard Bishop and Stirling Alexander Bishop.

Timothy married twice. He married first on 1 Apr 1762, Mercy Harding. She was born 30 Jan 1742, the daughter of Abraham and Mercy (Vibber) Harding. She died 22 Aug 1783.

In 1770, Timothy is listed in the census of Horton Township with a family consisting of 1 man [himself], 1 boy [Silas], 1 woman [Mercy, his first wife] and 3 girls [Abigail, Rebecca, Eunice], all Protestant, all Americans [sic].

On 18 Dec 1783 Timothy married Mercy (Gore) Newcombe. She was born 10 Feb 1743 at Preston, CT, the daughter of Moses and Desire Gore and died 26 Jul 1832 at Greenwich, Horton, N.S. ae 89 years. Mercy was married first in 1769 to Simon Newcombe who came to Nova Scotia in 1760 with his father and died 1776 in Amherst, Nova Scotia).

Timothy was baptised as an adult, 2 Dec 1798.

Timothy Bishop, yeoman of Horton, wrote his Last Will and Testament 1 Mar 1816 leaving bequests to his wife, Mercy, sons Timothy, Ezra, and Silas, and daughters Mary, Mercy, Amy, Eunice, Rebecca, Abigail, Ann and Olivia. The will was probated 5 Feb 1827.

Timothy died 10 Jan 1827 at Greenwich, Horton Township, in his 86th year, and is buried at the Old Cemetery in Wolfville.

Children:

1. Abigail, b. 3 Apr 1763, m. A. Finch.
2. Silas B., b. 3 Oct 1764.
3. Rebecca, b. 22 Jul 1766, m. Elijah Calkin, d. 16 Jan 1858.
4. Eunice, b. 6 Apr 1768, m. J. Harris.
5. Ezra, b. 20 Mar 1770, d. 3 Jun 1833.
6. Amy, b. 4 Jul 1772, m. Oliver DeWolf, d. 1819.
7. Timothy, b. 7 May 1774.
8. Mercy, b. 8 Feb 1776, m. Abra Seaman, d. 19 May 1861. Twin to
9. Mary, b. 8 Feb 1776, m. Newton Wells
10. Anna, b. 29 Mar 1779, m. 15 Nov 1801, George Cox, d. 9 Jan 1867.
11. Ebenezer, b. 13 Sep 1784, d. 8 Jul 1846
12. Olivia, b. 9 Aug 1789, m. George Roy, d. 19 May 1875.

Sources

• Tangled Roots : Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia, a New England planter family, Volume IV, Timothy Bishop, page 3.
• Township Books of Kings County, Nova Scotia compiled by Lorna Woodman Evans, pages 83-84
• Find A Grave: Memorial #133665297

1. ↑ Horton Township grant

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Franklin Wylmer Bishop, FTDNA kit #162034, and his fifth cousin once removed, Greg Bishop, FTDNA kit #IN65298, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 37 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Bishop, Sr.. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 6 generations is 93.29% and within the last 7 generations is 95.73%.