Caleb Bishop (abt. 1659 - abt. 1732)

Born about 24 Jan 1659 in Guilford, New Haven Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Evarts) Bishop — married 18 Aug 1692 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

Died about 19 May 1732 at about age 73 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

Biography

Caleb Bishop was born on 24 Jan 1659 (or 1660?), in Guilford in the Connecticut Colony. He was the son of Stephen Bishop and [[Wilkinson-2706|Tabitha Wilkinson] (or Wikinson).^[1]

Caleb was married to Lydia (or Lidiah) Everts of Guilford on 18 Aug 1692, by Andrew Leete in Guilford.^[2] They registered the birth of one child in Guilford:

• Lydia Bishop (b. 23 Jul 1694)^[3][4]

Caleb Bishop died in Guilford at about the age of 72, on May 19th, probably in 1732.^[5]

Research Notes

Note on Date of Birth: The year of Caleb Bishop's birth is open to dispute. The Barbour Collection shows the date as 1659, with no indication that it was an Old Style date (which would make it 1660, New Style). Calculating from his date of death (which is also approximated, due to a lacuna in the source (which gives it as 173--, reconstructed as 173[2]) and approximated age at death ("AE about 72 y."), he might have been born in either 1659 or 1660.

Note on Date of Marriage: The Guilford Vital Records (Barbour Collection, cited above) give the date as 18 Aug 1692. Torrey provides two possible dates: either 18 Aug or 19 Aug 1692, both for a marriage in Guilford. His sources for the entry are: Fairfield Fam. 1:194; Benton-Bishop 49; Putnam's Mag. 3:245; TAG 13:96; Reg. 61:26; Hall-Baldwin 67.^[6]

Caleb is person 39 in DJB. The family settled early in Madison.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Bishop, Caleb, s. Stephen & Tabitha, b. Jan. 24, 1659:" Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Guilford, p. 19 (accessed 11 May 2018).
2. ↑ "Bishop, Caleb, m. Lidiah Everts, b. of G[u]ilford, Aug. 18, 1692, by Andrew Leete:" Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Guilford, p. 19 (accessed 11 May 2018).
3. ↑ "Bishop, Lidiah, d. Calib & Lidiah, b. July 23, 1694:" Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Guilford, p. 22 (accessed 12 May 2018).
4. ↑ Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, Person 132; died 27 Dec 1776, unmarried.
5. ↑ "Bishop, Caleb, d. May 19, 173[2], AE about 72 y.:" Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Guilford, p. 19 (accessed 11 May 2018).
6. ↑ Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700, vol. 1, p. 148 (accessed 11 May 2018).
7. ↑ Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop of Guilford, Connecticut. Referred to as DJB.

• Cone, William and Root, George, Descendants of John Bishop of Guilford, Connecticut, Nyack, NY: John Guy Bishop, 1951, 277 pp. Referred to as DJB.
• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. (subscription required)
• Torrey, C. A., New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (subscription required)

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011.