Isaac Bissell (1682 - 1744)

Born 22 Sep 1682 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony.

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Osborn) Bissell — married 2 May 1706 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1744 at age 62 in Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

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Isaac Bissell has English ancestors.

Biography

Isaac Bissell was born September 22, 1682 in Windsor^[1], and was principal heir to his father’s estate, under guardianship of his mother, in 1689. He married Elizabeth Osborne (1684-1761), daughter of John Osborn and Abigail Eggleston on May 7, 1706 in Windsor. Isaac was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Connecticut Colonial Militia in October, 1722. In 1723/4, the family moved to Litchfield, CT, where they had 10 children. In 1730, Isaac bought a 1/64 share of the township of Litchfield. He is said to have served as one of the organizers of the First Episcopal Church of Litchfield Nov. 5, 1743. (Note that the ‘Protestant Episcopal Church’ was not officially founded as the successor to the Anglican Church in America until 1789, so this was presumably a branch of the Established Church of England, perhaps implying a philosophical departure from Puritanism on Isaac’s part). He died Nov. 6, 1744, and Elizabeth died June 15, 1761, both in Litchfield.

Sources

1. ↑ Stiles, Henry Reed, "The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, CT", Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, CT, 1891, vol. 2, pp 78-79 [1]

• http://www.gulbangi.com/5families-o/p568.htm#i14187
• Woodruff, George C. A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut (Case Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1845) Page 33
• "History of Litchfield county, Connecticut", J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1881, page 160 (https://archive.org/details/historyoflitchfi00jwle/page/160/mode/2up)