Sarah Amelia (Chittenden) Bishop (1830 - 1900)

Born 24 May 1830 in Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 27 May 1900 at age 70 in Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Sarah Amelia Chittenden was born in New Haven County, Connecticut in 1830. She was the daughter of Joel Chittenden and Sally Carter. The family was a sea faring family and two of Sarah’s brothers were lost at sea aboard “The Ocean.”

In 1848, Sarah married William Frederick Bishop, the son of Frederic Bishop and Olive Bassett, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.

Sources

• Talcott, Alvan. Chittenden Family, William Chittenden of Guilford, Conn., and His Descendants (Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1882). Pages 84, 85, 144, 145.

• Descendants of John Bishop of Guilford, CT, by William Cone and George Root, published 1951 by John Guy Bishop, Nyack, NY, 277 pp. Referred to as DJB.

1848 - Marriage to William Bishop in Guilford, Connecticut on November 25, 1848:

• "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7G4-Q9K : 11 January 2020), Sarah A. Chittenden in entry for William Bishop, 1848.

1850 - Census, 20 years old, living in Madison, New Haven, Connecticut with husband, William F Bishop (23), a carpenter. Also in the household were her mother, Sally Chittenden (53) (who is listed first and appears to be head of household, although no head is recorded), her sister, Lucy Chittenden (29), brother-in-law, Dwight W Humiston (28), working at a sash and blind shop, sister, Mary Ann Humiston (25), brother-in-law, Samuel R Bishop (18), and brother-in-law, Edward R Bishop (29). a mariner. Next door her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and 2 more Bishop sons:

• ”United States , 1850,” database with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68G-K16 : 5 February 2023), Sarah A Bishop in entry for William F Bishop, 1850.

1860 - Census, 30 years old, living in Madison, New Haven, Connecticut in mother’s household with husband, Wm F Bishop (33), a carpenter, children Grace A Bishop (3) and Frances (11 mo.), mother, Sally Chittenden (62), and sister, Lucy Chittenden (39):

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR3-FRM : 18 February 2021), Sarah A Bishop in entry for Sally Chittenden, 1860.