In her petition, filed in Ipswich Court, 31 Mar., 1691, she states that "I married Bishop who went to see intending to return in about six months' time, voyaging to the Indies, but now has been gone three years and never heard from; that one of the men who went on the vessel was William Smith whose wife living in Boston sent me word that a seaman came to Boston, informed her that said vessel was foundered and lost upon some place now forgotten by her; that all hands were drowned and buried there and that my husband and hers were known to be two of them there buried; that I was left with a child and servant, both of which are now dead; that my husband left several debts to pay, a house, and one-half acre of land." She requests that administration be granted to 'my Friend & neighbor Mr Phillap Fowler. I have desired by Broth John Tutle to come wth him. (signed) Johana Bishop. Administration on the estate of Job Bishop was granted, 31 Mar. 1691, to Philip Fowler of Ipswich (Essex Probate Files, 2472).
