Person:Jacob Bissell (1)

m. 11 Jun 1658
  1. John Bissell1659 - Bef 1684/85
  2. Abigail Bissell1661 - 1728
  3. Jacob Bissell1664 - 1694
  4. Mary Bissell1666 - Aft 1740
  5. Samuel Bissell1668 - 1697/98
  6. Benajah Bissell1671 - Bef 1697
  7. Joshua BissellEst 1674 - Aft 1712
  8. Elizabeth Bissell1677/78 -
  9. Deborah Bissell1679 - 1739
  10. Hannah Bissell1682 - 1717
m. Bef 1689
  1. Jacob Bissell1689 - 1689
  2. Jacob Bissell1694 - 1710
Facts and Events
Name[1] Jacob Bissell
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][4] 28 Mar 1664 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Jacob).
to Mary Gillett
Death[1][2][3][5][6] 1 Aug 1694 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[1][6] 23 Aug 1694 Invt. £166-16-09. Taken by Peter Buell, Nathaniel Holcomb, Jeremiah Gillett, John Slater, sen.
Probate[6] 6 Sep 1694 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fam. 4. Samuel2 Bissell, in Stiles, Henry R. History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (1892): including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892)
    2:78.

    "Jacob (Bissell), b. 28 Mch., 1664; the est. of 'Jacob Bissell, who dyed 1 Aug., 1694,' inventoried 23 Aug., 1694; his relicts are wife Mary and s. Jacob, b. 8 of June, 1694.─Hart. Co. Prob. Rec."

  2. 2.0 2.1 James H. Holcombe. Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor Through Five Generations
    p 16.

    "25. Jacob3 Bissell (Abigail2 Holcombe, Thomas1) was born on 28 Mar 1664 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Mary Gillett, daughter of Jonathan Gillett and Mary Kelsey, at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He died on 1 Aug 1694 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 30."

  3. Jacob Bissell, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:186.

    "Jacob, Simsbury, s. of Samuel of Windsor, had w. Mary, and s. Jacob, b. 8 June 1694, wh. d. at 16 yrs. and the f. d. 1 Aug. 1694. His wid. m. 1698, Peter Buell."

  4. Windsor Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    30.

    "Bissell, … Jacob, s. [Samuel & Abigayl], b. Mar. 28, 1664 [MG]"
    "Bissell, … Jacob, s. Samuell, b. Mar. 28, [16]64 [Col. 1:54]"
    "Bissell, … Jacob, s. Samuel, b. Mar. 28, 1664 [1:3]"

  5. Simsbury Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    17.

    "Bissell, … Jacob, Sr., d. Aug. 1, 1694 [LR1-A:4]"

  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Bissell, Jacob, Simsbury, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:405-06.

    "Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 184.

    Bissell, Jacob, Simsbury. Died 1st August, 1694. Invt. £166-16-09. Taken 23 August, 1694, by Peter Buell, Nathaniel Holcomb, Jeremiah Gillett, John Slater, sen. Legatees: Mary, the Relict, and son Jacob, born 8 June last, 1694.

    Court Record, Page 71—6 September, 1694: Adms. to (Mrs.) Mary (Bissell), and appoint Jonathan Gillett and James Ennoe to assist.

    Page 30 (Vol. VI)—13 April, 1699: Order to Dist. to the Widow 1-3 part, and to Jacob Bissell, the son, 2-3. By John Higley & John Slater, who report 5 September, 1698. (See also Page 53, Court Record: This Order was reversed by the Court of Assistants.)

    Page 24 (Vol. VIII) 4 December, 1710: Peter Buel and his Wife Cited to appear and give account of Adms. on Estate of Jacob Bissell.

    Page 30-3 April, 1711: Peter Buel of Simsbury and Mary his wife (late Mary Bissell, Widow), Adms. on Estate of Jacob Bissell, sometime of Simsbury Decd, being summoned to appear before the Court to render account of the Adms. on that Estate, appeared and by copies of record showed that they had several years before fully Adms. on the same, and rendered their account thereof to the County Court or Court of Probate in this County; and that the remaining part of the Estate was distributed and divided according to law between Mary the Widow and Jacob Bissell, a minor, only son and heir of the sd. Decd. Peter Buel now informs this Court that the said Jacob Bissell, the son (who was a minor about 16 years of age), is also lately deceased Intestate and without Issue. For himself and his wife Mary, and also for and in behalf of the children borne of her, he Claimed all the Estate of Jacob Bissell, the son deceased, and prayeth the Court to so decide. John Pettebone, Jr., in behalf of Mary his Wife, and Stephen Pettebone, in behalf of Deborah his Wife, sisters of Jacob Bissell, the Father, and John Bissell, son of John Bissell, one of the Brothers of Jacob Bissell, the Father Decd, and their Children Representing them, appeared before this Court and Claimed the same estate, as being next of kin to both the said Jacob Bissells, the Father and the son, and heirs of the sd. Jacob Bissell, the Father, who was the last possessor thereof, and exhibited their pleas and reasons to show their sd. right, and prayed that an order of the Court may be made settling the same on them. The Court ordered the Estate to Peter Buel his Wife Mary, and their Children. The other parties appealed to the Court of Assistants, who reversed the decision, giving the Intestate Estate to the Brothers and Sisters of Jacob Bissell, The Father, deceased.

    Page 90—6 October, 1712; An Order of Court was Issued to Distribute to Uncles and Aunts according to a Decree of the Superior Court, 16 Sept., 1712.

    Distribution as per File, 21st October, 1712: To James Eno, sen., in right of his Wife Abigail Bissell; To John Pettebone, in right of his Wife Mary Bissell; To Joshua Bissell, To Heirs of John Bissell; To Stephen Pettebone, in right of his Wife Deborah Bissell; To Nathaniel Phelps, in right of his Wife Hannah Bissell; To Elizabeth Root, of Westfield; to John Bissell, to Abigail Baker, to a daughter of Samuel Bissell named Mary, to Each Uncle, Aunt and Cusson. By John Higley, James Cornish, Joseph Phelps."