"James Bishop, son of John2 and Abigail (Willet), born at New Haven, 17 Feb, 1699 [1699/1700], died at Farmington, Conn., 15 July 1780, buried at North Haven and age overstated on gravestone; married first, 27 Feb. 1728/9, Elizabeth Perkins, born 10 Nov. 1703, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ford) Perkins. …
It was Elizabeth (Perkins) Bishop who died 22 May 1760, aged 57 (gravestone); and James Bishop married second, Hannah _____, who died 9 Nov. 1773, aged 56 (gravestone); and third, at North Haven, 23 Feb. 1774, Mary (Wheaton) Moulthrop, who died 13 Oct. 1776, aged 59 (gravestone). It was after her death, and only about a year before his own, that James Bishop conveyed, 30 Mar. 1779, to his son James Bishop end his daughters, Jemima wife of James Bradley and Rebecca wife of Josiah Andrus, all of Farmington, and Elisa wife of Sam Horton, Abigail wife of James Humaston, and Highly wife of David Tharp, all of New Haven, and Dinah wife of Amos Ailing of Springfield, Mass. [New Haven Deeds, 38:320]."