Isaac Bishop Sr. (1689 - 1759)

Born 30 Oct 1689 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Finch) Bishop — married 22 May 1718 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1759 at about age 69 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Isaac Bishop, Sr is the son of Stephen Bishop and Mary Pierson

Isaac, Sr married Susannah Finch on 22 May 1718 in Stamford, Connecticut. Susannah Finch was the daughter of Samuel & Sarah (UMN) Finch. This is not to be confused with Samuel and Sarah (Hoyt) Finch, his parents. Samuel Finch's will left a legacy "To my beloved daughter Susanah Bishop wife of Isaac Bishop"

In Donald Jacobus' "History and Genealogy of Families of Old Fairfield" pg 203; "Finch, Samuel, s. of John. Of Stamford, made freeman Oct. 1669; m. Sarah Hoyt, dau. of Simon. Samuel, Sr., d. at Stamford, 23 Apr. 1698; his widow Sarah d. 19 Mar. 1712/3. Will 28 Sept. 1697; wife Sarah; sons Samuel, Joseph; daus. Sarah Holly, Martha Mead, Susannah Seeley, Rachel Finch. Inv. 20 May 1698. Adm'n on Est. of Widow Sarah granted to Joseph Finch, 1 July 1713. Children:

• 1Sarah, m. 2 Dec. 1686, Jonathan Holly.
• 2Samuel, m. Sarah ___; they had children recorded at Stamford:
• ---Mary, b. 2 Mar. 1692/3; Susannah, b. 3 Mar. 1693/4, m. 2 May 1718, Isaac
• Bishop; Sarah, b. 25 Sept. 1695, d. 23 Jan. 1715; Abigail, b. 15 July 1697, d. * 23 Jan. 1715; Hannah, b. 23 Mar. 1700/1; Martha, b. 23 July 1703.
• 3Martha, m. — Mead.
• 4Susannah, m. in 1692, Obadiah Seeley.
• 5Rachel.

*6Joseph, d. at Stamford, 18 Dec. 1752; m. 7 Aug. 1703, Abigail Seeley.

• These six children are enumerated in Thummel's book, "Descendants of John Finch and corroborated by the Will of Samuel Finch dated 28 Dec 1697.

Sources

• Huntington, Elijah Baldwin. Stamford Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths ( Wm. W. Gillespie & Co., Stamford, Conn., 1874) Page 12 & Page 13.

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Stamford, Page 60.

• Stamford (Conn.) Town Records, The American Genealogist (1933) Vol. 10, Page 180. Marriage record.
• Findagrave
• Early Marriages of Connecticut
• "History and Genealogy of Families of Old Fairfield, by Donald Jacobus"