Stephen Bishop III (1682 - 1722)

Born 1682 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Stevens) Bishop — married 25 Sep 1707 in Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1722 at about age 40 in East Guilford, Connecticut

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Biography

Stephen Bishop III was a Connecticuter.

Stephen Bishop III is person 119 in DJB. His profile in DJB has:

Stephen Bishop was for many years a member of the Guilford .train-band (militia) and had been promoted from the ranks to the position of ensign, Lt. and Capt. of the company. The following account of his election to the Captaincy of the company, taken from the Colonial Records, will be of interest: "John French, jr., John Graves and John Wilcox made complaint to the Assembly, Oct., 1714, that Lt. Stephen Bishop, Ensign James Meigs and Sergt. Thomas Cruttenden were not fairly chosen to be Captain, Lieutenant and Ensign of the Company of East Guilford, some persons putting in more votes than one apiece, were by order of this Assembly, sent for and heard in this complaint, whereupon this Assembly order that the said officers shall be established in their several offices and that the said complainants shall pay the costs and charges occasioned by the complaint, which is allowed to be £2 Is 1 Id, and that the execution for same be allowed by the secretary. Cost pd."

It has been extremely difficult to get any records of this family.

Sources

• "Descendants of John Bishop of Guilford, CT", by William Cone and George Root, published 1951 by John Guy Bishop, Nyack, NY, 277 pp. (DJB)