James Bisse (abt. 1639 - aft. 1697)

Born about 1639 in Gloucestershire, England

Husband of Sarah (Barker) Bisse — married before Oct 1690 in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia

Died after Jan 1697 after about age 58 in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

James Bisse is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

James Bisse was a Virginia colonist.

James Biss/Bisse^[1]

James was born about 1639 in Gloucestershire, England. His parents are at this time unknown. His exact death date is unknown, however he is known to be living in January 1696/7.^[2]

James married Sarah Barker in Charles City County, Virginia, as her third husband, after October 1684 when Sarah (Barker) Lucy is recorded acting as administritrix of the estate of Robert Lucy, her second husband.^[3] They had no known children.

The Bristol Register of Servants sent to Foreign Plantations (1654-1686):

• 22 Aug 1663 Robert Perreman (Robert Perryman) bound to James Bisse for four years in Virginia^[4]

Offices Held

• 1672-1674, 1681 - Justice of the Peace, Westover Court, Charles City County, Virginia^[5]
• 1680-1682 - James Biss, Member House of Burgesses^[6]
• 1680-1682 - Bifs, James [Charles City.] Burgeffes for the Affemby of 1680-1682^[7]
• 1683 & 1684 - James Bisse, Member House of Burgesses, Charles City County^[8]
• 1685 - Capt. James Bisse, High Sheriff, Charles City County, Virginia^[5]
• 1690-Jan 1696/7 - James Bisse, Clerk of the Court, Charles City County, Virginia ^{[9] [2]}

Land Grants & Transactions

• 20 Apr 1682 - Capt. James Bisse, 130 acs. Chas. City Co., Wyanoke Parish, N. side of James Riv., 20 Apr. 1682, p. 130. ... 60 acs. bought of Co. Thomas Stgg ... 43 acs. for trans. of: Richard Armson.^[10]
• 20 Apr 1687 - Capt. James Biss, 150 acs. Chas. City Co., 20 Apr. 1687, p/ 564. Granted to Mr. Arthur Harwood, dec'd. & escheated by inquisition under Capt. Francis Page, Depty. Esch'r., &c.^{[10] [11]}
• 29 Apr 1692 - Capt. James Biss, 138 acs. in low. end of Weynoake, Chas. City Co. in Weynoak Par., 29 Apr. 1692. p. 218. Adj. his own & land of James Lawrence, ... sold by William Justice to Capt. Perry, who sold to sd. Biss, ....^{[10] [12]}

Sources

1. ↑ Biss/Bisse, James - A812; living in 1694, Charles City Co.: 1680-82 (Burgess).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Charles City County Order Book, 1694-1700, image 126
3. ↑ Boddie, John Bennett. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Redwood City, Calif., Pacific Coast Publisers, 1954. page 150
4. ↑ Peter Wilson Coldham, The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686, p. 196 (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988), https://books.google.com/books?id=0UUbAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=perreman
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Fleet, Beverly. Virginia Colonial Abstracts. 34 Volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by FamilySearch International, 2011. Vol 13, pages 79, 81, 92, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 101
6. ↑ Virginia House History
7. ↑ Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia; 1659/60--1693. Edited by H. R. McIlwaine. Richmond, Virginia; MCMXIV
8. ↑ “The House of Burgesses, 1683 and 1684.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 10, no. 3, 1902, pp. 236–238. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4242528. Accessed 3 July 2021. page 236
9. ↑ Charles City County Order Book, 1694-1700, image 137
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep and Tangled Branches. Volume II [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Foley, Louise Pledge Heath. Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep and Tangled Branches. Volume II (Charles City County-Prince George County, Virginia). Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. Ancestry Sharing Image Page 51.
11. ↑ Ancestry Sharing Image Page 60
12. ↑ Ancestry Sharing Image page 68

See also:

• Information came from the biography and sources of Sarah Barker, his wife.