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Nathaniel Ames, publisher of the first American almanac

it was the father and son who both published.  Father from 17__ until his death about 1764.  Did the son take over at that point?  or were they co-publishing before that?  

How this cousin is related to the Bissell 3G generation:

 

Nathaniel Ames, 1st Cousin, 9 times removed (through Myrtie Bisbee)

 

 

Bissell 3G Generation

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Joyce, Meredith, George, Gwen, Roger, Arthur, Eleanor, Chip, Carolyn, Betsy, Clyde

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Adelaide Lyon Boutelle --- Richard Meredith Bissell

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Myrtie Ella Bisbee --- Herbert Hunt Bissell

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                             ]

George Bisbee, b. 1840 & Betsey Smith

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Asahel Bisbee -- Eliza Burt Stebbins, b. 1805

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                                                                                                         Levi Stebbins -- Amia Pierce, b. 1779

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                                                                                                             Benjamin Pierce, b. 1745/46 -- Priscilla Merritt                                                                                                                                                                                    ]     

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                                                                                                              Benjamin Pierce -- Charity Howard, b. 1720

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        Nathaniel Ames, Jr., b. 1708                                                              Jonathan Howard -- Sarah Field, b. 1700

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       Capt. Nathaniel Ames, b. 1677 -- Susanna Howard                            Capt. John Field -- Elizabeth Ames, b. 1680

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                      [ ------------------------ John Ames, b. 1647 & Sarah Willis-------------------------]

 

 

Note that Capt. Nathaniel Ames' wife Susanna Howard is the daughter of Bissell ancestors John Howard and Martha Howard.

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The Hatfield Attack

 

Robert and Editha also had a daughter Sarah (Thomas’ sister) who married Samuel Kellogg.  Sarah and her infant son Joseph were killed by Indians Sept. 19, 1677 in the attack on Hatfield.  Her son Samuel was taken prisoner by the Indians and carried to Canada; he eventually returned to Colchester, CT., bought land from his brother Nathaniel and married Hannah Dickinson.  

 

While men were out working in the fields, the Indians attacked, burning houses, killing 12 people and capturing 21.  It is likely that Samuel was returned from Canada by Benjamin Waite and Stephen Jennings, two Hatfield men whose wives and children were taken captive.  

 

Waite, an accomlished Indian scout, and Jennings got approved as agents to bargain for the captives, built a canoe and went up Lake George and Lake Champlain in the winter to Quebec City, Canada.  They may have been the first English colonists on Lake Champlain.  They were able to secure the release of 17 captives and returned to New England in May 1678.  A quarter century later, Waite was killed in the Deerfield Massacre that was part of Queen Anne’s War. 

 

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