Bissell Family History

[------- John Burrows, b. 1642, Wethersfield, CT; d. 12 Feb 1715/16, Groton, CT. [NOTE BELOW ON GMD]

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[------- Hannah Burrows (Burroughs), b. 15 Dec 1674, Lebanon, CT

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[                   [                   [------- Anne Ellis [GMD], b. 1619; daughter of John Ellis [GMD] and Ann Benjamin 

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[                   [------- Hannah Culver, bap. 11 Apr 1652, Roxbury, MA

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[                                       [------- Edward Culver [GMD], b. 1599

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Abigail Woodward, b. 21 Sep 1712, 7th Great-grandmother

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[                                                                                 [------- John Mather, Lowton, Eng.

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[                                                            [------- Thomas Mather, b. 1575

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[                                       [------- Elizabeth Mather [GMD FOR BROTHER], b. 9 Jul 1618, Lowton, Lancashire, Eng.

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[                                       [                    [                   [------- William Abrams

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[                                       [                    [------- Marguerite Abram, b. 1568

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[                                       [                                        [------- Elizabeth Abraham

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[                   [------- John Woodward, 1641-1718

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[                   [                   [------- Dr. Henry Woodward [GMD], b. 22 May 1607

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[------- Henry Woodward, b. 18 Mar 1679/80

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[                   [------- Thomas Dewey [GMD], b. 1603

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[------- Anna Dewey, b. 15 Oct 1643, Windsor, CT.; d., 14 Jan 1706/07, Lebanon, CT.

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[                    [------- Joanne Fush

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[------- Frances Randall, b. 1610

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                     [------- Philip Randall [GMD]

 

Notes.

 

JOHN BURROWS AND MARY IRELAND.

John Burrows' parents were Robert Burrows and Mary Ireland. Mary was the widow of Samuel Ireland [GMD] who, according to LongIslandGenealogy.com, came with Mary to America on the Increase in 1635; settled in Wethersfield; and when Samuel died in 1645, Mary married Robert Burrows (or Burroughs). The source is John Hotten, "Original Lists of Persons of Quality", p. 65, Samuel Ireland age 32 and his wife Marie age 30 left London for New England on the ship Increase in April 1635. They had with them their daughter Martha Ireland, age 1 1/2.

 

Don’t know when Robert came to New England. Another source says Mary was b. 1605 in England, probably Yorkshire and died 2 Oct 1672 in Mystic, CT.

 

Sources on Burrows and Ireland include 1672, December: Mary, relict of Robert Burrows died. "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" compiled by Clarence Almon Torrey; p. 123; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1985 (974.0 NEa/Marriage SCGS)

 

Additional Resources: 1) "Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough" by Anna Chesebrough Wildey; p. 36; The Press of T. A. Wright; New York City, New York; 1903 (929.2 C524 LAPL) (FH C39.0 SR) 2) "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" by Charles Edward Banks; p. 63; Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston, Massachusetts; 1930. (974.4 B22W ACPL) 3) "History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut" by Richard Anson Wheeler; p. 278; Press of The Day Publishing Company; New London, Connecticut; 1900 (974.62 S87Wl LAPL)

 

ELIZABETH MATHER.

Elizabeth’s brother was Richard Mather [GMD] (b. 1596) who was the father of Increase Mather and grandfather of Cotton Mather. Thomas and Marguerite were married 14 Sep 1591 in Lowton, Winwick Parish, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth probably born in 1618 but some uncertainty about exact date, per Mather family website.

 

 

 

HENRY WOODWARD.

Dr. Woodward was born 22 May 1607 in MuchWorton, Lancashire, England and died in Northampton, MA 7 Apr 1683, killed by a lightning strike in a grist mill. His father was Thomas Woodward, mother Elizabeth Tynen.

 

Thomas Dewey was a resident of Windsor, CT and the ancestor of Admiral Dewey and Governor Thomas Dewey of New York.