Bissell Family History

There is not much I have been able to learn about Mindwell Moore's ancestry.  Some sources suggest that her mother Abigail's maiden name was Pinney and that Abigail's father was Humphrey Pinney, a well-known early settler of Windsor, CT.  The Mormon church's Latter Day Saint (LDS) records on Colonial New England are considered among the most comprehensive in the world, but there are problems with them from time to time.  LDS records indicate, without any parentage or birth information, that Mindwell Moore's mother was Abigail Pinney.  This information is on the Phelps Family Website at www.phelpsfamilyhistory.com.  Because of this lack of certainty, I have not listed Humphrey Pinney or done further research on him.  

A person named John Moore aged 20 came on the Mary and John, as did many of Windsor, CT's original founders.  This is presumably the same John Moore who went with that group to found Windsor several years later.  He's listed as being from Dorset or Somerset. Deacon John Moore is confirmed as a founder of Windsor in Great Migration Begins.

My research has not yet provided what I think is adequate documentation regarding Deacon John Moore's parents, but I have listed them for the time being, with that caveat.

There is more confirming this John Moore as being the Bissell ancestor in tthe Great Migration Directory.