John Bissell
Founder of the Windsor line of Bissells, at Windsor, Connecticut, before 1640, who in 1648 or 1649 was given the monopoly of a ferry across the Connecticut River, known as Bissell's Ferry for a century. Born in England about 1591, he died at Windsor in 1677, aged 86. Probably the father of Samuel Bissell, whose daughter Abigail married James Eno.
Life
- c. 1591Born
- 1677Died3 Oct 1677, Windsor, Connecticutcompiledprobable
Family
- Parents
- Children
Pedigree
Notes
“The founder of the W. line of Bissells,” at Windsor before 1640; in 1648 or 1649 the Connecticut court gave him “the monopoly of a ferry across the Conn. River,” and Bissell’s Ferry kept the name for a century. In King Philip’s War “the Bissells had neighbors and their house was fortified and garrisoned.” He died on 3 Oct 1677, “æ. 86”; his wife, whose name is not known, died on 21 May 1641 (source). Children: John, Thomas and Mary (born in England), Samuel, Nathaniel and Joyce.
Research: research/mcmillan/McMillan_Humphrey_Bell_Connections.md.
Connections
- Notable ancestor
- Keeper of the first ferry across the Connecticut River at Windsor
John Bissell is the 8x great-grandfather of the centre of this tree. Shipmasters, builders and pioneers.
- Famous kin
- Sgt. Daniel Bissell
Revolutionary spy who served undercover in the British army in New York and received the Badge of Military Merit from Washington in 1783
Sgt. Daniel Bissell is the fourth cousin, five times removed, of the centre of this tree. - George H. Bissell
"The father of the American oil industry": founder of the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, the first American petroleum company, which led to the first oil well at Titusville in 1859
George H. Bissell is the fifth cousin, four times removed, of the centre of this tree.
- Sgt. Daniel Bissell