Samuel Bissell

Of Windsor, Connecticut, probably a son of John Bissell of the Windsor ferry, who gave him 106 acres of the family land. He married Abigail, daughter of Thomas Holcombe, in 1658, took the Half-Way Covenant in the Windsor church the next year, and died in 1697/8. Father of Abigail Bissell, and through his children an ancestor of the Bissell, Eno and Pettibone kin.

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Life

  1. 1658
    Married Abigail Holcomb
  2. 1697
    Died
    17 May 1697/8

    WikiTree has 3 Dec 1700.

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Family

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Pedigree

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Notes

Son of John Bissell of the Windsor ferry, who gave him 106 acres, “all of the B. property except that E. of the Great River and that which was sold to Job Drake.” He married Abigail, daughter of Thomas Holcombe, on 11 June 1658, and “avowed the Half-Way Covenant in W. Ch. 27 Nov., 1659” (source). Through their children John, Abigail, Mary and Deborah he is an ancestor of the Bissell, Eno and Pettibone kin on the Notable connections page.

Research: research/mcmillan/McMillan_Humphrey_Bell_Connections.md.

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Connections

Famous kin
  • Richard Gere b. 1949
    Actor
    Richard Gere is the seventh cousin, once removed, of the centre of this tree.
  • Wilson S. Bissell 1847-1903
    Postmaster General of the United States, 1893-1895, under Grover Cleveland, his law partner at Buffalo; later chancellor of the University of Buffalo
    Wilson S. Bissell is the sixth cousin, twice removed, of the centre of this tree.
  • Richard M. Bissell Jr. 1909-1994
    CIA deputy director who ran the U-2 spy plane program and planned the Bay of Pigs invasion
    Richard M. Bissell Jr. is the seventh cousin, once removed, of the centre of this tree.
In his ancestry
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Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Samuel's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to him.

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