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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 17 Nov 1714 Windsor / Hartford / CT Death: 21 Dec 1776 Reading / / CT
Qualifying Service Description:
1775, he was a member of the Committee of Inspection in Windsor, Connecticut.
Additional References:
Stiles, Henry R., History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, New York City: Charles B Norton, 1859, pg 384
Spouse: Ruth Bissell Children: Ruth; Josiah; Elijah; Aurelia;
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Josiah Bissell was born on 17 November 1714 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.1 He was the son of Josiah and Mariam (Gibbs) Bissell.2
He married Ruth Bissell on 11 August 1743 in Bloomfield, Connecticut.3 They had the following known children:4
Josiah was born on 8 June 1744 and died young.
Ruth was born on 5 March 1745 and died young.
Ann was born on 11 March 1748 and married Theodore Hinsdale.
Elijah was born on 16 June 1750 and married Keziah Elsworth.
Ruth was born on 21 October 1752 and married Elisha Stoughton.
Sarah was born on 23 February 1755.
Josiah was born on 27 November 1757 and married Mary Mather.
Aurelia was born on 26 August 1760 and died at age 17.
He is mentioned at the baptism of his daughter Aurelia as belonging to the "7th Society (or Noth Society) under Parson Hinsdale."4
He was on a committee appointed by the General Assembly "to repair to sundry towns in the SW Quarter of the State" to" examine dangerous persons," i.e., persons suspected of disloyalty to the Patriot cause. While in the discharge of this duty, he was taken ill and died in Reading, Connecticut, of smallpox. He was a "man of consequence in town and church, as his pastor thus enters his death in the N.S.R.: "December 21, 1776, died, Josiah Bissell, Esq., of the smallpox at Reading. A pillar has fallen! A year of great mortality!"4
The Patriot died on 21 December 1776 and was buried with his wife, Ruth, in Palisado Cemetery in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.2
Sources:
Sons of the American Revolution member applications, 1889-1970, George Perkins Bissell (#32960, NE #409), Dec 11, 1919.
Find-a-Grave, Memorial #20833597, Josiah Bissell
Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol 1, page 125.
Stiles, Henry R., Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Genealogies and Biographies, 1635-1891, Vol 2, 1892, page 80
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