Richard BISHOP

Birth:

5 Dec 1612/13

Essex, England

Death:

1671

Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

Marriage:

5 Dec 1644

Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Sources:

Ancestral File - Version 4.19
A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol 1, pp. 391-404
Ancestry World Tree
Internet IGI, Sep 2008

Notes:

                   Richard had a propensity to steal other peoples possessions in the Plymouth Colony and later in Eastham. His wife's hanging gave Richard some notoriety, but he remained in Plymouth and on March 6, 1649 was presented at court for stealing a neighbors spade. He was judged guilty and sentenced to both sit in the stocks and replace the spade prior to the June court or be whipped. -C.W. Swift, "Cape Cod History and Genealogy", (Yarmouth MA: p. 15). He did not comply. He was in Eastham by 1654 and had tracts of land allowed him. In 1670 he entered George Crisps property and helped himself to the fleece taken from the sheep. He was arraigned and ordered to pay thirty shillings, which he did. Soon after this affair, he left the township with his family and removed to Piscataway, NJ. and lived with his son-in-law, William Sutton. -Winsor's "Duxbury", p. 228; and Monnette, "First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge", p. 792.

Alice MARTIN

Birth:

Abt 1618

of Essex, England

Death:

4 Oct 1648

Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Father:

Francis MARTIN

Mother:

Prudence DEACON

Notes:

                   Note: Internet sources were found that give the account of Alice murdering her own 4-year-old daughter.  She had no explanation for the deed.  Alice was subsequently hanged. Some say she is the first woman to be put to death in America, though other sources say she is the 5th.

Children

Marriage

Damaris BISHOP

Birth:

6 Feb 1645

Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Death:

26 Feb 1681/82

Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

William SUTTON

Marr:

11 Jul 1667

Eastham, Barnstable, Massachus

James BISHOP

Birth:

Abt 1647

Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Death:

6 Dec 1715

Marr:

FCID:38056:868

Richard Bishop - Alice Martin

Richard Bishop was born at Essex, England 5 Dec 1612/13.

He married Alice Martin 5 Dec 1644 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts . Alice Martin was born at of Essex, England Abt 1618 daughter of Francis Martin and Prudence Deacon .

They were the parents of 2 children:
Damaris Bishop born 6 Feb 1645.
James Bishop born Abt 1647.

Richard Bishop died 1671 at Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey .

Alice Martin died 4 Oct 1648 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts .