John BIDWELL

Birth:
28 Dec 1750
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
8 Nov 1825
Kinderhook, Columbia, New York
Marriage:
15 Aug 1775
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Mother:
Agnes ABBE
Notes:
                   SOURCES:  
    1. This Family Group Sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls, of Gilbert, AZ
    2. IGI - Information added
    3. FHL Film #1035617 - Item #5 - Bidwell Family - By Joan Bidwell (page 60)
    4. Book #929.3746/BAI - Early Connecticut Marriages - Chatham - Book #4 (page 98)

NOTES;
    1. Captain John Bidwell was in the Revolutionary War
    2. Captain John Bidwell - farmer and Cooper - moved near Kinderhook, Columbia, NY.  In Kinderhook, He was an overseer of Highways, and he bought a farm of 240 acres, called Eyke Bouch - where he lived until he died - He was executer of his father's Estate.
    3. Wife Sarah Penfield Bidwell was a nurse in the War of 1812 - she received a pension for her service. She married a second time at the age of nearly 80 years old to a Colonal William Potter (his second )
    4. Captain John Bidwell and Sarah Penfield Bidwell Potter were both buried in the Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook , Colombia, NY
Sarah PENFIELD
Birth:
6 Nov 1756
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
19 Mar 1846
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Daniel BIDWELL
Birth:
2 Aug 1776
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
16 Oct 1797
 
Marr:
 
2
Sarah BIDWELL
Birth:
16 Sep 1777
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
26 Nov 1855
 
Marr:
 
3
Anne BIDWELL
Birth:
25 Dec 1778
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
2 Nov 1779
William POTTER 
Marr:
1811
 
4
John BIDWELL
Birth:
2 Oct 1780
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
6 Nov 1795
 
Marr:
 
5
David BIDWELL
Birth:
21 Sep 1782
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
7 Nov 1839
Amy C. POTTER 
Marr:
1812
 
6
Alexander BIDWELL
Birth:
11 Jun 1784
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
17 Nov 1858
 
Marr:
 
7
Halsey BIDWELL
Birth:
10 May 1786
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
12 May 1847
 
Marr:
 
8
Anne BIDWELL
Birth:
7 Jun 1788
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
21 Dec 1862
 
Marr:
 
9
Benjamin H. BIDWELL
Birth:
7 May 1790
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
21 Dec 1862
 
Marr:
 
10
Horace BIDWELL
Birth:
21 Mar 1793
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
15 Jun 1849
 
Marr:
 
11
Howell BIDWELL
Birth:
21 Mar 1793
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
2 Jun 1837
 
Marr:
 
12
John BIDWELL
Birth:
15 May 1796
Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death:
8 Jan 1823
 
Marr:
 
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John Bidwell - Sarah Penfield

John Bidwell was born at Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut 28 Dec 1750. His parents were Daniel Bidwell and Agnes Abbe.

He married Sarah Penfield 15 Aug 1775 at Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut . Sarah Penfield was born at Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut 6 Nov 1756 .

They were the parents of 12 children:
Daniel Bidwell born 2 Aug 1776.
Sarah Bidwell born 16 Sep 1777.
Anne Bidwell born 25 Dec 1778.
John Bidwell born 2 Oct 1780.
David Bidwell born 21 Sep 1782.
Alexander Bidwell born 11 Jun 1784.
Halsey Bidwell born 10 May 1786.
Anne Bidwell born 7 Jun 1788.
Benjamin H. Bidwell born 7 May 1790.
Horace Bidwell born 21 Mar 1793.
Howell Bidwell born 21 Mar 1793.
John Bidwell born 15 May 1796.

John Bidwell died 8 Nov 1825 at Kinderhook, Columbia, New York .

Sarah Penfield died 19 Mar 1846 .