I am very good at reading seventeenth century texts, analyzing them and putting them to use in this history of Alice Martin Bishop’s life (1616-1648). I am not good at managing a blog. I’m working on it, I promise…
The “best” way to read this blog is to start at the earliest entries in January 2011 and read chronologically — following the path of AMB’s life.
HELLO MY NAME IS LAURA STRANE. LIKE YOU , I TOO, HAVE RESEARCHED MY ANCESTORS IN PLYMOUTH COLONY. WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN WE HAD “PILGRIM ANCESTORS” . FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS I HAVE TRACED THE ROOTS OF ALL 4 PARENTS OF MY GG GRAND PARENTS, ESTER MINERVA HILL THE COMMON LINK AND HER HUSBAND EBAN HILL. ALL DOWN TO THE SHIPS EACH FOUNDING FATHER AND MOTHER CAME ON. YOU ASKED FOR A REPLY FROM ANYONE WHO COULD BACK UP THE ISSUE OF ALICE HAVING A SON JAMES. ALICE MARTIN BISHOP WAS MY 9TH GG. THROUGH HER SON JAMES AND MY 8TH GG MARY HUDSON. JAMES AND MARY HAD 9 CHILDREN IN WHICH I AM DESCENDED FROM THE ELDEST DAUGHTER ELIZABETH , AND THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER HANNAH. WITH ABOUT 10-15+ YEARS BETWEEN THEM. ELIZABETH BISHOP MARRIED JOHN BONNEY OF DUXBURY AND THEY HAD RUTH. RUTH BONNEY MARRIED SAMUEL PARRIS(grand nephew of Samuel B Parris of Salem witch trials).THEY HAD A DAUGHTER ABIGAIL , ABIGAIL PARRIS MARRIED JOB SIMMONS JR., SON OF HANNAH BISHOP. SO ABIGAIL PARRIS AND JOB SIMMONS WERE COUSINS. 2ND AND 3RD? THE QUIRKY THING ALSO IS THAT RICHARD BISHOP’S BROTHER EDWARD ALSO CAME TO THE COLONIES A FEW YEARS AFTER RICHARD, AND LATER IN LIFE MARRIED BRIDGETTE BISHOP, 1ST TO BE HUNG IN THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS. BY MARRIAGE SHE WAS A GREAT AUNT TO ELIZABETH AND HANNAH BISHOP. WE ALWAYS WONDER IF THERE WAS ANY FRICTION AMONGST THE FAMILY WHEN ELIZABETH’S DAUGHTER RUTH MARRIED INTO THE FAMILY OF REV. SAMUEL PARRIS WHO HAD THEI
R AUNT BRIDGETTE BISHOP CONDEMED AND HANGED. MY LINE FROM ALICE BISHOP IS THIS:
RICHARD BISHOP M ALICE MARTIN
JAMES BISHOP M MARY HUDSON
HANNAH BISHOP M JOB SIMMONS ELIZABETH BISHOP M JOHN BONNEY
JOB SIMMONS jr M ABIGAIL PARRIS daughter of RUTH BONNEY SAM. PARRIS
MARY SIMMONS M JAMES ATWOOD
ELIZABETH ATWOOD M CORNELIUS HAIGHT
ELIZABETH HAIGHT M EBAN HILL
ESTER MINERVA HILL M CHARLES BANTON
JAMES ELSIE BANTON M CORA HOGUE
GERALD BANTON M LILLIE MARLOW
MAXINE BANTON M RALPH STRANE (MY PARENTS)
OK SO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I SAW A POST THROUGH GOOGLING ALICE BISHOP, ABOUT A DESCENDANT OF DAMARIS BISHOP SUTTON AND THEY WROTE THAT ONE DESCENDANT WAS THE MOTHER OF JON BENNET RAMSEY. THE WOMAN SUSPECTED OF KILLING HER DAUGHTER. THEN I REMEMBERED MY G,G GRANDMOTHER ESTER MINERVA HILL WHOM AFTER THE MYSTERIOUS DEATHS OF HER 2 INFANT CHILDREN , KILLED HERSELF. SHE WAS 30. HMMM??? PERHAPS ITS MORE THAN POST PARTUM DEPRESSION? HOPE TO HEAR BACK SOON LAURA
Great info about James! I will look into this ~ thanks, Erin