Mary Bissell b. 1631 England d. 11 Sep 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1631 - 1689 (58 years)

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Name Mary Bissell

Born 1631 England

Gender Female

Birth England [1]

Buried Sep 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Palisado Cemetery

Died 11 Sep 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Probate Nov 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [2]

Reference Number 3856

Siblings 5 Siblings

	1. Joyce Bissell, b. Aft 1609
	2. John Bissell, b. Abt 1611, England , d. 1693 (Age ~ 82 years)
	3. Mary Bissell, b. 1631, England , d. 11 Sep 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 58 years) ▻ Jacob Drake, m. 12 Apr 1649
+	4. Thomas Bissell, b. Abt 1635, England , d. 31 Jul 1689 (Age ~ 54 years) ▻ Abigail Moore, m. 11 Oct 1655
	5. Samuel Bissell, b. Abt 1639, d. 17 May 1697 (Age ~ 58 years) ▻ Abigail Holcombe, m. 11 Jun 1658
+	6. Nathaniel Bissell, b. 24 Sep 1640, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA , d. 12 Mar 1713/14 (Age 73 years) ▻ Mindwell Moore, m. 25 Sep 1662

Person ID I3856 FelsingFam

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Father	John Bissell, b. 1591, England , d. 3 Oct 1677 (Age 86 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Unknown Unknown, b. Abt 1591, d. 21 May 1641 (Age ~ 50 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F980	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Jacob Drake, b. 1624, England , d. Abt Aug 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 65 years)
Married	12 Apr 1649 [1]
Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
Family ID	F1296	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1631 - England
	Birth - - England
	Buried - Sep 1689 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	Died - 11 Sep 1689 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	Probate - Nov 1689 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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Notes

from findagrave.com:

Birth: 1631, England
Death: Sep. 11, 1689
Windsor
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Mary Bissell, undoubtedly the eldest dau. of John Bissell, Sr. and his unnamed first wife, b. circa 1631 in England. She d. testate at Windsor, Conn. Sept. 11, 1689, her age at death not stated in any record known to the memorialist.

On Apr. 12, 1649 at Windsor, Conn., Mary m. Sgt. Jacob Drake, s. of John Drake and Elizabeth Rogers, b. circa 1624 in England. He d. testate at Windsor Aug. 6, 1689, his age at death also not stated in any record known to the memorialist. They had no children and both Mary and her husband left wills by which they distributed property to their respective siblings or their sibling's children.

Mary's father, in his Sept. 25, 1673, bequeathed "to my daughter Mary, the wife of Jacob Drake, £10." This was followed by a provision for legacies of "20 shillings a peice to each of my grand children naturally descending from my foure sons and two daughters." Although only two daus. are specifically named in their father's will, Mary and Joyce, Mary (Bissell) Drake would have no known children.

Mary's estate, abstracted by Manwaring citing Hartford Probate District vol. V, p. 26, follows:

• Mrs. Mary Drake, wife of Jacob Drake, will dated Sept. 8, 1689.
• The last Will & Testament of Mary Drake, wife of Jacob Drake Jr. [sic Sr.], Decd.:
• I give, after my Just debts are paid, the rest of that Hundred Pounds which my loveing Husband gave me by Will, I give one half to my Brothers Samuel Bissell and Nathaniel Bissell, the other half to Samuel Pinney, my brother-in-law, & to my Kinsman Nathaniel Gaylord.
• And for my apparell, I give equally to my sister Joyce Pinney and my kinswoman Abigail Gaylord.
• That share of Estate which is due of my Mother Drake I give one half to Thomas Dibble and the other half to Sarah Hutchins, my Maid.
• My Brother Samuel Bissell and Nathaniel Gaylord Each to pay to Mary Trumble 10 Shillings.....MARY DRAKE.
Witness:
Thomas Elsworth
Dorothy X Colt.

• Court Record, Page 6--Nov. 11, 1689: Will Approved.
• Page 8--Dec. 12, 1689: This Court appoint Samuel Bissell, Nathaniel Bissell, Samuel Pinney & Nathaniel Gaylord Administrators with Will annexed.

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Parents:
John Bissell (1591 - 1677)

Spouse:
Jacob Drake (1624 - 1689)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Palisado Cemetery
Windsor
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Created by: Don Blauvelt
Record added: Apr 24, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51556098

Sources

[S282] The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor Connecticut 1635-1891, Henry R Stiles.
[S164] A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Charles Manwaring, (Name: R.S. Peck & Co, Printers; Location: Hartford, Connecticut; Date: 1604;), P440 V5.

drake mary bissell probate
Date:11/28/2013 11:11:45 AM