compiled by Katherine Cox Gottschalk and Fannie T. Brown

Introductory Notes: In the 1920s, Gottschalk and Brown established that the Rhode Island Bissells were descended not from one of the grandsons of Captain John Bissell (founder of the Connecticut Bissell family), but instead from another line that migrated from England to Rhode Island in 1707. Edward Payson Jones was sufficiently convinced of the soundness of their case for the British roots of the Rhode Island Bissell family that he included the Gottschalk/Brown listing as an appendix to his 1939 genealogy of the descendants of Capt. John Bissell. The path-breaking Gottschalk/Brown compilation, reproduced here (with some reformatting but no alteration of data) has itself now been superceded by an extensive revision. To go to this revised Rhode Island genealogy, click on this link: RhodeIslandRevision1.0

The revised Rhode Island Bissell genealogy involves an extensive renumbering of the Rhode Island Bissells, numerous additions and corrections, and especially a correction of the ancestry of #2, Thomas Bissell and of the descendants of Pvt. Samuel Bissell of Hartwick, New York. Thomas' father was probably not Samuel Bissell b. 1623 (as claimed by Gottschalk/Brown), but instead most likely John Bissell b. 1611. John's father was William Bissell b. 1583, his father being William Bissell b. ca. 1560, who was probably a son of John Bysselle, an emigre from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France following the persecution of Huguenots during the Purge of St. Bartholomew about 1570. If this is correct, then William b. 1583 (grandfather of Thomas b. 1643, the founder of the Rhode Island family) was probably a first cousin of Captain John Bissell b. 1590, the founder of the Connecticut Bissell family. The new material in the Rhode Island part of the revision consists mostly of additions and minor corrections, but also several people located by Gottschalk and Brown in the wrong line and/or generation have been properly relocated. The alert reader will note these discrepancies from the original -- and may especially wish to consult my analysis at: Corrected Genealogy for Samuel Bissell of Hartwick, New York.

Roger E. Bissell
October 7, 1999
email at: bissellgenealogy@aol.com

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1. Samuel Bissell

b. 1623 in Dudley, Staffordshire, England

2. Thomas Bissell

b. 11-26-1643

m. 1st or 2nd Joanna______. She was b. 1637 or 1645, d. 11-2-1747, age nearly 90 years

d. 10-24-1725 in No. Kingston, R.I.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND JOANNA BISSELL

*3. Job b. ca. 1680

4. Esther m. 4-14-1708 John Drake

*5. Samuel b. 3-20-1683

3. Job Bissell of Newport, R. I. -- "Blacksmith"

b. ca. 1680

m. Anna _____. She d. 8-3-1760 ae. 60 yrs.

d. 1758 ae. 78 yrs.

"He was founder of the Congregrational Church in R. I. in 1728.

CHILDREN OF JOB AND ANNA BISSELL

6. Hannah b. 1723, d. 1768 ae. 39 yrs.

7. Sarah b. 1730

8. Joan b. 1732, d. 1769 ae. 37 yrs.

*9. Job II b. 1734

10. Susannah b. 1738

11. William or Willis b. 1740

5. Samuel Bissell of North Kingston, Rhode Island -- "Blacksmith" -- "Nailer"

b. 3-20-1683

m. Izett Burgess (of Thomas) of Newport, R. I.

d. 1-25-1745 in Hamilton, R. I.

"He bought mills in North Kingston, R. I."

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND IZETT BURGESS BISSELL

*12. John b. 4-1707

*13. Samuel bapt. 1732

*14. Mary bapt. 1732

15. Hannah b. 1-5-1729, bapt. 1732

*16. Thomas b. 2-28-1724, bapt. 1728

17. Edward, b. ca. 1709/10, m. 1733 Almy Higgins. Living in 1754 -- no issue traced. He served on the "Revenge" in King George's War in 1744.

18. Annie m. 1758 Thomas West. He was b. 1734

9. Job Bissell II of Newport, R. I.

b. 1734

m. 1754 Martha Stevens

d.

CHILDREN OF JOB II AND MARTHA STEVENS BISSELL

19. Job III d. 1765 aged 6 mos.

20. Hannah d. 1772 aged 4 yrs.

12. John Bissell of North Kingston, R. I. -- "Blacksmith"

b. 4-1707

m. 1st Anna Albro (of Maj. John)

m. 2nd 12-14-1761 (3-29-1761?) Bathsheba Allen (Lewis) Bentley

d. after 1790

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND ALMA ALBRO BISSELL

21. William b. 7-21-1728 in North Kingston, R.I.

22. A dau. b. 5-4-1730 in No. Kingston. Not traced.

23. John b. 4-4-1732 in North Kingston, d. 1750 age 18 yrs. 5 mos., without issue

*24. Anne b. 3-4-1734 in North Kingston.

*25. Susannah b. 3-26-1737 in North Kingston

13. Samuel Bissell of North Kingston, Exeter, and West Greenwich, R. I. -- "Blacksmith" -- "Esquire"

bapt. 1732 by Rev. McSperren.

m. 1st 7-19-1753 Sarah Aldrich

m. 2nd 3-2-1766 Mary Frazier at Exeter

d. 1813 in West Greenwich, R. I.

His will was dated 10-18-1812 and proved 6-7-1813.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND ___(both wives) __ BISSELL

26. b. Feb., not named in his father's will

27. Mary b. Oct. (12-2-1757?), m. John Joslin, living in 1818

28. Hannah, b. , m. Stephen Tillinghast, living in 1818

*29. Samuel b. June (3-19-1755?)

30. Elizabeth b. , m. Lawton, probably the one called Edy in her father's will in 1818.

31. Sarah b. 1754

32. Joseph

33. David b. 2-4-1763, m. 3-10-1785 Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin West, living in 1840, he bought land in Exeter.

34. John

35. George

17. Mary Bissell of North Kingston

bapt. 1732

m. 2-7-1745 Capt. John Cole as his 2nd wife

d.

CHILDREN OF CAPT. JOHN AND MARY BISSELL COLE.

36. Yzett

37. Thomas bapt. 1745

38. Mary

39. William

40. John

41. Samuel

42. Sarah

43 Hutchison

16. Thomas Bissell of North Kingston, R. I. -- "Blacksmith" -- "Miller"

b. 2-28-1724

bapt. 1728,

m. Susannah Pindar (of John). She was b. 12-11-1725, she was living in 1799.

d. 2-10-1795 ae. 70 in North Kingston

He inherited mills in North Kingston from his father.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND SUSANNAH PINDAR BISSELL

44. Daniel, b. 9-30-1748, m. 6-4-1776 Waite Congdon

45. Lt. John -- "Miller" -- "Mariner" of North Kingston and Exeter, b. 5-25-1750, m. 12-15-1773 Ruth Congdon, d. 1799. He was a Rev. War Soldier.

*46. Thomas b. 4-13-1752

*47. Samuel b. 12-17-1759

*48. Susannah b. 12-17-1759 or 1751 (T.A.C.)

49. William b. 2-17-1760

50. Mary b. 7-16-1767, d. 1768

*51. George

24. Anne Bissell of North Kingston, R. I. and Lee, Mass. She was ancestress of Catherine (Cox) Gottschalk and Sister Mary Theodore of Mercy Convent, Peekskill, N.Y.

b. 3-4-1734 in North Kingston

m. 12-27-1753 Jeremiah Vallette

d. 7-8-1806 in Lee, Mass. aged 72 years

CHILDREN OF JEREMIAH AND ANNE BISSELL VALLETTE

52. Mary b. 5-16-1754 in No. Kingston, R. I., m. George Tift and resided in Buffalo, N.Y.

53. John b. 2-10-1756 in No. Kingston. He was a Rev. Soldier and Pensioner.

54. Abiah b. 4-6-1758 in No. Kingston, m. William Foote of Lee, Mass.

55. Annie (Susannah) b. 2-13-1760 in No. Kingston, m. William Rowley and resided in Locke, Cayuga Co., N.Y.

56. Phebe b. 1762 in Richmond, m. 1780 Aaron (Van) Wormer in Lee, Mass., d. in Locke, Cayuga Co., N.Y.

57. Jeremiah II b. 1764 in R. I., m. 1797 Abiah Mott, d. 1848 in Lee, Mass.

58. Hannah b. 2-13-1766 in Richmond, R.I., m. Lodewick Gardner in Lee, Mass.

25. Susannah Bissell of North Kingston and Pownal, Vt.

b. 3-26-1737 in North Kingston

m. 1753 Jacob Sherman, he d. 8-17-1811

d. 1-1-1813 aged 75 yrs. in Pownal, Vt.

CHILDREN OF JACOB AND SUSANNAH BISSELL SHERMAN

59. Experience b. 11-14-1754

60. John b. 4-11-1756

61. Phoebe b. 3-17-1758, d. 10-28-1758

62. William Bissell b. 10-16-1759

63. Susanna b. 5-25-1762

64. Mary b. 8-11-1764

65. Abigail b. 3-12-1768

66. Eben b. 10-22-1770, d. 9-1-1804

67. Anna b. 4-16-1773, d. 9-28-1776

68. Anna b. 6-9-1776

69. Benjamin b. 6-18-1778

70. Jacob b. 11-20-1783

29. Samuel Bissell of North Kingston, R.I. -- "Blacksmith" -- Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner

b. 3-19-1755

m. 1st Sarah

2nd Widow Bowen

d. after 1820 in Otsego Co., N.Y.

This family went to Fly Creek, Hartwick, Otsego Co., N.Y.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND ______ BISSELL

71. Mary b. 10-16-1779

*72. John b. 9-15-1781

73. Stephen b. 9-29-1783

74. Sarah b. 8- - 1785

75. Silas

76. John

46. Thomas Bissell of North Kingston, R.I.

b. 4-13-1745

m. 1st 5-17-1775 Phebe Congdon. She d. 1799 aged 29 yrs. in No. Car.

2nd Hannah Pindar

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND PHEBE CONGDON BISSELL

77. Nathaniel b. 4- -1777

78. A son b. 3-4-1779

79 Abigail b. 4-24-1781

47. Samuel Bissell of North Kingston, Exeter, R.I. and Plainfield, Conn. -- "Miller"

b. 11-23-1759

m. 1st 3-18-1782 Sarah Allen (of Jonathan). She d. 12-11-17

2nd 12-15-1796 Ann Spink (of Josiah)

He is buried in South David Farm Cemetery, Plainfield, Conn. His will is probated Plainfield, Conn. and a copy of same may be seen in the Probate Division of the State Library, Hartford, Conn. file #201.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND SARAH ALLEN ? BISSELL

80. Jonathan b. 11-10

81. William b. 1-27- , d. 5-7-

82. William 2nd b. 1-14- , d. 9-23-1806

83. Betsey b. 12-17-

84. Izett b. 1-23-

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND ANN SPINK BISSELL

*85. Caleb Allen b. 2-15-

86. Sarah b. 11-21- , m. ? Tripp of Plainfield, Conn.

48. Susannah Bissell of North Kingston, R.I.

b. 12-17-1759 in No. Kingston, R.I. (or 1751 (T.A.C.))

m. Charles Dyer, Jr.

d.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES JR. AND SUSANNAH BISSELL DYER

87. Mary b. 1-3-1780

88. Samuel b. 5-29-1790

89. Abigail b. 12-29-1792 (or 1790)

51. George Bissell of North Kingston, R.I.

b. 3-12-1770

m. 12-2-1787 Elizabeth Allen

CHILDEN OF GEORGE AND ELIZABETH ALLEN BISSELL

90. Susanna b. 7-21-17

91. Thomas b. 6-21-17

92. Arthur Levy b. 11-17-17

72. John Bissell of Otsego County, N.Y.

b. 9-15-1781

m. Betsey Vaughn

d. 1819/20

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND BETSEY VAUGHN BISSELL

93. Ruth b. 1814

94. Elizabeth b. 1817

95. John b. 1819

85. Caleb Allen Bissell of Exeter and Warwick, R.I. -- "House carpenter"

b. 2-15 ?

m. Mary ?

d.

CHILDREN OF CALEB ALLEN AND MARY BISSELL

96. Thomas b. 7-22-1823, d. 12-19-1824

97. Mary Ann b. 10-30-1824

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Roger E. Bissell
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