Introductory note: this is one of a series of "continuations" of families listed in Edward P. Jones' genealogy of the descendants of Captain John Bissell of Windsor, Connecticut. Building on Stiles' History of Ancient Windsor, Jones traced a number of lines of Bissells no further than the late 1700s or early 1800s, and other researchers (including myself, as compiler of this series) have subsequently managed to bring those lines on down to the present. Some continuations have already been published, and this series will simply extract the data from those works and present it here. Others have been more loosely gathered and are being published here for the first time. In still other cases, published continuations are being more completely filled in or extended for this series. Some day, building on the foundation laid by Stiles and Jones, a new genealogy of the Connecticut Bissells will be published and submitted to appropriate libraries, and it is hoped that this series will play an important role in helping to bring that about....Roger Bissell, Orange, California, February 2000.

As listed in Edward P. Jones' Genealogy of the Descendants of Captain John Bissell of Windsor, Connecticut by 1639, Elias Bissell (1760-1813) appears as #697, son of Daniel Bissell III #313, grandson of Daniel Bissell II #139, great-grandson of Cornet Daniel Bissell I #35, great-great-grandson of Cornet-Lieutenant John Bissell II #5, and great-great-great-grandson of Captain John Bissell #1. This line of descent may be more readily seen as follows:

Captain John #1àCornet-Lieutenant John II #5àCornet Daniel #35àDaniel II #139àDaniel III #313àCaptain Elias #697

[Compiler’s note: my deepest and most sincere apologies to those who might have been misled by an earlier version of this webpage, in which I said that the second generation person was Cornet-Lieutenant Samuel #5. This was a simple lapse of attention on my part when plugging in the names….August 2007.]

During our research into the genealogy of #695, Lieutenant Daniel Bissell IV, "the Spy," some data on his brother Captain Elias Bissell (#697) came our way. We are indebted to William Nicklin and Bob Sarsfield (descendants of Daniel and Elias, respectively) for much of what appears on this page.

E. P. Jones lists Capt. Elias Bissell ..... as follows:

bapt. 6-7-1759 (Windsor Vital Records)
m. Dorothy Leavitt. She was b. 1767
d. 2-1813 ae. 55 in Clarence, N.Y.

Children of Capt. Elias and Dorothy Leavitt Bissell (the asterisk indicating that E. P. Jones included information on later generations elsewhere in the text):

*1356. Charlotte b. 1791.

Jones says, "There were probably more children." Indeed, there were -- nine more, to be exact!

Elias Bissell was born June 10, 1760 at Windsor, Connecticut and died January 27, 1813 at Clarence, Niagara County, New York. He married December 23, 1788 to Dorothy Leavitt, who was born April 24, 1768 and died November 5, 1844. They settled on the Buffalo Creek Indian Reservation east of Buffalo, New York, one mile east of Lancaster, Erie County, New York. They lived in Erie County, New York after 1808 at Cayuga Creek. They had 10 children:

1. Dolly Bissell, born February 18, 1790, died August 31, 1854. She married December 19, 1822 to Oliver Standart, who was born September 2, 1793 and died August 31, 1854. They had five children:

a. Samantha Maria Standart, born June 6, 1824, died May 6, 1826.

b. Rollin Milton Standart, born December 2, 1825, died February 1, 1827.

c. Ruth Amelia Standart, born December 10, 1828. She married first January 29, 1846 to John Moore, Jr., who was born September 17, 1826 and died December 20, 1849, and married second to William Robert Robinson. She and John had:

(1) Laurette Standart, born October 3, 1846. She married September 8, 1870 to J. D. H. Cornelius. They had four children:

(a) Edward Morrison Cornelius, born January 23, 1874.

(b) James Harvey Cornelius, born August 30, 1876.

(c) Harvey Allen Cornelius, born August 4, 1880.

(d) Willard Cornelius, born April 23, 1883.

(2) Emily Jane Standart, died May 18, 1851.

(3) Eliza Maria Standart, born November 4, 1852. She was unmarried.

(4) Mary Ruth Standart, born December 16, 1854. She married September 8, 1880 to Andrew N. Lintner. They had three children:

(a) Genevieve Laurette Lintner, born November 10, 1881.

(b) Lulu Maud Lintner, born August 23, 1883.

(c) Gertrude Lyde Lintner, born August 28, 1885.

(5) William Bissell Standart, born May 14, 1858, died May 1, 1883.

(6) Harry Ellsworth Standart, born February 16, 1861 (twin of Harvey). He married July 24, 1895 to Etta Mitchell.

(7) Harvey Judson Standart, born February 16, 1861 (twin of Harry). He married February 12, 1885 to Josephine Anderson. They lived at Tekamah and Summit, Nebraska and had three children:

(a) Emma Luella Standart, born September 24, 1886.

(b) Harry Judson Standart Jr., born June 26, 1889.

(c) Harvey Oliver Standart, born May 25, 1891.

(8) Edward Walter Standart, born May 17, 1863. He married December 4, 1884 to Caroline Matilda Anderson. They lived at Lyons, Nebraska and had three children:

(a) William Bissell Standart, born September 26, 1885.

(b) Mary Amelia Standart, born April 23, 1887.

(c) Pearl Ruth Standart, born November 7, 1889.

(9) Ella Lillian Standart, born November 17, 1866. She married May 1, 1893 to Oscar Johnson. They had:

(a) Mary Ruth Johnson, born December 14, 1895.

d. Emily Leavitt Standart, born April 29, 1831, died April 14, 1878. She died without issue.

e. Maria Jane Standart, born May 21, 1834, died November 21, 1857. She married October 16, 1853 to Joseph T. Robinson. They had:

(1) Oliver Byron Robinson, born September 9, 1854, died August 14, 1882.

2. Algernon Sidney Bissell, born October 13, 1791, died December 2, 1791.

3. Charlotte Bissell, born October 30, 1792 (twin of Laurette), died March 16, 1885. She married March 3, 1811 to Cyrus Hopkins, who was born June 4, 1782 and died September 6, 1863. They had thirteen children:

a. Cyrus Bigalow Hopkins, born August 7, 1812, died February 28, 1892. He married October 11, 1836 to Fanny Larkins, who died May 7, 1873. They had eight children:

(1) Cyrus Hopkins, born October 11, 1837, died March 9, 1893. He married February 22, 1863 to Jane Wallace. They had six children:

(a) Horace Elmore Hopkins, born July 24, 1865.

(b) Lulu M. Hopkins, born January 19, 1867.

(c) Maude Hopkins, born February 29, 1868.

(d) Cyrus B. Hopkins, born January 7, 1875.

(e) Anna Hopkins, born 1880.

(f) Fanny Hopkins, born 1882.

(2) Albert J. Hopkins, born August 15, 1846. He married September 3, 1873 to Emma Stolph, who was born in 1854. They had four children:

(a) Fanny M. Hopkins, born April 26, 1876 in Aurora, Illinois. She married J. Peffers, Jr. and was a member of the D.A.R.

(b) James S. Hopkins, born July 27, 1879.

(c) Albert J. Hopkins, born March 9, 1882.

(d) Mark Hopkins, born January 12, 1885.

(3) Phebe Hopkins, born August 17, 1848. She married December 6, 1870 to Luther Posson.They had four children:

(a) John Cyrus Posson, born September 22, 1871.

(b) John Hopkins Posson, born April 25, 1875.

(c) Chester Garfield Posson, born July 12, 1881.

(d) Effie June Posson, born June 13, 1890.

(4) Melvin Hopkins, born October 3, 1853. He married February 25, 1879 to Mary Todd. They had two children:

(a) Zylpha A. Hopkins, born 1882.

(b) Jesse T. Hopkins, born 1884.

(5) Sarah Hopkins. She had four children:

(a) Charles E. ____.

(b) Sarah J. ____.

(c) William ____.

(d) Blanche Irene ____.

(6) Fannie Hopkins. She married October 11, 1870 to James Holland. They had five children:

(a) Ellen Maud Holland, born January 17, 1878.

(b) Robert Cyrus Holland, born April 7, 1883, died November 13, 1883.

(c) Floyd Jay Holland, born November 5, 1884.

(d) Nellie Augusta Holland, born January 18, 1885, died March 10, 1885.

(e) Fannie May Holland, born August 30, 1887.

(7) John Edwin (Edward) Hopkins, died August 1, 1884. He married June 14, 1870 to Vesta M. Johnson. They had seven children:

(a) Albert Floyd Hopkins, born April 21, 1871.

(b) John E. Hopkins, born November 27, 1872

(c) Ida Vesta Hopkins, born February 23, 1874.

(d) Dora Elizabeth Hopkins, born December 31, 1875.

(e) John Edwin Hopkins, born November 13, 1879.

(f) Ella Bessie Hopkins, born November 29, 1881.

(g) May Florence Hopkins, born December 6, 1883.

(8) Charles H. Hopkins. He married December 3, 1871 to Sarah B. Filmore. They had eight children:

(a) Scott Bruce Hopkins, born December 19, 1872.

(b) Nellie May Hopkins, born September 29, 1874.

(c) Ethel Jonas Hopkins, born September 8, 1876, died June 11, 1892.

(d) Blanch Hopkins, born November 21, 1878.

(e) Zelma Roberts Hopkins, born December 3, 1880.

(f) Emma Berdette Hopkins, born April 13, 1883.

(g) Charles Judson Hopkins, born July 19, 1885, died April 22, 1892.

(h) Irma Isabelle Hopkins, born April 2, 1888.

b. Henry Leavitt Hopkins, born August 1, 1814. He married September 12, 1841 to Abigail Cully, who was born May 1, 1822. They had nine children:

(1) Harriet L. Hopkins, born October 8, 1843. She married August 26, 1858 to Milo Colborn.

(2) Henry F. Hopkins, born October 31, 1844, died October 10, 1875, died without issue.

(3) Henry A. Hopkins, born April 2, 1846, died February 9, 1883. He married May 5, 1869 to Minnie Burlison.

(4) Charles E. Hopkins, born July 17, 1847, died July 20, 1847.

(5) Mary E. Hopkins, born October 20, 1848. she married February 17, 1877 to Jerry Linklater.

(6) Franklin W. Hopkins, born December 16, 1849. He married February 17, 1880 to Kate Simmons.

(7) Charles A. Hopkins, born June 27, 1852.

(8) Cyrus A. Hopkins, born December 11, 1855. He married November 9, 1876 to Sarah Coselman.

(9) Ellen D. Hopkins, born December 8, 1858, died December 16, 1869.

c. Laurette Maria Hopkins, born July 30, 1816. She married June 21, 1842 Seth M. Baker. Laurette died without issue.

d. Charlotte Sophia Hopkins, born January 28, 1818. She married February 1, 1853 to Jehiel Tiffany, who was born March 10, 1798 and died January 11, 1867. They had two children:

(1) James Hopkins Tiffany, born December 1, 1853, died January 5, 1854.

(2) John Hopkins Tiffany, born October 28, 1854. He married February 13, 1889 to Jessie C. Whitman (daughter of aunt Dorothy Hopkins Whitman). They had:

(a) John Harold Tiffany, born March 30, 1890.

(b) Gerald Whitman Tiffany, born September 25, 1892.

(c) James Tiffany.

e. Dorothy Ann Hopkins, born March 24, 1821, died November 23, 1885. She married September 28, 1845, Jarvis Whitman, who was born January 26, 1821. They had eight children:

(1) Charlotte Susan Whitman, born August 4, 1846. She married June 21, 1866 to William Wesley Johnson. They had five children:

(a) Robert Whitman Johnson

(b) William Wesley Johnson

(c) Julia Davenport Johnson

(d) Anna Clara Johnson, died without issue.

(e) Lotta Johnson

(2) Dora Laurette Whitman, born June 23, 1852. She married September 1, 1875 to Arthur Jay Stever, who was born January 3, 1853. They had three children:

(a) Florence W. Stever, born July 30, 1876. Died without issue.

(b) Arthur J. Stever, born July 17, 1880.

(c) Ralph H. Stever, born February 9, 1884.

(3) Cyrus Jarvis Whitman, born October 3, 1854, died December 1, 1891. He married December 10, 1885 to Madaline Lauretta Baron, who was born May 13, 1865. They had two children:

(a) Jessie Laurette Whitman, born October 2, 1886.

(b) Harry Edwin Whitman, born February 15, 1887, died March 1889.

(4) Edward Albert Whitman, born March 24, 1857, died August 4, 1858.

(5) Estella Amanda Whitman, born April 14, 1859, died May 7, 1865.

(6) Anna Hopkins Whitman, born August 12, 1862. She married August 20, 1890 to Edward C. Fleukiger. They had two children:

(a) Dora Fleukiger, born May 13, 1891.

(b) Marjorie Fleukiger, born August 2, 1892.

(7) Jessie Carll Whitman, born March 22, 1864. She married March 13, 1889 to John H. Tiffany (son of aunt Charlotte Hopkins Tiffany), who was born October 28, 1854. They had three children:

(a) John Harold Tiffany, born August 30, 1890.

(b) Gerald Whitman Tiffany, born September 25, 1892.

(c) James Tiffany.

(8) Gertrude Jennie Whitman, born February 15, 1867. Died without issue.

f. Eliza Aurelia Hopkins, born January 17, 1823. She married April 16, 1845 to Dewitt C. Bundy.

g. John Orlando Hopkins, born December 17, 1824. He married July 3, 1851 to Susan Carn. They had nine children:

(1) Cornelia Hopkins, born March 8, 1852 (twin of Cordelia), died March 17, 1852.

(2) Cordelia Hopkins, born March 8, 1852 (twin of Cornelia), died March 17, 1852.

(3) Theodosia A. Hopkins, born May 18, 1853. She married October 28, 1875 to Elwyn Burdick

(4) John W. Hopkins, born February 1, 1855. He married December 1, 1876 to Emma Myers.

(5) Orlando J. Hopkins, born June 30, 1857, died August 26, 1890.

(6) Laura A. Hopkins, born December 26, 1858, died February 9, 1886. She married September 12, 1876 to Arthur G. Crossman.

(7) Ella V. Hopkins, born December 27, 1860. She married October 10, 1877 to Joseph T. Waggoner.

(8) Flora Blanch Hopkins, born January 11, 1854, died March 17, 1890. She married January 1, 1887 to Boyd McNary.

(9) Jennie Ora Hopkins, born April 23, 1867. She married November 1, 1885 to Charles Perrins

h. William Wallace Hopkins, born June 21, 1827. He married September 7, 1851 to Louisa Sumner. They had five children:

(1) Roy L. Hopkins, born April 23, 1853. He married January 31, 1878 to Minnie L. Lanaghan. They had two children:

(a) Clarence Hopkins, born May 4, 1884.

(b) Roy A. Hopkins, born January 14, 1889.

(2) Alma M. Hopkins, born January 25, 1858. She married August 18, 1880 to Charles Humeston. They had:

(a) Elmer Roy Humeston, born January 31, 1885.

(3) Frederick W. Hopkins, born August 4, 1860. He married January 21, 1883 to Ida M. Chatsey. They had two children:

(a) Vernie Hopkins

(b) Maud Hopkins

(4) Alfred W. Hopkins, born April 4, 1866. He married January 22, 1890 to Kate W. Balsiger. They had:

(a) Earl M. Hopkins, born March 12, 1892.

(5) George L. Hopkins, born August 31, 1869.

i. Sarah Jane Hopkins, born August 16, 1829, died September 22, 1829.

j. Sarah Bigalow Hopkins, born August 8, 1830, died December 3, 1864. She married March 3, 1863 to George W. Garrett, who was born November 9, 1833 and married second to her sister Wealthy Jane. Sarah died without issue.

k. Nelson Franklin Hopkins, born June 6, 1833. He married first June 9, 1855 to Elizabeth L. Hoffman, who died April 30, 1873, and married second January 4, 1879 to Sarah J. King.

l. Charles Henry Hopkins, born December 20, 1835. He married December 7, 1876 to Emma Lund, who was born January 11, 1845. They had three children:

(1) Clara May Hopkins, born May 18, 1878.

(2) Nellie J. Hopkins, born July 17, 1881.

(3) Isadore Hopkins, born June 30, 1885.

m. Wealthy Jane Hopkins, born August 29, 1839. She married November 28, 1866 to George W. Garrett (her sister's widower). They had four children:

(1) Jennie L. Garrett, born February 20, 1869. She married September 26, 1889 to William H. Ream.

(2) George H. Garrett, born December 7, 1870.

(3) Jessie M. Garrett, born September 6, 1874.

(4) Lottie E. Garrett, born August 18, 1880.

4. Laurette Bissell, born October 30, 1792 (twin of Charlotte), died May 28, 1865. She married November 15, 1813 to Truman Luce, who was born March 23, 1788 and died December 30, 1863. They had eight children:

a. Leavitt Luce, born December 25, 1814, died August 24, 1816.

b. Philander Luce, born April 29, 1816, died August 30, 1865. He married July 25, 1848 to Wealthy Cutler. They had:

(1) Leavit Luce, born April 4, 1852.

c. Truman Warren Luce, born May 23, 1818. He married October 4, 1849 to Christine Siebur. They had two children:

(1) Maria Luce.

(2) Laura Luce.

d. Charlotte M. Luce, born February 7, 1820. She married July 4, 1848 to William J. Hall. They had:

(1) Clara Hall, born August 10, 1853, died October 11, 1855.

e. Perez Wadsworth Luce, born January 9, 1823, died February 25, 1849.

f. Orlando Luce, born May 12, 1825. He married Kitty Poacher.

g. Lauretta S. Luce, born April 25, 1828. She married December 5, 1845 to Henry Lighthall. They had two children:

(1) Helen Lighthall. She married William Davidson

(2) William Lighthall. He married Ida ____.

h. Benjamin Franklin Luce, born September 15, 1833. He married August 8, 1852 to Christine Chanel. They had 10 children:

(1) Franklin Luce, born November 17, 1853.

(2) Clara Luce, born April 9, 1856, died September 18, 1858.

(3) William H. Luce, born September 12, 1858. He married September 29, 1886 to Florelle A. Gray. They had:

(a) George R. Luce.

(4) Charles Luce, born August 27, 1860. He married July 4, 1888 to Mary Chittenden.

(5) Clara B. Luce, born September 21, 1862. She married June 19, 1884 to Marshall Campbell.

(6) Lydia Luce, born October 9, 1864, died May 11, 1886.

(7) George W. Luce, born May 6, 1866.

(8) Albert H. Luce, born June 8, 1868. He married October 18, 1890 to Lydia Creeknore.

(9) Lottie Luce, born January 21, 1870.

(10) Mary Luce, born December 24, 1872.

5. Elias Bissell, born September 28, 1794 in Vermont, died June 16, 1880. He married Lucy Graves, who died in December of 1873. They had five children:

a. Harriet Maria Bissell, born 1831, died December 17, 1833.

b. Elias Leavitt Bissell, born October 22, 1833, died November 1, 1905. He married March 16, 1863 to A. Lora Hodgson (Hudson?), who was born August 4, 1838 and died in 1899. They had five children:

(1) Iona H. Bissell, born December 38, 1863, died June 21, 1886.

(2) Minnie Faith Bissell, born January 3, 1866, died July 1944. She married William B. Frye, who died August 8, 1945. They had:

(a) Margaret B. Frye, born April 15, 1907.

(3) Albert Elias Bissell, born December 8, 1867, died September 8, 1868.

(4) Annie Kennan Bissell, born October 18, 1869, died in 1932. She married Charles H. Phillips. They had:

(a) Hudson Bissell Phillips. Reverend Phillips did some amount of research on Daniel Bissell the Spy (Jones #695).

(b) Dorothy Bissell Phillips.

(5) Elihu Hudson Bissell, born September 27, 1871. He married Jenny Bay. They had:

(a) Elihu Hudson Bissell Jr.

c. Amelia Bissell, born February 18, 1835, died May 28, 1898. She married November 1878 to Robert Smithers, who died January 14, 1893.

d. Albert Bissell, born March 18, 1837, died in 1859.

e. Augustus Graves Bissell, born December 6, 1839, died June 1, 1928. He married June 6, 1877 to Leonora A. Ladd, who was born December 6, 1840 and died March 21, 1915. They had four children:

(1) Eleanor Grant Bissell, born February 28, 1879, died May 22, 1883(?)

(2) Harry Brewster Bissell, born July 13, 1880, died June 11, 1889.

(3) Harvey Hitchcock Bissell, born January 25, 1882.

(4) Albert Ladd Bissell, born March 18, 1884, died November 6, 1956.

6. Dr. Harry Hiram Bissell, born June 21, 1796 in Vermont, died September 16, 1858. He married March 1, 1827 to Betsey Field, who was born December 7, 1800 and died July 10, 1883. They moved from Vermont to Clarence, New York in 1828, then on to Lancaster, New York. They had three children:

a. Leavitt Field Bissell, born May 16, 1830. He married May 1, 1854 to Sarah Porter Smith.

b. Charles Henry Bissell, born July 26, 1834, died February 17, 1835.

c. Henry Rollin Bissell, born April 23, 1836, died November 14, 1838.

7. Betsy Amelia Bissell, born February 8, 1798, died March 23, 1825. She married in 1815 to Nathan Willis. They had five children:

a. Harriet Willis, born 1816, died 1835, without issue.

b. Betsy Willis, born 1819. She married Carlos L. Rolf. They had five children:

(1) Alphonso Rolf. He died without issue.

(2) Louisa Rolf. She married Chauncey C. Gunn. They had two children:

(a) Minnie Gunn.

(b) George C. Gunn.

(3) Amelia Rolf. She married.

(4) Rosette Rolf. She died without issue.

(5) Willis Rolf. He married.

c. Roswell Grosvenor Willis, born 1820. He married first in 1847 to Alvira Nie and married second in 1863 to Alvira Curr. He had two children by his first wife and one by his second:

(1) Emma Willis, born 1849. She married Robert Austin. They had three children:

(a) Grace Austin.

(b) Willis Austin.

(c) Arthur Austin.

(2) Helen Willis, born 1853. She married Herbert Mason. They had:

(a) ____ Mason (daughter).

(3) Grace Willis, born in 1866. She married Charles Hall.

d. Theresa Willis, born 1823. She married 1851 to Henry Labar and died without issue.

e. Oliver Ellsworth Willis, born 1825. He married 1849 to Julia H. Moore. They had six children:

(1) Nathan E. Willis, born 1853. He married 1877 to Angeline Reins. They had:

(a) Willis Nathan Willis, born 1884.

(2) Newell B. Willis, born September 1, 1860, died February 18, 1861.

(3) William P. Willis, born 1863.

(4) Julia Amedia Willis, born 1865. She married 1886 to Samuel B. Webster. They had:

(a) Newel Bertis Webster, born 1891.

(5) Lamie Willis, born December 29, 1868, died March 14, 1870.

(6) Oliver Ellsworth Willis Jr., born 1874. He married 1893 to Sarah Jane Stagley.

8. Lucinda Bissell, born February 12, 1800, died May 9, 1862. She married June 23, 1823 to Jonathan Ball, who was born August 23, 1797. They had five children:

a. Mary L. Ball, born August 4, 1827, died July 28, 1880, without issue.

b. Elizabeth Ball, born March 5, 1830, died September 16, 1833.

c. Elizabeth Ball, born October 29, 1833. She married August 5, 1862 to Elias Barber Blake. They had two children:

(1) Selwyn Nivison Blake, born July 7, 1864. He married June 20, 1893 to Ellen Blake.

(2) Louis Lincoln Blake, born January 31, 1867.

d. Samuel Ball, born November 26, 1836, died January 25, 1838.

e. Gertrude Ball. She married Melville C. Wilkinson. They had two children:

(1) Evangeline Wilkinson.

(2) Melville Wilkinson.

9. Elihu Bissell, born September 2, 1802, died February 9, 1862. He married first January 30, 1841 to Rosette Burwell, who died April 29, 1846, and second May 18, 1847 to Mrs. Harriet Butler, who died March 30, 1886. Elihu and Rosette had two children:

a. Eliza Jane Bissell, born January 19, 1842. She married April 9, 1862 to William C. Bailey, who was born October 13, 1829 and died May 21, 1890. They had two childen:

(1) Howard Bailey, born February 10, 1863.

(2) Florence Bailey, born June 7, 1883, died ___ 9, 1969. She married Maurice L. Sarsfield, who was born in 1879 and died October 26, 1968. They had:

(a) Willard Maurice Sarsfield, born January 15, 1914. He married Florence I. Weerts, who was born May 22, 1915. They had:

[1] Robert Sarsfield. (Bob has been a great help in the compiling of this extension of the Jones listing of Elias Bissell.)

b. Harvey Leavitt Bissell, born February 20, 1844, died September 26, 1891.