Bisbee, Lt. Elisha b. 04 Mar 1757 Sumner, Oxford Co., ME d. 01 Dec 1826 Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME: My Damon Genealogy

1757 - 1826 (69 years)

Name	Bisbee, Elisha
Title	Lt.
Birth	04 Mar 1757	Sumner, Oxford Co., ME [1]
Gender	Male
DAR Ancestor Number	A010406
Tombstone Photo	Sumner, Oxford Co., ME [2]
	Sumner Field Cemetery
Death	01 Dec 1826	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME [1]
Burial	Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
Person ID	I8944	My Damon Genealogy
Last Modified	29 Oct 2019

Father	Bisbee, Charles, b. Apr 1726, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA d. 05 Jun 1807, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME (Age ~ 81 years)
Mother	Howland, Beulah, b. 28 Aug 1737, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA d. 01 Sep 1813, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME (Age 76 years)
Marriage	16 Sep 1756	East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA
Family ID	F5010	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Pettingill, Mary [Molly], b. 19 Jan 1760, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA d. 30 Aug 1811, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME (Age 51 years)

Marriage 22 Sep 1779 Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA

Children

	1. Bisbee, Susan, b. 26 Mar 1780, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA d. 24 May 1860 (Age 80 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	2. Bisbee, Sarah, b. 23 Mar 1782, New Gloucester, Cumberland Co., ME d. 14 May 1866, Belfast, Waldo Co., ME (Age 84 years)
	3. Bisbee, Anna, b. 19 Mar 1784, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	4. Bisbee, Elisha Jr., b. 08 May 1786, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME d. 10 Dec 1874, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME (Age 88 years)
	5. Bisbee, Hopestill, b. 19 Jul 1788 d. 22 Oct 1791 (Age 3 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	6. Bisbee, Daniel, b. 07 May 1791, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME d. 24 Apr 1824 (Age 32 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	7. Bisbee, Mary, b. 04 Jan 1794, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME d. 12 Jan 1832, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME (Age 38 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	8. Bisbee, Captain Hopestill, b. 27 Apr 1796, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME d. 10 Jun 1882, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME (Age 86 years)
	9. Bisbee, Theresa, b. 12 Sep 1798, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME d. 11 Jul 1867 (Age 68 years)
	10. Bisbee, Horatio, b. 13 Aug 1800, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME d. 07 Oct 1881, Canton, Oxford Co., ME (Age 81 years)
	11. Bisbee, Hulda, b. 11 Nov 1802, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME d. 11 Jul 1842, Oxford Co., ME (Age 39 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]

Family ID F4555 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Mar 2014

Family 2	Sylvester, Chloe, b. 23 Jul 1765 d. 22 Apr 1850 (Age 84 years)
Family ID	F2069	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	3 Mar 2014

Event Map

	Birth - 04 Mar 1757 - Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
	Tombstone Photo - Sumner Field Cemetery - - Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
	Marriage - 22 Sep 1779 - Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA
	Death - 01 Dec 1826 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
	Burial - - Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

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Documents
Sturtevant, Isaac and Hannah Bradbury; Bisbee, Elisha and Mary Pettingill
Record of Children

Bisbee Elisha
Land Grant Application

Headstones
Bisbee, Elisha

Notes

Revolutionary War Service:
1775 -14 days Capt. Amos Turner's Co., Col. John Bailey's Rgmt Served at the Lexington Alarm
1775 - 3 months, 6 days Capt. Amos Turner's Co., Gen. John Thomas' Rgmt Enlisted May 3, 1775. Served at the Seige of Boston
1776 - 59 days Capt. Abam Washburn's Co., Col. John Cushing's Rgmt Enlisted Sept. 20, 1776. Served at Newport, RI.
1778 - 11 months, 14 days Capt. Joseph Coles's Co., Col. John Jacobs's Rgmt Enlisted Jan. 20, 1778.

DESCENDANT OF MAYFLOWER PASSENGER FRANCIS COOKE
GRANDFATHER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL-OF-HONOR-WINNER AXEL HAYFORD REED
HELPED TO MAKE THE FAMOUS CHAIN THAT BLOCKED THE HUDSON RIVER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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A BIOGRAPHY OF LT. ELISHA BISBEE, by Larry Overmire (4th great grandson), Aug. 2008:

Elisha Bisbee was born Mar. 4, 1757, in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the eldest of nine children of Revolutionary War veteran Charles Bisbee and his wife Beulah Howland. Charles Bisbee was the great great grandson of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower.

Elisha distinguished himself as an ardent patriot in the Revolutionary War. Such was his Revolutionary zeal that, while a blacksmith's apprentice, he purposely burned the lock of a Tory's gun that had been left at the shop to be repaired.

Elisha went on to become a blacksmith in the Massachusetts Line and helped make the famous chain that blocked the British approach up the Hudson River. His promotion to lieutenant was signed by Gen. George Washington himself.

Elisha married Mary "Molly" Pettingell on Sept. 22, 1779 in Duxbury. She was the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Gannett) Pettingell. They had ten children: Susan, Sarah "Sally" Howland, Anna, Elisha Jr., Daniel, Mary "Molly," Hopestill, Thursea, Horatio, and Huldah.

In 1784, Elisha and his family moved with his father to Sumner, Maine. He wrote a letter to his uncle William Ford of Pembroke, Mass., on Apr. 29, 1803, that gives an impression of what life was like in Sumner:

"Dear Uncle: I embrace this opportunity to inform you that we are all well as common. I have nothing new to write. It is a general time of health here. We have had a very moderate winter, and as forward spring as we have had since I lived here. Bread and meat are plenty and cheap, and labor bears a very high price and not to be had at any rate... I have not had a line from you this many a day, and have done looking for any, but I am in hopes my scribbling may stir you up so that I may know how you and our relations fare there in that old worn-out country, and pray don't miss any opportunity of writing to me, as I shall take it very hard if you do. We have had a very exceeding snow storm here. It began on Friday, the fifteenth of this instant, early in the morning and grew hotter and hotter until Sunday about noon, when it abated. The snow fell eighteen or twenty inches deep and there is some of it to be seen now. It was by far the smartest storm we have had for the winter past. Our two oldest girls have got married and each of them got a boy. They married men of property and are in a way to live if no misfortune overtakes them. Remember me to all that may inquire..."

In 1811, Elisha's wife Mary died. Some of the children were sent to live with others to ease the burden of raising them. On Sept. 15, 1812, Elisha married again, to Chloe Sylvester, the daughter of Elisha Sr. and Grace (Ruggles) Sylvester.

Elisha died on either Dec. 1 or Dec. 4, 1826, at the age of 69. He was buried in The Bonney Road Cemetery in Sumner.

Sources

[S847] Sumner, Maine, Town Clerk, Elisha Bisbee and Molly Petingill, their children; FHL microfilm 12245, section titled "Record of Births, Deaths, Marriages (1733-1852)".
[S861] Sumner Field Cemetery, (Sumner, Oxford County, Maine; 398 Old Sumner Rd, about 800 fee south of the intersection of Old Sumner Rd and Spring Rd; LAT/LON 44.31686N, -70.37096W), Elisha Bisbee marker.