Surname may be Besbeach
Per Bisbee Family Records
Thomas Besbedge,(*) the common ancestor of the New England Family of Bisbee, was one of those persons who came to New England soon after the landing of the Mayflower pilgrims, in order that they might enjoy more perfect religious freedom. There are many circumstances which go to show that he was a man of some wealth and position in the old country, and a man of influence in Plymouth Colony. The records show that he sailed from Sandwich, England, in the ship Hercules,(+) John Witherly master, with his wife, six children and three servants, and that he landed at Scituate Harbor in the spring of 1634. He had certificates from Thomas Warren, Rector of St. Peters' at Sandwich, and from Thomas Harmon, Vicar of Hedcorn, of his conversion and conformity to the orders and discipline of the church, and that he had taken the oaths of allegience and supremacy. He became a member of Lothrop's church, the first gathered at Scituate, and was chosen one of its first deacons. He remained in Scituate
(*)The various methods of writing this name, found in the old records, afford a good illustration of the mutations in English surnames. The following are some of the changes referred to: "Beabedge," "Besbidge," "Besbecch," "Beesbeech," "Besbitch," "Bisbe," "Besbey," "Bisby," and "Bisbee." The latter is now the recognized orthography.
(+)He came in the same ship with Elder Nathaniel Tilden, the founder of the New England Family of this name, and who became ruling elder of Lothrop's church.Page 10
but a short time, for in 1638 he bought a house of Wm. Palmer in Duxbury and moved there. In 1643 he was chosen Representative from Duxbury to the General Court. He was one of the grantees of Seipicon, (now Rochester,) but the grant was not accepted, and Mr. Bisbee subsequently moved to Marshfield, where his name appears on a petition to the General Court. He afterwards moved to Sudbury, where he lived several years and died March 9, 1674. His will, dated Nov. 25, 1672, bequeaths all his houses and lands in Hedcorn and Frittenden, Old England, to his grandson, Thomas Brown, and makes two other grandsons, William and Edward Brown, executors. The name of the wife of Thomas Bisbee does not appear upon the records of Plymouth Colony, which are equally silent respecting three of his children. They may have died unmarried, or perhaps there may be an error in the record which gives the number as six.
The only children of Thomas Bisbee whose names appear upon the records are as follows:
1. i Elisha, m. (???) (???)
2. ii Alice, m. John Bourne.
3. iii Mary, m. William Brown of Sudbury.
Surname may be Besbea
Surname may be Besbeach
Surname may be Besbea
"of Plympton" per Cushman Genealogies
"of Plympton" per Cushman Genealogies
Called Lucy Churchill AND Rebekah Churchill in Cushman Genealogies. Error in date of death by Cushman Genealogies
Unmarried per Cushman Genealogies
Unmarried per Cushman Genealogies
Unmarried per Cushman Genealogies
Of Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
Of Sudbury