Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

James Bishop

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Harry Chapin — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 266 
  • Father:
  • John Bishop 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Willet   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Feb 1699/1700 
  • Birth Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 29 Mar 1700 
  • Christening Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 15 Jul 1780 
  • Death Location:
  • Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Clinton
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Jan 1725/1726 
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  • Child:

  Abigail Bishop (Ahnentafel No:133 )

• Sources for James Bishop

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1915, Vol. 69, p. 54.
  • ² New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 4, p. 895.
  • ³ New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 1, p. 201.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1949, Vol. 25, p. 208.
  • ⁵ The Connecticut Magazine, 1904, Vol. 8, No. 3, p. 549.
  • ⁶ Brockett, Edward J., et. al., The Descendants of John Brockett: One of the Original Founders of New Haven Colony, Orange, New Jersey: The Orange Chronicle Company, Printers (1905), 31.

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