Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

James Bishop Jr.

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Harry Chapin — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 536 
  • Father:
  • James Bishop 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Tompkins   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Jul 1671 
  • Birth Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Jul 1736 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Graveyard, North Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Bennett
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Dec 1695 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Mary Bishop

  James Bishop (Ahnentafel No:268 )

• Sources for James Bishop Jr.

  • ¹ New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 4, p. 892.
  • ² New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 1, p. 202.
  • ³ New Haven, CT: Vital Records, 1649-1850, Vol. 1, p. 81, Birth record for daughter Mary Bishop.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1949, Vol. 25, p. 208.
  • ⁵ The Connecticut Magazine, 1904, Vol. 8, No. 3, p. 549.
  • ⁶ Bullard, Edgar J., Bennett and Allied Families: Addenda to Bullard and Allied Familes, Detroit, Michigan: E. J. Bullard (1931), 4.

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