[Ancestor] Bissell

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1 M John Bissell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1590 - Somersetshire, England 2
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           Died: 3 Oct 1677 - Windsor, Hartford Co, CT 1 2
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -1641)

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Bissell

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Arms-Gules, on a bend argent three escallops sable.
Crest-A demi-eagle with wings displayed sable, charged on the neck with an escallop shell or.
Motto-In recto decus. (In rectitude honor).

The Bissell family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, is of Huguenot extraction. The name in France was spelled Bysselle. The Huguenot ancestor, who was either the father or the grandfather of John Bissell, the American founder of the family, escaped from France to England during the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572 and settled there in Somersetshire, where his descendants figured prominently in local affairs, and in several instances attained distinction in various walks of life.

This family is not a well known one in England, and has but one coat-of-arms, which is of a religious rather than a warlike character.
The family of John Bissell, who came to Windsor, Connecticut, is the only one of the name known to have come to America. There is a tradition that a brother Thomas came from Somersetshire, England, to Plymouth in 1628. This is not established. [CRFP, 1456] ²

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1456.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 74.