Brief Life History of Israel
When Israel Bissell was born in 1752, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Israel Bissell, was 34 and his mother, Hannah Sacket, was 27. He married Lucy Hancock on 30 August 1784, in Middlefield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1931. He died on 24 October 1823, in Hinsdale, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Hinsdale Cemetery, Hinsdale, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Israel Bissel, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Israel Bissell, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mr Israel Bissell, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781
Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English buyscel, busshell, bysshell ‘bushel, measure of grain’ (Old French boissel, buissel, of Gaulish origin), hence a metonymic occupational name for a grain merchant or factor, one who measured grain. The name may also have been applied to a maker of vessels designed to hold or measure out a bushel.
Americanized form of German Bissel, of unexplained etymology. The surname Bissel is also found in France (Alsace).
History: The surname Bissell of French (ultimately possibly German; see 2 above) origin is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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