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Families covered: Bisse of Croscombe, Bisse of Shepton Mallet, Bisse of West Compton
John Bisse of Croscombe, Somerset (d by 1557) | |||||||||||||||
m. Joan (d before 03.11.1558, possibly dau of _ Bother of Hartell) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Philip Bisse of Croscombe (b by 1539, a 10.1569) | ||||||||||||||
m. Christian Cocks | |||||||||||||||
A. | Thomas Bisse of Croscombe (a 06.1599, clothier) | ||||||||||||||
m. + Gooddale | |||||||||||||||
2. | James Bisse of Croscombe (b c1534, d 18.11.1606) | ||||||||||||||
m. Christian Ashe (d before 10.08.1609) | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Bisse of Croscombe (b 1558-9, d 18.06.1625, clothier) | ||||||||||||||
m. Joyce Strode (a 08.1625, dau of Thomas Strode of Batcombe) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Strode Bisse of Croscombe (d before 04.05.1640) | ||||||||||||||
m. Frances Hodges (a 05.1673, sister of Hugh Hodges of Sherborne) | |||||||||||||||
a.+ | issue - Strode of Sherborne (bur 28.10.1679, Joyce (a 02.1679-80) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Mary Bisse (a 12.1659) | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 22.05.1625) William Webb of Ham in Pilton (d before 16.02.1630-1) | |||||||||||||||
iii.+ | other issue - William (d before 04.07.1627), Thomas (a 06.1625?), 3 sons, daughter | ||||||||||||||
B. | James Bisse (a 1624, Rector of Croscombe) | ||||||||||||||
m. Dorothy Fillioll (a 07.1638, dau of William Fillioll of Knightstreet in Marnhull, sister of John of Spargrove) | |||||||||||||||
i. | John Bisse of London (d 06.07.1653, stationer) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | William Bisse (b 1609-10, a 10.1677, Rector of East Quantoxhead then Vicar of Henstridge) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth (a 06.1653) | |||||||||||||||
iii. | daughter (a 06.1653) | ||||||||||||||
m. John Whitbourne (Rector of Crocombe) | |||||||||||||||
iv. | Anne Bisse (a 06.16583) | ||||||||||||||
m. (Robert?) Plympton | |||||||||||||||
v. | Dorothy Bisse (b by 1619, a 04.1659) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Cox of Coxeley (a 04.1659) | |||||||||||||||
C. | Robert Bisse of Shepton Mallet, Somerset (d before 26.01.1643-4, clothier) | ||||||||||||||
m. Hester (a 16498) | |||||||||||||||
i. | James Bisse of Shepton Mallet (d before 04.09.1689) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Mary Joyliffe (d before 27.12.1701, sister of John Joyliffe of Boston, New England) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Hester Bisse of Shepton Mallet (d unm c02.1716) | ||||||||||||||
m2. Margaret (a 03.1704) | |||||||||||||||
b. | James Bisse of West Compton (b 1653, d 06.08.1707) | ||||||||||||||
m. Katherine Rogers (a 01.1725-6, sister of John Rogers) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | James Bisse of West Compton (b c1684, d 15.01.1714) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Combe (a 06.1722, dau/coheir of Richard Combe of Stalbridge by Mary) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | James Bisse (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | John Bisse (d 13.07.1747, Rector of Weston-super-Mare) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1727) Margaret Towgood of Axbridge (sister of John Towgood of Bristol) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Margaret Bisse | ||||||||||||||
(B) | Anne Bisse | ||||||||||||||
m. Lancelot Cooper of Bristol | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Katherine Bisse (b c1740, d 1798) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1758) John Connell, later O'Connell, of Bristol then London then Brussels (d 1808, son of Michael by Philippa, dau of James, 6th Earl of Abercorn & widow of Rev. Benjamin Pratt) | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Margaret Bisse (a 09.1721) | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 08.05.1718) Elias Rebotier (b c1677, d 19.12.1765, Rector of Abridge, m2. Elizabeth Chorley) | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Katherine Bisse (b c1683, d 27.01.1743) | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas George of Croscombe (b 1669-70, d 31.05.1741) | |||||||||||||||
(5)+ | other issue - Robert of West Compton (d before 27.01.1725-6, clothier), Amy (a 06.1689, d before 03.1704?), Ann (a 09.1721), Edith (a 09.1721) | ||||||||||||||
c. | Elizabeth Bisse (d before 08.05.1718) | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 28.06.1689) _ Browne | |||||||||||||||
d. | Mary Bisse (d before 08.05.1718) | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 28.06.1689) _ Banister of Shaftsbury | |||||||||||||||
ii. | Robert Bisse of Frome Selwood then Tinehead in Edington, Wiltshire (b c1634) | ||||||||||||||
m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
a. | Susanna Bisse (d 1741) | ||||||||||||||
m. (after 06.1691) Peter Davis of Wells (b c1676, d 1745-6, Recorder of Wells) | |||||||||||||||
b.+ | other issue - Robert (a 09.1683), Sarah (a 07.1691) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (c05.1669) Susnna Wadman (b c1647, a 09.1683, dau of John Wadman of Brooke) | |||||||||||||||
iii. | William Bisse (b after 1620, a 10.1641) | ||||||||||||||
iv. | Abigail Bisse | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas George (a 01.1686-7) | |||||||||||||||
D. | James Bisse of Westcombe (a 10.1641) | ||||||||||||||
i. | Philip Bisse of London (d before 31.01.1653-4) | ||||||||||||||
m. Ursula (a 01.1653-4) | |||||||||||||||
ii. | John Bisse of London (a 10.1651) | ||||||||||||||
E. | Hester Bisse (a 04.1651) | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 30.01.1608) Robert Russe of Croscombe (d before 21.11.1651, clothier) | |||||||||||||||
F. | Mary Bisse (A 01.1608) | ||||||||||||||
m. John Setty of Stoke St. Michael (d before 03.02.1607-8) | |||||||||||||||
G. | Sarah Bisse (a 01.1608) | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Barket or Barkets | |||||||||||||||
H. | Joyce Bisse (a 01.1608) | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Penn | |||||||||||||||
I. | Elizabeth Bisse (a 01.1608) | ||||||||||||||
3.+ | other issue - John, Dionysia (a 1557), Joan (a 1557) | ||||||||||||||
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Richard Bisse of Croscombe (a 02.1570-1) | |||||||||||||||
m. Mary Carter (dau of Joseph Carter) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Philip Bisse (b c1541, d 28.10.1613, Rector of Batcombe then West Monkton then Elingdon (Wroughton)) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Thomasin Chancellor of Somerset (widow of _ Nayle?) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Samuel Bisse of Hill Bishop then Wells, Somerset (b 1566-7, d before 28.07.1636) | ||||||||||||||
m. Prudence Prouse (d before 28.07.1636, dau of George Prouse of Kingston-next-Yeovil by Thomasin, dau of James Goddard of Wellington) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Philip Bisse of Chedder (d 1643, Archdeacon of Cloyne) | ||||||||||||||
m. (c1638) Bridget Barber (d c1642, dau of George Barber of Ashmore by Lucy) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Philip Bisse of Salisbury (b c1639, a 01.1679, clothier) | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 07.07.1674) _ Straight (a 01.1679 dau of Rev. John Straight) | |||||||||||||||
ii.+ | other issue (a 1623) - George (b c1613), Samuel (b c1616), Thomasin (b c1605), Mary (b c1607), Elizabeth (b c1610), Prudence (b c1611) | ||||||||||||||
B. | Thomas Bisse (b c1575, d before 158.02.1632-3, Recror of Weston-super-Mare then Elingdon (Wroughton)) | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 17.01.1610) Elizabeth Garborne (a 02.1632-3, dau of Ricahrd Garborne of Oxfordshire) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Thomas Bisse (bur 20.069.1656, Rector of Oldbury-on-the-Hill) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Eleanor (b 1612-3, d 31.08.1642) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Thomas Bisse (a 1656) | ||||||||||||||
b. | John Bisse (bur 19.07.1686, Rector of Oldbury-on-the-Hill) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (15.07.1661) Sarah Hancock (bur 23.04.1662) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | infant (b/d 4.1662?) | ||||||||||||||
m2. Joyce (b c1637, d 08.09.1717) | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Philip Bisse, Bishop of St. David's then of Hereford (bpt 28.05.1666, d 06.09.1721) | ||||||||||||||
m. (c08.1706) Bridget Osborne (b 11.11.1647, d 09.05.1718, dau of Thomas, 1st Duke of Leeds, widow of Charles FitzCharles (illegitimate son of King Charles II by Catherine Pegge)) | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Mary Bisse (bpt 02.03.1663, d before 21.07.1718) | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Feltoe | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Susannah Bisse (bpt 03.04.1673, a 07.1718) | ||||||||||||||
m. (Norris?) Jeamson (of London?) | |||||||||||||||
(5)+ | other issue - John (bpt 29.12.1670, d before 21.07.1718, had issue), Thomas (bpt 06.04.1675, d 22.04.1731, Chancellor of Hereford), Dorothy (bpt 14.10.1678, bur 16.10.1678) | ||||||||||||||
m2. Susanna (a 02.1656-7) | |||||||||||||||
c.+ | other issue - William (bpt 1643, d before 25.03.1696), Philip (bpt 02.02.1645-6, a 09.1656), Edward (bpt 14.06.1649, d unm before 28.04.1670), James (bpt 08.06.1654, a 09.1656), Susannah (bpt 05.02.1651-2, a 09.1656) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Christian Bisse | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 20.08.1632) Walter Brace | |||||||||||||||
iii.+ | other issue - Edward of Ashton Keynes (a 09.1656, clerk), Elizabeth (a 08.1632) | ||||||||||||||
C. | James Bisse | ||||||||||||||
D. | Sarah Bisse (a 1613) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Hill of Mells (d before 10.03.1619-20, m2. Edith) | |||||||||||||||
E. | Hester Bisse (d before 07.10.1613) probably of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 17.01.1610) John Swadell | |||||||||||||||
m2. Bridget Milward (a 10.1613, dau of Richard Milward by Anne, dau of John Cleve of Stoke St. Michael) | |||||||||||||||
2. | James Bisse (b c1553, d 12.1607, Rector of Mells later of Hlagdon) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary (d before 26.11.1624) | |||||||||||||||
A.+ | issue - James of Beer Crocombe (a 11.1624), Elizabeth (a 09.1594) | ||||||||||||||
3. | Richard Bisse of Croscombe (d before 26.09.1623) | ||||||||||||||
m. Agnes Casbeared (d before 23.11.1626, sister of John Casbeard of Eastherington) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Philip Bisse (a 10.1626, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. Joyce (a 10.1626) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Sarah Bisse (a 10.1626) | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 23.10.1626) _ Davies | |||||||||||||||
C.+ | other issue - George, Charles of Croscombe (a 05.1634), Anne (a 10.1626) | ||||||||||||||
4.+ | other issue (a 10.1713) - Johan, Agnes, Alice | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : MGH (NS2, vol 2 (1888), 'Pedigree of Bisse', p140+)
(2) For lower section : MGH (NS2, vol 2 (1888), 'Pedigree of Bisse', p150+) with just a little support from Visitation (Somerset, 1623, 'Bisse')
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