Amos B. Bishop and Rhoda Hildreth

Their child:		Individuals in this page:		Their parents:
		Amos B. Bishop	{	Daniel Bishop & Bettey Bowen
Lucy Bishop	{	&
		Rhoda Hildreth	{	Abel Hildreth & Huldah Edwards

Amos B. Bishop (probably Daniel, Bettey) was born about 1782 in Massachusetts ^US7. He was probably the Amos Bishop of Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont who married Rhoda Hildreth of Salisbury, Vermont on October 29, 1807 in Salisbury in a ceremony officiated by R. Saxton, Justice of the Peace ^VE12. At some point after Rhoda’s death in 1825 but before 1828, Amos Bishop married Lucy ^NE36, who was probably Lucy Hildreth, the widowed elder sister of Rhoda Hildreth. Lucy Hildreth was born to parents Abel and Hulda Hildreth in Ashby, Massachusetts on March 27, 1784 ^MA26. She was a resident of Salisbury, Vermont when she married Chester Merrifield on August 5, 1804 in Salisbury, Vermont, but Chester “Maryfield” died at age forty on March 1, 1822 and was buried in Richmond Village Cemetery in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont ^VE12. Lucy Bishop was likely the mother of Jane R. Arnold, who was born about 1828 in Vermont ^UN10. Amos was not enumerated in the 1850 US Census because his death occurred before the census, but Lucy Bishop was enumerated in Norfolk, Saint Lawrence County with her daughter and son-in-law, Jane R. Arnold and Saxton Arnold ^UN10.

Amos B. Bishop was appointed as the Postmaster for Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont on December 16, 1835 ^US16. Giles J. Hall and Nathaniel F. Beals swore before Benjamin G. Baldwin, Surrogate of the St. Lawrence Surrogate Court on September 16, 1850 that they had been well acquainted with Amos B. Bishop and were witnesses to his last will and testament ^NE36. His probate record stated ^NE36:

Lucy Bishop the Executrix named in the last Will & testament of Amos B. Bishop late of the town of Norfolk St. Lawrence Co N.Y. deceased, appears on this the day to which the proceedings in the matter were adjourned, and Amos B. Bishop jr. & Myron P. Bishop two of the heirs also being present in person, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Surrogate by affidavits on file that the citations issued in this matter were duly served personally more than eight days before this Sunday on said Myron & Amos & Jane R. Arnold all the heirs residing in this County, and were served on the other heirs residing out of the State by publishing the same in the State paper once in each week for six weeks successively, commencing on the 26^th day of July 1850, and Giles J. Hall the Executor named in said Will having renounced by a written Renunciation duly Executed & recorded, and said Executrix applyin [sic] to have said will admitted to probate as a will of real & personal Estate and no objection being made the same is proved, and the proofs & examinations & the said will are in the following words & figures, to wit:

Know all men by these presents that I Amos B Bishop of Norfolk in the County of St. Lawrence & State of New York, Considering the uncertainty of this life and being of sound mind & memory, Do make, declare & publish this my last will & testament –

First I give & bequeath to my children the principle as it becomes due of a Certain Mortgage & Note given by my son Myron P. Bishop and dated April first 1850 to be paid to them in the following manner, and out of the first payment on said Note due

	April	1^st	1851	to	Leonard S. Bishop	$100
	“	“		to	Lucy Whitcomb	50	Dollars
2.^d	“	1^st	1852	“	Sarah Whipple	50	“
“	“	“	“	“	Albro E. Bishop	50	“
	“	“	“	“	Myron P. Bishop	50	“
3.^d	“	1^st	1853	“	Amos B Bishop Jr	50	“
	“	“	“	“	Homer H. Bishop	50	“
	“	“	“	“	Jane E. Arnold	50	“
4^th	“	1^st	1854	“	Leonard S. Bishop	50	“
	“	“	“	“	Lucy Whitcomb	50	“
	“	“	“	“	Sarah Whipple	50	“
5^th	“	1^st	1855	“	Albro E. Bishop	50	“
	“	“	“	“	Myron P Bishop	50	“
	“	“	“	“	Amos B. Bishop Jr.	50	“
6^th	“	1^st	1856	“	James H. Bishop	50	“
	“	“	“	“	Jane R. Arnold	50	“
	“	“	“	“	Leonard S Bishop	50	“
7^th	“	1^st	1857	“	Amos B. Bishop Jr.	75	“
	“	“	“	“	Lucy Whitcomb	75	“
8^th	“	1^st	1858	“	Sarah Whipple	75	“
	“	“	“	“	Leonard S. Bishop	75	“
9^th	“	1^st	1859	“	Jane R. Arnold	75	“
	“	“	“	“	Homer H. Bishop	75	“
10^th & last payment on said Note & Mortgage
	April	1^st	1860	to	Albro E. Bishop	75	“
	“	“	“	“	Myron P. Bishop	75	“

Second I give & bequeath to my wife Lucy (in lieu of Dower_ the yearly interest as it becomes due on the aforementioned Mortgage & Note given by Myron P. Bishop _ also all my household furniture and all the rest of my personal property after paying from the same the several Legacies already named _ I also give devise & bequeath to my wife Lucy all my real Estate situate in the said town of Norfolk to have & to hold the same to her, for and during her natural life _ But on her decease the said real estate to my daughter Jane R. Arnold to be hers, to have & to hold the same to her & her Executors Administrators & assigns forever _

Third. I do appoint & nominate my wife Lucy & Giles J. Hall to be the Executors of this my last will & testament

In testimony whereof I have to this my last will and Testament contained on one sheet of paper and to the same I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 6^th day of April one thousand Eight hundred & fifty _

After an illness of twenty-eight days, Amos B. Bishop died at age sixty-eight in April 1850 in Norfolk, St. Lawrence County, New York ^US7. His gravestone, located in Raymondville Cemetery in Raymondville, St. Lawrence County, New York, stated that Amos Bishop “died Apr. 15. 1850, in his 69 yr”; a photo of the gravestone can be located on the Find a Grave website.

· 1810 US Census: lived in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont with one boy and one girl under age ten and one young man and one young woman whose ages were between sixteen and twenty-five. As the head of the household, his age was between twenty-six and forty-four.

· 1820 US Census: lived in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont with one girl and three boys under age ten, one girl and one boy between ten and fifteen, one young woman and one young man between sixteen and twenty-five, and one woman and one man between twenty-six and forty-four. Two people were engaged in the manufacturing industry.

Rhoda Hildreth (Abel, Huldah) was born on September 27, 1786 in Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Abel and Hulda Hildreth ^MA26. It is very probable that she was the mother of Lucy Whitcomb, Myron P. Bishop, Sarah Whipple, Albro E. Bishop, Amos B. Bishop, Jr., Leonard S. Bishop, and Homer H. Bishop, who were all named in the will of Amos Bishop ^NE36.

Lucy Bishop was born on August 3, 1808 in Vermont ^WH5. Myron P. Bishop was born about 1810 in Vermont ^{UN10, UN11, UN12}. Myron Bishop of Starksboro, Vermont married Clemma Root on October 13, 1834 in Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont ^VE12. He resided in Norfolk, Saint Lawrence County, Vermont in 1850, 1860, and 1870. In 1850 he was enumerated with Clemma, age thirty-seven, Marion, age fourteen, Noble, age eleven, Francis, age seven, and Samuel, who was seven months old ^UN10. Myron P. Bishop was called a farmer in the 1860 US Census, and his household included Clemma (forty-seven), Marion, Nobble [sic], Fances E. [sic], and Lucy, who was then seventy-six ^UN11, but in 1870 he lived with Jennie, age fifty-seven ^UN12. The name “Jennie” was likely an error, as Clemma died on October 21, 1890, according to Myron and Clemma’s shared gravestone in Raymondville Cemetery in Raymondville, Saint Lawrence County. A photo of this gravestone may be viewed on the Find a Grave website. Myron died on June 13, 1891 in St. Lawrence County, New York ^NE36.

Sarah Bishop may have been born about 1812 ^UN10 and may have married Samuel Whipple; Samuel and Sarah Whipple were enumerated in 1850 in Crete, Will County, Illinois with Achsah A. (ag sixteen), Sarah E. (age nine), and Irene Whipple (sixty-five) ^UN10. This census record indicated that both Samuel and Sarah were born in Vermont, and Sarah was born about 1812 ^UN10.

Albro E. Bishop was born about 1814 ^{UN10, CO33} or 1815 ^{UN11, UN12, UN13} in New York ^{UN10, UN11}, Burlington, Vermont ^CO33, or Vermont ^{UN12, UN13.}A.E. Bishop (1814) lived in Chicago Ward 3, Cook County, Illinois in 1850; he was a clerk whose stated birthplace was New York ^UN10. He was likely married by 1860 when he lived in Chicago Ward 5 with Caroline, age fifty, Mary A. Cornell, age eighteen, Anna Bishop, age five, Homer Bishop, age thirty-nine, and a servant named Mary Senell ^UN11. He was called a wagon manufacturer in 1860, 1870, and 1880 ^{UN11, UN12, UN13}. He was enumerated as Albro E. Bishop in Chicago Ward 10 in 1870 with Caroline Bishop, William Holmes, Anna W. Bishop, and Christina Johnson ^UN12. In 1880 in the 97^th Enumeration District of Chicago, Illinois, A.E. Bishop lived with his wife, Caroline (age seventy), Rachel Hammond, his sister-in-law, William Holmes, his nephew-in-law, and five additional people who did not appear to be related to him ^UN13. Albro E. Bishop, a wagon manufacturer, died at age sixty-six on November 15, 1880 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery ^CO33.

Amos B. Bishop was born in August 1816 ^UN14 or about 1816 ^{UN10, UN11} or 1817 ^UN13 in Vermont ^{UN10, UN11, UN13, UN14}. He was enumerated in 1850 in Norfolk, St. Lawrence County, New York with Betsey Bishop, age thirty-six and born in England, Sarah E. Bishop, age three, and Nancy Stork, age twelve ^UN10. Betsey was forty-six and Sarah E. was twelve in 1860 ^UN11. Betsey probably died between 1860 and 1880, as she was not enumerated with Amos in the 1880 US Census ^UN13. Amos lived with his daughter, Sarah E. Bishop, in 1880 in Raymondville, St. Lawrence County, New York where he worked in a butter tub factory ^UN13. Amos and his daughter, Sarah, had relocated to Norfolk, St. Lawrence County by 1900 ^UN14. The gravestone for Amos B. Bishop and his wife, Betsey, is located in Raymondville Cemetery in Raymondville, St. Lawrence County, New York (which can be viewed on the Find a Grave website). It states that Betsey was born in 1815 and died in 1865, and Amos was born in 1816 and died in 1901.

Leonard S. Bishop was born in December 1820 ^UN14 or about 1820 ^{UN11, UN12}, 1821 ^UN10, or 1822 ^UN13 in Vermont ^{UN10, UN11, UN12, UN13, UN14}. He resided in Carroll Township, Carroll County, Illinois with Emeline W. Bishop in 1850, but had moved to Nora Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois by 1860 ^UN11, where he was enumerated for all successive federal censuses, until and including the 1900 US Census ^UN14. Emeline likely died between 1870 and 1879, because she was listed with him in the 1870 census, but on October 29, 1879 Leonard S. Bishop, age fifty-eight of Nora Township, Jo Daviess County, married Mary E. Walker of Raymondville, St. Lawrence County, New York in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ^CO34. The 1900 US Census indicated that he had been married to Mary T. Bishop for fourteen years, indicating they married about 1886; their son, Albro E. Bishop was born in December 1886 ^UN14. Leonard appears to have been married three times, and his second and third wives were both named “Mary”. His will, written on July 7, 1894 and recorded on June 23, 1908, mentioned his wife and son, Mary T. Bishop and Albro E. Bishop ^IL11.

Homer Bishop was born about 1821 in New York ^UN11. He resided in the household of A.E. Bishop in Chicago Ward 5, Cook County, Illinois in 1860 ^UN11. He may have been the Homer H. Bishop who married Mary Post on May 26, 1866 in Cook County, Illinois ^IL7, and he may have been the Homer H. Bishop who died in Cook County on January 5, 1868 ^CO32.

Rhoda, the wife of Amos Bishop, died at age thirty-eight years, eight months, and fifteen days on June 13, 1825 and was buried in Richmond Village Cemetery, Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont ^VE12. A photo of her gravestone may be viewed on the Find a Grave website.