Abigail Bissell
Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Juliette Cordelia Hayes ← Nelson Hayes ← Alanson Hayes ← Mabel Phelps ← Mary Eno ← David Eno ← Abigail Bissell
Family
Children
- b. September 23, 1679, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. May 22, 17621/17642, in Union, Connecticutm. Mary Grant, April 5, 1703, in Windsor, Connecticut; Hannah Phelps, 2/Birge, July 15, 1708, in Windsor, Connecticut
- Anne/Ann/Anna Enob. April 10, 1682, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. June 10, 1760, in Simsbury, Connecticutm. Joseph Case, April 6, 1699, in Simsbury, Connecticut
- William Enob. January 5, 1684, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. Abt. May 1763m. Mary North (sibling of Rebecca North (3876)) around 1709 in Farmington, Connecticut; Mehitable ____
- Abigail Enob. March 1, 1686/1687, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. Abt. 1750m. Samuel Phelps, April 3, 1707, in Windsor, Connecticut
- b. May 5, 1691, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. September 16, 1731, in Simsbury, Connecticutm. Samuel Humphrey/Humphreys; Joseph Cornish, May 5, 1726, in Simsbury, Connecticut
- John Enob. January 51/April 42, 1693, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. 1757 in Simsbury, Connecticutm. Frances ____ around 1726
- Samuel Enob. July 7, 1696, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. August 17, 1778, in Windsor, Connecticutm. Eunice Marshall, December 24, 1735, in Windsor, Connecticut
- Susannah Enob. May 16, 1699, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. October 17, 1761, in Hebron, Connecticutm. Joseph Phelps, March 3, 1715, in Windsor, Connecticut
Siblings
- b. April 5, 1659 · d. 1684m. Abigail Filley, April 26, 1680
- Jacob Bissellb. March 28, 1664 · d. August 1, 1689m. Mary Gillett (sister of William Gillett (7757))
- Mary Bissellb. September 15, 1666 · d. June 24, 1718m. Daniel Owen, January 24, 1681; John Pettibone, December 17, 1690; Hezekiah Porter, January 27, 1700
- b. January 11, 1668 · d. March/May 17, 1697[1698]
- Benajah Bissellb. June 30, 1671
- Elizabeth Bissellb. January 4, 1667/1668m. ____ Root
- Deborah Bissellb. October 29, 1679m. Thomas Moore, December 12, 1695; Stephen Pettibone, March 24, 1703[1704]
- Hannah Bissellb. September 18, 1682 · d. February 24, 1717m. Nathaniel Phelps, March 20/28, 1700
- Josiah Bissell
- Joshua Bissell
- Joseph Bissell
In brief
Born July 6, 1661, in Windsor, Connecticut. She married December 26, 1678, in Windsor, Connecticut. She died April 19, 1728.
Life story
A Contested Inheritance
Abigail Bissell was born July 6, 1661, in Windsor, Connecticut, and married James Eno, later living in Simsbury and, in her final years, with her daughter Mary and son-in-law in that town. When James died in 1714, Abigail and her son presented his will for probate, but her sons-in-law contested it on the grounds that it left too little to the couple's daughters. Around 1715 her own nephew sued her for ten pounds from her late father's estate. Abigail died April 19, 1728, having given her final wishes orally to her sisters shortly before her death, leaving her possessions to her four daughters and her unmarried son Samuel.
At a glance
Sources (2)
- Douglas C. Richardson, The Eno and Enos Family in America (1973); digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/16006/images/dvm_GenMono002712-00001-0 : accessed 4 July 2026).
- Edward Payson Jones, Genealogy of the Descendants of John Bissell of Windsor, Connecticut by 1640 (Winsted, Connecticut: Roderick Bissell Jones, 1939); digital images, Digital Maine Repository (https://digitalmaine.com/books/33/ : accessed 23 July 2026).