1732 William Bishop was born in New London. [1]
1757 In August, William Bishop was a sergeant in Capt. John Latimore's company of the 3rd Conn. Regt., Col. Gurdon Saltonstall, called out for the relief of Fort William Henry. He also served in the Indian Wars. [2]
1760 William Bishop went to Horton, Nova Scotia with his father and brothers in June 1760. [3]
1761 On 20 April, Captain Bishop married Jemima Calkin. William Bishop lived in Greenwich, on what afterward became the Eli Griffin place. [4]
1770 Census, Horton Twp: William Bishop (1 man, 2 boys, 1 woman, 4 girls) [5]
1781 William Bishop he was one of a party who, under Lieut. Belcher, rescued a schooner laden with provisions, from Minas Basin for St. John, that had been captured by an American privateer in Minas Basin. After a sharp fight off Cape Split the privateer was driven away. [6]
1797 William Bishop was a captain in the Second Regiment of King's County Militia. [7]
[1] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land (Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press Company, 1910), 571, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[2] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land (Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press Company, 1910), 571, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[3] Family Document, Evelyn Miles Krase notes.
[4] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land (Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press Company, 1910), 571, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[5] Douglas E. Eagles, A History of Horton Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia through Maps and Documents (Sarnia, Ontario, Canada: privately mimeographed. Wolfville: Acadia University Archives, 1975).
[6] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land (Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press Company, 1910), 571, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[7] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land (Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press Company, 1910), 434, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].