. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut:. to Ihe labors of .Toiin (!. , of Konie. N. Y., .iiid .Miss (.\fiMir K. \V. Mill. It girobable that this family is of Huguenot origin, many of whomlied lo Kngland (o escape the perseculions which followed Ihe massacre of St. IJar-Iholomew, The family in England is but lillle known, and has but one coat-of arms, which is of a religious, rather than a warlike, chaiacter, and is thus de-scribed ill ISiiikiK Ciimplele Arniiin/: ,, (in., on a bend, nr : three escal-lops, «r. jMolto, [n ree
. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut:. to Ihe labors of .Toiin (!. , of Konie. N. Y., .iiid .Miss (.\fiMir K. \V. Mill. It girobable that this family is of Huguenot origin, many of whomlied lo Kngland (o escape the perseculions which followed Ihe massacre of St. IJar-Iholomew, The family in England is but lillle known, and has but one coat-of arms, which is of a religious, rather than a warlike, chaiacter, and is thus de-scribed ill ISiiikiK Ciimplele Arniiin/: ,, (in., on a bend, nr : three escal-lops, «r. jMolto, [n reeta Deeim — In rectitude. Honor. The family of ., who came to Windsor, is the only one of the name knownto liavi-come to this couiiliy. Tradition asserts that this .Toiin, wilh a brolhir7A//., came from Co Soniersel, TOng., lo Ilymouth, Mass., 1028, and that Diehitler died at Ilymoulli, or ret. to Eng., which is doubtful; as also is the traditiim. UBiseell. rUV. I 1 ThniiKis 111. ^111 Iiiilinn girl, il:ui. of tlio 1(ii|Uiimmiic saclicm. and diril wilhnulissiR, — |)rol):ilily a Tiiixcd version iif a similar trad, conccruiug Thus., son of John. John, tiic fonndor of tlio W. line of Bissells, sett, at W. before 1640 see )ip. 152, .140,544, Vol. I.); reed l(!4Sor 49, a .s^Tant from the Col. Ct., of the monopoly of a ferryaeross the Conn. River, located on the E. side, near the wharf belonging to the (JuarryCo.,— the road on E. side of the Conn. River leading from it followed the presentroad E. to the foot of the hill, thence a N. easterly course up the hill across thefarm known as the George Prior farm, where the road now has the aii]M!arance ofbeing very ancient. — (Maj. W. in (Inhhn Wrddiiiij nf Julni llixncnII nd Kliziihcth, TIkhiiiikihi, ISTO). Evidences seem to point to the fact that Bissell had buill on the east side of theriver as early as 1(>5.)-60. In he gave his
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