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Historical events that highlight John Bisbee's time:
-The Salem wit witchcraft trails began.
-New York to Philadelphia postal service began.
-The 1st newspaper in Boston was suppressed.
-King William's War(1689-1697) pitted the he English and the Iroquois Indians against the French.
-Massachusetts decreed anyone denying the divine nature of the Bible could be imprisoned for 6 months, whipped, or have his tongue bored through witha hot iron.
-Massachusetts banned Catholic priests, upon pain of life imprisonment or death, and for formed a society to prevent "delinquency"; blaspheming, swearing and patronage of bawdy houses.
-VA declared all imported Negroes to be life-long slaves unless they were Christians.
-The 1st counterfeiter was jailedin Boston.
-Deer hunting season in Long Island, NY had to be limited to prevent complete elimination of deer there.
-The Anglican, Baptist& Presbyterian churches were founded in the colonies.
-German & Scotch-Irish immigrations toAmerica began.

John Bisbee and his family lived in Scituateand Pembroke, MA.
John and his wife Joanna (Brooks) Bisbee had eight children, all born in Scituate, MA, all baptized in the Second Church, Scituate, MA, now the First Unitarian Church in Norwell, MA:

Birth	21 Dec 1647	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Christen	21 Dec 1647	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Marriage	13 Sep 1687	Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, MA - Joanna Brooks
Death	24 Sep 1726	Pembroke, Plymouth Colony, MA
Ancestral File Number		1WHR-XF

Spouse	Joanna Brooks ( - )
Child	Martha Bisbee ( - )
Child	John Bisbee ( - )
Child	Elijah Bisbee ( - )
Child	Mary Bisbee ( - )
Child	Moses Bisbee ( - )
Child	Elisha Bisbee ( - )
Child	Aaron Bisbee ( - )
Child	Hopestill Bisbee ( - )

Father	Elisha (Besbey) Bisbee ( - 1695)
Mother	Joanna (1616 - )
Sibling	Hopestill Bisbee (1645 - 1695)
Sibling	Mary Bisbee (1648 - 1716)
Sibling	Martha Bisbee (1651 - 1686)
Sibling	Elisha Bisbee (1654 - 1715)
Sibling	Hannah Bisbee (1655 - 1741)