Individual Details
John Bisco Esq.
(10 Apr 1738 - 15 Mar 1808)
John came from Cambridge to Spencer where he bought the central part of lot 17 in 1763. He was well thought of and held the office of either town clerk, selectman, assessor or treasurer every year from 1767 to his death. He was a representative to the General Court for 1777, 1780, and 1781. John was a member of the convention that formed the Massachusetts State constitution in 1779. Governor Hancock appointed him a justice of the peace on March 1, 1781, and deacon of the Congregational Church, a office he held until his death.
Events
| Birth | 10 Apr 1738 | Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | 10 May 1764 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, British America - Deborah Prouty | | | |
| Marriage | Nov 1795 | Mrs. Esther Moore | | ||
| Death | 15 Mar 1808 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Deborah Prouty (1742 - 1795) |
| Child | John Bisco (1765 - 1812) |
| Child | Elizabeth Bisco (1767 - 1828) |
| Child | Abijah Bisco (1770 - 1810) |
| Child | Jacob Bisco (1772 - 1837) |
| Child | Abigail Bisco (1777 - 1846) |
| Child | Anna Bisco (1780 - ) |
| Spouse | Mrs. Esther Moore ( - ) |
| Father | Thomas Bisco ( - ) |
| Mother | Abigail Mason ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
"aged 70 years" inscribed on his tombstone.Marriage
Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800Worchester County
Spencer
page 63
John Bisco & Deborah Prouty, May 10, 1764
Endnotes
1. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p. 176.
2. Mason, Edna Warren,, Descendants of Capt. Hugh Mason in America. (New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1937, 880 pgs.), p. 466.
3. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: with a history of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 1 (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907), 528; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 1 December 2009.
4. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p. 176, 237.
5. Mason, Edna Warren,, Descendants of Capt. Hugh Mason in America. (New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1937, 880 pgs.), p. 466.
6. William Richard Cutter, Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Volume 4 (New York: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908), p 1790; digital images, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed .
7. Bailey, Frederic William (ed), Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 . As found in the records of Worcester County (New Haven, CT: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1897), p 63.
8. , Vital records of Spencer, Massachusetts: to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1909), 195 p; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 8 October 2009.
9. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p. 176.
10. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p. 176.