On This Day: October 22

1616: Anne Bishop, my maternal 8^th great-grandmother was baptized in Bridport, Dorsetshire, England. The daughter of Thomas and Avis (Abbott) Bishop. her birthdate is unknown. She died before 4 August 1673. [Source: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1630, Volumes I-III (N.p.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society 2010), II: 974.]

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